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International Livestock Research Institute: medium-term plan 2010-12 by International Livestock Research Institute

“…In order to better position itself for improved outcome and impact performance, ILRI is also conducting a center-commissioned external review on its current impact assessment activities and how these might be strengthened in future. …”
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Viable Sweetpotato Technologies in Africa (VISTA) Tanzania project by International Potato Center

“…VISTA Tanzania got underway with diagnostic studies, setting up multiplication in 41 farmers groups, and conducting Trainer of trainers’ courses for 31 extension personnel. …”
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Disease-resistant pigeonpeas by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Wilt is caused by a fungus which blocks the water conducting tissues of plants, causing plants to wilt and then ultimately to die. …”
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Timetable agreed by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…A timetable has been proposed for conducting the Agriculture Committee negotiations. …”
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Difficulties in evaluating on-farm experiments with livestock: Examples from the Ethiopian highlands by Gryseels, Guido

“…Discusses the on-farm trials with crossbred cows conducted in the highlands of Ethiopia (Debre Zeit/Debre Berhan) to study productivity under farm conditions, to appraise smallholder adoption problems and to evaluate the impact on the socio-economic welfare of the farmer and his family; summarizes also the difficulties in conducting and evaluating on-farm livestock research.…”
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Locust control handbook by Rachadi, Tahar

“…Focusing on how to get the most from treatments, while minimising adverse effects, this title describes in detail topics such as the basic principles for conducting spraying operations, spraying equipment and specific locust techniques. …”
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Revised Terms of Reference and Guidelines for External Programme Review Panels by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The first provides revised terms of reference for panels charged with conducting external program reviews of IARCs. The second constitutes guidelines for those panels. …”
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Uganda: Policies for Improved Land Management Dataset, 1999-2001 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This survey was conducted during the Policies For Improved Land Management Project in Uganda, 1999-2003. …”
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Gender in the NDCs: Towards Transformation by Huyer, Sophia

“…Produced as part of the Gender Platform/FAO project “Conducting a Global Policy Review of the Nexus of Climate Change and Gender & Development of a Compendium of Best Practices around Gender and Climate Change Policies & Four Thematic Notes”.…”
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Land tenure systems and agricultural innovation. The case of alley farming in Nigeria by Francis, P.A.

“…Reviews the region's tenure system followed by case studies of the communities where the Humid Zone Programme of ILCA has been conducting on-farm trials of alley farming. The studies consists of brief accounts of the communities' social constitutions and farming system.…”
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An accountability framework for technological innovation by Whitty, B.

“…In this Brief, we offer recommendations to help an organization conducting technological research and design (R&D) to become more accountable. …”
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Gender Workshop Nairobi Kenya 22-25 October by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The workshop brought up issues related to conducting research on gender and creating and implementing gender strategies. …”
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Microcredit and savings associations for building rural household resilience: A case study of selected village development fund and savings groups in Koh Kong and Mondul Kiri, Camb... by Manilay, Alessandro A., Tong, Chantheang, Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Barbon, Wilson John, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Thy, Or, Rondón, Marco Antonio, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Moeu, Sokchea

“…This case study was conducted to generate insights on the financial sustainability of selected VDFSGs and to gather information on members’ perceptions of the usefulness of these institutions in coping with household and climate change-related shocks or stresses. …”
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Interactive maps of flooding risk areas for efficient targeting of CSA and CIS packages by Mathieu, Renaud, Yeggina, Pavan Kumar, Teja, Charan, Murugesan, Deiveegan, Akpoffo, Marius, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Gatti, Luca

“…With the rise in flood occurrences in recent years, conducting precise flood risk assessments has become a crucial aspect of mitigating floods in agricultural regions. …”
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AI-assisted dietary assessment and personalized “nudges” in urban Ghana: Preparing for scale-up by Gelli, Aulo, Folson, Gloria, Nwabuikwu, Odiche, Bannerman, Boateng, Ador, Gabriel, Atadze, Vicentia, Asante, Millicent, McCloskey, Peter, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Hughes, David

“…The costs associated with conducting a 24HR are approximately $500 per recall (Adams et al. 2022). …”
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Consolidated PGIS Report for Zimbabwe by Ncube, S

“…The second level of data collection entailed conducting focused group discussions with the selected communities. …”
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Cassava technology transfer in the Philippines by Gundaya, Editha A., Evangelio, Fernando A., Sanico, R.T., Roa, J.R., Orias, Ramón R., Ramírez, M.C.U.

“…After several years of conducting research in cassava, the Philippine Root Crop Research and Training Center (PRCRTC) developed technologies that may raise the crop's potential and help uplift the welfare of Filipino farmers, processors and consumers. …”
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Seed Systems and Crop Management Community of Practice: Are Learning Journeys Useful? by International Potato Center

“…Peer-to-peer technical engagement has been increased through conducting eight learning journeys as part of the seed system community of practice meetings. …”
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Addressing Gender in SASHA by International Potato Center

“…By explicitly monitoring designs of surveys and our delivery system projects to ensure women’s needs were being sufficiently addressed and conducting complementary qualitative research, scientists and practitioners under SASHA have avoided costly errors and become more gender-aware.…”
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Improving livelihoods of smallholder upland farmers through improved and integrated cassava-based cropping and livestock systems by Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…This will be achieved by disseminating the selected technologies for improved cassava livestock production systems to many farmers, supporting national institutions in conducting strategic and applied research and developing procedures for monitoring the impact of new technologies on farmers’ livelihoods and the environment.…”
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