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CGIAR Annual General Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, October 28 - 31, 2003 : Summary Record of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Also included are updates from the Science Council, the Private Sector Committee, GFAR and a description of the 2003 Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered by Susan Whelan, Canadian Minister for International Development. The Business Meeting section contains reports on the EPMR of ISNAR and its subsequent closure, governance transfer to IFPRI and move to SSA, the EPR and EMR of ICRISAT and IPGRI's EPMR. …”
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Climate Smart coffee in Honduras by Bunn, Christian, Lundy, Mark M., Läderach, Peter R.D., Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Castro, Fabio

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Diversified livelihoods through effective agro-enterprise interventions: Creating a cumulative learning framework between CIAT and development NGOs in Central America. by Lundy, Mark M.

“…Starting in 2003, a group of actors in Central America including International and local NGOs, an international agricultural research center, a national university and the International Development Research Centre came together to explore how to improve the links between research and development actors through learning alliances. …”
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Climate Services for Resilient Development in South Asia by Krupnik, Timothy J., Hussain, G, Montes, C., Schulthess, Urs C., Siddiquee, A., Rahman, M., Khan, M, Salam, M, Khanam, Fahmida, Miah, A, Hasan, M., Kamal, M, Hossain, K, Hassan, A., Haque, A, Kurishi, K, Rokon, G, Uddin, S, Billah, M., Tasnim, Tasfia, Fernandes, J

“…CSRD is led by the United States Government and is supported by the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID), UK Meteorological Office, ESRI, Google, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the American Red Cross. …”
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Natural rubber systems and climate change: Proceedings and extended abstracts from the online workshop, 23–25 June 2020 by Pinizzotto, S., Aziz, A., Gitz, V., Sainte-Beuve, J., Nair, L., Gohet, E., Penot, E., Meybeck, A.

“…The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG), with the International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB), the CGIAR research program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) led by CIFOR, and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), ran an open digital workshop on natural rubber systems and climate change on 23–25 June 2020, attended by more than 500 scientists and stakeholders. …”
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Launching the AICCRA-Zambia multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) space by Mutenje, Munyaradzi, Jacobs-Mata, Inga

“…AICCRA Zambia is a 3-year initiative (2021-2023) led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) with funding from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank.…”
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Climate Smart Village Report: Htee Pu Village, Myanmar by Thant, Phyu Sin, Myae, Chan, Barbon, Wilson John, Moe, May Zin, Hein, Pyae Phyo, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…With support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, the research project was implemented in Myanmar from July 2020 to July 2022. …”
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A guide to wildlife friendly tourism by the members of Visit Rupununi by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Center for International Forestry Research, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, WCS

“…The SWM Programme is being implemented by a dynamic consortium of partners which includes FAO, the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), CIFOR and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).…”
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De-risking agriculture in Myanmar: Guidebook for building climate resilience among smallholder farmers by Barbon, Wilson John, Khaung, Ye

“…In Myanmar, the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, in partnership with the CGIAR-Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the International Development Research Center Canada (IDRC), the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (The Alliance), and local NGOs, have promoted the climate-smart village (CSV) approach as a community platform to build adaptation capacities of Myanmar farmers since 2017. …”
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Presentations for Introducing the new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Heckert, Jessica, Seymour, Greg

“…WEMNS was developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Emory University, Oxford University, and the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study Unit in collaboration with country partners and the 50x2030 Initiative, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development. This event will present the WEMNS metric, review the development of the tool, and discuss its use to advance women’s empowerment. …”
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Made in Africa: How to make local agricultural machinery manufacturing thrive by Daum, Thomas, Adegbola, Ygué Patrice, Kamau, Geoffrey, Kergna, Alpha Oumar, Daudu, Christogonus, Adebowale, Wahab Akeem, Adegbola, Carine, Bett, Charles, Mulinge, Wellington, Zossou, Roch Cedrique, Nientao, Abdoulaye, Kirui, Oliver K., Oluwole, Fatunbi Abiodun

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Feed the Future Bangladesh: Zone of Influence Survey 2018/2019 Baseline by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Government interagency partners, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS), USAID/Bangladesh, the Government of Bangladesh, and development partners with information on the current status of the Feed the Future ZOI-level population-based survey indicators.…”
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Revitalizing policy think tanks in developing countries: COVID-19 challenges and opportunities by Babu, Suresh Chandra

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COVID-19 and gender: Potential pathways of impact and research challenges by Bryan, Elizabeth, Alvi, Muzna, Ringler, Claudia, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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A respondent-driven method for mapping small agricultural plots using tablets and high resolution imagery by Masuda, Yuta, Fisher, Jonathan R. B., Zhang, Wei, Castilla, Carolina, Boucher, Timothy M., Blundo-Canto, Genowefa

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Lessons learned brief for Ghana and Tanzania: External evaluation of mobile phone technology-based nutrition and agriculture advisory services by Barnett, Inka, Batchelor, Simon, Billings, Lucy, Faith, Becky, Gilligan, Daniel O., Gordon, Jessica, Hidrobo, Melissa, Palloni, Giordano, Scott, Nigel

“…mNutrition was a five-year global initiative supported by the Department for International Development (DFID) between 2013 and 2018, organised by GSMA and implemented by in-country mobile network operators (MNOs) and other providers. …”
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Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in partnership with Michigan State University, is undertaking a collaborative program called the Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA) with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This activity will support the government in a time of rapid (yet uneven) transition by: establishing the foundations for long-term growth by improving agriculture sector governance; building the capacity of key stakeholders to prioritize and implement strategic organizational and policy reforms; and facilitating broad stakeholder participation in policy dialogue and advocacy. …”
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Malawi Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…As part of the US government's Feed the Future initiative that aims to address global hunger and food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa, the US Agency for International Development is supporting three multi-stakeholder agricultural research projects under Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING - AR) program. …”
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Replication Data for "Development of the Project-Level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)" by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Pro-WEAI is an adaptation of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), originally developed in 2012 by IFPRI, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and OPHI. This data package contains baseline data from five GAAP2 projects and Stata .do files necessary for replicating the results of Malapit et al. (2019). …”
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Food policy in 2018-2019: Growing urgency to address the SDGs by Fan, Shenggen

“…2018 was a somber and unpredictable year, not only for food and nutrition security, but also for global political stability and international development. Many regions of the world faced rising rates of hunger and stagnation in tackling malnutrition, and rising trade protectionism and antiglobalism led to dramatic shifts in multilateral and bilateral relations. …”
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