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Integrating climate security into policy frameworks: Jordan por McMurray, Spencer, Rüttinger, Lukas, Schapendonk, Frans, Jaskolski, Martina, Saleh, Rana

“…Of the manifold risks Jordan must contend with, most pressing are those with direct implications for water resources which are already under significant strain due to both climatic and human-induced factors. …”
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CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Entrepreneur Spotlight: Forest Africa Zambia Ltd: Redefining Fruit Processing for a Greener Future por Zulu-Hume, Mercy F.

“…Through their innovative business model and commitment to community empowerment, Forest Africa Zambia Ltd is not only addressing pressing environmental issues but also creating alternative livelihood opportunities for rural communities through Ecosystem-based Adaptation and healthier consumption choices for consumers.…”
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A guide for soil biology training por Kaushal, Manoj

“…Nature positive agriculture initiative offers sustainable food production system that meet the demands of growing population as well as facilitating the necessity of environmental restoration, biodiversity conservation thereby improving soil, land and water by scientifically supported solutions. …”
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Bundling crop diversification, nutrition and market interventions in farmer-led participatory experiments in Bangladesh: Pre- and post-season survey protocol por Cheesman, Stephanie, Nandi, Ravi, Hossain, Md. Khaled, Shahrin, Sumona, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…Interdisciplinary research aimed at identifying effective strategies to enhance farmers' profits, improve the yield of nutritious crops, conserve natural resources, and sustain or enhance ecological services, all while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural landscapes, is currently underway in Northern Bangladesh. …”
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Household’s food consumption decisions, impacts, synergies, and trade-offs on food system outcomes: Empirical evidence from Northern Vietnam por Hernandez, Ricardo

“…•FS production, post-harvest, and processing practices contribute significantly to environmental degradation and are responsible for over 25% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE). •HH food consumption decisions have implications (trade-offs or synergies) on FS outcomes (nutrition status, GHGE, socio-economic status, etc).…”
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Sustainable land management, gender, and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia's fragile watershed observatory por Kato, Edward, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Tiruneh, Solomon, Ringler, Claudia

“…Land degradation is a pressing global challenge, with three billion people residing in degraded landscapes. …”
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Promotion of Diffused Light Storage por International Potato Center

“…Diffused Light Storage (DLS) is a post-harvest technology which uses natural indirect light instead of low temperature to control excessive sprout growth of potato seeds, extend their storage life, reduce the associated storage losses and improve productivity of the potato crop. …”
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Fiscal outcomes in Bahrain: Oil price volatility, fiscal institutions or politics? por El-Enbaby, Hoda, Selim, Hoda

“…Fiscal volatility and excessive current spending (in the form of wages, social welfare and subsidies) leading to unsustainable non-oil deficits are not fully derived from oil price volatility. …”
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Highlights from IFPRI's West and Central Africa Office por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…WCAO is helping to address these pressing problems. It also supports the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and works with regional bodies such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and individual countries to provide evidence-based agricultural policy solutions and capacity-strengthening support. …”
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Who will feed China in the 21st century?: Income growth and food demand and supply in China por Fukase, Emiko, Martin, Will

“…China's current per capita income is in a range where consumption growth is high and in excess of production growth, but the gap between supply and demand is likely to diminish as population and per capita consumption growth decelerate. …”
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Weather insurance for smallholder tobacco farmers in Malawi por Kapondamgaga, Mwiriha, Fisher, Monica

“…In the event of a drought or excess rainfall, the insurance repays part of or the entire loan. …”
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The food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition por Pinstrup-Andersen, Per

“…It is also an emerging force in agricultural policy, driven in part by the emergence of the “triple burden” of malnutrition—the coexistence of hunger, nutrient deficiencies, and excess intake of calories leading to overweight and obesity in many poor countries—that has resulted in part from a lack of harmony between food systems and the promotion of human health.…”
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Conclusion: old lesson and new directions in food policy por Ahmed, Raisuddin, Haggblade, Steven

“…Wrenching images from these famines have haunted the nation for two generations— visions of hungry masses, pressed in the crush of extraordinary times, knocking at the doors of the rich, who seldom opened; people dying in hordes, not in the warfields but on apparently peaceful and idle compounds, on roadsides destroyed by war, on barren rice fields and in empty markets. …”
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Transformar la economía rural en Asia: la revolución sin terminar por Rosegrant, Mark W., Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…Rosegrant & Peter Hazell (Oxford University Press for the Asian Development Bank, 2001). El libro fue financiado por el Banco Asiático de Desarrollo (ADB) como uno de cinco informes en su serie A Study of Rural Asia. …”
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Sustainability analysis for irrigation water management in the Aral Sea region por Cai, Ximing, McKinney, Daene C., Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…Lessons learned from unsustainable water management practices around the world demonstrate the necessity—and growing urgency—of applying sustainability principles to water management in river basins where irrigation is a major factor. …”
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Training of local stakeholders on animal nutrition in Son La Province, Vietnam por Tran, Thi Bich Ngoc, Tran, Viet Phuong, Nguyen, Thien Truong Giang, Do, Trong Hieu, Nguyen, Tien Sinh, Dao, Thi Thu Hang, Atieno, Mary, Peters, Michael, Duncan, Alan J.

“…Acute winter (dry season) feed shortage, lack of high-quality forage varieties and limited capacity in animal nutrition techniques are pressing issues for livestock producers in the region. …”
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Early-stage researcher mobility: Gender barriers and opportunities in capacity building por Reyes, Byron, Camilo, Karen, Villarino, Eliza, Rietveld, Anne, Keramati, Chista, Monjol, Joanne, Spillane, Charles, Murray, Una, Aganze Chihababo, Christian

“…Framed on this, CLIFF-GRADS is a training program that builds the capacity of early-career scientists from low- and middle-income countries to conduct applied research in agriculture GHG emission quantification and mitigation; however, current assessments of the CLIFF-GRADS program show that women are not only under-represented but also not applying to the program as frequently as men. …”
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agriculture and nutrition linkages -- old lessons and new paradigms por Hawkes, Corinna, Ruel, Marie T.

“…Hunger among the poor also increasingly manifests itself through excessive consumption of energy-rich but nutrient-poor foods. …”
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Enhancing the competitiveness of agricultural commodity chains in Nigeria: Identifying opportunities with cassava, rice, and maize using a Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) framework por Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., Ayoola, Gbolagade B., Oyeleke, Razaq O.

“…Since registering a disappointing growth of 1.2 percent in 2002, Nigeria's economic performance has rebounded, averaging growth at 7.3 percent between then and 2007. However, the pressing challenge for the nation lies in maintaining and improving current economic growth indicators and translating these recent gains into an improved standard of living for the majority of its citizens. …”
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International Cooperative Comparison of Instrument Methods for Cooked Rice Texture por Juliano, Bienvenido O., Perez, Consuelo M., BARBER, SALVADOR, Blakeney, Anthony B., IWASAKI, TETSUY A., SHIBUYA, NAOTO, KENEASTER, KENNETH K., CHUNG, SOOMI, LAIGNELET, BERNARD, LAUNAY, B., DEL MUNDO, ANGELITA M., Suzuki, Hiroshi, SHIKI, JUN'ICHI, TSUJI, SHOJIRO, YAMA, JUNKO TOKO, TATSUMI, KYOKO, WEBB, BILL D.

“…The texture of 10 milled rices cooked by a standardized method in excess water was measured in 11 laboratories using various instrument methods that had been developed specifically for national samples. …”
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