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Special technical report on the effects of tropical cyclone freddy on the Ukama Ustawi trials in the Malawi south by Gama, Mphatso Samuel

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POSHAN's abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 32 by Avula, Rasmi

“…In addition, there are two unique global articles relevant for multiple contexts – the first one generates lessons about nutrition behaviour change from cluster-randomized evaluations in three countries, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Ethiopia; and the second is based on research to improve nutrition in the context of an at-scale social protection program in Mexico, which has learnings for many developing countries. …”
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Latin America and the Caribbean SARS-Cov-2 surveillance: Longitudinal trend analysis by Post, Lori, Ohiomoba, Ramael O., Maras, Ashley, Watts, Sean J., Moss, Charles B., Resnick, Danielle

“…This region has become an epicenter for the coronavirus, with Brazil and Mexico leading the globe in deaths following the U.S. in death count. …”
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Agricultural trade aid: Implications and consequences for US global trade relationships in the context of the World Trade Organization by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…US agricultural producers have been hard hit by the actions of Canada, China, Mexico, and other countries that have imposed tariffs against US agricultural products in retaliation for adverse trade actions from the Trump administration against the countries’ exports to the United States. …”
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A general equilibrium analysis of the welfare impact of PROGRESA by Coady, David, Harris, Rebecca Lee

“…The recently introduced PROGRESA program in Mexico can be interpreted as having multiple objectives, namely, (i) the alleviation of current poverty through the transfer of cash payments to poor households, and (ii) encouraging the accumulation of human capital by these households through the conditioning of these transfers on attendance at school and health centers. …”
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Rethinking Food Markets Initiative: Innovative approaches and key findings in the design and formulation of processed maize and bean-based products in Honduras by Peña, Meliza

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Policy-Oriented Research Impact Assessment (PORIA) case study on the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA: Anti-poverty and human resource... by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In August 1997 Mexico introduced an innovative antipoverty program called PROGRESA (later called Oportunidades). …”
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Economic transformation in theory and practice: What are the messages for Africa? by Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen

“…In an effort to promote the future success of African transformation, we herein provide an extensive literature review on development economics and empirical observations from successfully transformed countries, along with analytic narratives on the transformations of Thailand and Mexico. To conclude, we derive six key messages for African transformation. …”
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Novel germplasm of tepary and other Phaseolus bean wild relatives from dry areas of Southwestern USA by Debouck, Daniel G., Pratt, Richard C., Dohle, Sarah, Porch, Timothy, Santaella, Marcela, Santos, Luis Guillermo, Urban, Milan O.

“…Continuing the work done in 2023, a 9-day exploration in 2024 in southern New Mexico and Arizona for wild teparies and other Phaseolus species resulted in the collection of herbarium and seed samples of 18 populations of P. acutifolius, one each of P. angustissimus and P. filiformis, two of P. grayanus, three of P. maculatus and possibly three of P. montanus, or 28 populations in total. …”
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Impact pathways for the adoption of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) wheat: a scoping study by Narmandakh, Davaatseren, Kirui, Leonard, Marenya, Paswel P., Adeeth AG Cariappa, Ayana, Negash G., Gimenez Barrera, Angela, Birru, Tadele M., Debello, Moti J., Feyisa, Tamirat G., Gichangi, Anne, Karanja, James, Kosgey, Zennah C., Kumar, Anuj, Mishra, Chandra N., Otukho, Bernard, Sohu, V.S., Yadav, Rajbir, Kommerell, Victor M.

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Is gender an important factor influencing user groups’ property rights and forestry governance?: Empirical analysis from East Africa and Latin America by Sun, Y., Mwangi, E., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…This article explores the effects that gender composition of forest user groups has on property rights and forestry governance, based on data from 290 forest user groups in Kenya, Uganda, Bolivia, and Mexico. Findings indicate gender composition of user groups is important, but not always in the expected ways. …”
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Gender, nutrition- and climate-smart food production: opportunities and trade-offs by Beuchelt, TD, Badstue, Lone B.

“…The paper is based on a literature review and field experiences from Zambia and Mexico. Findings point up situations where the promotion of CA for smallholders in developing countries may have undesired effects from gender and human development perspectives, specifically relating to drudgery, nutrition and food security, residue use, assets, mechanization and extension. …”
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Genotypic variation in biological nitrogen fixation by common bean by Hardarson, G., Bliss, Fredrick A., Cigales-Rivero, MR, Henson, R.A., Kipe-Nolt, Judith A., Longeri, L, Manrique, A, Pena-Cabriales, JJ, Pereira, Pedro Antônio Arraes, Sanabria, C.A., Tsai, Siu Mui

“…Field experiments were performed in Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru as part of an FAO/IAEA Co-ordinated Research Programme to investigate the nitrogen fixing potential of cultivars and breeding lines of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). …”
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Hypersensitive response of beans to Apion Godmani (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Garza García, Ramón, Vera, J., Cardona Mejía, César, Barcenas Ortega, NM, Singh, Shree P.

“…High levels of resistance to Apion godinani Wagner have been reported in bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L., landraces from Mexico. We report on the role of hypersensitivity to A. godmani in five resistant and three susceptible bean genotypes. …”
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The geographical distribution of climate finance for agriculture by Hoogzaad J, Hoberg J, Haupt, F.

“…Emerging economies such as China, South Africa, Brazil, Uzbekistan and Mexico were the main beneficiaries from carbon-market finance for mitigation, while Sub-Saharan Africa was the main beneficiary when finance shifted to adaptation. …”
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Virus diseases of chickpea by Kumar, P. Lava, Waliyar, Farid, Kumari, S.

“…It is mainly grown in Indian subcontinent, Ethiopia, Turkey, Mexico, and some regions around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East. …”
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“…Se adapta a las condiciones del Valle del Sinù y a diferentes regiones del país y de otros países como: Brasil, Costa Rica, Estados Unidos, México, Republica Dominicana y Venezuela. El C.I. …”
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Aspectos socioeconómicos de la caña panelera en Colombia by Rodríguez Borray, Gonzalo Alfredo

“…. • En América Latina los productores de panela más destacados son Colombia, Brasil (rapadura), México (piloncillo), Perú (chancaca) Guatemala, Haití (rapadou), El Salvador, Costa Rica (tapa dulce) y Venezuela (papelón).…”
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The justification of plantation forestry in the tropics by Dyson, W.G.

“…Foresters have addressed these difficulties in various ways, either by conserving them until appropriate industries can be established (as in Mexico) or by creating plantations with fast-growing species in accessible areas. …”
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La temperatura como factor limitante en el cultivo del manzano en la América Tropical by Boynton, D.

“…The paper presents a review of temperature limitations on the growth and fruitfulness of the apple in warm climates, and reports on observations made by the author in Ecuador, Central America and Mexico. It is concluded that temperature seasonality is a more important consideration than daily mean temperature in permitting normal seasonal vegetation and fruit development by apple trees. …”
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