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Management of Scientific Information for Agricultural Research in Mauritius by Ng Kee Kwong, Rosemay, Ballantyne, Peter G.

“…Participation in research networks is limited but will increase as the research system builds stronger contacts with the international agricultural research system and other national agricultural research systems. The study illustrates the difficulties that even a small country faces in trying to develop a coordinated information system from a group of disparate units with differing objectives and clientele, and little experience with working together. …”
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With, by and for young people: Strengths-based rural youth program development in Papua New Guinea by Pamphilon, Barbara

“…The presentation will show how a strengths-based program-development approach can turn the analysis from a deficit focus to understanding how an analysis of the sociocultural contexts of young people can identify what strengths can be built on, as well as identifying the diverse groups of young people. It will illustrate how a place-based analysis can utilize individual, household, cultural, and organizational assets in the design of youth development programs.…”
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Developing an approach for equitable and reasonable utilization of international rivers: the Nile River by Gari, Y., Block, P., Steenhuis, T. S., Mekonnen, M., Assefa, G., Ephrem, A. K., Bayissa, Y., Tilahun, Seifu A.

“…The approach includes (1) developing a basin-wide database of indicators representative of the United Nations Watercourse Convention (UNWC) relevant factors and circumstances, (2) developing an ensemble of indicator weighting scenarios using various weighting methods, and (3) developing six water-sharing methods to obtain a range of apportionments for Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and the group of the White Nile Equatorial States for each weighting scenarios. The results illustrate a relatively narrow range of country-level water apportionments, even though some individual factor weights vary from 3% to 26%. …”
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Measuring the coverage of nutrition interventions along the continuum of care: Time to act at scale by Gillespie, Stuart, Menon, Purnima, Heidkamp, Rebecca A., Piwoz, Ellen G., Rawat, Rahul

“…We then present three case studies, using published literature and empirical data from large-scale initiatives, to illustrate the kind of data collection innovations that are feasible. …”
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Teff and its role in the agricultural and food economy by Hassen, Ibrahim Worku, Regassa, Mekdim Dereje, Berhane, Guush, Minten, Bart, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…Data are analyzed from national consumption surveys over a 15-year period to illustrate the extent to which transformation in consumption patterns is occurring (for an overview of patterns in nutritional transition in developing countries overall, see Popkin [2003]) and what exactly the role is of teff in Ethiopia’s changing food economy. …”
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Chinese investment in Ghana’s manufacturing sector by Tang, Xiaoyang

“…This paper uses Ghana as a case study to illustrate the extent to which Chinese manufacturing firms are driving manufacturing in an African country. …”
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Why building participatory dashboards is key for sustainable food system transformation by Béné, Christophe, Chege, Christine Kiria, Even, Brice, Hernandez, Ricardo Alfonso, Lundy, Mark, Prager, Steven Dean, Wiegel, Jennifer

“…Using a replicable yet rigorous methodology, we demonstrate the feasibility of co-creating food system dashboards that integrate comprehensive and multi-sectoral inputs from national stakeholders while ensuring these dashboards are functional, evidence-based, and reflective of the country’s specific features. The approach is illustrated with the empirical cases of three pilot countries within the low-and middle-income countries group (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Honduras), where the methodology was tested between 2021 and 2022. …”
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Assessing and attributing the benefits from varietal improvement research: evidence from Embrapa, Brazil by Pardey, Philip G., Alston, Julian M., Chan-Kang, Connie, Magalhaes, Eduardo, Vosti, Stephen A.

“…Matching of research benefits and costs is a pervasive problem, the magnitude of which is illustrated here with new evidence for Brazil. Over the period 1981 to 2003, varietal improvements in upland rice, edible beans, and soybeans yielded benefits attributable to research of $14.8 billion in present value (1999 prices) terms; 6.1 percent of the corresponding value of crop output. …”
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Genetically modified foods, trade, and developing countries by Pohl Nielsen, Chantal, Thierfelder, Karen, Robinson, Sherman

“…Two different representations of consumer preference changes are illustrated: (1) a change in price sensitivity: i.e. consumer demand is less sensitive to a decline in the price of GM foods relative to non-GM varieties, and (2) a structural demand shift: for a given price ratio consumers simply demand less of the GM variety relative to the non-GM variety. …”
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Legal pluralism and dynamic property rights by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Pradhan, Rajendra

“…Unless these aspects of property rights are recognized, changes in statutory law intended to increase tenure security may instead increase uncertainty, especially for groups with less education and contacts. This paper illustrates the implications of legal pluralism for our understanding of natural resource management and policies toward resource tenure, using the example of water rights. …”
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The many meanings of collective action: lessons on enhancing gender inclusion and equity in watershed management by German, Laura, Taye, Hailemichael, Charamila, Sarah, Tolera, Tessema, Tanui, Joseph

“…The paper utilizes a number of case studies to illustrate the relative strengths and weaknesses of different approaches for enhancing gender inclusion and equity throughout the stages of problem diagnosis, planning and monitoring. …”
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Input use under cost-of-production crop insurance: Theory and evidence by He, Juan, Zheng, Xiaoyong, Rejesus, Roderick, Yorobe, Jose

“…A survey data set from corn farmers in the Philippines is then used to empirically illustrate how a particular COP insurance product influences input use in a real‐life context. …”
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Drought susceptibility of modern rice varieties: an effect of linkage of drought tolerance with undesirable traits by Vikram, Prashant, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Renu, Singh, Bikram P., Miro, Berta, Kohli, Ajay, Henry, Amelia, Singh, N.K., Kumar, Arvind

“…This is partly due to the tight linkage between the loci governing plant height and drought tolerance. This linkage is illustrated here through characterization of qDTY1.1, a QTL for grain yield under drought that co-segregates with the GR gene sd1 for semi-dwarf plant height. …”
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Climate change: implications for the yield of edible rice by Zhao, Xiangqian, Fitzgerald, Melissa

“…In the present study, we show that for every ∼1% decrease in chalkiness, an increase of ∼1% in head rice yield follows, illustrating the dual impact of chalk on amount of marketable rice and its value. …”
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Farmers’ adoption and willingness to pay for certified aromatic rice seed in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam by Thi Pham, Nguyen, Napasintuwong, Orachos

“…Financial indices, logit models were used to illustrate farmers’ attitudes and expectations towards certified aromatic rice seed, to identify the factors influencing their adoption decision and willingness-to-pay. …”
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Polycentric environmental governance to achieving SDG 16: Evidence from Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa by Amaruzaman, Sacha, Do, Trong Hoan, Catacutan, Delia, Leimona, Beria, Malesu, Maimbo

“…In achieving SDG 16—the realization of peace, justice, and strong institution, polycentric environmental governance involving multiple actors across scales deserves thoughtful consideration. This study illustrates the potential of a polycentric approach to environmental governance in achieving SDG 16, using case studies of forest, watershed, and transboundary bushland and seascape management in Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa, namely Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Kenya–Somalia cross-border. …”
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Navigating the complexity of scaling climate solutions through multi-level pathways: The AICCRA meta framework by Ewell, Hanna, Sartas, Murat, Girvetz, Evan, Ogutu, Liz, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Kagabo, Desire, Byandaga, Livingstone

“…The case of Ghana’s ‘Smart Seeds’ bundle illustrates this approach, combining improved seed varieties, agronomic training, and climate services to increase yields and farmer adoption. …”
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From Science to Action: Exploring the Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Strengthen Climate and Agricultural Research Capacities in Africa by Smith Ruiz, Paulina, Grossi, Amanda, Chipunza, Unity

“…RUFORUM’s curriculum development process illustrates the potential for integrating AI strategically within existing e-learning workflows while addressing practical challenges such as limited technical capacity, language diversity, and resource constraints. …”
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Rewarding the social benefits of small-scale farming by Abate, Gashaw T., Baye, Kaleab, Bernard, Tanguy, Chamberlin, Jordan, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Moussadek, Rachid, Senghor, Lamine

“…Interventions can target these dimensions individually or in combination, such as reducing verification costs, aggregating production, subsidizing adoption, or enhancing market premiums. We illustrate this framework through three case studies: aflatoxin mitigation, biofortified crop adoption, and conservation agriculture, demonstrating how technology, policy, and market-based instruments can be coordinated to incentivize the adoption of socially beneficial innovations and practices. …”
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Consultation of government officials and community leaders on the Climate Action Initiative in Sri Lanka by Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj, Amarasinghe, Upali A.

“…Farmer leaders highlighted successful examples of high-value and climate-smart cultivation that could be scaled. Field visits illustrated site-specific practices such as rainfed high value cropping and controlled chili production. …”
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