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Evaluation of historic, current and future water demand in the Olifants River Catchment, South Africa by McCartney, Matthew P., Arranz, Roberto

“…For the future scenarios, the impact of infrastructure development and water conservation measures were assessed. The study illustrates how a relatively simple model can provide useful insight for resource planning and management.…”
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An algorithm for rapid flood inundation mapping from optical data using a reflectance differencing technique by Amarnath, Giriraj

“…The application of the technique is informative about flood damages, which are illustrated using the floods in Pakistan in 2010 as an example.…”
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Living with dams: managing the environmental impacts by McCartney, Matthew P.

“…This paper provides a review of the consequences for ecosystems and biodiversity resulting directly from the presence of dams on rivers, and of constraints and opportunities for environmental protection. It illustrates that a wide range of both technical and non-technical measures has been developed to ameliorate the negative impacts of dams. …”
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Global trade and water: lessons from China and the WTO by Liao, Yongsong, Fraiture, Charlotte de, Giordano, Mark

“…Agricultural trade and water use are intrinsically linked. The case of China illustrates how (1) trade liberalization may impact water use; and (2) failure to consider water resources may distort analysis of trade liberalization. …”
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Water-food-energy-environment synergies and tradeoffs: major issues and case studies by McCornick, Peter G., Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Abebe, M.

“…Using both a brief global overview as well as a closer review of four case studies from India, Ethiopia, Jordon and the USA, this paper tries to (i) a present the nature of the tradeoffs under different hydrological, energy, agricultural and environmental contexts and (ii) provide some anecdotal evidence and illustrative cases for the available policy options for minimizing conflicts but maximizing synergies between water, energy, food and environment.…”
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A methodology for evaluating a location as a selection site for an international plant breeding program by Cuevas Pérez, Federico E., Amézquita, María Cristina, Rosero, M.

“…The ideal selection site would maximize the probability of coincidence in selection and minimize the probability of divergence in rejection. The method is illustrated using a set of data from the rice yield nurseries of the International Rice Testing Program for Latin America planted under the rainfed conditions of Central América and México during the period 1978–1984. …”
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Spatial predictions of Rhodesian Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) prevalence in Kaberamaido and Dokolo, two newly affected districts of Uganda by Batchelor, N.A., Atkinson, P.M., Gething, P.W., Picozzi, K., Fèvre, Eric M., Kakembo, A.S.

“…The significance of distance to the closest livestock market strongly indicates that HAT may have been introduced to this previously unaffected area via the movement of infected, untreated livestock from endemic areas. This illustrates the importance of the animal reservoir in disease transmission, and highlights the need for trypanosomiasis control in livestock and the stringent implementation of regulations requiring the treatment of cattle prior to sale at livestock markets to prevent any further spread of Rhodesian HAT within Uganda.…”
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The Multiple Functions and Services of Community Seedbanks by Vernooy, Ronnie, Sthapit, B.R., Galluzzi, Gea, Shrestha, P.

“…The framework’s utility is illustrated by three case studies of community seed banks in Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nepal.…”
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Shaping global agendas on climate risk management and climate services: an IRI perspective by Hansen, James, Zebiak, Stephen E., Coffey, Kevin

“…This paper provides a historical overview of the development and mainstreaming of global agendas on climate risk management and climate services from the vantage point of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), and present two examples that illustrate how efforts to mainstream these agendas shaped both the institute and the broader communities that it sought to engage. …”
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Network approaches for understanding rainwater management from a socialecological systems perspective by Prager, Steven D., Pfeifer, Catherine

“…This research thus illustrates an approach for constructing a social-ecological network and demonstrates how the structures of the network yield insights for tailoring the implementation of rainwater management practices to the social and ecological setting.…”
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The importance of international exchanges of plant genetic resources for national crop improvement in Burkina Faso by Bougma, Ali, Galluzzi, Gea, Sawadogo, Mahamadou

“…Using Burkina Faso as a case and millet, rice and maize as key crops, the paper presents a picture of the dynamics of their genetic resources, both inside and outside of the country, over past years and into the future. It illustrates the extent to which Burkina Faso is dependent upon germplasm from other countries for its food security, and how, in a complementary manner, other countries rely upon germplasm from Burkina Faso. …”
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The importance of international exchanges of plant genetic resources for national crop improvement in Guatemala by Méndez, W., Galluzzi, Gea, Say, E.

“…Using Guatemala as a case and maize and beans as key crops, the paper presents a picture of the dynamics of their genetic resources, both inside and outside of the country, over past years and into the future. It illustrates the extent to which Guatemala is dependent upon germplasm from other countries for its food security, and how, in a complementary manner, other countries rely upon germplasm from Guatemala. …”
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Consideraciones en la estructuracion de una red cooperativa internacional para la evaluacion de variedades promisorias de yuca by Toro, Julio C., Franklin, D.

“…Two strategies for evaluating cultivars were proposed: (1) give the same opportunities to one group of cultivars for 3 consecutive years without considering their field behavior (conservative approach), or (2) select the most promising material yearly to be tested in several sites before being designated as varieties. A diagram illustrates what could happen to a promising variety. …”
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Africa RISING Baseline Evaluation Survey (ARBES) report for Tanzania by Charles, A., Azzarri, Carlo, Haile, Beliyou, Comanescu, M., Roberts, C., Signorelli, S.

“…Following a description of the report and of the survey from which its data are drawn, its main findings are presented in two parts, providing description and analysis of household- and community-level data, and these also include a series of tables and graphs to further illustrate the descriptive results. Each part contains six sections. …”
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Water policy in Canada by Horbulyk, Theodore M.

“…Water allocation decisions in uence numerous uses of surface and groundwater resources, including such non-extractive uses as providing environmental, recreational and aesthetic bene ts when some of the water is left in situ . This chapter illustrates a range of speci c water policy issues and considerations that relate to water allocation, and provides an overview of current practices in each jurisdiction. …”
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Innovation for Inclusive value-chain development: Highlights by Horton, Douglas, Donovan, Jason, Devaux, André, Torero, Máximo

“…The papers assess the opportunities emerging from new and expanding markets for agricultural produce and identify challenges to smallholder participation in these markets and the resulting benefits. They illustrate how interventions have fostered agricultural innovation and inclusive value-chain development, and the extent of their impacts. …”
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Squaring the Circle Reconciling the Need for Rigor with the Reality on the Ground in Resilience Impact Assessment by Béné, Christophe, Chowdhury, Fahim S., Rashid, Mamun, Dhali, Sabbir A., Jahan, Ferdous

“…Using an ex-post treatment vs. control approach, the framework satisfies the requirement for rigor that should be found in any proper impact assessment framework, but remains operational in the data- and resource-constrained situations which characterize most of the current interventions in the field. We illustrate the approach through the case of the Enhancing Resilience program that was implemented by the World Food Programme and its partners in Bangladesh during 2011–13.…”
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Putting violent armed conflict in the center of the Salween hydropower debates by Suhardiman, Diana, Rutherford, J., Bright, S. J.

“…Contesting the general belief that economic development would help the country’s transition to full democracy and achieve peace, it illustrates how hydropower development plans in the basin are closely interlinked with human rights issues. …”
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Mapping regional livelihood benefits from local ecosystem services assessments in rural Sahel by Malmborg, Katja, Sinare, Hanna, Kautsky, Elin Enfors, Ouédraogo, Issa, Gordon, Line J.

“…The resulting landscape scale maps show the spatial distribution of five different livelihood benefits (nutritional diversity, income, insurance/saving, material assets and energy, and crops for consumption) that illustrate the strong multifunctionality of the Sahelian landscapes. …”
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A framework for conceptualizing impact assessment and promoting impact culture in agricultural research by Alene, Arega D., Manyong, Victor M., Gockowski, J., Coulibaly, O., Abele, S.

“…First, the linkages between agricultural research and rural livelihoods and the implications for evaluating the impact of agricultural technologies are illustrated, using the sustainablerural livelihood framework. …”
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