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Changes and challenges to international forestry: preparing for the 21st century by Vanclay, J.K.

“…It is likely that Australia's role regionally and globally as a seat of learning, as a genetic storehouse and as timber trader will become more important in the future. …”
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Reaching the right farmers: targeting key customer segments for certified sweetpotato seed in Uganda by Namazzi, S., Rajendran, S., Omongo, C.

“…The findings show that farmer adoption is driven by visible results, trust, and peer learning. The brief recommends applying behavioral segmentation to design inclusive, profitable, and climate-smart seed systems.…”
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Gender Transformative Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles (GTSTIBs) scaling roadmap by Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Nyamolo, Victor, Muriithi, Catherine, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nyaga, John Ndwiga, Njeru, Patrick Ndwiga, Nchanji, Eileen

“…It details policy steps, monitoring and learning, and partnerships with private finance. Targeting will be inclusive of women, youth, and persons with disabilities. …”
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Leveraging AI for Inclusive Climate Services in Kenya (and Beyond): CGIAR GESI Accelerator Webinar by Gitau, Kevin, Grossi, Amanda

“…Results demonstrate that refining AI advisories through human-centered design and reinforcement learning improved accuracy and contextual relevance from 62% to 83%. …”
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Data-Driven Cataloguing of AICCRA Innovations and Spillover Effects by Ewell, Hanna, Tobon, Hector, Giombini, Valentina, Chaves, Laura, Girvetz, Evan

“…The Innovation Catalogue functions as a living, strategic portfolio that connects innovations with partners, guides cross-country learning, and lays the foundation for long-term impact beyond AICCRA.…”
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Reframing research relationships: How participatory video helped us rethink farmer participation by 1000FARMS Platform, Muller, Anna

“…The process also helped CGIAR researchers reflect on what participation means in citizen science and how methods like participatory video can enhance trust, inclusion, and mutual learning in farmer-led innovation.…”
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Co-designing climate resilience: advancing drought risk financing in East Africa by Njenga, Geoffrey, Cherotich, Fredah, Paliwal, Ambica

“…Held on 3 October 2025 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, the event brought together 44 participants from government and non-government organizations, the private sector, World Bank, AfDB, and regional bodies like AU-IBAR who engaged in rich knowledge exchange, shared research findings, and deliberated opportunities for co-learning and co-development to advance product innovation and application in the region.…”
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Lessons from the Digital Agricultural Advisory Services (DAAS) project in Ethiopia: Dairy use case by Abate, Gashaw T., McNamara, Brian, Bonilla, Juan, Yesigat, Habtamu, Spielman, David J.

“…Through outreach, training, knowledge sharing, and learning, extension activities help bridge the gap between research and practice, potentially supporting more resilient and productive farming systems (Davis 2008; Jack 2013).…”
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Lessons from the Digital Agricultural Advisory Services (DAAS) project in Ethiopia: Wheat use case by Abate, Gashaw T., McNamara, Brian, Bonilla, Juan, Asrat, Daniel T., Spielman, David J.

“…Through outreach, training, knowledge sharing, and learning, extension activities help bridge the gap between research and practice, potentially supporting more resilient and productive farming systems (Davis 2008; Jack 2013).…”
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Technical guidelines for strengthening the implementation and tracking of adaptation in climate policies in Africa by Odhiambo, Isaack, Njuguna, Lucy, Mundia, Carolyne, Kimanzi, Meshack, Akoko, Tessie, Binge, Brenda, Kung'u, Fredrick, Denje, Telvin, Awolala, David, Chilambe, Pedro, Wamukoya, George

“…It responds directly to UNFCCC mandates, offering step-by-step support to strengthen adaptation planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems. With a focus on enhancing coherence across NDCs, NAPs, and LT-LEDS, the Guideline prioritizes the agriculture and food systems sectors to bolster resilience. …”
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Report of the peer-to-peer exchange on NDCs development, implementation, and investment priorities among African countries by African Group Of Negotiators Experts (Agnes) Support, Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

“…As countries advance through the iterative NDC cycle, the need for enhanced peer learning has become increasingly evident. Many African countries continue to reflect on lessons from NDC 2.0 implementation while simultaneously designing successive NDCs that are better aligned with their Long-Term Low Emission and Climate-Resilient Development Strategies (LT LEDS). …”
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ICRISAT Showcases Scalable Regenerative Landscapes for Water Security by Anantha, K.H., Venkata Radha, A., Reddy, Nagarjuna, N., Garg, Kaushal K., Singh, Ramesh

“…Supported by the CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes (MFL) Science Program, the team utilized this global platform to foster engagement and cross-regional learning on sustainable ecosystem management. The CGIAR MFL Science Program is a holistic research initiative that envisions vibrant, diverse, and resilient landscapes managed to simultaneously deliver sustainable eco-agrifood systems, healthy diets, and climate resilience, all while staying within planetary boundaries.…”
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Break barriers, increase impact: equitable generation and dissemination of natural resource information in the Brazilian Amazon by Shanley, P., Rodríguez Gaia, G.

“…Under such conditions, the learning process must be consciously constructed so as to catalyse new ways of thinking about forest management effectively and quickly. …”
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Assessing household poverty and wellbeing: a manual with examples from Kutai Barat, Indonesia by Cahyat, A., Gonner, C., Haug, M.

“…The manual reflects the results of a 3-year participatory learning process that comprised many meetings, workshops, village case studies, a baseline survey of 20 poor villages, two monitoring trials in another 20 villages, and a full monitoring survey of all 223 villages in Kutai Barat. …”
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Landscape-scale research for conservation and development in the tropics: fighting persisting challenges by Pfund, J.L.

“…Recent research has addressed some challenges through an increased focus on learning processes and tools for adaptive landscape management.…”
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Sweet, sticky, and sustainable social business by Ingram, V.J., Njikeu, J.

“…The combination of participatory action research, a value chain approach, monitoring, and learning from traditional knowledge has lead to positive societal and ecological benefits that extend from Cameroon to an international level.…”
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Status of postgraduate training in the livestock sector in West and Central Africa and priorities for ILRI’s support by Traoré, A.

“…The overall purpose of this study was to identify areas for collaborative action to build the capacity of learning institutes in the region. Given the different stages of development of the various universities, it may also be necessary to initiate some carefully selected national level activities to complement the regional undertakings. …”
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Lessons in theory of change: experiences from CCAFS by Jost, Christine, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Álvarez, S., Shuetz, T, Förch, Wiebke, Cramer, Laura K., Thornton, Philip K.

“…We have learnt that the production of these deliverables doesn’t automatically lead to impact in terms of the wellbeing of smallholder famers, the end users of our research.This series of Climate Change and Social Learning (CCSL) briefs will focus on lessons learnt from the ongoing CCAFS experience with TOC. …”
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Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (Re-SAKSS) by Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Interface: It aims to improve partnerships and dialogue partnerships with the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) agenda of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and African Union (AU) and other regional agricultural development initiatives in Africa. Learning: Need for more contextually relevant and socially differentiated data and research. …”
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Responding to the challenges of impact assessment of participatory research and gender analysis by Lilja, Nina, Dixon, John A.

“…Greater use of participatory and gender-analysis approaches in agricultural research has significant conceptual and methodological implications for impact assessment and institutional learning.…”
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