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Biodiversity of bananas on farms in Uganda by Edmeades, Svetlana, Smale, Melinda, Karamura, Deborah

“…Bananas occupy the largest cultivated area among staple food crops in Uganda and are primarily grown on small subsistence farms (plots of less than 0.5 ha). In addition to being a major food staple, bananas are an important source of income, with excess production sold in local markets. …”
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HIV/AIDs and food and nutrition security: from evidence to action by Gillespie, Stuart, Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…The ability of households and communities to ensure their own food and nutrition security is increasingly being threatened. With the most detailed evidence base yet assembled, this review systematically maps our growing knowledge of the interactions between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security, pointing to where and how future policy needs to change to remain relevant and effective.…”
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Unmaking the commons: Collective action, property rights and resource appropriation among (agro-) pastoralists in eastern Ethiopia by Beyene, Fekadu, Korf, Benedikt

“…We illustrate the distributional effects these practices are having on (agro-) pastoralist communities and how these practices are being influenced by the broader political and economic dynamisms of the area.…”
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Structure, costs, and benefits of food subsidies in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Raisuddin

“…Direct public intervention in foodgrain distribution, now being practiced in Bangladesh, can be traced back to its origin in the 1941-44 wartime food policies of the government of British India in general and of the government of Bengal in particular. …”
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Why do projections on China's future food supply and demand differ? by Fan, Shenggen, Agcaoili-Sombilla, Mercedita C.

“…Projections from these models vary greatly, from China being almost self-sufficient in grain to becoming a net importer of 369 million metric tons of grain in 2030. …”
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The growing place of livestock products in world food in the twenty- first century by Delgado, Christopher L., Rosegrant, Mark W., Steinfeld, Henning, Ehui, Simeon, Courbois, Claude

“…Looking forward to 2020, they argue that the structural shifts in world agriculture being brought about by shifts in developing-country demand for foods of animal origin will continue and that increasingly global markets have the ability to supply both cereal and animal products in desired quantities with out undue price rises. …”
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Technology transfer, policies, and the role of the private sector in the global poultry revolution by Narrod, Clare, Pray, Carl E., Tiongco, Marites

“…With the Biotech Revolution, questions are being asked about what role the government should play in the process—does public research in developing countries play a role? …”
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Exploring linkages between agriculture and HIV/AIDS: A multilevel study of the impact of agricultural consumption regimes on women’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Kenya by Mwangi, Esther

“…The study defines vulnerability in terms of upstream factors, that is whether and through what pathways poverty puts people at greater risk of being exposed to the virus.…”
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Linking urban consumers and rural farmers in India: A comparison of traditional and modern food supply chains by Minten, Bart, Reardon, Thomas, Vandeplas, Anneleen

“…Food supply chains are being transformed in a number of developing countries due to widespread changes in urban food demand. …”
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Knowledge review on poverty and rural development in Nigeria by Omonona, Bolarin T.

“…The Nigerian situation presents a paradox because the country is rich but the people are poor, with the poverty experienced by Nigerians being pervasive, multifaceted and chronic, affecting the lives of a large proportion of the populace. …”
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Can genomics deliver climate-change ready crops? by Varshney, Rajeev K., Singh, Vikas K., Kumar, Arvind, Powell, Wayne, Sorrells, Mark E.

“…In this review, we summarize how we are utilizing our germplasm collections to identify superior alleles/haplotypes through NGS based sequencing approaches and how genomics-enabled technologies together with precise phenotyping are being used in crop breeding. Pre-breeding and genomics-assisted breeding approaches are contributing to the more efficient development of climate-resilient crops. …”
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Restructuring the Vietnamese rice sector: towards increasing sustainability by Demont, Matty, Rutsaert, Pieter

“…To guide the transition from being a quantity-focused producer to a credible supplier of quality rice, this study explores the sector’s opportunities for sustainable value chain upgrading. …”
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Improvement of photosynthesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by inserting the C4 pathway by Karki, Shanta, Rizal, Govinda, Quick, William Paul

“…To boost food production for a rapidly growing global population, crop yields must significantly increase. One of the avenues being recently explored is the improvement of photosynthetic capacity by installing the C4 photosynthetic pathway into C3 crops like rice to drastically increase their yield. …”
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Genetics of Field Resistance of Rice to Brown Planthopper by Velusamy, R., Heinrichs, E.A., Khush, G.S.

“…Because cultivars with vertical resistance to brown planthopper have “broken down” due to brown planthopper biotype selection, field resistant cultivars with horizontal resistance are being evaluated. The inheritance of field resistance to brown planthopper in two traditional rice cultivars, ‘Utri Rajapan’ and ‘Triveni’, was investigated. …”
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Report on the monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment (MELIA) of the circular bioeconomy innovation hub in Ghana by Amoah, P, Drechsel, Pay

“…Key learning areas (including challenges and possible solutions to address these) are being flagged and discussed.…”
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Cultivating Resilience: Key-Messages from the first Mediterranean Conservation Agriculture Conference by Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Shiri, Zahra, Monti, Andrea, Schoeber, Mia, Rinaldi, Michele, Cicek, Harun

“…Presentations and discussions focused on strategies for farmers, scientists and policy makers, emphasizing the need to implement massive changes and work together to keep CA from being a dream. The conference was about adopting CA back practices as one of the ingredients to improve resilience to climate change and sustainable agriculture.…”
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How a school milk program is fighting hunger in Yemen | From fragility to stability by Goldberg, Mark Leon, Qasem, Adeeb, Bliznashka, Lilia

“…Today’s episode is produced in partnership with the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration for a series that examines what works to improve the well-being of people in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings. …”
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Adoption of pig Artificial Insemination by pig keepers in Uganda through SAPLING supported artificial insemination service providers by Businge, Martha, Kugonza, Donald, Kasoro, Isaac, Ouma, Emily A., Marshall, Karen

“…The CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING) under the innovation package 1 sought to improve access to farmer preferred pig breeds through artificial insemination. The intended outcome being a strengthened pig genetic resource value chain through business models for AI service providers and potentially semen suppliers + capacity building of actors.…”
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Water-led climate adaptation of agriculture in Cambodia’s flood plains: towards a grounded geospatial approach by Harris, Benjamin, Flor, Rica J., Keo, Sokheng, Yen Tan Bui, van Halsema, Gerardo, Villanueva, Lorena, Urfels, Anton

“…Farmers face increasing pressure to adapt, with irrigation expansion and crop diversification being key strategies. This research investigates the feasibility of these adaptation measures across diverse production ecologies within the Delta. …”
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Progress Report on Ph.D. Students’ Work on SmaRT Pack by Rekik, Emna, Tesfa, Asemu, Mekuria, Shigdaf, Getachew, Tesfaye, Mwacharo, Joram M., Haile, Aynalem

“…Two PhD studies are being supported during the reporting period. The two students are at different levels of their study. …”
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