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Urban agriculture as a climate change and disaster risk reduction strategy by Veenhuizen, D.M.R. van, Halliday, J.C.T.

“…Major emitters of greenhouse gas (GHG), cities are not only contributing to climate change, but are also directly and indirectly impacted by it. Acute or chronic climate change is threatening access to basic urban services such as water, energy and food for growing populations. …”
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Discovery of a novel coronavirus in Swedish bank voles (Myodes glareolus) by Wasberg, A., Raghwani, J., Li, J., Pettersson, J.H.-O., Lindahl, Johanna F., Lundkvist, Å., Ling, J.

“…The unprecedented pandemic COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with bats as original reservoirs, has once again highlighted the importance of exploring the interface of wildlife diseases and human health. …”
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Agricultural Drought Monitoring System Country-level ASIS User Training Workshop by Ahmed, Jemal Seid, Grossi, Amanda, Dinku, Tufa

“…On 15th -19th January 2022, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Institute, and the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute, in collaboration with AICCRA Eastern and Southern Africa program, delivered the Agricultural Drought Monitoring System Country-level ASIS Hands-on User Training and Launching Workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. …”
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Research site selection for SI-FMS initiative at Basona Worena woreda by Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun, Ebrahim, Mohammed, Tilahun, Mulugeta, Nigir, Bogale, Zeleke, Muluken, Alene, Temesgen

“…Ethiopia is among the five implementors of this initiative and the implementing team composed of individuals from various CG centres based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has made visited to the agreed project sites in Ethiopia on 30 August 2022. …”
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Malawi’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Diao, Xinshen, De Weerdt, Joachim, Duchoslav, Jan, Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James, Ellis, Mia

“…At the core of the failure to resume pre-pandemic economic growth rates are a worsening debt crisis, a balance of payment crisis, an acute shortage of foreign exchange reserves, and several external shocks (World Bank 2022). …”
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Fiscal and monetary responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Some thoughts for developing countries and the international community by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…Yes, there are several examples of countries that in the past have abused “unconventional monetary approaches,” leading to high bouts of inflation, strong devaluations, balance of payment crises, and corruption. …”
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Can unconditional cash transfers mitigate the impact of armed conflict on child nutrition in Yemen? by Ecker, Olivier, Maystadt, Jean-Francois

“…Our analysis suggests that if relative stability is restored, unconditional cash transfer programs can be an effective tool to curb rising acute child malnutrition in situations of complex emergencies.…”
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Don’t tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households by Ambler, Kate

“…I demonstrate the importance of these asymmetries in transnational households, where physical distance between family members can make information barriers especially acute. I implement an experiment among migrants in Washington, DC, and their families in El Salvador that examines how information asymmetries can have strategic and inadvertent impacts on remittance decisions. …”
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A time of plenty, a world of need: the role of food aid in 2020 by Webb, Patrick

“…The supply will depend partly on how effectively food aid is targeted and managed, and partly on the priority given by donors to the problems that are best addressed through food aid: namely, acute and chronic food insecurity. But, if food aid levels are to increase, the world's major donor nations will have to make the alleviation of mass food insecurity, in times of peace as well as in times of crisis, an explicit and urgent priority.…”
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Report of the Center-Commissioned External Review (CCER) of the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) Division by Heidhues, Franz, Mule, Harris

“…Following CGIAR’s decisions at its Annual General Meeting in October 2003 to merge ISNAR with IFPRI and to relocate operations from The Hague to Addis Ababa, the new ISNAR, as a Division of IFPRI, came into being on April 1, 2004. …”
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Evaluating nutritional yield pattern from diverse cropping systems to enhance nutritional security in the northwestern IGP of India by Bijarniya, Deepak, Prajapat, Kailash, Singh, Love K., Jat, H.S., Choudhary, Madhu, Sharma, Parbodh Chandler, Kalvania, Kailash C., Yadav, Rajender Kumar, Jat, Mangi Lal, Krupnik, Timothy J., Gathala, Mahesh K.

“…Consequently, malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies—such as iron and vitamin A deficiencies—are prevalent in these communities, particularly among women and children. Severe acute malnutrition among preschool children has increased from 6.6% to 7.7%, putting these children at high risk (National Family Health Survey-3). …”
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Evaluating nutritional yield patterns through diverse cropping systems to enhance nutritional security in the eastern IGP of India by Choudhary, K.M., Kalvania, K.C., Ali, Shahid, Sinha, Pooja, Kumar, Sanjeev, Jat, R.K., Bijarniya, Deepak, Krupnik, Timothy J., Gathala, Mahesh K.

“…Preschool children's severe acute malnutrition has increased from 6.6% to 7.7%, which is putting them at high risk of the children (National Family Health Survey-3). …”
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Strengthening the evidence base around prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema in infants and children: Insights from the 2023 WHO guideline by Daniel, Allison I., de Polnay, Kirrily, Bendabenda, Jaden, Grummer-Strawn, Laurence, Chad, Nina J., McCaul, Michael, Naude, Celeste E., Weise Prinzo, Zita, Guideline Development Group on Wasting and Nutritional Oedema

“…In 2023, WHO released a guideline on prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years as part of the Global Action Plan on Child Wasting, a consolidated framework to accelerate progress in prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema. …”
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Serious games and One Health in eastern and southern Africa by Gelan, Eyob, Berhe, Tsega, Ayral, Florence, Bourgarel, M., Conan, A., Le Page, C., Lury, Antoine, Maquet, C., Squarzoni, C., Tostes, I., Wairagala, Pamela, Yussuf, Buke, Caron, Alexandre

“…The workshop was held on 14–17 October 2025 at the International Livestock Research Institute Addis Ababa campus, bringing together 60 participants from 12 African countries representing government agencies, academia, and the One Health Quadripartite, and facilitators from international organizations. …”
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The effect of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection on rabbit plasma iron and zinc concentrations by Mwangi, S.M., McOdimba, F.A., Logan-Henfrey, L.L.

“…This study therefore demonstrates that depression in plasma iron and zinc concentrations is part of the acute phase response in rabbits infected with this clone of T.b brucei.…”
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A rich trove of sub-Saharan Africa's forage genetic resources conserved at ILCA by Hanson, Jean

“…The forage genetic resources activities at ILCA located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focus on the acquisition, maintenance, characterization, evaluation, and distribution of forage germplasm for development and utilization as livestock feeds. …”
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Five lessons to integrate gender in market-oriented agriculture by Waters-Bayer, Ann

“…In the margins of the AgriGender 2011 workshop in Addis Ababa (31 January - 2 February, 2011), we talked to Ann Waters Bayer about the whole issue of gender and livestock value chains. …”
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The Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act: a regulatory mechanism for saving groundwater by Sharma, Bharat R., Ambili, G.K., Sidhu, B.S.

“…The unregulated exploitation of this limited resource had brought Indian Punjab into a state of acute water crisis. Homogenized cropping followed in the state, with water guzzling rice being the highly favoured crop in kharif, is the most to blame for this resource crisis. …”
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Economic implications of agricultural water use in eastern India by Xenarios, Stefanos, Amarasinghe, Upali A., Sharma, Bharat R.

“…This is due to limited access in the canal network, possession of inefficient pumping systems and cultivation of crops with a high demand for water. However, acute policy reforms could drastically decrease water costs and improve agricultural productivity.…”
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Amaranthus hybridus (syn. quitensis) intoxication in cattle in Argentina: Case report by Garcia, Juan Agustin, Rustichelli Millan, Gina, Scioli, Maria Valeria, Britos, Gastón, Morrell, Eleonora Lidia, Odriozola, Ernesto Raul, Micheloud, Juan Francisco, Canton, German Jose

“…Microscopically, kidneys were characterized by severe tubular acute to subacute nephrosis, with dilatated tubules showing different degrees of epithelial degeneration and necrosis, and containing intraluminal eosinophilic hyaline casts. …”
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