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The wine production in FYROM : does the wine sector have a comparative advantage? by Andersson, Per, Ödlund, Magnus

“…The economic situation of the wine farmers requires aid from the government for the renewal and for FYROM to sustain and strengthen their comparative advantage. …”

Australian Agriculture Benefits from Third World Development, Policy Expert Says by CGIAR Secretariat

“…He describes his proposal as a 20-20-20 program : US$ 20 billion a year to pay for infrastructure, 20 millions tons of food aid a year to provide the food for the labor force and a 20 year period.…”
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Plantes à fibres by Brink, M., Achigan-Dako, Enoch G.

“…La plupart des articles sont illustrés à l'aide d'une carte de répartition géographique et d'un dessin au trait. …”
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Women’s empowerment in rural Ethiopia by Mulema, Annet A., Nigussie, L.

“…The chapter conducts a systematic review of policy documents, reports from national surveys, and publications from projects whose goal is to empower women, to determine the indicators measured, aided by the WEAI. Using one case study in Ethiopia, the chapter examines women’s empowerment domains and indicators at three levels—policy, community, and household.…”
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Crop Insurance as an Adaptive Safety Net by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, BAIF Development Research Foundation

“…Crop insurance mechanism aids to protect the farmers from the crop losses incurred due to natural calamities and ensures their credit eligibility for the future. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on livestock exports from Somalia and the Horn of Africa by Banerjee, Rupsha R., Cullis, Adrian, Flintan, Fiona E., Wiggins, Steve

“…This paper, besides highlighting the effects, provides recommendations which could inform strategic planning, humanitarian aid, and resilience building for the livestock value chain in Somalia and the Horn of Africa…”
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Renforcer les capacités des acteurs en Agriculture Adaptée au Climat au Sénégal by Worou, Nadine, Tall, Thierno Aliou, Konte, Oumar, Sow, Fafa, Yabré, Mariam

“…L’AICCRA-Sénégal aide les agriculteurs à s’adapter au changement climatique en élargissant l’accès aux services d’information climatique et aux connaissances sur l’agriculture intelligente face au climat au Sénégal. …”
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Public expenditure in agriculture: Unmasking the real trends? by Pathak, Himanshu, Kumar, Anjani, Tripathi, Gaurav

“…In addition to spending directly on the sector, the union government allocates a major share of its budgetary resources to the state governments through various available instruments, including central sector schemes, centrally sponsored schemes, and grants-in-aid.…”
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Empowering Laikipia County through climate-smart agriculture for peace: A collaborative journey by Kenduiywo, Benson, Belli, Anna, Muruku, Joy

“…Through harnessing scientific research and innovation, regions like Laikipia County gain invaluable insights and solutions to aid communities in adapting to and mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change, thereby fostering peace and stability. …”
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Linking the economics of water, energy, and food: A nexus modeling approach by Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Breisinger, Clemens, Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam, Ringler, Claudia, Wiebelt, Manfred, Zhu, Tingju

“…The advantages are that, despite resource shortages being a challenge, the modeling suite aids in devising policies and strategies that formulate these sectoral interdependencies and provide the evidence-based research results necessary for their design in a way that exploits synergies existing across sectors, countries, and regions (Al-Zubari n.d.). …”
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The Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India: What Do We Know? by Gillespie, Stuart, Harris, Jody, Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…A conceptual framework is then put forward to aid in the systematic search for links and disconnects, delineating seven key pathways between agriculture and nutrition. …”
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Priorities for forestry and agroforestry policy research: report of an international workshop by Gregersen, Hans, Oram, Peter, Spears, John

“…In order to better identify priority issues for policy research, the Intemational Union of Forestry Research Organizations, Special Program for Developing Countries (IUFRO/SPDC), the Intemational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) , and the Agency for Intemational Development (AID), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Forestry For Sustainable Development Program at the University of Minnesota, convened an intemational workshop on forestry and agroforestry policy research in Washington, D.C., July 9-12, 1991. …”
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From "best practice" to "best fit": A framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services by Birner, Regina, Davis, Kristin E., Pender, John L., Nkonya, Ephraim M., Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah, Ekboir, Javier, Mbabu, Adiel, Spielman, David J., Horna, Daniela, Benin, Samuel, Kisamba-Mugerwa, Wilberforce

“…Agricultural advisory services play an important role in supporting the use of the agricultural sector as an engine of pro-poor growth and enabling small farmers to meet new challenges, such as accessing export markets, adopting environmentally sustainable production techniques, and coping with HIV/AIDS and other health challenges that affect agriculture...There is now renewed interest in agricultural advisory services in many countries.... …”
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Climate change and human security implications for humanitarian, development, disaster and climate risk management in Mozambique by ODI Global, Center for Climate and Security (CCS)

“…As part of the project ‘Catalyzing cohesive action on climate and security: bridging silos for enhanced humanitarian action’ for USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, ODI, the Center for Climate and Security (CCS) and the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Team at the Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) hosted a workshop on 4–5 March 2024 in Maputo, Mozambique, to discuss challenges and opportunities across climate adaptation, peace and security, development, and humanitarian aid to support climate-resilient development in Mozambique. …”
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CGIAR EiA climate adaptation prioritization tool - Alpha release by Steward, Peter, Rosenstock, Todd, Schmitter, Petra S., Youngberg, Brayden, Achicanoy, Harold

“…The primary goal is to aid decision-makers in identifying and prioritizing regions and crops most vulnerable to climate risks. …”
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Genomic regions associated with milling quality and grain shape identified in a set of random introgression lines of rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Zheng, T.Q., Xu, J.L., Li, Z.K., Zhai, H.Q., Wan, J.M.

“…Of these, one major QTL on chromosome 7 had large effects on rice grain shape and milling quality and was detected consistently in several related populations of rice, which offers an opportunity for marker‐aided improvement of rice milling quality and QTL cloning.…”
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Digital Innovations Supporting Women Agri-entrepreneurs in India: Mapping Good Practices by Dominic, D.M., Bhuvana, N., Mittal, N., Sulaiman, R.V., Puskur, Ranjitha

“…The process of creating a new enterprise is being greatly aided by technologies such as big data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and various digital platforms. …”
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Genetic resources for plantation forestry by Boyle, T.J.B., Cossalter, C., Grifin, A.R.

“…Diff erent approaches to the selection of genetic resources at each level of the genetic hierarchy are reviewed with particular reference to selection for water and nutrient use efficiency. While marker-aided selection, physiological testing and modelling may be valuable in the future, traditional field testing remains an absolute necessity.…”
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Recherche et conservation: realities, priorites et distraction by Sheil, Douglas, Nasi, Robert

“…Those concerned with conservation - particularly academics and aid agencies - too often overlook the practical realities of achieving conservation in the tropics. …”
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Effects of age and sex on serum proteins, urea nitrogen and transaminase concentrations in Ethiopian highland sheep by Otesile, E.B., Kasali, O.B.

“…Neither age nor sex significantly (P>0.05) effect on AST and ALT concentrations. These findings may aid the interpretation of values of the studied parameters which are obained during the process of clinical diagnosis.…”
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