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Climate Change and Aquatic Animal Disease by International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This can result in introduction and spread of more virulent pathogens to natural fisheries and aquaculture landscapes, threatening a significant part of the global supply of nutritious animal foods. …”
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Workshop on implementation strategies for piloting flood index insurance for agricultural development in Bangladesh by International Water Management Institute

“…International Water Management Institute (IWMI) with the support from CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF, Japan), agreed to develop innovative financial risk transfer solutions particularly suitable for implementing in countries with large small holding farming communities against flood losses. …”
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Policy challenges and approaches for the conservation of mangrove forests in Southeast Asia by Friess, D.A., Thompson, B.S., Brown, B., Aldrie Amir, A., Cameron, C., Koldewey, H.J., Sasmito, S.D., Sidik, F.

“…First, a stronger incorporation of mangroves into marine protected areas (that currently focus largely on reefs and fisheries) could resolve some policy conflicts and ensure that mangroves do not fall through a policy gap. …”
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Economic valuation of the ecosystem services provided by the mangroves of the Gulf of Nicoya using a hybrid methodology. by Hernández-Blanco, Marcello, Costanza, Robert, Cifuentes-Jara, Miguel

“…Our method consists of traditional benefit transfer and expert modified benefit transfer for 11 ecosystem services, and the application of more specific methods to estimate three of those ecosystem services (i.e. climate regulation, fisheries and coastal protection). Using traditional benefit transfer, we estimated the total economic value of ecosystem services of mangroves in the Gulf of Nicoya in $812 million per year (median=$88 million/year), and the total mean value of the ecosystem services provided by all the mangroves in Costa Rica as $1.5 billion per year (median=$160 million/year). …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventh Meeting, 4-8 February 1974: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…John Bardach reported for the Working Group on Aquaculture; agreeing that a new center on aquaculture was not presently warranted, TAC established a subcommittee to identify critical research areas in fisheries and aquaculture which might be supported bilaterally or otherwise. …”
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Importation, releases, and establishment of Neochetina spp. (col., curculionidae) for the biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhomia crassipes CLil., Pontederiaceae), Benin, W... by Thielen, R., Ajuonu, O., Schade, V., Neuenschwander, Peter, Adite, A., Lomer, C.

“…Water hyacinth,Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach (Pontederiaceae) was first reported in Bénin in 1977 and about 10 years later became the major floating water weed in the south east, obstructing boat traffic and fisheries. Water hyacinth multiplies in permanently fresh water in the swampy upper reaches of the Sô River and in tributaries of the Ouémé River. …”
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Stakeholders’ perceptions on performance of the Livestock Disease Surveillance system in Uganda: A case of Pallisa and Kumi Districts by Namayanja, Josephine, Dione, Michel M., Kungu, Joseph M.

“…Guided interviews were also carried out with 13 key informants who included all veterinary staff at the districts and sub-county administrative units, as well as two officials at the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). The stakeholders interviewed at the three different levels of the livestock diseases surveillance system perceived the system as useful, with ability to detect epidemics and initiate their control if they occurred. …”
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Survey and management of potato pests in Uganda by Cortada, L., Coyne, D., Nakato, V., Kisitu, J., Wasukira, A., Okonya, J.

“…An inclusive and multi institutional team was tasked to conduct this potato disease survey; this exercise was led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC-GIZ), with the special cooperation of the International Potato Centre (CIP), and the active engagement of the BugiZARDI-NARO and the District Production Office of the District Local Governments and Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries-Department of National Crop Certification Services.…”
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Monitoring socioeconomic impacts of climate-smart agricultural practices at Doyogena and Basona Worena climate-smart landscapes, Ethiopia by Tesfaye, Abonesh, Nigussie, Abebe, Ambaw, Gebermedihin

“…Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an integrated approach to managing landscapes such as cropland, livestock, forests and fisheries that address the interlinked challenges of food security and climate change. …”
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Report from Kenya’s Climate Smart Agriculture Multi-Stakeholder Platform (CSA MSP) Livestock Learning Platform meeting by Cramer, Laura K.

“…More than 40 participants were online for the session, representing ILRI, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives (MOAFLC), non-governmental and civil society organizations, and private sector companies (see Annex 2 for a list of participants).…”
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Social cost-benefit analysis of investment in rehabilitation of multipurpose small reservoirs in northern Ghana using an ecosystem services-based approach by Bekoe, J., Balana, Bedru, Nimoh, F.

“…However, accounting for the multiple ecosystem services such as livestock watering, fisheries, recreation services, domestic water, and climate regulation show positive NPV and high return on capital (IRR up to 43%). …”
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Performance analysis of existing catfish and tilapia value chains and market systems in Nigeria: A post-farmgate value chain scoping study by Diyzee, Kanar, Williams, Gemma, Anastasiou, Kim, Powell, Andrea, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Nhuong Tran, Byrd, Kendra, Chin Yee Chan, Bogard, Jessica R., Steensma, Joe, Nukpezah, Julius, Adegoke, Agbabiaka, Subasinghe, Rohana, Siriwardena, Sunil

“…Despite the virtues of the aquaculture and fisheries subsectors to enhance the livelihoods of value chain actors, major gaps exist related to efficiencies of the fish value chain. …”
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Climate Smart Agriculture in Uganda by Gabiri, Geofrey, Luswata, KC, Sebuliba, E, Nampijja, J

“…The challenges posed by rapid growth in food demand are intensified by the effects of climate change on agricultural systems, including crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries. Climate change effects will vary by region, country and location and will affect people differently depending on their vulnerability and capacity to adapt. …”
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Climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive aquaculture in Odisha, India: a new horizon in sustainability, adaptation, and mitigation by Dubey, Sourabh Kumar, Panemangalore, Arun, Shenoy, Neetha, Gaikwad, Amar, Mohanty, Binimay, Baliarsingh, Bikram, Dutta, Sushil, Ratha, Baishnaba C., Sethi, Binod, Pal, Moumita, Bhanja, Debananda, Acharya, Santanu

“…Against this backdrop, the government of Odisha has unveiled climate, nutrition, and gender-sensitive fisheries policies with "technological innovations" to address these complex interlinking issues of climate change and food security. …”
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Comparison of databases reporting nutrient measures of fish and other aquatic foods by Cohen, Philippa, Consalez, Fabio, Ahern, Molly, Masangwi, Sitilitha, Rittenschober, Doris, Holmes, Bridget, Kjellevold, Marian, Golden, Christopher, Hicks, Christina

“…With input from experts from the fields of food sciences, nutrition and fisheries, and with a rapid review process by database curators, we compiled the metadata for seven different databases that contain large data set on nutrient qualities of fish and other aquatic foods. …”
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Analysis of patterns of livestock movements in the Cattle Corridor of Uganda for risk-based surveillance of infectious diseases by Hasahya, Emmanuel, Thakur, K., Dione, Michel M., Kerfua, S.D., Mugezi, I., Hu Suk Lee

“…Methodology: The data for the study was extracted from 7,043 animal movement permits (AMPs) obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) of Uganda. Most of the data was on cattle (87.2%), followed by small ruminants (11.2%) and pigs (1.6%). …”
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AgriTech4Morocco Innovation Challenge Bootcamp Report by Menza, Gianpiero, Zaccari, Claudia

“…The project benefits from the support offered by GIZ, the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, and le Pôle d’Agriculture Digitale. …”
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Kenya: ClimBeR Inception Workshop Report by Rose, Sabrina, Valencia, Lina, Schapendonk, Frans, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

“…The ClimBeR Initiative in collaboration with Kenya’s Ministries of Environment and Forestry and Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES) organized a workshop to bring stakeholders together to co-produce knowledge and innovations that could contribute to building systemic resilience against climate variability and extremes in Kenya. …”
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Climate security mapping for targeted humanitarian and resilience WFP interventions in Mali: Climate security hotspots and food security insights by Sarzana, Carolina, Doehnert, Federico, Kenduiywo, Benson, Ndiaye, Abdoulaye, Sib, Ollo, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter

“…These changes in climate are likely to severely impact the Malian economy and society which is extremely dependent on climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, livestock, fisheries and forestry. As the disruption caused by climate change has been rising, food insecurity has also been increasing. …”
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Gender dimensions of climate change adaptation strategies among Indigenous communities in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India by Aiswarya S., Padaria, R.N.

“…Further different adaptation strategies adopted by the communities were grouped under crop sector, livestock sector, fisheries sector and other strategies. ‘Adjustment in crop calendar’ was identified as the major adaptation strategy by employing the analytical hierarchy process (AHP).The results of the multivariate probit model revealed that demographic factors like gender, age, education and family size; agricultural factors such as farm and livestock holdings; socioeconomic factors such as non-farm income; access to information, extension services and credit facilities; and the geographical factor of distance to the market were the major determinants of adaptation strategies. …”
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