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Action Plan to Follow-up on UNCED: Report of the CGIAR Task Force por CGIAR Task Force on UNCED Follow-Up, Bie, Stein W.

“…The task force prescribed four CGIAR global initiatives: Marginal Soils, Genetic Resources, Human Resources, and a joint effort with the UNEP to develop a geographic information system (GIS) and agroecological database. …”
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Towards sustainable groundwater systems in South Asia: Data exploration in Nalanda district in Bihar, India por Mizan, Syed Adil, Sikka, Alok, Krupnik, Timothy J., Urfels, Anton

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The CGIAR's Long-Term Governance and Financing Structure por CGIAR Study Panel on the CGIAR's Long-Term Governance and Financing Structure, Winkel, Klaus

“…Among the recommendations were the establishment of a Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and regional forums, expansion of developing country participation in the CGIAR, the establishment of a CGIAR Steering Committee, continuous and systematic efforts for impact assessment, increased public awareness and fund raising activities, and addition of UNEP to the CGIAR cosponsors.This report and discussion of it at ICW94 formed the basis for a paper on CGIAR governance presented at the Lucerne ministerial level meeting in February 1995.Agenda document at CGIAR International Centers Week, October 1994.…”
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Towards a new approach for Seasonal Climate Forecasting in West Africa por Houngnibo, Mandela C., Ali, Abdou, Gadédjisso-Tossou, Agossou, Mohamed, Hamatan, Agali, Alhassane, Minoungou, Bernard, Quenum, Narcisse, Segnon, Alcade C, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…To improve seasonal forecasting in West Africa, it is suggested that advances in computer technology, improved climate models, and the availability of products from several global climate centers be leveraged to develop an objective integrated seasonal forecasting process that will serve as a reference for the West African RCOF.…”
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MAGGnet : an international network to foster mitigation of agricultural greehouse gases por Lewczuk, Nuria, Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela, Liebig, M.A., Franzluebbers, A.J., Alvarez, Carolina, Chiesa, Tomás Della, Piñeiro, Gervasio, Yahdjian, María Laura, Grace, P., Cabral, Osvaldo Machado Rodrigues, Martin-Neto, Ladislau, Rodrigues, Renato de Aragao Ribeiro, Amiro, B., Angers, D., Hao, X., Oelbermann, M., Tenuta, M., Munkholm, L.J., Regina, K., Cellier, Pierre, Ehrhardt, Fiona, Richard, G., Dechow, R., Agus, F., Widiarta, N., Spink, J., Berti, Antonio, Grignani, Carlo, Mazzoncini, Marco, Orsini, Roberto, Roggero, Pier Paolo, Seddaiu, Giovanna, Tei, Francesco, Ventrella, Domenico, Vitali, Giuliano, Kishimoto-Mo, A., Shirato, Y., Sudo, S., Shin, J., Schipper, L., Savé, Robert, Leifeld, J., Spadavecchia, L., Yeluripati, J., Del Grosso, Stephen J., Rice, Charles W., Sawchik, Jorge

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El concepto de control biológico y sus premisas fundamentales por Cotes Prado, Alba Marina

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Agroecology matters: impacts of climate change on agriculture and its implications for food security in Ethiopia por Ferede, T., Ayenew, A.B., Hanjra, Munir A.

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Designing and Managing Change in the CGIAR: Report to the Mid-Term Meeting 2001 por CGIAR Change Design and Management Team, Catley-Carlson, Margaret

“…Report recommendations prescribed: Adoption of a programmatic approach to research finance and management, beginning with the establishment of between two and four Global Challenge Programs to promote collaboration between Centers and to expand partnerships with and develop the capacities of national and regional partners, including GFAR;Transformation of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) into a Science Council, responsible for ensuring the quality and relevance of CGIAR science and providing Systemwide advice on science policy, but with TAC's current responsibilities for management-related functions devolving to a new Executive Council;Creation of an Executive Council to subsume the current functions of the Finance and Oversight committees in addition to the management-related functions of TAC;Transformation of the CGIAR Secretariat into a System Office with a communications function integrating the existing Secretariat Communications team and Future HarvestCombination of the annual Mid Term Meetings and International Centers Weeks into a single Annual General MeetingA comprehensive fund raising and outreach effort to identify potential investors and expand the financial participation of developing countries…”
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CIFOR’s testing on a minimum set of criteria and indicators in PT INHUTANI II, Stagen, Pulau Laut, South Kalimanta, Indonesia. por Purnadjaja, Indrawan, A., Siregar, C.A., Muhtaman, D.R., Purwanto, S.A., Warsito, S.P., Darma, I.G.K.T

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El mercado de los biofertilizantes por León Moreno, Diana Marcela, Alarcón Torres, Érika Andrea, Gómez Álvarez, Martha Isabel

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Vegas (Mallínes): Patagonian wetlands still underexplored by soil science. An international and multidisciplinary effort to highlight their soil-based ecosystems functions por Ivelic-Saez, Jorge, Valle, Susana, Dec, Dorota, Dörner, José, Arumí, José Luis, Matus, Francisco Javier, Vargas, Paola Patricia, Utrilla, Victor Ricardo, Hedl, Radim, Balocchi, Oscar, Saez, C., Ordóñez, Iván Pablo, Valenzuela, J., Radic-Schilling, Sergio

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The stadium effect: rodent damage patterns in rice fields explored using giving‐up densities por Jones, Clare R., Lorica, Renee P., Villegas, James M., Ramal, Angelee F., Horgan, Finbarr G., Singleton, Grant R., Stuart, Alexander M.

“…Rodents are globally important pre‐harvest pests of rice. In Southeast Asia, rodent damage to growing rice crops is commonly concentrated towards the center of rice fields, away from the field edge, resulting in a clear pattern known as the “stadium effect.” …”
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The Phenology of Coffea arabica var. Esperanza L4A5 Under Different Agroforestry Associations and Fertilization Conditions in the Caribbean Region of Costa Rica por Morales Peña, Victor Hugo, Mora Garcés, Argenis, Virginio Filho, Elias de Melo, Villatoro Sánchez, Mario, Pazmiño Pachay, Willy William, Chanto Ares, Esteban

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Scaling cool boxes to enhance the shelf life of fruit and vegetables in fresh produce markets in Tanzania por Mwambi, Mercy, Mvungi, Henry, Ernest, Zablon

“…Food loss has become a fundamental issue for nutritional security, especially in developing countries. One-third of food produced globally is lost or wasted along the food supply chain (FAO, 2011). …”
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Innovation intermediation in a digital age: broadening extension service delivery in Ghana por Munthali, N.

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Efectos del clima y su relación con el tizón tardío (Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary) en cultivo de papa (Solanum tuberosum L.) por Wilches Ortiz, Wilmar Alexander, Vargas Diaz, Ruy Edeymar, Espitia Malagon, Eduardo Maria

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Short and long-term effects of the 1998 Bangladesh flood on rural wages por Mueller, Valerie, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Natural disasters have particularly devastating impacts on economic growth in developing countries because they impede the accumulation of capital. …”
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Summary of a productive partnership: the benefits from U.S. participation in the CGIAR por Pardey, Philip G., Alston, Julian M., Christian, Jason E., Fan, Shenggen

“…For more than two decades, the United States has been an important player in a global partnership for agricultural research through its investments in the work of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a network of 16 agricultural research centers around the world. …”
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Characterization and classification of the compositional quality of milk from river buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) and cows (Bos spp.) in Colombia por Barragán Hernández, W. A., Mahecha Ledesma, L., Angulo Arizala, J., Olivera Angel, M.

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Editorial: Accelerating Genetic Gains in Pulses por Pratap, Aditya, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar, Polowick, Patricia L., Blair, Matthew W., Baum, Michael

“…Classical plant breeding methods led to the development of more than 3,800 improved varieties of different pulse crops globally, with improved attributes of grain yield, crop duration, stress resistance, nutrition quality, etc. …”
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