Search Results - "Decadence"

Future challenges in the hybrid and improved forage seed markets of East Africa by Florez, Jesus Fernando, Karimi, Peggy, Junca Paredes, John Jairo, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…Additionally, it seeks to construct a forward-looking analysis of the market’s projected evolution over the next decade. Moreover, the study endeavors to pinpoint the central challenges impeding progress and the potential avenues for advancement. …”
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International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs by von Braun, Joachim, Fan, Shenggen, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Rosegrant, Mark W., Nin-Pratt, Alejandro

“…On top of these crises, the decades of shrinking global investment in agricultural research are leading to slower growth in agricultural productivity. …”
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Increasing sorghum yields for smallholder farmers in Mali: the evolution towards a context-driven, on-farm, gender-responsive sorghum breeding program by Isaacs, Krista, Weltzien-Rattunde, Eva, Some, Tiare Hermann Williams, Abdoulaye Diallo, Bocar Diallo, Mamourou Sidibé, vom Brocke, Kirsten, Bakary Samake, Nebié, Baloua, Weltzien-Rattunde, Henry Frederick

“…This case study explores a decades long evolution towards a gender-responsive sorghum breeding program in Mali. …”
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Gene-editing technologies for developing climate resilient rice crops in sub-Saharan Africa: Political priorities and space for responsible innovation by Shilomboleni, Helena, Ismail, Abdelbagi M.

“…Over the last 2 decades, rice has become one of the most important staple crops for sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Rice demand and production projections for 2050: Opportunities for achieving self-sufficiency in Nepal by Timsina, Krishna Prasad, Gauchan, Devendra, Gairhe, Samaya, Subedi, Sushil Raj, Pokhrel, Bhanu Bhakta, Upadhyay, Santosh, Joshi, Krishna Dev, Pandey, Sunita, Shrestha, Jiban

“…However, integrating the population growth rate of the last decade (0.57% per annum) with two productivity growth rate scenarios (current and (ii) 5% annual increment), the country can be self-sufficient by 2040. …”
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Participatory crop improvement for farm productivity and climate resilience: Training manual by Mengistu, Dejene K., Terefe, Hailu, Nigir, Bogale, Tilahun, Mulugeta, Kidane, Yosef G., Fadda, Carlo

“…These systems are characterized by incredible diversity, not of crops alone, but of micro-environments, socio-economic contexts, and cultural preferences. For decades, conventional plant breeding, optimized for uniform, high-input environments, has struggled to serve this heterogeneity, leading to low adoption rates of improved varieties and missed opportunities for enhancing food security. …”
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Sources of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate among smallholder households in Zimbabwe: A participatory analysis by Rurinda, J.P., Mapfumo, Paul, Wijk, Mark T. van, Mtambanengwe, F., Rufino, Mariana C., Chikowo, Regis, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…The mean daily minimum temperature increased by 0.2°C per decade in Makoni and by 0.5°C per decade in Hwedza. …”
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CMIP5 Simulations of low-level tropospheric temperature and moisture over the tropical Americas by Carvalho, Leila M. V., Jones, C., Posadas, A., Quiróz, R., Bookhagen, B., Liebmann, B.

“…The historic simulations (1951–2005) and the two reanalyses agree well and indicate that significant warming has occurred over tropical SA with a remarkable increase in the area and magnitude of the 85th percentile in the last decade (1996–2005). The RCP8.5 CMIP5 ensemble mean projects an increase in the T850 85th percentile of about 2.5°C (2.8°C) by 2050 and 4.8°C (5.5°C) over SA (NA) by 2095 relative to 1955. …”
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What are the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in forests, fisheries and rangelands?: a systematic review protocol by Ojanen, M., Miller, D.C, Zhou, W, Mshale, B, Mwangi, E, Petrokofsky, G.

“…Property rights to natural resources comprise a major policy instrument for those seeking to advance sustainable resource use and conservation. Despite decades of policy experimentation and empirical research, however, systematic understanding of the influence of different property rights regimes on resource and environmental outcomes remains elusive. …”
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Diagnosis and Detection of Plum Pox Virus: State-of-the-Art and Future Options by Cambra, Mariano, Bertolini, Edson, Martínez, M. Carmen, Gorris, María T., Vidal, Eduardo, Olmos, Antonio

“…Nevertheless, for more than a decade, ELISA techniques have been based exclusively on polyclonal antibodies that often present problems of specificity and other drawbacks. …”
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Joint Impact Assessment of CTA's support to WOUGNET (2003-2013) by Kayobyo, Godfrey, Owiny, Moses, Akite, Brenda, Okello, Dorothy

“…WOUGNET and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), have collaborated over the last decade during which time they have undertaken several partnership activities.…”
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Dissemination and Adoption of Bundled Agronomic Practices in Vietnam, Benin, Togo, Nigeria and Brazil by CGIAR Research Program on Rice

“…In the previous two decades, members of the RICE CRP, including created and disseminated regionally-designed and locally-appropriate portfolios of agronomic practices in collaboration with local partners. we find that previously published levels of dissemination and adoption tend to be inflated. …”
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Herding cats: Facilitation in social learning processes by Hagmann, Jürgen, Chuma, E., Ramaru, J., Peter, H., Murwira, K., Ficarelli, P., Ngwenya, H., Krebs, K.

“…The chapter unpacks good process facilitation based on long-term experience over three decades in Eastern and Southern Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. …”
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How to improve rural service delivery in developing countries: Complementarities, information, and incentives by Kosec, Katrina, Ragasa, Catherine

“…The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has for decades contributed significantly on key topics for effective service delivery. …”
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A new era of transformation in Ghana: Lessons from the past and scenarios for the future by Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen, Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Al Hassan, Ramatu M., Thurlow, James

“…Several Sub-Saharan African nations have experienced increased economic growth and political stability in recent years compared with the stagnation and turmoil of previous decades. Ghana is one of the biggest success stories of the region; the nation has enjoyed an annual average of five percent economic growth for the past 20 years and will probably be the first Sub-Saharan African country to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015.…”
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The Green Revolution in North Arcot: Economic trends, households mobility, and the politics of an "awkward class" by Harriss, John

“…In the preceding chapter used village household data from the Cambridge-Madras universities and IFPRI-TNAU surveys to assess, after a decade, the growth and equity effects of the green revolution in North Arcot. …”
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Monitoring agricultural sector performance, growth, and poverty in Africa by Johnson, Michael E., Omilola, Babatunde, Flaherty, Kathleen, Makombe, Tsitsi, MacNeil, Marcia, Horowitz, Leah

“…Moreover, the majority of the rural poor depend on agriculture either directly or indirectly for their livelihoods.1 Developing agriculture specifi cally and the rural sector more broadly are key components of Africa’s pathway out of poverty. Yet in the last decades of the 20th century, agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suff ered from a tragedy of political inattention and disinvestment.…”
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Leveraging agrigenomics" for crop improvement" by Gedil, Melaku A, Rabbi, Ismail Y.

“…Modern biotechnologies have dramatically reshaped the crop improvement research during the past decade. Biotechniques have become indispensable for efficient and effective development of new knowledge, processes, and products. …”
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Meeting national targets and global commitments with systems thinking by Mosnier, Aline, DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.

“…From the Sustainable Development Goals to national nutrition targets, the proliferation of national and global sustainability goals in recent decades reflects the growing urgency of achieving healthy diets while staying within planetary boundaries. …”
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A unique opportunity for food systems transformation in Rwanda by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Rwanda has made remarkable progress in the past two decades, highlighted by rapid economic growth and sharp reductions in poverty. …”
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