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Biofuels in India: Trading off climate mitigation with water security goals by Singh, Vartika, Mishra, Abhijeet, Alam, Mohammad Faiz, Sulser, Timothy B., Ringler, Claudia

“…As a signatory to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), India submitted its Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) to the UNFCCC in 2022, emphasizing the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transport sector. …”
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A shared research agenda for landuse, landuse change, forestry and clean development mechanism: developed through an international workshop held 6-8 March, 2001, Bogor, Indonesia

“…About 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions are from landuse, landuse change and forestry (LULUCF) and mostly are from deforestation in the tropics. …”
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Comparative performance of two broiler hybrids (Cobb-500 and Ross) under small-scale production system in Debre Zeit, central Ethiopia by Lobago, F., Melese, G., Mideksa, B., Tibbo, Markos

“…Beginning from week eight every two to three other days., "full fed" birds that attained live weight of 2.4 kg or more were slaughtered to determine dresses carcass weight and dressing percentage. The Cobb-500 had significantly higher mean values (P<0.001) than the Ross for F1, W1, LWT, slaughter and carcass weights. …”
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Selection of appropriate calculators for landscape-scale greenhouse gas assessment for agriculture and forestry by Columb V, Touchemoulin O, Bockel, Louis, Chotte, Jean-Luc, Martin S, Tinlot M, Bernoux, Martial

“…The results should always give some indication of the link between GHG emissions and the productivity of the area, although no single indicator is able to encompass all the services produced by agriculture and forestry (e.g. food, goods, landscape value and revenue).…”
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EX-Ante Carbon balance Tool (EX-ACT) by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…EX-ACT is a land-based accounting system, estimating C stock changes (i.e. emissions or sinks of CO2) as well as GHG emissions per unit of land, expressed in equivalent tonnes of CO2 per hectare and year. …”
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Peru Cacao Alliance: Carbon sequestration as a co-benefit of cacao expansion by Nash, Julie, Grewer, Uwe, Bockel, Louis, Galford, Gillian L., Pirolli, Gillian, White, Julianna M.

“…Estimated carbon sequestration from perennial crop expansion, which was –211,467 tCO2e metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, more than offset increased greenhouse gas emission (GHG) from fertilizer and pesticide management (10,286 tCO2e). …”
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An assessment of climate change impacts on the tropical forests of Central America using the Holdridge Life Zone (HLZ) land classification system by Khatun, Kaysara, Imbach, Pablo A., Zamora, Juan Carlos

“…It has implications for conservation and land use practices, especially for climate change mitigation strategies currently under discussion, such as the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). …”
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The use of maggots in canine, feline and equine wound care by Berglund, Cecilia

“…Problems to overcome related to veterinary nursing are likely to be difficulties in dressing wounds, prevention and identification of pain and overcoming issues with owner acceptance of therapy.…”

Response of selected crop associations to groundwater table depth in an inland valley by Carsky, R.J., Walker, P., Hauser, S., Dashiell, Kenton E., Dixon, A.

“…The success of inland valley crop production in humid and subhumid areas of subSaharan Africa depends on the availability of appropriate crop varieties with some tolerance to excess moisture. Performance of upland crop associations [cassava (Manihot esculenta) + sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and cassava + soybean (Glycine max)] was observed in a trial conducted along a small valley toposequence. …”
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Field evaluation of bidrin against the coffee leaf-miner (Leucoptera meyricki Guesq.) in Kenya by Evans, D.E.

“…Ensayos de campo llevados a cabo, en la Coffee Research Station de Ruiru, Kenya, mostraron que el Bidrin (3-(dimethoxyphosphinyloxy)-N, N-dimethyl-cis-crotonamide), en cantidades de 0,5 a 0,6 libras de ingrediente activo por acre, dio un control inicial de larvas de Leucoptera meyricki, Ghesq. igual que el Parathion a 0,4 libras por acre. …”
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Supporting the development and implementation of Vietnam’s Nationally-Determined Contribution (NDC) in the agriculture sector by International Rice Research Institute

“…With the support of CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security and Climate and Clean Air Coalition, IRRI has developed and implemented alternate wetting and drying technology (AWD) in Vietnam to reduce methane emissions from rice production.…”
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Introduction [in The Green Revolution reconsidered] by Hazell, Peter B. R., Ramasamy, C.

“…Prominent among these has been increased food output, sometimes even in excess of the increasing food demands of a growing population. …”
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Agriculture & Rural Development Day 2010 by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…On December 4 2010, in connection to the COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and partners organised a one-day event with the objective to identify policies and practical solutions to reduce agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen global food security and rural development. …”
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Harry Clark, IPCC WGIII release event, Washington DC by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Priorities for best practices and capacity building -- Harry Clark, New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, GRA Livestock Research Group, IPCC author Meeting global food needs with lower emissions: IPCC report findings on climate change mitigation in agriculture A dialog among scientists, practitioners and financiers April 16, 2014 World Bank, Washington, DC…”
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What is climate-smart agriculture? by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Climate-smart agriculture is a way of attaining sustainable agricultural development amid climate change that aims to ensure food security through improved and sustainable agricultural productivity, build capacity towards climate resiliency and adaptation, and mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases.…”
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Improved ruminant genetics: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors by Haas, Yvette de, Davis, Steve, Reisinger, Andy, Richards, Meryl B., Difford, Gareth, Lassen, Jan

“…More efficient animals can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and feed costs. Breeding, including cross-breeding between indigenous and imported species, can also improve resilience to diseases and heat stress and increase reproductive performance.…”
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CGIAR and Canada: Partners for a Food-Secure Future by CGIAR Fund Office

“…It also puts the spotlight on some of the Canadians working for CGIAR who are making a real difference by offering solutions to pressing poverty, health and nutrition problems.…”
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Long-term conservation agriculture improves water properties and crop productivity in a Lixisol by Mhlanga, Blessing, Thierfelder, Christian L.

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Co-creation with vertically integrated digital tools in the rice value chain in Vietnam by Nelson, Katherine

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The Scaling Scan: A practical tool to determine opportunities and challenges to sustainably scale innovations by Woltering, Lennart, Valencia, Eva

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