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Characterizing the biophysical conditions for improved planning and designing of locally-led sustainable land management practices: the case in Halaba, Ethiopia by Girma, R., Mekuria, Wolde, Moges, A., Smith, J., Hallett, P.

“…With this consideration, this report, drawing on data collected through field surveys, GIS, and remote sensing techniques, uses Halaba, Ethiopia, as a case study to highlight the region’s varied biophysical conditions and their implications for the design and planning of sustainable land management (SLM) practices. This document is intended for agricultural and natural resource management professionals involved in the design, planning, implementation, and monitoring of SLM practices.…”
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Agricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa: planning and management to improve the benefits and reduce the environmental and health costs by McCartney, Matthew P., Boelee, Eline, Cofie, Olufunke O., Amerasinghe, Felix P., Mutero, Clifford M.

“…However, failure to adequately foresee, plan and manage the negative environmental and health impacts arising from irrigation undermines the sustainability of many projects and may worsen poverty. This report is not intended as a compendium of data on environmental and health issues pertaining to agricultural water development. …”
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Cold Stress in Citrus: A Molecular, Physiological and Biochemical Perspective by Primo-Capella, Amparo, Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus, Forner-Giner, María A.

“…Hence, this review also intends to show the latest work on citrus. In addition to basic research, there is a great need to employ and cultivate new citrus rootstocks to better adapt to environmental conditions.…”
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Behandling av sommareksem hos häst med cetirizin : ett fältförsök by Nyman, Christina

“…In this study we intend to evaluate the effect of cetirizin, orally administrated to horses with insect dermal hypersensitivity. …”

Kan landskapsarkitektur ses som konst? by Larsson, Petter

“…With this as background this essay intends to find out if there are any change to this condition visible today. …”
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TAAT technology toolkits and their strategic delopyment: Clearinghouse technical report series 001 by Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation

“…This loan program is intended to unlock Africa’s agricultural potential and boost job creation with a view to diversifying African economies and to better meet the Sustainable Development Goals related to poverty reduction and ending hunger and malnutrition. …”
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The political ecology of hydropower in the Mekong River Basin by Geheb, Kim, Suhardiman, Diana

“…While the Mekong hydropower narratives do, indeed, attempt to conflate the massive regulation of hydrological systems with large-scale social and economic ambitions, they are also intended to obscure a widespread and systemic effort to control and alienate the region’s waters via engineering at multiple scales.…”
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Farmer participatory research on coconut diversity: Workshop report on methods and field protocols by Eyzaguirre, Pablo B., Batugal, P.

“…This volume provides documentation of a work in progress. It is intended as a reference for coconut scientists and development specialists in carrying out participatory field research with farmers. …”
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Seeds and survival: Crop genetic resources in war and reconstruction in Africa by Richards, P., Ruivenkamp, G.

“…The text draws upon the research and personal experiences of the various authors and is intended to stimulate debate and further research on the linked issues of seed supply and genetic resources management in rural communities recovering from war, civil strife and disasters.…”
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Agricultural biodiversity and elimination of hunger and poverty: UN Millennium development goals: five years later: the Chennai Platform for Action by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…The action plan described in this booklet is intended to help national governments and international agencies to achieve the goal of halving hunger and poverty by 2015. …”
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Design and analysis of evaluation trials of genetic resources collections: A guide for genebank managers by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…A compromise between statistical and practical consideration can be found. This document is intended to stimulate discussion with and among genebank managers on how they could be using their genetic materials to the fullest.…”
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Strengthening NDCs in southern Africa to be more representative of farmer interests by Sunga, Ishmael, Chevallier, Romy

“…They are bottom-up processes in which countries contextualise and self-differentiate their climate targets and contributions based on their national circumstances and priorities. These roadmaps are intended to guide future actions across all sectors and stakeholder groupings, incorporating domestic climate-related risks, challenges, priorities, and opportunities from an economy-wide perspective. …”
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Varietal release guide: Policies and procedures in Colombia by Rivas, Lorenzo, Ocampo, John, Rodriguez Machado, David, Andrade, Robert

“…Many trials do not reach their intended audience, and innovations face challenges in practical implementation. …”
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2021 PIM partnership evaluation by Andersson, Krister, Templeton, Deborah

“…This evaluative study serves the dual purposes of accountability to CGIAR partners and funders and of learning. The primary intended users are CGIAR researchers and partners. …”
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Adoption of farm mechanization, cropland expansion, and intensification in Ghana by Houssou, Nazaire, Chapoto, Antony

“…This research assesses whether the recent public and private efforts to improve farmer’s access to mechanical power in Ghana, have had their intended effects on the country’s agricultural sector. …”
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Progressing through PROGRESA: an impact assessment of a school subsidy experiment by Behrman, Jere R., Sengupta, Piyali, Todd, Petra E.

“…The benefit levels are intended to offset the opportunity costs of not sending children to school and vary with the grade level and gender of the child. …”
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The Green Revolution reconsidered by Hazell, Peter B. R., Ramasamy, C.

“…If the poor are left behind and rural inequalities worsen, agricultural growth may fail to achieve its intended objectives... Peter Hazell and C. Ramasamy, along with several associates , find that landless laborers and small-scale farmers gained proportionally as much as large-scale farmers. …”
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Measuring food insecurity: the frequency and severity of coping strategies by Maxwell, Daniel G.

“…Defining and interpreting food security, and measuring it in reliable, valid and cost-effective ways, have proven to be stubborn problems facing researchers and programs intended to monitor food security risks. This paper briefly reviews the conceptual and methodological literature on food insecurity measurement, describes a particular method for distinguishing and measuring short-term food insecurity at the household level, and discusses ways of generalizing the method. …”
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Public spending at the district level in Ghana by Osei-Akoto, Isaac, Osei, Robert Darko, Quarmine, William, Adiah, George Adayi-Nwoza

“…It is important to note that this report is mainly descriptive and intended to provide preliminary explanation of the relationship between public expenditures and district level development outcomes.…”
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Sustainably intensifying, sustainably increasing the productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa by Glover, Jerry

“…At a recent workshop discussing the design of a new research project on the sustainable intensification of crop-livestock farming systems in Ethiopia, we asked Jerry Glover from USAID's Office of Agricultural Research and Policy to tell us more about the project. The project is intended to intensify some farming systems in Ethiopia, by increasing productivity, decreasing poverty, and increasing the nutrition and health of target populations. …”
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