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The E-FooD Dataset and Food Security Simulators for Kenya and Nigeria: Innovative Tools to Support National Policies and Strategies - Soundcloud by Breisinger, Clemens, Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Kassim, Yumna, Rennison, Alan, Pape, Utz, Momanyi, Dorah, Adeyemo, Temitayo

“…VIRTUAL RESEARCH SEMINAR The E-FooD Dataset and Food Security Simulators for Kenya and Nigeria: Innovative Tools to Support National Policies and Strategies Co-organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) DEC 7, 2023 - 8:00 TO 9:00AM EST Recent global food price spikes and household income losses pose significant challenges to people’s food security and diets, raising important questions for governments and international organizations about how best to support households. …”
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Genomic introgressions from African rice (Oryza glaberrima) in Asian rice (O. sativa) lead to the identification of key QTLs for panicle architecture by Adam, Hélène, Gutiérrez, Andrés, Couderc, Marie, Sabot, François, Ntakirutimana, Fabrice, Serret, Julien, Orjuela, Julie, Tregear, James, Jouannic, Stefan, Lorieux, Mathias

“…The gene regulatory network that governs intra- and interspecific panicle diversity is still under-studied. …”
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Summary: creating systems innovation platforms for transformative pathways in circular economy by Sobratee‑Fajurally, Nafiisa, Nhamo, L., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Various epistemic standpoints are discussed, ranging from systems optimisation versus systems application challenges in sludge waste management in Sweden, gendered and intersectionality considerations, the efficacy of user interface in WASH initiatives from a socio-technical perspective, integrated strategies for climate change adaptation and pandemic preparedness, and CE implications at multiple governance levels with examples from Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Country water quality profiles: towards developing an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) by Mukuyu, Patience, Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Tijani, M., Nikiema, Josiane, Dickens, Chris, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Chapman, D. V., Warner, S.

“…Each country profile contains a statistical summary of the water quality situation, a summary of the water pollution sources and impacts, the policies and institutions governing water quality, and some of the most important water monitoring and pollution control initiatives. …”
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Novel Genome-Editing Approaches for Developing Non-GM Crops for Sustainable Improvement and the Mitigation of Climate Changes by Naglaa A, Abdallah, Hamwieh, Aladdin, Baum, Michael

“…A number of countries, including the United States, Japan, India, and Australia, classify genome-edited crops that lack transgenes or foreign deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as non-genetically modified (non-GM) and thereby exclude them from regulations governing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Agrobacterium-mediated or biolistic transformations are often employed methods for introducing the CRISPR components into the plant genome. …”
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Tracking Maternal and Child Anthropometric Outcomes, Early Childhood Development, Maternal Mental Health and Household Welfare in urban Yangon and rural Ayeyarwady: A Description o... by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…However, given the fragile situation with respect to conflict, crime and poor governance, conducting face-to-face data collection is challenging (Lambrecht et al. 2023; Boughton et al. 2023), and there is a particular scarcity of anthropometric data since this cannot be collected via phone surveys. …”
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Mechanisms behind high N2O emissions from livestock enclosures in Kenya revealed by dual-isotope and functional gene analyses by Xiantao Fang, Harris, S.J., Leitner, Sonja, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Conz, R.F., Merbold, Lutz, Dannenmann, M., Oyugi, A., Shuwei Liu, Jianwen Zou, Six, Johan, Barthel, M.

“…Thus, by combining dual-isotope and functional gene analysis, we were able to identify source processes that govern N2O emissions from these systems. More generally, making use of the manure by spreading it in the vicinity of the bomas or on dedicated forage plots could provide a win-win by enhancing savanna productivity while simultaneously mitigating GHG emissions.…”
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International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT): Model description by Rosegrant, Mark W., Batka, Miroslav, Bhandary, Prapti, Bryan, Elizabeth, Cenacchi, Nicola, De Pinto, Alessandro, Enahoro, Dolapo, Leroy, Laetitia, Li, Man, Magnan, Nicholas, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Msangi, Siwa, Nelson, Gerald C., Ringler, Claudia, Robertson, Richard D., Sulser, Timothy B., Thomas, Timothy S., Tokgoz, Simla, Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, You, Liangzhi, Zhang, Wei, Zhu, Tingju, Kleinwechter, Ulrich

“…A complete list of the research published using the IMPACT modeling framework is provided in Appendix 1, including reports for international organizations, such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the FAO, and national governments. …”
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Producer Support Estimates (PSEs) for agriculture in developing countries: measurement issues and illustrations from India and China by Mullen, Kathleen, Sun, Dongsheng, Orden, David, Gulati, Ashok

“…In many developing countries, governments rely on price-based measures (including border protection and subsidies on inputs and outputs) more than on budgetary payments to achieve agricultural policy objectives defined to include price stabilization or food self-sufficiency. …”
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Novel resistance loci for quantitative resistance to Septoria tritici blotch in Asian wheat (Triticum aestivum) via genome-wide association study by Patial, Madhu, Sudhir Navathe, Xinyao He, Kamble, Umesh, Kumar, Manjeet, Joshi, Arun Kumar, Pawan Kumar Singh

“…In this study, genomic architecture for adult-plant STB resistance in a Septoria Association Mapping Panel (SAMP) having 181 accessions and genomic regions governing STB resistance in a South Asian wheat panel were looked for. …”
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Characterizing soil hydrology in the Indo-Gangetic plain of Bihar, India: Methods and preliminary results by Rossiter, D.G., Arenas-Calle, Laura, Urfels, Anton, Nayak, Harishankar, Sherpa, Sonam, McDonald, Andrew

“…In the Eastern Gangetic Plain (EGP) soil hydrology is a major determinant of land use and also governs the ecosystem services derived from cropping systems, particularly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice fields. …”
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D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 5b: Addressing nutrition challenges in vulnerable populations by Thapaliya, Pragya, Sheuly, Afsana Habib, Gadhavi, Alfa, El-Kour, Tatyana, Akter, Fahmida, Das, Pinaki, Dirghayu, K. C., Shirisha, P., Rinky, Farhana, Kumar, Raj, Yasin, Rahima

“…D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 5b: Addressing nutrition challenges in vulnerable populations Oral presentations Enhancing Nutrition Through Home-Grown School Meal Programs: Policy, Governance, and Capacity Building in Rural Nepal Pragya Thapaliya, Programme Manager, Mercy Corps Empowering Adolescent Girls through Food Security and Economic Empowerment: Evidence from Bangladesh Afsana Habib Sheuly, Head of Nutrition and Health, Helen Keller International Diversifying food plates of tribal farmer households of Dangs by changing behaviour patterns around millets Alfa Gadhavi, Deputy Manager (Health & Nutrition), Aga Khan Rural Support Programme Double burden of malnutrition and its determinants among adolescent girls and boys (10-19 years): Evidence from a nationwide longitudinal survey in Bangladesh Fahmida Akter, Assistant Scientist, BRAC University Hidden Hunger: A Longitudinal Study of Nutritional Insecurity among Non-Poor Tribal and Non-Tribal Households in West Bengal, India Pinaki Das, Professor, Vidyasagar University Rapid-fire presentations Prevalence and determinants of the Double Burden of Malnutrition among Adolescents in Nepal: Results from an urban sample Dirghayu K.C., Research Coordinator, Public Health Promotion and Development Organization The importance of revisiting regional inequalities in the nutrition status of women and children: an empirical study from India P Shirisha, Project Research Scientist-II, ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology Factors associated with different form of malnutrition and their co-existence among 6-59 Months old children in Bangladesh: Findings from a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey Farhana Rinky, Research Assistant, Center for NCD and Nutrition, BRAC JPG School of Public Health, BRAC University and Institute of Food Science and Technology Impact Evaluation of Community Clinic Intervention on Maternal Healthcare Utilization in the Slums of Delhi Raj Kumar, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University Nutritional Antenatal Care Strategies Rahima Yasin, Research Coordinator, Institute of Global Health and Development, the Aga Khan University Hospital…”
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Greening the agriculture sector of Uzbekistan: Costs of inaction, benefits of action, and returns on investment to combat degradation in land, water, and forest resources by Yigezu, Yigezu, Nurbekov, Aziz, Akramkhanov, Akmal, Nazarkulov, Umidjan, Ganiev, Akmaljon, Vogl, Adrian, Sarmiento, Jorge, Agostini, Paola, S. Golub, Elena, M. Piabuo, Serge

“…Such estimates are important in informing provincial and national governments’ policy actions and priority setting; 3) It is based on a theoretically sound and consistent method that can be applied to all dimensions of losses which are induced by the degradation of all natural capitals; 4) The study used official statistics, published and unpublished research findings, and systematically solicited expert estimates on important variables to generate new estimates or make useful extrapolations for parameters necessary for some of the components of degradation-induced losses for which no provincial or national estimates existed; 5) Every effort was made to document all theoretical underpinnings, the procedures and models used, data sources, and simplifying assumptions made during estimation, that are expected to be useful in providing the reader the context under which these estimates are made. …”
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Phenotypic variation among IR64 × TOG5681 rice (Oryza sativa × O. glaberrima) chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSL) in response to iron toxicity, and its associated QTLs by Sikirou, M., Drame, K.N., Saito, K., Bocco, R., Lorieux, M.

“…The discovery of qLBS11.1 and the candidate gene OsbHLHq11 offers insights into the genetic mechanisms governing Fe toxicity tolerance, highlighting potential targets for breeding tolerant rice varieties using marker-assisted selection or genetic engineering strategies.…”
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Gaps and opportunities for data systems and economics to support priority setting for climate-sensitive infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid scoping review by Delight, E.A., Brunn, A.A., Ruiz, F., Gerard, J., Falconer, J., Liu, Y., Bah, B., Bett, Bernard K., Uzochukwu, B., Oloko, O.K., Njuguna, E., Murray, K.A.

“…Currently, critical evidence gaps, along with inadequate institutional and governance mechanisms, hinder African states’ ability to prevent, detect and respond to CSIDs. …”
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Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Reviving Livestock and Pastoral Systems in Africa’s Drylands - Opportunities Within the Great Green Wall Framework by African Union

“…Axis 1 promotes inclusive governance and participatory leadership, ensuring that pastoralist voices shape policy and implementation. …”
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Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Restoring Land and Sustaining Peace: The Great Green Wall and the Climate– Peace–Security Nexus in Africa by African Union

“…Key recommendations include integrating climate-security assessments into GGWI planning, aligning with the CAP-CPS and supporting African Union-led coordination, providing targeted readiness support for vulnerable and conflict-affected areas, promoting peace-positive nature-based solutions and carbon restoration pathways, operationalising early warning and peacebuilding tools, strengthening transboundary cooperation and mediation, expanding monitoring systems to track peace co-benefits, leveraging GGWI programmes as entry points for peace mediation and dialogue, and facilitating inclusive land governance and tenure security.…”
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Private Sector Dialogue on Enhancing the Commercialization and Scaling of Climate-Smart and Modern Agricultural Technologies and Innovations to the Last Mile by Barungi, Julian, Okonya, Joshua, Recha, John W.M., Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…ACAT brought together over 700 participants from over 35 countries, including the Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, the former President of the Republic of Nigeria, representatives of six African governments including two ministers from Malawi and Ghana, and five ministers from Rwanda, farmers, 160 youths, heads of international, continental and country level agencies, researchers, private sector players including financial institutions and industry experts to discuss next generation agricultural technology solutions for Africa's farmers. …”
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Patent landscape report on inventions based on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) and Related Digital Sequence Information Genetic Sequence Data (DSI/GSD). Ex... by Chiarolla, Claudio, Kock, Michael A, Oldham, Paul, Halewood, Michael, Lopez Noriega, Isabel, Kindness, Jasmine

“…The study aims to support policy deliberations under the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty) in the lead up to the adoption of a comprehensive package of measures to enhance the functionality of the Multilateral System (MLS) of Access and Benefit Sharing at the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body. We identified 399 patent documents (first filings)—representing a relatively small percentage of the overall global patent activity as captured through the most relevant PGRFA indicators—that have the potential to limit the use of PGRFA materials from which these inventions were derived in further research and breeding. …”
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Year-End Newsletter of the CGIAR Science Program on Food Frontiers and Security by Awinoh, Martha, Okello, Anna, Hollerich, Gillian, Carrillo, Lucia, Ibukun, Taiwo, Victor, Andin, Hanke-Louw, Nora

“…The world is facing growing uncertainty from climate extremes to displacement and fragile governance. Yet within these challenges, one truth is clear: food systems on the frontlines must become stronger, safer, and more inclusive. …”
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