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Problemscapes and hybrid water security systems in Central Ethiopia by Polaine, X. K., Nicol, Alan, Amezaga, J., Berihun, Mulatu L., Dessalegn, Mengistu, Haile, Alemseged Tamiru

“…We apply the method for establishing and utilizing a problemscape analysis across the Central Rift Valley, Upper Awash, and Abbay basins, as well as the capital city of Addis Ababa. The interactions in this part of Central Ethiopia are notoriously complex, with sets of critical water management issues at national and international scale, hybrid water security challenges across user communities, and contested management at different scales amidst multiple, and sometimes competing, ideologies. …”
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Longa: An automated speech recognition tool for Bantu languages by Mganga, Nelson, Jones-Garcia, Eliot, Monsalue, Andrea Gardeazabal, Koo, Jawoo

“…Key results from the collaboration include a series of design principles iteratively and col laboratively developed to reflect the common values and goals of FRI and the CGIAR, a proof of concept for Longa, building on open-source models and open access corpora, to be shared with the developer community upon completion of the final tool, a 10% improvement upon the state-of-the art automatic speech recognition in Luganda radio-speech performance and accuracy, some im provement in performance with audio enhancement processes using real-world data, and proof that fine-tuning is an effective approach to expanding Longa to new languages. …”
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Linkages between EU Deforestation-Free Regulation and traceability tools: An exploration from the Honduran coffee sector by Melo-Velasco, Jenny, Padilla-Quiñonez, Claudina, Colindres, Mirian, Ceballos-Sierra, Federico, Wiegel, Jennifer

“…Under the new EU deforestation regulation (EUDR), dated 31/05/2023, coffee producers and other producers of other significant commodities —cocoa, oil palm, rubber, soya, cattle, and wood— will have to comply with three aspects to export their products into the European Un ion. …”
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Information and communications technologies and IFPRI's mandate: a conceptual framework by Chowdhury, Nuimuddin

“…These technologies process various kinds of information (voice, video, audio, text, data) and also facilitate various forms of communication among human agents, between human agents and information systems, and among information systems. …”
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Strategies for sustainable land management in the East African Highlands by Pender, John, Place, Frank, Ehui, Simeon K.

“…The book is based on papers originally presented at the conference “Policies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands,” held at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa in April 2002. That conference was sponsored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); the World Agroforestry Centre (formerly ICRAF); the East and Central Africa Program for Agricultural Policy Analysis (ECAPAPA); the African Highlands Initiative (AHI); the Soil, Water and Nutrient Management Program (SWNM) of the CGIAR; the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); and the Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA) of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). …”
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Citizen science data to improve rainfall-runoff model performance in urbanizing Akaki Catchment, Awash Basin, Ethiopia by Mengistie, G. K., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, O'Donnell, G., Negash, E. D., Bekele, Tilaye Worku, Tedla, H. Z.

“…Study region: Akaki is a headwater catchment of the Awash River Basin in Ethiopia and hosts Addis Ababa. …”
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Capacity Building for Researchers, Academics, and Extension Experts to Support Climate-Smart Practice Implementation by Getachew, Tesfaye, Belay, Berhanu, Haile, Aynalem

“…The first training, held from July 4–6, 2024, at ILRI in Addis Ababa, focused on data management and analysis. …”
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Radio Enhancing Innovative Technologies and Climate Information Service for Farmers in Ghana by Farm Radio, International

“…Activities carried out within July and October include stakeholder engagement, broadcaster training and content orientation, and program broadcast. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Madagascar. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Solonitompoarinony, J., Matchaya, Greenwell C., Randrianaivomanana, A. L.

“…To translate the seven Malabo commitments into results, a call for action was made by the Heads of State and Government for the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), in collaboration with partners, to initiate a review process to be conducted on a biennial basis starting 2017, with an objective of tracking, measuring, and reporting progress toward achieving the Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Ethiopia. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Hagos, Fitsum, Matchaya, Greenwell C.

“…To translate the seven Malabo commitments into results, a call for action was made by the Heads of State and Government for the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), in collaboration with partners, to initiate a review process to be conducted on a biennial basis starting 2017, with an objective of tracking, measuring, and reporting progress toward achieving the Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Mozambique. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Popat, M., Wilson, D., Cunguara, B., Matchaya, Greenwell C.

“…To translate the seven Malabo commitments into results, a call for action was made by the Heads of State and Government for the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), in collaboration with partners, to initiate a review process to be conducted on a biennial basis starting 2017, with an objective of tracking, measuring, and reporting progress toward achieving the Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025. …”
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Impact of grazing on plant species richness, plant biomass, plant attribute, and soil physical and hydrological properties of Vertisol in East African highlands by Taddese, G., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Astatke, A., Ayaleneh, W.

“…In order to understand this, the current study was conducted at two sites, one with 0-4% slope and the other with 4-8% slope at Ginchi watershed, 80 km west of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. …”
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Antifungal activity of food additives in vitro and as ingredients of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose-lipid edible coatings against Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria alternata on cherry... by Fagundes, Cristiane, Pérez-Gago, María B., Monteiro, Alcilene R., Palou, Lluís

“…Disease incidence and severity (lesion diameter) were determined after 6, 10, and 15 days of incubation and the 'area under the disease progress stairs' (AUDPS) was calculated. In general, HPMC-lipid antifungal coatings controlled black spot caused by A. alternate more effectively than gray mold caused by B. cinerea. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-First Meeting, 26-28 November 1996: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Report of TAC 71, held at ILRI in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 26-28, 1996, Don Winkelmann presiding. …”
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First External Management Review of CIMMYT, 1988 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Review Panel recommendations include: greater attention by the board to performing all its critical functions, and improvement of its internal structure and procedures; appointment of a deputy director general for research and training; establishment of a management committee headed by the director general; strengthening the accountability and performance evaluation criteria for units and individuals; developing a project-based management and budget system; international recruitment of a Human Resources Officer; relieving the financial burden on national staff resulting from the depressed state of the Mexican economy; adopting a fund raising strategy; and increasing the prominence of the internal audit function.Agenda document at TAC 47, and the CGIAR meeting of May-June, 1989.…”
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Caracterización microbiológica y fisicoquímica de aguas subterráneas de los municipios de La Paz y San Diego, Cesar, Colombia by Vence Márquez, Liliana, Rivera González, Massiel, Osorio Bayter, Yudis, Castillo Sarabia, Adriana Beatriz

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Förskrivning av antibiotika till hund vid veterinärhögskolan i Nantes, Frankrike by Nilsson, Oskar

“…The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the prescription of antibiotics to dogs at the small animal clinic at Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Nantes, France. …”

HZ Ethiopia chickens: Scientists launch Ethiopian farm to breed healthy, bug resistant chickens by Associated Press

“…Close of the eggs These chicks could be anywhere in the world, but they're part of an interesting research study in Addis Ababa. This is the new International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) launched today (Thursday 26 April). …”
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Metagenomic water quality monitoring with a portable laboratory by Acharya, K., Blackburn, A., Mohammed, Jemila, Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Hiruy, A.M., Werner, D.

Subjects: “…case studies…”
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Kenya: ClimBeR Inception Workshop Report by Rose, Sabrina, Valencia, Lina, Schapendonk, Frans, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

“…The ClimBeR Initiative in collaboration with Kenya’s Ministries of Environment and Forestry and Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES) organized a workshop to bring stakeholders together to co-produce knowledge and innovations that could contribute to building systemic resilience against climate variability and extremes in Kenya. …”
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