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Utility and Triggers in Uptake of Agricultural Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal, West Africa by Ouédraogo, Issa, Diouf, Ndeye Seynabou, Gnalenba, Ablouka, Zougmoré, Robert B., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…Weather and climate information services (WCIS) are gaining recognition among scientists and governments as an essential adaptation tool for agriculture, especially in the drylands of Africa. …”
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Consultative Workshop on the Development and Implementation of the National Framework for Climate Services for IGAD and SADC Countries: Challenges and Opportunities by Recha, John W.M., Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Solomon, Dawit, Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…Conceived as the national declinations of the GFCS, the National Framework for Weather, Water and Climate Services (NFWWCS), which is used interchangeably in this concept note with the National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) was introduced at the national level to serve as the national mechanisms to bridge the gap between the climate information being developed by scientists and service providers and the practical needs of users, from global to community levels. …”
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Datasets on the variations of minerals in biofortified cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) as a function of storage root portion, maturity and environment by Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Maziya-Dixon, Busie, Dixon, A.

“…Also, the data could be used by food scientists and nutritionists to understand the parts of the roots with optimum minerals to design their processing protocols and to know those genotypes specific to different environments that could be used for various nutrition intervention programs.…”
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Diversified approaches to evaluate wide genetic resources of cowpea for enhancing new variety development for west Africa and its social implementation by cowpea research program o... by Ishikawa, H., Matsumoto, R.

“…Here, we review the diverse approaches undertaken in cowpea research to evaluate the wide genetic resources of IITA for the development of new varieties and their successful dissemination. Notably, Japanese scientists have made constructive contributions to the progress in cowpea research at IITA over the past 50 years. …”
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Report on Vietnam Inception Workshop for CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING) by International Livestock Research Institute, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

“…In the first day of the workshop, scientists shared an introduction to the SAPLING initiative and to the targeted value chains of pigs, beef and chicken. …”
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Status of urban ecology in Africa: a systematic review by Awoyemi, A.G., Ibanez-Alamo, J.D.

“…Urbanization is an extreme human activity and is expanding worldwide, consequently increasing the attention of scientists across research areas of urban ecology. Recent studies have warned of the lack of information from certain regions, particularly Africa, which is rapidly urbanizing. …”
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A call to action for nexus approaches that leave no one behind by McCartney, Matthew P., Ringler, Claudia

“…Scientists have declared that the earth is now “well outside the safe operating space for humanity” as a result of our destruction of the natural world. …”
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Community forests as beacons of conservation: Enabling local populations monitor their biodiversity by Fa, J.E., Luiselli, L.

“…By developing standardised, easy-to-apply and inexpensive methods for biomonitoring, communities can be involved in biomonitoring instead of relying solely on scientists and expensive equipment. We present a monitoring framework here where we suggest local communities should become the main agents for biomonitoring in their own forests; we highlight a five-step scheme. …”
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Annual clovers around the world: current status and future prospects by Nichols, Phillip Geoffrey Harwood, Smith, Gerald, Moot, Derrick, Ates, Serkan, Porqueddu, Claudio, Rios, Esteban, Louhaichi, Mounir, del Pozo, Alejandro, Kotze, Annemare, Humphries, Alan W, Ghamkhar, Kioumars, Ryan, Megan

“…nigrescens and T. cherleri. Australian scientists have also recently domesticated T. glanduliferum, T. …”
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Information Management Needs in National Agricultural Research Systems by Ballantyne, Peter G., Mook, Byron T.

“…New information technology has the potential to improve the quality of agricultural research, the efficiency of its management, and the relevance and timeliness of research results. Scientists and managers can now access more information than ever before. …”
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Management of Scientific Information for Agricultural Research in Mauritius by Ng Kee Kwong, Rosemay, Ballantyne, Peter G.

“…In addition, professional and technical associations or societies play an important role among scientists, especially in the sugar industry where they are a major linking mechanism with research elsewhere in the world. …”
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Costa Rica: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet by Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis

“…The rise in researcher numbers was largely driven by INTA, which recruited a considerable number of young, BSc-qualified researchers after a prolonged period of civil servant recruitment restrictions and the loss of senior scientists to retirement. INTA still lacks a critical mass of PhD-qualified researchers compared to the higher education sector. …”
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Dominican Republic: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet by Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis

“…The Dominican Republic lacks a critical mass of PhD-qualified agricultural researchers. Many scientists with PhD degrees are currently in their sixties and fast approaching the mandatory retirement age. …”
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CRISPR genome editing to address food security and climate changes by Naglaa A, Abdallah, Hamwieh, Aladdin, Radwan, Khaled, Mahmoud, Nourhan Fouad, Baum, Michael

“…The risk of continuous change in the environment has attracted the attention of plant scientists, who are using all available technologies to enhance crop quality and yield. …”
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Sweet Potato Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice. by McEwan, M.

“…The participants were predominantly sweetpotato breeders, and seed systems scientists implementing business plans for sustainable production of sweetpotato seed. …”
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Adaptation to land constraints: Is Africa different? by Headey, Derek D., Jayne, Thomas S.

“…Since the seminal works of Malthus and Boserup, scientists have long debated the impact of population growth and land constraints on the wellbeing of rural people. …”
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US food security and climate change: Agriculture futures by Takle, Eugene S., Gustafson, David, Beachy, Roger, Nelson, Gerald C., Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Palazzo, Amanda

“…Agreement is developing among agricultural scientists on the emerging inability of agriculture to meet growing global food demands. …”
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Economic impacts of climate change in Syria by Breisinger, Clemens, Zhu, Tingju, Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Nelson, Gerald C., Robertson, Richard D., Funes, José, Verner, Dorte

“…There is broad consensus among scientists that climate change is altering weather patterns around the world. …”
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Enhanced Access to the CGIAR Virtual Library via Social Media by Ferreyra, Cecilia, Ramos, Mila, Álvare, Luz Marina

“…This poster will show how social networking tools, such as Skype, Twitter, wikis, blogs, etc. are helping to create better awareness of the virtual library and to reach out to scientists in a more effective manner.…”
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Between conservationism, eco-populism and developmentalism: discourses in biodiversity policy in Thailand and Indonesia by Wittmer, Heidi, Birner, Regina

“…The paper draws attention to the role of science in the different discourses and concludes that scientists should become more aware of the role they play in the different discourses.…”
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