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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC,October 25-29, 1993: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…It commended progress in integrating INIBAP's program into IBPGR, and invited the Rockefeller Foundation to implement the creation of a new livestock center. It heard and acted on reports from the Finance and Oversight Committees, and received reports from the CBC and the CDC.Annexes: Agenda; Chairman's Opening and Closing Statements; Report on Panel Discussions,; List of Participants.…”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, May 26-30, 1997: Summary of Proceedings by CGIAR Secretariat

“…It endorsed the report of the Global Forum Steering Committee (GFSC) and the creation of one secretariat for the GFSC, and another for the NARS Global Steering Committee (NARS GSC). …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, New Delhi, May 23-27, 1994: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Discussion of Oversight Committee reports on governance and organization resulted in the creation of a 15 member Steering Committee, composed of the continuing Oversight and Finance Committees. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Paris, May 24-26, 1982: Main Conclusions Reached and Decisions Taken and Informal Summary of Proceedings by CGIAR Secretariat

“…A representative of AustralIntellectual Assets Reported on the creation of the International Board for Soil Resources Management (IBSRAM). …”
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Achievements and lessons learnt in promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture implementation in Ghana through Science-Policy dialogue platforms by Sam, Kingsley Odum, Botchway, Vincent Ansah, Karbo, Naaminong, Essegbey, George Owusu, Nutsukpo, Delali Kofi, Segnon, Alcade C, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in West Africa has since 2012 supported the creation of national multi-stakeholder platforms on climate-smart agriculture in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Senegal. …”
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Integrated water resource management to address the growing demand for food and water in South Asia by Birendra, K. C., McIndoe, I., Schultz, B., Prasad, K., Bright, J., Dark, A., Pandey, Vishnu Prasad, Chaudhary, A., Thapa, P. M., Perera, R., Dangi, D. R.

“…The Nepalese case study revealed a lack of clear institutional arrangements to implement IWRM and disparate and conflicting views about IWRM. Creation and strengthening of basin-level water user organizations, technological improvements, and awareness-raising activities are some potential ways forward to implement IWRM.…”
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Augmented participatory action research in the digital age: Guidelines for implementation in community-based peatland restoration and sustainable business development by Purnomo, H., Puspitaloka, D., Juniyanti, L., Kusumadewi, S.D., Andrianto, A., Okarda, B., Basuki, I., Muhammad, A., Junandi, B., Sutikno, S., Kurniawan, S., Qomar, N., Jalil, A., Rohadi, D., Zulkardi, Tarsono

“…This new incarnation, which we refer to as augmented PAR, consists of a spiral of refl ection and co-elevation, co-creation and planning, connected actions, and monitoring and co-learning phases. …”
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Supporting the modernization of agricultural advisory system and climate information transfer in Senegal: Case of digitization in two national institutions by Yessoufou, Adjani Nourou-Dine, Worou, Nadine, Dhulipala, Ram, Diouf, Fatimata Bintou, Sene, Atoumane, Sow, Thiwdé Abou, Tall, Thierno Aliou, Gueye, El hadji, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…Digitalization efforts have focused on the national institutions ANCAR and ANACIM, with the creation of two digital platforms, SAIDA and GTP. The AICCRA-GTP application aims to collect data on various agricultural and climatic aspects, while the ANCAR App facilitates the collection of information for ANCAR's advisory support system. …”
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Educating and training a workforce for nutrition in a post-2015 world by Fanzo, Jessica, Graziose, Matthew M., Kraemer, Klaus, Gillespie, Stuart, Johnston, Jessica L., de Pee, Saskia, Monterrosa, Eva, Badham, Jane, Bloem, Martin W., Dangour, Alan D., Deckelbaum, Richard, Dobermann, Achim, Fracassi, Patrizia, Hossain, SM Moazzem, Ingram, John, Jerling, Johann C., Jones, CJ, Jap, Stefanus Indrayana, Kiess, Lynnda, Marshall, Quinn, Martin, Keith, Narayan, Anuradha, Amuyunzu-Nayamongo, Mary, Pepping, Fre, West, Kieth P.

“…Other opportunities were highlighted that could immediately contribute to capacity development, including the creation of a consortium to link global North and South universities, online training modules for middle managers, and practical, hands-on experiences for frontline nutrition workers. …”
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Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks by Ghisellini, Patrizia, Ncube, Amos, Rotolo, Gloria Claudia, Vassillo, Chiara, Kaiser, Serena, Passaro, Renato, Ulgiati, Sergio

“…In particular, the practices/goals/targets suggested in the latter (e.g., organic farming goals, more relevance assigned to plant-based diets, support for the creation of short supply chains, and reduction in food losses and waste) have guided the search for the main topics of interest in our analysis and the associated environmental and energy indicators. …”
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När naturen leker : hur barnets relation till naturen framställs i filmen ”Granne med Totoro” by Malm, Emelie

“… The landscape architect is similar to the moviemaker in that they both want to mediate an experience with their creations. The landscape architect designs playgrounds and the moviemaker makes movies for children, but how does the relationship between children and nature look like in the landscape formed by the movie maker’s fantasy? …”

Prospects of orphan crops in climate change by Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Chimonyo, Vimbayi Grace Petrova, Hlahla, S., Massawe, F., Mayes, S., Nhamo, Luxon, Modi, Albert Thembinkosi

“…Owing to reports of their potential under water scarcity, there is an argument to promote them to sustainably address challenges such as increasing drought and water scarcity, food and nutrition insecurity, environmental degradation, and employment creation under climate change. We conducted a scoping review using online databases to identify the prospects of orphan crops to contribute to (1) sustainable and healthy food systems, (2) genetic resources for future crop improvement, and (3) improving agricultural sustainability under climate change. …”
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Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Ghana by Botchway, Vincent Ansah, Sam, Kingsley Odum, Karbo, Naaminong, Essegbey, George Owusu, Nutsukpo, Delali, Agyemang, Kingsley, Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T.

“…The policy and decision makers further called on scientists to make CSA accessible at the farmer level through demonstrations and fact sheets for awareness creation and education and promised to support research and extension with the needed funds. …”
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Report of a Working Group on Brassica: Fourth Meeting, 2-4 March 2010, Linguaglossa, Catania, Italy by Maggioni, L., Lipman, E., Bioversity International

“…The proposed steps for the creation of an AEGIS Quality System were agreed by the Group. …”
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The question of derivatives: promoting use and ensuring availability of non-proprietary plant genetic resources by Fowler, Cary, Engels, J., Frison, Emile A., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…In this respect the balance between the need to keep access to genetic resources unfettered so that anyone can use them and the need to allow innovators to claim certain property rights over their creations as a means of encouraging and rewarding such work is critically important. …”
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Potato breeding by Bonierbale, Merideth W., Amoros, W., Salas, E., Jong, W. de

“…Prebreeding and population improvement not only capture essential genetic resources and move desired traits along variety development pipelines but also help assure the creation of broad and dynamic gene pools to meet future, unanticipated needs. …”
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AgroFIMS v.1.0 - User manual by Aubert, Céline, Benites Alfaro, Omar Eduardo, Peréz, Ivan, Laporte, Marie-Angélique, Juarez, Henry, Devare, Medha

“…It consists of modules that represent the typical cycle of operations in agronomic trial management (seeding, weeding, fertilization, harvest, and more) and enables the creation of data collection sheets using the same ontology-based set of variables, terminology, units and protocols. …”
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Creación y análisis de escenarios futuros sobre agricultura, seguridad alimentaria nutricional y medios de vida en el Corredor Seco de Honduras: Resumen de Política by Leguía Hidalgo, Efraín José, Veeger, Marieke

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The future of smallholder farming in India: Some sustainability considerations by Bisht, Ishwari Singh, Rana, Jai Chand, Ahlawat, Sudhir Pal

“…It was found that four important interventions viz. linking organic agriculture to community-supported agriculture (CSA) initiatives; linking small-holder farming to school meal (MDM) programmes; enhanced market access and value chain development for local agricultural produce; and creation of employment opportunities at community level for rural youths and reducing over-dependence of rural population on agriculture as source of income can make traditional farming more profitable and sustainable. …”
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Hydro-energy cooperation in South Asia: prospects for transboundary energy and water security by Saklani, U., Shrestha, P. P., Mukherji, Aditi, Scott, Christopher A.

“…Based on documentary and media analysis along with interviews of key BBIN policy-makers, we identify and examine in this paper four factors for future progress: 1) technical cooperation can be extended to information-sharing for policies and institutions to regulate and manage water resources; 2) India must seize the opportunities and benefits of enhanced regional leadership in the region; 3) simultaneous informal discussion and diplomatic negotiation of water, energy and their nexus can provide BBIN countries the opportunity to highlight potential gains of cooperation and interstate interdependencies; and 4) regional cooperation can give a strong impetus to nations for advancing structural reforms, building institutions and capacity, developing a shared knowledge base, bridging infrastructural gaps, attracting private sector participation, and addressing poverty alleviation goals including job creation.…”
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