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Hitos político-institucionales de marco legal en el uso de organismos genéticamente modificados (OGM) en Argentina by Walter, Pablo, Justo, Alicia Mabel

“…El objetivo fue habilitar un ámbito de reflexión y debate sobre la dinámica temporal y territorial. Para este fin, se analizaron los hitos político-institucionales de marco legal, que dieron soporte a la aceptación en el uso de esta biotecnología. …”
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Staden i ord och handling by Johansson, Eva-Lotta, Råsmark, Charlotta

“…The debaters ideas about the city's soul and its purpose, how it should be built, how we build sustainable cities and the importance of competitive cities are presented. …”
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La implementación de sistemas participativos de garantía y su contribución en la dinamización de procesos de transición agroecológica by Mauricio, Betina, Vasquez, Pablo Antonio, Aliaga, Liliana Noemi

“…El modo en que se denomina y respalda a los productos y productores agropecuarios, suele instalarse como un punto de debate dentro de los procesos de extensión que pretenden promover y visibilizar formas de producción y circulación de tipo agroecológico. …”
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Senior Expert Contributions to One CGIAR Program Development: Private Sector Engagement by Cummings, Sarah, Dentoni, Domenico

“…While it is established that the private sector will be central in the transformation of agri-food systems, the current debate revolves on how research bodies and public policies engaging can (or should) change their practices of engagement with the private sector; and how this would translate into more rapid, inclusive and transformative scaling processes towards the achievement of the SDGs. …”
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Seven Principles for Mobilizing Open Data to Power India's Agri-Stack by Mothkoor, Venugopal, Venugopal, Murali Krishna, Koganti, Dharani Kanth, Akshatha, Annaiah, Sharma, Sheetal, Patwar. Shelly, Koo, Jawoo

“…Participated by 70 stakeholders representing 54 organizations, the workshop enabled in-depth discussion on the design principles of thematic use cases and facilitated a broader debate on the specific building blocks needed. This document summarizes key principles discussed throughout the workshop.…”
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Introducing the Updated AgIncentives Database by Laborde Debucquet, David, Lallemant, Tess, Majeed, Fahd, Mamun, Abdullah, Martin, Will, Tokgoz, Simla

“…Prior to the 1980s, information on agricultural incentives provided by governments was extremely limited and difficult to access. Much debate took place on the basis of participants’ preferred alternative facts. …”
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Climate security dialogues on Twitter: An annotated dataset by Carneiro, Bia, Tucci, Giulia

“…As an emerging field of research and public debate, where conceptual definitions are not yet fully agreed upon, gaining insights into global discussions on climate security enables systematizing its various interpretations and framings, mapping thematic priorities, and understanding information gaps that need to be filled. …”
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The impacts of reforming agricultural policy support on cereal prices: a CGE modeling approach by Valera, Harold Glenn A., Bharathi, Sindhu, Balie, Jean, Pede, Valerien O., Chakravarthy, Sumathi, Gopalakrishnan, Badri

“…The scientific debate on what constitutes a healthy diet and what constitutes a sustainable food system is heated and unresolved. …”
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Agricultural technologies in India: A review by Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Varshney, Deepak

“…Low and stagnant income in the sector remains a focal point of policy debate in India. The most prominent pathways to enhance farmers’ income is the adoption of improved agricultural technologies. …”
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More than three billion people globally are eating too much or too little. But we can fix our faulty food system by Hirvonen, Kalle, Headey, Derek D., Masters, William A., Bai, Yan

“…Messages around healthy eating are nothing new – but nowadays we are increasingly told to eat well not just for our own health but also for the planet. This debate was given a boost at the beginning of 2019 with the publication of the EAT-Lancet Commission on the world's diet, which called for a “great food transformation”. …”
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The quiet revolution in agri-food distribution (wholesale, logistics, retail) in Sub-Saharan Africa by Reardon, Thomas, Awosuke, Titus, Haggblade, Steven, Minten, Bart, Vos, Rob

“…The chapter: (1) discusses the myths about traders and logistics, and the lack of systematic data, that are holding back sufficient useful policy debate; (2) presents findings from important new survey-based studies in several African countries to illustrate the dynamic changes occurring in the wholesale/logistics segment, and aspects of their relations with farmers; and (3) summarizes findings and presents recommendations to the public sector integrated with an enumeration of constraints facing in particular traders and logistics firms.…”
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African farmers’ market organizations and global value chains: Competitiveness versus inclusiveness by Lutz, Clemens, Tadesse, Getaw

“…Prioritization of open membership over selection is generally taken for granted in the policy debate on farmers’ market organizations (FMOs). We argue that open membership may work in community-driven organizations, however, it becomes a major threat for entrepreneurial FMOs. …”
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Extension and advisory services: The African renaissance by Zwane, E. M., Davis, Kristin E.

“…These organisations have brought focus, and initiated debate on the concept of extension. The importance of such services is promoted as a means of assisting marginalised farmers and encouraging countries to adopt "pro-poor" approaches to farmer development. …”
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Introducing the Ag-Incentives Consortium and Database by Tokgoz, Simla, Laborde Debucquet, David, Lallemant, Tess, Majeed, Fahd, Martin, Will

“…Prior to the 1980s, information on agricultural incentives provided by governments was extremely limited and difficult to access. Much debate took place on the basis of participants’ preferred alternative facts. …”
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Public stockholding programs: What options for a permanent solution? by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…The use of public food stocks for food security purposes is a hotly debated topic in agricultural negotiations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) (see Díaz-Bonilla, 2014, 2017a and 2017b). …”
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Lost in translation: The fractured conversation about trade and food security by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…There is a heated debate among policy makers, civil society, and analysts about the impact of trade and trade policies on food security. …”
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Migration, local off-farm employment, and agricultural production efficiency: Evidence from China by Yang, Jin, Wang, Hui, Jin, Songqing, Chen, Kevin Z., Riedinger, Jeffrey, Chao, Peng

“…While there is not much debate about the positive contribution of migration and local off-farm employment to China’s economy, there is an increasing concern about the potential negative effects of moving labor away from agriculture on China’s future food security. …”
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Synopsis, 2013 annual trends and outlook report: Promoting agricultural trade to enhance resilience in Africa by Badiane, Ousmane, Makombe, Tsitsi, Bahiigwa, Godfrey

“…The 2013 ATOR contributes to the emerging debate on resilience by taking a comprehensive look at how trade can enhance food security for Africa’s poor and vulnerable through greater resilience of local food markets to environmental and economic shocks. …”
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Do right to work laws worsen income inequality? Evidence from the last five decades by Munasib, Abdul, Jordan, Jeffrey L., Mathur, Aparna, Roy, Devesh

“…There is an ongoing debate about whether changes in labor regulations such as Right to Work (RTW) laws are contributing to the rising trend of income inequality in the U.S. …”
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Argentina by Stads, Gert-Jan, Ruiz, Ana Maria, De Greef, Gustavo

“…They also provide information to government and other institutions (e.g., policy research institutes, universities, and the private sector) involved in the public debate on the state of agricultural S&T at national, regional, and international levels. …”
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