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The financial health of the US farm sector by Belasco, Eric J., Glauber, Joseph W.

“…While trade wars, widespread drought, high input prices, and volatile international markets have created challenges for US agriculture, the farm sector as a whole, and the vast majority of farms, is in an exceptionally healthy financial position as Congress begins to consider the provisions of the 2023 Farm Bill.…”
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Whither agricultural in 2021 and beyond by Belasco, Eric J., Glauber, Joseph W., Smith, Vincent H.

“…However, the United States may well be on the cusp of major changes in agricultural policy, given the Joe Biden administration’s priorities, an upcoming farm bill (2023), and major changes in the leadership of key congressional committees, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency.…”
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Economic activities of forcibly displaced populations: An analysis of enterprises in Southern Bangladesh by Rosenbach, Gracie, Tiburcio, Ernesto, Filipski, Mateusz J., Dorosh, Paul A., Sen, Binayak

“…Regression analysis indicates that the sector of the enterprise and the education level of the owner of the enterprise are the main correlates of profitability and wage-bill inside the camps.…”
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Agricultural trade aid: Implications and consequences for US global trade relationships in the context of the World Trade Organization by Glauber, Joseph W.

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Reducing the gender asset gap through agricultural development: A technical resource guide by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Johnson, Nancy L., Njuki, Jemimah, Behrman, Julia A., Gilligan, Daniel O., Kovarik, Chiara, Peterman, Amber, Roy, Shalini, Waithanji, Elizabeth, Rubin, Deborah, Manfre, Cristina

“…The project was implemented by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) under the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP) with primary support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).…”
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Depleting groundwater – an opportunity for flood storage?: a case study from part of the Ganges River Basin, India by Chinnasamy, Pennan

“…Results indicate that basin groundwater storage is depleting at the rate of 1.6 bill. m3 yr 1 . This depleted aquifer volume can be used to store floodwater effectively – up to 76% of the rainfall on average across the Ramganga with a maximum of 94% in parts of the basin. …”
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Cassava farmers' preferences for varieties and seed dissemination system in Nigeria: gender and regional perspectives by Bentley, J.W., Olanrewaju, A.S., Madu, Tessy, Olaosebikan, O., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal, Manyong, Victor M., Kulakow, Peter A., Ayedun, B., Ojide, M., Girma Tessema, G., Rabbi, Ismail Y., Asumugha, G.N., Tokula, M.

“…The Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) project was funded by the CGIAR-RTB Program and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The main goal was to carry out a study on cassava adoption and diffusion patterns in Nigeria. …”
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The cassava monitoring survey in Nigeria: final report by Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal, Girma Tessema, G., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Rabbi, Ismail Y., Olanrewaju, A.S., Bentley, J., Alene, A., Feleke, S., Kulakow, Peter A., Asumugha, G.N., Abass, A., Tokula, M., Manyong, Victor M.

“…The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) cofunded the Cassava Monitoring Survey (CMS) project with the objective of documenting the extent of adoption of improved cassava varieties with a rigorous sampling and DNA based identification of improved varieties in Nigeria. …”
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Transforming food systems in the Pacific: Stories from the field by Pye-Smith, Charlie

“…As this booklet shows, creating closer links between tourism and agriculture – agritourism – can help to reduce the food import bill and at the same time boost local food production, and therefore the incomes of island farmers. …”
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Reaching Agents of Change Project: Successes, lessons and recommendations. Ex-post evaluation report by International Potato Center

“…RAC was a collaborative project implemented between April 2011 and August 2015, and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of the project was to contribute to the efforts to reduce vitamin A deficiency (VAD) through policy reforms, advocacy for new investments, and capacity development. …”
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Presentations for Introducing the new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Heckert, Jessica, Seymour, Greg

“…WEMNS was developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Emory University, Oxford University, and the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study Unit in collaboration with country partners and the 50x2030 Initiative, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development. …”
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Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT): Trainer’s Manual for the Gender-Responsive Plant Breeding Course (Level 2) by Mangheni, M.N., Tufan, H.A., Asiimwe, E.

“…This manual presents the training process for the Gender-Responsive Plant Breeding course, implemented by Makerere and Cornell Universities, over a period of five years (2016-2020), under the Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It has five broad parts: I) Introduction; II) Required preparation before the course; III) Phase one (9-day, face-to-face training); IV) the 5-month Field Training phase; and V) Phase two (5-day, face-to-face training). …”
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Picture-based crop insurance: Using smartphone camera data for claims verification in India by Ceballos, Francisco, Gaur, Pushkar, Gupta, Monali, Kannan, Samyuktha, Kramer, Berber

“…The program is now funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”
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The phylogeography of potato virus X shows the fingerprints of its human vector by Fuentes, Segundo, Gibbs, Adrian J., Hajizadeh, Mohammad, Perez, Ana, Adams, Ian Patrick, Fribourg, Cesar E., Kreuze, Jan, Fox, Adrian, Boonham, Neil, Jones, Roger A. C.

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Concentración de vitaminas liposolubles y antioxidantes de un cv tetraploide de Lolium multiflorum en dos cortes by Montenegro, Luciano Federico, Perez, Carolina Daiana, Garcia, Pilar Tere, Olivera, María Elena, Postulka, Elena B.

“…It was possible to determine that the Bill Max tetraploid cultivar of Lolium multiflorum Lam. …”
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Program for Climate Smart Livestock Systems (PCSL): Futures workshop, Kenya, November–December 2021 by Kitololo, L., Pereira, L., Vrettos, C., Cramer, Laura K., Jacobson, M., Fredstrom, L., Njuguna, L., Ericksen, Polly J.

“…They draw a lot of inspiration from the Futures Thinking Playbook by Kate Bishop King (2017) and the Three Horizons Framework as applied by Bill Sharpe and colleagues (2016). REPORTING BACK This report shares both the workshop methodology and exercises carried out, as well as the key outcomes.…”
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Poverty, hunger, and US agricultural policy: Do farm programs affect the nutrition of poor Americans? by Glauber, Joseph W., Sumner, Daniel A., Wilde, Parke E.

“…The current version of these programs operates under the provisions of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (the 2014 farm bill). This study investigates whether US farm subsidy policies help the food consumption and nutritional well-being of low-income Americans. …”
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US farm policy and trade: The inconsistency continues by Glauber, Joseph W., Sumner, Daniel A.

“…As Congress prepares for the 2018 Farm Bill, the impact of farm policies on international markets should be a central concern to help build prosperity for producers and consumers.…”
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bEcon Archival Collection by Paul, Namita, Yerramareddy, Indira, Zambrano, Patricia

“…This effort is part of the Bill and Melinda Gates funded project “Biotechnology and Biosafety Rapid Assessment Platform – BioRAPP”, a project that, among other policy related objectives, will develop and implement ex ante assessments in 5 African countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda) using secondary data. …”
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Targeting strategic investment in livestock development as a vehicle for rural livelihoods by Staal, Steven J., Poole, Elizabeth J., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Mwacharo, Joram M., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Randolph, Thomas F., Thorpe, W.R., Nzuma, J., Herrero, Mario

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