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An intertemporal, multi-region general equilibrium model of agricultural trade liberalization in the South Mediterranean NICs, Turkey, and the European Union by Bayar, Ali, Diao, Xinshen, Yeldan, A. Erinc

“…The results reveal significant gains from increased bilateral trade between the identified regions, and further underscore the crucial importance of financing commodity trade deficits in sustaining the accumulation patterns.…”
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Senegal at a crossroads: Prioritizing large-scale food fortification under financial uncertainty by Resnick, Danielle, Diatta, Ampa Dogui

“…Among the latter include the stalled financing for the national fortification alliance, known as COSFAM, insufficient testing materials and laboratories, and rising costs of premix and raw materials. …”
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IWMI’s strategy to advance Africa’s agriculture agenda (CAADP 2026-2035) by Matchaya, Greenwell, Cofie, Olufunke

“…IWMI’s 2024–2030 Strategy “Research and Innovation for Water Security” aligns closely with CAADP’s six strategic objectives: sustainable food production, inclusive livelihoods, nutrition, governance, financing, and resilience. The brief highlights IWMI’s comparative advantage in scaling climate-smart irrigation, advancing groundwater governance, co-developing digital water solutions, and generating policy evidence. …”
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Identifying Climate-smart agriculture research needs by Torquebiau, Emmanuel F., Rosenzweig, Cynthia, Chatrchyan, Allison M., Andrieu, Nadine, Khosla, Raj

“…Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach to help agricultural systems worldwide, concurrently addressing three challenge areas: increased adaptation to climate change, mitigation of climate change, and ensuring global food security – through innovative policies, practices, and financing. It involves a set of objectives and multiple transformative transitions for which there are newly identified knowledge gaps. …”
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En studie om svenska börsnoterade fastighetsbolag : hur väl lämnas upplysningar om förvaltningsfastigheters värdering och varför kan detta skilja sig åt? by Englund, Erik, Eriksson Cordeschi, Emilio

“…The result demonstrates that all companies report accurately reflecting the fact that real estate is a capital intensive industry with the need for external financing. …”

CSA bundle 3: Scaling climate-smart inputs and agricultural practices in Zambia by Agova

“…This includes Seed Co[1]produced climate-smart foundation seed varieties together with natural growth-agent PlantCatalyst; climate information services (CIS); training on climate-smart agriculture (CSA); and improved linkages to sustainable financing and market off-takers. Together, Seed Co and PlantCatalyst will develop and market its combined input package and support uptake through technical training. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Guyana country report by Leszczynska, N., Ploeg, L. van der, Goetghebuer, T., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This initiative was financed by the European Union and results are placed within the global European Union-FLEGT (EU-FLEGT) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) indicator database. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Honduras country report by Goetghebuer, T., Fourmy, R., Leszczynska, N., Almeida, B., Newbery, J., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This initiative was financed by the European Union and results are placed within the global European Union-FLEGT (EU-FLEGT) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) indicator database. …”
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Collecting evidence of FLEGT-VPA impacts: Republic of the Congo country report by Leszczynska, N., Tsanga, R., Goetghebuer, T., Newbery, J., Almeida, B., Cerutti, P.O.

“…This initiative was financed by the European Union and results are placed within the global European Union-FLEGT (EU-FLEGT) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) indicator database. …”
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Digital Agriculture Profile: Ethiopia by Tamene, Lulseged D., Ashenafi, Ali

“…The majority of farmers have limited technical capacity to adopt digital services and products. Limited financing to support the launch and upscaling of digital products and services limits the advancement of digital agriculture in Ethiopia. …”
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Agrarian Reforms and Food Policy Process in Tajikistan by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Akramov, Kamiljon T.

“…Using specific tools to study power relations, financing, and information flows in the policy process, it maps institutional architecture and key stakeholders in the pre- and post-soviet era. …”
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Promoting an African foods systems agenda at COP28 by Chevallier, Romy, Trautman, Sabrina, Gosling, Amanda

“…These priorities include: i) advocating for significant progress in the agricultural negotiating track of climate negotiations; ii) ensuring that adaptation remains a focal point in all COP28 decisions and initiatives; iii) promoting the inclusion of agricultural targets in the Global Goal on Adaptation; iii) substantially increasing financing to support climate action in agri-food systems; iv) guaranteeing the Loss and Damage Fund provides adequate support to frontline communities and secures financial pledges; and, urgently enhancing ambition and increasing the overall global collective effort to climate change. …”
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Challenges and opportunities to scaling smallholder mechanization in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe by Ngoma, Hambulo, Simutowe, Esau, Md Abdul Matin, Thierfelder, Christian

“…Based on these findings, there is need for inclusive and innovative financing mechanisms, demand creation and awareness raising to scale up and scale out mechanization.…”
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Evolution of CGIAR funding by Beintema, Nienke M., Echeverria, Ruben G.

“…Although the role, contributions, and impacts of the CGIAR have been analyzed by many authors, only a few have summarized the recent evolution of its financing. This note is intended to contribute to reflections on the CGIAR’s first 50 years, which it will celebrate in 2021, while also providing a useful reference for the current “One CGIAR” governance and management transformation.…”
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Socio-economic determinants of keeping goats and sheep by rural people in southern Benin by Dossa, Luc Hippolyte, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Birner, Regina, Wollny, Clemens

“…These findings highlight the financing and insurance roles that small ruminants, particularly goats, are playing in the study area. …”
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Saint Vincent & Grenadines Agriculture and LULUCF Inventory needs assessment country profile by Vásquez, Daniela, Barrios, Julián, Haynes, Connor

“…This framework establishes processes that ensure the comparability and verifiability of information, and also incorporates accountability for financing, technology, and capacity building. Taken together, the results presented constitute a technical baseline that describes the current state of MRV systems for agriculture and LULUCF in the region. …”
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The Bahamas Agriculture and LULUCF Inventory needs assessment country profile by Barrios, Julián, Vasquez, Daniela, Haynes, Connor

“…This framework establishes processes that ensure the comparability and verifiability of information, and also incorporates accountability for financing, technology, and capacity building. Taken together, the results presented constitute a technical baseline that describes the current state of MRV systems for agriculture and LULUCF in the region. …”
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Water and Soil Accelerator Co-Creation Workshop: summary report by Chinembiri, Evans, Jacobs-Mata, Inga

“…Key thematic focus areas included sustainable water management, green infrastructure, soil health and agronomy, climate information services, collective natural resource governance, financing and enabling environment, and gender equality and social inclusion. …”
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Policies and institutional and legal frameworks in the expansion of Brazilian biofuels by Andrade, R.M.T., Miccolis, Andrew

“…The sugarcane-ethanol sector’s expansion has been characterised by distinct waves of regulation and deregulation, heavy private investment and public financing for infrastructure, research and development. …”
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Proposals for improving the research efficiency in goats by Morand-Fehr, P., Lebbie, S.H.B.

“…Generally, the quality and efficiency of goat research is very variable, although the situation has improved during the last 20 years. Despite limited financing support for goat research, its efficiency could be improved by a better research organisation and implementing committees, which include representatives of professional organisations to decide research priorities, and by implementing research networks, which would incite researchers from various institutions to work together. …”
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