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Making African agriculture and food systems work for nutrition: What has been done, and what needs to be done? por Gillespie, Stuart, Dufour, Charlotte

“…In April 2016, the UN General Assembly enacted a Decade of Action for Nutrition, and nutrition is directly or indirectly related to all of the Sustainable Development Goals. …”
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Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity por Hodge, Judith, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Ochoa-Avilés, Angélica

“…OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY prevalence has increased substantially over the past decades, affecting 2.1 billion people worldwide and causing 3.4 million deaths globally.1 Currently, 42 million children are overweight or obese—the result of a staggering 47.1 percent rise in prevalence between 1980 and 2013.2 No longer exclusive to affluent societies, obesity has reached alarmingly high levels in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).3 In fact, the number of individuals who are overweight or obese (1.9 billion) has now surpassed the 794 million people who do not get enough calories.4 Nearly half of all overweight children under 5 years of age now live in Asia, and a further 25 percent are found in Africa.…”
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The evolution of tractorization in India’s low-wage economy: Key patterns and implications por Bhattarai, Madhusudan, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Shekhawa, R. S., Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…This study reviews the evolution of tractor use in India in the past few decades, and supplements this with a panel model analysis using factors associated with state-level tractor density growth. …”
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Reflections on the global food crisis: How did it happen? How has it hurt? And how can we prevent the next one? por Headey, Derek D., Fan, Shenggen

“…Furthermore, although food prices are now lower than their 2008 peak, real prices have remained significantly higher in 2009 and 2010 than they were prior to the crisis, and various simulation models predict that real food prices will remain high until at least the end of the next decade.…”
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Increasing food diversity and nutritional yield: evaluating diverse cropping systems. A field study in Chapainawabganj District in Bangladesh por Saiful Islam, Cheesman, Stephanie, Maruf Hossen Shanto, Md. Arifur Rahaman, Hossain, M. Khaled, Jagadish Chandra Barman, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…Over the past two decades, Bangladesh has made significant strides in food production, particularly in rice, the country's primary crop (ADB, 2023). …”
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Exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable diversification in the eastern IGP of India por Choudhary, K.M., Kalvania, K.C., Ali, Shahid, Sinha, Pooja, Kumar, Sanjeev, Jat, R.K., Bijarniya, Deepak, Krupnik, Timothy J., Gathala, Mahesh K.

“…The EIGP is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change because of terminal heat in summers, frequent droughts and flood risks, and increasingly erratic monsoon rainfall behavior in recent decades. This research brief presents the findings from on-farm participatory approach research trials focused on the climate-resilient and profitable alternative crop diversification options over to the dominating existing cropping systems. …”
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Dinamica del bosque secundario en agricultura de tumba y quema: interacciones entre tipos de uso dela tierra en la Amazonia peruana por Smith, J., Kop, P. van de, Reategui, K., Lombardi, I., Sabogal, C., Díaz, A.

“…Results confirmed that substantial areas of SF exist on slash and burn farms during the first few decades after settlement. As a result, over a third of the farm area is under the forest cover. …”
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Groundwater development in Fergana Valley: the adaptation strategy for changed water management in Syrdarya basin por Karimov, Akmal A., Mavlonov, A., Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Turral, Hugh, Inna, G.

“…During the last decade, the competition for water between the hydropower-oriented upstream and irrigated agriculture-centred downstream in the Syrdarya River basin, Central Asia, has significantly increased. …”
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From local watershed management to integrated river basin management at national and transboundary levels por Bach, H., Clausen, T.J., Trang, D.T., Emerton, L., Facon, T., Hofer, T., Lazarus, Kate, Muziol, C., Noble, A.D., Schill, P., Sisouvanh, A., Wensley, C., Whiting, L.

“…Although watersheds play a critical role as the basic hydrological unit within a river basin they are often neglected in river basin management. Over the past decade, principles and practices have evolved to ensure that integrated water resources management (IWRM) approaches used at the broader basin level to address sustainable development and management of land and water resources also apply at the smaller watershed level. …”
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Agroforestry, livestock, fodder production and climate change adaptation and mitigation in East Africa: issues and options por Dawson, Ian K., Carsan, S., Franzel, Steven, Kindt, Roeland, Breugel, P. van, Graudal, Lars, Lillesø, Jens-Peter B., Orwa, C., Jamnadass, Ramni H.

“…Here, we discuss relevant issues in East Africa, where recent agroforestry interventions to support livestockkeeping have included the planting of mostly-exotic tree-fodders, and where most parts of the region are expected to become drier in the next decades, although smaller areas may become wetter. …”
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Bancos comunitarios de semillas: concepto y practica. Manual para el facilitador por Vernooy, Ronnie, Sthapit, B.R., Bessette, Guy

“…Over three decades, a number of international and national organizations have provided technical and financial support to community seed banks around the world. …”
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Women's hidden harvest: Indigenous vegetables and amaXhosa cultural survival in Hobeni Village, South Africa por Tavenner, Katie

“…Residents were forcibly removed for decades by colonial and apartheid-era governments. …”
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A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa por van Koppen, Barbara, Schreiner, B.

“…In recent decades, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have pursued national water permit systems, derived from the colonial era and reinforced by “global best practice.” …”
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A review of silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon region por Fuentes, Eduardo, Gómez, Carlos, Pizarro, Dante, Alegre, Julio, Castillo, Miguel, Vela, Jorge, Huaman, Ethel, Vásquez Pérez, Héctor Vladimir

“…This article aims to provide information about progress in the development of SPS in the Peruvian Amazon region during the last 2 decades and opportunities to develop it further at the national level. …”
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European research priorities in farm animal genomics por Dovc, Peter, Gorjanc, Gregor, Ogorevc, Jernej, Prpar, Sonja, Simcic, Mojca, Kunej, Tanja, Poli, Mario Andres

“…In the present article we review the most important developments in animal genetics research during the last decade and evaluate some new strategies which should contribute to establishment of excellent science in the European livestock sector.…”
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Argentine agricultural policy: economic analysis and impact assessment using the producer support estimate (PSE) approach por Lema, Rolando Daniel, Gallacher, Marcos

“…We present a summary of developments in the agricultural policy environment that have occurred in the last decades in Argentina, as well as the resulting performance of the agricultural sector. …”
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Drought will not leave your glass empty : low risk of hydraulic failure revealed by long-term drought observations in world’s top wine regions por Charrier, Guillaume, Delzon, Sylvain, Domec, Jean Christophe, Zhang, Li, Delmas, Chloe E. L., Merlin, Isabelle, Corso, Deborah, King, Andrew, Ojeda, Hernan, Ollat, Nathalie, Prieto, Jorge Alejandro, Scholach, Thibaut, Skinner, Paul, Leeuwen, Cornelis van, Gambetta, Gregory A.

“…We developed and used novel approaches to define water stress thresholds for preventing hydraulic failure, which were compared to the drought stress experienced over a decade in two of the world’s top wine regions, Napa and Bordeaux. …”
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Toward Accurate Detection: Protocol Adjustment for Ascochyta rabiei in Chickpea Seeds por Pastor, Silvina Estela, Perez, Alejandro, Valetti, Lucio, Crociara, Clara Sonia, Fernandez, Franco Daniel, Pugliese, Bruno Daniel, Rodriguez Pardina, Patricia, Rolhaiser, Ignacio Nahuel, Pinotti, Carlos Daniel

“…In addition, the first distribution map of A. rabiei in Argentina was generated based on chickpea seed analyses conducted in the past decade and using the protocols outlined in this article.…”
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Plant‐produced viral bovine vaccines: what happened during the last 10 years? por Ruiz, Vanesa, Mozgovoj, Marina Valeria, Dus Santos, Maria Jose, Wigdorovitz, Andres

“…However, protection of cattle against viral infections is still a major concern in veterinary science. During the last two decades, the development of efficient plant‐based expression strategies for recombinant proteins prompted the application of this methodology for veterinary vaccine purposes. …”
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Advances in green processing of seed oils using ultrasound‐assisted extraction: A review por Mushtaq, Anam, Roobab, Ume, Denoya, Gabriela Inés, Inam‐Ur‐Raheem, Muhammad, Gullón, Beatriz, Lorenzo, Jose Manuel, Barba, Francisco J., Zeng, Xin‐An, Wali, Asif, Aadil, Rana Muhammad

“…A growing interest in green bio‐refining technology using ultrasound to extract high‐added value compounds has been observed in the last decades. Therefore, it is of critical importance to consider the impact of the ultrasound technology on the efficiency of oil extraction from seeds as well as on the properties of extracted oils. …”
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