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The Role of The Arab Society of Plant Protection in Enhancing Plant Health Research Coordination in The Arab Region by Kumari, Safaa, Makkouk, Khaled, Jboory, Ibrahim

“…The strategic objectives in plant health research and development in any country or region are achieved through (i) enhancement of understanding and knowledge of plant health issues and solutions, (ii) development of evidence based risk assessment policy approaches to empower delivery partners and practitioners to make solid decisions and take necessary action, (iii) develop and adopt innovations and new technologies in support of plant health policy objectives, and (iv) create high-quality plant health research capabilities. …”
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8Rs for circular water and sanitation systems: leveraging circular economy thinking for safe, resilient and inclusive services by Carrard, N., Kumar, A., Dao, D. V., Kohlitz, J., Retamal, M., Taron, Avinandan, Neemia, N., Willetts, J.

“…Meeting these imperatives presents a need and opportunity for innovative thinking about water and sanitation service systems. …”
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Trends of Catch and Utilization in Rice Field Fisheries among Rural Communities in Cambodia: A Three-Year Analysis by Sean, Vichet, Sithirith, Mak

“…By addressing challenges through habitat restoration, strengthening connections between community fish refuges (CFRs) and rice fields, and adopting innovative, climate-resilient farming practices, RFF systems can achieve their full potential. …”
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Measuring and accounting for community capabilities in Kordofan, Sudan by El-Harizi, Khalid, Klemick, Heather

“…This paper details the methodological processes used to construct, test and possibly refine one such instrument, the Community Capability Index, an innovative tool to measure community capabilities in the domain of natural resource governance. …”
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Biting the bullet: how to secure access to drylands resources for multiple users by Mwangi, Esther, Dohrn, Stephan

“…On the other side are those who underscore the complexity of customary rights and the need to account for dynamism and flexibility in drylands environments in particular. It explores innovative examples of dealing with secure access to resources and comes to the conclusion that process, rather than content, should be the focus of policy makers. …”
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Achieving regional growth dynamics in African agriculture: past lessons and future challenges by Abdulai, Awudu, Diao, Xinshen, Johnson, Michael E.

“…Results indicate that sizeable regional spillover benefits can be obtained by permitting greater crossborder transfer and adoption of improved technologies, sometimes as large as three to four times the gain in direct benefits obtained within the innovating countries. This is especially true for commodities like mutton, groundnuts and sorghum. …”
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External impact assessment of IFPRI's 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment Initiative by Paarlberg, Robert L.

“…The first phase of the 2020 Vision initiative (1993–96) featured the development of an innovative forward-looking partial equilibrium model of the international food and agriculture sector; the hosting of an extensive series of high profile conferences, workshops, and regional meetings; the publication and distribution of numerous substantive discussion papers, policy briefs, and regional synthesis papers; and the regular publication of a topical newsletter. …”
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Technical opportunities for sustaining wheat productivity growth toward 2020 by Pingali, Prabhu, Rajaram, Sanjaya

“…In the case of marginal environments, improved tolerance to physical stresses will continue to be the priority. Innovations in crop and resource management will be important from the viewpoint of productivity and sustainability in both the high-potential and low-potential environments. …”
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Paving the way for development? The impact of transport infrastructure on agricultural production and poverty reduction in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Ulimwengu, John M., Funes, Jose, Headey, Derek D., You, Liangzhi

“…Compared to existing work, however, the paper employs a number of innovations to improve and extend the generic techniques used to estimate the importance of market access for agricultural and rural development. …”
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Impacts of gender-inclusive extension approaches on farmer understanding and willingness to pay for bundled financial services by Timu, Anne G., Manoti, Dismas, Shee, Apurba, You, Liangzhi

“…Building the resilience of smallholder farmers, and their ability to cope with the negative impacts of climate shocks can significantly improve the sustainability of agriculture as a reliable source of livelihood. While innovations such as index insurance and bundled financial instruments could enhance smallholder farmers' climate resilience, their uptake, and use remain low, especially among women farmers. …”
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Exploring future scenarios for advancing low emission development in Kenyan aquatic food systems by Ogello, Erick, Schindler, Lisa, Chan, Chin Yee, Tran, Nhuong, Obiero, Kevin Odhiambo, Outa, Nicholas, Muthoka, Mavindu, Kyule, Domitila, Atieno, Jenniffer

“…This study aims to closely explore the potential of sustainable climate smart aquaculture (CSA) technologies, innovations and management practices (TIMPs) and sustainable fisheries management practices to reduce GHG emissions in Kenya while increasing climate resilience and boosting food production. …”
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Superior haplotypes of key drought-responsive genes reveal opportunities for the development of climate-resilient rice varieties by Singh, Preeti, Sundaram, Krishna T., Vinukonda, Vishnu Prasanth, Venkateshwarlu, Challa, Paul, Pronob J., Pahi, Bandana, Gurjar, Anoop, Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Kalia, Sanjay, Kumar, Arvind, Singh, Vikas K., Sinha, Pallavi

“…Haplotype-based breeding is an emerging and innovative concept that enables the development of designer crop varieties by exploiting and exploring superior alleles/haplotypes among target genes to create new traits in breeding programs. …”
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An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic pesticides. Part 4: Alternatives in major cropping systems by Veres, Andrea, Wyckhuys, Kris A. G., Kiss, Jozsef, Tóth, Ferenc, Burgio, Giovanni, Pons, Xavier, Avilla, Carlos, Vidal, Stefan, Razinger, Jaka, Bazok, Renata, Matyjaszczyk, Ewa, Milosavljević, Ivan, Le, Xuan Vi, Zhou, Wenwu, Zhu, Zeng-Rong, Tarno, Hagus, Hadi, Buyung, Lundgren, Jonathan, Bonmatin, Jean-Marc, van Lexmond, Maarten Bijleveld, Aebi, Alexandre, Rauf, Aunu, Furlan, Lorenzo

“…Biological control received considerable scientific attention, while agronomic strategies (e.g., crop rotation), insurance schemes, decision support systems (DSS), and innovative pesticide application modes were listed as key alternatives. …”
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Small businesses, potentially large impacts: the role of fertilizer traders as agricultural extension agents in Bangladesh by Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul, Rahut, Dil Bahadur, Erenstein, Olaf

“…Constraints associated with public agricultural extension services imply that farmers increasingly rely on input providers for agricultural innovations and knowledge. Yet such providers are typically commercial profit-making agents and may have an incentive to suggest relatively costly inputs and/or high rates. …”
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Motivational Autonomy and Internalized Norms by Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative

“…By increasing the availability of innovative meaningful measures of agency for a broad range of contexts, we hope our work will lead to an improved understanding of what women’s agency is, how it manifests and how it can best be measured across contexts given the research question at hand. …”
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Agroecological business model diagnostics and upgrading plan for sorghum contract farming in Mbire Dstrict, Zimbabwe by Zingwena, Taurai, Debello, Moti Jaleta, Ngoma, Hambulo, Dorcas, Matangi, Chimonyo, Vimbayi G.P., Dawes, Michael, Mushongachiware, Rodney

“…Moreover, financial accessibility should be improved through climate-resilient financial products and market innovations like price stabilization mechanisms. Investments in infrastructure, including irrigation and processing facilities, are vital for reducing climate vulnerabilities and post-harvest losses. …”
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Developing tools to assess quality traits in beans for sustainable and nutritional foods in LAC by Gallego, Sonia, Orozco, Juan Camilo, Patiño, Gelver, Taleon, Victor, Andrade, Robert

“…The Nutrition Quality and Food Processing Laboratory (NQL) of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has developed specific methodologies to assess these bean traits, with the aim of providing valuable information that fosters innovative connections between crop breeders, actors in the agri-food chain, nutrition and health specialists and other stakeholders, including the food industry and policy makers.…”
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A positive deviance approach to understand gender relations and practices that support transformative adaptation: Insights from Kenya dairy households by Bullock, Renee, DuttaGupta, Tanaya, Miriti, Philip

“…We focus on women's and men's participation in decision-making to assess gendered agency and labor in households, dairy specific activities, and the uptake of climate innovations. Evaluating these relations provides a better understanding of equity in dairy producing households who are at the forefront of climate adaptation. …”
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PlantGENE report on panel discussion: advancing plant biotechnology in Africa by Malzahn, A.A., Songstad, N., Tripathi, L., Okwuonu, I., Sithole-Niang, I., Runo, S., Wagaba, H., Houassi, M., Kaeppler, H., Gordon-Kamm, W., Lee, K., Parrott, W., Taylor, N., Rogers, C., Gaffney, J., Van Eck, J., Veena, V.

“…The panelists emphasized the necessity of creating an environment that encourages African scientists to remain on the continent and address local challenges through innovative research. Strengthening intra-African networks and fostering collaborations with the global scientific community are proposed as essential strategies to achieve this. …”
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Assessing methane emissions from paddy fields through environmental and UAV remote sensing variables by Velez, Andres Felipe, Alvarez, Cesar Ivan, Navarro, Fabian, Guzman, Diego, Bohorquez, Martha Patricia, Selvaraj, Michael Gomez, Ishitani, Manabu

“…Our findings underscore an innovative, cost-effective, and efficient alternative for quantifying CH4 emissions, marking a significant advancement in the technology-driven approach to evaluating rice growth parameters and vegetation indices, providing valuable insights for advancing gas emissions studies in rice paddies.…”
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