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Innovation Portfolio Management Report (Cambodia, Philippines and Viet Nam) by International Rice Research Institute

“…These CGIAR initiatives aimed to develop and scale up agricultural innovations to address key challenges in food security and environmental sustainability across the region. This report provides an overview of the portfolio of innovations developed by these initiatives and their partners. …”
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Community Food Rescue and Food Banks in Peru: Local experiences to improve food nutrition in Lima peri-urban suburbs by Pradel, W., Santandreu, A., Fuentes, A., Tueroconza, E., Ninahuamán, J., López, D.

“…Despite regulatory challenges, food rescue efforts demonstrate scalable solutions for addressing food insecurity and environmental sustainability. The report highlights the importance of institutional support, clear policy frameworks, and community autonomy in building resilient food systems.…”
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Integrated natural resource management: linking productivity, the environment and development by Campbell, Bruce M., Sayer, Jeffrey A.

“…To meet the challenges of poverty and environmental sustainability, a more integrated approach to research is required. …”
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Where are the poor and where are the trees?: targeting of poverty reduction and forest conservation in Vietnam by Muller, D., Epprecht, M., Sunderlin, William D.

“…The results suggest the usefulness of targeting investments in remote areas that combine poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.…”
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Where are the poor and where are the trees?: targeting of poverty reduction and forest conservation in Vietnam (Vietnamese) by Muller, D., Epprecht, M., Sunderlin, William D.

“…The results suggest the usefulness of targeting investments in remote areas that combine poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.…”
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Landscape-scale research for conservation and development in the tropics: fighting persisting challenges by Pfund, J.L.

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Cost benefit and livelihood impacts of agroforestry in Bangladesh: impacts of agroforestry in Bangladesh by Rahman, S.A.

“…Agroforestry is a promising alternative, which is considered as one of the very few options to lift people out of the poverty trap and to protect the existing forest as well as improving environmental sustainability. Agroforestry may not only be good for (agro)biodiversity and sustainability, but also has a good economic rate of return. …”
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Multifunctionality of livestock in developing communities by Moyo, Siboniso, Swanepoel, F.J.C.

“…They provide food and nutrition, work, economic and social status, and ensure environmental sustainability. With the livestock sector experiencing rapid change – mainly driven by the rapidly changing livestock production systems, demographics, environmental impacts, technologies, policies and institutions – this “multifunctionality of livestock” becomes an even more complex issue, intertwined with other research and development challenges. …”
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Agroforestry with N2-fixing trees: Sustainable development's friend or foe? by Rosenstock, Todd S., Tully, Katherine L., Arias Navarro, Cristina, Neufeldt, Henry, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Verchot, Louis V.

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International conference on policy and institutional options for the management of rangelands in dry areas. Workshop summary paper by Ngaido, T., McCarthy, N., Gregorio, M. di

“…These working groups evaluated outcomes of policies and institutions guiding rangeland management in terms of their impact on livelihoods and environmental sustainability, and explored alternative policies and institutional strategies in light of their capacity to reduce poverty and enhance food security.…”
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Fodder shrubs for improving livestock productivity and smallholder livelihoods in Africa by Franzel, Steven, Carsan, S., Lukuyu, Ben A., Sinja S, Wambugu C

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Climate risk adaptation by smallholder farmers: the roles of trees and agroforestry by Lasco, Rodel, Delfino, R.J.P., Catacutan, D.C., Simelton, Elisabeth, Wilson DM

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Moving beyond Integrated Water Resources Management: Developmental Water Management in South Africa by van Koppen, Barbara, Schreiner, B.

“…It examines IWRM according to its three common pillars, which are also reflected in South Africa's National Water Act: economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, and equity. The article highlights how the principles of economic efficiency and the environment as a user in its own right emerged under apartheid, while equity was only included in the post-1994 water policies, with evolving influence on the other two principles. …”
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Agricultural and rural mechanisation in Nepal: status, issues and options for future by Gauchan, D., Shrestha, S.

“…Agriculture is a key source of economic growth, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability in Nepal. It is the mainstay of the national economy, contributing one third of GDP and providing livelihood to more than two thirds of the population (MoF, 2013). …”
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Agroforestry systems in a changing climate — challenges in projecting future performance by Luedeling, Eike, Kindt, Roeland, Huth, Neil I., König, K.

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Biodiversity and agricultural sustainagility: from assessment to adaptive management by Jackson, L., Noordwijk, Meine van, Bengtsson, J., Foster, W., Lipper, Leslie, Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet, Said, Mohammed Yahya, Snaddon, J., Vodouhe, R.S.

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Results on life cycle assessments to determine impacts of agronomic management choices in the Cauca and Honduras CSV by Loaiza, Sandra, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Martínez, Jesús David

“…Finally, the tool CFT enables crop producers and stakeholders to take a more informed and holistic approach to environmental sustainability in the agricultural sector.…”
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Carbon footprint and climate risk of most consumed food products in Cali, Colombia Methodological development of a decision support tool by Gerbal, Lisa

“…This study aimed at developing a methodological approach to better assess, understand, and use information on environmental sustainability and resilience of highly consumed products in a city. …”
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WLE/Bioversity influenced the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to focus on critical interdependencies of biodiverse ecosyste... by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…It will identify nature-based solutions integrating agriculture and biodiversity to support both human health and environmental sustainability. WLE is positioned as a principal contributor to agricultural policy developments in the next decade.…”
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Uganda’s pork value chain benefits from a decade of research and action by Lukuyu, Ben A., Ouma, Emily A.

“…CGIAR research identified seven major constraints to Uganda’s pig production: genetic quality of breeding pigs, feed availability and quality, pig health and biosecurity, access to advisory services, environmental sustainability, market systems and access, and links and collaboration along the pork value chain. …”
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