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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA): Environment and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for Pilot of Climate Smart Agricultural Innovations and Climate In... by International Livestock Research Institute

“…The purpose of this ESMP is to consider and develop proper measures to decrease the possibility of environmental degradation during all phases of the project, and to provide clearly defined action plans and emergency response procedures to account for human and environmental health and safety in accordance with the requirements of Kenyan laws and the objectives of the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) : ESS-1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts ESS-2: Labor and Working Conditions ESS-3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management ESS-4: Community Health and Safety ESS-6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources. …”
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA): Environment and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for Pilot of Climate Smart Agricultural Innovations and Climate In... by International Water Management Institute

“…The purpose of this ESMP is to consider and develop proper measures to decrease the possibility of environmental degradation during all phases of the project, and to provide clearly defined action plans and emergency response procedures to account for human and environmental health and safety in accordance with the requirements of Zambian laws and the objectives of the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) : ESS-1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts ESS-2: Labor and Working Conditions ESS-3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management ESS-4: Community Health and Safety ESS-6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources. …”
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA): Environment and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for Pilot of Climate Smart Agricultural Innovations and Climate In... by International Livestock Research Institute

“…The purpose of this ESMP is to consider and develop proper measures to decrease the possibility of environmental degradation during all phases of the project, and to provide clearly defined action plans and emergency response procedures to account for human and environmental health and safety in accordance with the requirements of Senegalese laws and the objectives of the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) : ESS-1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts ESS-2: Labor and Working Conditions ESS-3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management ESS-4: Community Health and Safety ESS-6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources. …”
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Mapping social impacts of agricultural commodity trade onto the sustainable development goals by Schaafsma, M., Dreoni, I., Ayompe, L.M., Egoh, B.N., Ekayana, D.P., Favareto, A., Mumbunan, S., Nakagawa, L., Ngouhouo-Poufoun, J., Sassen, M., Uehara, T.K., Matthews, Z.

“…The environmental impacts of commodity production are widely acknowledged, but much less is known about its social impacts, and how this affects poverty reduction objectives across different dimensions. Impacts on human wellbeing and equity depend on a multitude of factors, including resources, systemic conditions and outputs of production. …”
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Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives by Zhao, X., Guo, Y., Kang, L., Yin, C., Bi, A., Xu, D., Zhang, Z., Zhang, J., Yang, X., Xu, J., Xu, S., Song, X., Zhang, M., Li, Y., Kear, P., Wang, J., Liu, Z., Fu, X., Lu, F.

“…By contrast, the cultivated relatives of bread wheat experienced a population decline by ~82% over the past ~2,000 yr due to the food choice shift of humans. Further biogeographical modelling predicted a continued population shrinking of many bread wheat relatives in the coming decades because of their vulnerability to the changing climate. …”
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Public investment in agri-food system innovation for sustainable development by Stads, Gert-Jan, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Wiebe, Keith D., Sulser, Timothy B., Benfica, Rui

“…Better coordination and a clear articulation of roles and responsibilities among national, subregional, regional and global R&D actors (both from the public and private sectors) are essential to ensuring that scarce financial, human, and infrastructure resources are optimized, duplications minimized, and synergies and complementarities enhanced.…”
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Harnessing climate informed digital crop intelligence technologies is key to building the resilience of food systems against climate change in the SADC region by Amha, Yosef, Afiesimama, Ernest, Murombedzi, James, Garanganga, Bradwell, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Magagula, Futhi, Solomon, Dawit

“…Such tools are especially important in the SADC region, where severe weather and climate shocks have become more frequent and stronger in recent years, with catastrophic effects on livelihoods, food security, agriculture, human habitations, and ecosystems. As a result, the regional partners developed a user-friendly crop capability prediction tool and then conducted a series of capacity-building training in the SADC region. …”
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Adoption of the One Health approach to improve zoonosis control in low-income countries: Insights from the case of rabies management in Burkina Faso by Savadogo, M., Zangré, H., Nana, S.D., Ilboudo, Abdoul K., Dahourou, L.D., Ilboudo, Guy S., Simonis, V., Sondo, K.A., Akakpo, A.J., Tarnagda, Z., Alambedji, R.B.

“…Background and Aim: Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease transmissible to humans and domestic and wild animals through biting, scratching, or licking. …”
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Fate and transport modelling for evaluating antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments: Current knowledge and research priorities by Jampani, Mahesh, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Chandrasekar, A., Fatta-Kassinos, D., Graham, D.W., Gothwal, R., Moodley, Arshnee, Mohan, Chadag V., Wiberg, David A., Langan, Simon J.

“…When resistant bacteria find their way into terrestrial and aquatic environments, animal and human exposures increase, e.g., via polluted soil, food, and water, and health risks multiply. …”
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Participatory survey of risk factors and pathways for Rift Valley fever in pastoral and agropastoral communities of Uganda by Tumusiime, Dan, Nijhof, A.M., Groschup, M.H., Lutwama, J., Roesel, Kristina, Bett, Bernard K.

“…Drinking raw blood and milk was perceived as the most likely pathway for human exposure to RVF virus; while the highest consequence was high treatment costs. …”
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Strategies for promoting Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the agribusiness sector in Kenya: experiences from the field by Apondi, M., Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah, Nortje, Karen

“…It also offers recommendations for policymakers, practitioners, and civil society actors to enhance gender-responsive approaches to social inclusion, and to ensure that marginalized groups are included in decision-making processes and benefit from development interventions and underscores the importance of addressing gender-based discrimination and promoting social inclusion as a means of advancing human rights and achieving sustainable development. …”
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A WEF nexus–based planning framework to assess progress towards Sustainable Development Goals by Mpandeli, S., Nhamo, L., Liphadzi, S., Molwantwa, J., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Since the introduction of the SDGs, the WEF nexus has evolved into an important theoretical, analytical, and conceptual framework for understanding and systematically analysing the intricate socio-ecological interactions and their impact on human health. This has seen the approach becoming a useful decision-support tool for improved spatio-temporal and cross-sectoral coordination, management, and use of natural resources. …”
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Costa Rica: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet by Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis

“…Costa Rica has the largest agricultural research system in Central America, both in terms of investment and human resource capacity. Costa Rica stands out from other Central American countries in that its higher education section plays a preponderant role in the country’s agricultural research system. …”
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Sustainability and productivity of Village Tank Cascade Systems: A bibliometric analysis and knowledge mapping by Ratnayake, Sujith S., Reid, Michael, Larder, Nicolette, Kariyawasam, Champika S., Hunter, Callum, Hunter, Danny, Dharmasena, Punchi B., Pushpakumara, Gamini, Kogo, Benjamin

“…Research on social–ecological systems is rapidly expanding globally in response to human-induced climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem degradation. …”
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Integrated policies to improve the energy–water–food system nexus to achieve the SGDs by Bollino, Carlo Andrea, Anbumozhi, Venkatachalam, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Eiji, Yamaji, Galeotti, Marzio

“…Demand for all three of these crucial elements of human growth is increasing, driven by a rising global population, rapid urbanization, changing diets, and economic growth. …”
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Stories of Change - Rwanda, Final Report by Iruhiriye, Elyse, Olney, Deanna K., Ramani, Gayathri V., Heckert, Jessica, Niyongira, Emmanuel, Frongillo, Edward A.

“…Globally, undernutrition is related to almost half of the deaths in children younger than five years of age. It leads to large human and economic costs to countries through increased morbidity and mortality in childhood, poor child growth and development, and hinders adult work capacity and productivity. …”
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Using natural areas and empowering women to buffer food security and nutrition from climate shocks: Evidence from Ghana, Zambia, and Bangladesh by Cooper, Matthew

“…Increasing the resilience of nutrition and food security outcomes is especially critical throughout agrarian parts of the developing world, where human subsistence and well-being are directly affected by local rainfall. …”
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Biofortification of field-grown cassava by engineering expression of an iron transporter and ferritin by Narayanan, Narayanan, Beyene, Getu, Chauhan, Raj Deepika, Gaitán-Solís, Eliana, Gehan, Jackson, Boy, Erick

“…Less than 10% of the estimated average requirement (EAR) for iron and zinc is provided by consumption of storage roots of the staple crop cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in West African human populations. We used genetic engineering to improve mineral micronutrient concentrations in cassava. …”
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Perspectives on the role of the state in economic development: Taking stock of the “Developmental State” after 35 years by Kyle, Jordan

“…In answering this question, I look not only at growth but also at structural transformation, economic “upgrading,” equity, and human capability enhancement. In contrast to the idea of a single “East Asian model” of development, I find five distinct development trajectories. …”
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Nature-Positive Solutions initiative baseline evaluation survey report: Kenya by Boukaka, Sedi Anne, Azzarri, Carlo, Davis, Kristin E., De Falcis, Eleonora

“…Conventional agriculture, while providing mass-scale production of cheap and plentiful food, has extracted a massive toll on both the environment and humans. On the one hand, industrial agriculture drives 80 percent of deforestation, threatens 86 percent of the 28,000 species currently at risk of extinction (through habitat conversion and pollution), is responsible for significant loss of crop and genetic diversity and up to 37 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), accelerates land degradation and land-use change, and uses 70 percent of global water resources withdrawn. …”
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