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Food security portal by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…As a central component of the project, this open access policy information portal has been established to provide comprehensive and detailed information country-by-country on food policy developments. …”
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Phenotypic variability for conformation traits of BON cattle in Colombia by Medina Ríos, Hernán Issaías, Ramírez Toro, Edison Julián, Cerón Muñoz, Mario Fernando, Burgos Paz, William

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What are the main drivers behind Ethiopian farmers soil and water conservation practices by Dufourny N.

“…The internship project was formally reviewed and redesigned based on work embodied in the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBCD).…”
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Simulator för el- och värmeproduktion : påverkan på ekonomi och miljö by Hellström, Erik, Hermansson, David

“…In this project a simulator has been developed (in C++) with the purpose of illustrating how changes in environmental regulations, tax levels and other policy measures affect the composition of an energy system. …”

Waste-to-energy in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia by Gezelius, Jon, Torstensson, Johan

“…The results in the study clearly show that there are both economic and environmental potential for waste-to-energy technologies in the region. …”

Climate change vulnerability assessment with a focus on agriculture sector - a district level study of Assam and Odisha by Rajora, Chesta

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Green Revolution research saved an estimated 18 to 27 million hectares from being brought into agricultural production by Stevenson, James R., Villoria, Nelson, Byerlee, Derek, Kelley, Timothy, Maredia, Mywish K.

“…New estimates of the impacts of germplasm improvement in the major staple crops between 1965 and 2004 on global land-cover change are presented, based on simulations carried out using a global economic model (Global Trade Analysis Project Agro-Ecological Zone), a multicommodity, multiregional computable general equilibrium model linked to a global spatially explicit database on land use. …”
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Discursive limitations and opportunities in environmental media communication by Gunnars, Therese

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Prospects for cereal self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa by Ittersum, Martin K. van, Alimagham, Seyyedmajid, Silva, João Vasco, Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel, Baijukya, Frederick P., Bala, Abdullahi, Chikowo, Regis, Grassini, Patricio, de Groot, Hugo L.E., Nshizirungu, Aphrodis, Mahamane Soulé, Abdelkader, Sulser, Timothy B., Taulya, Godfrey, Amor Tenorio, Fatima, Tesfaye, Kindie, Yuan, Shen, van Loon, Marloes P.

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the world’s largest projected increase in demand for food. Increased dependence on imports makes SSA vulnerable to geopolitical and economic risks, while further expansion of agricultural land is environmentally harmful. …”
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India [in How to reduce agrifood systems' future hidden costs? A multi-country case study] by Singh, Vartika, Stevanović, Miodrag, Kumar Ghosh, Ranjan, Bodirsky, Benjamin Leon, Popp, Alexander, Lotze-Campen, Hermann

“…We review the hidden costs of food systems in India as developed in the FAO SOFA 2023 report and evaluate the results in the context of India. …”
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Current Trends and Future Prospects in Global Production, Utilization, and Trade of Pearl Millet by Deevi, Kumara Charyulu, Swamikannu, Nedumaran, Gumma, Murali Krishna, Pingali, Parthasarathy Rao

“…The nutritive and gluten-free nature of millet has provided ample scope across the globe for developing several nutrition-based products, beverages, and baby foods. …”
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CLEANED: A tool for ex-ante assessment of environmental impacts of livestock production – A case study on dairy production in Tunisia by Hoek, Rein van der, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Musau, Emmanuel Mwema, Mukiri, Jessica, Paul, Birthe K.

“…The specific objectives of the study were: • Assessment of the current environmental, climate and economic impacts of smallholder dairy farms in the project intervention areas (Gouvernorats of Jendouba and Sidi Bouzid) • Ex-ante impact assessment of proposed interventions (“best practices”) • Training of partners on the CLEANED tool Intensive dairy production systems in Tunisia depend to a large extent on off-farm (feed) resources. …”
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Newcastle disease vaccination: From technology to poverty reduction by Young, J., Grace, Delia, Young, M., Alders, Robyn G., Kibaya, A., Msami, H., Bagnol, B.

“…This thermotolerant vaccine, developed by the University of Queensland, is affordable, effective, and easy to administer. …”
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Africa RISING Tanzania- Maize Intensification Using Fertilizer by World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…The project activities are falls under 4 thematic areas that address three critical elements of sustainable intensification (SI), i.e. genetic, ecological and socio-economic intensification technologies. …”
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Biocontrol activity of Meyerozyma guilliermondii against mould growth and a study of local post-harvest systems for maize in Cameroon by Ny, Sofia

“…Therefore storage systems need to be developed to ensure a safe food supply with low losses. …”

From best fit technologies to best fit scaling: incorporating and evaluating factors affecting the adoption of grain legumes in Sub-Saharan Africa by Farrow, Andrew, Ronner, E., Brand, G. van den, Boahen, S., Leonardo, W., Woldemeskel, Endalkachew, Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel, Chikowo, Regis, Baijukya, Frederick P., Ebanyat, Peter, Sangodele, S., Sanginga, J.M., Kantengwa, S., Phiphira, L., Woomer, P.L., Ampadu-Boakye, T., Baars, E., Kanampiu, F.K., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Relatively fewer input and output marketing models have been tested due to public–private partnerships, which are a key mechanism for dissemination in the N2Africa project.…”
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Att skapa förutsättningar för stadsliv genom inkluderande design : ett gestaltningsförslag för S:t Eriks torg i Uppsala by Östblom, Josef, Smith, Susan

Characterization of dairy goat production systems in coastal valleys of the Lima region by Paredes Chocce, Miguel Enrique, Ramírez Vergara, Raúl Omar, Trillo Zárate, Fritz Carlos, Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro

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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification of Specific Endoglucanase Gene Sequence for Detection of the Bacterial Wilt Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum by Lenarcic, Rok, Morisset, Dany, Pirc, Mnaca, Llop, Pablo, Ravnikar, Maja, Dreo, Tanja

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The rising challenge of water resources management at the urban fringes - evidence from Ferghana district of Uzbekistan [Abstract only] by Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon, Wegerich, Kai

“…With the global expansion of urban areas, competition over both land and water resources is steadily increasing, especially within developing countries(FAO 2012; Kuslu 2007; CER 2009). …”
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