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Towards a comprehensive documentation and use of Pistacia genetic diversity in Central and West Asia, North Africa and Europe: Report of the IPGRI Workshop, 14-17 December 1988, Ir... by Padulosi, S., Hadj-Hassan, A., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…This publication presents scientific results of the work carried out by leading Pistacia experts from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Cyprus, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Italy, Greece and Spain. …”
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Report on “13th Arab Congress of Plant Protection”, Hammamet, Tunisia, 16-21 October 2022 by Kumari, Safaa

“…In addition, experts from outside the region, USA, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, Turkey, Germany, Kenya and Pakistan, also participated in this congress. In addition, scientists from the International Organizations such as FAO, CIMMYT, ICARDA, CIHEAM, EPPO, MPU, ACSAD, AOAD, and IOFS attended the congress. …”
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Information Policy for Agricultural Research (IPAR) - Republic of Iran by International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…The Iranian people-to-telephone ratio of 13.2 compares with ratios of 10.0 in Brazil, 13.5 in Thailand, 20.8 in Egypt, 22.4 in China, 38.6 in the Philippines, 47.7 in Indonesia, 56.1 in Pakistan, and 77.6 in India.…”
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Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal by Kosec, Katrina, Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung, You, Soosun, Boittin, Margaret

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Costs of diesel pump irrigation systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains: What options exist for efficiency gains? by Foster, Timothy, Adhikari, Roshan, Urfels, Anton, Adhikari, Subash, Krupnik, Timothy J., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Rice Research Institute

“…In the Western Indo-Gangetic Plains (WIGP) of India and Pakistan, subsidized rural electrification and fuel for groundwater pumping has enabled significant growth in agricultural productivity over recent decades (Shah 2007). …”
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Is consanguinity an impediment to child development outcomes? by Mete, Cem, Bossavie, Laurent, Giles, John, Alderman, Harold

“…Using a unique dataset collected in rural Pakistan, this paper assesses the extent to which consanguinity is linked to child cognitive ability and nutritional status. …”
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Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia: What do we know, and what have we learned? by Gillespie, Stuart, Poole, Nigel, van den Bold, Mara, Bhavani, R. V., Dangour, Alan D., Shetty, Prakash

“…The Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) research consortium (2012–2018) set out to improve understanding about how agriculture and related food policies and programs in South Asia (specifically in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan) can be better conceptualised and implemented in order to enhance impacts on nutrition outcomes, especially those of young children and adolescent girls. …”
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Modern input promotion in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Asian green revolution by Rashid, Shahidur, Dorosh, Paul A., Malek, Mehrab, Lemma, Solomon

“…Using case materials from four major cereal growing countries in Asia (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan), the article analyzes key aspects of agricultural input policies in Asia. …”
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How Integrated Are Rice Markets in Asia? Effects of Crises and Rice Export Quality on Price Shock Transmission by Nguyen, Chi Trung, Morales, Luis Emilio, Hoang, Nam, Balié, Jean, Valera, Harold Glenn

“…This study investi-gates how the price dynamics in the Asian rice markets are affected by crises in low-quality rice by analysing monthly exportprice data for 25% broken rice for Vietnam, Thailand, India, and Pakistan. We test the rice price transmission and rice marketintegration of these countries using a vector autoregression (VAR) model. …”
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D4N2025 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 3A: Bridging knowledge & action: Nutrition education for all stakeholders by Farooqui, Arsala Jameel, Rathnayake, MPS, Malik, Mohammad Azeem, Wanasinghe, Thilak, Saroj, Rahman, Atiya

“…Presentation 1: Strengthening Nutrition Through the Scalable, Multi-sectoral IGNITE Initiative in Pakistan by Arsala Jameel Farooqui. Presentation 2: A Socio-Ecological Model for Comprehensive Food Literacy Education in Sri Lankan Secondary Schools by Menikgedara Poornima Sujeewa Rathnayake. …”
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Review of IIMI's experience in strengthening national capacity for irrigation management and research. Parts 1 and II by Rao, P.S., Abeywickrema, N.

“…In March 1992, Director Pakistan, Regional Representative West Africa, Heads of Field Operations (present and former) and Project Leaders in Field Operations were requested to provide an internal review of achievements to date and recommendations in their efforts at strengthening national capacities. …”
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Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands by Xu, J.C., Grumbine, R. Edward

“…The Asian Highlands, the vast mountainous area from Pakistan to China including the Hindu‐Kush Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau, have considerable global importance; they are the source of most of the major rivers of Asia, which sustain billions of downstream dwellers, are part of four Global Biodiversity Hotspots, and support rich cultural diversity. …”
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A SWAT modeling approach to assess the impact of climate change on consumptive water use in Lower Chenab Canal area of Indus basin by Awan, Usman K., Liaqat, Umar Waqas, Choi, Minha, Ismaeel, Ali

“…This study is designed to evaluate the impact of climate change on CWU in the Lower Chenab Canal (LCC) irrigation scheme of the Indus basin irrigation system of Pakistan. A distributed hydrological model, the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT), was spatially calibrated (2005–2009) and validated (2010–2012) for monthly CWU. …”
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Effect of soil moisture stress on growth and yield of cassava in Nigeria by Aina, O.O., Dixon, Alfred G.O., Akinrinde, E.A.

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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 20-24, 1996: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…President Suharto of Indonesia opened the meeting. Pakistan and Syria joined. The CGIAR agreed with a stakeholders group that TAC should become more strategic, and planned a system review to be overseen by a stakeholders committee. …”
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Strategic assessment of banana fusarium wilt research priorities by Scheerer, L., Staver, Charles, Dita, M., Pérez Vicente, L., Pemsl, Diemuth E.

“…Foc (tropical race 4 - TR4) was first diagnosed in Cavendish banana in Taiwan in 1967, but has since reached Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, China, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Pakistan and Myanmar, the Middle East (Jordan, Oman) and most recently Mozambique in Africa in 2013. …”
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Capacity Building Workshop on Genetic Resources for CGIAR Scientists and Partners from Near East and Neighbouring Countries, 17 - 20 September 2018, ICARDA, Beirut, Lebanon by CGIAR Genebank Platform

“…This event brought together 20 staff members from 6 CGIAR Centres (including genebank managers and technical staff, plant breeders, senior scientists, legal counselor and genetic resources policy specialists), 16 representatives of national agricultural research organizations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen, and representatives of the Secretariats of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the coordination team of the Global Project on Access and Benefit Sharing of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). …”
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Potential Impacts of Seed-Sharing Agreements and their Implications for Seed Policies in South and Southeast Asia by Janaiah, Aldas

“…Further large number of widely grown rice varieties in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar have been introduced from India through informal channels such as cross-border exchange of seeds, marketing of seeds by private companies, etc. …”
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Advancing climate services in South Asia by Daron, J., Soares, M. B., Janes, T., Colledge, F., Srinivasan, G., Agarwal, A., Hewitt, C., Richardson, K., Nepal, Santosh, Shrestha, M. S., Rasul, G., Suckall, N., Harrison, B., Oakes, R. L., Corbelli, D.

“…ARRCC aims to strengthen climate resilience in South Asia through co-producing weather and climate services, building institutional capacities, and enhancing coordination across the region and in focal countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. We identify what is working well and challenges that remain in the provision and uptake of climate services, focusing on examples of applying seasonal forecasts, sea-level rise projections, and extreme rainfall information for hydropower decisions. …”
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Capturing spatial variability of factors affecting the water allocation plans—a geo-informatics approach for large irrigation schemes by Waqas, M. M., Waseem, M., Ali, S., Hopman, J. W., Awan, Usman Khalid, Shah, S. H. H., Shah, A. N.

“…The livelihoods of poor people living in rural areas of Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS) of Pakistan depend largely on irrigated agriculture. Water duties in IBIS are mainly calculated based on crop-specific evapotranspiration. …”
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