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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

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Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity by Gebrehawaryat, Yosef, Hailemariam, Bogale Nigir, Mulugeta Tilahun

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Genotypic variation in biological nitrogen fixation by common bean by Hardarson, G., Bliss, Fredrick A., Cigales-Rivero, MR, Henson, R.A., Kipe-Nolt, Judith A., Longeri, L, Manrique, A, Pena-Cabriales, JJ, Pereira, Pedro Antônio Arraes, Sanabria, C.A., Tsai, Siu Mui

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Droughts, cereal prices, and price stabilization options in Ethiopia by Dorosh, Paul A., Smart, Jenny, Minten, Bart, Stifel, David

“…This is a particular problem in Ethiopia because of frequent natural calamities – especially droughts – that lead to significant price hikes. …”
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Automatic speech recognition model development report by Mganga, Nelson, Jones-Garcia, Eliot, Koo, Jawoo

“…The report is divided into four main sections describing activities and methods utilized in processing (annotation, preparation, cleaning, and modeling) radio recordings used to train the models, finetuning and evaluation of the models, as well as setting up interfaces on Hugging Face and Google Colab for testing.…”
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Climate Security Observatory – SENEGAL. Summary for Policymakers by CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security

“…However, the south of the country is the scene of the longest-running armed conflict in Africa between the government and separatist groups in Casamance. Although it has evolved since the early 2000s into a low-intensity war that does not pose a significant security threat, it is still a source of instability in certain areas of the south of the country, where rebels control illegal logging and timber trade. …”
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Understanding the pathways to improved diets from the production of nutritious and marketable commodities by Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Roopnaraine, Terry

“…Initially framed in terms of moving subsistence farmers into cash cropping and specialization, and subsequently criticized for exposing the poor to the high risk of engaging in commodity markets, the discourse shifted over a decade ago to include commercialization in terms of its effects on nutrition (Alderman 1987; Kennedy and Cogill 1987; Dewalt 1993; Peters and Herrera 1994; von Braun 1995). …”
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Genetic erosion in traditional rice agro-ecosystems in Southern Philippines: drivers and consequences by Zapico, Florence L., Dizon, Josefina T., Borromeo, Teresita H., McNally, Kenneth L., Fernando, Edwino S., Hernandez, Jose E.

“…Study results, however, revealed the tapering of the crop's genetic base due to farmers' changing priorities, pest infestation, weakening seed supply systems, shift to cash crops, natural calamities, environmental degradation, government programmes and peace and order problems. …”
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Diagramas de manejo de densidad para renovales de roble, raulí y coigüe en Chile = Stocking management charts for roble, raulí and coigüe second growth forests in Chile by Gezan, Salvador A., Ortega, Alicia, Andenmatten, Ernesto

“…This model was then modified to obtain maximum density curves, and to construct stocking management charts with the aim to support planning of thinning, and to help the application of CONAF´s second growth forests management guidelines. …”
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Capacitación en Esquila Mecanizada en Vicuñas

“…Así, se realiza un curso de especialización en esquila mecanizada en vicuñas, dirigido para un grupo de pequeños ganaderos aymaras y guardaparques de CONAF en Arica.…”
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Monitoreo Fauna Vertebrada en “Quebradas del Sector de Rastrojo”, Comuna de San Javier, Provincia de Linares, Región del Maule

“…Los bosques caducifolios ubicados en la zona costera de la Región del Maule, dominados por Nothofagus glauca (hualo) y otras especies del mismo género, han sido considerados por diversos autores como límite norte de distribución del bosque templado de Chile, parte del cual, fue afectado durante la temporada estival 2017, por el más grande incendio forestal del que se tenga información (CONAF, 2017). Uno de los sitios afectados por el fuego, correspondió a la localidad de Rastrojo, zona rural de la comuna de San Javier, cuyo paisaje típico del secano interior, presenta un mosaico de usos agrícolas, forestales y ganaderos, en donde los ambientes naturales representados por la vegetación nativa, se restringen a laderas de cerros y quebradas con cursos de agua. …”
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Desarrollo de un innovador método sustentable para el control costo-efectivo de la avispa Chaqueta Amarilla (Vespula germanica) en la agricultura y entornos rurales de Chile y otro...

“…A pesar de los esfuerzos efectuados por entes públicos (INIA, CONAF) y privados, no existe hoy una solución tecnológica costo-efectiva. …”
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Droughts, cereal prices, and price stabilization options by Dorosh, Paul A., Smart, Jenny, Minten, Bart, Stifel, David

“…In particular, the frequent natural calamities—especially droughts—in Ethiopia can lead to important price hikes. …”
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Guatemala: The impact of COVID-19 and implications: Second report by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Flores, Luis, Paz, Florencia, Piñeiro, Valeria, Zandstra, Tamsin

“…Some days before that, on March 5, the government had declared a “state of calamity” (Declaración del Estado de Calamidad Pública - Decreto Gubernativo Número 5-2020), which allowed the government to limit some activities,1 and to take different actions2 to protect the health and safety of all persons in Guatemala. …”
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El sector empresarial y la participación en la gestión ambiental by Isaza, Marisol, Perea, Martín Emilio

“…Esta publicacidn es resultado del prayecto Participacion ciudaclana en ci diseño de una politica para el manejo integral del agua en Colombia. Coma tal, da a conacer a/gun as avances concept ualesy exp cr1encias destacadas en Ia gestidn del agua por parte de organizaciones no gubernamen tales de caráctor ambien tale]? …”
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Interspecies animal "friendships" by Silva, Nadil

“…There is no agreement of using the word friendships without inverted commas when describing close relationships of animals. …”
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Factors that transformed maize productivity in Ethiopia by Abate, T., Shiferaw, B., Menkir, A., Wegary, D., Kebede, Y., Tesfaye, K., Kassie, M., Bogale, G., Tadesse, B., Keno, T.

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Estudios para el Cultivo in Situ de Plantas Medicinales Nativas, el Caso de Haplopappus Taeda y Geum Quellyon

“…En la primera etapa del proyecto se establecen alianzas para incrementar el impacto del proyecto a través de convenios de asociación con 2 entidades estatales (SAG y CONAMA), una empresa minera (Minera Río Teno), un procesador de especies medicinales (LUXCAMP) y una fundación con liceos agrícolas en la precordillera (Fundación Luxemburgo).…”
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Picture-based crop insurance (PBI): Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to reduce basis risk and costs of loss verification by Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber, Mishra, Azad, Robles, Miguel, Toor, Mann S.

“…Anticipating the possibility of such calamities, farmers underinvest in productivity-enhancing technologies. …”
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Remote sensing applications for rice mapping and yield estimation in the Senegal River Valley (SRV) of Senegal by Mathieu, Renaud, Murugesan, Deiveegan, Quicho, Emma, Faye, Omar Ndaw, Sall, Moussa, Gatti, Luca, Holec, Francesco

“…Rice mainly grows in the Senegal River Valley (SRV) (northern part) in highly intensive systems under irrigated conditions and in Casamance region (southern part) mainly under rainfed systems. …”
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