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Transition economies' perspective: getting ready for the Millenium Round trade negotiations by Grote, Ulrike, Wehrheim, Peter

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Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries by O’Hearn, Meghan, Lara-Castor, Laura, Cudhea, Frederick, Miller, Victoria, Reedy, Julia, Shi, Peilin, Zhang, Jianyi, Wong, John B., Economos, Christina D., Micha, Renata, Mozaffarian, Dariush, Global Dietary Database, de Brauw, Alan, Moursi, Mourad

“…Across regions, highest proportional burdens were in central and eastern Europe and central Asia (85.6% (83.4–87.7%)) and Latin America and the Caribbean (81.8% (80.1–83.4%)); and lowest proportional burdens were in South Asia (55.4% (52.1–60.7%)). …”
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Report of the Sixth Meeting of the CGIAR Finance Committee by CGIAR Finance Committee

“…An update by the CGIAR Secretariat on the 1995 financing plan is appended.Under the heading of follow up to the Ministerial-level Meeting, the Committee discussed plans for the approval of the 1996 research agenda and related funding requirements at MTM95, development of a longer term financial strategy, financing of new CGIAR activities in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and fundraising among nontraditional, nonpublic sources. …”
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Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…Agenda issues included preparations for the third System Review, the development of CGIAR programs for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the changing work program of the recently established Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (IAEG).The Committee also discussed follow up to the initiation of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, particularly interaction with the CGIAR. …”
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Letter from CGIAR Chairman V. Rajagopalan to the Heads of CGIAR Delegations, February 24, 1992 by Rajagopalan, V.

“…The discussion covered the need and vision for the CGIAR, the implications of changes in Eastern Europe, the global agricultural research system, livestock research, germplasm conservation and research, natural resources and sustainability, policy research, information, relationships with NARS, the ecoregional concept, linkages with the private sector, funding, the role of the donor of last resort, management of the system, budgets and the budget process, governance and institutional innovations, accountability, and boards. …”
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Report of the Eighth Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…This written version was distributed later.Discussions on follow up to the Lucerne meeting covered research in Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union, linkages between the CGIAR and NGOs, the definition of systemwide programs and initiatives, and impact assessment. …”
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Report of the Ninth Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…It reiterated its views on research in Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union.Under the heading of CGIAR governance, the Committee appraised progress in establishment of the IAEG, and the role of PARC. …”
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Report of the Seventh Meeting of the CGIAR Finance Committee by CGIAR Finance Committee

“…Creation of a CGIAR foundation, and funding of programs in Eastern Europe were further discussed.…”
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Report of the Third Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…The committee prepared a draft policy statement on CGIAR policy toward Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. …”
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The impact of residential combustion emissions on atmospheric aerosol, human health, and climate by Butt, E.W., Rap, A., Schmidt, A., Scott, C.E., Pringle, K.J., Reddington, C.L., Richards, N.A.D., Woodhouse, M.T., Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Yang, H., Vakkari, V., Stone, E.A., Rupakheti, M., Praveen, P.S., Zyl, P.G. van, Beukes, J.P., Josipovic, M., Mitchell, E.J.S., Sallu, S.M., Forster, P.M., Spracklen, D.V.

“…The model underestimates black carbon (BC) and organic carbon (OC) mass concentrations observed over Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa, with better prediction when carbonaceous emissions from the residential sector are doubled. …”
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Epidemiology of African swine fever virus by Costard, Solenne, Mur, L., Lubroth, J., Sánchez Vizcaino, J.M., Pfeiffer, Dirk U.

“…But following an introduction of the virus in 2007, it now has expanded its geographical distribution into Caucasus and Eastern Europe where it has not been controlled, to date. …”
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Wholesalers, wholesale markets, and symbiosis with the emerging logistics sector by Reardon, Thomas

“…The primary geographic focus is on developing and emerging market economies (Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America), but also provides a comparison with the evidence regarding the evolution and roles 3PLS and wholesale markets in agrifood value chain development in the United States and Western Europe. …”
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Molecular analyses and species distribution models indicate cryptic northern mountain refugia for a forest-dwelling ground beetle by Drees, C., Husemann, M., Homburg, K., Brandt, P., Dieker, P., Habel, J.C., Wehrden, H. von, Zumstein, P., Assmann, T.

“…Identification of potential glacial refugia and post‐glacial colonization processes of a flightless, cold‐adapted ground beetleCentral and eastern Europe.We analysed the genetic structure of 33 Carabus sylvestris populations sampled across its entire distribution range using nuclear and mitochondrial markers. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-First Meeting, 26-28 November 1996: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…TAC also discussed future reviews of several centers, and received additional reports covering, among other topics, GFAR, the World Food Summit, the report of the CGIAR committee for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the Systemwide Program for Water Management.…”
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Conifers Network: Report of the second (20-22 September 2001, Valsaín, Spain), and third (17-19 October 2002, Kostrzyca, Poland) meetings by Vancura, K., Fady, B., Koskela, Jaarko, Mátyás, Cs., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…In order to streamline the discussion on the progress made, it was proposed to divide the participants into four groups loosely representing major ecogeographic areas of Europe: western Europe, Mediterranean, northern Europe, and central and eastern Europe. Each group had the task of summarizing the important elements from the national reports and presenting them in a concise form in plenary.…”
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Toward an inclusive and evidence-based approach to farmland consolidation in Ethiopia by Zewdie, Yihenew, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…Experiences elsewhere mainly in Eastern Europe and Asia demonstrate significant yield increase associated with increased efficiency and productivity through VLC. …”
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Review of Food security and sociopolitical stability by Christopher B. Barrett by Alderman, Harold

“…Papers discuss food or consequences—food security and its implications for global sociopolitical stability; the future of the global food economy—scenarios for supply, demand, and prices; what we know about the climate of the next decade; the global land rush; global freshwater and food security in the face of potential adversity; managing marine resources for food and human security; crop technologies for the coming decade; livestock futures to 2020—how they will shape food, environmental, health, and global security; labor migration and food security in a changing climate; trade policies and global food security; food security and political stability—a humanitarian perspective; moral economics of food security and protest in Latin America; food security and sociopolitical stability in Sub-Saharan Africa; lessons from the Arab Spring—food security and stability in the Middle East and North Africa; food security and sociopolitical stability in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; food security and sociopolitical stability in South Asia; when China runs out of farmers; and food security and sociopolitical stability in East and Southeast Asia. …”
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Russia's food economy in transition: what do reforms mean for the long-term outlook? by von Braun, Joachim, Seeth, Harm tho, Serova, Eugenia, Melyukhina, Olga

“…And, as part of the still greater economic changes taking place in the former planned economies of central and eastern Europe, these transformations may have extensive ramifications for international food markets. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, May 26-30, 1997: Summary of Proceedings by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The Group heard from the Genetic Resources Policy Committee (GRPC), reaffirmed open access to center germplasm, and noted the rollover of agreements to put center collections under FAO auspices.The Group agreed on a sustained effort to commit additional resources to Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. It urged TAC to further refine CGIAR activity classifications and develop a logical framework format. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 20-24, 1996: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The CGIAR asked its task force on Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union to talk with states in that region and present a strategy for cooperation at ICW96. …”
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