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Abstracts of MSc theses completed by ILRI graduate fellows 2006-2007 por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is one of 15 future harvest centres, which conduct food and environmental research to help alleviate poverty and increase food security while protecting the natural resource base. …”
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Abstracts of PhD theses completed by ILRI graduate fellows 2006-2007 por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is one of 15 future harvest centres, which conduct food and environmental research to help alleviate poverty and increase food security while protecting the natural resource base. …”
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Economics of AnGR conservation and sustainable use: Theory, practice and implications por Drucker, Adam G.

“…Animal genetic resource (AnGR) diversity contributes in many ways to human survival and well-being. However, 32% of livestock breeds are threatened. …”
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Abstracts of PhD and MSc theses completed by ILRI graduate fellows 2008 por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is one of 15 future harvest centres, which conduct food and environmental research to help alleviate poverty and increase food security while protecting the natural resource base. …”
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Multivariate data analysis assisted mining of nutri-rich genotypes from North Eastern Himalayan germplasm collection of Perilla (Perilla frutescens L.) por Kaur, Simardeep, Godara, Samarth, Singh, Naseeb, Kumar, Amit, Pandey, Renu, Adhikari, Sneha, Jaiswal, Sandeep, Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Rana, Jai Chand, Bhardwaj, Rakesh, Singh, Binay Kumar, Riar, Amritbir

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Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Unlocking Synergies Between the African Union’s Strategies on the Great Green Wall Initiative and Climate Change and... por African, Union

“…Furthermore, the GGWI’s emphasis on addressing climate-induced migration and resource conflict through land restoration reinforces the critical link between environmental health and human security. Aligning the GGWI Strategy with the CCRDS will enhance implementation effectiveness, optimise resource use, and scale up Africa’s contributions to global climate and development goals, including those under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).…”
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Flat planting of cassava is more productive, economic and labour-saving than in annual ridges in the high-rainfall environments of Northern Zambia por Kamaluddin Tijjani Aliyu, Kalala, Kelvin, Simutowe, Esau, MacLaren, Chloe, Mhlanga, Blessing, Ngoma, Hambulo, Silva, João Vasco, Thierfelder, Christian

“…Significance: Overall, planting cassava in flat offers a promising strategy for intensifying cassava production, improving food security, and enhancing profitability for smallholder farmers in Northern Zambia.…”
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Using Stakeholder Cognitive Maps to Inform the Implementation of IRRI’s HER+ West Bengal Livestock Learning Lab por Goswami, R., Singh, K., Mukhopadhyay, P., Chadha, D., Puskur, Ranjitha, Gartaula, H.N.

“…In complex and intricately interlinked ToCs, intuitive human judgment can suggest changes to project activities but cannot accurately predict the outcomes of revised ToCs. …”
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Market orientation of smallholders in selected grains in Ethiopia: implications for enhancing commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture por Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…Econometric analyses show that market orientation of households is affected by factors related to household demographic characteristics, human and physical capital endowment, distance to markets, institutional support services, and village level factors of population density, agricultural labour wage and rainfall. …”
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Decentralising Zimbabwe’s water management: The case of Guyu-Che- lesa irrigation scheme por Tambudzai, Rashirayi, Everisto, Mapedza, Gideon, Zhou

“…The findings were that whilst the scheme is a model of a decen- tralised entity whose importance lies at improving food security and employment creation within the community, it falls short in representing a downwardly accountable decentralised irrigation scheme. …”
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Categorisation of dairy production systems: A strategy for targeting meaningful development of the systems in Uganda por Mubiru, S.L., Tenywa, J.S., Halberg, N., Romney, Dannie L., Nanyeenya, W., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Staal, Steven J.

“…However, this level of milk production is inadequate for the existing human population who would require 103 million metric tonnes year-1. …”
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Enhancing market orientation of smallholders: lessons from market orientation of households in selected grains in Ethiopia por Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…Econometric analyses show that market orientation of households is affected by factors related to household demographic characteristics, human and physical capital endowment, distance to markets, institutional support services, and village level factors of population density, agricultural labor wage and rainfall. …”
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Managing water resources in agriculture: opportunities from earth observation. [Abstract only]. por Amarnath, Giriraj, Sharma, Bharat R., Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…Food security and economic livelihood of millions of people in Asia and Africa shall continue to depend upon the flows in the major rivers. …”
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Site characterization and systems analysis in Central Mekong por Staal, Steven J., Njiru, Nelly M., Thinh Nguyen, Kihoro, Esther, Karimov, A.A., Teufel, Nils, Wijk, Mark T. van, Ritzema, Randall S.

“…Agricultural systems, for example, modify natural systems for productive use, add infrastructure to provide markets, and modify human institutions to organize labour and services to enable the agricultural system to function. …”
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Neonikotinoiders inverkan på pollinatörer por Andervad, Jerker, Bernalt, Erika

Urban activity park in Gjilan, Kosova : green space for meetings, experience and recreation por Bickaj, Labeat

“…Along with urbanization we need smart ways to meet human needs with a better quality of life. That the city can offer an attractive living environment is therefore of great importance to the city’s ability to attract both residents and businesses. …”

Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Theis, Sophie, Doss, Cheryl R.

“…Land is an important asset for rural households, and having secure land rights is important for poverty reduction. …”
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Policy Constraints and Key Drivers for Enhancing Egyptian Agrifood Systems por Salem, Shaban Ali, Dhehibi, Boubaker, M. Oumer, Ali, Abd-Allah, Emman, Souissi, Asma, Akramov, Kamiljon, Baum, Michael

“…In this framework, food security has been one of the most important issues for the Egyptian government following the revolution on the 25th of January 2011, since one of the basic demands of the revolution was achieving food security for Egyptian citizens under the slogan “Bread - Freedom - Social justice”, and the achievement of the dignity of humanity. …”
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Ten new insights in climate science 2022 por Martin, M.A., Boakye, E.A., Boyd, E., Broadgate, W., Bustamante, M., Canadell, J.G., Carr, E.R., Chu, E.K., Cleugh, H., Csevar, S., Daoudy, M., Bremond, A. de, Dhimal, M., Ebi, K.L., Edwards, C., Fuss, S., Girardin, M.P., Glavovic, B., Hebden, S., Hirota, M., Hsu, H.H., Huq, S., Ingold, K., Johannessen, O.M., Kameyama, Y., Kumarasinghe, N., Langendijk, G.S., Lissner, T., Lwasa, S., Machalaba, C., Maltais, A., Mathai, M.V., Mbow, C., McNamara, K.E., Mukherji, Aditi, Murray, V., Mysiak, J., Okereke, C., Ospina, D., Otto, F., Prakash, A., Pulhin, J.M., Raju, E., Redman, A., Rigaud, K.K., Rockstrom, J., Roy, J., Schipper, E.L.F., Schlosser, P., Schulz, K.A., Schumacher, K., Schwarz, L., Scown, M., Sedova, B., Siddiqui, T.A., Singh, C., Sioen, G.B., Stammer, D., Steinert, N.J., Suk, S., Sutton, R., Thalheimer, L., Aalst, Maarten van, Geest, K. van der, Zhao, Z.J.

“…Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. …”
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Geography, livelihoods and rural poverty in Honduras: An empirical analysis using an asset-base approach por Jansen, Hans G. P., Siegel, Paul B., Alwang, Jeffrey, Pichón, Francisco

“…We focus on household assets (broadly defined to include natural, physical, human, financial, social and locational assets) and their combinations necessary to take advantage of economic opportunities. …”
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