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Foresight research in sustainable food systems and their interconnection with the Sustainable Development Goals por Orjuela Ramirez, Guillermo

“…This baseline exploratory study illustrates the utility of bibliometric datasets and natural language processing methods for understanding the connection between scientific outputs (research articles) and societal goals (Sustainable Development Goals). …”
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Collaboration between private and public genebanks in conserving and using plant genetic resources por Engels, Johannes M. M., Ebert, Andreas W., Hintum, Theo van

“…Whenever possible, vegetable genetic resources and vegetable private breeding companies have been used to analyze and illustrate such collaboration. The authors look at reported successful examples of collaborative efforts and consider opportunities and approaches under which such collaboration can be established and strengthened to ensure the continued availability of the building blocks for food and nutrition security.…”
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Examining export advantages in Indian horticulture: An approach based on product mapping and seasonality por Saxena, Reka, Kumar, Anjani, Singh, Ritambhara, Paul, Ranjit Kumar, Raman, M. S., Kumar, Rohit, Khan, Mohd Arshad, Agarwal, Priyanka

“…Proper policies must be enacted to facilitate the investment in advanced agricultural technologies and logistics to ensure the desired quality and cost effectiveness.Commodity-specific studies on value chain analysis would provide valuable insights into the issues hindering exports and realizing the untapped export potential.There is no holistic and recent study illustrating the horticulture export advantages covering a large number of commodities in the Indian context. …”
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Agricultural value chains in a fragile state: The case of rice in Myanmar por Minten, Bart, Goeb, Joseph, Win, Khin Zin, Zone, Phoo Pye

“…Despite many challenges in the rice value chain after the coup – most importantly linked to banking and transport – rice processing and trade continued, assuring availability of rice in most retail markets and illustrating the resilience of the value chain to such major shock. …”
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African domestic supply booms in value chains of fruits, vegetables, and animal products fueled by spontaneous clusters of SMEs por Reardon, Thomas, Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., Belton, Ben, Dolislager, Michael, Minten, Bart, Popkin, Barry, Vos, Rob

“…These clusters are important in fueling the supply booms. Illustrative cases from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia are presented. …”
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2017 Global food policy report por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The 2017 Global Food Policy Report also presents data tables and visualizations for several key food policy indicators, including country- level data on hunger, agricultural spending and research investment, and projections for future agricultural production and consumption. In addition to illustrative figures, tables, and a timeline of food policy events in 2016, the report includes the results of a global opinion poll on urbanization and the current state of food policy.…”
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Evolution of agricultural mechanization in Thailand por Cramb, Rob, Thepent, Viboon

“…The case of Thailand is especially pertinent because it illustrates both the development of accessible small-scale machinery and the provision of large-scale machinery to smallholders through contract hiring services. …”
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Modelling the economic impact of the Rohingya influx in Southern Bangladesh por Filipski, Mateusz J., Tiburcio, Ernesto, Dorosh, Paul A., Hoddinott, John F., Rosenbach, Gracie

“…The model is used to illustrate the potential effect of a large arrival of displaced populations on wages, the supply and demand of goods, and incomes of migrant and host populations. …”
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Increasing social-ecological resilience within small-scale agriculture in conflict-affected Guatemala por Hellin, Jon, Ratner, Blake D., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Lopez-Ridaura, Santiago

“…Examples of microwatershed management and conservation of local maize varieties illustrate opportunities to foster community-level climate adaptation strategies within small-scale farming systems even in deeply divided societies.…”
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Gender vulnerability assessment to inform gender-sensitive adaptation action: a case study in semi-arid areas of Mali por Segnon, Alcade C., Magassa, Mariame, Rêmilokoun Obossou, Esdras Abréwa, Partey, Samuel T., Houessionon, Prosper, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…A systematic review of drivers of gendered vulnerability in Mali illustrated how socio-cultural norms and roles assigned to women, and limited women access to and control over productive resources and adaptation technologies make women more vulnerable to climatic and non-climatic risks. …”
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Emerging outsource agricultural services enable farmer adaptation in agrifood value chains: A product cycle perspective por Reardon, Thomas, Awokuse, Titus, Belton, Ben, Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., Minten, Bart, Nguyen, Genevieve, Qanti, Sara, Swinnen, Johan, Vos, Rob, Zilberman, David

“…We contribute by analyzing and illustrating the emergence of these services from the perspective of phases of the Product Cycle. …”
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Introducing infant and young child feeding indicators into national nutrition surveillance systems: Lessons from Vietnam por Hajeebhoy, Nemat, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Tran, Do Thanh, de Onis, Mercedes

“…Once analysed, the data are presented in a report comprising provincial profiles and maps illustrating IYCF practices. Importantly, the IYCF data have been used for policy advocacy (e.g. maternity leave legislation, advertisement law), programme planning, trend monitoring and capacity building.Adoption of the IYCF indicators was successful due to strategic timing, a phased approach, buy‐in from stakeholders and capacity building at all levels to ensure the quality and use of data. …”
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Modeling land-use changes in a global CGE: Assessing the EU biofuel mandates with the MIRAGE-BioF model por Laborde Debucquet, David, Valin, Hugo

“…However, we also emphasize the critical uncertainties that prevent us from being able to provide a precise two-digit figure on the extent of land-use change and associated emissions. We illustrate these efforts with the case of EU biofuel mandates implications. …”
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Economic consequences of optimized water management for a prolonged, severe drought in California por Harou, Julien J., Medellín-Azuara, Josué, Zhu, Tingju, Tanaka, Stacy K., Lund, Jay R., Stine, Scott, Olivares, Marcelo A., Jenkins, Marion W.

“…The model considers how California could respond to such an extreme drought using water trading and provides best‐case estimates of economic costs and effects on water operations and demands. Results illustrate the ability of extensive, intertied, and flexible water systems with heterogeneous water demands to respond to severe stress. …”
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Forest conflict in Asia and the role of collective action in its management por Yasmi, Yurdi, Kelley, Lisa, Enters, Thomas

“…Land historically managed and used by local people becomes contested when investors are granted the rights to develop such land (for example, for oil palm plantations, agricultural production, and mining) or government agencies designate new protected areas. Findings illustrate that conflict can strengthen collective action and enhance the voices of the less powerful actors. …”
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Nationally determined contributions to the 2015 Paris Agreement goals: Transparency in communications from developing country Parties por Mulatu, Kalkidan A., Nyawira, Sylvia S., Herold, Martin, Carter, Sarah, Verchot, Louis

“…The present study analyzes the NDCs, and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) submitted by developing country Parties under the UNFCCC. In an illustrative exercise, our in-depth analysis concentrates on reporting on the AFOLU sector and identifies issues impeding a comprehensive and comparable Global Stock Take (GST): (i) issues of consistency in reporting timeframes (ii) issues in transparency of reporting on mitigation sectors and on relevant progress indicators (iii) incomparability of methodological approaches proposed and used, and (iv) the implications of limited national capacity for transparent reporting. …”
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An approach to the optimal allocation of conservation funds to minimize loss of genetic diversity between livestock breeds por Simianer, H., Marti, S., Gibson, John P., Hanotte, Olivier H., Rege, J.E.O.

“…The methodology is illustrated with an example of 23 African zebu and zenga cattle breeds. …”
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Monitoring systems for managing natural resources: economics, indicators and environmental externalities in a Costa Rican watershed por Hazell, Peter B. R., Chakravorty, Ujjayant, Dixon, John, Celis, Rafael

“…The approach is developed and illustrated through detailed examination of the Arenal-Tempisque watershed in Costa Rica. …”
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Price, income and nutrition course: Tufts University and IFPRI course por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Current research and work in progress (mostly by IFPRI colleagues) will illustrate many of the concepts discussed in class, as well as classic" readings in food policy. …”
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The role of trees for sustainable management of less-favored lands: the case of eucalyptus in Ethiopia por Jagger, Pamela, Pender, John L.

“…Ex ante benefit-cost analysis based on community level survey data from Tigray illustrates that under most conditions planting eucalyptus trees yields high rates of return, well above 20% under most circumstances. …”
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