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Directrices para medir el cambio de género transformador en el contexto de la seguridad alimentaria, la nutrición y la agricultura sostenible por Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Food Programme, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform

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Making climate information work for agricultural development por Hansen, James

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Biotechnology, trade, and hunger: IFPRI 2000-2001 Annual Report Essay por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Robinson, Sherman

“…But the new genetic modification (GM) technologies that many expect will help the world meet its food needs — not only through quantity, but nutritional quality as well — raise critical issues for international trade, including this key question: What will happen if pressure from consumers and environmentalists in the developed world leads to a new generation of trade restrictions, or to the segmentation of GM-food product markets, as appears to be happening in Europe and Japan? …”
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Mycotoxin contamination in foods: anti-nutritional factors por Cardwell, K. F.

“…Nevertheless, in addition to tumorigenic properties, many mycotoxins are anti-nutritional factors causing unthrifty growth and development of young animals. In the developed world, human exposure, and particularly exposure of children, to dietary mycotoxins is virtually non-existent because of regulatory standards. …”
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Improved evidence-base for Rwanda's National Strategy for Transformation and Vision 2050 por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Kin transfers as safety nets in response to idiosyncratic and correlated shocks por Herskowitz, Sylvan, Kleemans, Marieke, Pulido, Cristhian

“…While formal insurance is widespread in much of the developed world, households in lower-income countries continue to rely heavily on informal risk-sharing networks when faced with unexpected shocks. …”
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Human health and forests: a global overview of issues, practice and policy por Colfer, C.J.P.

“…This book a vital addition to the knowledge base of all professionals, academics and students working on forests, natural resources management, health and development world-wide.…”
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Mycotoxin contamination of foods in Africa: antinutritional factors por Cardwell, K.F.

“…In addition to having tumorigenic properties, many mycotoxins are antinutritional factors that cause unthrifty growth and immune suppression in young animals. In the developed world, human exposure, and particularly exposure of children, to dietary mycotoxins is virtually nonexistent because of regulatory standards. …”
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Operationalscale application of entomopathogenic fungi for control of Sahelian grasshoppers por Kooyman, C., Bateman, R.P., Langewald, J., Lomer, C.J., Ouambama, Z., Thomas, M.B.

“…Locusts and grasshoppers regularly threaten agricultural production across large parts of the developed and developing worlds. Recent concerns over the health and environmental impacts of standard chemical control measures have led to a demand for alternative, more environmentally benign control technologies. …”
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Water-smart agriculture in East Africa por Nicol, Alan, Langan, Simon J., Victor, Michael, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…After years of neglect, smallholder farmers—the lynchpin of rural production—are resuming their position as a major focus for development (World Bank, 2013). In part, this reflects a broad international consensus that land, soil, and water are part of an emerging 'critical nexus' of issues facing the world's population. …”
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Contagious bovine and caprine pleuropneumonia: A research community’s recommendations for the development of better vaccines por Jores, Joerg, Baldwin, Cynthia L., Blanchard, A., Browning, G.F., Colston, A., Gerdts, V., Goovaerts, D., Heller, M., Juleff, N., Labroussaa, F., Liljander, Anne M., Muuka, G., Nene, Vishvanath M., Nir-Paz, R., Sacchini, F., Summerfield, A., Thiaucourt, F., Unger, H., Vashee, S., Wang, X., Salt, Jeremy

“…The causative agents of CBPP and CCPP are Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides and Mycoplasma capricolum subspecies capripneumoniae, respectively, which have been eradicated in most of the developed world. The current vaccines used for disease control consist of a live attenuated CBPP vaccine and a bacterin vaccine for CCPP, which were developed in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. …”
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Good practices for preprocessing and cooking farmed fish por Zakkar, Ahmed, EL-Sira, Ibrahim, Mosbah, Menna, Nasr-Allah, Ahmed

“…This manual was prepared through the Advancing Climate Smart Aquaculture Technologies (ACliSAT) project, funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development. WorldFish is implementing the project in partnership with the Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research in Egypt, Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia and the Ministry of Marine Resources in Eritrea.…”
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Determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour in FATA Pakistan por Muhammad, Ali, Junaid, Muhammad

“…This research investigates determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour in one of the most impoverished areas of Paki-stan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Unlike the developed world, the scenario in emerging econo-mies is quite different, where entrepreneurs have to rely primarily on socio-cultural factors that facilitate them to pursue entrepreneurship as a means to earn livelihoods. …”
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Agricultural science and technology policy for growth and poverty reduction por Omamo, Steven Were, Naseem, Anwar

“…The economics of science and innovation in industry has embraced some of these disciplines and benefited greatly from having done so, as has industrial policy in the developed world. The fundamental horizontality of agricultural development policy and the long reach of agricultural S&T policy suggest similarly high returns were agricultural economics to do the same for science and innovation in agriculture.…”
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A guide to SDG interactions: From science to implementation por Nilsson, M., Griggs, D., McCollum, D., Stevance, A

“…National policy-makers now face the challenge of implementing this indivisible agenda and achieving progress across the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development world-wide. As the process moves towards implementation, there is a need to address the scope and systemic nature of the 2030 Agenda and the urgency of the challenges. …”
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Guidelines for measuring gender transformative change in the context of food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture por Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Food Programme, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform

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Cutting Rice Methane Emissions: Scalable Strategies for Business Action and Accountability por World Business Council for Sustainable Development

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Guidelines for measuring gender transformative change in the context of food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture: At a glance por Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Food Programme, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform

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Sectoral approaches to improve regional carbon budgets por Smith, Pete, Nabuurs, G.J., Janssens, I.A., Reis, S., Marland, G., Soussana, J.F., Christensen, T.R., Heath, L., Apps, M., Alexeyev, V., Jingyun Fang, Gattuso, J.-P., Guerschman, J.P., Yao Huang, Jobbagy, E., Murdiyarso, Daniel, Jian Ni, Nobre, A., Changhui Peng, Walcroft, A., Shao Qiang Wang, Pan, Y., Guang Sheng Zhou

“…We identify the main gaps in our knowledge/data, show that coverage is better for the developed world for most sectors, and suggest how sectoral carbon budgets could be improved in the future. …”
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Demand for livestock products in developing countries with a focus on quality and safety attributes: Evidence from Asia and Africa por Jabbar, M.A., Baker, Derek, Fadiga, M.L.

“…Reliable food safety and information on animal husbandry and geographic origin have long been recognized as value-adding differentiation mechanisms in the developed world. Anecdotal accounts suggest that this is also the case in developing countries. …”
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