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Ensemble generique des criteres et indicateurs du CIFOR

“…'Generic' also implies that this C&I template can be employed by a variety of user groups, such as certification bodies, government officials, donors, forest managers, project managers, and scientists.…”
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Modelo generico de criterios e indicadores do CIFOR

“…'Generic' also implies that this C&I template can be employed by a variety of user groups, such as certification bodies, government officials, donors, forest managers, project managers, and scientists.…”
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Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management: a review of tools, concepts and lessons learned by Evans, K., Guariguata, Manuel R.

“…Monitoring is no longer the exclusive purview of forest managers and scientists. Now local people are working with professionals to develop and implement programs together. …”
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The operational role of remote sensing in forest and landscape management: Focus group discussion proceedings by Takao, G., Priyadi, H., Ikbal Nursal, W

“…Recognising this gap, forest management practitioners and scientists gathered for a daylong focus group discussion to examine constraints and understand better what practitioners expected remote sensing to do for them. …”
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Tropical rain forest ecology, diversity, and conservation by Ghazoul, J., Sheil, Douglas

“…It explores biodiversity conservation as well as livelihood security for the many communities that are dependent on rain forests - inextricable issues that represent urgent priorities for scientists, conservationists, and policy makers.…”
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Ethnoveterinary plant preparations as livestock dewormers: Practices, popular beliefs, pitfalls and prospects for the future by Githiori, J.B., Höglund, J., Waller, P.J.

“…Fostering better interaction between traditional healers and scientists is advocated to prevent harmful overexploitation, both of local knowledge and of plant species that may have effects against nematode parasites.…”
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Control of the taeniosis/cysticercosis complex: Future developments by Flisser, A., Rodríguez Canul, R., Willingham, Arve Lee

“…Furthermore, the involvement of international agencies and institutions, such as the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Livestock Research Institute, as well as the commitment of policymakers, scientists and field workers, are key means for the sustainable control and, hopefully, eradication of T. solium infections.…”
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Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences by Gottret, María Verónica, White, D.

“…Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. …”
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RTB Maps by International Center for Tropical Agriculture, International Potato Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Bioversity International, CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

“…The Atlas is structured to allow our participating scientists to understand the distribution of the crops and observe the spatial distribution of many of the obstacles to production of these crops. …”
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Impacts of trypanosomosis on land-use and the environment in Africa: State of our knowledge and future directions by Reid, Robin S.

“…For more than half a century, natural history observations have led scientists and resource managers to speculate about the answers to these questions, but only recently have quantitative studies been conducted that rigorously assess impacts. …”
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Evaluating the impact of the graduate fellowship programme of the International Livestock Research Institute. A tools and process report by Eley, R., Ibrahim, H., Hambly Odame, Helen, Demeke, M., Smalley, M.E.

“…The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) offers a graduate fellowship programme for scientists from developing and developed countries. …”
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Fragmentation of arid and semi-Arid ecosystems: Implications for people and animals by Hobbs, N.T., Reid, Robin S., Galvin, K.A., Ellis, J.E.

“…Moreover, anthropologists and other social scientists have worked to understand the human forces that drive fragmentation of landscapes (Khazanov 1984, Little and Leslie 1999, Kerven 2003). …”
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Reducing the costs of GHG estimates in agriculture to inform low emissions development: Report from an international workshop by Richards, Meryl B., Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…Sixty practitioners, policy makers and scientists reviewed and shared knowledge on the available robust and low-cost methods and data for GHG emission estimation in agriculture in a CCAFS/FAO workshop in Rome, October 2014. …”
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Informing CSA implementation at national, regional, and continental scales by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…CCAFS Scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture(CIAT), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are developing two “Practical Guides” (PGs) on Climate-­‐ Smart Agriculture (CSA), partnering with African governments and Universities, the New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), UN Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and civil society organisations. …”
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Conserving landraces and improving livelihoods: how to assess the success of on-farm conservation projects? by Bellon, M.R., Gotor, Elisabetta, Caracciolo, Francesco

“…The factors and relationships implicated in attaining conservation and livelihood results are complex, so that a conceptual scheme that brings them together in a simplified but coherent fashion can be extremely useful for the scientists, donors, policy-makers and practitioners concerned. …”
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Latin American wasp spearheads ‘sting‘ operations in Africa and Asia = Avispa Latinoamericana comanda ‘operaciones encubiertas en África y Asia by Lefroy, Rod D.B.

“…Discovered by a team of CIAT and IITA scientists in Paraguay in 1980, A. lopezi has proved to be a formidable natural enemy of the cassava mealybug - a pest that causes cassava crops to shrivel. …”
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Grasslands, cattle and land use in the neotropics and subtropics by Vera, Raúl R., Rivas Ríos, Libardo

“…Lastly, the overriding importance of policy changes, and their close interactions with technology developments are analyzed based on simulations ran for the region, and it is concluded that grassland and animal scientists should become more involved in policy debates regarding development of the sector and its environmental implications.…”
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An annotated list of diseases, pathogens and associated fungi of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Eastern and Southern Africa by Allen, David J.

“…The list should prove valuable to plant pathologists, bean scientists, plant quarantine officers and research directors concerned with crop improvement and the international exchange of genetic resources.…”
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Gender and Roots Tubers and Bananas Seed Systems: a literature review by Mudege, Netsayi N., Walsh, S.

“…In addition, existing social systems and cultural norms may govern or influence how the different stakeholders-including scientists, extension workers, and practitioners among nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)-act and relate with male and female farmers. …”
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Tailoring bioinformatics for the genetic improvement of orphan crops by Gedil, Melaku A

“…This growing abundance of genomic resources necessitates that plant scientists be equipped with fundamental genomic analysis tools for genomics assisted crop improvement. …”
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