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Evaluation of ERA5 and CHIRPS rainfall estimates against observations across Ethiopia by Ahmed, Jemal Seid, Buizza, Roberto, Dell’Acqua, Matteo, Demissie, Teferi, Pè, Mario Enrico

“…Focusing over a 38-year period (1981–2018), our study utilizes a point-to-pixel analysis to compare daily, monthly, seasonal, and annual precipitation data, conducting an evaluation based on continuous and categorical metrics. …”
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Prospective impacts of expanding agroecological transitions on Zimbabwe’s government's socio-economic and environmental agendas by Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Chimonyo, Vimbayi G.P., Sobratee, Nafiisa, Sardeshpande, Mallika, Ngoma, Hambulo

“…Moreover, it will allow AE-I to navigate the complex relationship between agroecology and broader social-economic-ecological agendas. By conducting an ex-ante assessment, this assignment aims to determine the potential extent and impacts of agroecological transitions, as defined by the activities undertaken by AE-I, on government priorities and commitments, including key national benchmarks like the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Adaptation Plans (NBSAPs). …”
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Breeding drought tolerant rice for shallow rainfed ecosystem of eastern India by Swain, Padmini, Raman, Anitha, Singh, S.P., Kumar, Arvind

“…In this study, we evaluated a set of rice breeding lines for their response to a range of different types of vegetative-stage drought stress in order to propose standardized phenotyping protocols for conducting vegetative-stage drought stress screening trials and also to identify genotypes combining tolerance of vegetative- and reproductive-stage drought stress. …”
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Mainstreaming One Health approaches and principles into research in Ethiopia: Guidelines, frameworks and ethical procedures by Hadush, B., Ambalu, A., Gumi, B., Tadesse, Y., Mor, Siobhan M., Mutua, Florence K., Richards, Shauna, Kaba, M.

“…In Ethiopia, this includes development of One Health research guidelines to provide a structured framework for conducting research, emphasizing the integration of different disciplines to tackle health challenges at the intersection of the human, animal and ecological realms. …”
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Enhancing flood resilience: a framework for flood risk management system evaluation by Herath, H. M. M., Amarnath, Giriraj, Alahacoon, Niranga

“…The methodology involves conducting a thorough literature review to identify key criteria that link flood risk management, resilience, adaptive capacity, and governance, laying the foundation for the evaluation framework. …”
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Farmer and Extension Staff Training on Agroecological Farming Practices by Dube, Farayi, Magaisa, Alec, Moyo, Martin

“…This report documents the activities of a three-day farmer training program conducted in August 2024 in Hwange and Lupane districts of Zimbabwe, focusing on enhancing the adoption of agroecological farming practices among smallholder farmers. …”
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Research and innovation priorities for enabling legume scaling for development outcomes in Zambia by Varley, Ciara, Johnston, Angharad, Kinkese, Theresa, Recha, John W.M., Breen, Caitlin, Alamu, Emmanual, Ndlovu, Noel, Silumesi, Mwala, Mushangure, Remeredzai O, Kalumo, Decolius, Longwe, Kareem, Kaonga, Tione P., Munthali, Timalizge, McLaughlin, Isabel, Mashizha, Tinashe, Marenya, Paswel, Chikoye, David, Spillane, Charles

“…The EU-funded LEG4DEV project is conducting research & innovation activities with scaling partners in Zambia to enable them to more effectively scale legumes for development outcomes (productivity, health & nutrition, sustainability, livelihood security). …”
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Maximizing genetic gains while maintaining an efficient sweetpotato breeding cycle in SSA: Lessons from NARO-NaCRRI by Serenje, G., Njobvu, J., Makunde, G.S., Musundire, L., Sneller, C.

“…The simulations revealed that selection efficiency will be greatly improved by making changes breeding pipeline including 1) reducing plot sizes and replicates in stage-3 trials, 2)reallocating resources from National Performance Trials (NPT) to earlier-stage trials, 3) conducting stage-2 and stage-3 trials in a single season instead of two and 4 expanding the total number of clones tested per year from 3,561 to 6,682 (+87.6%). …”
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Research and innovation priorities for enabling legume scaling for development outcomes in Tanzania by Varley, Ciara, Johnston, Angharad, Recha, John W.M., Ndlovu, Noel, Longwe, Kareem, Munthali, Timalizge W, Silumesi, Mwala, Mushangure, Remeredzai O, Kalumo, Decolius, Kaonga, Tione P, Kinkese, Theresa, Breen, Caitilin, Mullen, Anne, Murray, Una, McKeown, Peter, Baijukya, Frederick P., Chikoye, David, Spillane, Charles

“…The EU-funded LEG4DEV project is conducting research & innovation activities with scaling partners in Tanzania to enable them to more eiectively scale legumes for development outcomes (productivity, health & nutrition, sustainability, livelihood security). …”
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Economic viability of scaling improved bean technologies in Burundi and Zimbabwe by Ochieng, Justus, Maina, Joel, White, Doug, Rubyogo, Jean Claude, Nduwarugira, Eric, Birachi, Eliud, Chepchirchir, Ruth, Katungi, Enid, Nchanji, Eileen, Kalemera, Sylvia, Mutua, Mercy, Chiwawa, Andrew, Ndabashinze, Blaise, Astère, Bararyenya, Ntukamazina, Nepomuscene, Tsekenedza, Shylet

“…Thus, this study contributes to the literature by conducting an economic feasibility analysis that includes all actors in the bean value chain and estimates additional investments attracted from public and private stakeholders. …”
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Vegetable, fruit, and staple crop production and input use: Baseline findings from the FRESH end-to-end evaluation by Bliznashka, Lilia, Dione, Malick, Zagré, Rock Romaric, Boniface, Simon, Dinssa, Fekadu, Mwambi, Mercy, Mbwambo, Omary, Mwombeki, Wiston, Jeremiah, Kidola, Malindisa, Evangelista, Kinabo, Joyce, Cunningham, Kenda, Olney, Deanna K., Kumar, Neha

“…The evaluation is being conducted among 2,611 households living in 33 villages in five districts in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions. …”
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CGIAR Science Group Evaluations: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion by Sproule, Katie, Podems, D., Negroustoueva, Svetlana

“…This sub-study was conducted under the umbrella of the independent evaluations of the three CGAR Science Group (SGs) (Portal), in accordance with the evaluation Terms of Reference (ToR). …”
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Performing Readiness-to-Scale Analysis of Healthy Diet Innovations in West, Central and East Africa by Ndindeng,S.A., Nwilene, F., Bah, S., Twine, E., Tang, E., Savadogo, E., Tchatcha, D., Ndungu, J., Kittika, M., Faye, F., Dembele, A., Konan, G.

“…Activity 2.3.4.1 focused on conducting a systematic readiness-to-scale analysis of some healthy diet innovations developed and tested across West, Central and East Africa under HealthyDiets4Africa (HD4A), and informed by complementary experience from TAAT-II, Seeds4Liberia, and RIZAO. …”
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A transport model for the spread of bird flu by Hansen, Frank, Sonder, Kai, Okike, Iheanacho, Bett, Bernard K., Randolph, Thomas F., Mariner, Jeffrey C., Pfeiffer, Dirk U.

“…Models can aggregate the available information about the disease dynamics for conducting such simulations. The underlying assumption of the model we propose is that the fastest way for HPAI to spread is through transport of infected material or chickens. …”
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Application of quantitative microbial risk assessment to analyze the public health risk from poor drinking water quality in a low income area in Accra, Ghana by Machdar, E., Steen, N.P. van der, Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Lens, P.N.L.

“…This study assessed in a densely populated area the risk from microbial contamination of various sources of drinking water, by conducting a Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (QMRA) to estimate the risk to human health from microorganism exposure and dose-response relationships. …”
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Modelling the effect of plant water use traits on yield and stay-green expression in sorghum by Kholová, Jana, Murugesan, Tharanya, Kaliamoorthy S, Malayee S, Baddam R, Hammer, Graeme L., McLean G, Deshpande, S., Hash, C.T., Craufurd, Peter Q., Vadez, Vincent

“…In this report, variation in traits that hypothetically contribute to drought adaptation (plant growth dynamics, canopy and root water conducting capacity, drought stress responses) were virtually introgressed into the most common post-rainy sorghum genotype, and the influence of these traits on plant growth, development, and grain and stover yield were simulated across different scenarios. …”
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Publication of the results of the International Musa Testing Programme, Phase III (IMTP III) by Crichton, R., Bergh, Inge van den

“…Three phases of the IMTP have been conducted. The report on the results of the most recent phase, IMTP III, is expected to be published in early 2016. …”
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Economic impact of aflatoxin contamination in SubSaharan Africa by Coulibaly, O., Hell, K., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Hounkponou, S., Leslie, John F.

“…We also recommend strengthening the capacity for conducting im pact assessments and collecting the data needed to make optimal decisions amongst possible aflatoxin control measures.…”
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Impacts assessments without true baselines: assessing the relative effects of training on the performance of water user associations in southern Tajikistan by Balasubramanya, Soumya, Price, Joseph P.G., Horbulyk, Theodore M.

“…Conducting rigorous evaluations of whether the process of creating new institutions affects their performance of mandated duties presents several challenges. …”
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What are the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in forests, fisheries and rangelands?: a systematic review protocol by Ojanen, M., Miller, D.C, Zhou, W, Mshale, B, Mwangi, E, Petrokofsky, G.

“…Here we provide a protocol for conducting a systematic review that will gather empirical evidence over the past two decades on this topic. …”
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