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An Introduction to Forest Governance, People and REDD+ in Latin America: Obstacles and Opportunities by Larson, A.M., Petkova, E.

“…Even though REDD+ is not primarily a governance reform, it will affect or be affected by forest governance, it can improve forest governance or be undermined by its failures and, therefore, it depends on good forest governance if it is to be efficient, effective and equitable. …”
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Value chain analysis: Shrimp, prawn and tilapia from the southern region of Bangladesh and feasibility analysis: Brackish water sea-bass in the southern region in Bangladesh by WorldFish

“…The project contributes to achieving the ‘Feed the Future’ goals through four objectives: (i) dissemination of improved quality fish and shrimp seed, (ii) improving the nutrition and income status of farm households, (iii) increasing investment, employment and fish production through commercial aquaculture and (iv) policy and regulatory reform and institutional capacity building to support sustainable aquaculture growth. …”
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Veterinary public health capacity-building in India: A grim reflection of the developing world’s underpreparedness to address zoonotic risks by Kakkar, M., Abbas. S.S., Kumar, A., Hussain, M.A., Sharma, K., Bhatt, P.M., Zodpey, S.

“…Addressing risks effectively at the human–animal interface in these countries will require a clear vision, consistent policies, strategic approach and sustained political commitment to reform and refine the current VPH capacity building efforts. …”
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Agricultural water use and trade in Uzbekistan: situation and potential impacts of market liberalization by Abdullaev, Iskandar, Fraiture, Charlotte de, Giordano, Mark, Yakubov, Murat, Rasulov, A.

“…However, the greater message is that non-water policies can have a major impact on water outcomes and therefore should be considered in any discussions of water sector reform.…”
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Statement of Joseph W. Glauber Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute before the Senate Finance Committee by Glauber, Joseph W.

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CPWF Annual Report 2009 by CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

“…Developed in response to a call for change in a previous round of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system reform, the CPWF was intended to foster cross-CGIAR cooperation and find ways to bring in new partners. …”
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ACP-EU fisheries - Market and trade: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013 by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Eastern Africa Grain Council

“…Given that the EU remains the major market for ACP fisheries exports, this Executive Brief presents the main EU policy developments in 2012-13, such as the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the new sustainable fishing legislation and the implementation of the EU Regulation to combat IUU fishing. …”
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Fruit and vegetable sector: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013 by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Eastern Africa Grain Council

“…This Executive Brief presents the main trends of the EU fruit and vegetable sector in 2012-13, with special emphasis on elements such as the growing demand for sustainably produced horticultural produce; the new approach to controls on food and feed that will probably entail full cost recovery for inspections; the stricter application of SPS standards; the CAP reform; and the trade agreements with non-ACP third countries. …”
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Policies, laws, and regulations in support of farmer-managed seed systems: still a long way to go. A review of 14 countries in Africa by Vernooy, Ronnie, Adokorach, Joyce, Kimani, Dominic, Marwa, Anna, Mayoyo, Alfios, Nyadanu, Daniel

“…Inspiring examples of new practices can be found in many countries, spearheaded by civil society and in a few cases supported by governments, which can serve as examples to inform and reform existing seed (related) policies and laws.…”
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Principles for transformative ocean governance by Lombard, Amanda, Clifford-Holmes, Jai, Goodall, Victoria, Snow, Bernadette, Truter, Hannah, Vrancken, Patrick, Jones, Peter, Cochrane, Kevern, Flannery, Wesley, Hicks, Christina, Gipperth, Lena, Allison, Edward (Eddie), Diz, Daniela, Peters, Kimberley, Erinosho, Bolanle, Levin, Phillip, Holthus, Paul, Szephegyi, Maria, Awad, Adnan, Golo, Harrison, Morgera, Elisa

“…This action must respond to the many calls to reform current ocean-use practices which are based on economic growth models that have perpetuated inequities and fuelled conflict and environmental decline.…”
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Facts, interests, and values: Identifying points of convergence and divergence for food systems by Deconinck, Koen

“…Better policies offer significant potential to meet the challenges facing food systems, but policy reform has often proved difficult. This chapter argues that the difficulty lies in disagreements over facts, interests, and values—alone or in combination.¹ For Sunstein (2018), politically contentious issues “are fundamentally about facts rather than values,” and “[i]f we can agree on the facts, we should be able to agree on what to do—or at least our disagreements should be narrowed greatly.” …”
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Regional developments [in 2022 Global Food Policy Report] by Njuki, Jemimah, Benin, Samuel, Marivoet, Wim, Ulimwengu, John M., Mwongera, Caroline, Breisinger, Clemens, Elmahdi, Amgad, Kassim, Yumna, Perez, Nicostrato D., Akramov, Kamiljon T., Djumaboev, Kahramon, Romashkin, Roman, Mukherji, Aditi, Kishore, Avinash, Rashid, Shahidur, Chen, Kevin Z., Zhan, Yue, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Navarrete-Frias, Carolina, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…For each major region, promising innovations and policy directions to promote the resilience and sustainability of food systems are considered: - Scaling up social protection programs in Africa south of the Sahara - Strengthening the focus on climate adaptation in Africa - Rethinking water use in the Middle East and North Africa - Promoting climate-smart practices and crop diversification in Central Asia - Reforming agricultural support policies in South Asia - Improving financing for climate change mitigation and adaptation in East and Southeast Asia - Supporting global food security and sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean…”
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The state of agricultural extension and advisory services provision in Malawi: Insights from household and community surveys by Ragasa, Catherine, Niu, Chiyu

“…These series are aimed to provide an assessment of the state of agricultural extension and advisory services provision in Malawi in order to inform policy and reform processes and programming by the government and donors. …”
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Land institutions, investments, and income diversification: Pathways to economic development for Brazil’s quilombo communities by Bowser, William, Nelson, Carl H.

“…Until now, research on the implications of Brazil s land reform policies has not considered quilombo communities in an economic context. …”
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Irrigation and water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and strategies by Ringler, Claudia, Rosegrant, Mark W., Paisner, Michael S.

“…Much greater attention is needed on water policy and management reform to improve the efficiency and equity of irrigation and water supply systems.…”
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Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries: what's happening and why by Alston, Julian M., Pardey, Philip G., Smith, Vincent H.

“…Governments around the globe are trimming their support for agricultural R&D, giving greater scrutiny to the support that they do provide, and reforming the public agencies that fund, oversee, and carry out the research. …”
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More or less ambition in the Doha Round: Winners and losers from trade liberalization with a development perspective by Bouët, Antoine, Mevel, SImon, Orden, David

“…The results for both scenarios demonstrate the high stakes for successful completion of this negotiation given the positions articulated by the countries involved. A cooperative reform outcome by the US and the EU – based on the most ambitious components of their negotiating proposals – delivers noticeably more benefits than an unambitious outcome. …”
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Women’s access to and control over land in the current land administration system in two rural kebeles in Ada’a Woreda of Oromia Region by Woldetensaye, A.

“…Land remained under men’s control throughout history and men’s control over land was strengthened by the rural land reform carried out by the Derg. This tenure reform applied rural land distribution using households as unit for rural land allocation and women were disadvantaged as most rural households were headed by men. …”
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The weight-based tariff and recycling of cans and PET-bottles : a study of behavioral spillovers in the context of waste sorting and recycling by Skogström, Linda

Bioversity International’s 10-year strategy 2014-2024 by Bioversity International

“…In addition, Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium – a global research partnership for a food secure future; – which has also undergone reform. In 2014, we revised our organizational strategy to respond to these new trends and developments. …”
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