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Global food demand and the contribution of livestock as we enter the new millennium by Delgado, Christopher L., Courbois, Claude, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…By 2020, according to IFPRI’s IMPACT model projections, the share of developing countries in total world meat consumption will expand from 47 percent currently to 63 percent. …”
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Human needs in urban public spaces : improving the quality of recrea on areas in Olaine, Latvia by Vasiljeva, Anastasija

“… During Soviet times, many cities were built to utilize the space in an economically efficient way. Such things as landscape architecture did not exist, and people’s needs and preferences were not taken into consideration while planning cities. …”

Licensing of public plant varieties: the case of CSIR by Kuhlmann, Katrin, Nalinya, Adron Naggayi, Botey, Mireku, Puozaa, Doris Kanvenaa, Gichuru, Lilian, Ojiewo, Chris Ochieng

“…This report on the licensing of public varieties by CSIR builds upon a body of work previously conducted by NML in countries such as Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, and Mali,1 in collaboration with other partners, including CIMMYT, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA). Through the AVISA project, NML has developed several resources to guide the licensing process. …”
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AICCRA-UDS postgraduate students recruitment and profiles by Damba, Osman Tahidu

“…As part of the capacity building component of AICCRA project, 5 post graduate students were recruited from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Department of Environmental Management and Sustainability Sciences of the University for Development Studies. …”
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Competition for forest fuels in Sweden : exploring the possibilities of modeling forest fuel markets in a regional partial equilibrium framework by Lestander, Dag

“…The approach takes into account regional differences in supply and demand for 23 types of products produced and/or used by eight types of producers, plus consumers, in five different regions (four Swedish and one international). The project contributes with the novelty of an economic partial equilibrium model of the Swedish forest sector that includes regional trade and bioenergy production. …”

Informing Costa Rica’s Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in the coffee sector by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In order to reach the national goal of carbon neutrality by 2021 and contribute to international climate protection measures, the first agricultural Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) was developed by the country. The NAMA Support Project (NSP), “Low-emission coffee NAMA Costa Rica” (NAMA-Café) collaborates with the main actors in the coffee value chain in Costa Rica and uses closely integrated technical and financial cooperation instruments. …”
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Engaging men as allies for a journey of gender transformation and improved nutrition by Verma, Avani, Bader, Nadine, Milcher, Susanne

“…The project also focuses on economic empowerment and livelihood of women by mobilizing them in self-help groups to maintain community nutrition gardens for improved access and availability of nutritious food. …”
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Benefits of using a transdisciplinary approach for the design and operationalization of a surveillance system by Falzon, Laura C., Ogola, Joseph G., Fèvre, Eric M., Berezowski, J.

“…During the preparatory phase of a surveillance project in Western Kenya, it was noted that several animal health activities, including meat inspection, were recorded using paper-based forms. …”
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Identifying the drivers of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction in Honduras by Jansen, Hans G. P., Siegel, Paul B., Pichon, Francisco

“…The overall objective of this paper is to develop an appropriate conceptual and analytical framework to better understand how prospects for growth and poverty reduction can be stimulated in rural Honduras. …”
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A Partial Equilibrium Model for Future Outlooks on Major Cereals in India by Parappurathu, Shinoj, Kumar, Anjani, Kumar, Shiv, Jain, Rajni

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The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from Nigeria by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

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Effects of white spot disease and bio-security on shrimp farming in Bangladesh by Debnath, P.P., Karim, M., Keus, H.J., Mohan, C.V., Belton, Ben

“…But it has encountered enormous problems due to the spread of diseases, particularly white spot disease (WSD), and has incurred significant economic losses as a result. The major factors encouraging WSD outbreaks are the production of post larvae (PL) using wild broodstock and traditional farming systems with poor farm level bio-security. …”
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Demand for crop genetic resources and the US National Plant Germplasm System by Day-Rubenstein, Kelly, Smale, Melinda, Widrlechner, Mark P.

“…Finally, demand for NPGS resources is likely to increase, especially among users in countries with developing economies.…”
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Food safety along informal pork value chains in Vietnam: Success and challenges from an interdisciplinary research team view by Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Phuc Pham Duc, Pham Van Hung, Pham Hong Ngan, Barot, M., Grace, Delia

“…Interventions, currently developed, will be piloted in a second project phase.…”
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What do we know about the future of roots, tubers, and bananas in relation to food systems? by Kihiu, Evelyne, Hareau, Guy, Gbegbelegbe, Sika, Andrade, Robert, Petsakos, Athanasios, Alene, Arega D.

“…Production and consumption of fresh and processed RT&B crops are projected to increase by 17 percent and 9 percent, respectively, by 2050 in developing countries. …”
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Landsbygdsutveckling och hästnäringen : en fallstudie av Vellinge ridstigsprojekt, från teori till handling by Bylander, Anneli

Strategisk och taktisk planering samt länken där emellan : analys av planeringsprocessens genomförande vid SCA Skog by Eriksson, Malin

“…Using this system you follow a certain work process including definition of objectives, inventory of the forest, projections of forest development, optimization, and then linking the strategic results to the tactical planning. …”

Gender and start-up capital for agrifood MSMEs in Indonesia and Viet Nam by Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Murphy, Mike

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From LINKS to NLMIS: issues, challenges and lessons learned by Kariuki, G., Mwangi, M., Maina, J., Wario, Q., Kaitho, R.

“…The suite of technologies developed by the Livestock Information Network and Knowledge System (LINKS) project was adopted to develop and implement a national livestock marketing information system (NLMIS) for Kenya. …”
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Kenyan diets: Quality, affordability, and preferences by Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Pauw, Karl

“…Dysfunctions in food systems in developing countries prevent many people from consuming a healthy diet (FAO et al. 2021), and Kenya is no exception. …”
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