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Activities and Modes of Operation within the CGIAR System: Options for the Future por Arnold, M.H.

“…It addresses the relationships between international centers and national systems, and the task of strengthening the latter. Finally, it discusses the possible division of responsibilities among international centers, considering structures built on disciplines, limiting factors, eco-systems, commodities, and geographical regions. …”
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Au Niger, les greniers féminins de soudure contribuent à la sécurité alimentaire por Saky Ekade, Roumanatou

“…Développé depuis 2013 dans le cadre du programme Niger-FIDA, le GFS a permis de réduire la période de soudure sur un ou deux mois.…”
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Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso por Combary, Omer S.

“…The results reveal that using an HSPC in the case of an unexpected illness during the rainy season significantly improves farming labor productivity by FCFA 3170.5880 per man-day. In terms of policy implications for improving agricultural productivity, decision-makers should focus on the availability and quality of HSPC services in rural areas.…”
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A black walnut for Central América. por Seibert, R.J.

“…Árboles de nueces comestibles en América Central son poco frecuentes; la producción de nueces comestibles es prácticamente inexistente; y la fuente de muebles de madera fina calidad se está convirtiendo limitado. Es altamente posible que la reciente introducción de la peruana nogal negro juglans Neotrópica Diels, puede ayudar a servir una de usos múltiples necesario para el área de elevación medio de América Central.…”
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Nitrate and nitrite absorption, recycling and retention in tissues of sheep por Villar, Maria Laura, Godwin, Ian Robert, Hegarty, Roger Stephen, Erler, Dirk V., Farid, Haneih T., Nolan, John Vivian

“…Recoveries of 15N in tissues indicated that nitrate and nitrite principally accumulated in the skin and muscle of sheep (Experiment 2). Finally, Experiment 3 indicated that nitrate and nitrite were rapidly absorbed from the rumen, abomasum and small intestine into the bloodstream. …”
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Fördelning av en kostnad utifrån olika rättviseteorier por Lundin, Petter

“…The main criticism against Rawls' theory of justice is finally that it takes away all of the conditions for a human to make rational choices. …”
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Introduktion av förstakalvare i AMS por Mörk, Marie

“…Thirty-six farmers answered and 33 questionnaires were finally used in the study. The questionnaire included questions about the system before AMS, a description of the AMS in question, housing of heifers before calving, introduction of heifers into AMS, diseases and injuries in the herd and finally a comparison between the production and quality of the milk before and after introduction of AMS. …”
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Misión Tecnológica Empresarial Vitivinícola

“…Sin embargo esto requiere internalizar e incorporar los avances técnicos a nivel productivo y predial de manera de obtener materia prima y productos finales de buena calidad. En el ámbito comercial, la sociedad Agrícola Guarilihue busca consolidarse en el mercado como empresa vitivinícola, para lo cual, debe desarrollar una imagen corporativa de acuerdo a las tendencias del mercado.…”
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Report of a Working Group on Cucurbits: Second meeting, 8-10 November 2010, Tbilisi, Georgia por Díez, M.J., Dooijeweert, W. van, Maggioni, L., Lipman, E., Bioversity International

“…Plans were made for the finalization of the guidelines for the regeneration of cucumber, melon, watermelon and Cucurbita. …”
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The Impact of Biofortified Iron Bean Adoption on Productivity, and Bean Consumption, Purchases and Sales por Vaiknoras, K., Larochelle, Catherine

“…It reduces the probability of purchasing beans to meet consumption needs by 13% and reduces total purchases by 3.9 kg per adult equivalent on average. Finally, adoption increases the probability that a household sells beans by 16% and increases the probability that it is a net seller of beans by 14%. …”
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A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales por Muñoz Rodríguez, P., Carruthers, T., Wood, J.R.I., Williams, B.R.M., Weitemier, K., Kronmiller, B., Goodwin, Z., Sumadijaya, A., Anglin, Noelle L., Filer, D., Harris, D., Rausher, M.D., Kelly, S., Liston, A., Scotland, Robert W.

“…Our approach overhauled the taxonomy of this megadiverse group, described 63 new species and uncovered significant increases in net diversification rates comparable to the most iconic evolutionary radiations in the plant kingdom. Finally, we show that more than 60 species of Ipomoea, including sweet potato, independently evolved storage roots in pre-human times, indicating that the storage root is not solely a product of human domestication but a trait that predisposed the species for cultivation. …”
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Report on CIAT's involvement in the Colombian Roundtable for Sustainable Cattle Production por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…One highlight from 2019 was the finalization of technical guidelines for the formulation of a national level policy for sustainable cattle production in Colombia and a first draft of the policy itself, which was submitted to the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture for evaluation. …”
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Informe sobre la identificación de un probador prometedor y métricas cuantitativas para el programa de mejoramiento de Megathyrsus maximus por Hernández, Luis Miguel, Castiblanco, Valheria

“…During 2020, we aim to finalize crossing formation, develop post-harvest procedures, which involves also the time of dormancy and maybe (if budget allows it) identify within the progeny apomictic hybrids to be tested in the field in 2021.…”
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Conceptual links between landscape diversity and diet diversity: A roadmap for transdisciplinary research por Gergel, Sarah E., Powell, Bronwen, Baudron, Frédéric, Wood, Sylvia L.R., Rhemtulla, Jeanine M., Kennedy, Gina, Rasmussen, Laura V., Ickowitz, Amy, Fagan, Matthew E., Smithwick, Erica A.H., Raneri, Jessica Evelyn, Wood, Stephen A., Groot, Jeroen C.J., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…Taken together, these ideas help us build a framework illuminating four pathways (direct, agroecological, energy, and market pathways) connecting forested landscapes to diet diversity. Finally, we offer recommendations to fill remaining knowledge gaps related to diet and forest cover monitoring. …”
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What does empowerment mean to women in northern Ghana? Insights from research around a small-scale irrigation intervention por Bryan, Elizabeth, Garner, Elisabeth

“…The relationship between the components of empowerment and small-scale irrigation are placed within a larger context of social change underlying these relationships. Finally, this paper explores the ways that the introduction of modern technologies for small-scale irrigation may contribute to women’s empowerment.…”
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Challenges and prospects for the conservation of crop genetic resources in field genebanks, in In Vitro collections and/or in liquid nitrogen por Panis, Bartholomeus, Nagel, Manuela, Houwe, Ines van den

“…The different conservation methods are illustrated with practical examples and experiences from national and international genebanks. Finally, the importance of establishing safe and long-term conservation methods and associated backup possibilities is highlighted in the frame of the global COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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A review on water governance in Sri Lanka: the lessons learnt for future water policy formulation por Chandrasekara, S. S. K., Chandrasekara, S. K., Gamini, P. H. S., Obeysekera, J., Manthrithilake, Herath, Kwon, H.-H., Vithanage, Meththika

“…Further, the previously proposed water policies, their status and reasons for the failures of policies were discussed. Finally, the formulation of a novel institutional arrangement or altering the existing institutional arrangement with shared data and allocating non-shared responsibilities to each institution is suggested for better water governance in Sri Lanka.…”
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In pursuit of a better world: crop improvement and the CGIAR por Kholová, Jana, Urban, Milan Oldřich, Cock, James H., Arcos, Jairo, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Aytekin, Destan, Azevedo, Vania, Barnes, Andrew P., Ceccarelli, Salvatore, Chavarriaga, Paul, Cobb, Joshua N., Connor, David, Cooper, Mark, Debouck, Daniel G., Ellis, Noel, Fungo, Robert, Grando, Stefania, Hammer, Graeme L., Hoffer, Julia, Jara, Carlos, Messina, Charlie, Mosquera, Gloria, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Ng, Enghwa, Prager, Steven, Sankaran, Sindhuja, Selvaraj, Michael Gomez, Tardieu, François, Thornton, Philip K., Valdés, Sylvia, Etten, Jacob van, Wenzl, Peter, Xu, Yunbi, Craufurd, Peter Q.

“…We review the crop improvement processes starting with crop choice, moving through to breeding objectives, production of potential new varieties, selection and finally adoption by farmers. The importance of multi-disciplinary teams working towards common objectives is stressed as a key factor to success. …”
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Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity por Khoury, Colin K., Brush, S., Costich, Denise E., Curry, H.A., Haan, Stef de, Engels, Johannes M.M., Guarino, Luigi, Hoban, Sean, Mercer, K.L., Miller, A.J., Nabhan, Gary Paul, Perales, H.R., Richards, C., Riggins, C., Thormann, I.

“…We discuss steps needed to further advance knowledge around the agricultural and societal significance, as well as conservation implications, of crop genetic erosion. Finally, we propose actions to mitigate, stem, and reverse further losses of crop diversity.…”
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FTA Highlight No.15 – Advancing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion por Elias, M., Paez Valencia, Ana Maria, Ihalainen, Markus, Monterroso, I.

“…The publication moves from local-level changes to high-level discourses and agendas to examine the strategies that enabled change across these scales, critically reflecting on the challenges encountered along the way. Finally, priorities are considered and an agenda for future gender research is proposed, one that can contribute to the creation of equitable, inclusive and sustainable forest, tree and agroforestry landscapes.…”
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