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Learning alliances: An approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems por Lundy, Mark M., Gottret, María Verónica, Ashby, Jacqueline A.

“…Millions of dollars are spent each year on research and development (R&D) initiatives in an attempt to improve rural livelihoods in the developing world, but rural poverty remains an intractable problem in many places. …”
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Letter from CGIAR Chairman W. David Hopper to the Heads of CGIAR Delegations, May 12, 1989 por Hopper, W. David

“…He described the burden placed on the stabilization mechanism by the strengthening exchange rate for the dollar.…”
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The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the time to act is now por Bolo, Peter, Kihara, Job, Kinyua, Michael, Waswa, Boaz S.

“…The main culprit is soil erosion, stripping away vital nutrients from farmlands, threatening food production, and robbing the continent of billions of dollars every year. This document, based on the latest evidence reported in a recent policy brief, lays out the true cost of soil erosion, and what can be done to reverse it: a call for a “zero erosion campaign.”…”
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Can Africa grow what it eats? IRRI’s Dr Ismail maps new blueprint for rice self-Sufficiency por Ismail, Abdelbagi, Choudhury, Suchetana

“…Ismail points to milling modernization, youth-led mechanisation services, and private-sector seed systems as Africa’s next billion-dollar opportunities. Looking ahead to 2035, he says Africa can be food-sovereign and even a net exporter—but only if political stability, modernized policies, and investment-ready ecosystems align to unlock the continent’s true rice potential.…”
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Writing off Indonesia’s forestry debt: how the IMF, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency and Bank Mandiri are financing forest destruction por Barr, C., Setiono, B.

“…Before Bank Mandiri, IBRA, under the pressure by the IMF for the “quick sales” of its assets, had written off debts of these forestry companies, in the amount of billions of US dollars. Previously, these forestry companies had grown rapidly, without regard to sustainable forests, due to Suharto's forest subsidies. …”
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300,000+ African farmers overcome banana Xanthomonas wilt using Alliance-developed single diseased stem removal with other measures. por Blomme, Guy, Ocimati, Walter, Kikulwe, Enoch, Johnson, Vincent

“…An Alliance partnership has finalized a bundle of highly effective, low-cost, and user-friendly banana Xanthomonas wilt disease (BXW) control technologies including Single Diseased Stem Removal (SDSR), to protect East and Central Africa’s multibillion dollar banana production and >3 million farmers’ livelihoods across the region [1]. …”
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Agronomic and economic benefits of rice–sweetpotato rotation in lowland rice cropping systems in Uganda por Kyalo, G., Rajendran, S., Alibu, S., Zziwa, S., McEwan, M., Ekobu, M., Okello, S.E.A., Namanda, S., Otim, M.H., Lamo, J., Mwanga, R.O.M., Low, Jan W.

“…In other words, if monocropping generates 1 dollar, rotation generates 1.43 dollars. The study concludes that rotation of sweetpotato with rice led to (1) increased yields of both rice and sweetpotatoes, (2) more profitable utilization of land, (3) enhanced availability of sweetpotato planting material at the beginning of the upland growing season, and (4) reduced the cost of land preparation for the main rice crop. …”
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Do commercial biological and chemical products increase crop yields and economic returns under smallholder farmer conditions? por Jefwa, J.M., Pypers, Pieter, Jemo, M., Thuita, Moses N., Mutegi, E., Laditi, M.A., Faye, A., Kavoo, A., Munyahali, W., Herselman, L., Atieno, M., Okalebo, J.R., Yusuf, A., Ibrahim, A., Ndung’u-Magiroi, K.W., Asrat, A., Muletta, D., Ncho, C., Kamaa, M., Lesueur, Didier

“…Results demonstrate economic returns of US$ 4 for every dollar invested for soybean production and US $ 4.6 for every dollar invested in maize production. …”
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Ceba de novillo en estabulación con pasto elefante (Pennisetum purpureum (Schomach) H-534. por Gómez Rodríguez, C.E.

“…Se obtienen los siguientes resultados: producción promedia de forraje verde/ha/corte de 52000 kl, consumo de forraje verde/animal/día de 32.1 kl, consumo de melaza/animal/día de 822 gr, consumo de sal mineralizada por animal/día de 92 gr, pérdida de peso/animal/día en la primera etapa de 0.142 kl, pérdida de peso/animal/día en la tercera etapa de 0.026 kl, ganancia de peso/animal/día en la segunda etapa de 963 gr, costo de establecimiento/ha del pasto elefante de {dollar}3.365, costos de producción en el período experimental de {dollar}31.180. …”
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Proceso de elaboración de vino licoroso de uchuva y sabajón de lulo por Frasica M, Silva Patricia, Pino P, Nery Ruth, Bernal Estrada, Jorge A.

“…Los resultados obtenidos permitieron evidenciar la necesidad de trabajar con fruta madura y de alta calidad fitosanitaria, los rendimientos obtenidos en los procesos de producción fueron del orden de 95,01 por ciento para el vino licoroso de uchuva y del 95 por ciento para el sabajón de lulo, es posible obtener vino licoroso y sabajón a partir de la fermentación natural de uchuva y lulo, los costos unitarios de producción fueron de {dollar}5.133 y de {dollar}2.758 pesos colombianos, para el vino licoroso de uchuva y el sabajón de lulo, respectivamente…”
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Plan sanitario para el control y erradicación de la fiebre aftosa en Colombia. por Estupiñán Arias, J.

“…En los primeros 5 años se utilizaron US{dollar}16.700.000. Se dispuso de suficientes y calificados recursos humanos, de laboratorios de diagnóstico y de control de drogas y biológicos, de equipos y puestos de control. …”
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Deficiencia de minerales en la alimentación de ganado de leche del Centro Regional de Investigación Obonuco. por Franco Valencia, J.J., Santacruz M, R., Salazar Restrepo, Deiro

“…Analizando los resultados anteriores, el suministro de sal ICA ({dollar}2.90 kg( es más económico si se compara con la sal pfizer ({dollar}10.30)…”
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Desarrollo de un modelo de fondo ambiental para el manejo y conservación de los recursos naturales de una microcuenca de Honduras por Tábora Merlo, Fabiola

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Fertilización del ñame (Dioscorea alata L.) en suelos de Turipaná y Carmen de Bolívar por Acosta Solano, Claudio, Cepeda Vergara, Rodolfo

“…En El Carmen de Bolivar, mediante la misma técnica y aplicando al suelo 60-180-60 kg/ha. de N, P2O5 y K2O, el mayor beneficio neto parcial fue de {dollar}3.311.400,oo y una tasa de terorno marginal de 612 por ciento…”
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One million hectares world wide - Varietal change in potatoes and the contribution of the International Potato Center por International Potato Center

“…In terms returns on investment in CIP breeding, the current adoption area implies a rate of return of approximately 20 percent per one dollar invested, and a net present value of discounted net benefits of more than USS121 million.…”
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Senegal: Recent developments in public agricultural research por Stads, Gert-Jan, Sène, Louis

“…In 2008, the country employed 141 full-time equivalent (FTE) agricultural researchers and spent 6.5 billion CFA francs or 25.9 million PPP dollars on agricultural R&D (both in constant 2005 prices), which is well below the levels recorded in the 1980s and 1990s (Figure 1 and 2; Table 1). …”
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Principaux insectes nuisibles du mais en Afrique; biologie et methodes de lutte: guide de recherche de lIita, No. 30 por Bosque Pérez, N.A.

“…Lea pertea annuelles ae chiffrent en millions de dollars. Le. molthodes de lutte culturale, chimique et biologique viennent compltlter la rolsistance varietale. …”
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Report of the Eighteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Finance Committee por CGIAR Finance Committee, MacGillivray, Iain

“…Funding from CGIAR donors in 2000, given the diminishing dollar value of several European currencies, was likely to be $330-$335 million. …”
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Letter from CGIAR Chairman W. David Hopper to the Heads of CGIAR Delegations, September 2, 1988 por Hopper, W. David

“…He noted that funding was flat expressed in donor currencies, and was under pressure from a strengthening dollar. Flexibility was demonstrated by a number of center programs which had been faced with changed requirements. …”
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The charcoal value chain in Kenya: Actors, practices and trade flows in selected sites por Ndegwa, G., Sola, P., Siko, I., Kirimi, M., Wanjira, E.O., Koech, G., Ihalainen, Markus, Iiyama, Miyuki, Muriuki, J., Njenga, M.

“…The sub-sector has been reported to be worth billions of dollars in market value. Between 40-75% of the charcoal is produced in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) using inefficient processing technologies and unsustainable tree harvesting practices. …”
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