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Potentiel de productivite et efficacite technique du secteur agricole en Afrique by Nkamleu, G.B., Nyemeck, J.

“…It appears from the results that: in West Africa, the level of technology is relatively good, meaning that there is no problem of input constraints. …”
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A spontaneous mutant of 'L-202' rice. Short Communication. by García-de-Izaguirre, Álvaro, Padrones, T.

“…Its distinguishing features are: dark blue-green colour, short and narrow leaves, high tittering and relatively short height. The objectives of this study were: to characterize it, to determine if it is heritable and if so, its genetic basis. …”
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Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica by Locatelli, Bruno, Imbach, Pablo A., Wunder, Sven

“…In Costa Rica, a pioneer national scheme of payment provides compensation for forest conservation that is assumed to jointly produce services related to biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, water and scenic beauty, but little is known about the spatial correlations among these services. …”
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The Royal Mutanda River Lodge, Zambia : an example of landscape design in accordance with ecotourism principles by Gustavsson, Ola, Nordlund, Erik

“…The Royal Mutanda is located along the Mutanda river in the northwestern part of Zambia in relatively untouched nature with the Kaonde tribe as a close neighbour. …”

Ett självförsörjande utomhusbad by Dahlberg Rosell, Mårten, Eriksson, Emil, Jonasson, Erik, Knudsen, Clara, Leao, Theodorik, Rahimi Ata, Kooscha-Kevin, Strandler, Erik, Widéen, Eric

“…Today the facility is plagued by expensive energy costs related to heating of tap-water, pool water and off-season facility heating. …”

Sustainable development and global finance : a cultural discourse analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investing by Hempshall, Kerri-Anne

“…This thesis explores the cultural discourse of two programs relating Sustainable Development (SD) to professionals within the Global Financial Sector. …”

Pedigree reconstruction reveals large scale movement patterns and population dynamics of wolverines (Gulo gulo) across Fennoscandia by Higgins, Stephanie

“…These family triads were then used to identify patterns of natal dispersal for offspring, and breeding related movement between known mated pairs. The results reveal a metapopulation of several reproductive cores spread over three countries, with animals moving across borders in order to breed and disperse. …”

The importance of Yeheb (Cordeauxia edulis) for Somali livestock production and its effects on body tissues when fed to Swedish domestic goats by Söderberg, Vera

“…The skeleton did not turn reddish, possibly due to the relatively short exposure time or the relatively low intake compared to that of goats in Somalia. …”

Report from TAC on its Review of 2001 Centre Financing Plans by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…In terms of undertakings and outputs as defined by TAC, there was relatively lower support for increasing productivity, and higher support for strengthening NARS that the approved levels. …”
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Second External Program Review of ICRISAT, 1985 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Comments in the CGIAR centered on the relative share of Africa in ICRISAT's program, and whether there was a need for producing finished varieties in Asia.…”
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CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: P.Brumby by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…The Minutes contain follow up on previous discussions related to training, the microfiche project and the position paper on seeds. …”
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Designing and Managing Change in the CGIAR: Report to the Mid-Term Meeting 2001 by CGIAR Change Design and Management Team, Catley-Carlson, Margaret

“…Report recommendations prescribed: Adoption of a programmatic approach to research finance and management, beginning with the establishment of between two and four Global Challenge Programs to promote collaboration between Centers and to expand partnerships with and develop the capacities of national and regional partners, including GFAR;Transformation of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) into a Science Council, responsible for ensuring the quality and relevance of CGIAR science and providing Systemwide advice on science policy, but with TAC's current responsibilities for management-related functions devolving to a new Executive Council;Creation of an Executive Council to subsume the current functions of the Finance and Oversight committees in addition to the management-related functions of TAC;Transformation of the CGIAR Secretariat into a System Office with a communications function integrating the existing Secretariat Communications team and Future HarvestCombination of the annual Mid Term Meetings and International Centers Weeks into a single Annual General MeetingA comprehensive fund raising and outreach effort to identify potential investors and expand the financial participation of developing countries…”
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Hasskador hos svenska mjölkkor by Svanberg, Tove

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Reducing food loss and waste: Five challenges for policy and research by Cattaneo, Andrea, Sánchez, Marco V., Torero, Máximo, Vos, Rob

“…The five challenges identified are: (i) measuring and monitoring FLW, (ii) assessing benefits and costs of FLW reduction and the tradeoffs involved, (iii) designing FLW-related policies and interventions under limited information, (iv) understanding how interactions between stages along food value chain and across countries affect outcomes of FLW reduction efforts, (v) preparing for income transitions and the shifting relative importance of losses and waste as economies develop.…”
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Early life height and weight production functions with endogenous energy and protein inputs by Puentes, Esteban, Wang, Fan, Behrman, Jere R., Cunha, Flavio, Hoddinott, John F., Maluccio, John A., Adair, Linda S., Borja, Judith B., Martorell, Reynaldo, Stein, Aryeh D.

“…Energy from other macronutrients, however, does not have a robust relation with these two anthropometric measures. Our estimates indicate that in contexts with substantial child undernutrition, increases in protein-rich food intake in the first 24 months can have important growth effects, which previous studies indicate are related significantly to a range of outcomes over the life cycle.…”
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The role of agriculture and the agro-processing industry for development in Egypt: An overview by El-Enbaby, Hoda, Figueroa, Jose Luis, ElDidi, Hagar, Breisinger, Clemens

“…One sector that may help foster socioeconomic development in coming years is agriculture and related agro-processing industries. This paper shows that agriculture in Egypt continues to play a relatively important role in the economy compared to other mid-dle income countries. …”
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Identifying constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- and long-term climate information in decision making by Jones, Lindsey, Champalle, Clara, Chesterman, Sabrina, Cramer, Laura K., Crane, Todd A.

“…Common applications of climate information are shown to relate to adaptation of environmental policy and planning, urban planning and infrastructure, as well as flood and coastal management. …”
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Wild Phaseolus ecogeography in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico: Aereogeographic techniques for targeting and conserving species diversity by Nebhan, G.P., International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

“…The purpose of this report is to demonstrate more effective strategies for locating and conserving a greater diversity of wild genetic resources related to a given domesticated crop.…”
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Report of a Working Group on Allium: Sixth meeting, 23-25 October 1997, Plodiv, Bulgaria by Maggioni, L., Astley, D., Rabinowitch, H., Keller, J., Lipman, E., European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources

“…The 6th meeting of the Allium working group provides information on national collections, research activities and regeneration activites related to Allium genetic resources in Europe.…”
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Report of a Working Group on Allium: Fifth meeting, 25-27 May 1995, Skierniewice, Poland by Gass, T., Astley, D., Rabinowitch, H.D., Frison, Emile A., European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…The 5th meeting of the Allium working group provides information on national collections, research activities and regeneration activites related to Allium genetic resources in Europe.…”
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