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Renforcement de la résilience climatique par les radios communautaires : état d'avancement de la campagne AICCRA Sénégal, URAC et ADID (premier semestre 2024) by Sarr, Etienne Alouise, EDORH, Théophile, Thiaw, Moussa, Worou, Nadine, Diedhiou, Lamine, Wane, Abdrahmane

“…En 2023, des campagnes de communication via les radios communautaires ont été initiées pour diffuser des informations sur les innovations climatiques et les services d'information. …”
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Who has influence in multistakeholder governance systems? Using the net-map method to analyze social networking in watershed management in northern Ghana by Schiffer, Eva, Hartwich, Frank, Monge, Mario

“…This paper uses Net-Map, an innovative participatory method, to analyze how networking influences decisionmaking in multistakeholder governance structures, using the case of the governance board of the White Volta River Basin in northern Ghana as an example. …”
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Modeling land-use changes in a global CGE: Assessing the EU biofuel mandates with the MIRAGE-BioF model by Laborde Debucquet, David, Valin, Hugo

“…Our framework introduces new innovative features that strengthen the relevance of the methodology. …”
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CGIAR Climate Impact Area Webinar Series - Webinar 1: How can attribution science inform loss and damage? by CGIAR Climate Change Impact Platform

“…CGIAR Climate Impact Platform is launching a new webinar series focused on new and innovative topics. In our inaugural webinar, Dr Friederike Otto (The Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment) explains the legal and policy implications of attribution science, discussing its development in recent years and exploring how it can be a useful tool for loss and damage attribution. …”
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A shared vision for climate security in Mali. A joint report to inform the national climate security strategy for Mali. by Sarzana, Carolina, Renkamp, Theresa Marie, Cisse, Sokhna Ramatoulaye, Ouedraogo, Yacouba, Hounnou, Emmanuel Fèmi, Meddings, George, Ramos, Cristina, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Laderach, Peter, Pacillo, Grazia, Samaké, Oumar Baba, Wolter, Svenja, Cissouma, Ely, Bamadio, Abdel Kader, Diarra, Modibo Yacouba, Sutong-Nooma Tapsoba, Alban Rodrigue, Traore, Adama, Toure, Modibo, Gnambele, Djakaridja, Sissoko, Moustapha, Yalcouyé, Seydou, Mahamady, Togola, Leigh, Vanessa, Doumbia, Diakaridia, Yanon, Galine

“…The Bamako forum critically assessed the quality of responses in the Sahel region to date and encouraged the development and implementation of innovative solutions that simultaneously address conflict prevention and management, sustainable natural resources management, climate change adaptation, and peacebuilding. …”
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Collective action for small-scale producers of agricultural biodiversity products by Kruijssen, Froukje, Keizer, Menno, Giuliani, Alessandra

“…The cases differ in their degree of collective action, the level of market organization and the ways in which handling, processing, and innovative marketing add value to the agrobiodiversity products. …”
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Agriculture and climate change: Monitoring, reporting, and verification methodologies for agriculture, forestry, and other land use by Smukler, Sean, Palm, Cheryl

“…It is therefore critical for the international community to immediately invest in the research and development of innovative methodologies to reduce transaction costs by increasing the effectiveness of monitoring, reporting, and verification for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) projects, particularly for smallholder agriculture in tropical regions.…”
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Algorithmic Assessment of Agency 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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Bandwidth Depletion 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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Asset Control and Benefits Scale 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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Asset Rights Upon Marriage Dissolution 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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Genomics of gene banks: a case study in rice by McCouch, Susan R., McNally, Kenneth L., Wang, Wen, Hamilton, Ruaraidh Sackville

“…In this paper, we will discuss how genotyping and sequencing can be integrated into the activities of a modern gene bank to revolutionize the way scientists document the genetic identity of their accessions; track seed lots, varieties, and alleles; identify duplicates; and rationalize active collections, and how the availability of genomics data are likely to motivate innovative collaborations with the larger research and breeding communities to engage in systematic and rigorous phenotyping and multilocation evaluation of the genetic resources in gene banks around the world. …”
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Synthesis 2006 by Harrington, Larry W., Gichuki, Francis N., Huber-Lee, Annette, Humphreys, E., Johnson, Nancy L., Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie, Ringler, Claudia, Geheb, Kim, Woolley, Jonathan N.

“…CPWF projects have made considerable progress in developing innovative technologies, policies and institutions to address water and food issues. …”
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Cognitive Labor 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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Assessing land suitability for leguminous crops in the okavango river basin: A multicriteria and machine learning approach by Negussie, Kaleb Gizaw, Gebrekidan, Bisrat Haile, Wyss, Daniel, Kappas, M.

“…In addition, this study proposed an innovative approach through the integration of subjective and objective analytical methods, which are independent of one another. …”
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Preferences Over Decision-Making 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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Preferences Over Joint vs. Individual Asset Rights 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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Implementation and scaling of climate-smart financing solutions in Kenya's sorghum value chain. Post-investment report by Wamicwe, Peter, Njoroge, Paul, Derenoncourt, Ena, Newman, Richard, Grosjean, Godefroy, Mufti, Samaa, Girvetz, Evan, Bonilla, Osana

“…The Kenya Cooperative Development and Investment Program (KCDIP) Sorghum Value Chain Project, implemented under the AICCRA initiative, is transforming the resilience and financial viability of smallholder sorghum farmers in Meru County, Kenya. By introducing an innovative bundled finance model, the project integrates input financing, insurance, and mechanization services, reducing climate risks while unlocking private sector investment. …”
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Willingness to pay (WTP) for area-based yield (ARBY) index insurance product by Raviz, Jeny, Gutierrez, Mary Anne, Laborte, Alice

“…The CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) through collaboration among the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has been developing and testing an innovative area-based yield (ARBY) index insurance for rice to de-risk the livelihood of smallholder farmers in the Philippines. …”
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Modeling preference and willingness to pay for drought tolerance (DT) in maize in rural Zimbabwe by Kassie, Girma T., Abdulai, Awudu, Greene, William H., Shiferaw, Bekele, Abate, Tsedeke, Tarekegne, Amsal, Sutcliffe, Chloe

“…We suggest designing and implementing innovative ways of promoting DT maize along with awareness-raising activities to enhance contextual understandings of drought and drought risk to speed adoption of new DT maize varieties by risk-prone farming communities. …”
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