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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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Conflicts and communal forest management in northern Bolivia by Jong, W. de, Ruíz, S., Becker, M.

“…The state has an important role in assuring that the promotion of CFM achieves its intended goals but will need to increase facilitating investments to achieve the objectives of legislation and policies. …”
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Smallholder timber plantation development in Indonesia: what is preventing progress? by Obidzinski, K., Dermawan, A.

“…Nearly four years later only a small fraction of the intended plantations have been established. Review of the policy content, incentives offered and financial profitability assumptions indicate significant policy design flaws and shortcomings in implementation. …”
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Livestock early warning information resource in the Horn of Africa: Forage and livestock marketing information analysis and forecasts by Kaitho, R.J., Jama, A.A., Stuth, J.W., Kariuki, G., Abdirahman, A., MacOpiyo, L., Ndung'u, J.M.

“…The analysis and the suite of products generated are intended to enable pastoral communities to respond to crises and thus protect livelihoods, communities'; assets and their ability to subsist in harsh environments, by triggering appropriate and timely responses. …”
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CPWF Annual Report 2009 by CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

“…Developed in response to a call for change in a previous round of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system reform, the CPWF was intended to foster cross-CGIAR cooperation and find ways to bring in new partners. …”
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Livestock marketing in Turkana District, Kenya: opportunities and constraints by Watson, D.J., Binsbergen, J. van

“…They characterized and described the livestock marketing systems operating in the district, identified problems and constraints, and made a series of recommendations intended to increase the number of pastoralists profitably accessing livestock markets. …”
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Practical tips for communicating research findings in a gender-responsive way by Elias, Marlène, Hermanowicz, E.

“…This requires a good understanding of the topics that capture the interest of these stakeholders, their preferred ways of accessing your findings, capacity to interpret the information you produce, and the intended use of this information. Knowledge is power. …”
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Conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa main messages by Rosenstock, Todd S., Lamanna, Christine, Thierfelder, Christian L.

“…In short, this pilot project intended to innovate on the ‘CSA technical brief’. …”
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Unexploited food production potentials of new varieties: evidence from hybrid maize production in western Ethiopia by Alene, A.

“…The question of whether the intended gains in food production from new varieties have actually been realized by poor farmers has received little or no attention in the literature. …”
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Om associationer till vatten by Byström, Peter

“…This paper is intended to provide a picture of which associations water can wake in the human mind from the perspectives of garden history as well as from that of environmental psychology. …”

Skogsentreprenör 2007 : en kvantitativ studie av organiserade skogsentreprenörer i Sverige by Larsson-Snygg, Daniel

“…This report presents the result of this survey sent out to all members of SMF. It is intended to answer a number of questions about their entrepreneurship such as: What different kinds of work do these companies perform? …”

1974 CGIAR Draft Integrative Report by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Report written pursuant to the recommendations of the CGIAR Subcommittee on Center Review Procedures for a single, integrated, analytical paper on financial requirements and availabilities for proposed and ongoing programs, and program and administrative issues. The report was intended for presentation and discussion annually at the CGIAR centers week meeting.The draft report reviews the evolution and accomplishments of CGIAR-supported research programs. …”
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Strengthening the scientific basis of in situ conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm. Options for data collecting and analysis: Proceedings of a workshop to develop tool... by Jarvis, Devra I., Hodgkin, T., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…This proceedings is the outcome of the workshop intended to help partners collect and analyze socioeconomic, cultural, environmental, genetic and biological data for in situ conservation and to add value to traditional varieties. …”
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C’est la vie! Mixed impacts of an edutainment television series in West Africa by Dione, Malick, Heckert, Jessica, Hidrobo, Melissa, Le Port, Agnès, Peterman, Amber, Seye, Moustapha

“…We investigate design components intended to strengthen impacts, generally finding no additional impacts from post-screening discussions, engaging men, and podcasts.…”
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Nigeria: In-depth assessment of extension and advisory services: Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC) project by Huber, Sarah, Davis, Kristin E., Lion, Karin

“…The recommendations are intended for any EAS stakeholder interested to improve extension, be they federal or state governments, donors, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or others. …”
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Webinar: A guide to developing quantitative tools for measuring gender norms in agrifood systems by Seymour, Greg, Cole, Steven M., Costenbader, Elizabeth, Mwakanyamale, Devis, Adeyeye, Olajumoke, Feleke, Shiferaw, Ferguson, Nathaniel, Heckert, Jessica

“…This Guide is intended for researchers and practitioners who wish to better understand and transform gender norms as the root cause of gender inequalities and women’s disempowerment in agrifood systems. …”
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Public spending in Ghana: An assessment of national level data (1995 – 2005) by Osei, Robert Darko, Osei-Akoto, Isaac, Quarmine, William, Adiah, George Adayi-Nwoza

“…Ghana’s Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II; November, 2005) which spans the period 2006 – 2009 intends to shift the strategic focus of the country’s development agenda from the direct anti-poverty objectives of the GPRS I to a more growth-oriented strategy. …”
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Selection process in ornamental plant breeding by Bugallo, Veronica Lucia, Facciuto, Gabriela Rosa

“…The selection criteria and traits to be evaluated depend on the use for which the crop is intended: cut flowers and foliage, pot plants, and landscape plants. …”
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Genetic resistance to infectious diseases : A complementary tool to antimicrobial drugs in livestock? = La resistencia genética a las enfermedades infecciosas : ¿una herramienta co... by Rossetti, Carlos Alberto, Rossi, Ursula Amaranta

“…This overuse and misuse of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine has raised public concern and drawn attention to the livestock industry (including mammals, poultry and aquaculture) due to the development of antimicrobial-resistant zoonotic organisms and the presence of antimicrobial residues in animal products intended for human consumption.…”
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Development of SSR markers in polyploid species using ddRAD sequence data: a case study in the genus Mimosa by Calderón, Franco, Gilslak, Jazmín, Gutierrez, Ángela Verónica, Fortunato, Renee Hersilia, Lia, Veronica Viviana, Morales, Matias

“…In order to avoid other sources of variation rather than the intended allelic variants, manual curation was performed. …”
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