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Report on the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre by Chandler, Robert F.

“…AVRDC response to questions raised by TAC pertaining to the actual and potential role of vegetables in the diets of developing country populations, the number of vegetables included in AVRDC's mandate given its resources, the national origins of its board members, and the ramifications for AVRDC operations of its location in Taiwan (in the wake of Taiwan's expulsion from the United Nations). …”
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Preferential trade agreements between the monetary community of Central Africa and the European Union: Stumbling or building blocks? A general equilibrium approach by Ngeleza, Guyslain K., Muhammad, Andrew

“…The regional breakdown in our design considers 14 regions, allowing for country-specific analysis for one least-developed country (Democratic Republic of Congo) and one non-least-developed country (Cameroon). …”
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Institutions Matter: ISNAR Medium Term Plan 2001 - 2003 by International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…ISNAR is one of the very few organizations that support developing-country agricultural institutions in becoming better prepared to confront the changes ahead. …”
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A digital agricultural advisory services platform to boost adoption of improved technologies and practices in Ethiopia by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets, Spielman, David J., Abate, Gashaw T.

“…Despite a rapidly growing enthusiasm for the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in developing country agriculture, many questions remain on the effectiveness of ICT-based approaches. …”
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Detection of species substitution in the meat value chain by high-resolution melting analysis of mitochondrial PCR products by Njaramba, Jane K., Wambua, Lillian, Mukiama, T., Amugune, N.O., Villinger, J.

“…Measures to monitor meat substitution are being put in place in many developed countries. However, information about similar efforts in sub-Saharan Africa is sparse. …”
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The effect of WTO and FTAA on agriculture and the rural sector in Latin America by Morley, Samuel, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…Clearly the rural poor pay a fairly heavy price for the producer subsidies in developed countries.…”
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Understanding adaptive capacity and capacity to innovate in social-ecological systems: Applying a gender lens by Cohen, Philippa J., Lawless, Sarah, Dyer, Michelle, Morgan, Miranda, Saeny, Enly, Teioli, Helen, Kantor, Paula

“…It is a qualitative study in three communities in the Solomon Islands, a developing country where rural livelihoods and wellbeing are tightly tied to agriculture and fisheries. …”
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Support for the International Centres by Institutes in the Donor Countries by Pereira, H.C.

“…Pereira speculates that there is much more capability available in the developed countries than centers can use. He suggests encouraging donors to support the relationships without creating any special mechanisms.The paper was prepared for discussion at TAC 11.…”
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The Changing World Food Situation: A CGIAR Perspective by International Food Policy Research Institute, Mellor, John W.

“…Mellor focused on three issues: the shift of concern about food production from Asia to Africa; the growth in food exports from the developed countries; and the continued existence of massive malnutrition and poverty, particularly in Asia, in the face of major improvements in food production growth rates.…”
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A4NH flagship 3: Food safety by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Solutions that are effective in developed countries and export systems have not translated well to informal or formalizing markets. …”
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Dynamic Agricultural Household Bio-Economic Simulator (DAHBSIM) model description by Flichman, Guillermo, Belhouchette, Hatem, Komarek, Adam M., Drogue, Sophie, Hawkins, James, Chenoune, Roza, Haile, Beliyou, Roberts, Cleophelia, Msangi, Siwa

“…DAHBSIM is a dynamic, bio-economic model of agricultural households that was designed to be applied to a rural, developing country-setting, for the purpose of addressing questions around the biophysical constraints to on-farm agricultural productivity, and the whole-farm implications of alternative strategies to sustainable agricultural intensification. …”
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Implications of community-based legal aid regulation on women’s land rights by Billings, Lucy, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Mueller, Valerie

“…Although legal empowerment of women can help to strengthen their claims to land, developing country governments commonly lack the capacity to offer legal services.…”
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Enhancing adaptation tracking through NAPs and NDCs by Njuguna, Lucy, Nowak, Andreea C., Giombini, Valentina, Muller, Lolita, Rosenstock, Todd

“…Following the adoption of the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience at COP 28 in Dubai, the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) was tasked with updating the guidelines for developing National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) to align with the new framework. …”
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Institutional aspects of sanitary and phytosanitary issues in ECOWAS trade by Hughes, J., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Makinde, K., Olembo, S.

“…West African trade with Europe and the United States is already much greater than trade with other developed countries or intra-regional trade, although trading with developed countries may entail considerable difficulties due to trade regulations and the need to conform to Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) standards. …”
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Annual report 2018: CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas by CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

“…Root, tuber and banana crops – cassava, potatoes, sweetpotatoes, yams, bananas, plantains, and tropical and Andean roots and tubers – are important staple crops providing around 15% or more of the calorie intake for the 763 million people in least developed countries. The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas plays a leading role in catalyzing more than 300 research and development organizations to maximize the contribution of these crops to tackle hunger and malnutrition, reduce poverty and make smallholder farmers more resilient to climate change.…”
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Assessing Household Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Case of Farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia by Deressa, Temesgen T., Hassan, Rashid, Ringler, Claudia

“…Ethiopia remains one of the least-developed countries in the world: 50 percent of the population lives in abject poverty, and average life expectancy is only 43 years. …”
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Peskas: Automated analytics for small-scale, data-deficient fisheries by Longobardi, Lorenzo, Sozinho, Villiam, Altarturi, Hamza, Cagua, E. Fernando, Tilley, Alexander

“…Yet their importance to livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Least Developed Countries are only recently emerging due to the logistical, financial, and capacity challenges of gathering and interpreting data in this diverse, dispersed and informal sector. …”
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Report of the Fifth Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…Matters discussed included CGIAR interaction with national programs and developing country participation, CGIAR genetic resources policy and procedures for the proposed agreement with FAO to place IARC germplasm under FAO auspices. …”
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Effects of multi-stakeholder platforms on multi-stakeholder innovation networks: implications for research for development interventions targeting innovations at scale by Sartas, Murat, Schut, Marc, Hermans, F., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Leeuwis, Cees

“…This paper aims to provide evidence on the contribution of MSPs to innovation and scaling by focusing on three developing country cases in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. …”
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Changes in agrarian relations and livelihoods in rural Bangladesh: insights from repeat village studies by Hossain, Mahabub, Bose, Manik L., Chowdhury, Alamgir, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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