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Assessing the genetic diversity of rice originating from Bangladesh, Assam and West Bengal by Travis, Anthony J., Norton, Gareth J., Datta, Sutapa, Sarma, Ramendra, Dasgupta, Tapash, Savio, Filipe L., Macaulay, Malcolm, Hedley, Peter E., McNally, Kenneth L., Sumon, Mahmud H., Islam, M. Rafiqul, Price, Adam H.

“…Genetic diversity among rice cultivars from Bangladesh and North East India was assessed using a custom 384-SNP microarray assay. …”
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Bibliometric analysis: Smallholder aggregation models in South Asia by Gupta, Ishika, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan, Janakiraman, Deepa

“…The findings reveal a strong geographic concentration of research in India (80% of studies) and a predominant focus on contract farming (46%) over other aggregation models. …”
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Bridging the incentive-cost gap: incentivizing sustainable crop residue management to address burning practices by Deepak Varshney, Ramsha Khan, Banerjee, Anurag, Chakraborty, Shreya, Kiran Kumara, T.M., Nain, J.S.

“…Crop residue burning (CRB) remains a major challenge in India, particularly in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, contributing significantly to environmental, public health, and economic issues. …”
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Building sustainable capacity for policy research with impact: Lessons from PRCI in Asia by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Tschirley, David, Boughton, Duncan, Srivastava, Nandita

“…This policy brief summarizes results of an assessment of the impacts of assistance provided by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI) to agricultural and food policy think tanks and research centers in six countries of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos) and South Asia (India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) from mid-2019 to mid- 2024. …”
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Women's status: levels, determinants, consequences for malnutrition, interventions, and policy by Haddad, Lawrence James

“…Of the seven study countries, the status of women relative to men is lowest in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. The paper also reaffirms that equality in women's status relative to men's controlling for a host of socioeconomic factors, has a positive impact on child growth and discourages the intergenerational perpetuation of gender-based discrimination. …”
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Lessons from implementation models in Bangladesh by Mitra, Archisman

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Youth in relation to agroecology: practices, promises, and perceptions in five countries by Rietveld, Anne, Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia, Shijagurumayum, Meghajit, Gupta, Shweta, Tristán Febres, Maria Claudia, Chimonyo, Vimbayi Grace Petrova, Nehring, Ryan, Murugani, Vongai Gillian, Idoudi, Zied, Singh, Sonali

“…We draw on empirical data from semi-structured interviews and photovoice conducted with young women and men in five countries: Kenya, India, Peru, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe. In our discussion, we highlight which dimensions and aspects of agroecology resonate with youth and why.…”
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Policy and investment reform case studies by Nehring, Ryan, Ghosh, Ritwick, Sanyang, Sally

“…This record includes the following case studies: Forest Code in Brazil Colombia’s Fund for Life and Biodiversity Post-conflict Participatory Environmental Zoning in Colombia Ethiopia’s Sustainable Land Management Program Community Resource Management Area (CREMA) in Ghana India’s Forest Rights Act 2016 Kenya Water Act Integrated Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation in Mozambique’s Primeiras e Segundas Archipelago Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Program Peru’s Water Fund (Aquafondo)…”
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A web-based geotagged photo inventory for land use and land cover mapping of the East Kolkata Wetlands by Ghosh, Surajit, Dawn, A., Soumya, B.

“…The web-based inventory of geotagged photographs documenting the land use and land cover (LULC) characteristics of the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), a critical ecological and socio-economic landscape in eastern India. The platform, hosted at https://surajitghoshiwmi.github.io/EKW_S/ , integrates spatially referenced photographic observations with an intuitive web interface, enabling researchers, planners, and stakeholders to visually explore fine-scale LULC conditions across the wetland. …”
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Decision Support Framework for Water Management to Enhance Resource Use Efficiency by Garg, Kaushal K., Singh, Ramesh, Anantha, K.H., Venkataradha, A.

“…Implementation across benchmarking clusters in Maharashtra, India, demonstrated that aligning interventions with local biophysical realities stabilizes groundwater levels and optimizes investment prioritization. …”
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Widespread gaps in native tree seed supply for ecosystem restoration by Jalonen, Riina, Fremout, Tobias

“… • Application of the method to 21 native pilot species in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines revealed that, on average, only 34% of seed zones had designated seed sources, despite the species being widely used in restoration…”
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Gender roles in history: women as hunters by Singh, K.S.

“…The traditional anthropological view of man as the sole hunter is being questioned today and women's role in hunting is being highlighted. The evidence from India supports the view of women as hunters, no matter how restricted this role may be. …”
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Utilizing co-products of the sweet sorghum-based biofuel industry as livestock feed in decentralized systems by Rao, P.S., Reddy, B.V.S., Reddy, R.C., Blümmel, Michael, Kumar, A.A., Rao, P.P., Basavaraj, G.

“…Sweet sorghum-based decentralized crushing and syrup-making units are a major component of sweet sorghum value chains in India. Apart from the main product, syrup, there are several co-products, including grain, bagasse,vinasse, steam, foam and froth. …”
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Technology transfer. Multi-purpose cows for milk, meat and traction in smallholder farming systems. Proceedings of a consultation by Zerbini, E., Shapiro, Barry I., Chirgwin, J.C.

“…Countries involved in the study include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China and India.…”
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Hydro, hydrogeological constraints to managed aquifer recharge in the Indo Gangetic Plains. by Prathapar, Sanmugam A., Sharma, Bharat R., Aggarwal, Pramod K.

“…Groundwater irrigation over the past few decades has improved stability in cropping but resulted in aquifer depletion in semi-arid regions of India. To minimize decline of groundwater levels, Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) interventions are widely adopted, supported by local communities, state and central governments. …”
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Rethinking tank rehabilitation: issues in restoring old tanks to their original state in irrigation structure by International Water Management Institute

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Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002 by Shah, Tushaar, Raju, K.V.

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Workshop Report: National Crop Insurance Programme: Challenges and Opportinities by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Reaching the last mile: best practices in leveraging the power of ICTs to communicate climate services to farmers at scale by Davis, Alicia, Tall, Arame, Dileepkumar, Guntuku

“…Learning from the pioneering experiences of pilot projects across India and Africa in ICT development, we assess the potential ICTs offer to not only communicate climate information and related advisory services but also to build capacity and increase the resilience of rural smallholders. …”
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On farm conservation of neglected and underutilized species: status, trends and novel approaches to cope with climate change. Proceedings of an International Conference, Frankfurt,... by Padulosi, S., Bergamini, N., Lawrence T

“…The lessons learnt through this exercise will be tested by the countries involved in the IFAD project (India, Nepal and Bolivia) and the results will be used for the development of enabling policies in support of in situ/on farm conservation of traditional crops and varieties/Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) around the world.…”
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