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Improving nutrition in ACP countries – the role of agriculture by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Around 1 billion people in the world suffer from hunger, while another 1 billion eat too much of the wrong types of food. The Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Nutrition Security in ACP Countries’ held in June 2011 discussed the measures needed to ensure that agriculture provides the quality and quantity of food required to sustain a healthy population. …”
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Innovative partnerships for agricultural finance by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…This is why the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) together with the EC Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) organised the first international conference on Blending for Agriculture (“Blending4Ag”) in November 2016 in Brussels. The conference brought together an impressive group of financiers, high-level agricultural experts, policy-makers and practitioners to share lessons and best practices in designing and implementing blending. …”
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CIP’s potato strategy for Africa: Improving livelihoods of potato farmers in Africa by tackling deteriorated seed quality through an integrated approach. by Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar, Ortíz, O., Andrade-Piedra, J.L., Kakuhenzire, R., Demo, P., Schulz, S., Parker, M.

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Factors influencing performance of seed plot technique in seed potato quality improvement among small scale farmers. by Obura, B., Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar, Bararyenya, A., Tindimubona, S., Kinyua, Z.M., Kashaija, I., Opio, F., Namugga, P.

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Coping with food price volatility in ACP countries by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Yet, when a new period of instability occurred in 2010, experts attending a Brussels Development Briefing were able to recommend measures to limit price swings and mitigate their effects. …”
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Anette Friis, Danish Agriculture & Food Council, on agriculture in the climate negotiations by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Anette Friis made a presentation during the 29 Brussels Briefing on climate change, agriculture and food security, organised by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). …”
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Leveraging local knowledge and satellite data for highly accurate tree-crops mapping by Reymondin, Louis

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Germplasm identification and development of upland rice cultivars with high zinc contents by Neves, Péricles C.F. das, Bassinello, P. Z., Morais, O.P. de, Fonseca, JR, Pereira, JA, Carvalho, J.L.V. de, Nutti, MR, Pachón, Helena

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Workshop on Governance & Institutions Across Scales in Climate Resilient Food Systems by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Flagship 4 organised a workshop in September on "Governance & Institutions Across Scales in Climate Resilient Food Systems" in Brussels, Belgium. The workshop gathered social and political scientists, mixed with food security, water and agriculture experts. …”
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Ishmael Sunga, SACAU, on what a work programme on agriculture would mean to smallholder farmers by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…During the 29 Brussels Briefing on 27 September 2012, Ishmael Sunga from the Farmer's Organisation Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU), spoke about what they want from the ongoing climate change negotiations and what farmers in developing countries need in order to adapt successfully to climate change. …”
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Increasing rural employment in sub-Saharan Africa by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Already, tens of millions of rural Africans have no work, or not enough to lift themselves out of poverty. At the Brussels Development Briefing on ‘Major Drivers for Rural Transformation in Africa: Job Creation for Rural Growth’, experts proposed a range of measures to increase employment. …”
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Revolutionising Finance for Agri-Value Chains by Rutten, Lamon, Boto, Isolina

“…The publication on “Revolutionising Finance for Agri-Value Chains” created in conjunction with the 35th Brussels Development Briefing (March 2014), provides an overview and analysis of value chains finance, and its potential to transform their ACP countries’ agricultural sectors and economies. …”
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Micropropagation of Brassica oleracea (Cole crops) by Msikita, W., Skirvin, R.M., Chen, S.Y.

“…Practically every part of the plant can be used, including leaves (cabbage, kale), axillary buds (Brussels sprouts), stems (kohlrabi), flower buds (broccoli), and floral primordia (cauliflower). …”
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Summary Report of the Consultative Council Meeting, January 27-28, 1999 by CGIAR Consultative Council

“…Report of the first meeting of the CGIAR Consultative Council, held in Brussels on January 27-28, 1999. The Consultative Council, whose membership was selected by the Chairman of the CGIAR, was established at CGIAR International Centers Week 1998 as a mechanism to address issues raised by the 29 recommendations of the third System Review. …”
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Potato yield gap analysis in Sub-Sahara Africa through participatory modeling: Optimizing the value of historial breeding trial data. by Harahagazwe, D., Quiróz, R., Condori, B., Barreda, B., Mendiburu, F. de, Amele, A., Anthony, D., Atieno, E., Bararyenya, A., Byarugaba, A.A., Demo, P., Lung'aho, C., Mbiri, D, Mulugeta, G., Nasona, B., Onditi, J., Randrianaivoarivony, J.M., Mubeteneh Tankou, C., Worku, A., Guerrero, J.

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Preserving CTA’s intellectual property assets by Khadar, Ibrahim

“…Brands, such as Spore, Brussels Briefing, ICT Update, Pitch AgriHack and VALUE4HER and UAV4Ag.…”
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Highlights of recent IFPRI food policy research for the European Commission 2016: Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In June 2015, IFPRI, the EC, and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) joined together to bring experts and stakeholders to discuss the latest thinking on sustainably improving livelihoods and welfare at a Brussels workshop, “Improving Food Systems for Better Lives.” …”
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Getting superior Napier grass to dairy farmers in East Africa by WRENmedia

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Modeling International Relationships in Applied General Equilibrium (MIRAGE) Model by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Beyond IFPRI and CEPII, the model is now shared with different institutions such as the European Commission DG Trade and DG Enterprise (Brussels, Belgium), French National Institute for Agricultural Research ( INRA, Paris, France), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), and the World Trade Organization (WTO, Geneva, Switzerland). …”
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Application of rhizobacteria inoculants in biocontrol of Bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) in potato (Solaum tuberosum) production. by Aguk, J., Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar, Karanja, K., Kinyua, Z.M., Jefwa, J.M., Parker, M.

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