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Estudo aplicativo de critérios e indicadores para avaliar sustentabilidade em uma empresa florestal em Tailândia, Pará, na Amazônia brasileira by Pokorny, B., Bauch, R.

“…Application of Criteria and Indicators to assess the sustainability of a forest Enterprise in Tailândia, Pará in the Brazilian Amazon: Initial aim of the presented study was to contribute to the development of monitoring and auditing instruments for forest enterprises in the Brazilian Amazon, basing on criteria and indicators to assess sustainability (C&I). …”
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EMCAPA: technical solutions for sustainable development by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The Enterprise for Farm Research (EMCAPA) is a mixed capital company under private ownership and is linked to the State Secretariat of Rural Development and Agriculture in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo. Since its creation in 1973, it has...…”
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Cassava root and leaf flour in poultry feed by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In the Brazilian state of Amazonas, the poultry-farming industry is experiencing a number of difficulties due to high production costs brought about by the expense and scarcity of the raw materials used to make feed for domestic fowl. …”
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EMBRAPA by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The Brazilian Agro-pastoral Research Company, EMBRAPA, was set up on 26 April 1973. …”
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Researchers rush to save oil palm by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Cause for concern in Latin America: Brazilian oil palm plantations of the highly productive African variety of Elaeis guineensis have been decimated by a deeply destructive disease, of which nothing is know for the moment : heart rot (amarelecimento...…”
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Brazil and the CGIAR Centers: A Study of Their Collaboration in Agricultural Research by Homem de Melo, Fernando

“…An assessment of the Brazilian national agricultural research system, principally EMBRAPA, the commodity and regional balance of its research programs, and its utilization of genetic resources provided by CGIAR Centers. …”
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Integrated cashew shelling by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Cashew nuts were originally a Brazilian crop but are now grown in Central and South America, in East and West Africa and in Asia. …”
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Belize boosts its beans by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In 2000, Belize s bean exports reached t 2.6 million, mainly to CARICOM countries where beans are a staple food. With Brazilian support, the government has approved a US$10.5 million dollar project to develop the soybean industry, including...…”
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Municipios e gestao florestal na Amazonia by Toni, F., Kaimowitz, D.

“…The research was a joint effort of CIFOR, three Brazilian NGOs (LAET, IPAM, and PESACRE) and a Federal University (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN). …”
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Evolution of pre‐zygotic and post‐zygotic barriers to gene flow among three cryptic species within the Anastrepha fraterculus complex by Rull Gabayet, Juan Antonio, Abraham, Solana, Kovaleski, Adalesio, Segura, Diego Fernando, Mendoza, Mariana, Liendo, María Clara, Vera, Maria Teresa

“…In addition, males and females of the Peruvian morphotype became receptive and mated significantly later than adults of the Mexican and Brazilian 1 morphotypes. After contact, Mexican females exhibited greater mating discrimination than males when facing adults of the opposite sex belonging to either the Peruvian or the Brazilian 1 morphotype as evidenced by vigorous resistance to penetration once they had been forcefully mounted by heterotypic males. …”
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Municipios e gestao florestal na Amazonia: introducao e marco teorico by Toni, F., Kaimowitz, D.

“…In this chapter, the authors discuss the history of decentralization in Brazil, analyze the institutional and legal characteristics of the Brazilian political system concerning decentralization and build a theoretical framework for the case studies. …”
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Serologic evidence of HoBi-like virus circulation in Argentinean water buffalo by Pecora, Andrea, Perez Aguirreburualde, María Sol, Malacari, Darí­o Amilcar, Zabal, Osvaldo Alfredo, Sala, Juan Manuel, Konrad, Jose Luis, Caspe, Sergio Gaston, Bauermann, Fernando, Ridpath, Julia, Dus Santos, Maria Jose

“…Although HoBi-like viruses seem to be endemic in Brazilian cattle and buffalo, they have not been studied in the other countries of South America to our knowledge. …”
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Caracterización de los sistemas de producción bajo un enfoque de sistemas agroforestales de la cuenca media margen derecha del rio Huallaga - Aucayacu by Vásquez Tarrillo, Ronald Will, Cervantes Salinas, Ángel Jorge, Durand Chávez, Luz Marlene, Muñoz Berrocal, Milthon

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Athelia Biodeiversity Fund Brazil (ABF-Brazil) by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Leveraging on our strategic partnership with Mirova Natural Capital investment advisor of the ABF Brazil (Brazilian Equity Fund) and USAID a US$100 million impact investment fund was designed to invest in innovative projects/companies to protect biodiversity/forest conservation, promote CSA and enhance livelihoods. …”
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Podcasts about Community-based Theater to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights and Entrepreneurship (Amazigh) by Najjar, Dina

“…Seeking to challenge these deep-rooted norms, ICARDA, in collaboration with Oxfam and Spect’Act Foundation, introduced ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’, an interactive drama technique pioneered by Brazilian dramatist Augusto Boal. The method encourages audiences to step into the roles of protagonists facing oppression, exploring solutions through improvisation and debate. …”
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Podcasts about Community-based Theater to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights and Entrepreneurship (Darija) by Najjar, Dina

“…Seeking to challenge these deep-rooted norms, ICARDA, in collaboration with Oxfam and Spect’Act Foundation, introduced ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’, an interactive drama technique pioneered by Brazilian dramatist Augusto Boal. The method encourages audiences to step into the roles of protagonists facing oppression, exploring solutions through improvisation and debate. …”
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Multi-parent QTL mapping reveals stable QTL conferring resistance to Gibberella ear rot in maize by Galiano-Carneiro, Ana L., Kessel, Bettina, Presterl, Thomas, Gaikpa, David Sewordor, Kistner, María Belén, Miedaner, Thomas

“…Jointly, our study reveals the potential use of Brazilian resistance sources to increase GER resistance levels by genomics-assisted breeding.…”
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Farming cattle in the tropics: Transnational science and industrializing pastures in Brazil by Nehring, Ryan

“…It looks at the role and circulation of plants and plant breeders in the expansion of beef cattle in the Brazilian tropics. The article draws on documents collected from the institutional archives of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, known by its Portuguese acronym Embrapa and the Rockefeller Archive Center. …”
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The introduction of the Africanised honey bee: A stinging menace or a blessing of the Americas? by Moreno Reategui, Jorge Antonio

“…In 1956, Brazilian scientist Warwick Estevam Kerr, introduced queens of the African honey bee (AHB) from South Africa to breed with European honey bees (EHB) in order to improve honey production in Brazil. …”
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Water productivity at basin level: Methods, benefits, and shortcomings by Vosti, S.A., Torres, M.

“…This research program is part of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water & Food and is supported by the International Water Management Institute, the Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research (Embrapa), and the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and the Center for Natural Resources Policy Analysis, all at the University of California, Davis. …”
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