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The social construction of nature por Wendl, Sarah

“…For this reason, this thesis tackles the question of we actually mean or describe with the term nature. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventeenth Meeting, 9-10 September 1977: Draft Report por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…While TAC considered vegetables a first order priority, it declined to endorse the recommendation until a number of issues were addressed by the Subcommittee. Pressed by the CGIAR secretariat for a firm position on ICIPE, TAC recommended support through IARCs of relevant activities within a limit of 50% of ICIPE's budget, and a $1 million capital grant as an interim measure.…”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, D.C., October 31-November 4, 1983: Main Conclusions Reached and Decisions Taken por CGIAR Secretariat

“…Werner Treitz summarized the status of the Impact Study, reporting that Dr. Frank Press, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA had accepted chairmanship of the Advisory Committee. …”
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Monitoreo de prácticas y tecnologías implementadas en el TeSAC Santa Rita, Honduras (2017) – Infografía por Almentero, Heyni, Sarruf Romero, Lauren P., Bonilla Findji, Osana, Martínez Barón, Deissy

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Current situation and plausible future scenarios for livestock management systems under climate change in Africa por Simpkin, Piers, Cramer, Laura K., Ericksen, Polly J., Thornton, Philip K.

“…Activities and interventions providing adaptation co-benefits are: (i) climate smart and conservation agriculture; (ii) improved natural resource and sustainable rangeland management; (iii) biodiversity and ecosystem services; (iv) agroecology; (v) sustainable intensification; (vi) reducing methane emissions; (vii) policy change and enabling environments; and (viii) market opportunities and diversification. …”
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Multivariate and spatially calibrated hydrological model for assessing climate change impacts on hydrological processes in West Africa por Dembélé, M., Zwart, Sander J., Ceperley, N., Mariethoz, G., Schaefli, B.

“…Daily datasets of meteorological variables (i.e. precipitation and air temperature) for the medium and high emission scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) are bias-corrected and used to force the mHM model for the reference period 1991-2020, and the near- and long-term future periods 2021-2050 and 2051-2080.…”
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Adoption of Climate-Smart Cocoa practices in the adjust and cope climatic impact zones of Ghana por Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Deffor, Eric Worlanyo, Kofituo, Rich Kofi, Asare, Richard

“…Promoting the adoption of Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) practices among farmers is central to sustaining the crop, improve livelihood and resilience of farmers, and mitigate the emission of greenhouse gas (GHG) (Bunn et at., 2019). …”
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An assessment of data sources, data quality and changes in national forest monitoring capacities in the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005-2020 por Nesha, M.K., Herold, M., Sy, Veronique de, Duchelle, Amy E., Martius, C., Branthomme, A., Garzuglia, M., Jonsson, O., Pekkarinen, A.

“…Overall, capacity improvements are more widespread in the tropics, which can be linked to continued international investments for forest monitoring especially in the context of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in tropical countries (REDD+). …”
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REDD+ in Theory and Practice: How Lessons From Local Projects Can Inform Jurisdictional Approaches por Wunder, Sven, Duchelle, Amy E., Sassi, Claudio de, Sills, E.O., Simonet, G., Sunderlin, W.D.

“…Local projects for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) were frequently designed as pilot actions to inform future upscaled initiatives. …”
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Agroforestry for Carbon Sequestration in Tropical India por Dhyani, S.K., Ram, A., Newaj, R., Handa, A.K., Dev, I.

“…Agroforestry has been recognized as a means to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sinks. Agroforestry systems (AFS) offer important opportunities of creating synergies between both adaptation and mitigation actions. …”
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Multi-Actors' Co-Implementation of Climate-Smart Village Approach in West Africa: Achievements and Lessons Learnt por Bayala, Jules, Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Dayamba, Djibril S, Somda, Jacques, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Diakité, Adama, Chabi, Adéyèmi, Alhassane, Agali, Bationo, B. André, Buah, Saaka S.J., Sanogo, Diaminatou, Tougiani, Abasse, Traoré, Kalifa, Zougmoré, Robert B., Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…Development strategies focusing simultaneously on adaptive farming, productivity, and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-known as climate-smart agriculture (CSA) strategies-are key to responding to these challenges. …”
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Countries’ commitments to soil organic carbon in Nationally Determined Contributions por Wiese-Rozanova, Liesl D., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Alcántara Shivapatham, Viridiana, Richards, Meryl B, Shelton, Sadie W, Hönle, Susanna E, Heidecke, Claudia, Madari, Beáta E, Chenu, Claire

“…SOC sequestration may reduce the net annual greenhouse gas emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use by between 3% and 71%, while simultaneously supporting various ecosystem services. …”
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Training of ag-extension agents and farmers on validated best-bet CSA packages for crop, forage, and small ruminant value chains to manage climate and non-climate risks in Southern... por Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Nigussie, Abebe, Terefe, Hailu, Habtegiorgis, Kebede

“…Training on the use of calculators to estimate greenhouse gas emissions is given to the technicians. Farmers and technicians, development agents, and experts were trained on how to collect data within CBBP cooperatives, evaluation of cooperative breeding sires, pregnancy test, mass synchronization, artificial insemination, principle, and method of breeding ram selection, ranking, and certification, utilization of forage legumes, use of alternative feed resources, ewe flushing, fattening and on the characteristics and controlling methods of small ruminant pests and diseases.…”
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Investigating effects of deficit irrigation levels and fertilizer rates on water use efficiency and productivity based on field observations and modeling approaches por Shoukat, M. R., Shafeeque, Muhammad, Sarwar, A., Mehmood, K., Cheema, M. J. M.

“…Before the first and second irrigation, top-dressing fertilizer was used in traditional farmers’ treatment at the third leaf and tillering stages. …”
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Soil Ecology and Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals by Calotropis procera (Ait) in Drylands of South Eastern Kenya por Mutiso, F.M., Kimiti, J., Muchugi, A., Kimatu, J.

“…The species is important in soil fertility improvement, pollution control by monitoring sulphur dioxide emissions in the air and suitable indicator of exhausted soil. …”
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Assessing trade-offs and synergies in climate smart agriculture across timescales por Arenas Calle, Laura N.

“…The results of this thesis contribute to the call to generate reliable and transparent measures of climate smartness.…”
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Assessing Sumatran Peat Vulnerability to Fire under Various Condition of ENSO Phases Using Machine Learning Approaches por Prasetyo, L.B., Setiawan, Y., Condro, A.A., Kustiyo, K., Putra, E.I., Hayati, N., Wijayanto, A.K., Ramadhi, A., Murdiyarso, D.

“…In recent decades, catastrophic wildfire episodes within the Sumatran peatland have contributed to a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions. The El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modulates the occurrence of fires in Indonesia through prolonged hydrological drought. …”
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Using high-resolution imagery and deep learning to classify land-use following deforestation: a case study in Ethiopia por Masolele, Robert N., Sy, Veronique de, Marcos, Diego, Verbesselt, Jan, Gieseke, Fabian, Mulatu, Kalkidan Ayele, Moges, Yitebitu, Sebrala, Heiru, Martius, Christopher, Herold, Martin

“…National-scale assessments of post-deforestation land-use are crucial for decreasing deforestation and forest degradation-related emissions. In this research, we assess the potential of different satellite data modalities (single-date, multi-date, multi-resolution, and an ensemble of multi-sensor images) for classifying land-use following deforestation in Ethiopia using the U-Net deep neural network architecture enhanced with attention. …”
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Desk review report on agrobiodiversity, agroecology/nature-positive practices, and circular economy in Vietnam por Pham, Tho Thi Hanh

“…To contribute to the NAP technical report, the project implemented a review of related fields, including: - The current situation of agrobiodiversity in Vietnam - The current situation of agroecology/nature-positive practices in Vietnam - The current situation of the circular economy in Vietnam - The status of the use of input in Vietnam to improve food safety in Vietnam The reviewed outputs are not only contributing to the NAP report but also providing knowledge of several strategic policies in Vietnam such as Strategy for sustainable agricultural and rural development from 2021 to 2030 and a vision for 2050 (Decision 150/QD-TTg dated January 28, 2022); Decree 06/2022/ND-CP regulating GHG emission reduction and ozone layer protection; National plan to adapt to climate change for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 (Decision 1055/QD-TTg dated July 20, 2020); National strategy on green growth for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 (Decision 1658/QD-TTg dated October 1, 2021); Project on Development of Circular Economy in Vietnam (Decision No. 687/QD-TTg dated June 7, 2022).…”
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Prioritizing climate-smart cattle farming practices and technologies for sustainable livestock production in Colombia’s Orinoquia region por Marín, Alejandra, Montoya, Alejandro, Molina Botero, Isabel Cristina, Germer, Leah Arabella, Ramírez Diaz, Mariangela, Gomez, Manuel, Galindo, Walter, Arango, Jacobo

“…Indicators analysed included animal stocking rate, weight gain, duration of practice evidence, enteric methane emission intensity, soil carbon stock, establishment costs, and forage production in high and low precipitation seasons, ease of implementation, and level of interest in the practice by the producers. …”
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