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Border carbon adjustments: Should production or consumption be taxed? by Martin, Will

“…This paper has been accepted for publication in World Trade Review and will appear in a revised form subject to input from the Journal’s editor. Users may use this material subject to the conditions of a CC-BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Non-Commercial No-Derivatives License). …”
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The foundations of big data sharing: A CGIAR international research organization perspective by Basel, Ashleigh Megan, Nguyen, Kien Tri, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Craparo, Alessandro Carmelo William

“…Big data storage repositories are not enough when we consider a world brimming with escalating volumes of data, here we need to consider innovative systems and tools which address data harmonization and standardization and importantly, ones that can bridge the gap between science and end users. In this paper, we will demonstrate how CGIAR (including the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) develops a culture of co-operation and collaboration among custodians of agrobiodiversity data, as well as new directions for big data. …”
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Urban river health assessment and management by Pinto, U., Dickens, Chris, Babel, M., Maheshwari, B.

“…It promotes the understanding of urban river systems and recommends implementing a transdisciplinary approach for river management by harmonizing policy, involving active and passive users, with targeted monitoring and research efforts to reduce pressures and improve the condition of urban rivers.…”
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Gender differentiation on the determinants and intensity of adoption of Purdue improved cowpea storage (PICS) bags in Northern Nigeria by Ndaghu, N., Abdoulaye, T., Mustapha, A., Fani, D.C.R., Tabetando, R., Henrietta, U.U., Kamsang, L.

“…Each State was purposively selected based on the concentration and availability of female PICS bag users. From the sampling frame 2989, 20% of male and female small-scale cowpea farmers were randomly selected, totalling 598 cowpea farmers. …”
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Strategies for promoting Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the agribusiness sector in Zambia: experiences from the field by Greehy, P., Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah, Nortje, Karen

“…These GESI engagements were designed to form the basis for future programs around voice amplification, gender and social inclusion across agri-business value chains, policy, advocacy, and innovation acceleration The commodity specific dialogues used a co-design approach in order to construct end-user archetypes of typical audiences for program engagement. …”
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Cryobanking crop genetic resources for future generation by Panis, Bart, Popova, Elena

“…Cryopreservation is the method of choice to preserve biological material for the long term and effective to transport medical samples over long distances, and store them for prolonged periods of time, but also to create a bank of samples for users. Especially the latter is of great interest for safe conservation of plant genetic resources for future generations. …”
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Gender mainstreaming in sweet potato breeding in Uganda by Ssali, Reuben T., Mayanja, Sarah, Nakitto, Mariam, Mwende, Janet, Tinyiro, Samuel Edgar, Bayiyana, Irene, Okello, Julius, Forsythe, Lora, Magala, Damalie, Yada, Benard, Mwanga, Robert O., Polar, Vivian

“…Conclusion: The product advancement and joint decision-making meetings have further positioned sweet potato breeding to better respond to the varying needs and preferences of the users…”
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Impact of gender on trait prioritization and food product profile (fufu) development in Nigeria: Guide to breeders by Madu, Tessy, Nwafor, Solomon, Onyemauwa, Nnaemeka, Ukeje, Blesing, Ejechi, Mercy, Okoye, Benjamin

“…It has become important to consider specific user groups and their desired trait preferences in order to develop product profiles to inform breeding decisions. …”
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Capacity Building for gender equality and social inclusion in Integrated Water Resources Management through Gender Transformative Approaches by Waqar, Kanwal

“…The results of the study show: (a) the need of capacity building and sensitization about GESI at all levels, that is in government institutions, water user associations and farmer groups, (b) lack of sex-disaggregated data to devise inclusive strategies. …”
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Stakeholder Perceptions on Landscape Governance in Northern Ghana: A Q-Study to Identify Common Concern Entry Points for Integrated Landscape Approaches by Bayala, E.R.C.

“…This paper analyzes the perceptions of local stakeholders—local landscape users, practitioners engaged in conservation and sustainable resource use, and private actors—regarding the landscape governance system, using the Q-methodology to identify common concern entry points for the implementation of a landscape approach in the Western Wildlife Corridor (WWC) in northern Ghana. …”
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Plant Health Innovation Platform at Qob Elias, Lebanon: farmer participatory approaches for wide dissemination of pest management innovations by Kumari, Safaa, Choueiri, Elia, Moukahel, Abdulrahman, Jreijiri, Fouad, Massaad, Randa, Al Zammar, Souheir, Wakim, Samer, Chaalan, Zainab, Abou Yaghi, Diana, Darwish, Iman, Kemal, Seid Ahmed

“…IP is one of the approaches to validate innovations and getting feedback from users. The primary purpose of these PHI-IPs is to co-create and/or identify/validate IPDM packages that are highly effective and affordable. …”
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Can we trust large language models to summarize food policy research papers and generate research briefs? by Kim, MinAh, Koo, Jawoo, Jung, Yunchul

“…Generative large language models (LLMs), while widely accessible and capable of simulating policy recommendations, pose challenges in the assessment of their accuracy. Users, including policy analysts and decision-makers, bear the responsibility of evaluating the outcomes from these models. …”
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Improved uptake of RiceAdvice digital application for increasing farmers’ yield and income while reducing environmental impact of rice cultivation in Mali by Diallo, Aboubacar, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Samuel, Guindo, Akpoffo, M. Marius, Doumbia, Salif

“…Farmers' decisions to use RiceAdvice recommendations were influenced by formal education, farm size, and membership in farmers' organizations. Users of RiceAdvice recommendations witnessed an additional 1044 kg/ha in rice yield, an increased income of 224,453 XOF/ha, and a noteworthy rise of 9 in the food consumption score. …”
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Advancing gender equality and social inclusion in sustainable water-energy-food-ecosystem management by Zaremba, Haley, Estrada Carmona, Natalia, Elias, Marlene

“…However, most emerging nexus approaches have been narrowly focused on resource efficiency and technocratic ‘fixes’ that don’t adequately consider the impacts of resource use and development on diverse groups of resource users and managers. Critically, WEFE approaches often fail to ask who nexus innovations are actually serving: who is making decisions, on whose behalf, who is doing the work, who is bearing the risks or costs, and who is reaping the benefits? …”
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Banana seed systems in rural low resource communities: Community training manual by Simbare, Alice, Omondi, Bonaventure Aman, Nduwimana, Innocent

“…This manual informs the users on the mother garden establishment and management, seed selection and quality assessment, methods of rapid propagation, on quality control supervision checks and pricing and on low hazard distribution and tracing of seed. …”
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An evaluation of conventional and nature-based technologies for controlling antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic-resistant genes in wastewater treatment plants by Hazra, Moushumi, Watts, J. E. M., Williams, J. B., Joshi, H.

“…The rates of horizontal gene transfer increase where there is a lack of proper water/wastewater infrastructure, high antibiotic manufacturing industries, or endpoint users – such as hospitals and intensive agriculture. …”
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Landscape governance: Engaging stakeholders to confront climate change by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Zhang, Wei, ElDidi, Hagar, Priyadarshini, Pratiti

“…The natural resources and ecosystem services that meet the material and nonmaterial needs of communities and form the basis of our agrifood systems, as well as the various types of land users and stakeholders with different land ownership and use rights, are intertwined in landscapes. …”
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Researcher-implementer partnerships for learning and impact: Lessons from IFPRI's experiences with nutrition-sensitive programming by Bliznashka, Lilia, Sproule, Katie

“…Researcher–implementer partnerships are a subject of growing interest in CGIAR, and beyond, to help ensure research is relevant, cost-effective, and likely to scale up quickly among potential users. In 2021, as part of its synthesis strategy, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) commissioned an external review of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) researcher–implementer partnerships in the context of nutrition-sensitive programming.1 The objective of this external review was to characterize and evaluate IFPRI’s researcher–implementer partnerships with Helen Keller International (HKI) and the World Food Programme (WFP). …”
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Hierarchical modelling of small-scale irrigation: Constraints and opportunities for adoption in sub-Saharan Africa by Haile, Beliyou, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Choufani, Jowel, Ringler, Claudia, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…For example, easing possible liquidity constraints to acquiring motorized technologies can be more effective in Ethiopia while the construction of dams and improved conveyance systems, as well as the strengthening of community-based irrigation management (e.g., through Water User Associations (WUAs)) can be more effective in Tanzania. …”
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Do private consultants promote savings and investments in rural Mozambique? by Christian, Parul, Glover, Steven, Kondylis, Florence, Mueller, Valerie, Ruzzante, Matteo, Zwager, Astrid

“…In particular, we conducted a randomized control trial in 42 water user associations (WUAs) in Mozambique to examine whether more intensive attention from financial consultants through repeated follow‐up visits prompts households to save and invest in agricultural equipment. …”
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