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Eastern and Southern Africa policy roundtable on enhancing integration of agroecology into the post-Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) process by Recha, John W.M., Barungi, Julian, Odeke, Moses, Magagula, Futhi, Gitau, Angela, Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…Therefore, transforming the human relationship with nature is key to a sustainable future. …”
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Achieving sustainable food security for all by 2020: priorities and responsibilities by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Rather, it reflects IFPRI's best judgment, as an institution, about the driving forces influencing the long-term prospects for food security and the actions needed over the next two decades to free humanity from the scourge of hunger. The action plan and the priorities and responsibilities it identifies are meant to help spur policymakers and others to take the necessary steps that are now so long overdue." -- Back cover.…”
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Toward a nitrogen footprint calculator for Tanzania by Hutton, M.O., Leach, A., Leip, A., Galloway, J.N., Bekunda, Mateete A., Sullivan, C., Lesschen, Jan Peter

“…Nitrogen (N) is a crucial element for agriculture and human nutrition, but in excess it can cause serious environmental damage. …”
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Secondary forests of the Himalaya with emphasis on the north-eastern hill region of India by Ramakrishnan, P.S., Kushwaha, S.P.S.

“…In designing such an adaptive management plan that could be operationalised at the landscape level where both natural and human managed agro ecosystems are well integrated, designing appropriate institutions at the local level is important for ensuring community participation.…”
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Field Building Leadership Initiative: Advancing Ecohealth in Southeast Asia - The first year journey by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Giang, H.P., Tung, X.D.

“…The Field Building Leadership Initiative (FBLI) Advancing Ecohealth in SEA program aims to build the field of Ecohealth by integrating research, training, policy and networking to focus on solving human health problems associated with agricultural intensification in SEA countries. …”
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Adaptation Processes in Agriculture and Food Security: Insights from Evaluating Behavioral Changes in West Africa by Somda, Jacques, Zougmoré, Robert B., Sawadogo, Issa, Bationo, B. André, Buah, Saaka S.J., Tougiani, Abasse

“…Abstract This chapter focuses on the evaluation of adaptive capacities of community-level human systems related to agriculture and food security. …”
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First External Management Review of ISNAR, 1986 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…There was need for a more comprehensive medium term plan and strategy. ISNAR required additional senior staff specialized in human resources and financial management. …”
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Evaluating hydrological dynamics and water quality in agricultural landscapes in Ghana’s Forest Transition Belt: a citizen science approach by Adusei-Gyamfi, J., Gyebi, A. S. A., Amponsah, Andoh Kwaku, Atampugre, Gerald, Tilahun, Seifu A., Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…The water quality index indicated poor conditions across all study sites, emphasizing the urgent need for a comprehensive integrated landscape management plan. This plan must consider the role of subsurface flow to safeguard environmental resources, enhance water quality, and protect human health. …”
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Tree genetic resources at risk in South America: A spatial threat assessment to prioritize populations for conservation by Zonneveld, M.J. van, Thomas, E., Castañeda Álvarez, Nora P., Damme, V. van, Alcázar, C., Loo, J., Scheldeman, Xavier

“…Background Humans threat the populations of tree species by overexploitation, deforestation, land use change, and climate change. …”
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Safeguarding and using fruit and vegetable biodiversity by Zonneveld, Maarten van, Volk, Gayle M., Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, Kindt, Roeland, Mayes, Sean, Quintero, Marcela, Choudhury, Dhrupad, Achigan-Dako, Enoch G., Guarino, Luigi

“…This constraints the supply of climate-resilient and nutritious foods to the global human population and limits long-term progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and any future goals set thereafter. …”
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ASTI global assessment of agricultural R&D spending: Developing countries accelerate investment by Beintema, Nienke M., Stads, Gert-Jan, Fuglie, Keith O., Heisey, Paul

“…The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) in 2010 catalyzed a plan to transform agricultural research and development (R&D) around the world. …”
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Second External Programme Review of ICARDA, 1988 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Reviewers called for ICARDA's strategic plan to be more explicit, with more analysis underpinning proposed decision making and priority setting in the center's future program. …”
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Bell på Betongen 1 by Lindström, Petter

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The future of global river health monitoring by Kuehne, L. M., Dickens, Chris, Tickner, D., Messager, M. L., Olden, J. D., O’Brien, G., Lehner, B., Eriyagama, Nishadi

“…They also support an extraordinary diversity of biological life. Human appropriation of land and water together with changes in climate have jointly driven rapid declines in river health and biodiversity worldwide, stimulating calls for an Emergency Recovery Plan for freshwater ecosystems. …”
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An integrated hypothesis on the domestication of Bactris gasipaes by Galluzzi, Gea, Dufour, D.L., Thomas, Evert, Zonneveld, Maarten van, Escobar Salamanca, Andrés F., Giraldo Toro, Andrés, Rivera, Andrés, Salazar Duque, Hector, Suárez Baron, Harold, Gallego Sánchez, Gerardo J., Scheldeman, Xavier, González Mejía, Alonso

“…We argue that subsequent dispersal by humans across western Amazonia, and possibly into Central America allowed for secondary domestication events through hybridization with resident wild populations, and differential human selection pressures, resulting in the diversity of present-day landraces. …”
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Att kombinera Shared Space och temporär design : ett utvecklingsförslag för Fyristorg enligt Uppsala kommunsinnerstadsstrategi by Pärlefors, Ludvig

Gender and socially inclusive WASH in Nepal: moving beyond “technical fixes” by Khadka, Manohara, Joshi, Deepa, Uprety, Labisha, Shrestha, Gitta

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Waterborne antimicrobial resistance in India: strategies to address the key challenges and gaps through a One Health approach by Yadav, Shweta, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Graham, D., Moodley, Arshnee, Jampani, Mahesh, Joshi, H., Hazra, S., Sikka, Alok

“…India faces one of the world’s highest AMR-related mortality rates, driven by the overuse of antibiotics across human health, livestock, agriculture, and aquaculture, leading to widespread contamination of surface water and groundwater. …”
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Science for action: the use of scoping models in conservation and development by Collier, N., Campbell, Bruce M., Sandker, M., Garnett, S.T., Sayer, Jeffrey A., Boedhihartono, Agni K.

“…Addressing the conflict between biodiversity conservation and enhancing human well-being is a complex exercise that must draw upon social, economic, cultural and biophysical perspectives. …”
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Investing in Natural Capital for a Sustainable Future in the Greater Meking Subregion by Asian Development Bank

“…Indeed, in the context of the subregion’s vulnerability to climate change, natural disasters, and human-induced shocks, investments in natural capital present some of the most economically viable and socially inclusive adaptation and resilience strategies. …”
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