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Investing in resilience: Climate risks and opportunities in Ethiopia's Key agricultural value chains. Investor brief for policymakers by ImpactSF, Tetratech, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Mercy Corps Agrifin, Ethiopian Agricultural Tranformation Agency (ATI), Ministry of Agriculture, Bioversity International and International Center of Tropical Agriculture, Gates Foundation

“…This investor brief is the third in a series summarizing action points from the Clim-ARM investment blueprint reports (see below) for different stakeholders. This brief is intended for policymakers to highlight investment opportunities in Ethiopian agriculture that aims to address climate risks while building resilient value chains. …”
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FLORES: a model to evaluate land-use options at the forest frontier, proceedings of a Conference on Advances in Methodology and Software for Decision Support Systems, 5-7 September... by Vanclay, J.K.

“…Policy issues are central to natural resource management, but the consequences of well-intended policies are not always obvious, especially for land use in frontier areas. …”
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CCAFS East Africa Regional Science Workshop Report by Ouma, R., Musoke MN, Radeny, Maren A.O., Kabugi A

“…From these seed activities, CCAFS intends to build longer term projects from those with the greatest potential to deliver bigger outcomes and impact. …”
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Water harvesting and supplemental irrigation for improved water use efficiency in dry areas by Oweis, Theib Y., Hachum, A., Kijne, Jacob W.

“…They also illustrate how difficult it is to successfully introduce new technologies to farmers, who at the outset are not usually familiar with the intended purpose of the changes. Also, this paper emphasises that it is difficult to assess the potential for adoption without more studies to assess the risks and economic returns of the alternative techniques and practices.…”
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Hydrological and environmental issues of interbasin water transfers in India: a case of the Krishna River Basin by Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Gamage, M.S.D.Nilantha, Bharati, Luna

“…The report targets government departments, research institutions and NGOs - primarily in India and other countries of the region - which are engaged or interested in issues of interbasin water transfer and environmental water management. The research intends to: contribute to the effectiveness of water resources planning and management in India; emphasize the need for urgent improvement of access to hydrometeorological data in the country; and aim to stimulate further debate on water transfers.…”
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A multi-level approach to analyse the impact of forestland allocation on land management in Northern Vietnam by Clement, Floriane, Amezaga, Jaime M., Orange, Didier, Calder, I.R.C., Large, A.R.G.

“…Based on the case study of the Northern uplands of Vietnam, this paper investigates why forestland allocation has hardly achieved its intended objectives regarding land use and management. …”
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Implementing the Cartagena Protocol in West and Central Africa: Challenges and opportunities by Njamnshi, A.B., Njakoi, H.

“…Although modern biotechnology holds great potential for agriculture, especially in developing countries, if it is not well regulated and managed, it can be of great disservice to the very people it is intended to serve. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is one of the international instruments that regulate modern biotechnology but some West and Central African countries face many challenges in its implementation. …”
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Postflask management of micropropagated bananas and plantains: A manual on how to handle tissue-cultured banana and plantain plants by Vuylsteke, J., Talengera, D., Reeves, J., Owoeye, T.

“…The authors have drawn largely upon their own practical experience of this process, working in both lowland and mid-altitude humid environments. It is intended that this manual will be used by the technicians who are practically involved in the dissemination of plantain and banana germplasm.…”
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Regional Climate Services for Agriculture Project Presentation, and Demonstration and Discussion of Agricultural Maprooms: Launch Events at 44th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outl... by Mwesigwa, Jasper B., Hansen, James, Dinku, Tufa, Owusu, Aisha

“…The project is being implemented at ICPAC and is intended to roll out climate services in support of Agriculture and Food Security to ICPAC member states (all IGAD and EAC countries) with technical support from CCAFS and IRI. …”
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Guidelines on assessing biodiverse foods in dietary intake surveys by Kennedy, G., Lee, W.T.K., Termote, Céline, Charrondiere, R., Yen, J., Tung, A.

“…The guidelines are intended as a practical tool, and describe the preparatory steps involved in assessing and documenting local foods, with appropriate levels of detail in taxonomic identification.This is followed by suggestions on how to adapt dietary assessment instruments to collect information on biodiverse foods.…”
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Natural tannin wood extracts as a potential food ingredient in the food industry by Molino, Silvia, Casanova, Natalia Andrea, Rufián Henares, José Ángel, Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano Enrique

“…Moreover, this review is intended to cover recent studies dealing with the potential use of TWEs as a starting point for novel food ingredients.…”
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Chapter 1 - An overview of the potential applications based on HPP mechanism by Ghafoor, Kashif, Gavahian, Mohsen, Marszałek, Krystian, Barba, Francisco J., Xia, Qiang, Denoya, Gabriela Inés

“…Apart from food preservation, the application of HPP to improve health attributes (e.g., reducing food contaminants or salt concentration), and to enhance the extraction or fermentation processes, has been an interesting research topic around the world. This chapter intends to show the core-base processing characteristics of HPP, highlight the advantages and limitations of this nonthermal processing, and discuss the potential applications of HPP in the food industry.…”
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Rendimiento del maíz según manejo de la parte aérea de la planta by Pinchinat, A.M.

“…In five varities of maize, grain yield was measured, as affected by the removal of different amounts of leaves and stem from the plant at the full dent stage, a practice intended to facilitate intercropping. Grain yield (3.1 1(10´kg) / ha), as obtained form the check treatment (M1) in wich no aerial plant part was removed, was not significantly reduced (97 per cent of check) by removing the leaves below the ear (M2). …”
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Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard: Applicable for Smallholders Farms by Rainforest Alliance

“…With this new sustainable agriculture standard, we intend to harmonize the existing standards of the Rainforest Alliance and UTZ, learn from past experiences, but most importantly bring innovation and new insight into certification and agricultural sustainability. …”
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Bibliography on access to plant genetic resources and intellectual property rights by Libreros, D., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…This bibliography, which contains work published all over the world since 1984, intends to contribute to IPGRI's goal on plant genetic resources policy. …”
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Review of CGIAR's Open Access/Open Data Policy and implementation support by Keizer, Johannes, Madalli, Devika

“…The purpose of the review was to assess to what extent the OA/DM Policy has been adopted and implemented during the transition period and its likelihood to be effective in terms of achieving its intended purpose of maximizing global accessibility of CGIAR research. …”
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Forest tenure and the Sustainable Development Goals – A critical view by Katila, P., McDermott, C., Larson, A.M., Aggarwal, S., Giessen, L.

“…Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) form an overarching framework to guide development at all scales from local to global. They are intended to holistically address sustainability across its economic, ecological and social dimensions. …”
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Guide to facilitate a theory of change reflection process toward low-emission food systems by Falk, Thomas

“…This approach is fundamentally different from top-down development models where “solutions” are designed and delivered without adequate participation from intended beneficiaries.…”
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Compendium of impact pathways for adaptation of African agriculture by Nowak, Andreea C.

“…The impact pathways presented in this document are not intended to be definitive; instead, they are designed to be modified and iterated upon. …”
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Evaluating food security monitoring systems in Africa: a case study and lessons from Uganda by Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Periodic evaluation of the food security and nutrition monitoring systems for their intended objectives is essential for reorienting them towards the constantly changing information needs and for redesigning the food and nutrition intervention programs. …”
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