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Evidence from Odisha’s Mamata scheme: Can conditional cash transfers improve the uptake of nutrition interventions and household food security? by Raghunathan, Kalyani, Chakrabarti, Suman, Avula, Rasmi, Kim, Sunny S.

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Regional Training for East and Southern Africa by Grossi, Amanda, Dinku, Tufa, Faniriantsoa, Rija, Robertson, Andrew, Singh, Bohar

“…The three workshops, which were hosted in Kampala, Uganda, were on the topics of 1) the Climate Data Tool (CDT) and Automatic Weather Station Data Tool (ADT); 2) the IRI Data Library and Maprooms; and 3) Seasonal Forecasting Approaches. …”
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The nutrition and health risks faced by pregnant adolescents: Insights from a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Sanghvi, Tina, Tran, Lan Mai, Afsana, Kaosar, Mahmud, Zeba, Menon, Purnima, Massimo Ciccozzi

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The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia by Minten, Bart, Habte, Yetimwork, Tamru, Seneshaw, Tesfaye, Agajie

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Adapting agriculture platforms for nutrition: A case study of a participatory, video-based agricultural extension platform in India by Kadiyala, Suneetha, Morgan, Emily H., Cyriac, Shruthi, Margolies, Amy, Roopnaraine, Terry

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Quantifying the burden of rhodesiense sleeping sickness in Urambo District, Tanzania by Matemba, L.E., Fèvre, Eric M., Kibona, S.N., Picozzi, K., Cleaveland, S., Shaw, A.P.M.

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Empirically derived guidance for social scientists to influence environmental policy by Marshall, N., Adger, N., Attwood, S., Brown, K., Crissman, C.C., Cvitanovic, C., Young, C. de, Gooch, M., James, C., Jessen, S., Johnson, D., Marshall, P., Park, S., Wachenfeld, D., Wrigley, D.

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Design and Implementation of an Interactive Web-Based Near Real-Time Forest Monitoring System by Pratihast, A.K., Vries, B. de, Avitabile, Valerio, Bruin, S. de, Herold, Martin, Bergsma, A.

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Trees and their seed networks: The social dynamics of urban fruit trees and implications for genetic diversity by Rimlinger, A., Avana, M.-L., Awono, A., Chakocha, A., Gakwavu, A., Lemoine, T., Marie, L., Mboujda, F., Vigouroux, Yves, Johnson, V., Vinceti, B., Carrière, S.M., Duminil, J.

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Tracking crop varieties using genotyping-by-sequencing markers: a case study using cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) by Rabbi, Ismail Y., Kulakow, Peter A., Manu-Aduening, J.A., Dankyi, Ansong A., Asibuo, James Y., Parkes, Elizabeth Y., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Girma, Gezahegn, Gedil, Melaku A, Ramu, Punna, Reyes, Byron A., Maredia, Mywish K.

“…Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) was used in a case study as an alternative method to track released varieties in farmers’ fields, using cassava, a clonally propagated root crop widely grown in the tropics, and often disseminated through extension services and informal seed systems. A total of 917 accessions collected from 495 farming households across Ghana were genotyped at 56,489 SNP loci along with a “reference library” of 64 accessions of released varieties and popular landraces.…”
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Improving Resilience to Climate Impacts in Ghana through Improved Availability, Access and Use of Climate Information: Dialog with Users by Nenkam, Andree M., Lamptey, Patrick, Torgbor, Francis, Larbi, Frederick Out, Asante, Vincent Antwi, Kumi, Naomi, Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C.

“…The availability is enhanced by merging station data with other proxies, and its access is through the online state of the art tool, the Meteo Ghana Climate Data Library installed GMET and publicly available online. …”
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Getting the Data Flowing: Lessons Learned from Existing Reporting Systems in the Forestry Sector in Indonesia for REDD+ MRV by Praputra, A.V., Bong, I.W., Ekowati, D., Hofstee, C., Maryudi, A.

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Global drivers of food system (un)sustainability: A multi-country correlation analysis by Béné, Christophe, Fanzo, Jessica, Prager, Steven D., Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Mapes, Brendan Robert, Álvarez Toro, Patricia, Bonilla Cedrez, Camila

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Climate-smart livestock systems: an assessment of carbon stocks and GHG emissions in Nicaragua by Gaitán, Lucía, Läderach, Peter R.D., Graefe, Sophie, Rao, Idupulapati M., Hoek, Rein van der

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Post-Crackdown Effectiveness of Field-Based Forest Law Enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon by Börner, J., Kis-Katos, K., Hargrave, J., König, K.

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Breaking the link between environmental degradation and oil palm expansion: a method for enabling sustainable oil palm expansion by Smit, H.H., Meijaard, E., Laan, C. van der, Mantel, S, Budiman, A., Verweij, Pita

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The Use of Mixed Effects Models for Obtaining Low-Cost Ecosystem Carbon Stock Estimates in Mangroves of the Asia-Pacific by Bukoski, J.J., Broadhead, J.S., Donato, D.C., Murdiyarso, Daniel, Gregoire, T.G.

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Book donation scheme for Africa by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…However, a new donation scheme jointly administered by the Ranfurly Library Service (See Source of Information page 16)...…”
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Factors contributing to farm-level productivity and household income generation in coastal Bangladesh’s rice-based farming systems by Emran, Shah-Al, Krupnik, Timothy J., Aravindakshan, Sreejith, Kumar, Virender, Pittelkow, Cameron M.

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Enhanced surveillance for Rift Valley fever in livestock during El Niño rains and threat of RVF outbreak, Kenya, 2015-2016 by Oyas, H., Holmstrom, L., Kemunto, N.P., Muturi, M., Mwatondo, A., Osoro, E.M., Bitek, A., Bett, Bernard K., Githinji, J.W.K., Thumbi, Samuel M., Widdowson, M.A., Munyua, P.M., Njenga, M.K.

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