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Your livestock mapped out by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Mapping poverty and livestock in the developing world Published by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), including a CD- ROM, 2002. 124 pp. …”
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Weaning food from liquefied starches by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Throughout the developing world boiled starchy grains and roots are given as weaning food to millions of children. …”
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By-products link crop and livestock production by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In much of the developing world animals and crops are raised through separate enterprises and often seem to compete for the same limited resource, namely land. …”
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Global, Regional, and National Trends by von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, Nabarro, David, Prasai, Nilam, Amin, Shazia, Yohannes, Yisehac, Sonntag, Andrea, Patterson, Fraser, Towey, Olive, Thompson, Jennifer

“…The 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) demonstrates substantial progress in terms of hunger reduction for the developing world. Whereas the 2000 GHI score for the developing world was 30.0, the 2016 GHI score is 21.3, showing a reduction of 29 percent (Figure 2.1).1 Underlying this improvement are reductions since 2000 in each of the GHI indicators—the prevalence of undernourishment, child stunting (low height for age), child wasting (low weight for height), and child mortality. …”
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Global, regional, and national trends by von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, de Waal, Alex, Prasai, Nilam, Yin, Sandra, Yohannes, Yisehac

“…Since 2000, significant progress has been made in the fight against hunger.1 The 2000 Global Hunger Index (GHI) score was 29.9 for the developing world, while the 2015 GHI score stands at 21.7, representing a reduction of 27 percent (Figure 2.1).2 To put this in context, the higher the GHI score, the higher the level of hunger. …”
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Comprehension and risk elicitation in the field: Evidence from rural Senegal by Charness, Gary, Viceisza, Angelino

“…In the past decade, it has become increasingly common to use simple laboratory games and decision tasks as a device for measuring both the preferences and understanding of rural populations in the developing world. This is vitally important for policy implementation in a variety of areas. …”
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Wastewater, sludge and excreta use in developing countries: an overview by Jiménez, B., Drechsel, Pay, Koné, D., Bahri, Akissa, Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Qadir, Manzoor

“…Whilst planned reuse will remain the norm in countries that can afford treatment, most countries in the developing world are likely to continue to use non- or only partially treated wastewater, for as long as sanitation and waste disposal are unable to keep pace with urban population growth. …”
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Some urban facts of life: implications for research and policy by Ruel, Marie T., Haddad, Lawrence James, Garrett, James L.

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Managing water from farmers' field to river basins: implications of scale by Molden, David J., Merrey, Douglas J.

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Gene transfer may eradicate insect pests in sweet potato by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops in the developing world but it is susceptible to insect damage, which can cut its yield by up to 80%. …”
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ACP-EU Update: EU Task Force on Land Tenure by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Most international institutions and donor agencies now recognize that land issues, in particular well organized land tenure systems, are crucially important for economic development and growth, poverty reduction and governance in the developing world.…”
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Revised Proposal for a Current Agricultural Research Information System (CARIS) with a Worldwide Coverage by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…Document proposing extension of the project to agricultural research throughout the developing world. It gives background, evaluation results, and user statements about their needs and requirements. …”
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Food Gap Widening in Developing Countries: One in Four Children Worldwide will be Malnourished in 2020 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…CGIAR news release on an IFPRI report 'The World Food Situation: Recent Developments, Emerging Issues and Long-Term Prospects,' which found that the food gap between demand and production in the developing world could double by the year 2020 if present trends persist. …”
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Utilisation des eaux usees, des boues et des excretas dans les pays en developpement: un apercu. In French. [Wastewater, sludge and excreta use in developing countries: an overview... by Jiménez, B., Drechsel, Pay, Koné, D., Bahri, Akissa, Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Qadir, Manzoor

“…Whilst planned reuse will remain the norm in countries that can afford treatment, most countries in the developing world are likely to continue to use non- or only partially treated wastewater, for as long as sanitation and waste disposal are unable to keep pace with urban population growth. …”
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Mapping a livestock-oriented agricultural production system classification for the developing regions of the world by Kruska, Russell L., Reid, Robin S., Thornton, Philip K., Henninger, N., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Given the importance of livestock to the diets and incomes of poor farming households, and the predicted increase in demand for livestock products throughout the developing world over the next few decades, understanding how livestock fit into these systems, and how these systems may evolve in the future, is critical. …”
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Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) by Mwanga, Robert O.M., Andrade, M.I., Carey, E.E., Low, Jan W., Yencho, George Craig, Grüneberg, W.J.

“…However, during the last decade, this perception has changed, and it is widely acknowledged that sweet potato has great potential to contribute to the alleviation of malnutrition and hunger in the developing world. Orange-fleshed sweet potato, in particular, with its high provitamin A content, has become a prominent example of the effectiveness of biofortified staple crops to combat vitamin A deficiency. …”
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ISPC Commentary on the Revised Proposal for CRP3.1 - September 2011 by CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council

“…ISPC Commentary on the revised proposal for CRP 3.1: "WHEAT - Global Alliance for Improving Food Security and the Livelihoods of the Resource poor in the Developing World" (Revision of August 2011).…”
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Low-quality crisis and quality improvement: The case of industrial clusters in Zhejiang Province by Ruan, Jianqing, Zhang, Xiaobo

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Africa's threatened livestock breeds by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Urgent action is needed to stop the rapid and alarming loss of genetic diversity of livestock in Africa and throughout the developing world. In this photofilm, Okeyo Mwai, a scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),explains the value of conserving Africa's threatened livestock breeds.…”
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Contrasting rural nonfarm policies and performance in China and India: lessons for the future by Mukherjee, Anit, Zhang, Xiaobo

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