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Experts and resource users split over solutions to peatland fires by Phelps, J., Zabala, A., Daeli, W., Carmenta, R.

“…Peatland fires in Indonesia are a long-standing and complex social-ecological challenge, where unsolved disagreements about policy options have profound implications for environmental governance, resulting in fires recurring and causing significant CO2 emissions and transboundary haze that affects the health of millions. …”
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Assessing Poverty Impacts of Agricultural Research: Methods and Challenges for CGIAR by Gollin, D., Probst, L. T., Brower, E.

“…It reviews methods used and lessons from a number of past impact assessments— including some commissioned or carried out by the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA)—that have attempted to document poverty impacts. …”
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Is Rice Improvement Still Making a Difference? Assessing the Economic, Poverty, and Food Security Impacts of Rice Varieties Released from 1989 to 2009 in Bangladesh, Indonesia and... by Raitzer, D.A., Sparks, A.H., Huelgas, Z., Maligalig, R., Balangue, Z., Launio, C., Daradjat, A., Ahmed, H.U.

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The Impacts of CGIAR Research: A Review of Recent Evidence by Renkow, M., Byerlee, D.

“…Crop genetic improvement stands out as having had the most profound documented positive impacts. …”
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Overcoming dormancy in Desmanthus virgatu seeds for improved viability monitoring protocols of genebank accessions by Olbana, Tamiru, Muchugi, Alice, Woldemariam, Yeshi, Hay, Fiona R., Ndiwa, Nicholas, Jones, Christopher S.

“…We conclude that it is important to use concentrated sulphuric acid and mechanical scarification with sandpaper to break the dormancy for the species to enhance germination, obtain uniform field stands and make wise decisions during storage.…”
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Securing women’s resource rights through gender-transformative approaches by Garner, Elisabeth, Hossain, Tasaffy, Alam, Khushbu, Zaman, Mehenaz

“…The main conclusion of the gender analysis in Bangladesh was that while dual-titling alone was not enough to change social attitudes about women’s control and access to land, additional training nested in long-standing and intersectoral efforts in a geographic area fostered shifts in these attitudes. …”
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Developing an approach for equitable and reasonable utilization of international rivers: the Nile River by Gari, Y., Block, P., Steenhuis, T. S., Mekonnen, M., Assefa, G., Ephrem, A. K., Bayissa, Y., Tilahun, Seifu A.

“…The absence of a basin-wide apportionment agreement on using the Nile River equitably has been a long-standing source of disagreement among Nile riparian states. …”
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Food insecurity: What can the world trading system do about it? by Wolff, Alan Wm., Glauber, Joseph W.

“…The authors recommend using the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) long-standing accords on agriculture as a basis to provide guidelines for supplying food to global markets, especially areas in need. …”
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Collecting and managing in situ banana genetic resources information Musa spp. using online resources and citizen science by Jenny, Christophe, Guignon, Valentin, Manyer I Ballester, Felip, Ruas, Max, Rouard, Mathieu

“…The Musa Germplasm Information System (MGIS) stands as a pivotal database for managing global banana genetic resources information. …”
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Exploring recent significant catalytic systems for the conversion of glucose into bio-based chemicals: a concise review by Dharmapriya, Thakshila Nadeeshani, Huang, P.-J.

“…Consequently, the processes of glucose isomerization into fructose and glucose dehydration into 5-HMF have garnered substantial interest. 5-HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural) serves as a platform chemical, enabling the synthesis of valuable biobased compounds, while fructose stands out as a promising precursor for 5-HMF formation. …”
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Facing the development challenge in Mozambique: an economywide perspective by Tarp, Finn, Arndt, Channing, Jensen, Henning Tarp, Robinson, Sherman, Heltberg, Rasmus

“…The need for a clear perspective and in-depth understanding of the socioeconomic complexities of the country in question stands out. However, while the analyses in this report are Mozambique specific, the basic analytical approach is replicable and could be brought to bear on other countries both within and outside Africa." -- From Authors' Introduction.…”
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A review of gender integration in African food-system policies: insights from Nigeria, Tanzania, Egypt and Kenya by Frimpong-Wiafe, Belinda, Muchiri, Caroline, Mawia, Harriet, Enahoro, Dolapo K.

“…Ensuring gender equality is a crucial aspect of achieving development goals, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Policymaking stands as a key avenue through which governments can actively pursue gender-responsive development. …”
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Enhancements of Mali AgDataHub based on users feedback by Akshatha, Annaiah, Dhulipala, Ram, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott, Diarra Ba, Affoussata, Whitbread, Anthony

“…As Mali faces increasing climate-related challenges, AgDataHub Mali stands as a scalable, collaborative model for integrating digital innovation into national climate resilience strategies.…”
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Systems Transformation and Multiple Pathways: Learning on CGIAR’s Ways of Working by CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

“…The methodology is based primarily on a structured desk review of internal and external evidence, including The Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES)-led evaluations; Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) and Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) reviews, center- and Board-led evaluations, inception reports from the 2025–30 CGIAR Research and Innovation Portfolio, and relevant external literature. …”
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Risk Management and Resilience: Learning on CGIAR's Ways of Working by CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

“…The methodology is based primarily on a structured desk review of internal and external evidence, including The Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES)-led evaluations; Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) and Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) reviews, center- and Board-led evaluations, inception reports from the 2025–30 CGIAR Research and Innovation Portfolio, and relevant external literature. …”
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Harvesting and conservation: are both possible for the palm, Iriartea deltoidea? by Anderson, P.J., Putz, F.E.

“…In either case, palms can be left standing when forests are cleared. Swidden agriculture depends on fallow period during which secondary forest may begin to generate. …”
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A system dynamics model for evaluating collaborative forest management: a case study in Indonesia by Purnomo, H., Mendoza, G.A.

“…Biophysical factors are four sub-components that are considered major land uses namely, the paddy field component, rattan plantations, coffee plantations and forest stands. The model was applied in a case study located in Pasir District of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. …”
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Tree population dynamics of three altitudinal vegetation communities on Mount Cameroon (1989-2004) by Forboseh, P.F., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Comiskey, J.A., Balinga, M.

“…Throughout the study period, the stocking level of trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) = 10 cm in the three forests were lower than in pan-tropical stands suggesting a significant impact of volcanic and human-related activities on the vegetation communities on the mountain. …”
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. I. Establishment, herbage yield and nutritive value of legumes as dry season forage by Muhr, L., Tarawali, Shirley A., Peters, Michael, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

“…In the mid dry season, Stylosanthes guianensis, Centrosema pubescens and Aeschynomene histrix had the highest yields of 10 t/ha DM of standing herbage plus shed leaves at one of the sites. the same species also showed good self-regeneration after a maize crop but were surpassed by other species with respect to nitrogen concentration and digestibility. …”
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Large-scale analysis of tandem repeat variability in the human genome by Duitama, Jorge, Zablotskaya, Alena, Gemayel, Rita, Jansen, An, Belet, Stefanie, Vermeesch, Joris R, Verstrepen, Kevin J., Froyen, Guy

“…However, despite long-standing evidence for the functional role of repeats, they are largely ignored because of technical limitations in sequencing, mapping and typing. …”
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