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Integrated Natural Resources Management: The Bilderberg Consensus por CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…As a next step the workshop organized a task force to prepare a scientific meeting on INRM for scientists, research managers, and other stake holders to be held in 2000. …”
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Systematic Review of BPAT and CRP Evaluations on Market Segmentation and Target Product Profile Development in CGIAR Breeding Programs por Friedmann, M., Pede, V., Polar, Vivian, Rice, Brendan, Webber, H.

“…The CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence (MI Initiative)1 is bringing together a disciplinary team of scientists including breeders, agronomists, pathologists, seed system experts, social and gender scientists, crop and climate modelers along with national agriculture research and extension systems (NARES) from target countries to design and implement a demand-led breeding approach of varietal improvement across CGIAR mandate crops. …”
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Influencia de los procesos de investigación participativa sobre la experimentación campesina por Wiegel, J., Guharay, F.

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Endowing future harvests: the long-term costs of conserving genetic resources at the CGIAR Centres: A report prepared for the CGIAR System-wide Gentic Resources Programme by the In... por Koo, B., Pardey, Philip G., Wright, B.D., CGIAR Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…This paper describes our best estimates of the annual funds required to support the core conservation and distribution services provided by the CG genebanks, and uses these cost estimates to determine the size of endowment fund required to underwrite these core conservation services in perpetuity, along with the distribution efforts that ensure this material remains available on demand to breeders, scientists and others worldwide.…”
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A gender perspective on pest and disease management from the cases of roots, tubers and bananas in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa por Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Damtew, Elias, Mayanja, Sarah, Sikhu Okonya, Joshua, Rietveld, Anne M., Slavchevska, Vanya, Teeken, Béla

“…However, this task is often assigned to social scientists in isolation from agronomists. Meanwhile, agronomists often struggle to understand how taking a gender perspective could enrich their research. …”
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A review of cassava semolina (gari and eba) end‐user preferences and implications for varietal trait evaluation por Awoyale, Wasiu, Oladeji, Emmanuel, Chijioke, Alamu Ugo, Tran, Thierry, Noel, Hubert, Tchuente, Takam, Ndjouenkeu, Robert, Kegah, Ngoualem, Maziya‐Dixon, Busie

“…The purpose of this review is to support breeders and food scientists by examining research carried out on end-user preferences for gari and its derived dough product, eba, in Africa. …”
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Impacts of alternative investment scenarios por Kim, Soonho, Cenacchi, Nicola, Wiebe, Keith D., Sulser, Timothy B., Dunston, Shahnila, Vos, Rob, Dimaranan, Betina, Allen, Summer L., Rice, Brendan, Gustafson, Sara

“…The report was developed in collaboration with scientists from all 15 CGIAR Centers and was intended to inform decision-making by the CGIAR and its partners in relation to agricultural research and development.…”
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Millions Fed: Proven successes in agricultural development por Spielman, David J., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…In the late 1950s around a billion people were estimated to go hungry every day. Scientists, policymakers, farmers, and ordinary people initiated a concerted push to boost agricultural production and productivity in developing countries. …”
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Early-stage researcher mobility: Gender barriers and opportunities in capacity building por Reyes, Byron, Camilo, Karen, Villarino, Eliza, Rietveld, Anne, Keramati, Chista, Monjol, Joanne, Spillane, Charles, Murray, Una, Aganze Chihababo, Christian

“…Framed on this, CLIFF-GRADS is a training program that builds the capacity of early-career scientists from low- and middle-income countries to conduct applied research in agriculture GHG emission quantification and mitigation; however, current assessments of the CLIFF-GRADS program show that women are not only under-represented but also not applying to the program as frequently as men. …”
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Site management and productivity in tropical plantation forests: workshop proceedings 16-20 February 1998, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. por Nambiar, E.K.S., Tiarks, A., Cossalter, C., Ranger, J.

“…The research, which is underway at 17 sites in seven countries and involves scientists from 16 institutions, focuses on inter-rotation management. …”
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Cultivating communities of practice: the CGIAR information management professionals' experience por Ramos, M.M., Soeripto, S.W., Ali, M.K.

“…Moreover, agricultural research has become multidisciplinary, embracing the fields of biophysics and the social sciences, so that no single library can provide information as expected by scientists. This paper traces teh development of the CoP of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) information managemnet professionals (IMPs) and discusses the issues, challenges, constraints, activities and future plans.…”
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Mapping hotspots of climate change and food insecurity in the global tropics por Ericksen, Polly J., Thornton, Philip K., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Cramer, Laura K., Jones, Peter G., Herrero, Mario

“…The research was undertaken by a team of scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). …”
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An efficient sampling protocol for sagebrush/grassland monitoring por Larson LL, Louhaichi, Mounir, Clark, P.E., Johnson DE

“…Rangeland scientists and quantitative ecologists have developed numerous methods and monitoring techniques that can be used for vegetation sampling (Barbour et al. 1987). …”
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Management of critical pests and diseases through enhanced risk assessment and surveillance and understanding climate impacts through enhanced modeling por Kroschel, Jürgen, Beed, Fenton D., Garrett, K.A., Coyne, D., Etten, Jacob van, Forbes, G., Herrera, B., Kreuze, J., Parsa S, Sparks, Adam H., Tamo, Manuele, Subramanian S, Tonnang, Henri E.Z.

“…The workshop successfully linked scientists from CG-Centers (Bioversity, CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP, ICRISAT, IITA, and IRRI) and other stakeholders (CABI, FAO, FERA, icipe, UC Davis, University of Leeds, Kansas State University, Ohio State University) working in pest and disease management. …”
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Greenhouse gas measurement from smallholder production systems: guidelines for static chamber method por Sapkota, Tek Bahadur, Rai, M., Singh, L.K., Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Jat, Mangi Lal, Sutaliya, Jhabar Mal, Bijarniya, Deepak, Jat MK, Jat, Kumar Raj, Parihar CM, Kapoor P, Jat HS, Dadarwal RS, Sharma, Parbodh Chander, Sharma, D.K.

“…This synthesis provides standard guidelines to scientists involved in GHG quantification by using chamber based methods as well as to facilitate inter study comparison.…”
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The earthworms community of Carimagua (Eastern plains, Colombia) : taxonomy and ecology of species. Looking forward to a sustainable way of land management? por Jiménez Jaén, J.J., Moreno, Alonso, Decaëns, Thibaud, Rossi, J.P., Lavelle, Patrick M.

“…A good sample of this is issues is the recent discovery by CIAT scientists of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna soils with introduced pastures which may suppose one solution to the threat of global warming…”
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Mejoramiento genético y actividades relacionadas. Actividades relacionadas. Africa. Africa del Sur por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…In most other countries in southern Africa, national scientists are part of grain legume research teams not devoted solely to beans. …”
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Genetic improvement and related activities. Regional activities. Africa. Southern Africa por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…In most other countries in southern Africa, national scientists are part of grain legume research teams not devoted solely to beans. …”
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International Cooperative Development of Techniques for Sustainability when Managing and Restoring Degraded Rangelands por Yespolov, Tlektes, Beksultanov, Marat, Strohmeier, Stefan, Haddad, Mira, Weltz, Mark, Nouwakpo, Sayjro, Spaeth, Kenneth, Burns, Ian, Arslan, Awadis, Toledo, David, Nesbit, Jason

“…United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and its partners are working with Kazakh National Agrarian University in Kazakhstan and the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Jordan to develop a multiphase approach to validate and deploy various rangeland assessment technologies to address rangeland degradation/desertification by soil erosion and enhance food and water security.…”
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Uppfödning av slaktgrisar (Sus scrofa domestica) i stora grupper : gruppstorlekens betydelse för grisars välfärd och produktionsresultat por Subotin, Tina

“…The effects of group size are still unclear, as the scientists have obtained different results in their studies. …”