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Public and private sector partners increasingly incorporate agrobiodiversity within a food systems perspective in their work by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…At least 3 private sector (HowGood;FLAG Food Lab Accellerator at Google;WBCSD) and 3 public sector partners (Italy, Peru, India) are incorporating agrobiodiversity and the agrobiodiversity index tool in their work streams and toolbox to support decision-making. …”
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WLE/ICRAF soil spectral technology impacting soil restoration strategies and investments are being scaled up from Africa to global use by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…Growing donor interest in deploying low-cost soil spectral technology in agricultural projects for better evidence-based investments is leading to major investments in India, Haiti, and elsewhere. WLE and the Food and Agriculture Organization-led Global Soil Laboratory Network are leading a new initiative to develop a free global soil mid-infrared spectral library and prediction service in collaboration with the Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory in the United States.…”
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International Wheat Blast Consortium convened by WHEAT achieves early successes: Bundled research, resistant varieties in South Asia by CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

“…Since the discovery of wheat blast in Bangladesh in 2016, WHEAT, led by pathologist Pawan Singh, has coordinated 13+ partners to deliver a rapid response to mitigate the threat of the fungal disease in the region, which puts 7 million hectares of wheat growing area at risk in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, according to a WHEAT 2018 ex-ante analysis (yield losses worth US$264M). …”
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Water budgeting in conservation agriculture‑based sub‑surface drip irrigation in maize-wheat rotation using HYDRUS‑2D model for South Asia by CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

“…Considering the future consequences of rapidly depleting groundwater, Governments (India, Punjab, Haryana) initiated a new policy to save water in agriculture. …”
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Driving Factors Behind the Adoption of Improved Technologies by Lentil Growers in West Bengal by Dhehibi, Boubaker, Chatterjee, Soumitra, Hazra, Soumavho, Karak, Sabyasachi, Nath, Rajib, Sarker, Ashutosh

“…Over the last six decades in India, there has been an unsatisfactory gain in pulse productivity, which is a severe threat to the creation of resilient livelihoods and the overall food and nutritional security of the country. …”
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Adaptation co-benefits of solar irrigation: evidence from Bangladesh by Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Mitra, Archisman, Hounsa, T., Habib, A., Mukherji, Aditi

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Qualitative research approaches for studying local food environment and drivers of food purchase in South Asia by Custodio, Marie Claire, Samaddar, Arindam, Ynion, Jhoanne, Banerjee, Deep, Mohanty, Suva, Patel, Jigar, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan

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Historical evolution of the agrifood system in Nepal by Chakraborty, Shreya, Mukherji, Aditi

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The energy-irrigation nexus in Bangladesh: implications of rapid rural electrification on informal groundwater markets by Varshney, Deepak, Banerjee, Anurag, Chakraborty, Shreya, Mukherji, Aditi

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Bridging health and nutritional benefits through staple rice (Webinar session 4) by Sreenivasulu, Nese

“…He led the team involved in establishing regional capacity to establish Center of Excellence for Rice Value Addition (CERVA) at IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) in India to offer frontier research platform with wide-array of services to support grain quality, nutrition and food safety aspects.…”
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Adaptive social protection: a persistent illusion or the way forward for climate adaptation and social inclusion? by Desai, Bina, Meddings, George, Campbell, Raramai, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…This policy brief is based on a study undertaken by the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security team of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT within the CGIAR initiative on Gender Equality (HER+), comprising of a global review of recent progress in concepts, policies and practices, and three deep dives into social protection landscapes and programmes in India, Jordan and the Sahel region.…”
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Cross-sectoral learnings on emerging gender and social norms measures by CGIAR Gender Equality Initiative

“…The discussion facilitated by Sushmita Mukherjee, Director of Gender and Adolescent Girls with Project Concern International in India featured experts from across 5 countries and 4 sectors who shared how they developed and tested measures of gender and social norms and what lessons they learned from their measurement experiences.…”
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Presentation slides - Stakeholders' Consultation Meeting on Agrifood value chains in Odisha Challenges and Opportunities by Mitra, Archisman, Ashok, K. R., Pattnayak, Pravu Kalyan, Mishra, Dharitri, Dutta, Debjyoti, Kadian, M.S., Mishra, Kamalesh, Biswal, Debadutta, Mishra, Nrusingha Charan, Barik, Nagesh Kumar, Bahta, Sirak T., Nandi, Ekadashi

“…These slides were used during the Stakeholders’ Consultation Meeting on Agrifood value chains in Odisha Challenges and Opportunities, at Auditorium, Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Empowerment (Krushi Bhavan) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India on 29 November 2023.…”
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Response rate in phone surveys: Experiments to test the effect of pre-visits and financial incentives by Neupane, Sumanta, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Avula, Rasmi, Shapleigh, Sara, Heidkamp, Rebecca A.

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Technology and managerial gaps in contract farming: The case of specialty crop production by Mishra, Ashok K., Mayorga, Joaquin, Kumar, Anjani

“…We use a stochastic frontier approach corrected for self-selection to separate technology and managerial gaps between the treatment and control groups of smallholders in baby corn production in India. We also assess the impact of contract farming on output prices, profitability, and resource usage. …”
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Giving PM-KISAN the multiplier effect by Varshney, Deepak, Kumar, Anjani, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Roy, Devesh

“…Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, popularly known as PM-KISAN, announced in December 2018 was a tectonic shift in the nature of government support to farmers in India. This scheme was aimed at addressing the liquidity constraints of farmers for meeting their expenses for acquisition of agricultural inputs and services.…”
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Anemia in Indian men predicts fewer work hours and lower earnings: Evidence from nationally representative health and labor surveys by Scott, Samuel P., Pant, Anjali, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Alderman, Harold, Yadav, Kapil, Menon, Purnima

“…Anemia is globally recognized as an important public health problem in women and children, thus the consequences of anemia have predominantly been described in these two groups. India's large population, high anemia prevalence and male-dominated workforce imply that productivity consequences of anemia in men could have large implications. …”
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CEDIL Work-in-Freedom 2 Bangladesh Migration COVID-19 Dataset by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The WiF-2 program focuses on women migrants in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Jordan and Lebanon. The survey will guide our understanding of the COVID-19-related risks and options available for female potential migrants and migrant returnees. …”
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National Dialogue: Innovations for promoting balanced application of macro and micro nutrient fertilizers in Indian agriculture by Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia

“…The application of fertilizers that do not meet the nutrient requirements (i.e. balanced nutrient application) of target crops is a widespread problem in India. Farmers overuse urea (N) and seldom apply secondary nutrients (Sulphur, Calcium, and Magnesium) and micro-nutrients (like Zinc, Iron, Copper, Boron, Molybdenum and Manganese) in their plots. …”
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Urbanization and the double burden: Trends and inequalities in under- and over-nutrition by residence and wealth among 1.22 million Indian children, women and men over 10 years (P1... by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Scott, Samuel P., Avula, Rasmi, Agarwal, Aishwarya, Menon, Purnima, Headey, Derek D., Ruel, Marie T.

“…We examined trends and inequities in the double burden of malnutrition among girls, boys, women and men by residence and wealth between 2006 and 2016 in India where 590 million individuals are expected to live in cities by 2030.…”
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