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Bioversity International nutrition strategy 2011-2021: Resilient food and nutrition systems: analyzing the role of agricultural biodiversity in enhancing human nutrition and health por Bioversity International

“…Our major focus is in rural and peri-urban communities in the developing world.[Text taken from the book]…”
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West African food composition table / Table de composition des aliments d’Afrique de l’Ouest por Stadlmayr, B., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Network of Food Data Systems, West African Health Organization, Bioversity International

“…It extends and updates the number of foods and values of components through data derived from the Mali Food Composition Table 2004, Nigeria, as well as analytical data from scientific articles. [text taken from the book]…”
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Chinese version) por Moore, G., Tymowski, W., Indiana University, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences

“…The sixth in a series of Guides to the implementation of particular international instruments and concepts, it seeks to promote greater understanding of the Treaty’s text, including some of the scientific, technical and legal issues upon which it is founded, and possible implications.…”
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Ethiopia's government adopts a National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) through consultative processes por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Building on CCAFS agricultural climate services experience and recent synthesis and guidance publications, CIMMYT contributed to the text, and supported stakeholder engagement and baseline assessment activities; and IRI contributed to recommendations and revised theory of change to better align the NFCS to development impact.…”
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Notes about Phaseolus pallar Molina (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Phaseoleae): alas but at best a synonym! por Debouck, Daniel G., Nepi, Chiara

“…A name given by Molina in 1782 and again in 1810 to a new Phaseolus species after a food legume crop grown for millennia mostly in the western part of the Quechua realm in South America refers to that crop (in the text of his essay) as well as to a weed (in his short Latin description), thus raising taxonomical uncertainty. …”
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Shiny application for consulting data online por Montes, Carlo, Gómez, Francisco

“…Shiny application uses the API of Worlclim data set (https://www.worldclim.org/data/index.html) for getting climate data with coordinates taken by clicking on an interactive map or by typing on a text box. The applications uses WorldClim version 2.1, which contains monthly averages data calculated with climate data from 1970 to 2000, the resolution of data is available for three resolution size: 4.6km (2.5 minutes), 9.2 km (5 minutes) and 18.5 km (10 minutes). monthly averages. …”
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Implementing a human rights approach to food security por McClain-Nhlapo, Charlotte

“…Nevertheless... in the event that people are unable to feed themselves (because of household shocks or other circumstances), the state must accept the responsibility to assist, whether through social safety nets or other programs and policies that protect vulnerable people from hunger. -- from Text…”
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Programming for urban food and nutrition security por Frankenberger, Timothy R., Garrett, James L., Downen, Jeanne

“…Developing more effective urban programs requires considering some key characteristics that affect the livelihoods of the urban poor: (1) Greater dependency on cash income and less reliance on agriculture and natural resources; (2) Low wages from work at insecure jobs; (3) A large number of women working outside the home; (4) Legal obstacles, including insecure land and housing tenure; (5) Inadequate access to safe water, sanitation, and health services; (6) Frequently weak social networks, which often transcend the geographic boundaries of communities. -- from Text…”
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Threats to urban health por Stephens, Carolyn

“…Many specialists argue that only when local governments gain control of the destiny of their cities will sustainable urban development become a reality and will we be able to achieve health security for all." -- From Text…”
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Strengthening Africa’s capacity to design and implement strategies for food and nutrition security por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Rhoe, Valerie, Temu, Andrew, Hendriks, Sheryl

“…Unless the capacity to design and implement food and nutrition security policy in Africa is developed, strategies and programs will continue to fail and hunger and malnutrition will grow. -- from Text…”
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Urban women: balancing work and childcare por Engle, Patrice L.

“…Innovative strategies could include support for parental childcare cooperatives, social insurance to enable mothers or fathers to stay home after the birth of a child, childcare linked to schools, and even the involvement of elders in childcare...." -- from Text…”
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Increasing the effective participation of women in food and nutrition security in Africa por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Smith, Lisa C.

“…Since the set of actions that are most appropriate in a given situation will be context specific, we present examples of approaches that have worked in Sub-Saharan Africa." -- from Text…”
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Breaking the links between conflict and hunger in Africa por Messer, Ellen, Cohen, Marc J.

“…Such an approach can help break the links between conflict and food insecurity. -- from Text…”
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The Green Revolution reconsidered por Hazell, Peter B. R., Ramasamy, C.

“…Despite initial lags in adoption of these varieties by small-scale farmers, virtually all farmers eventually adopted them and significantly increased their productivity." (Excerpts from text)…”
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The importance of women’s status for child nutrition in developing countries por Smith, Lisa C., Ramakrishnan, Usha, Ndiaye, Aida, Haddad, Lawrence J., Martorell, Reynaldo

“…This study explores the relationship between women’s status and children’s nutrition in three developing regions: South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)." -- from text…”
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Case study -- reducing pesticide residues on horticultural crops: food safety in food security and food trade por Norton, George W., Sanchez, Guillermo E., Clarke-Harris, Dionne, Kone Teaore, Halimatou

“…Rapid growth in horticultural production has been accompanied by heavy use of pesticides and by heightened concern over health effects associated with pesticide use and abuse...The three examples [in this study] demonstrate how applied research to support IPM can reduce pesticide use, residues, and export barriers. -- from Text…”
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Food safety and GM crops -- implications for developing-country research: food safety in food security and food trade por Cohen, Joel I., Quemada, Hector, Frederick, Robert J.

“…Currently, important public- and private-sector research is underway to help meet the productivity needs of these farmers. -- from Text…”
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Property rights, collective action, and agribusiness por Johnson, Nancy L., Berdegué, Julio A.

“…Collective action and networking, a better understanding of how to develop and support those networks, and less traditional forms of organization, such as agricultural cooperatives, is necessary for the development of an efficient and equitable agribusiness sector. -- from Text…”
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Property rights, collective action, and agroforestry por Place, Frank, Otsuka, Keijiro, Scherr, Sara J.

“…As stakeholders recognize the need for effective management of, for example, the erosion resulting from tree felling or rights to carbon sequestration from tree planting, they will increasingly value and depend on the institutions that protect their property rights. -- from Text.…”
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Rebuilding after war: micro-level determinants of poverty reduction in Mozambique por Simler, Kenneth R., Mukherjee, Sanjukta, Dava, Gabriel, Datt, Gaurav

“…Estimates of poverty levels and the results of the model are presented, followed by simulations that indicate the impact on poverty of specific policy interventions." -- from Text…”
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