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Digital Transformation Accelerator Stakeholder Consultation Workshop : Designing Inclusive and Scalable Digital Advisory Framework for Climate Resilience by Gakhar, Shalini, Singaraju, Niyati, Koo, Jawoo, Bharti, Preeti, Patnaik, Girija Prasad, Singh, Raj Kumar

“…Discussions centered on key themes, including inclusion, digital infrastructure, data governance, partnerships, and scaling frameworks, generating valuable insights and shared perspectives. …”
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Harmonizing food systems emissions accounting for more effective climate action by Karl, Kevin, Tubiello, Francesco Nicola, Crippa, Monica, Poore, Joseph, Hayek, Matthew N., Benoit, Philippe, Cheng, Minpeng, Corbeels, Marc, Flammini, Alessandro, Garland, Sarah, Leip, Adrian, McClelland, Shelby C., Mencos, Erik, Sandalow, David, Quadrelli, Roberta, Sapkota, Tek, Rosenzweig, Cynthia

“…Guidance from the committee could significantly improve the ability of governments, companies, and researchers to estimate, report, monitor and ultimately reduce the climate impacts of food systems.…”
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An analysis of the investment climate for promoting circular bioeconomy: a cross-country analysis of some emerging economies by Taron, Avinandan, Bhandarkar, S., Rajeev, M., Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.

“…This transition requires regulations, good governance, financial mechanisms, and market development. …”
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Brief on the Planned United Fiber System (UFS) pulp mill project for South Kalimantan, Indonesia by Jurgens, E., Barr, C., Cossalter, C.

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The social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock cultivation: Evidence from multi-site research in the forest frontier by German, L., Schoneveld, George C., Pacheco, P.

“…Expansion of biofuel feedstock cultivation in developing countries is widely embraced by producer country governments as a means to achieve energy security and stimulate rural economic development through employment and smallholder market integration. …”
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Environmental and social Impacts from palm based biofuel development in Indonesia by Andriani, R., Andrianto, A., Komarudin, Heru, Obidzinski, K.

“…The findings call for plantation policy makers to revisit the principles governing largescale land allocation for plantations. …”
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Towards sustainable biofuel development: Assessing the local impacts of large-scale foreign land acquisitions in Ghana by Schoneveld, George C., German, L., Nutakor, E.

“…The findings call for plantation policy makers to revisit the principles governing largescale land allocation for plantations. …”
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Staying Maasai? Livelihoods, Conservation and Development in East African Rangelands by Homewood, K., Kristjanson, Patricia M., Chenevix Trench, P.

“…Similarly, although governments favor agricultural intensification, significant crop income or enhanced food security from subsistence cropping elude most. …”
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A transport model for the spread of bird flu by Hansen, Frank, Sonder, Kai, Okike, Iheanacho, Bett, Bernard K., Randolph, Thomas F., Mariner, Jeffrey C., Pfeiffer, Dirk U.

“…To evaluate different options governments and public health authorities could employ to reduce the negative effects of HPAI outbreaks, it is necessary to have a means for simulating outbreaks of the disease. …”
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. II. Green manure production and decomposition after incorporation into the soil by Muhr, L., Tarawali, Shirley A., Peters, Michael, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

“…Decomposition of green manure was governed by initial concentrations of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, lignin:nitrogen ratio and amounts of green manure incorporated, with nitrogen disappearing more slowly than dry matter. …”
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Climate-smart agriculture sourcebook by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…Making this shift requires considerable changes in national and local governance, legislation, policies and financial mechanisms. …”
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Rethinking development models and irrigation projects in Nepal by Clement, Floriane, Banset, G., Bharati, Luna

“…To sum-up, we need to rethink development as a means of empowering governments and citizens rather than as a way to provide assistance.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hn.v11i1.7226 Hydro Nepal Special Issue: Conference Proceedings 2012 pp.112-120…”
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Institutions and policy in the Blue Nile Basin: understanding challenges and opportunities for improved land and water management. by Haileslassie, Amare, Hagos, Fitsum, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Peden, Donald G., Ahmed, A.A., Gebreselassie, S., Tafesse, T., Mapedza, Everisto D., Mukherji, Aditi

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Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA) by Harvey, Blane, Ensor, Jonathan, Garside, Ben, Woodend, John, Naess, Lars Otto, Carlile, Liz

“…Latin American partners consisted of regional centres of expertise across three broad areas of economic (growth) learning, governance, and environmental issues. However, inside the topic areas that have been introduced, participants themselves have come together to co-construct learning through an online platform and local meetings of participants with video-conference links to Latin American interest groups, and through learning tours. …”
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Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries by Drechsel, Pay, Scott, Christopher A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Redwood, M., Bahri, Akissa

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Gender mainstreaming for food security and poverty reduction programs in Asia and Africa by Hanjra, Munir A., Zafar, M. I., Batool, Z., Nawaz, N., Maann, A.A., Ayalew, Z., Alemu, B.A.

“…Gender mainstreaming refers to making general policies gender-smart - at various level of governance - to target the gender differentiated impacts and outcomes and implementing public policies and international development cooperation in a more strategic way that also improves gender equality and makes policies more effective in closing the key gender gaps even if their objectives has nothing to do with gender. …”
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Identification of immediate response genes dominantly expressed in juvenile resistant and susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata snails upon exposure to Schistosoma mansoni by Ittiprasert, W., Miller, A., Myers, J., Nene, Vishvanath M., El-Sayed, N.M., Knight, M.

“…Although Mendelian genetics governs adult resistance to infection, juvenile resistance and susceptibility are complex traits. …”
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Development and application of a physically based landscape water balance in the SWAT model by White, E.D., Easton, Z.M., Fuka, D.R., Collick, A.S., Adgo, E., McCartney, Matthew P., Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Selassie, Yihenew G., Steenhuis, Tammo S.

“…Watershed scale hydrological and biogeochemical models rely on the correct spatial-temporal prediction of processes governing water and contaminant movement. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model, one of the most commonly used watershed scale models, uses the popular curve number (CN) method to determine the respective amounts of infiltration and surface runoff. …”
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. II. Green manure production and decomposition after incorporation into the soil by Muhr, L, Tarawali, Shirley A., Peters, Michael, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

“…Decomposition of green manure was governed by initial concentrations of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, lignin:nitrogen ratio and amounts of green manure incorporated, with nitrogen disappearing more slowly than dry matter. …”
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Climate proofing agricultual research investments by Jones, Peter G., Jarvis, Andy, Hyman, Glenn G., Beebe, Stephen E., Pachico, Douglas H.

“…The case for impending climate change is now proven. Governments can decide, by their action or inaction, to what extent the change will occur; the International Agriculture Research Community (IARC) will have no say in this whatsoever. …”
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