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2008 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger by von Grebmer, Klaus, Fritschel, Heidi, Nestorova, Bella, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Yohannes, Yisehac

“…In the nearly two decades since 1990, some regions - South and Southeast Asia, the Near East and North Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean - have made significant headway in improving food security. …”
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Resource recovery from livestock waste: a compilation of business cases from the Global South by Sathiskumar, Abinaya, Singha, Rajdeep, Agide, Zeleke, Peña, G., Ruiz-Bastidas, R. C., Taron, Avinandan, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier

“…Business models from Asia, Africa, and Latin America demonstrate three main valorization pathways: energy and biofertilizer generation, soil nutrient recovery, and feed production for aquaculture. …”
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Response of Rice to Solar Radiation and Temperature Estimated From International Yield Trials by Seshu, D.V., Cady, F.B.

“…The test sites were from eight countries in Asia, two from Latin America and one each from Africa and Oceania. …”
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Opportunities to improve water productivity in farmer-led irrigation: a case study of Ethiopia by Tegegne, Desalegn

“…To construct economic growth and poverty reduction, farmer-led irrigation is increasing nowadays in many African, South Asian, and Latin American countries. Smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate shocks due to rainfall variability, frequent droughts, and inadequate water resources, which threaten agricultural productivity and food security is known. …”
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Validation of enteric methane emissions by cattle estimated from mathematical models using data from in vivo experiments by Molina-Botero, Isabel, Díaz-Céspedes, Medardo, Mayorga-Mogollón, Olga, Ku-Vera, Juan, Arceo-Castillo, Jeyder, Montoya-Flores, María Denisse, Arango, Jacobo, Gómez-Bravo, Carlos

“…A database of 495 individual cattle CH4 emissions data (g day-1) obtained from 19 studies in three tropical Latin American countries was built for this study. …”
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Analysis of plot diagnostics as a decision-support tool in CIMMYT Innovation Hubs by Fonteyne, Simon

“…CIMMYT’s Innovation Hubs are a key methodology for scaling sustainable farming practices in Latin America through locally adapted solutions. …”
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Integrated natural resource management research in the CGIAR: a brief report on the INRM Workshop held in Penang, Malaysia, 21-25 August 2000

“…Several case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America were presented at the meeting to illustrate how INRM research has successfully addressed real-life problems..…”
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Management of secondary forests in colonist swidden agriculture in Peru, Brazil and Nicaragua by Smith, J., Finegan, B., Sabogal, C., Gonçalves-Ferreira, M.D.S., Siles Gonzales, G., Kop, P. van de, Díaz Barba, A.

“…Recent studies have shown that although swidden agriculture contributes to tropical deforestation in Latin America, swidden farmers also regenerate significant areas of secondary forests on their farms as part of the following process. …”
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Markets drive the specialization strategies of forest peoples by Ruíz Pérez, M., Belcher, B., Achdiawan, R., Alexiades, M.N., Aubertin, C., Caballero, C.J., Campbell, Bruce M., Clement, C., Cunningham, A.B., Fantini, A.C., Foresta, H. de, García Fernandez, C., Gautam, K.H., Martínez, P.H., Jong, W. de, Kusters, K., Kutty, M.G., López, C., Maoyi Fu, Alfaro, M.A.M., Nair, T.K.R., Ndoye, O., Ocampo, R., Rai, N., Ricker, M., Schreckenberg, Kate, Shackleton, S., Shanley, P., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Yeo Chang Youn

“…To this end, we compared 61 case studies of the commercial production and trade of nontimber forest products from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The results show that product use is shaped by local markets and institutions, resource abundance, and the relative level of development. …”
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Examination of the influences of global forest governance arrangements at the domestic level by Eba'a Atyi, R., Maryudi, A., McGinley, K., Cadman, T., Gulbrandsen, L., Goehler, D., Hogl, K., Humphreys, D., Kant, S., Kozak, R., Levin, K., McDermott, C., Purdon, Mark, Scher, I., Stone, M.W., Tacconi, L., Yasmi, Yurdi

“…The application of the framework to cases in Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa, Europe and North America reveals that economic globalisation is not determinative. …”
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The social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock cultivation: Evidence from multi-site research in the forest frontier by German, L., Schoneveld, George C., Pacheco, P.

“…This special issue seeks to nuance this debate by shedding light on the local social and environmental impacts accruing to date from the expansion of biofuel feedstock cultivation through in-depth case studies in 6 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Findings provide a more nuanced picture of costs and benefits, and point to a host of risks that need to be proactively managed to leverage the potential of the industry as an engine of national social and economic development.…”
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Sucrose supplements in cattle given grass silage-based diet. 3. Rumen pool size and digestion kinetics by Huhtanen, P., Khalili, H.

“…In a 4 X 4 Latin square experiment, 4 male Friesian cattle with rumen and duodenal cannulae were given a basal diet of grass silage 700, barley 240 and rapeseed meal 60 g/kg total DM at the rate of 5.3 kg DM/day (diet C) or supplemented with sucrose 1.0 kg/day given twice daily (diet S), twice daily with sodium bicarbonate 0.25 kg/day (diet B) or as a continuous intraruminal infusion (diet I). …”
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Effect of dried Gliricidia sepium leaf supplement on feed intake, digestibility and nitrogen retention in sheep fed dried KW4 elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) ad libitum by Mpairwe, D.R., Sabiiti, E.N., Mugerwa, J.S.

“…Four mature rams were fed elephant grass ad libitium supplemented with four levels of gliricidia leaves (0, 4, 8 and 12 gDM kg-1wt day -1) in a 4x4 Latin swuare design. Supplementation with gliricidia leaves decreased elephant grass DM intake (g DM day-1 or g DM kg-1 BW 0.75 day -1). …”
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Impact of the adoption of Brachiaria grasses: Central America and Mexico by Holmann, Federico J., Rivas Ríos, Libardo, Argel M., Pedro J., Pérez, E.

“…Livestock production plays a key role in tropical Latin America in a changing economic environment. …”
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Capacity building in EcoHealth: Experiences and evaluation of training using a "learning by doing" approach, within academic and non-academic contexts by Gilbert, Jeffrey

“…EcoHealth initiatives are active in Southeast Asia, West Africa and Latin America, - mostly supported by the Canadian International Development Research Centre. …”
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Present spatial diversity patterns of Theobroma cacao L. in the neotropics reflect genetic differentiation in Pleistocene refugia followed by human-influenced dispersal by Thomas, E., Zonneveld, M. van, Loo, J., Hodgkin, T., Galluzzi, Gea, Etten, Jacob van

“…Here we present the results of a spatial analysis of the intra-specific diversity of cacao in Latin America, drawing on a dataset of 939 cacao trees genotypically characterized by means of 96 SSR markers. …”
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Exploring global changes in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in agriculture induced by livestock production over the 1900-2050 period by Bouwman, L., Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Hoek, K.W. Van Der, Beusen, A.H.W., Vuuren, Detlef P. van, Willems, J., Rufino, Mariana C., Stehfest, Elke

“…The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development scenario portrays a world with a further increasing global crop (+82% for 2000–2050) and livestock production (+115%); despite rapidly increasing recovery in crop (+35% N recovery and +6% P recovery) and livestock (+35% N and P recovery) production, global nutrient surpluses continue to increase (+23% N and +54% P), and in this period, surpluses also increase in Africa (+49% N and +236% P) and Latin America (+75% N and +120% P). Alternative management of livestock production systems shows that combinations of intensification, better integration of animal manure in crop production, and matching N and P supply to livestock requirements can effectively reduce nutrient flows. …”
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Impact of the adoption of Brachiaria grasses: Central America and Mexico by Holmann, Federico J., Rivas Ríos, Libardo, Argel M., Pedro J., Pérez, E.

“…Livestock production plays a key role in tropical Latin America in a changing economic environment. …”
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Drought is a major yield loss factor for rainfed East African highland banana by Asten, Piet J.A. van, Fermont AM, Taulya, Godfrey

“…Absolute losses on fertile/fertilized soils were similar to those recorded in well fertilized irrigation studies in Latin America. Our study suggests that drought-induced yield losses in areas of the East African highlands with annual rainfall < 1100 mm are perhaps as high as 20 65% compared to the wetter areas in this region. …”
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A tool for community-based assessment of the implications of development on water security in hillside watersheds by Luijten, JC, Jones, James W., Knapp, E.B.

“…Development and population growth in Latin American countries with steep slope farming are likely to further increase pressures on water and land resources. …”
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