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Mixed Farming Systems in the tropics, a CGIAR Initiative in 5 countries. Challenges and Collaboration in Laos por Mienmany, Soytavanh

“…MFS cover about 2.5 billion ha of land globally. In the developing world, MFS supply around 75% of milk, 60% of meat, and 41–86% of cereals consumed. …”
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Developing and Evaluating Capacity in Research and Development Organizations por Horton, Douglas, Alexaki, Anastasia, Bennett-Lartey, Samuel, Brice, Kim N., Campilan, Dindo, Carden, Fred, Souza Silva, José de, Le Thanh Duong, Khadar, Ibrahim, Maestrey Boza, Albina, Kayes Muniruzzaman, Imrul, Perez, Jocelyn, Somarriba Chang, Matilde, Vernooy, Ronnie, Watts, Jamie

“…The international aid community is placing a growing emphasis on developing the capacity of local organizations as the key to alleviating poverty and hunger in the developing world. Ensuring the effectiveness of a capacity building effort requires the appropriate use of evaluation. …”
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Evaluating Capacity Development: Experiences from Research and Development Organizations around the World por Horton, Douglas, Alexaki, Anastasia, Bennett-Lartey, Samuel, Brice, Kim N., Campilan, Dindo, Carden, Fred, Souza Silva, J. de, Le Thanh Duong, Khadar, Ibrahim, Maestrey Boza, Albina, Kayes Muniruzzaman, Imrul, Perez, Jocelyn, Somarriba Chang, Matilde, Vernooy, Ronnie, Watts, Jamie

“…The international community is placing a growing emphasis on developing local capacity as the key to alleviating poverty and hunger in the developing world. Although ensuring the effectiveness of a capacity building effort requires appropriate use of evaluation, few organizations have implemented a system for monitoring or evaluating the changes taking place during organizational development. …”
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The glass of milk half-empty? Dairy development and nutrition in low and middle income countries por Headey, Derek D., Alderman, Harold, Hoddinott, John F., Narayanan, Sudha

“…But given all this potential, and the high burden of undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), why isn’t dairy consumption more actively promoted in the developing world? In this review we focus on a broadly defined concept of “dairy development” to include production, trade, marketing, regulation, and demand stimulation. …”
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Advanced course for Asia & North Africa on conservation agriculture: Gateway for sustainable agrifood systems por Chakraborty, Debashis, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Rana, D.S., Kalvanya, K., Singh, Y.

“…Its positive impact on natural resources, and resilience to climate change effects are widely acknowledged. In developing world and specially Asia and Africa, CA is a relatively new introduction and hence capacity development is vital for development, adaptation, and scaling CA based technologies for impact at scale on smallholder farmers in these regions. …”
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2016 Global hunger index: Getting to zero hunger por von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, Nabarro, David, Prasai, Nilam, Amin, Shazia, Yohannes, Yisehac, Sonntag, Andrea, Patterson, Fraser, Towey, Olive, Thompson, Jennifer

“…The developing world has made substantial progress in reducing hunger since 2000. …”
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Proceedings of the ‘Working together to consider the role of biofortification in the global food chain’ workshop por Lockyer, S., White, A., Walton, Jenny, Buttriss, J. L.

“…; the relevance and acceptability of various biofortified foods in the UK (e.g. based on current dietary patterns and preferences); manufacturers and retailers (e.g. smallholders in the developing world could be linked to the UK food industry; nutrition claims could be utilised); public health (e.g. identification of priorities; potential beneficiaries and ways to target these); regulation (e.g. could a minimum crop micronutrient content be made mandatory?)…”
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Community knowledge workers for rural advisory services por Amadu, Festus O., McNamara, Paul E., Davis, Kristin E., Rodriguez, Lulu

“…One of these, the community knowledge workers (CKW) approach, which started as part of the Grameen Foundation’s economic development outreach to rural communities in the developing world, has been tried in Uganda and elsewhere. …”
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Demand for complementary financial and technological tools for managing drought risk por Ward, Patrick S., Spielman, David J., Ortega, David L., Kumar, Neha, Minocha, Sumedha

“…Weather-related production risks remain one of the most serious constraints to agricultural production in much of the developing world. Financial and technological innovations that mitigate these risks have the potential to greatly benefit farmers in areas prone to such risks. …”
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Inadequacy of nutrients in children’s diets across seasons along an agricultural intensification gradient in Ethiopia por Moges, Tibebu, Baudron, Frédéric, Luo, Hanqi, Brouwer, Inge D., Remans, Roseline, Groot, Jeroen C. J.

“…Although the production-to-consumption pathway is widely promoted to improve diet quality in developing world, its contribution to individual diet and nutrient intake remains unclear. …”
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Overcoming child malnutrition in developing countries: past achievements and future choices por Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…About 167 million children under five years of age —almost one-third of the developing world’s children —are malnourished. If they survive childhood, many of these children will suffer from poorer cognitive development and lower productivity. …”
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Overcoming child malnutrition in developing countries: past achievements and future choices por Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…About 167 million children under five years of age —almost one-third of the developing world’s children —are malnourished. If they survive childhood, many of these children will suffer from poorer cognitive development and lower productivity. …”
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The use of household expenditure surveys for the assessment of food insecurity por Smith, Lisa C.

“…The measures can be used to calculate within-country, national, regional and developing-world wide prevalences of food insecurity and for monitoring how these change over time. …”
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Korea: Growth, consolidation, and prospects for realignment por Choi, Jung-Sup, Sumner, Daniel A., Lee, Hyunok

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External impact assessment of IFPRI's 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment Initiative por Paarlberg, Robert L.

“…The goal was to refocus attention on current and future challenges in areas such as food security, agricultural development, rural poverty, and environmental protection; to catalyze a new consensus on these issues within the international policy community; and to encourage policy leaders—both in the donor community and in the developing world—to commit more energy and resources to resolve food security concerns. …”
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Technical opportunities for sustaining wheat productivity growth toward 2020 por Pingali, Prabhu, Rajaram, Sanjaya

“…The Green Revolution has had a tremendous positive effect on food security in the developing world. Increased use of modern varieties of wheat has helped belie the conventional wisdom of the 1970s that the world was going to run out of food. …”
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Agriculture and climate change: Monitoring, reporting, and verification methodologies for agriculture, forestry, and other land use por Smukler, Sean, Palm, Cheryl

“…Nearly 90 percent of the potential for terrestrial carbon capture can be found in the developing world, where land managers are largely poor farmers on small plots of land. …”
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Paving the way for development? The impact of transport infrastructure on agricultural production and poverty reduction in the Democratic Republic of Congo por Ulimwengu, John M., Funes, Jose, Headey, Derek D., You, Liangzhi

“…However, the economic potential of the sector is handicapped by one of the most dilapidated transport systems in the developing world (World Bank 2006). Road investments are therefore a high priority in the government’s investment plans and those of its major donors. …”
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The linkages between agriculture and malaria: Issues for policy, research, and capacity strengthening por Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Asante, Felix Ankomah, Tarekegn, Jifar, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…Malaria afflicts many people in the developing world, and due to its direct and indirect costs it has widespread impacts on growth and development. …”
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Plant metabolomics and its potential application for human nutrition por Hall, Robert D., Brouwer, Inge D., Fitzgerald, Melissa A.

“…Dramatic increases in the occurrence of overweight individuals and obesity in developed countries are in staggering contrast to the still‐familiar images of extreme malnutrition in many parts of the developing world. Both problems require a modified food supply, achieved through highly contrasting routes. …”
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