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Green bonds and non-financial value by Lindberg, Jacob

“…To avoid permanent effects on society the goal is to limit global temperature rise at two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. …”
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Modeller för omvärldsanalys i trädgårdsnäringen by Tallving, Carl, Rosdahl, Kristina

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The NASA hydrological forecast system for food and water security applications by Arsenault, K. R., Shukla, S., Hazra, A., Getirana, A., McNally, A., Kumar, S.V., Koster, R. D., Peters-Lidard, C. D., Zaitchik, B. F., Badr, H., Jung, H. C., Narapusetty, B., Navari, M., Wang, S., Mocko, D. M., Funk, C., Harrison, L., Husak, G. J., Adoum, A., Galu, G., Magadzire, T., Roningen, J., Shaw, M., Eylander, J., Bergaoui, K., McDonnell, Rachael, Verdin, J. P.

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Water-centered growth challenges, innovations and interventions in Ethiopia by Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele

“…The target audiences of this paper are the people who make the investment and management decisions in water and water management for agriculture, and other subsectors - agricultural producers, water managers, investors, policymakers and civil society. The paper has benefited from the review of key policy and strategy documents of Ethiopia, outputs of various outcomes of research, civil society meetings and workshops, data and information available in government institutions, and global knowledge. …”
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Knowledge management in Ethiopian agriculture by Sehai, Ermias

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Supply chain risk assessment and management toolkit by Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca, Siles, Pablo, Claros Trujillo, Luisa María, Angulo, Jessenia, Charry, Andres, Mai Vu, Nguyen Phuong, Nguyen, Thuy Thanh, Talsma, Tiffany, Celi, Giacomo

“…The result of the assessment is a relative rating of risk exposure in the three risk areas, based on information available from visits to randomly selected farms coupled with interviews with farmers, workers, company personnel, civil society representatives and other local key informants. …”
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A&T Bangladesh Follow-up Survey 2016: Community by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The community questionnaire captured the factors influencing suboptimal feeding practices that are embedded within the larger society and environment. Specifically, the community questionnaire was designed to provide information on the following aspects of each village: 1) General characteristics: population, proportions of minority and poor households, main sources of income in peak and low seasons, 2) Infrastructure: access to main road, electricity, gas, and irrigation systems, 3) Distance to/from the nearest major town, types of transportation used to reach this town, 4) Natural disasters occurred in the village during the last year, and 5) Presence of organizations or support groups and nutrition programs/projects.…”
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Naturunderstödd rehabilitering på landsbygd : vårdpersonalens erfarenheter och upplevelser by Losell, Maria

East Africa Strategic Futures Workshop for Non-State Actors by SID

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Exploring the usefulness of scenario archetypes in science-policy processes: experience across IPBES assessments by Sitas, Nadia, Harmáčková, Zuzana V, Anticamara, Jonathan A., Arneth, Almut, Badola, Ruchi, Biggs, Reinette, Blanchard, Ryan, Brotons, Lluis, Cantele, Matthew, Coetzer, Kaera, DasGupta, Rajarshi, Belder, Eefje den, Ghosh, Sonali, Guisan, Antoine, Gundimeda, Haripriya, Hamann, Maike, Harrison, Paula A., Hashimoto, Shizuka, Hauck, Jennifer, Klatt, Brian J, Kok, Kasper, Krug, Rainer M, Niamir, Aidin, O'Farrell, Patrick J., Okayasu, Sana, Palomo, Ignacio, Pereira, Laura, Riordan, Philip, Santos Martín, Fernando, Selomane, Odirilwe, Shin, Yunne-Jai, Valle, Mireia

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Building gender-sensitive climate-smart agriculture approaches for sustainable food-energy systems by Yami, Mastewal, Haddis, Edom, Birhane, Emiru, Kidu, Gidey

“…The impacts of climate change have been more severe for poor and marginalized peoples, especially women, than they have been for other groups in the society, due to their disadvantaged access to technologies, resources, information, and power. …”
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Role of socio-economic research in developing, delivering and scaling new crop varieties: The case of staple crop biofortification by Birol, Ekin, Bouis, Howarth E.

“…Farmer and consumer surveys and monitoring systems provided the underlying information for estimating farmer adoption models and helped understand input/output markets, farmer and consumer preferences, and additional opportunities and challenges –all of which informed crop breeding and delivery activities, while building the knowledge base for catalyzing the scaling of biofortification.…”
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Building inclusive and empowering agrifood systems for resilience by Malapit, Hazel J., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Zseleczky, Laura

“…Women are often particularly vulnerable to such shocks given constraints they face in terms of access to information, household decision-making power, control over assets and resources, time burdens, and more. …”
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Seeking a common path: structuring multistakeholder dialogue on agricultural biotechnology in Africa by von Grebmer, Klaus, Omamo, Steven Were

“…The best chance of building consensus lies in bringing different views to the table for deliberation and information sharing, thus starting a process of collaborative planning, implementation, and evaluation of various activities. …”
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Mind the (nutrient supply) gap: An assessment of demand and supply limitations for Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium for major crops in Nepal by Chakraborty, Debashis, Sherpa, Sonam Rinchen, Koirala, Pankaj, Baral, Bandhu Raj, Karki, Saral, Sapkota, Shishir, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy Joseph

“…CSISA aims to enhance the adoption of resource-conserving and climate-resilient technologies while improving farmers' access to market information and enterprise development, particularly for women farmers through modern innovations and entrepreneurial skills. …”
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Restoration of rice ecosystem services: ‘ecological engineering for pest management’ incentives and practices in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam by Horgan, Finbarr G., Vu, Quynh, Mundaca, Enrique A., Crisol-Martínez, Eduardo

“…As a restoring service from society to the rice ecosystem, ecological engineering incorporated significant positive-feedback loops, particularly regarding the production of supplementary foods (provisioning services) and the aesthetic value (cultural services) of planted rice bunds. …”
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Technologies for sustainable forest management: challenges for the 21st century. Commonwealth Forestry Congress, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, May 1997 by Sayer, Jeffrey A., Vanclay, J.K., Byron, R.N.

“…Definitions of sustainability will vary in time and space as society's expectations and aspirations change, so there can be no "silver bullet" to ensure sustainability. …”
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Will forests remain in the face of oil palm expansion? Simulating change in Malinau, Indonesia by Sandker, M., Suwarno, A., Campbell, Bruce M.

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Spatial and temporal risk factors for the early detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients in Tororo and Busia districts, Uganda by Odiit, M., Coleman, P.G., McDermott, John J., Fèvre, Eric M., Welburn, S.C., Woolhouse, Mark E.J.

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Policies for sustainable Development in the highlands of Amhara region: Overview of research findings by Benin, Samuel, Pender, J.L., Ehui, Simeon K.

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