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Food consumption and nutrition: FCND research themes brochure by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…FCND research and outreach activities are organized into five research themes, each conducting research in a number of countries on a common set of policy issues: Rural Finance Policies for Food Security of the Poor; Urban Challenges to Food and Nutrition Security; Gender and Intrahousehold Aspects of Food Policy; Targeted Interventions to Reduce and Prevent Poverty; Agricultural Strategies for Improving Availability of Micronutrients.…”
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Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: February 2025 by Siddig, Khalid, Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw, Abushama, Hala, Rakhy, Tarig

“…The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is conducting a comprehensive market monitoring initiative across Sudan’s 18 states, tracking the prices and assessing the availability and quality of essential commodities, observing changes in exchange rates, and gathering qualitative insights from market actors. …”
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Guidelines for food systems issues prioritization and actor and action mapping at sub-national levels in Vietnam by Hanh Tho, Pham Thi, The, Tran Van, Huynh Thi, Tuyen Thanh, Nguyen, Quoc Minh, Even, Brice, Pham Thi, Huong Mai, Viet Anh, Bui Thi, Anh, Dao The

“…The guidelines aim to assist provincial and local actors - including government officials, sectoral agencies, and other stakeholders, including the private sector and community organizations - in conducting structured food systems issue prioritization and actor–action mapping. …”
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Social Network Analysis For The Evaluation Of Development Interventions: A Methods Note by Anand, Shweta, Carneiro, Bia

“…It defines SNA, explores its applications in the social sciences, and outlines key steps for conducting an SNA—from data collection to interpretation. …”
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Workshop report: East Africa Strategic Futures, Food Security, the Environment and Livelihoods by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This policy workshop brought together climate change, agricultural and food security researchers and policymakers in conducting a visioning exercise aimed at developing policy and investment options, on climate smart agricultural research and development priorities within the East Africa region. …”
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A participatory approach for hydrometeorological monitoring in the Blue Nile River Basin of Ethiopia by Zemadim, Birhanu, McCartney, Matthew P., Langan, Simon J., Sharma, Bharat R.

“…Participatory research is increasingly recognized as being useful for conducting multiple activities in research for development projects. …”
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Report on Phase 1 Planning Meeting of the Paddy Rice Production Component CCAC Agriculture Initiative by Sander, Björn Ole, Joven, B.P.

“…Up-scaling may entail engaging the private sector and government technical support programs as well as conducting outreach and public awareness campaigns with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that work primarily with farmers.…”
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The challenges on out-scaling participatory methods in agricultural research by Aw-Hassan, Aden A.

“…For the last decade or so, participatory research has become an attractive mechanism for conducting adaptive agricultural research. This is mainly motivated by the perception that closer association with resource-poor farmers in identifying the problem and involving them in research implementation presents greater chance of success and adoption of research outputs; hence; enhancing the impact of agricultural research. …”
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Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…A discussion of the CGIAR's involvement in biotechnology led the Committee to propose the establishment of a task force to identify the Group's comparative advantages in this field, provide guidance on intellectual property rights and other legal issues, and establish best practices relating to biosafety.Efficiency of conducting CGIAR business, impact, and support were identified as key issues for the System Review. …”
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Pruning effects on ring width and wood hydrosystem of Prosopis flexuosa DC from arid woodlands by Giantomasi, María Alejandra, Alvarez, Juan Agustín, Villagra, Pablo Eugenio, Debandi, Guillermo Oscar, Roig-Juñent, Fidel Alejandro

“…This is considered a strategy to protect the water-conducting system in response to pruning. Studies at the anatomical level conducted in the present research revealed in detail how pruning influences wood production and anatomical modifications, indicating the importance of conducting wood anatomical analyses on tree rings in order to refine interpretations of the effect of pruning on stem growth.…”
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Network analysis for evaluating on-farm conservation projects fact by Gotor, Elisabetta, Bioversity International

“…These partnerships should not be seen in isolation or as piecemeal, but as a network of actors that enable the implementation of a project, influence its success or failure, generate learning and allow its implementers to achieve goals that would have been beyond the scope of a single institution working in isolation. Conducting a network analysis of partnerships is crucial at both the project planning stage (ex ante) as well as after its implementation (ex post). …”
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Performance trials on different rates and ratios of N and P fertilisation in Ethiopia to inform field-specific Maize-Nutrient-Management advisory by Sida, Tesfaye Shiferaw, Andersson, Jens A., Hijbeek, Renske

“…As the latter institute is involved in conducting fertilizer trials and the development of recommendations, this collaboration also aimed at forming an appropriate entry point for institutionalization of the decision support tool that is being developed.…”
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User guide to seed regulatory framework analysis and implications for vegetatively propagated crops. RTB User Guide by McEwan, M., Spielman, David J., Gatto, M., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Hareau, Guy

“…This user guide describes a tool for conducting seed regulatory framework analysis for VPCs. …”
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Overcoming Key Barriers for Secondary Cloud Forest Management in Mexico by Toledo-Aceves, T., Guariguata, Manuel R., Günter, S., Porter-Bolland, L., Merino, L.

“…Future research areas should be focused on monitoring the response of SCFs to silvicultural interventions, documenting existing traditional practices as well as conducting socio-economic analyses of timber production and associated ecosystem services. …”
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Payoffs to a half century of CGIAR research by Alston, Julian, Pardey, Philip G., Rao, Xudong

“…The CGIAR is a unique and highly successful institutional arrangement for funding and conducting multilateral agricultural R&D. Established in 1971, the CGIAR has spent about $60 billion in present value terms mainly on R&D for staple food crops to support the world's poor. …”
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Training of Trainers on Enhancing Forecasting Capacities and Crop Capability Prediction Model and Tools by Amha, Yosef, Garanganga, Bradwell, Nyakutambwa, Trymore, Kondo, Farai, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Solomon, Dawit

“…To operationalize this tool, however, there is a need to conduct a concerted capacity development across the SADC sub-region and beyond.…”
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AgriTech4Morocco Innovation Challenge Acceleration welcome pack and training materials by Menza, Gianpiero, Zaccari, Claudia

“…As part of the F2R-CWANA, A4IP is conducting innovation challenges in three countries (Morocco, Uzbekistan, and Egypt) to source, support, and accelerate AgriFood and ClimateTech solutions that can provide concrete, deployable, and sustainable solutions for value chain actors, and help respond to the inefficiencies of the agriculture sector in these specific countries. …”
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How IFPRI, CGIAR and the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis Share Capacity by Mawia, Harriet, Kassim, Yumna, Breisinger, Clemens, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Mockshell, Jonathan, Go, Ara

“…In Kenya, one of NPS’ main partners is the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), which has the overall mission “to provide quality public policy advice to the Government of Kenya by conducting objective research and analysis and through capacity building”.…”
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Preliminary Insights into the Adoption of CGIAR-Related Agricultural Innovations in Vietnam by Kosmowski, Frederic, Bach, Thao, Nguyen, Oanh, Stevenson, James R., Visaria, Sujata

“…Since 2021, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) has been conducting a country study of the impact of CGIAR-related agricultural innovations in Vietnam. …”
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Outcome Trajectory Evaluation (OTE): An Approach to Tackle Research-for-Development’s Long-Causal-Chain Problem by Douthwaite, Boru, Proietti, Claudio, Polar, Vivian, Thiele, Graham

“…The approach was developed iteratively while conducting four evaluations of policy-related outcomes claimed by the CGIAR, a global R4D organization. …”
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