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Building the capacity of Africa for biosciences in agriculture by Shah, Tushaar, Terry, Eugene R.

“…The vision is for BecA to capture the immense potential of ‘new science’ to accelerate agricultural development on the continent and to enable African scientists and institutions to become significant technological innovators as well as users. The facilities at BecA’s hub offers state-of-the-art research laboratories for the biosciences, including genomics, proteomics, gene technology, immunology, bioinformatics and containment facilities for safe genetic manipulation of plants and micro-organisms (e.g. for vaccine development). …”
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Why, what, who and when: an overview of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN) and current cassava biotechnology research worldwide by Thro, Ann Marie, Bonierbale, Merideth W., Roca, W., Best, R., Henry, Guy

“…CBN is an informal forum for cassava biotechnologists, collaborating research and development specialists, and cassava research users. CBN`s research goals are genetic and processing improvements for cassava. …”
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Farmer participatory research: measuring impact by Pachico, Douglas H.

“…Types of impact to be measured may include enhanced diffusion, measured in terms of increased rapidity, spatial distribution, or diversity of users. It`s important to ascertain that the technologies are reaching the people who need them: especially those without other resources, women, ethnic groups, or people in marginal areas.…”
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Factors affecting efficiency of cotton producers in rural Khorezm, Uzbekistan: Re-examining the role of knowledge indicators in technical efficiency improvement by Karimov, A.A.

“…The model displays that farmers' educational background, farm size, water availability, the application of manure, access to formal credit, Water User Association's services, farmers' participation in off-farm work and poor drainage systems, significantly contribute to input use efficiency. …”
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Methodological framework for World Health Organization estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease by Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Haagsma, J.A., Angulo, F.J., Bellinger, D.C., Cole, D., Döpfer, D., Fazil, A., Fèvre, Eric M., Gibb, H.J., Hald, T., Kirk, M.D., Lake, R.J., Noordhout, C.M. de, Mathers, C.D., McDonald, S.A., Pires, S.M., Speybroeck, N., Thomas, M.K., Torgerson, Paul R., Wu, F., Havelaar, A.H., Praet, N.

“…All the tools developed have been made available and can be translated into a user-friendly national toolkit for studying and monitoring food safety at the local level.…”
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Gender, livestock and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Costa Rica by Farnworth, Cathy Rozel

“…This exercise identified women’s roles as (1) co-decision-makers with men in the household, (2) users of milk for making cheese (most households) and (3) farmers directly involved in livestock production activities under some circumstances. …”
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Winners and losers of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in Tanzania by van Koppen, Barbara, Tarimo, A.K.P.R., Eeden, A. van, Manzungu, Emmanuel, Sumuni, P.M.

“…Analysing 25 years of IWRM, the paper identifies the processes and identities of the losers (smallholders and – at least partially – the government) and the winners (large-scale water users, including recent investors). We conclude that, overall, IWRM harmed smallholders' access to water and rendered them more vulnerable to poverty and unemployment.…”
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Responding to global change: A theory of change approach to making agricultural research for development outcome-based by Thornton, Philip K., Schuetz, Tonya, Förch, Wiebke, Cramer, Laura K., Abreu, David, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…Although robust evidence is currently lacking, a theory of change approach appears to have considerable potential to achieve impacts that balance the drive to generate new knowledge in agricultural research with the priorities and urgency of the users and beneficiaries of research results, helping to bridge the gap between knowledge generation and development outcomes.…”
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Cassava technology adoption: Constraints and opportunities by Henry, Guy, Gottret, María Verónica

“…The impact of improved technological components depends to a large extent on the appropriateness of the intervention for the end-user, the efficiency of the technology transfer mechanism and the socio-economical and political conditions of the technology target area. …”
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Regulatory challenges for biological control by Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Neuenschwander, Peter, Kumar, P. Lava

“…This document also provides a list of various biological control agents adopted in different countries, as well as those currently under development, as a ready reference to new users. Biopesticides composed of non-living ingredients like plant products (e.g. neem extracts) or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not considered in this review. …”
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Strength of farmers' knowledge and participation in crop improvement and managing agrobiodiversity on-farm by Chaudhary, P., Khatiwada, S.P., Joshi, Krishna D.

“…The strength of participatory crop improvement is that there is multistage involvement of farmers, from parent selection through to cultivation and selection of planting materials, because farmers have a wide range of knowledge and experience, and they are the end-users as well. Sine ancient times, farmers have been dependent upon the traditional seed-supply system, which still accounts for over 90% of the seed requirement in Nepal. …”
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Bridging molecular genetics and participatory research: how access and benefit-sharing stimulate interdisciplinary research for tropical biology and conservation by Zonneveld, M. van, Loo, J., Maselli, S., Madrid, J.J., Echeverría, J.L.

“…On the basis of this study, we discuss five strategies to enhance the application of molecular genetics to conservation biology under the Nagoya Protocol: (1) generate short and standardized procedures; (2) enable science communication; (3) cultivate a common understanding between users, providers, and potential beneficiaries; (4) involve local research and practitioner organizations; and (5) integrate participatory research. …”
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Enhancing coordination in water management through communication tools: results from experimental games in Coastal Bangladesh by Mitra, A., Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Bastakoti, Ram C.

“…The basic insight from our study is that any institution that enables more information sharing about both the intended contribution and setting the group norm translates into better coordination among the users to increase the group income towards Pareto Optimum outcomes. …”
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The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review by Blundo Canto, Genowefa M., Bax, Vincent, Quintero, Marcela, Cruz García, Gisella S., Groeneveld, Rolf A., Pérez Marulanda, Lisset

“…Finally, if PES schemes are implemented to sustainably improve livelihoods, targeting disaggregated populations, understanding equity and social power relations within and between ES providers and users, and better monitoring and evaluation systems that consider locally relevant livelihood dimensions are needed.…”
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Decision support for agricultural soil carbon sequestration: Multi-lateral development banks’ needs and challenges by Wironen, Michael

“…Decision-support tools such as “practice lists” help users identify and select practices for climate-smart agriculture (CSA) or specific outcomes such as soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. …”
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Towards long-term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe’s terrestrial ecosystems: a review by Franz, D., Acosta, M., Merbold, Lutz

“…The use of open-access, high-quality and multi-level data products by different user communities is crucial for the Integrated Carbon Observation System in order to achieve its scientific potential and societal value.…”
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Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics by Oellermann, Michael, Jolles, Jolle W., Ortiz, Diego, Seabra, Rui, Wenzel, Tobias, Wilson, Hannah, Tanner, Richelle L.

“…In this perspective article, we review the current costs and benefits of open electronics for use in scientific research ranging from the experimental to the theoretical sciences. We discuss how user-made electronic applications can help (I) individual researchers, by increasing the customization, efficiency, and scalability of experiments, while improving data quantity and quality; (II) scientific institutions, by improving access to customizable high-end technologies, sustainability, visibility, and interdisciplinary collaboration potential; and (III) the scientific community, by improving transparency and reproducibility, helping decouple research capacity from funding, increasing innovation, and improving collaboration potential among researchers and the public. …”
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Irrigation-Advisor—A Decision Support System for Irrigation of Vegetable Crops by Miras-Ávalos, José M., Rubio-Asensio, José S., Ramírez-Cuesta, Juan M., Maestre-Valero, José F., Intrigliolo, Diego S.

“…Operational tools that provide watering recommendations to end-users are needed. This work presents a new tool, Irrigation-Advisor (IA), which is based on weather forecasts and is able to separately determine soil evaporation and crop transpiration, and thus is adaptable to a broad range of agricultural situations. …”
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Wild vertebrate roadkill in northern Central America: a first assessment using citizen science data by Arévalo-Ayala, Diego J, Funes, Guillermo, Escobar-Anleu, Bárbara I., Funes, Carlos

“…Our projects gathered 670 wildlife roadkill records that had been logged by 95 users across the three countries, with 122 species identified. …”
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Development of low-cost remote sensing tools and methods for supporting smallholder agriculture by Chucho Padin, Gonzalo, Loayza, Hildo, Palacios, Susan, Balcazar, Mario, Carbajal, Mariella, Quiroz, Roberto

“…Specifically, a high-quality multispectral sensor and sophisticated-yet-user-friendly data processing techniques (software) under an open-access policy were implemented. …”
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