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Improving health-related quality of life among people living with HIV: Results from an impact evaluation of a food assistance program in Uganda by Maluccio, John A., Palermo, Tia, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Rawat, Rahul

“…Introduction Widespread food insecurity in Africa continues to compromise an effective response to the AIDS epidemic. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a comprehensive indicator of physical, mental, and social well-being that is associated with food insecurity and increasingly used to assess the well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). …”
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Accelerated data-driven responses to El- Niño in Southern Africa by Ngoma, Hambulo, Chiduwa, Mazvita S., Mulungu, Kelvin, Setimela, Peter S., Nyagumbo, Isaiah, Odhong, Jonathan A., Snapp, Sieglinde S.

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Is poverty or wealth driving HIV transmission? by Gillespie, Stuart, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Greener, Robert

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Groundwater for food security. Module 9 by Villholth, Karen G.

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Macroinvertebrados acuáticos: guía para macroinvertebrados de agua dulce en el Caribe sur de Costa Rica by Asociación ANAI, San José (Costa Rica)

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Peces: guía para peces de agua dulce en el Caribe sur de Costa Rica y Changuinola Panamá by Asociación ANAI, San José (Costa Rica)

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An integrated molecular and conventional breeding scheme for enhancing genetic gain in maize in Africa by Gedil, Melaku A, Menkir, A.

“…Genomic tools enable genetic dissections of complex traits and promote an understanding of the physiological basis of key agronomic and nutritional quality traits. Marker-aided selection and genome-wide selection schemes are being implemented to accelerate genetic gain relating to yield, resilience, and nutritional quality. …”
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User Needs Assessment for Climate Services in Zambia by Clarkson, Graham, Dorward, Peter, Poskitt, Samuel, Mambwe, Dina, Mtonga, Radhia K., Below, Till

“…Key findings from the user research are that: • Respondents articulated a demand for information and advice on a range of different weather variables at a range of different timescales to aid both their long- term planning and more immediate decisions…”
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Assessing implementation fidelity of a community-based infant and young child feeding intervention in Ethiopia identifies gaps in delivery that limit reach to communities by Kim, Sunny S., Ali, Disha, Kennedy, Andrew, Tesfaye, Roman, Rawat, Rahul, Menon, Purnima

“…Quality of program message delivery was lower among volunteers, and aided recall of key messages among mothers was also low. …”
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Cascading Climate Resilience: A Training of Trainers Approach to Integrate Climate Risk Management in Ethiopia’s Agricultural Extension by Belay, Berhanu, Demissie, Teferi, Solomon, Dawit

“…AICCRA and its partners undertook the ToT training based on the request received from the GIZ under the CLM project and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) in collaboration with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter-Church Aid Commission (EOTC-DICAC). …”
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Crise economique et changements politiques en Indonesie: premiers effets sur le secteur forestier by Sunderlin, William D.

“…The author reviews the likely effects on the forest sector. (1) Decreased demand for Indonesian plywood from main importers (Japan, South Korea and Taiwan) is largely compensated by increased demand from other countries and Malaysia's decision to restrict its wood product exports. (2) Expansion of agriculture will occur partly at the expense of forest cover: spontaneous clearing by farmers, and large scale clearings for agro-industry plantations, mainly oil palm, then cocoa, coffee, rubber trees, pepper, as well as shrimp ponds in mangroves. (3) Transmigration will probably not slow down, foreign aid compensating for the decline of State aid. (4) Unemployed people in the urban sector migrate to rural areas, and young people in the rural areas remain there which may increase pressure on forests for three reasons: a) incentives to expand plantations for export; b) incentives to produce food crops locally (rice, maize, soya) to reduce imports; c) shortage of capital for inputs, that may encourage extensive agriculture. (5) Expansion of mining in forest areas (coal, iron, and nickel) may lead to degradation of important protection forests. (6) The likely slowdown of major road programmes will reduce their direct and indirect impacts on forests. (7) Policy changes as a prerequisite to IMF loans will have negative effects on forest conservation when they encourage plantations for export (oil palms). (8) President Habibie has launched a wave of policy reforms to remedy former abuses in granting timber concessions, and the resulting forest deterioration. …”
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Plant elemental composition and portable X-rayfluore scence (pXRF) spectroscopy:quantification under differentanalytical parameters by Towett, Erick K., Shepherd, Keith D., Drake, B. Lee

“…Sulfur, K, and Ca can be reliably measured without the aid of a vacuum (R2 > 0.99, 0.97, and 0.93 respectively), although lower detection limits may be compromised. pXRF instruments provide plant data of sufficient accuracy for many applications and will reduce the overall time and budget compared with the use of conventional techniques. …”
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Possible nutritional output of rapid-deployable CEA greenhouses for emergency scenarios by Blomqvist, Tor

“…MEPA is a mobile CEA greenhouse that combines the hydroponic methods of nutrient film technique and aeroponics in a flexible seed cultivation mat, to make an easily transported food production system for humanitarian food aid scenarios. This study primarily examines the CEA cultivation methods and their applicability in space and on earth, followed by a description of the MEPA system and its potential as a tool in humanitarian aid scenarios. …”

The possibility of applying Low Stress Stockhandling in reindeer by Simma, Ellen

“…Data received was complied together to get the total sum of all participants answers. 31 people answered the survey, 17 men and 14 women between the ages of 18and 52, with a mean age of 30. The aids used most were snowmobile and herding dog, and lasso was mostly used when capturing reindeer. …”

Incidence de la fasciolose chez les ruminants du sous-systeme agropastoral associe a la riziculture irriguee dans la zone de Niono by Traoré, A.

“…Etude sur l'importance de la fasciolose constituant une contrainte reelle au developpement de l'elevage des ruminants du sous systeme agropastoral associe a la riziculture irriguee, a l'aide d'enquete coprologiques et visites sanitaires au niveau des troupeaux, et de visites a l'abattoir de Niono, avec discussion sur un programme de prophylaxie chez les ovins base sur l'administration orale d'un fasciolicide permettant le controle effectif de la maladie.…”
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Managing a transboundary pest: the fall armyworm on maize in Africa by Otim, M.H., Fiaboe, K., Akello, J., Mudde, B., Obonyom, A.T., Bruce, Anani Yaovi, Opio, W.A., Chinwada, P., Hailu, A., Paparu, P.

“…The rapid spread of this pest is aided by its high reproductive rate, high migration ability, wide host range and adaptability to different environments, among others. …”
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Social Network Analysis: Evaluation of the CGIAR Genebank Platform by Anand, Shweta, Humphrey, Sarah, Sellitti, Stefania, Coombs, David, Pritchard, Hugh W., Pham, Jean-Louis

“…The use of SNA in the evaluation complemented and supplemented the three key criteria of relevance, effectiveness and coherence, and aided results obtained for the other three Platform modules, namely, policy, conservation, and use. …”
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Effectiveness of rural households' coping strategies against aggregate shocks by Jin, Ling, Filipski, Mateusz J., Chen, Kevin Z.

“…We find that the seven directly surveyed coping strategies can be ranked according to the receipts financed by applying them as depleting savings, government aid, subsidized bank loans, informal credit, private transfer, selling assets, and saving money by letting children drop out of school.…”
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Adoption of pig Artificial Insemination by pig keepers in Uganda through SAPLING supported artificial insemination service providers by Businge, Martha, Kugonza, Donald, Kasoro, Isaac, Ouma, Emily A., Marshall, Karen

“…Reproductive aid techniques, such as artificial insemination (AI), have proven to be extremely effective in improving breed quality, resulting in increased output and productivity. …”
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A holistic approach to animal health research: Increasing livestock production under disease challenge by Irvin, A.D.

“…In this way, ILRI's research not only contributes to improving livestock productivity directly but, through resultant contributions to improving animal health in general, also contributes to wider goals of food security, poverty alleviation, environmental conservation and gender equality - key objectives of developmental aid.…”
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