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Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index adopted by four International Development Research Centre projects to measure women’s empowerment in animal vaccine interventions by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…This is the first time the tool is being used by a major international funder at scale, reaching women participants across six countries (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Ghana, Nepal).…”
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Helping Feed the World with Rice Innovations: RICE Research Adoption and Impact on Farmers Globally by CGIAR Research Program on Rice

“…Additionally, institutional innovations, training, and natural resource management practices, such as direct-seeded rice, rodent control, and iron-toxicity removal, have a considerable effect on smallholder rice farmers? economic well-being (income and rice yield). Given the important uptake of stress-tolerant varieties documented in Latin America, additional positive impacts are expected.…”
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Environmental water flows go global to support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (WLE-IWMI) by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…WLE led the preparation of a guideline to support countries’ reporting on e-flows. This methodology is being distributed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to all countries to monitor progress on SDG 6.4 on alleviating water scarcity.…”
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Farmer-led irrigation development has been boosted through value chain-based scaling partnerships established in four sub-Saharan African countries by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…Based on these results, a similar approach is being introduced in Mali and Zambia.…”
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Water planning system “Agua de Honduras” used to improve Honduran investment decisions (WLE-CIAT) by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…Implemented by the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and contributing to the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), the platform has been aiding water management decisions, including being used 150 times to identify rainwater harvesting sites and influencing at least one local land investment decision.…”
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Alliance and CCAFS research guides the Green Climate Fund Agriculture and Food Security sector investment strategy by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The Alliance and CCAFS researchers have developed the Agriculture and Food Security Sector Guidance Document directly influencing the GCF investment strategy, having , been reviewed and approved for circulation by GCF leadership and undergone consultations with GCF National Designated Authorities, GCF board, GCF Accredited Entities, among other partners. Being finalized for approval by the GCF board in 2021, it would then become a primary publicly available resource to guide GCF project development in the agriculture and food security sector.…”
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CCAFS and CIAT, with support from USAID, successfully co-designed, developed and established the Althelia Biodiversity Fund to protect, restore, improve biodiversity and ecosystems by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Although established in September 2019, some initial investments are already being made with sustainable businesses in the Brazilian Amazon.…”
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CCAFS and partners' three investment outcome pathways are associated with more than USD 3.5 billion Climate Smart Agriculture investments globally by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This has been achieved via multiple investment-oriented outcome pathways and entry points for influencing public and private sector actors in a wide range of countries. The lessons that are being distilled from these experiences will continue to guide future investment planning for resilient and climate-smart food systems.…”
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Ten simple rules for developing visualization tools in genomics by Durant, Éloi, Rouard, Mathieu, Ganko, Eric, Müller, Cédric, Cleary, Allan, Farmer, Andrew D., Conte, Matthieu, Sabot, François

“…Our following 10 simple rules are dedicated to biologists and bioinformaticians who, while already being at the crossroads of many fields, want to venture further into the land of Data Visualization (“datavis” or “dataviz” for short). …”
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African perspectives on climate change research by Al-Zu’bi, Maha, Dejene, S.W., Hounkpe, J., Kupika, O. L., Lwasa, S., Mbenge, M., Mwongera, Caroline, Ouédraogo, Moctar, Toure, N. E.

“…The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) is being held in November 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. …”
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Guidelines to the agroecology-I context document by Masso, Cargele, Lamanna, Christine, Kettle, Christopher J., Wickramaratne, Chaturangi, Jones, Sarah K., Dickens, Chris

“…The purpose of the Context Document is threefold: first, to characterize the environmental, social and economic context of each Agroecological Living Lab (ALL); second, to understand the data and information currently available in each ALL; and third to characterize how and the extent to which agroecological principles are already being employed in each ALL. The Context Document is not meant to be a quantitative baseline or an exhaustive report, but rather a broad overview of the situation in each ALL. …”
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Costs of Climate Information Services Development and Implementation by List, Geneva, Kramer, Berber, Timu, Anne G., Zebiak, Stephen E., Rose, Alison

“…This in turn is expected to improve investments in adaptation and ensure that limited resources are being spent effectively.…”
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Financial Literacy Training Manual for Smallholder Livestock Keepers (Amharic Version) by Ekule, Muluken, Wamatu, Jane

“…The manual "Training for Financial Literacy" is a practical manual, appropriate for smallholder farmers to ensure that women and men, including the youth, have access to financial literacy knowledge and skills that they need to effectively manage their money for improved livelihoods It aims to enhance a combination of awareness, knowledge, skills, attitude, and behavior required to make informed financial decisions and ultimately achieve financial well-being when engaging in sheep fattening and other livestock-related commercialization activities along livestock value chains in Ethiopia. …”
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Five ways satellite images, remote sensing and smartphones are combining to transform agriculture by Ghosh, Aniruddha, Koo, Jawoo

“…Here are five ways in which different technologies are being combined to transform agriculture in rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America.…”
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The educational impacts of cash transfers in Tanzania by Evans, David K., Gale, Charles, Kosec, Katrina

“…This study examines the educational impacts of cash transfers, drawing on a randomized, community implemented conditional cash transfer program targeted to poor households in Tanzania. On average, being assigned to receive transfers significantly improves children’s likelihood of having ever attended school (by between 4 and 5 percentage points), with suggestive evidence that this is driven by more age-appropriate enrollment for the youngest children. …”
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A report of meloidogyne arenaria parasitizing plantain (Musa spp., AAB) in Nigeria by Olajide, E., Kolombia, Y.A., Amah, D., Agogbua, J.U., Coyne, D., Swennen, R., Cortada, L., Bert, W.

“…Root knot nematodes are known to affect banana and plantain production but diagnosis of the species involved is only just being accurately determined with the recent improvements in molecular techniques.…”
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Assessing the impacts of climate change on women's poverty: A Bolivian case study by Escalante, Luis Enrique, Maisonnave, Helene

“…Furthermore, both simulations reveal negative impacts on poverty, with women in rural areas being the most affected.…”
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UN 2023 Water Conference highlights the importance of systems thinking by McCartney, Matthew P., Ringler, Claudia, Khadka, Manohara, Hafeez, Mohsin

“…Despite the need for action being highlighted nearly 50 years ago at the last major UN water conference in Mar del Plata, Argentina, several billion people continue to lack secure access to water; water shortages, but also floods, increasingly contribute to food shortages and hunger; and energy security goals are in peril due to growing water variability and depletion.…”
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Latent bacterial wilt and viral infection burden in the seed potato system in Ethiopia: Policy implications for seed potato by Tessema, L., Kakuhenzire, R., McEwan, M.

“…. • There is inadequate implementation of internal seed quality control and external quality assurance for early generation seed production (EGS). EGS materials being bulked were found to be infected by degenerative diseases, but there was limited awareness by seed producers of disease levels. • Most seed testing laboratories do not handle seed potato certification and those that do depend on visual assessment which is inadequate in ensuring seed health and increases the risk of spreading latent infections. • Most seed testing laboratories in Ethiopia suffer infrastructural, logistical, and human resource challenges that jeopardizes effective and efficient seed potato certification.…”
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Over 130,000 farmers in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, have used timely weather forecasts and advisories to improve farm decisions, leading to higher yields and profits by Swaans, Cornelis, Barlis, Angelica, Le, Tam Thi

“…Through "Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees" (LTACs) and multiple media, timely Agro-Climatic Bulletins are being disseminated to over 130,000 farmers (520,000 beneficiaries) in 351 communities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta and South-Central Coast. …”
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