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Climate change impacts of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) commercial agriculture portfolio by Costa, Ciniro, Dittmer, Kyle M, Oliveira Quintana, Gabriel de, Shelton, Sadie W., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…This report provides an initial, rapid assessment of a selection of programmes in the commercial agricultural portfolio of the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DfID) (now the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Offices or FCDO) to demonstrate a range of interventions and their likely net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impacts. …”
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Financial and environmental benefits from fruit trees in Myanmar’s central dry zone: Case Study from Htee Pu Climate Smart Village by Manilay, Alessandro A., Barbon, Wilson John, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Myae, Chan, Thant, Phyu Sin, Gummadi, Sridhar, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…One of the Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices introduced by the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Southeast Asia, International Development Research Center (IDRC) and the Community Development Association in the village was fruit tree-based agroforestry. …”
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What Is the Evidence Base Linking Gender with Access to Forests and Use of Forest Resources for Food Security in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Systematic Evidence Map by Kimanzu, N., Schulte-Herbrüggen, B., Clendenning, J., Chiwona-Karltun, L., Krogseng, K., Petrokofsky, G.

“…Ten bibliographic databases and 22 websites of international development and conservation organisations were searched using keywords suggested by stakeholders. …”
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Report on partnerships for co-designing system architecture and co-creation of sustainable ag-data hub in Ethiopia by Tamene, Lulseged D., Ali, Ashenafi, Sewnet, Habtamu, Tilaye, Amsalu, Abera, Wuletawu

“…This can enable to benefit from the exponential growth in the amount (volume) and speed of agricultural and related data collected from various sources (e.g., earth observation sensor, field survey, social media etc.) and improved analysis to support informed decision-making and meet various national and international development goals and plans (millennium development goals, SDG, and GTP III). …”
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Modeling impacts of faster productivity growth to inform the CGIAR initiative on crops to end hunger by Wiebe, Keith D., Sulser, Timothy B., Dunston, Shahnila, Rosegrant, Mark W., Fuglie, Keith, Willenbockel, Dirk, Nelson, Gerald C.

“…In 2017–2018, a group of international development funding agencies launched the Crops to End Hunger initiative to modernize public plant breeding in lower-income countries. …”
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Women's Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) by International Food Policy Research Institute, Emory University, World Bank, Oxford University, National Statistical Office, Malawi, Data Analysis and Technical Assistance (DATA) Limited, Vox Latina, Guatemala, Interdisciplinary Analysts, Nepal

“…This work was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development. WEMNS has 12 indicators mapped to one of four domains: Intrinsic agency, instrumental agency, collective agency, and agency-enabling resources. …”
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Assessing climate resilience in rice production: Measuring the impact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s IWRM scheme in the Senegal River Valley using remote sensing and mac... by Fionnagáin, D.Ó., Geever, M., O’Farrell, J., Codyre, P., Trearty, R., Tessema, Y.M., Reymondin, Louis, Loboguerrero, Ana Maria, Spillane, Charlie, Golden, A

“…This project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), was implemented in the Senegal River Valley from 2010 to 2015. …”
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Measuring food security using household expenditure surveys by Smith, Lisa C., Subandoro, Ali

“…For these reasons, accurate measurement of the food security status of populations—or their ability to gain access to sufficient high-quality food to enable them to live an active, healthy life—is imperative to all international development efforts. It is necessary for effectively targeting food-insecure populations, researching and planning appropriate interventions, and monitoring progress. …”
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Dynamics of informal cross-border trade in agricultural products between Nepal and India by Kharel, Paras, Singh, Dikshya, Bista, Roopali, Khadka, Bipin, Roy, Devesh, Pradhan, Mamata, Saroj, Sunil, Kamar, Abul, Gupta, Shalini

“…In this context, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) has challenges arising from the Russia-Ukraine war, such as informal trade, in the leadership of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and in collaboration with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) and South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE). …”
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Culture of impact in agricultural research organisations: What for and how? by Ferré, Marie, Blundo-Canto, Genowefa, Stachetti Rodrigues, Geraldo, Ramírez-Gómez, María-Margarita, Vedovoto, Graciela Luzia, Agudelo-Chocontá, Beatriz-Elena, Marques, Daniela Vieira, Flores, Roberto Manolio Valladão, Rodríguez-Borray, Gonzalo-Alfredo, de Souza, Mirian Oliveira, Goulet, Frédéric, Vásquez-Urriago, Ángela-Rocío, Sánchez-Lozano, Juliana-Ivonne, Pinto, Daniela Maciel, Zambrano-Moreno, Gregorio-Salomón, Londoño-Arias, María-Aidé, Zapata-Tamayo, Cristóbal-Alfonso, de Romémont, Aurelle

“…For this, we analyse organisational trajectories of three research organisations: the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (Cirad), the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), and the Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation (AGROSAVIA). …”
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Prospective Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Studies in Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Healthcare Worker Study by Kowalcyk, Barbara, Alonso, Silvia, Gazu, Lina, LaPolt, Devin, Azmeraye, Binyam, Teshale, Amete, Ngwili, Nicholas, Angaw, Dessie, Ayana, Galana, Beczkiewicz, Aaron, Garsow, Ariel, Barkley, James, Degefaw, Desalegne, Yimer, Getnet, Scharff, Robert

“…This is a working package under a bigger project named "Estimating the public health burden of Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, and Campylobacter in Ethiopia" (TARTARE) funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. The overarching goal of TARTARE is to reduce morbidity and mortality from foodborne disease by developing a risk-based framework for making decisions and allocating resources around food safety across the food systems of low- and middle-income countries using Ethiopia as a model. …”
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Beneficiary-centered management of irrigation systems: Retrospection on recent endeavors: Proceedings of the workshop held at the Irrigation Department, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25th Ma... by Haq, K.A., Nandaratna, S.M.K.B.

“…IN 1978, THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) decided to assist the Government of Sri Lanka in improving the management of water in major irrigation projects in the dry zone. …”
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Processus multi-acteurs pour gerer l’utilisation des eaux usees en agriculture. In French. [Multi-stakeholder processes for managing wastewater use in agriculture]. by Evans, Alexandra E.V., Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Cofie, Olufunke O.

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European - Southeast Asian experts' One Health in action workshop: From One Health theory to reality: Practical challenges, impacts of One Health initiatives and gaps in research by Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, International Livestock Research Institute, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, National Institute for Veterinary Research

“…Six local and international organizations including National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), the National Institute for Veterinary Research (NIVR), the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (CIRAD), the British High Council Singapore (BHC), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN) jointly organize this workshop. …”
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Gender, vegetable value chains, income distribution and access to resources: insights from surveys in Tanzania by Fischer, Gundula, Gramzow, Andreas, Laizer, A.

“…A survey of 360 smallholder farmers and 82 vegetable traders in Tanzania was conducted under the “Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation” program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). …”
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Gendered opportunities for improving soil health: A conceptual framework to help set the research agenda by Zhang, Wei, Walker, Dominic, Hernández, Carlos Calvo, Elias, Marlène, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Nkonya, Ephraim M.

“…At the same time, there is an emerging consensus within the international development community that gender equality and women’s empowerment are both an end in themselves and an important means for achieving a range of economic and social development objectives such as improved food security, child nutrition and education, and women’s health. …”
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Book of Abstracts: Regional Knowledge Forum on Drought: Earth Observation and Climate Services for Food Security and Agricultural Decision Making in South Asia and Southeast Asia,... by Qamer, Faisal M., Matin, Mir, Bajracharya, Birendra, Ellenburg, Walter Lee

“…SERVIR, a joint initiative between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), helps developing countries integrate publicly available earth observation information and geospatial technologies into decision-making to address critical challenges in food security, water resources, weather and climate, land use, and natural disasters. …”
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Pathways to Women’s Empowerment in the Promotion of Climate Smart Agriculture in the Philippines, Myanmar, and Cambodia by Verzosa, Fatima, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Thant, Phyu Sin, Phen, Bunthoeun, Itliong, Kirstein, Myae, Chan, Thong, Chanphirum, Urdelas, Farah Gaud A., Naung, Ye Win, Moe, May Zin, Tola, Cheam, Barbon, Wilson John, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…National governments and the international development community recognized that in order to strengthen and accelerate their goals for agricultural development, economic growth and food security they need to build the contributions that women make and take steps to alleviate barriers to women empowerment. …”
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for Pilot of Climate Smart Agricultural Innovations and Climate I... by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, International Livestock Research Institute

“…It is led by the Alliance of Bioversity and Centre for International Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank. …”
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Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) Baseline Household Survey 2010-2011 by Pede, Valerien O., Krishna, Vijesh, Teufel, Nils, Ward, Patrick S., Yamano, Takashi, Sammadar, Arindam, Spielman, David J., Mittal, Surabhi, Paris, Thelma, Singh, Dhiraj, Singh, Vartika, Ghimire, Subhash, Mehrotra, Meerah

“…The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) was launched in 2009 with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). CSISAâs objective is to develop and deploy more efficient, productive and sustainable technologies for the diverse rice-wheat production systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) that ultimately improve food supply and improve the livelihoods of the poor in the region. …”
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