Search Results - Development assistance.

Floods, food assistance, and food markets in Bangladesh: coping with a national emergency by del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C., Roy, Dilip K.

“…The synergy between food assistance and market development contributed to avoiding a food-price crisis. …”
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Magnetic-Assisted Control of Eggs and Embryos via Zona Pellucida-Linked Nanoparticles by García Vázquez, Francisco Alberto, Garrappa, Gabriela, Luongo, Chiara, Hamze, Julieta Gabriela, Caballero, María, Marco-Jiménez, Francisco, Antón, José Salvador Vicente, Molina-Cuberos, Gregorio J., Jiménez Movilla, María

“…This procedure is compatible with normal development following gametes function, in vitro fertilization, embryo development and resulting in the birth of healthy offspring. …”
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Building resilience through integrated assistance: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Baoubadi, Atozou, d’Errico, Marco, Ulimwengu, John M.

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The Future of Crop Improvement in Sweetpotato: Merging Traditional and Genomic-Assisted Breeding Methods by Oloka, B., Da Silva, C.C., Azevedo, C.F., Unzimai, I.V., Yada, B., Grüneberg, W.J., Andrade, M.I., Pecota, K.V., Silva Pereira, G. da, Yencho, G.C.

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Marker‐assisted breeding for improvement of anaerobic germination in japonica rice (Oryza sativa) by Kim, Suk-Man, Kim, Choon-Song, Jeong, Ji-Ung, Reinke, Russell F., Jeong, Jong-Min

“…In this study, four japonica‐type breeding lines were developed from a cross of a japonica cultivar and an AG‐tolerant donor, KHO, using marker‐assisted selection. …”
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Marker-assisted selection: an approach for precision plant breeding in the twenty-first century by Collard, Bertrand C. Y., Mackill, David J.

“…DNA markers have enormous potential to improve the efficiency and precision of conventional plant breeding via marker-assisted selection (MAS). The large number of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) mapping studies for diverse crops species have provided an abundance of DNA marker–trait associations. …”
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Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: progress and prospects by Kole, C., Muthamilarasan, M., Henry, R., Edwards, D., Sharma, R., Abberton, Michael T., Batley, J., Bentley, A., Blakeney, M., Bryant, J., Cai, H., Cakir, M., Cseke, L.J., Cockram, J., Costa de Oliveira, A., Pace, C. de, Dempewolf, Hannes, Ellison, S., Gepts, Paul L., Greenland, A., Hall, A., Hori, K., Hughes, S., Humphreys, M.W., Lorizzo, M., Ismail, A.M., Marshall, A., Mayes, S., Nguyen, H.T., Ogbonnaya, F.C., Ortíz, R., Paterson, A.H., Simon, P.W., Tohme, T., Tuberosa, R., Valliyodan, B., Varshney, Rajeev K., Wullschleger, S.D., Yano, M., Prasad, M.

“…This situation has compelled plant scientists to develop climate change-resilient crops, which can withstand broad-spectrum stresses such as drought, heat, cold, salinity, flood, submergence and pests, thus helping to deliver increased productivity. …”
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Perspectives on the application of biotechnology to assist the genetic enhancement of plantain and banana (Musa spp.) by Crouch, J.H., Vuylsteke, D.R., Ortíz, R.

“…DNA marker systems have been developed in Musa to assist germplasm management, selection within the breeding pool or gene introgression from wild species, and for disease diagnosis. …”
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Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program, reduces child stunting in Burundi: A cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial by Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Ruel, Marie T.

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Soft skill development for community leadership in participatory groundwater management by International Water Management Institute, Centre for microFinance (CmF), People's Education and Development Organization (PEDO), Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN)

“…This module was developed by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in partnership with Centre for Microfinance (CmF) and Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN). …”
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Irrigation management and crop diversification. Vol. II - Kirindi Oya Project. Final report on the Technical Assistance Study, T.A.1480 SRI, Phase II by International Irrigation Management Institute, Irrigation Department, Sri Lanka, Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka, Land Commissioner's Department, Sri Lanka

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Development of elite breeding lines conferring Bph18 gene-derived resistance to brown planthopper (BPH) by marker-assisted selection and genome-wide background analysis in japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Suh, Jung-Pil, Yang, Sae-Jun, Jeung, Ji-Ung, Pamplona, Alvaro, Kim, Jeong-Ju, Lee, Jong-Hee, Hong, Ha-Cheol, Yang, Chang-Ihn, Kim, Yeon-Gyu, Jena, Kshirod K.

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Research and training partnership to assist policy and capacity building in improving food safety in Vietnam by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Grace, Delia, Phuc Pham Duc, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Toan Luu-Quoc, Unger, Fred, Vlieger, S. de, Ngoc Pham Thi, Nhiem Duong-Van, Long Nguyen-Hung, Luan Tran-Dinh, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh

“…A Taskforce of Risk Assessment for Food Safety (Taskforce) was formed and consisted of researchers working on risk assessment and food safety, and representatives of the related ministries of Health and of Agriculture. We used the OECD Development Assistance Committee Evaluation Criteria as a framework for assessing the impact of the Taskforce with five evaluation areas – relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability. …”
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Combining drought and submergence tolerance in rice: marker-assisted breeding and QTL combination effects by Dixit, Shalabh, Singh, Anshuman, Sandhu, Nitika, Bhandari, Aditi, Vikram, Prashant, Kumar, Arvind

“…We used a tandem approach that combined marker-assisted backcross breeding with phenotypic selection to develop NILs with high yield under drought stress and non-stress conditions and preferred grain quality. …”
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Analyses of the feasibility of participatory REDD+ MRV approaches to Lidar assisted carbon inventories in Nepal by Puliti, Stefano

“…REDD+ aims at establishing a financial framework to compensate developing countries for reducing Green House Gasses emissions due to decreased deforestation and land degradation. …”
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Expanding genomic prediction in plant breeding: harnessing big data, machine learning, and advanced software by Crossa, José, Martini, Johannes W.R., Vitale, Paolo, Perez-Rodriguez, Paulino, Costa-Neto, Germano, Fritsche-Neto, Roberto, Runcie, Daniel E., Cuevas, Jaime, Toledo, Fernando H., Huihui Li, De Vita, Pasquale, Gerard, Guillermo S., Dreisigacker, Susanne, Crespo-Herrera, Leonardo A., Saint Pierre, Carolina, Bentley, Alison R., Lillemo, Morten, Ortiz, Rodomiro, Montesinos-Lopez, Osval A., Montesinos-López, Abelardo

Subjects: “…software development…”
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Conference of Heads of Assistance Agencies, Bellagio, Italy, April 8-9, 1970, (Bellagio III) by Rockefeller Foundation, Wortman, Sterling

“…Notes prepared by Sterling Wortman of the Rockefeller Foundation on a conference of heads of assistance agencies held April 8-9, 1970 at the Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy. …”
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Private technical assistance approaches in Brazil: The case of food processing company Rio de Una by Babu, Suresh Chandra, Sette, Cristina, Davis, Kristin E.

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Global Child Nutrition Forum, a learning exchange and technical assistance conference held annually to support countries in the development and implementation of sustainable school feeding programs, refers to biofortification (mentioned for the first time) among nutrition-sensitive school feeding programs to address micronutrient deficiency. by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Social assistance programs and birth outcomes: A systematic review and assessment of nutrition and health pathways by Leroy, Jef L., Koch, Bastien, Roy, Shalini, Gilligan, Daniel O., Ruel, Marie T.

“…Background: Poor birth outcomes are an important global public health problem. Social assistance programs that provide cash or in-kind transfers, such as food or vouchers, hold potential to improve birth outcomes but the evidence on their effectiveness has not been reviewed. …”
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