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Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots by Koo, Jawoo, Azzarri, Carlo, Mishra, Avni, Lecoutere, Els, Puskur, Ranjitha, Chanana, Nitya, Singaraju, Niyati, Nico, Gianluigi, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun

“…This includes a global ranking of 87 LMICs in Latin America, Asia and Africa by a climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspot index using representative national-level data. …”
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Acaricide resistance in livestock ticks infesting cattle in Africa: Current status and potential mitigation strategies by Githaka, Naftaly W., Kanduma, E.G., Wieland, Barbara, Darghouth, M.A., Bishop, Richard P.

“…Most current data are derived from research in Australia and Latin America, with the majority of studies on acaricide resistance in Africa performed in South Africa. …”
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COVID-19 and household food waste in Colombia: The effects of the strict lockdown in 2020 by Mejía Tejada, Daniela, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Charry, Andrés, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…The COVID-19 pandemic caused one of the most serious economic crises in recent decades and could become the worst economic crisis that Latin America has had in its history. The objective of this study is to analyse changes in food waste behaviour during the COVID-19 lockdown in Colombia, applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). …”
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Genetic analysis of resistance to bean leaf crumple virus identifies a candidate LRR-RLK gene by Ariza-Suárez, Daniel, Keller, Beat, Spescha, Anna, Aparicio, Johan Steven, Mayor, Victor, Portilla Benavides, Ana Elisabeth, Buendia, Hector Fabio, Bueno, Juan Miguel, Studer, Bruno, Raatz, Bodo

“…Bean leaf crumple virus (BLCrV) is a novel begomovirus (family Geminiviridae, genus Begomovirus) infecting common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), threatening bean production in Latin America. Genetic resistance is required to ensure yield stability and reduce the use of insecticides, yet the available resistance sources are limited. …”
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Connecting Data for Consumer Preferences, Food Quality and Breeding in support of Market-oriented Breeding of Root, Tuber, and Banana Crops by Arnaud, E., Menda, N., Tran, T., Asiimwe, A., Kanaabi, M., Meghar, K., Forsythe, L., Kawuki, R.S., Ellebrock, B., Siraj Kayondo, I., Agbona, A., Zhang, X., Mendes, T., Laporte, Marie-Angélique, Nakitto, M., Ssali, R.T., Asfaw, F., Uwimana, Brigitte, Ogbete, C.E., Makunde, G.S., Maraval, I., Mueller, L.A., Bouniol, A., Fauvelle, E., Dufour, D.

“…It involved multidisciplinary teams from Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Diverse data types were generated on preferred qualities of users (farmers, family and entrepreneurial processors, traders or retailers, and consumers). …”
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Economic benefits of sustainable, forage-based cattle systems in Colombia and Nicaragua by Burkart, Stefan, Enciso, Karen, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, van der Hoek, Rein

“…Forage-based cattle systems play a key role in rural economies of developing countries in terms of food security and poverty alleviation, particularly in tropical Latin America. However, they are often related to being a major cause of negative environmental impacts by contributing to increased greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and the reduction of biodiversity. …”
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Public policies for the development of a sustainable, forage-based cattle sector in Colombia, Argentina, and Costa Rica: A comparative analysis by Burkart, Stefan, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Moreno Lerma, Leonardo

“…Projected increases in global food demand highlight the importance of Latin America as one of the major future food suppliers, particularly regarding animal-source foods such as beef or milk. …”
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Definition of sensory and instrumental thresholds of acceptability for selection of cassava genotypes with improved boiling properties by Iragaba, Paula, Adinsi, Laurent, Delgado , Luis Fernando, Nanyonjo, Ann Ritah, Nuwamanya, Ephraim, Wembabazi, Enoch, Kanaabi, Michael, Honfozo, Laurenda, Hotegni, Francis, Djibril-Moussa, Imayath, Londoño Hernandez, Luis Fernando, Bugaud, Christophe, Dufour, Dominique, Kawuki, Robert Sezi, Akissoé, Noël, Tran, Thierry

“…Abstract Background Consumers of boiled cassava in Africa, Latin America and Asia use specific preference criteria to evaluate its cooking quality, in terms of texture, color and taste. …”
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Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries by O’Hearn, Meghan, Lara-Castor, Laura, Cudhea, Frederick, Miller, Victoria, Reedy, Julia, Shi, Peilin, Zhang, Jianyi, Wong, John B., Economos, Christina D., Micha, Renata, Mozaffarian, Dariush, Global Dietary Database, de Brauw, Alan, Moursi, Mourad

“…Across regions, highest proportional burdens were in central and eastern Europe and central Asia (85.6% (83.4–87.7%)) and Latin America and the Caribbean (81.8% (80.1–83.4%)); and lowest proportional burdens were in South Asia (55.4% (52.1–60.7%)). …”
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Paths out of poverty: International experience by Fan, Shenggen, Cho, Emily EunYoung

“…Social protection programs have been used by many Latin American countries as the region is more urbanized than any other developing regions. …”
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Biochemical characterisation of a cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) diversity panel for post-harvest physiological deterioration: Metabolite involvement and environmental influenc... by Drapal, Margit, Ovalle Rivera, Tatiana M, Luna Melendez, Jorge Luis, Perez-Fons, Laura, Tran, Thierry, Dufour, Dominique, Becerra Lopez Lavalle, Luis Augusto, Fraser, Paul D.

“…Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) produces edible roots, a major carbohydrate source feeding more than 800 million people in Africa, Latin America, Oceania and Asia. Post-harvest physiological deterioration (PPD) renders harvested cassava roots unpalatable and unmarketable. …”
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Quantifying the impact of weather extremes on global food security: A spatial bio-economic approach by Gbegbelegbe, Sika, Chung, Uran, Shiferaw, Bekele, Msangi, Siwa, Tesfaye, Kindie

“…In addition, the hardest-hit regions would remain the same, whether the weather extreme occurs in 2012 instead of 2050: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), South Asia and the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. However, sustained growth in per capita income across world economies between 2000 and 2050 would allow few countries in SSA and the LAC region to virtually eliminate hunger within their borders. …”
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Food security portal by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The portal will contain relevant food crisis response information initially on its 20 partner countries (mostly in Sub-Sahara Africa, but also in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean) and shall be expanded beyond these pre-selected countries in the context of the project. …”
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The rise of supermarkets and their development implications: International experience relevant for India by Reardon, Thomas, Gulati, Ashok

“…While we briefly review the US and European experience, we focus on the developing countries of Latin America and East Asia (including China), where the supermarket revolution started in the early to mid-1990s. …”
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Economics of AnGR conservation and sustainable use: Theory, practice and implications by Drucker, Adam G.

“…Having described the theoretical background and the difficulties involved in carrying out this type of economic analysis, this paper summarises the results of a range of economics of AnGR studies recently carried out in Africa, Latin America and Europe. These studies reveal that not only are there a range of methodologies that can be used to value livestock keeper breed/trait preferences, but that they can in fact be of use in designing policies that counter the present trend towards marginalisation of indigenous breeds. …”
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Changes in nature's balance sheet: model-based estimates of future worldwide ecosystem services by Alcamo, Joseph, van Vuuren, Detlef, Ringler, Claudia, Cramer, Wolfgang, Masui, Toshihiko, Alder, Jacqueline, Schulze, Kerstin

“…Meanwhile, increasing wastewater discharges during the same period, especially in Latin America (factor of 2 to 4) and Sub-Saharan Africa (factor of 3.6 to 5.6) could interfere with the delivery of freshwater services. …”
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Digital Agroclimatic Plot: An open-field laboratory where technology and agriculture come together to transform farming by Barrios, Camilo, Amaya, Alejandra, Arce, Daniela

“…Thanks to its adaptable design and evidence-based decision-making orientation, the Plot has strong scalability potential across diverse contexts, crops, and regions in Latin America, promoting the digital transformation of agriculture, food security, rural development, and direct contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…”
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Resource recovery from livestock waste: cases and business models from the Global South by Taron, Avinandan, Sathiskumar, Abinaya, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Singha, R., Dejen, Z. A., Chipatecua, G. P., Bastidas, R. R.

“…The available data show that in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, biodigestion is primarily used for household or commercial energy and revenue generation. …”
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Uncovering decolonial pedagogies for learning agroecological transitions: comparative analysis of South America cases by Bonatti, Michelle, Reynaldo, Renata Guimarães, Martín-López, Berta, Bolivar, Sergio, Cordero-Fernández, María, Miguel, Giovanna Chavez, Martin, Adriana, Hämmerle, Janika, Schröter, Barbara, Erismann, Carla, da Silva Rosa, Teresa, Hellin, Jon, Schlindwein, Izabella, Osorio, Álvaro Acevedo, Medina, Leonardo, Baldivieso, Carla, Eufemia, Luca, Jacobi, Johanna, Lobo Guerrero, Ana Maria, Sieber, Stefan

“…This knowledge gap is especially pronounced within Global South contexts, especially Latin America, where decolonial approaches hold particular relevance and tradition within effective agroecology initiatives. …”
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Summary of hybrid learning microcourse modules and training material by Diaz Espinosa, Anabell Guadalupe, Torres Mota, Suelen Yajaira, Estrada Estrada, Juan Antonio, García Santiago, Jorge Octavio, Ovando, Rausel, Van Loon, Jelle

“…During 2025, three strategic capacity-building material developments were strengthened and expanded to support farmers and field technicians across Latin America. These efforts responded to the need for more accessible, flexible, and context-relevant learning options for rural communities. …”
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