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Estomatitis vesicular bovina: avances en epidemiología e impacto económico en la zona cafetera. by Arbeláez Rendón, G., Orrego Uribe, A.

“…Los resultados mostraron: que la mayoría de los casos, son debidos al virus Indiana (67 por ciento en Caldas), que las vacas de ordeño son las más afectadas, que las pérdidas que ha ocasionado la enfermedad sobrepasan los {dollar}17.282.600.oo/año y en promedio {dollar}52.739.oo/animal enfermo…”
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Scaling out Solar Pump Irrigators’ Cooperate Enterprise (SPICE) model in India by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The Solar Pump Irrigators’ Cooperate Enterprise (SPICE) tested and evaluated in the states of Gujarat and Bihar in India by IWMI and CCAFS in collaboration with Tata Trust is being scaled out by the Government of India through a new multi-billion-dollar scheme to implement solarisation of farm irrigation. …”
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Future Resource Requirements and their Funding by CGIAR Secretariat

“…It covered funding constraints resulting from inflation, the strengthening US dollar and the slowing in the growth of contributions. …”
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New International Initiative to Develop Disease-Resistant Bananas by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The Common Fund for Commodities would contribute 3.566 million US dollars over the next five years. The project will involve cooperation between the Common Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-Governmental Group on Bananas of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Fundacion Hondurena de Investigacion Agricola, Honduras, and participating donors of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).…”
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Operating a Stabilization Mechanism by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The purpose of the mechanism was to protect centers against the impact of variations in exchange rates of donor pledges in currencies other than the US dollar, and against uncertainties with respect to levels of inflation and the movement of exchange rates for currencies in which expenditures are made. …”
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Returns to R&D investment to inform priority setting in the One CGIAR and NARS by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro

“…We checked the plausibility of the results obtained by the model calculating the Benefit-Cost ratio of historical CGIAR investments and found that each dollar invested by the CGIAR between 1971 and 2018 returned almost 10 dollars in output as the result of increased productivity, which is within the range of returns found by most recent meta-analyses impact of CGIAR investment. …”
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El efecto de hormonas en ceba de novillos en pastoreo. by Vergara V, Jaime A., González Henao, Foción

“…El grupo testigo proporcionó la menor utilidad ({dollar}89.57)…”
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A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo by Woomer, P., Luc, B., Bisomerine, C.

“…The campaign resulted in average yields of 2736 kg per ha, with a net yield of $900 per hectare and a benefit-cost ratio of $3.72 per dollar invested. The campaign covered 546 ha at a cost of $181,030, or $83 per household.…”
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Documento Conpes 3537: concepto favorable a la nación para obtener un cupo de endeudamiento en bonos externos hasta por US$ 1.000 millones o su equivalente en otras monedas, con el...

“…El presente documento somete a consideración del CONPES el concepto favorable a la Nación para contratar, en su nombre, operaciones de crédito público externo a través de los mercados internacionales de capitales y la banca comercial hasta por la suma de US{dollar} 1.000 millones o su equivalente en otras monedas para financiar las apropiaciones presupuestales prioritarias de la vigencia 2009.…”
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Smart Seeds for an Efficient and Sustainable Food System in the Philippines by Baruah, Sampriti, Mohanty, Samarendu

“…The country has grown consistently at more than 6% annually since 2012 and is expected to be a trillion-dollar economy by 2030. Agriculture continues to remain a key economic pillar, contributing approximately 12% of the country’s GDP and employing about 32% of the economically active population.…”
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Evidence for Resilient Agriculture informs more than USD 1 billion in investment plans and guides evidence-based policy, programming and capacity building in Africa by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Synthesized data and analyses from the Evidence for Resilient Agriculture (ERA) meta-dataset were used to (i) develop multi-million-dollar climate-smart investment plans in Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, (ii) inform the adaptation portfolio of the Gates Foundation, (iii) design three county adaptation plans in Kenya, (iv) inform the design of a Green Climate Fund (GCF) project led by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Government of Tanzania and (v) build capacity for NDC implementation across Africa.…”
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Repurposing global agricultural support by Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David

“…Countries around the world provide billions of dollars every year for agricultural support, with most of the benefits accruing to middle- and high-income farmers. …”
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Higher wheat prices push Egypt to increase price of subsidized bread for first time since 1989 by Jovanovic, Nina, Glauber, Joseph W.

“…The change—the first such increase since 1989—was triggered by a number of factors: Egypt’s heavy reliance on wheat imports due to limited arable crop base and growing population, along with high global wheat prices amid the Russia-Ukraine war, combined with the weakening of Egyptian pound (EGP) against the U.S. dollar in March 2024 and government efforts to reduce public spending.…”
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African agricultural R&D in the new millennium: Progress for some, challenges for many by Beintema, Nienke M., Stads, Gert-Jan

“…In 2008, the region spent $1.7 billion on agricultural R&D (in 2005 purchasing power parity dollars)—or $0.8 billion (in 2005 constant US dollars)—and employed more than 12,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) agricultural researchers. …”
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Yield and economic benefits of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and soybean (Glycine max) inoculation in Northern Tanzania by Ndakidemi, Patrick A., Dakora, Felix D., Nkonya, Ephraim M., Ringo, Domenic, Mansoor, Hussain

“…From economic analysis, the increase in grain yield with inoculation translated into a significantly (P=0.05) higher marginal rate of return and dollar profit for soybean and common bean farmers in northern Tanzania. …”
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La torta de algodón como suplemento proteínico en ceba de novillos Romosinuanos en pastoreo. by Fransen, James M., Raun, Ned S., Mora Guevara, Julio Jairo

“…Los animales del grupo 2 tuvieron una tasa de crecimiento superior en 22 por ciento, pero al verificar el análisis económico, los testigos dan una utilidad neta por novillo de {dollar}481, frente a una utilidad de solo {dollar}261 en los novillos suplementados con torta de algodón. …”
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Weather insurance - a viable option in support of the development of Pacific local food crops and fisheries value chains by Cole, S., Francis, Judith Ann

“…In the last two decades, Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have suffered billions of dollars in damage and loss due to catastrophic weather events (e.g. cyclones, floods, drought) and other natural disasters (e.g. volcanic eruptions). …”
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Harmonized Male/Female and Urban/Rural Subnational Expenditure, Poverty, and Inequality Indicators at 2011 PPP $1.90/day and $3.10/day for Africa South of the Sahara by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Our poverty calculations are based on the comparison between the household per-capita consumption expenditure (a synthetic indicator expressing the money-metric welfare utility level) and the $1.90 and $3.10/day poverty lines expressed in international equivalent purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars in 2011. Poverty headcount with standard deviation, gap, severity, and Gini index are also provided.…”
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Are Kenya's horticultural exports a replicable success story? by Minot, Nicholas, Ngigi, Margaret

“…Since 1974 the value of Kenya's horticultural exports has increased fourfold in constant dollar terms, reaching US$167 million in 2000 (see figure). …”
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Are Kenya’s horticultural exports a replicable success story? by Minot, Nicholas, Ngigi, Margaret

“…Since 1974 the value of Kenya’s horticultural exports has increased fourfold in constant dollar terms, reaching US$167 million in 2000 (see figure). …”
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