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Reinvigorating the WTO as a negotiating forum
Published 2019“…The multilateral trading system is on the verge of a crisis arising from, among others, the dysfunction of the WTO as a forum for trade liberalization and trade related rule-making. …”
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A policy taxonomy for agricultural transformation
Published 2019“…These are the key questions that drove the development of a policy taxonomy for agricultural transformation, with a focus on those that affect prices in agricultural markets. …”
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A suite of global accessibility indicators
Published 2019“…Recent work has developed a global map of travel times to cities with more than 50,000 people in the year 2015. …”
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Financing "A sustainable food future"
Published 2018“…Achieving a “sustainable food future” requires building food systems that, in line with the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), support growth and employment, ensure social inclusiveness and equity, promote climate resilience and environmental sustainability, protect biodiversity, and generate healthy diets for all. …”
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Developing a Disease Resistant Cow
Published 2010“…Though this research still has a long way to go before it will benefit farmers, the resulting cows could potentially be more productive and safer than current animals. …”
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Health priorities in a changing climate
Published 2018“…Climate interacts with health through a wide variety of direct and indirect mechanisms. …”
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Buniyaad: Foundation for a healthy child
Published 2015“…In October 2012, a baseline survey conducted in 20 blocks in the districts of Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, and Sitamarh in Bihar found significant gaps in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, such as a low rate of breastfeeding immediately following delivery and the absence of any feeding schedule for children (Aga Khan Foundation 2012).…”
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On nonparametric estimation: With a focus on agriculture
Published 2013“…The review covers topics that we hope will be of special interest to those doing research in the realm of agriculture. We also include a brief appendix addressing nonparametric estimation from an econometric perspective.…”
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A strategy for agricultural Statistics in Ghana
Published 2011“…The central goal of Ghana's current development strategy, which is detailed in the Poverty Reduction Strategy II (GPRS-II), is to accelerate economic growth in order to achieve middle-income status within a measurable planning period. Subsequently, the government has placed a focus on implementing agricultural policies to bring more land under cultivation in order to generate a rapid supply response that will quickly benefit the poor in rural areas.1 These interventions are also intended to help develop a private agricultural sector that contributes to accelerated and sustained growth in the long run. …”
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A nexus approach to groundwater and cooperation
Published 2024“…A session held at Stockholm World Water Week 2024, titled ‘Managing water from the ground up: Challenges and opportunities,’ presented groundwater policies and active management cases from Brazil, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and the USA, and identified opportunities for collaborative action to prevent conflict.…”
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A genomic catalog of cultivated bananas
Published 2024“…With the recent advances in genomics, a new powerful tool was developed enabling the fine-scale characterization of banana’s ancestry along chromosomes, i.e. chromosome painting. …”
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