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Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins by Cai X, Molden, David J., Mainuddin, M., Sharma, B., Ahmad, M.D., Karimi, P.

“…How people will manage river systems while protecting vital ecosystem functions will make the difference between catastrophe and survival. As Prof Asit Biswas points out, "… the world is facing a water crisis not because of physical scarcity of water but because of poor management practices in nearly all countries of the world." …”
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Investigating a hyper-endemic focus of Taenia solium in northern Lao PDR by Okello, A., Ash, Andrew J., Keokhamphet, C., Hobbs, E., Khamlome, Boualam, Dorny, P., Thomas, Lian F., Allen, J.

“…The parasite is suspected to be endemic in Lao PDR as a result of widespread risk factors including open human defecation, free ranging pigs and weak systems for meat inspection and carcass condemnation. …”
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Expression of RoTat 1.2 cross-reactive variable antigen type in Trypanosoma evansi and T. equiperdum by Claes, F., Verloo, D., Waal, D.T. de, Urakawa, T., Majiwa, Phelix A.O., Goddeeris, Bruno M., Büscher, Philippe

“…Within the duration of the experiment, all rabbits infected with T. evansi became positive in the three serological tests. Five out of six rabbits infected with T. equiperdum also became positive in the three tests. …”
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Massive sorghum collection genotyped with SSR markers to enhance use of global genetic resources by Billot, C., Ramu, P., Bouchet, S., Chantereau, J., Deu, M., Gardes, L., Noyer, J., Rami, J.F., Rivallan, R., Li, Y., Lu, P., Wang, T., Folkertsma, R.T., Arnaud, Elizabeth, Upadhyaya, Hari D., Glaszmann, Jean-Christophe, Hash, C.T.

“…The peripheral groups in western Africa, southern Africa and eastern Asia were the most homogeneous and clearly differentiated. …”
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Approaches to alleviating poverty in rural Pakistan by Hussain, Intizar

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Early warning systems and monitoring tools for agricultural adaptations to climate change. [Abstract only]. by Lacombe, Guillaume

“…In Southeast Asia, agricultural production is highly constraint by climate cycles typically characterized by the regular alternation of the wet and dry seasons, and by unpredictable droughts or rain storms. …”
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Improving agricultural productivity for poverty alleviation through integrated service provision with public-private sector partnerships: examples and issues by Hussain, Intizar, Perera, L.R.

“…Enduring low agricultural productivity is one of the major causes of rural poverty in South Asia. Based on a review of recent empirical studies, this paper focuses on three key questions: (1) why is agricultural productivity low in the region?…”
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Final technical report RUAF - from seed to table, 2009-2011 by Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Yadava, Chenna Basappa Gangappa, Wijenayake, K.M.A., Suleman, K.B.

“…This is the final report (2009-2011 June) of the RUAF-FSTT Programme for the South and SOUTHEAST ASIA Region, coordinated by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), from its Regional Office in Hyderabad, India. …”
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Exploring relationships between conservation and poverty reduction in wetland ecosystems: lessons from 10 integrated wetland conservation and poverty reduction initiatives by Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali, de Silva, Sanjiv, Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie

“…This paper describes the evaluation of 10 wetland management case studies from Asia, Africa and South America that adopted such an integrated approach. …”
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Agricultural water use and management in arid and semiarid areas: Current situation and measures for improvement by Dehghanisanij, H., Oweis, Theib Y., Qureshi, Asad Sarwar

“…Water is rapidly becoming scarcer especially in arid and semiarid areas such as Central West Asia and North Africa Region (CWANA), while irrigated agriculture is critical for national and world food security in these regions. …”
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Mobilizing a CGIAR Agricultural Insurance Research Community by Garvin, S, Hansen, James

“…The CCAFS Regional Programs of East and West Africa, and South and Southeast Asia were also represented. The workshop aimed to mobilize a community of practice on weather-related insurance for agricultural development and adaptation, take stock of relevant expertise and approaches across the CGIAR, and inform the development of funding proposals under CCAFS Flagship 2: Climate Information Services and Climate-Informed Safety Nets. …”
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The climate of cloud forests by Jarvis, Andy, Mulligan, M.

“…There are some clear differences in the climates of cloud forests found in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and those in Asia. Cloud forests are found to be wetter (with incident rainfall being 184 mm year−1 higher on average), cooler (by 4·2 °C on average), and less seasonally variable than other montane forests not affected significantly by fog and low cloud. …”
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Simulation of resource-conserving technologies on productivity, income and greenhouse gas GHG emission in rice-wheat system by Saharawat, Yashpal S., Ladha, Jagdish Kumar, Pathak, Himanshu, Gathala M, Chaudhary, N., Jat, Mangi Lal

“…The Rice-wheat (RW) cropping system is one of the major agricultural production systems in four Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) countries: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal of South Asia covering about 32% of the total rice area and 42% of the total wheat area. …”
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Scenario planning for community development in Vietnam: a new tool for integrated health approaches? by Nguyen, V., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Phuc Pham Duc, Weise, M.

“…Background: Like many countries in Southeast Asia, Vietnam’s rapid population and economic growth has met challenges in infrastructure development, especially sanitation in rural areas. …”
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Extensive diversity and inter-genepool introgression in a world-wide collection of indeterminate snap bean accessions by Blair, Matthew W., Chaves, A., Tofiño Rivera, Adriana Patricia, Palacio Mejia, JD, Calderón Sotelo, J.F.

“…The genotypes were predominantly from Asia, Europe and the United States but included some varieties from Latin America and Africa. …”
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Global adaptation patterns of Australian and CIMMYT spring bread wheat by Mathews, KL, Chapman, SC, Trethowan, R, Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H., Ginkel, M. van, Crossa, J.L., Payne, T, DeLacy, I, Fox, PN, Cooper, M.

“…CIMMYT lines performed well at CIMMYT’s key yield testing location in Mexico (CIANO), north-eastern Australia, the Indo-Gangetic plains, West Asia North Africa and locations in Europe and Canada. …”
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LPA Brief no. 11. Livestock production, consumption and trade: Key indicators by Mengesha, Y., Ehui, Simeon K., Jabbar, M.A., Shapiro, Barry I.

“…For example, North Africa has been reported separately instead of under West Asia and North Africa (WANA); Sudan has been grouped in East Africa instead of North Africa; and Mexico has been grouped as part of Central America and the Caribbean instead of under North America.…”
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Current state of knowledge on characterisation of farm animal genetic resources in Ethiopia by Ayalew, W., Getahun, E., Tibbo, Markos, Mamo, Y., Rege, J.E.O.

“…The existence of this diversity is due in large part to its geographical location near the historical entry point of many livestock populations from Asia, its diverse topographic and climatic conditions, the huge livestock population size and the wide range in production systems. …”
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Drought stress characterization of post-rainy season (rabi) sorghum in India by Kholová, Jana, McLean G, Vadez, Vincent, Craufurd, Peter Q., Hammer, Graeme L.

“…The sorghum crop model within the APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator) platform was used to simulate crop growth and yield and the pattern of crop water status through each season using available historical weather data. …”
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Climate adaptation as mitigation: the case of agricultural investments by Lobell, David B., Baldos ULC, Hertel, Thomas W.

“…Adaptation investments in high yielding, land scarce regions such as Asia and North America are more effective for mitigation.…”
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