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Cost-Effective Method to Perform SARS-CoV-2 Variant Surveillance: Detection of Alpha, Gamma, Lambda, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta in Argentina
Published 2022“…The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with concerning characteristics to public health has attracted the attention of the scientific community and governments both regionally and globally since the end of 2020. …”
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A qualitative study on how young employees value employer branding attributes in agriculture business context
Published 2020“…Governments and organisations have set targets for increased food production as a result of an increasing population. …”
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Urban agriculture
Published 2015“…The findings from the study’s results are the following; Key economic factors influencing Swedish urban agriculture: - Profitability - Perishability and quality of food products - Demand for local food products - Distance to urban markets - Competition and bid rents - Land tenure Economic advantages: - Focus on intensive production of high value types of vegetables close to urban markets gives high returns and allows urban farmers to pay high bid rents - Multiple businesses and alternative business models offer an alternative for urban agriculture and it enables urban farms to pay higher bid rents - Closeness to consumers allows urban producers to adapt to local consumer demands in cities Economic disadvantages: - Fierce competition from other producers - Competition of urban land from other land uses Economic constraints: - Limited access to land - Municipal governments are restrictive with renting out urban land.…”
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From rice to sugar, from smallholder to businessman
Published 2016“…Many governments in Africa envisage the potential to create rural employment, improve energy balances and strengthen their national economies by encouraging investment in large-scale agriculture. …”
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CGIAR 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy: Transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis
Published 2021“…Yet — if managed and governed differently — food systems could be a champion of change, at the vanguard of sustainable living for all, leading other sectors with solutions and inspiration. …”
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Partnership for scaling up gender and nutrition-sensitive CSA II (P4S II) - 2020 Regional Annual Report
Published 2021“…Merging the actions of BRAS-PAR and P4S I to become P4S II was done with the intention to use tools and evidence/lessons learned from the Climate-Smart Villages and other development activities, with existing and new partners through direct scientific support to decision makers (e.g., governments, civil society, and researchers) and capacity building to help bring CSA to scale. …”
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Co-design of Agroecology Indicators with local communities: The Challenges and Perspectives for Agroecological Transition Evaluation
Published 2023“…This communication occurred during the ‘sustainable agroecology: governance, practices, potentials, and tensions in a comparative perspective’ workshop in Kassel, Germany, as part of the “Agriculture, Ecology and Societies program” initiative and the DAAD-funded Global Partnership Network of University of Kassel, as well as the DAAD-funded AURORA (Sustainable Agriculture and social-ecological systems approaches in higher education in the MENA region) project, which aims to map sustainable agroecology in diverse social-ecological, historical and geo-political contexts (University of Kassel – 17-18 July 2023).…”
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Beef value chain situation analysis for Uganda
Published 2023“…The desired scenario would be one that results from good governance and good economy with some adaptations such as management of the potential effects of over consumption of red meat and maintaining populations’ self-reliance, despite the economic growth. …”
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Advance equitable livelihoods
Published 2023“…We then share a series of recommendations aimed at enhancing inclusive decision-making, protecting the livelihoods of those living in situations of vulnerability while creating opportunities, adapting institutions and policies to favor equitable food system livelihoods, and increasing investment so as to realize the potential of improved institutional and policy actions. We invite governments, businesses, and organizations to hold themselves and others to account in advancing equitable livelihoods, and open avenues towards realizing the potential of science, innovation, technology, and evidence to favor equitable livelihoods.…”
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Patterns of regional agri-food trade in Asia
Published 2020“…While many Asian developing countries’ governments have been pushing for trade diversification and want to reduce export dependencies concentrated on one or two large trading partners, this paper shows the challenges to achieve this policy goal. …”
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Innovations in water quality monitoring and management in Africa: towards developing an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ)
Published 2024“…There is evidence that this enables success where governments do not have the monitoring capacity or adequate resources.…”
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From livestock herding to cooperative farming in the Somali communities of Dolo Ado and Bokolmayo districts of Ethiopia
Published 2024“…However, the clan-based kinship system that traditionally guided social organization still governs societal relations and plays a role in solving challenges relating to access to land, conflict resolution, and principles of social support. …”
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Training of Trainers on Enhancing Forecasting Capacities and Crop Capability Prediction Model/Tool, Ezulwini, Eswatini
Published 2025“…The participants recommended that, for this capacity-building programme to be successful and have a lasting impact, the pertinent national and regional organizations, projects, and governments in the area must be fully supported. More resources are also required to guarantee that developers continue to engage in model improvement and skill transfer within SADC and beyond.…”
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Uganda Training of Trainers on Enhancing Forecasting Capacities and Crop Capability Prediction Tools and Models
Published 2025“…They recommended that, for this capacity-building programme to be successful and have a lasting impact, there is needs for the full support of pertinent national and regional organizations, projects, and governments in the area. More resources are also required to guarantee that developers continued to engage in model improvement and skill transfer within ASARECA jurisdiction.…”
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Developing Methane Conversion Factor (Ym) for Kenyan Dairy Cows: Diet Quality’s on Emissions and Productivity
Published 2025“…This highlights an urgent need for local data to improve the accuracy of national inventories for SSA countries and to support governments in making informed decisions to meet mitigation targets. …”
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Trade-offs or synergies?: assessment of ecosystem services in multi-use small reservoirs in Burkina Faso [Abstract only]
Published 2015“…Small reservoirs (SRs) development, as a strategy to enhance food and water security in water-scarce regions, has long attracted the interests of governments and development agents. The main argument put forward was that by providing water for small-scale agriculture, they can cushion the impacts of drought and rainfall variability on vulnerable and less-developed regions. …”
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Hydropower resettlement in the Mekong region
Published 2018“…More dams are proposed because the governments of Mekong countries regard them as a means to tackle poverty and stimulate economic growth (MRC, 2009). …”
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