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Feed the Future Zimbabwe mechanization and extension activity FY 2025 Quarter One Report: October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024 por International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

“…This is the Financial Year 2 (FY2) annual report covering October 2023 to September 2024 of the Feed the Future Zimbabwe Mechanization and Extension Activity, funded by USAID/Zimbabwe under the contract AID-BFS-IO-17-00005 and implemented by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in cooperation with its subcontractor. …”
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Economic crises, small farmer well-being, and forest cover change in Indonesia por Sunderlin, William D., Angelsen, A., Resosudarmo, I.A.P., Dermawan, A., Rianto, E.

“…Among the policy lessons are that crop diversification and targeted aid can minimize impoverishment and avert increased forest clearing following macroeconomic destabilization.…”
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La santé animale. Tome 1 : Généralités por Hunter, A., Meyer, C., Uilenberg, G.

“…Il aborde non seulement les maladies provoquées par des micro-organismes, les arthropodes et les helminthes, mais se penche aussi sur les maladies métaboliques et celles causées par des toxines. À l'aide de légendes et de tableaux de diagnostic simples, le texte couvre toutes les principales maladies animales que l'on trouve sous les tropiques (Tome 2, voir 1333).…”
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Methods for environment: productivity trade-off analysis in agricultural systems por Wijk, Mark T. van, Klapwijk, C.J., Rosenstock, Todd S., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Thornton, Philip K., Giller, Kenneth E.

“…These techniques, including mathematical programming and participatory approaches, have developed substantially in recent years aided by mathematical advancement, increased computing power, and emerging insights into systems behaviour. …”
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Mapeo de áreas abiertas ocupadas por bambúseas para la planificación y supervisión de intervenciones de limpieza = Mapping open bamboo areas for cleaning intervention planning and... por Hildt, Eduardo, Leszczuk, Andrés, Strieder, Diego, Alcalde, Julio

“…The collected data and the identified clearings were integrated into a geospatial PDF map. This map aided field personnel in targeted mechanical clearing of larger clearings while minimizing impact on the remaining forest.…”
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Harnessing Science to Solve Global Poverty and Hunger por Doherty, Peter F.

“…Doherty describes the long term nature of research on scientifically complex subjects like AIDS and East Coast Fever, and the challenges of managing this research in a way that permits scientists to pursue long term solutions rather than less consequential, shorter term results. …”
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Knowledge: its role in hunger, nutrition and climate justice por Vermeulen, Sonja J., Moussa, Abdoulaye S., Bonilla Findji, Osana, Bhatta, Gopal Datt, Radeny, Maren A.O.

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Seed system security assessment : Southern Sudan : November-December 2010 por Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sperling, L., Katungi, E, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Southern Sudan, State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Africa Action Help International, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Amanda Magra Universal Relief Team, Catholic Relief Services, Danish Refugee Council, Norwegian People's Aid, University of East Anglia

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Understanding trade-offs and synergies among soil functions to support decision-making for sustainable cultivated land use por Zhao, Rui, Gabriel, Jose Luis, Martin, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Feng, Zhe, Wu, Kening

“…Moreover, the provision of functional and intrinsic biodiversity (PFIB), WPR, and CSR were synergistic; specifically, the CSR and WPR services synergized with the nutrient provision and cycling (PCN). This research may aid in understanding the supply of, and interactions among soil’s multiple functions, thus aiding in using BBNs to analyze soil ecosystem services. …”
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Time to reform the US federal agricultural insurance program por Smith, Vincent H., Glauber, Joseph W., Goodwin, Barry K.

“…A viable alternative is to replace the entire crop insurance program with a “no cost to farmers” disaster aid program based on indexes of plant growth constructed for each covered crop. …”
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When speculation matters por Robles, Miguel, Torero, Máximo, von Braun, Joachim

“…Speculative price spikes built up, and the gap between spot and futures prices widened, stimulating overregulation and trader policing in some countries and causing some commodity exchanges in Africa and Asia to halt grain futures trading. Some food aid donors defaulted on food aid contracts. The World Food Programme (WFP) had difficulty getting access to enough grain quickly for its humanitarian operations. …”
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Famine and food insecurity in Ethiopia por von Braun, Joachim, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope

“…Today, with recurrent famine threats, food aid is an important source of cereal supply. Additionally, agricultural market dysfunctions are common in Ethiopia. …”
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Seed system security assessment: eastern and coastal Kenya por International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Catholic Relief Services, CARITAS, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, World Vision, University of East Anglia

“…For instance, during the stress period, should aid aim to restore the system as it was, ex ante, or aim to strengthen it? …”
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Nutrient digestibility of wheat wet and dried distillers' grain in growing pigs por Gautam, Kishor Kumar

“…Apparent ileal digestibility (AID) for CP in diet W was higher (p<0.05) than for diet D, whereas the AID for energy and OM remained similar (p>0.05) between the diets. …”
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Locking down adolescent hunger: COVID-19 and food security in Bangladesh por Seager, Jennifer, Baird, Sarah, Kalow, Jared, Tauseef, Salauddin

“…Vulnerable households experienced larger increases in hunger and reductions in food consumption, with girls more adversely affected than boys. Cash and food aid were unable to mitigate these negative trends.…”
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Market information and access to structured markets by small farmers and traders: Evidence from an action research experiment in central Malawi: Synopsis por Ochieng, Dennis O., Botha, Rosemary, Baulch, Bob

“…They could potentially also provide better statistics on volumes traded to aid in the planning, production, and marketing of crops in Malawi (Baulch and Gondwe 2017).…”
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Responding to conflict: Does “Cash Plus” work for preventing malnutrition? New evidence from an impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition Program por Kurdi, Sikandra, Breisinger, Clemens, Ibrahim, Hosam, Ghorpade, Yashodhan, Al-Ahmadi, Afrah

“…Conflict has become a major driver of humanitarian crises globally, requiring responses that not only meet people’s immediate need for calories, but also ensure that aid recipients, especially children and pregnant women, receive adequate diet to avoid long-term impacts of malnutrition. …”
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A food demand system based on demand for characteristics: if there is curvature in the Slutsky matrix, what do the curves look like and why?" por Bouis, Howarth E.

“…Elasticities are compared with those obtained in a published Pakistan study applying an almost ideal demand system (AIDS).…”
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Focusing on the process of research: Embedding reflexivity for gender-transformative action por Lopez, Diana E., Bailey, Arwen, Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Cullen, Beth, Debevec, Liza, Ludwig, David, Portocarrero, Ana, Rietveld, Anne, Wong, Franz, Farnworth, Cathy Rozel

“…The document proposes a new gender research standard that could aid researchers to improve their (1) research quality, (2) research relevance, (3) and research accountability in a way that, at worst, does no harm and, at best, supports transformative changes towards greater gender equity and equality.…”
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The Cassava Mealybug, Phenacoccus sp. in the Republic of Zaire por Nwanze, K.F., Leuchner, K., Ezumah, H.C.

“…Treatment of cuttings with an appropriate insecticide before planting, manipulation of planting time and soil moisture conservation may aid in reducing damage to the crop. The occurrence of Spalgis lemolea Druce, a predator of the pest is also reported.…”
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