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Meeting the Millennium Development Goals with agricultural biodiversity by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…One outcome of the meeting is an action plan to promote local, community-centred systems that will deliver improved food security and health, based on the cultivation of a wide range of food crops, vegetables, fruits and medicinal plants. We hope that this action plan will be widely adopted, because the eradication of hunger and poverty must become an overriding priority for public action and investment. …”
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Forests and food security: a review by Sunderland, T.C.H., O’Connor, A.

“…We find the following: (1) forests contribute directly to people’s diets through the harvest of bushmeat, wild fruits and other forest-sourced foods; (2) the sale of non-timber forest products contribute to people’s income, enabling the purchase of a diversity of food items from markets; and finally (3) forests and trees support diverse crop and livestock production through an array of ecosystem services such as pollination, soil fertility and water and climate regulation. …”
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Participatory rangeland management-an enabling process for improving silvopastoral management and governance by Flintan, Fiona E.

“…Trees in dryland forests and wooded areas provide key ecosystem services such as animal feed, timber, fruits and, regulation of soil and water cycles. Equally, the presence of livestock in dryland woody areas can also play an important role in the local ecosystem; not only are they a source of income for local communities, but they also help vegetation and mobilise stored biomass. …”
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Grazing with trees: A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring drylands by Haddad, Fidaa, Herrera, Pedro, Besbes, Badi

“…Trees in dryland forests and wooded areas provide key ecosystem services such as animal feed, timber, fruits and, regulation of soil and water cycles. Equally, the presence of livestock in dryland woody areas can also play an important role in the local ecosystem; not only are they a source of income for local communities, but they also help vegetation and mobilise stored biomass. …”
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The impact of the Mexican crisis on trade, agriculture, and migration by Robinson, Sherman, Burfisher, Mary E., Thierfelder, Karen

“…The structural adjustment program is good for Mexican agriculture, shifting resources into high productivity tradables such as fruits and vegetables. A protectionist U.S. response to the increase in Mexican exports hinders the structural adjustment process and leads to increased Mexico-U.S. migration.…”
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Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia by Pender, J.L., Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…As a result, greater emphasis on developing these alternatives in agricultural extension and other Development programs may be fruitful. Food crop production should not be ignored in the Development strategy, but less promotion of purchased inputs such as fertilizer and improved seeds and greater emphasis on profitable alternatives would be helpful.…”
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Life beyond pastoralism: livelihood diversification opportunities for pastoralists in Turkana District, Kenya by Watson, D.J., Binsbergen, J. van

“…Then it examines impact of gender and wealth and outlines some potential livelihood diversification options for Turkana District which includes poultry and egg production; trading of small-stock by women's groups; fresh milk, dried milk and dried meat sales; forage trees; collection and sale of wild fruits; aloe production; gum arabic production; charcoal production; ecotourism; gold mining; and casual and waged labour. …”
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Diversifying local agriculture: Agricultural diversity on smallholder farms and in local markets in Western Kenya by Keding, G.B., Ng'endo, M.

“…Beyond staple foods, agriculture needs a stronger focus on nutrient-dense foods (vegetables, fruits, legumes and animal source foods), suggesting the diversification of smallholder production, such as integrated farming systems. …”
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Evidence for public health risks of wastewater and excreta management practices in Southeast Asia: A scoping review by Lam, S., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Huong Nguyen-Mai, Harper, S.

“…Community members can be at risk for adverse health outcomes through consuming contaminated fish, vegetables, or fruits. Results suggested that practices including handling, treatment, and use of waste may be harmful to human health, particularly farmer’s health. …”
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Innovation platforms and institutional change: the case of small-scale palm oil processing in Ghana by Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel, Klerkx, Laurens

“…Smallholders produce the bulk of the palm fruits and small-scale processors, mainly women, produce most of the crude palm oil. …”
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Banana and plantain by Tripathi, L., Tripathi, J.N., Tenkouano, A., Bramel-Cox, P.J.

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The scope for reducing emissions from forestry and agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon by Börner, J., Wunder, Sven

“…Our review points to a series of regional development deficits that may come to hamper attempts to tap into the large-scale climate change mitigation potential often associated with the Amazon. Low-hanging fruits for mitigation do exist, but must be carefully identified based on the performance indicators we discuss.…”
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Tannins Are Implied in Flesh Browning of Persimmon by Besada, Cristina, Lopez, M. P., Salvador, Alejandra, Granell, Antonio

“…. 'Rojo Brillante' contains a high content of soluble tannins at harvest which results in the human perception of astringency. Therefore, fruits are subjected to postharvest deastringency treatment which leads to tannin insolubilisation (condensation). …”
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Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) in controlling the tomato borer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) by González-Cabrera, Joel, Mollá-Hernández, Óscar, Montón, Helga, Urbaneja, Alberto

“…Furthermore, the integration of this technology with other biological control methods focused on T. absoluta eggs, such as the use of mirid predators or parasitoids, could reduce the number of B. thuringiensis treatments and the use of chemicals, with the consequent reduction of residues on fruits.…”
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Turrialba; Vol. 35, no. 3

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Relation entre la durée de pluie et le développement de la cercosporiose noire sur le bananier plantain proposition d'un systéme d'avertissement biométéorologique by Tapia, A.C., Gribuis, N., Escalant, Jean-Vicent

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Technical Advisory Committee Tenth Meeting, 22-26 July 1975: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…ICIPE would thus be partially supported by the CGIAR.Other topics addressed included: a suggestion from the IDB for support to CATIE in Costa Rica; the role of rice mechanization research at IRRI to be examined in the forthcoming external review of the center: a proposal from the Tropical Products Institute for support of research on non-food crops; the uses of remote sensing identified for CGIAR consideration by the World Food Conference; tropical fruits and vegetables; aquaculture; and water buffalo.TAC reviewed the proposals of the IARCs for 1976, and presented its recommendations to the CGIAR.…”
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He says, she says: Ecosystem services and gender among indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon by Cruz García, Gisella S., Vanegas Cubillos, Martha Cristina, Torres Vitolas, Carlos A., Harvey, Celia A., Shackleton, Charlie M., Schreckenberg, Kate, Willcock, Simon P., Navarrete Frías, Carolina, Sachet, Erwan

“…Ecosystem services such as land for agricultural fields (a supporting service), and provision of fish and medicinal plants were equally important for both men and women. Wild fruits and resources to make handicrafts were more frequently mentioned by women, whereas timber, materials for making tools and coca leaves were more frequently mentioned by men. …”
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Development and performance of tetraploid hybrids of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) with black sigatoka resistance by Vuylsteke, D.R., Swennen, Rony L.

“…Twenty tetraploid hybrids have been selected for their increased black sigatoka resistance, high yields, large parthenocarpic fruits and better rationing. Seventeen of the selected hybrids had 'Calcutta 4' (Musa acuminate spp. …”
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Changing food consumption patterns in rural and urban Vietnam: Implications for a future food supply system by Bairagi, S., Mohanty, Samarendu, Baruah, S., Thi, H.T.

“…Moreover, food preferences are evolving away from rice but towards animal proteins (fish, pork, chicken, eggs and milk), fruits and vegetables, irrespective of urban status and income groups. …”
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