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Spore subscribers pass the 50,000 mark by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Over 50,000 institutions and individuals now receive subscriptions to the English and French editions of Spore and to theirsister publication in the Portuguese language, Esporo. Spore is sent to people living in ACP countries who ask for a...…”
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Building up niche markets by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In marketing language, a niche is a special area for a product or service. …”
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Launch of the Ethiopian Digital AgroClimate Advisory Platform (EDACaP) Progress Report on EDACaP Development and Hosting by Ahmed, Jemal Seid, Tesfaye, Kindie, Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C.

“…EDACaP aims to build farmers' resilience through agro-climate advisories that digitally integrate climate, soil, crop and agronomic data and are delivered through SMS, IVRS and radio to development agents and farmers in local languages. It builds on a partnership between the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), the National Meteorological Agency, CIAT, ILRI, CIMMYT with additional support from ICRISAT, IRI, and University of Florida.…”
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Spore salutes Mr. Soares by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Mr Álvaro Soares de Melo, the compiler of all 41 editions of our Portuguese-language edition, Esporo, retires with this issue. …”
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A handbook on heat stress adaptation for women farmers by Macwan, N., Maheriya, B., Asodariya, G., Joshi, A., Kori, Pooja, Verma, Benu, Puskur, Ranjitha

“…Contributors: Nitin Macwan, Bhavna Maheriya, Gargi Asodariya, Aastha Joshi, Pooja Kori, Benu Verma, Ranjitha Puskur This handbook is available in English, Hindi, and Odiya languages.…”
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Challenges and Opportunities forInternational Indigenous Adaptation Network by Worou, Nadine

“…It describes how integrating local knowledge with Western science strengthens resilience: land restoration, marking transhumance corridors, reducing farmer-herder conflicts, income-generating activities, and disseminating climate advisories in local languages through local channels. The experience of the Community of Practice in Senegal (co-production of agro-climatic advice for livestock farming, hosted by national institutions) and pastoral practices in Kenya illustrates measurable impacts (e.g. reduced livestock mortality during droughts). …”
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Future Harvest Programme for Musa in Africa by Ortíz, R., Frison, Emile A., Sharrock, S.

“…Prinred materials should be produced in simple pictorial forms in local languages. A Market Information Systems website/network for use by all stakeholders should be developed. …”
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Scaling up climate advisories in Senegal and Colombia by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Partnering with URACS gives substantial access to local farmers, as it spans across all 14 administrative regions and operates in local languages, and utilizes an interactive format to engage listeners.…”
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From our perspective: developing printed extension materials with cocoa farmers in Ghana by David, S., Cobbah, E.A.

“…Materials developed in this way are often incomprehensible or confusing to farmers as they tend to contain too much information and use culturally inappropriate symbols and complex language. This paper describes a process involving Ghanaian cocoa farmers, communications and extension specialists to develop an illustrated booklet on cocoa integrated crop and pest management. …”
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Tool to monitor fruit and vegetable intake by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…The questionnaires were developed in the local language of Nigeria and Vietnam, validated, and used in two data collection rounds. …”
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CTA organizes seminar on agricultural information sources in hispanophone countries by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Part of CTA's mission is to break down language barriers which can all too often hinder the dessimination of scientific and technical information. …”
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Chain empowerment: Supporting African farmers to develop markets by Royal Tropical Institute, Faida Market Link Company Ltd, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction

“…Using easy-to-understand language and richly illustrated with drawings and case studies, this book demonstrates how smallholder farmers can earn more by taking control of value chains. …”
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Hästens uttryck av känslor i interaktion med människor by Oskarsson, Rebecca

“…Keywords: horse, emotion, mood, facial expression, body language, welfare, interaction, human…”
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OIMS base self-describing metadata schema by Kruseman, Gideon, Laporte, Marie-Angelique

“…This approach guarantees ease of use across various programming languages and platforms. Critical to the schema are its attributes, which are meticulously defined to ensure transparency and adaptability. …”
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Designing decentralized food security and nutrition policies: a knowledge-based system approach in Malawi by Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Based on solutions of farm level optimization models and with the facilities of macro-programming in spreadsheet programs a rule-based system which is easily understood and modified by the local development agents with little or no knowledge of programming languages is developed. It is argued that similar programs could be written for designing and implementing decentralized policies for other rural development sectors. …”
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Scaling climate information services using the local group for meteorological assistance in Mali by Diarra, Afoussata, Dossou-Yovo, E. R

“…These groups bridge the gap between meteorological data and farmers' needs by providing tailored, location-specific climate advisories in local languages. By leveraging community-based dissemination mechanisms, these groups have successfully reached 2,250 farmers, enabling 81% to make climate-informed decisions. …”
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Scaling climate information services using digital platform in Mali by Diallo, Aboubacar, Diarra, Afoussata, Dossou-Yovo, E. R.

“…Key features of the digital platform included integration of various CIS types, multiple access channels such as WhatsApp, SMS, calls, and the use of local languages to ensure inclusivity. In 2024, the platform reached 310,333 farmers, 45% of whom were women, contributing to increasing rice yield by 705 kg/ha, income by 345,288 XOF/ha (575 USD/ha) and food consumption score by 2 in rice-based systems. …”
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Designing decentralized food security and nutrition policies: a knowledge based system approach in Malawi by Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Based on solutions of farm level optimization models and with the facilities of macro-programming in spreadsheet programs a rule-based system which is easily understood and modified by the local development agents with little or no knowledge of programming languages is developed. It is argued that similar programs could be written for designing and implementing decentralized policies for other rural development sectors. …”
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Comment on Ostrom and Cox paper: "Moving beyond panaceas: a multitiered diagnostic approach for social-ecological analysis" - looking beyond the right institutional fit by Clement, Floriane

“…More than a methodological tool, the SES framework also aims at offering a common language to bridge the disciplinary divide between natural and social sciences. …”
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CIAT Germplasm Bank Database by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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