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Playing the role of a ‘boundary organisation': Getting smarter with networking por Drimie, Scott, Quinlan, Timothy

“…This paper discusses the practices of organisations that cross the boundary between research and politics, to promote evidence-based policies and programmes.It uses the experience of a network of organisations in Africa to describe the methodology, challenges and successes of efforts to promote utilisation of research on the inter-connections between HIV/AIDS, food security and nutrition in South Africa. …”
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WEAGov implementation manual por Kyle, Jordan, Ragasa, Catherine

“…WEAGov helps national policymakers, civil society actors, and researchers identify specific gaps and opportunities for enhancing women’s voice and agency in the agrifood policy process. It also aids in monitoring progress towards women’s empowerment in agrifood systems governance and related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …”
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Dynamics and politics of policy change por Chowdhury, Tawfiq-e-Elahi, Haggblade, Steven

“…Played out over two decades, since the 1970s, this fascinating and complex tale has involved powerful interest groups, including at least three different governments of Bangladesh, half a dozen key food-aid donors, millions of ration recipients, 10,000 ration shop dealers, an equal number of officials managing government food programs, and more than 1,700 millers who supply government rice (Table 9.1). …”
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International trade, regional integration and food security in the Middle East por DeRosa, Dean A.

“…Nondiscriminatory trade liberalization yields the greatest improvements in food security, but expansion of intra-regional trade relations also result in improved food security, except in the case of wheat and other cereals because of already extensive Middle East imports of these commodities commercially and under bilateral and multilateral food aid programs.…”
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WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries por Hoda, Anwarul, Gulati, Ashok

“…More recently, however, the unprecedented food crisis may have created an environment for reducing the divergences in countries' negotiating positions, and efforts for agreement have intensified at Geneva. To aid developing-country negotiators, the book WTO Negotiations on Agriculture and Developing Countries (published for IFPRI by the Johns Hopkins University Press and Oxford University Press-India) offers the first authoritative analysis of the rules and modalities on which governments of developing countries can rely and suggests a negotiating strategy for developing countries.…”
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Unraveling heterogeneity of consumers’ food choice: Implications for nutrition interventions in eastern India por Custodio, Marie Claire, Ynion, Jhoanne, Samaddar, Arindam, Cuevas, Rosa Paula, Mohanty, Suva Kanta, Ray (Chakravarti), Anindita, Demont, Matty

“…Accounting for heterogeneity in gastronomic systems can help policy makers and nutritionists develop more targeted nutrition interventions, which can aid in the development of planetary health diets in various contexts around the world.…”
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Land preparation for lowland irrigated rice production in West Africa por Oke, Adebayo, Atengdem, P. B., Zemadim, Birhanu, Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…Finally, constructing bunds (small earthen ridges) helps to retain water within the field, further aiding weed control and water management. This Fact Sheet highlights the process of land preparation in a lowland irrigated rice system.…”
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A conceptual model of woodland use and change in Zimbabwe por Campbell, Bruce M., Frost, P., Goebel, A., Standa-Gunda, W., Mukamuri, B., Veenan, M.

“…Central themes within the model are: the policy framework; local institutions; land pressures; rural-urban relationships; the rise in tourism; increasing commercialisation of woodland products; drought; AIDS; and the status of the resource itself. It is suggested that too little attention has been paid to the impacts of policy on woodland use and commercialisation, and that woodland use is seldom seen in the wider context of the entire household livelihood system. …”
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Modelling the growth and utilisation of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) under grazing. 2. Model validation and analysis of management practices por Herrero, Mario, Fawcett, R.H., Dent, J.B.

“…The e ects of di erent environmental conditions, N fertilisation regimes and grazing intensities are analysed, and physiological concepts are used to aid in the inter- pretation of the responses obtained. …”
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Agricultura familiar no nordeste paraense: informacoes preliminares como contribucao ao manejo sustentavel da capoeira por Carvalheiro, K. de O., Gonçalves, D. de A., Mattos, M.M., Ferreira, M. do S.G.

“…This extension booklet presents, in a simple language and aided by tables and illustrations, the initial results of a collaborative research project being carried out in the Bragantina and Guama regions, State of Para, in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon. …”
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Agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation por Angelsen, A., Kaimowitz, D.

“…In this way the book provides concrete guidance to international aid agencies, agricultural research and technology transfer programmes, conservation projects and forestry organizations. …”
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National and international policies to control illegal forest activities: a report prepared for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Japan por Tacconi, L., Boscolo, M., Brack, D.

“…The report concludes by outlining principles and criteria to aid the development of appropriate policy options to reduce illegal forest activities.…”
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Dairy marketing in sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of a symposium por Brokken, R.F., Seyoum, Solomon

“…The symposium was organised in six parts: A general review of dairy production, marketing, international trade and food aid in sub-Saharan Africa; dairy technologies and dairy processing, with a focus on supporting smallholder production and marketing; dairy demand and consumption patterns; marketing efficiency; dairy marketing and dairy policies in various countries; and primary data collection problems, focusing on survey planning and non-sampling errors in dairy marketing research. …”
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Development of a decision support system for trypanocidal drug control of bovine trypanosomosis in Africa por Gu, Y., Gettinby, George, McKendrick, I., Murray, M., Peregrine, A.S.

“…TrypsChemo is an expert system that attempts to aid the applicaiton of veterinary knowledge to disease management. …”
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Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for Avena sativa (Poaceae) (oat) por Wu, B., Zhang, Z., Chen, L., He, M.

“…Moreover, these new primers for A. sativa will aid future studies of polyploidy and hybridization in other species in this genus.…”
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Economic assessment of water storage for adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa por Xenarios, Stefanos, McCartney, Matthew P., Adenew, B.

“…The development of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa is considered a major aid for agricultural regions with scarce water and anticipated climate change impacts. …”
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Water, investment and food security por Chartres, Colin J.

“…But current investment levels in overseas development aid and spending at country level are unlikely to be sufficient to ensure food security in the relatively short- term, let alone by 2050, when the global population is forecast to be nine billion. …”
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Water balance approach for assessing potential for small-scale groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa por Pavelic, Paul, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Favreau, G., Villholth, Karen G.

“…This paper presents a simple, generic methodology that involves a set of type-curves to aid with decision making on the scope of opportunities for developing sustainable irrigation supplies, and to help understand how cropping choices influence the areal extent of irrigation. …”
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Economic assessment of water storage for adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa por Xenarios, Stefanos, McCartney, Matthew P., Polatidis, H., Eguavoen, I.

“…The development of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa is considered a major aid for agricultural regions with scarce water and anticipated climate change impacts. …”
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Learning from the positive to reduce rural poverty: institutional innovations in agricultural and natural resources research and development por Biggs, Stephen D.

“…Cautionary tales, positive deviance, innovations systems and aid ethnographic literature is reviewed. Three agricultural and natural resources case studies of positive experiences are described. …”
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