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Conference of Heads of Assistance Agencies, Bellagio, Italy, April 8-9, 1970, (Bellagio III) by Rockefeller Foundation, Wortman, Sterling

“…It was agreed that the World Bank should move forward with the formation of a consortium, if the Bank's Governors approved, and that an informal meeting should be held in early December to consider funding, and the formation of additional centers.Four centers were discussed: water management, parasitic diseases of animals, dryland farming, and agricultural management and policy. …”
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Baseline assessment report for Resilient Nature-based Water Solutions pilot in Izbat Al-Hamra, Egypt by Belhaj Fraj, Makram, Fragaszy, Stephen, Abdelwahab, Noura, Maowod, G., AbdelMegeed, A., Elhariry, R. T., Samarasekara, Vidhisha

“…This report presents the baseline assessment for the Resilient Nature-Based Water Solutions (RNBWS) pilot project in Izbat Al-Hamra, Beheira Governorate, Egypt that is implemented under the Al Murunah project funded by the UK Government and led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). …”
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Coconut palms on the edge of the desert: genetic diversity of Cocos nucifera L. in Oman by Perera, L., Baudouin, L., Bourdeix, Roland, Bait Fadhil, A., Hountondji, F.C.C., Al-Shanfri, A.

“…In the Gulf region, coconuts are almost exclusively produced from palms growing in the Sultanate of Oman, particularly in the extreme south-eastern coastal plain of the Dhofar Governorate, and specifically within the city limits of Salalah, between the Jebel and the sea. …”
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Celebrating IWMI at 40: learning from our history, turning to the future by Lenton, Roberto

“…This report has been prepared by Roberto Lenton, a former Director General of IWMI and, more recently, Chair of the Institute’s Board of Governors.…”
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Inflation and diets among poor mothers in Egypt by Hashad, Reem, Jovanovic, Nina, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Kurdi, Sikandra

“…We combine food group specific governorate-level consumer price index (CPI) data with data on diets of 2,868 poor mothers in Egypt collected before and after the onset of the war. …”
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Review of IIMI's experience in strengthening national capacity for irrigation management and research. Parts 1 and II by Rao, P.S., Abeywickrema, N.

“…The Management Committee therefore decided that IIMI collects and documents this experience for future reference and consideration by senior management, and the Board of Governors. As the first phase in this effort, Regional Representative West Africa, and all Heads of Field Operations and Project Leaders were asked to list and inventorise their experience with national partners and other collaborating agencies in their work operations. …”
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Land Tenure Insecurity Constrains Cropping System Investment in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank by Caulfield, Mark E., Hammond, James, Fonte, Steven J., Wijk, Mark T. van

“…A “Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey” (RHoMIS) was conducted with 248 farmers in the three governorates of the Jordan Valley. The results of the survey were verified in a series of stakeholder interviews and participatory workshops where farmers and stakeholders provided detailed insight with regard to the relationships between land tenure status, farm management, and poverty. …”
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Viruses and Phytoplasma Reported on the Most Important Vegetable Crops in Syria: A Review by Ismaeil, Faiz, Mando, Jamal, alkhalaf, Mohamad, Kumari, Safaa

“…Syria is famous for cultivation of many different vegetable crops in most governorates during both winter and summer growing seasons, due to its Mediterranean moderate climate conditions, characterized by a mild winter and a hot dry summer. …”
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Forsa pilot evaluation baseline survey results by Gilligan, Daniel O., Kurdi, Sikandra, Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr., Yassa, Basma

“…The household survey data was collected in the eight governorates of the pilot: Beni-Suef, Sharqia, Qalyoubia, Luxor, Fayoum, Menia, Souhag, and Assuit. 24 households Forsa-eligible households were surveyed in each of 323 communities: 16 households from the pool of current Takaful beneficiaries and 8 from the pool of Takaful rejected applicants. …”
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Trust, hope, and collective action in fragile political settings: a qualitative comparative analysis of water user groups in Tunisia by Bhalla, S., Garrick, D., McDermott, C. L.

“…The analyses are based on data from archival sources, key informant interviews, hydrogeological models, local inventories, and semi-structured interviews with members of 15 local water user groups in the Tunisian governorate of Kairouan. Results from Qualitative Comparative Analyses shed light on dynamics of trust and hope as well as the substitutability of shared norms under given ecological conditions. …”
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Tilapia aquaculture systems in Egypt: Characteristics, sustainability outcomes and entry points for sustainable aquatic food systems by Rossignoli, Cristiano, Manyise, Timothy, Shikuku, Kelvin, Nasr-Allah, Ahmed, Brako Dompreh, Eric, Henriksson, Patrik, Dam Lam, Rodolfo, Lozano, Denise, Tran, Nhuong, Roem, Arjen, Badr, Alaa, Sbaay, Ashraf, Moruzzo, Roberta, Tilley, Alexander, Karisa, Harrison, Gasparatos, Alexandros

“…In this study we analyzed farm-level data from 402 aquaculture producers in the Kafr El Sheikh governorate in Egypt, to characterize and benchmark the performance of tilapia production systems against key sustainability outcomes. …”
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Egypt’s Takaful and Karama cash transfer program: Evaluation of program impacts and recommendations by Breisinger, Clemens, ElDidi, Hagar, El-Enbaby, Hoda, Gilligan, Daniel O., Karachiwalla, Naureen, Kassim, Yumna, Kurdi, Sikandra, Jilani, Amir Hamza, Thai, Giang

“…The cash transfer program has enrolled 2.25 million families across all of Egypt’s governorates. The amount of the Takaful cash transfer provided to households depends on the number of children and their school level. …”
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Household listing and farm household baseline surveys for the food security and agribusiness support (FAS) activity and improving maternal and child health nutrition services (IMCH... by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…For the baseline study, IFPRI in collaboration with El-Zanaty and Associates conducted a household listing survey from March 29th to April 2nd, 2018 followed by a farm household baseline survey from April 9th to May 8th, 2018 in six Upper Egypt governorates (Assiut, Beni Suef, Luxor, Menya, Qena, and Sohag). …”
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Participatory use of a tool to assess governance for sustainable landscapes by Peteru, S., Duchelle, Amy E., Stickler, C., Durbin, J., Luque, C., Komalasari, M.

“…We applied this rating tool in 19 states and provinces across six countries (Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Cote d'Ivoire, Mexico, Peru) that are members of the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF TF). …”
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Genetic characterization and antimicrobial profiling of bacterial isolates collected from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) affected by summer mortality syndrome by Ali, Shimaa E., Mahana, O., Mohan, Chadag V., Delamare-Deboutteville, Jerome, Elgendy, M.Y.

“…A total of 400 fish specimens were collected from affected tilapia farms within five Egyptian governorates. A total of 344 bacterial isolates were identified from the examined fish specimens. …”
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Improving Forage Production Quantity and Quality Using Native Legume Species in Semi-arid Agrosilvopastoral System by Louhaichi, Mounir, Slim, Slim, Gamoun, Mouldi, Hassan, Sawsan, Jamel, Kailene, Hamdeni, Imtinene

“…(sulla) reseeding on pasture productivity, plant cover and plant density in semi-arid silvopastoral systems, an experiment was carried out in Sbaihia Site, Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia during 2018-2019 growing season. …”
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Farm households in Egypt: A typology for assessing vulnerability to climate change by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, ElDidi, Hagar, Breisinger, Clemens

“…Using governorate-level national data and household survey data, we build a typology of farm households in Egypt that allows us to describe how different farm households behave in response to policy and environmental changes affecting their resources, welfare, and opportunities in output and input markets. …”
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Are farmer organizations effective intermediaries and facilitators of agricultural innovations processes? Evidence from Tunisia by Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Frija, Aymen, Souissi, Asma, Carpentier, Irene, Shiri, Zahra, Dhehibi, Boubaker, Rejeb, Hichem

“…The studied sample involves 592 farmers from the Kef and Siliana governorates in northwestern Tunisia. The results show that FOs are playing a crucial role in facilitating collaboration and knowledge exchange among farmers and other agricultural actors. …”
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Just water transitions in Egypt: civil society and equitable irrigation management by Eldabbagh, Fayrouz, Abdelwahab, Noura

“…For long-term systemic change, the paper advocates revitalizing joint water governance committees at the governorate level to coordinate water allocation based on cropping patterns, climate needs, and market demands. …”
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Prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection in slaughtered sheep from Northwest Tunisia and its risk factors: Association with gastrointestinal helminths infection and anaemia by Hammami, Inés, Amdouni, Yosra, Romdhane, Rihab, Sassi, Limam, Farhat, Nadia, Rekik, Mourad, Gharbi, Mohamed

“…We investigated herein the prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection in sheep at Sejnane slaughterhouse, governorate of Bizerte, Northwest of Tunisia, using three different diagnostic techniques (liver dissection, bile examination, and coprology). …”
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