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Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Guzzon, Filippo, Arandia Rios, Luis Walquer, Caviedes Cepeda, Galo Mario, Céspedes Polo, Marcia, Chávez Cabrera, Alexander, Muriel Figueroa, Jesús, Medina Hoyos, Alicia Elizabeth, Jara Calvo, Teófilo Wladimir, Molnar, Terence L., Narro León, Luis Alberto, Narro León, Teodoro Patricio, Mejía Kerguelén, Sergio Luis, Ospina Rojas, José Gabriel, Vásquez, Gricelda, Preciado Ortiz, Ricardo Ernesto, Zambrano, José Luis, Palacios Rojas, Natalia, Pixley, Kevin

“…Continued cultivation, and therefore on-farm conservation of genetic diversity held in maize landraces, can be encouraged by creating or strengthening market opportunities that make the cultivation of landraces and open pollinated varieties (OPVs) more profitable for farmers, supporting breeding programs that prioritize improvement of landraces and their special traits, and increasing the access to quality germplasm of landraces and landrace-derived OPVs.…”
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Report of the Fourteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Finance Committee by CGIAR Finance Committee

“…It also considered requests for special assistance from CIMMYT, CIP, and ICRAF, and the use made by ICRISAT and ICARDA of special assistance provided previously. …”
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Transcriptomics of Fruit Ripening in Citrus by Terol, Javier, Tadeo, Francisco R., Ventimilla, Daniel, Ibanez, Victoria, Borredá, Carles, Pérez-Román, Estela, González-Ibeas, Daniel, Talón, Manuel

“…The appearance of the omics technologies, specially transcriptomics, with RNA-Seq as its main tool, has helped to unveil the regulatory mechanisms involved in Citrus fruit ripening, and to find the genes that control these mechanisms, that have become the targets of the citrus breeding programs.…”
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Real-time on-site detection of the three ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species associated with HLB disease: a rapid and validated method by Morán, Félix, Herrero-Cervera, Mario, Carvajal-Rojas, Sofía, Marco-Noales, Ester

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AICCRA-RUFORUM-WASCAL partnership advances climate-smart higher education in Africa benefitting over 2,300 University lecturers in 37 African countries by Segnon, Alcade, Zougmore, Robert

“…These modules were integrated into three BSc programs (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) and a newly created MSc specialization (Felix Houphouet Boigny University, Cote d’Ivoire); and informed a new MSc program (Makerere University, Uganda) on Green Economy and Climate Finance, ultimately generating future expertise to transform African agriculture and food systems.…”
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POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 39 by Avula, Rasmi

“…You will also find articles on the association between women’s empowerment and child health, a systematic review of enablers and barriers to improving IYCF practices, and an evaluation of global experiences in large-scale double-fortified salt programs. In this issue we have included peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed COVID-19 related articles, and a special section on the Ananya program, a multi-component, multi-year initiative implemented in Bihar to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition.…”
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Some principles and issues in implementing agricultural research networks by Kirkby, Roger A.

“…The operating principles involved in implementing agricultural research networks, with special reference to the African bean research network, are reviewed. …”
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The Philippines: Shadow WTO Agricultural Domestic Support Notifications by Cororaton, Caesar B.

“…The green box payments and the special and differential treatment constitute the major domestic support for agriculture. …”
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Brote de larvas de Rotschildia orizaba (Lepidoptera:saturniidae)en café, una experiencia en manejo integrado de plagas by Quezada, J.R., Rodríguez, A.

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Report of the Eleventh Meeting of the CGIAR Finance Committee by CGIAR Finance Committee

“…The Committee reviewed the draft CGIAR finance report for 1996, and commended it as a model for the future. It directed special attention to the problem of late payments by donors. …”
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CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: E. Terry by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…The first official meeting of the CDC as co-sponsors to AIARC is recorded in the minutes with details regarding programs and funding. Other discussions relate to the development of a biotechnology service at ISNAR, Intellectual Property and a draft agreement to place CGIAR base collections under the auspices of FAO, material transfer agreements, and the results of the CDC/NARS Roundtable,…”
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CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: R. Havener by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…Development of a stabilization fund and reclassification of special projects as core are among the mechanisms discussed for improving funding to the CGIAR. …”
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Student opportunity : short-term exposure to international agriculture by Phillips, Ronald L., Magor, Noel P., Shires, David, Leung, Hei, McCouch, Susan R., Macintosh, Duncan

“…A short-term student exchange program between a US university and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and a special course on rice (research to production) offered at IRRI provide students with unique insights for averting food riots in the future. …”
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The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Pricing, profitability, and adoption by Minten, Bart, Koru, Bethlehem, Stifel, David

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Generation of a bovine BAC pool for chromosome region BTA7q14-22 correlated to the trait trypanotolerance by Goldammer, T., Brunner, R.M., Kang'a, S., Hanotte, Olivier H., Schwerin, M.

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Report of the TAC Fact Finding Mission to the International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…An overview of ICLARM's governance and management structure included descriptions of its methods of operations and its relations with other institutions, including national programs, regional organizations, and IARCs. A profile of the center's physical, human, and financial resources followed. …”
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The gap between technology awareness and adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review for the DeSIRA project by Kazembe, Cynthia

“…This paper reviews different studies on technology adoption in sub-Saharan Africa to understand the determinants of low adoption of improved technologies, with a special focus on Malawi. This will in turn help explain why there is a gap between awareness and adoption of agriculture technologies. …”
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Mainstreaming NUS for nutrition sensitive agriculture: a holistic approach by Padulosi, Stefano, Meldrum, Gennifer, Mathur, Shantanu, Hunter, Danny

“…Bioversity International and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have recently published an operational framework to guide practitioners on ways to mainstream neglected and underutilized species (NUS) into projects and investment programs with the aim of supporting nutrition-sensitive agriculture and resilient food production systems. …”
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Current challenges and perspectives for governing forest restoration by Guariguata, Manuel R., Brancalion, Pedro H.S.

“…In the face of renewed perspectives for expanding forest restoration programs globally, governance issues will likely play a key role in eventually determining success. …”
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The relationships between cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), ecosystems, diseases and pests and their influence on breeding strategy by Lozano, J.C., Byrne, D., Bellotti, Anthony C.

“…It is concluded that: (1) the existence and/or severity of diseases and pest are related to the characteristics of the ecosystem; (2) there appears to be no evidence of race specialization among pathogens and pests of cassava; (3) resistance to NPFs appears to be stable; (4) cassava clones are regionally adapted var.; (5) Manihot esculenta probably has resistance to most NPFs existing in the different ecosystems since it has been selected under a wide range of ecosystems; (6) it is possible to find clones of M. esculenta with resistance to all the NPFs in a given ecosystem; and (7) on the basis of the aforementioned considerations, it is suggested that plant breeding programs should be decentralized to include several representative ecosystems as selection sites. …”
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