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CIAT in Ethiopia: Science for Impact por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Our cutting-edge science helps policymakers, the private sector, scientists, civil society, and farmers respond to the pressing challenges of our time. …”
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Root rot resistance in new cassava varieties introduced to farmers in Nigeria por Okechukwu, R.U., Dixon, Alfred G.O., Akoroda, M.O., Mwangi, M., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…The trials were managed by scientists, extension workers and farmers. The aim in introducing these new varieties was to pre-emptively manage cassava mosaic disease, to avert an imminent threat from the Ugandan strain of the pathogen and prevent damage to the Nigerian cassava economy. …”
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Site selection to test an integrated approach to agricultural research for development: combining expert knowledge and participatory geographic information system methods por Thornton, Philip K., Stroud, A., Hatibu, N., Legg, C., Ly, S., Twomlow, Stephen, Molapong, K., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Kruska, R., Kaufmann, Ralph R. von

“…It is seeking to do this by redefining the roles of scientists and farmers through collaborative learning processes, addressing questions about the level, timing, type and formof participation, as well as themost effective approaches andmethods to foster them. …”
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Determinants of rural farmers improved soybean adoption decisions in northern Nigeria por Ojiako, I.A., Manyong, Victor M., Ikpi, A.E.

“…The results have significant implications for research scientists, extension agents and policy-makers. Apart from providing justification for strengthening the extension capacities of the national research systems, the findings underscore the relevance of networks that promote farmer-to-farmer interactions in the circulation of new technologies.…”
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Bioactive compounds of freshly harvested open pollinated varieties (OPV) of orange maize (zea mays): varietal, maturity, and boiling methods effects por Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Menkir, A., Olaofe, O.

“…The information from this study could guide the food scientists, nutritionists, and consumers on the best boiling methods to process OPV orange maize for optimum retention of bioactive components.…”
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Pains and gains of international research collaboration with academia: Perspectives from an extramural research institute por Roesel, Kristina, Grace, Delia

“…Collaboration with academia has long been an integral part of ILRI’s work as it leads to shared learning, sharing of resources, synergies, complementarity and shaping of a new generation of scientists and, potentially, decision-makers. The BMZ/GIZ-funded Safe Food, Fair Food project (2008–16) collaborated with eight universities in Africa, two in Germany and one in Japan on food safety research in informal markets in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Quantitative trait loci affecting reproductive phenology in peach por Romeu, Jose F., Monforte, Antonio J., Sanchez, Gerardo, Granell, Antonio, García-Brunton, Jesús, Badenes, María L., Ríos, Gabino

“…A better understanding of the genetic factors affecting crop phenology might help scientists and breeders to predict changes in genotype performance in a context of global climate change.…”
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More Stable Productivity of Semi Natural Grasslands than Sown Pastures in a Seasonally Dry Climate por Ospina, Sonia, Rusch, Graciela M., Pezo Quevedo, Danilo, Casanoves, Fernando, Sinclair, Fergus L.

“…Our results reveal that, contrary to conventional thinking amongst pasture scientists, there appears to be no increase in ANPP arising from replacing semi-natural grasslands with sown pastures under prevailing pasture management practices in seasonally dry climates, while the temporal distribution of ANPP is more even in semi-natural grasslands. …”
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The importance of and potential for stump treatment in Russian Karelia por Trishkin, Maxim

“…The survey was made among 3 groups of respondents (forestry enterprises, scientists and forest industry) to find out the actual problems concerning new forest legislation, forest certification, about general health problems and regarding the Heterobasidion spp., as main species, which causing butt and root rot. …”

Human caregiving style and its effect on the dog-human relationship por Habbe, Johanna

“…The dog-human relationship has started to interest scientists and studies have been performed to investigate the nature of this bond. …”

The roles of experts in forest-related participatory processes in Europe por Su, Yu-Tzu

“…Moreover, administratively based experts and scientists are the most identified types of experts. …”
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Attitudes concerning conservation in two different wildlife areas in Kenya por Larsson, Karin

“…All over the world, scientists agree that to succeed with a conservation project, it is important to have a good relationship with the local people. …”
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Djuretik i det vilda por Sandberg, Petra

“…From being seen solely as non-sentient property, animals and their emotional capacities now evoke interest from scientists as well as the public. The acceptance of animals as sentient beings has played an important part in the progress of animal ethics, but far from all animals are included in such a view. …”
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On the back of an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) – the backside of the elephant tourism with focus on welfare por Turesson, Veronica

“…The Asian elephant is listed as endangered by the IUCN and even though it's illegal to harvest elephants from the wild, scientists estimates that 150 – 200 elephant calves are taken each year. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture and Climate Information Services Action for Food Systems Transformation in Ghana: Capacity strengthening and Stakeholder consultation por Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain, Tamo, Manuele, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Dinku, Tufa, Obeng, Faustina, Wilson, Michael, Yeboah, Stephen, Kyere, Reginald, Tahidu, Osman, Falade, Titilayo D.O., Martey, Francisca, Asare-Kyei, Daniel, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Kagabo, Desire, Dembélé, Catherine, Tonnang, Henri E.Z., Djouaka, Rousseau, Pita, Justin, Njukwe, Emmanuel

“…The training aligns with the clusters expected contributions to specific project targets against four AICCRA performance indicators: PDO1- CCAFS partners and stakeholders in the Project area are increasingly accessing enhanced climate information services and/or validated climate-smart agriculture technologies; IPI 2.2- Partnerships launched/ strengthened between AICCRA-funded CGIAR and NARS scientists, universities, public sector stakeholders, farmer organizations, NGOs and private sector; IPI 2.3- People engaged in AICCRA-funded capacity development activities; and IPI 3.1- Validated climate information services and climate-smart agriculture technologies disseminated / made accessible. …”
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Crop variety management for climate adaptation supported by citizen science por Etten, Jacob van, Sousa, K. de, Aguillar, A., Barrios, M., Coto, A., Dell'Acqua, M., Fadda, Carlo, Gebrehawaryat, Y., Gevel, Jeske M.J, van de, Gupta, A., Kiros, A.Y., Madriz, Brandon, Mathur, P., Mengistu, D.K., Mercado, L., Mohammed, J.N., Paliwal, A., Pè, M.E., Quirós, C.F., Rosas, J.C., Sharma, N., Singh, S.S., Solanki, I.S., Steinke, J.

“…Farmers collaborated as citizen scientists, each ranking the performance of three varieties randomly assigned from a larger set. …”
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The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta por van Lenteren, Joop C., Lanzoni, Alberto, Hemerik, Lia, Bueno, Vanda H.P., Bajonero Cuervo, Johanna G., Biondi, Antonio, Burgio, Giovanni, Calvo, Francisco J., de Jong, Peter W., Lopez, Silvia Noemi, Luna, María Gabriela, Montes, Flavio C., Nieves, Eliana L., Aigbedion‑Atalor, Pascal Osa, Riquelme Virgala, Maria B., Sánchez, Norma E., Urbaneja, Alberto

“…Ecologists study how populations are regulated, while scientists studying biological pest control apply population regulation processes to reduce numbers of harmful organisms: an organism (a natural enemy) is used to reduce the population density of another organism (a pest). …”
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Modeling Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Dynamics of Rural Impoundments in Dry Chaco Rangelands por Niborski, Marcos Javier, Martin, Osvaldo Antonio, Murray, Francisco, Jobbagy Gampel, Esteban Gabriel, Nosetto, Marcelo Daniel, Paez, Ricardo Andrés, Magliano, Patricio Nicolás

“…The model only needs daily rainfall and air temperature to be run, making it easy to be used by scientists, ranchers, or local decision makers. It may be used to explore the hydrological functioning of small and seasonal water bodies of different sites of the world exposed to drought episodes caused by high climate variability and/or climate change.…”
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The educational community and its knowledge and perceptions of native and invasive alien species por Sosa, Alejandro Joaquin, Jiménez, Nadia L., Faltlhauser, Ana Claudia, Righetti, Tomás, Mc Kay, Fernando, Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto, Stiers, Iris, Fernández Souto, Adriana

“…We need to foster capacity-building and encourage a two-way communication between educators and scientists, formally and informally, to engage the participation of the whole society in recognition, prevention and management of IAS.…”
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The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta por van Lenteren, Joop C., Lanzoni, Alberto, Hemerik, Lia, Bueno, Vanda H. P., Bajonero-Cuervo, Johanna G., Biondi, Antonio, Burgio, Giovanni, Calvo, Javier, de Jong, Peter W., López, Silvia N., Luna, Maria G., Montes, Flavio C., Nieves, Eliana, Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal Osa, Riquelme-Virgala, Maria B., Sánchez, Norma E., Urbaneja, Alberto

“…Ecologists study how populations are regulated, while scientists studying biological pest control apply population regulation processes to reduce numbers of harmful organisms: an organism (a natural enemy) is used to reduce the population density of another organism (a pest). …”
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