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Towards a cropping system sustainability tool (CROSST) - Pilot results from evaluating green manure cover crops in Benin and Kenya by Mukiri, Jessica, Diogo, Rodrigue V. Cao, Gbedjissokpa, Sènami G.M., Kinyua, Michael, Hoek, Rein van der, Sommer, Rolf, Paul, Birthe K.

“…The tool was pilot-tested in Benin and Kenya under the BMZ-GIZ program on ‘Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security.’ Data was collected through literature reviews, focus group discussions and key expert interviews. …”
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Strandskyddet by Pettersson, Anna

“…This concerned for example lacks in the attached maps and lacks in the basic data for decision-making, data that is important to be able to assess the effects of buildings on the purpose of the shore protection. …”
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Impacts of Payment for Forest Environmental Services in Cat Tien National Park by Pham Thu Thuy, Nguyen, T.D., Dao, C.T.L., Hoang, L.T., Pham, L.H., Nguyen, L.T., Tran, B.K.

“…Of the poor households participating in PFES in the studied villages, 22% have no source of cash income other than their forest protection contracts, while 81.4% have escaped poverty, based on self-defined poverty criteria, through additional income from forest protection. …”
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Water security and groundwater by Foster, S., Villholth, Karen G., Scanlon, B., Xu, Y.

“…the concept of water security clarifies how water-resource scarcity impacts at varying geographic scales and on different socio-economic sectors, causing allocation conflicts and environmental risks • the large natural storage of most groundwater systems offers exceptional drought resilience and is well positioned to enhance water security for a wide range of water users • to perform this role sustainably groundwater systems require better data and analyses to inform water resource administration and effective pollution protection…”
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Preserving CTA’s intellectual property assets by Khadar, Ibrahim

“…Projects and related content, such as reports, articles and blogs 2. Data assets, such as farmer profiles generated by projects and held by CTA as data controller under General Data Protection Regulation rules 3. …”
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Can biological control resolve the larger grai borer crisis? by Markham, R., Borgemeister, C., Meikle, W.

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Proceedings of the Inter-Centre meeting on germplasm health and movement, 23-25 October 1990, IBPGR HQ, Rome, Italy by Frison, Emile A., International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

“…Dr N.A. van der Graaff, Chief, Plant Protection service, presented an outline of the major activities of the Service. …”
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Immunization of cattle with Ra86 impedes Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphal-to-adult molting by Olds, Cassandra L., Mwaura, S., Crowder, D., Odongo, D., Oers, M.M. van, Owen, J., Bishop, Richard P., Daubenberger, C.A.

“…This cross protection, however, does not extend to the three-host tick R. appendiculatus, the vector of the protozoan parasite Theileria parva. …”
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Sustainable Use of Pesticide Applications in Citrus: A Support Tool for Volume Rate Adjustment by Garcerá, Cruz, Fonte, Alberto, Moltó, Enrique, Chueca, Patricia

“…Rational application of pesticides by properly adjusting the amount of product to the actual needs and specific conditions for application is a key factor for sustainable plant protection. However, current plant protection product (PPP) labels registered for citrus in EU are usually expressed as concentration (%; rate/hl) and/or as the maximum dose of product per unit of ground surface, without taking into account those conditions. …”
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Hur påverkar mekaniskt snytbaggeskydd, markberedning, plantstorlek och plantgödsling granplantors överlevnad och tillväxt? by Abrahamsson, Johanna, Wallgren, Jessica

“…At the same time, would mechanical pine weevil protection and soil preparation lead to improved plant survival. …”
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Tropical forest canopies and their relationships with climate and disturbance: results from a global dataset of consistent field-based measurements by Pfeifer, M., Gonsamo, A., Woodgate, W., Cayuela, L., Marshall, A.R., Ledo, A., Paine, T.C.E., Marchant, R., Burt, A., Calders, K., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Cuní-Sanchez, A., Deere, N.J., Denu, D., Tanago, J.G. de, Hayward, R., Lau, A., Macía, M.J., Olivier, P.I., Pellikka, P., Seki, H., Shirima, D., Trevithick, R., Wedeux, B., Wheeler, C., Munishi, P.K.T., Martin, T., Mustari, A., Platts, P.J.

“…We use these measurements to test for climate dependencies within and across continents, and to test for the potential of anthropogenic disturbance and forest protection to modulate those dependences. Results Using data collected from 887 tropical forest plots, we show that maximum water deficit, defined across the most arid months of the year, is an important predictor of canopy structure, with all three canopy attributes declining significantly with increasing water deficit. …”
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Impacts of dairy input and output price policy on producer incentives in Ethiopia by Staal, Steven J., Shapiro, Barry I.

“…This paper desciribes dairy production and marketing in the Addis Abeba milk shed, and presents basic budgetary summaries of the components of the dairy system based on actual survey data. The budget results obtained from the farm, post-farm, and dairy system levels are first presented. …”
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Long-term impacts of an unanticipated risk event: The 2007/08 food price crisis and child growth in Indonesia by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Larson, Donald F.

“…Unanticipated spikes in food prices can increase malnutrition among the poor, with lasting consequences; however, livelihood strategies that include producing food for home consumption are expected to offer a measure of protection. To test this, we use anthropometric and consumption data from Indonesia collected before and after the 2007/08 food price crisis. …”
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Risk assessment of pesticide spray drift from citrus applications with air-blast sprayers in Spain by Cunha, Joao Paulo, Chueca, Patricia, Garcerá, Cruz, Moltó, Enrique

“…A field survey was carried out, characterizing the specific conditions of plant protection product applications to citrus crops in Spain. …”
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Impacto de los programas de recuperación de la cubierta vegetal, vigilancia y monitoreo de áreas protegidas del Fondo para la Protección del Agua, Quito, Ecuador by Coronel Tapia, Lorena

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2020 Global report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions: September update in times of COVID‑19 by Food Security Information Network, Global Network Against Food Crises, Vos, Rob

“…This figure reflected not only worsening levels of acute food insecurity in many countries, but also the wider availability of food security data, including in previously inaccessible areas or in contexts that had previously yielded poor-quality data. …”
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Agriculture's contribution to national emissions by Richards, Meryl B., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Buglion-Gluck S

“…This info note offers an overview of the distribution of agricultural emissions among countries and the relative contribution of agriculture to national emissions. It is based on three data sources: the FAOSTAT database of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) global emission estimates for 2010 and national reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).1…”
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MIRAGRODEP 2.0: Documentation by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David, Robichaud, Veronique, Traoré, Fousseini, Tokgoz, Simla

“…Additional sources such as MacMap are used for protection data. This technical note presents an expanded documentation, with instructions on how to run the model and an illustrative application.…”
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MIRAGRODEP 2.0: Documentation by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David, Robichaud, Veronique, Traoré, Fousseini, Tokgoz, Simla

“…Additional sources such as MacMap are used for protection data. This technical note presents an expanded documentation, with instructions on how to run the model and an illustrative application.…”
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Svenska kattägares inställning till vaccination by Arnersten, Elin

“…It both helps to prevent the individual cat from catching a disease or lessen the symptoms of it, and protects the entire cat population from an epidemic. …”