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Using tech tools to decide where and what to restore by KS, Arpitha, Deepthi, R., Bunyan, Milind

“…Diversity for Restoration (D4R) is a decision support tool, developed by The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, to assist in species selection for ecological restoration. …”
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Agroforestry prototypes for Belize

“…We hope that this document will assist national agricultural and forestry staff to develop and establish successful agroforestry systems in Belize.…”
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Spatial statistics and geographical information systems in epidemiology and public health by Robinson, Timothy P.

“…In the last section I discuss some of the ways in which these techniques have been applied to assist decision making for disease intervention, and conclude by discussing future Developments in the field. and some of the issues surrounding the integration of spatial statistics and GIS.…”
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Continuous mapping identifies Loci associated with weevil resistance [Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)] in a triploid banana population by Uwimana, Brigitte, Mwanje, G., Batte, M., Akech, V., Shah, T., Vuylsteke, M., Swennen, Rony L.

“…The identified loci associated with resistance to weevil damage will be used in the efforts of developing molecular tools for marker-assisted breeding in banana.…”
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Handbook on vitamin A tracer dilution methods to assess status and evaluate intervention programs by Haskell, Marjorie J., Ribaya-Mercado, Judy D., The Vitamin A Tracer Task Force

“…Vitamin A deficiency is a serious public health problem affecting 140 million children and 20 million pregnant women annually in many developing nations worldwide. Vitamin A deficiency can result in anemia, reduced resistance to infection, impaired cellular differentiation, xerophthalmia, and ultimately blindness and death. …”
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An integrated approach to maintaining cereal productivity under climate change by Reynolds, Matthew P., Quilligan, Emma, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Bansal, Kailash C., Cavalieri, Anthony J., Chapman, Scott C., Chapotin, Saharah M., Datta, Swapan K., Duveiller, Etienne, Gill, Kulvinder S., Jagadish, Krishna S.V., Joshi, Arun Kumar, Köhler, Ann-Kristin, Kosina, Petr, Krishnan, Srivalli, Lafitte, Renee, Mahala, Rajendra S., Muthurajan, Raveendram, Paterson, Andrew H., Boddupalli, P.M., Rakshit, Sujay, Rosengrat, Mark W., Sharma, Indu, Singh, Ravi P., Sivasankar, Shoba, Vadez, Vincent, Valluru, Ravi, Vara Prasad, P.V.V., Yadav, Om Prakash

“…To maintain global food security, with the added challenge of climate change, there is an increasing need to exploit existing genetic variability and develop cultivars with superior genetic yield potential and stress adaptation. …”
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Tecnologías de mejoramiento de germoplasma que benefician al consumidor: los casos de ganadería vacuna y arroz en América Latina y el Caribe by Sanint, Luis Roberto, Rivas Ríos, Libardo

“…The ex-ante benefits were calculated using MODEXC, a partial equilibrium model developed at CIAT that calculates consumer and producer surpluses. …”
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A framework for conceptualizing impact assessment and promoting impact culture in agricultural research by Alene, Arega D., Manyong, Victor M., Gockowski, J., Coulibaly, O., Abele, S.

“…Assessing the impact of agricultural research can assist with setting priorities, providing feedback to the research programs, and demonstrating actual benefits of the products of agricultural research. …”
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Building Climate-Smart Villages: Five approaches for helping farmers adapt to climate change by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

“…To assist farmers cope with climate change ICRISAT has been working on different approaches. …”
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Breeding drought tolerant cowpea: constraints, accomplishments, and future prospects by Agbicodo, E.M., Fatokun, C.A., Muranaka, S., Visser, Richard G.F., Linden, C.G. van der

“…Understanding the genetics of drought tolerance and identification of DNA markers linked to QTLs, with a clear path towards localizing chromosomal regions or candidate genes involved in drought tolerance will help cowpea breeders to develop improved varieties that combine drought tolerance with other desired traits using marker assisted selection.…”
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Descriptors for wild and cultivated rice (Oryza spp.) by Bioversity International, International Rice Research Institute, Africa Rice Center

“…Multicrop passport descriptors were developed jointly by Bioversity and FAO to provide consistent coding schemes for common passport descriptors across crops. …”
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Descriptores para arroz silvestre e cultivado (Oryza spp.) by Bioversity International, International Rice Research Institute, Africa Rice Center

“…Multicrop passport descriptors were developed jointly by Bioversity and FAO to provide consistent coding schemes for common passport descriptors across crops. …”
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Integrated modeling and its potential for resolving conflicts between conservation and people in the rangelands of East Africa by Galvin, K.A., Thornton, Philip K., Pinho, J.R. de, Sunderland, J., Boone, Randall B.

“…The study of complex biophysical and human systems can be greatly assisted by appropriate simulation models that integrate what is known about ecological and human decision-making processes. …”
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A survey of the farming systems of Vertisol areas of the Ethiopian highlands by Asamenew, G., Beyene, H., Negatu, W., Ayele, G.

“…The objectives of the surveys were to understand the existing farming systems in order to develop appropriate Vertisol technologies, to identify production constraints and opportunities for technological interventions, to identify recommendation domain, and to compile baseline data in order to assist in ex-post Vertisol - technology evaluation. …”
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Linking a rapid throughput plate-assay with high-sensitivity stable-isotope label LCMS quantification permits the identification and characterisation of low β-L-ODAP grass pea line... by Emmrich, Peter M.F., Rejzek, Martin, Hill, Lionel, Brett, Paul, Edwards, Anne, Sarkar, Abhimanyu, Field, Rob A., Martin, Cathie, Wang, Trevor L.

“…The presence of the neurotoxin β-L-oxalyl-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (β-L-ODAP) in tissues of the plant has limited its adoption as a staple crop. To assist in the detection of material with very low neurotoxin toxin levels, we have developed two novel methods to assay ODAP. …”
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Genomic architecture of selection for adaptation to challenging environments in aquaculture by Yu, Xiaofei

“…Overall, this thesis considerably adds to insight into how fish adapt to challenging environments, which will aid marker-assisted selection for improved resilience of aquaculture species under climate change.…”
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Towards increased use of trypanotolerance: Current research and future directions. Proceedings of a workshop by Rowlands, G.J., Teale, A.J.

“…With the advent of new and powerful means to identify markers and genes controlling traits of interest, and with the developments in animal breeding bringing greater speed in dissemination of desirable genotypes, there is increasing interest in trypanotolerance as a way forward in trypanosomiasis control. …”
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Water accounting to assess use and productivity of water: evolution of a concept and new frontiers. by Karimi, P., Molden, David J., Bastiaanssen, Wim G.M., Xueliang Cai

“…Even where data are available the task of identifying who uses how much water remains difficult because of hydrologic complexities of water use, storage and water reuse, especially in heavily developed river basins. The objective of the chapter is to introduce the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Water Accounting Framework (IWMI WA), developed in 1997, and recent developments related to this water accounting system. …”
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Breeding tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) trotter]: conventional and molecular approaches by Assefa, K., Yu, J.K., Zeid, M., Belay, G., Tefera, H., Sorrells, M.E.

“…More than 1500 PCR-based molecular markers have been developed and several genetic linkage maps based on intra- and inter-specific crosses have been constructed. …”
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Codes of forest practice and related research needs. by Turnbull, J.W., Vanclay, J.K.

“…Codes of forest practice are sets of regulations or guidelines developed by governments or other organisations to assist forest managers select practices to be followed when carrying out forest management and utilisation operations. …”
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