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What gets measured gets done!: towards an afro-barometer for tracking progress in achieving sustainable development goal 5 por Nhamo, G., Nhamo, S., Nhemachena, Charles

“…An Afro-barometer, drawing from UN Tier 1 indicators and using a composite index and data drawn from the World Development Indicators (WDI), is a tentative step towards a baseline for tracking progress towards achieving SDG 5 in Africa. …”
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond por Nelson, Gerald C., Rosegrant, Mark W., Palazzo, Amanda, Gray I, Ingersoll C, Robertson, Richard D., Tokgoz S, Zhu, T., Sulser TB, Ringler, Claudia, Msangi S, You, Liangzhi

“…A world population approaching 9 billion by 2050 and higher incomes in hitherto poor countries will lead to increased food demand, which means significant challenges to sustainable agricultural production.To these already daunting challenges, climate change adds more. …”
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Pastoral women’s land rights and village land use planning in Tanzania: Experiences from the sustainable rangeland management project por Kisambu, N., Flintan, Fiona E., Daley, E., Pallas, S.

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Food security and agriculture in the Western Highlands of Guatemala por López Ridaura, Santiago, Barba-Escoto, Luis, Reyna, C., Hellin, Jonathan, Gerard, G., Wijk, Mark T. van

“…Food security is a major challenge in Guatemala, one of the poorest countries in the world. Food insecurity is concentrated in the Western Highlands of Guatemala (WHG) where indigenous communities have been the main victims of social, political and economic marginalization. …”
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Optimizing Investment in Agricultural Research, or the Quest for Prosperity por Roseboom, Johannes

“…The growth in agricultural R&D investments around the world has slowed considerably in the past 20-30 years, even though most experts agree that there is substantial underinvestment in agricultural R&D. …”
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Rwanda [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] por Diao, Xinshen, Fan, Shenggen, Kanyarukiga, Sam, Yu, Bingxin

“…Moreover, in terms of health indicators, World Bank (2008a) estimates that, while infant mortality increased from 85 to 137 per thousand between 1988–92 and 1992–94, it has since receded to 97.5 per thousand in 2006.…”
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That was then but this is now: multifunctionality in industry and agriculture por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Tin, Jonathan

“…Current agricultural negotiations in the World Trade Organization are grappling on how to fully integrate agriculture within the general rules for trade in goods. …”
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Agricultural R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa: An era of stagnation por Beintema, Nienke M., Stads, Gert-Jan

“…Declines often occurred during periods of political unrest or following the completion of large donor-funded projects. …”
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An assessment of the likely impact on Ugandan households of rising global food prices por Benson, Todd, Mugarura, Samuel, Wanda, Kelly

“…The Uganda offices of WFP, UNICEF, and FAO commissioned the Kampala office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to assess the likely impact of rising world food prices on the welfare and food security of Ugandan households. …”
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Scaling out project outcomes requires a 'special chemistry' por International Livestock Research Institute

“…After a session of the the November 2010 Fodder Adoption Project (FAP) workshop in Laos, we recorded 'notes' of three world cafe hosts who collated cross-project lessons (from Ethiopia, Syria, and Vietnam) on three issues: Innovation approaches, feed assessment, and scaling out. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Ninth Meeting, 3-7 February 1975: Draft Report por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Other subjects addressed included post harvest technology, tropical fruits, CGIAR relationships with ICIPE, relations with national research institutions, CGIAR terminology and review procedures, WARDA, pesticides, the World Food Conference, aquaculture, water use and management, and IBPGR.…”
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Gender, collective action, and climate change: Qualitative insights from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali por Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Ali, Snigdha, Behrman, Julia A., Bryan, Elizabeth, Davis, Peter, Donnelly, Aiveen, Gathaara, Violet, Koné, Daouda, Nganga, Teresiah, Ngugi, Jane, Okoba, Barrack, Roncoli, Carla

“…It has become clear that even serious efforts to mitigate climate change will be inadequate to prevent devastating impacts that threaten to erode or reverse recent economic gains in the developing world. Individuals, communities, and policymakers must adapt to a new reality and become resilient to the negative impacts of future climate changes. …”
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La comunicación estratégica como herramienta para el desarrollo rural : análisis comparativo de aspectos organizacionales y comunicacionales en dos grupos del programa Cambio Rural... por Castro, Viviana Laura

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Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Climate Change Adaptations: Research findings from East Africa por Amsler, Kelly, Hein, Chloe, Klasek, Genêt

“…Africa boasts the world’s most rapid population growth, and is concurrently experiencing a “youth bulge” – an expansion in population of tech-savvy, well-educated, job-ready 18-35 year olds (Population Reference Bureau, 2013). …”
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Presidencia de la Plaza y Machagai. Análisis comparativo del proceso territorial desarrollado en el centro este chaqueño = Presidencia de la Plaza and Machagai. Comparative analysi... por Cuadra, Dante Edin, Martinez, Gerardo Roberto

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Handel med hotade djurarter por Bornhede, Maria, Nordqvist, Angelica, Tjärnström, Elisabeth, Tranlöv, Malou

Operationalising the SARD-Initiative in Viet Nam por Larsen, Rasmus Kløcker

“…The SARD (Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development) Initiative is a partnership programme which emerged at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 to support the implementation of Agenda 21, Chapter 14. …”
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Building Capacities for Scaling-Up Climate Smart Village in Nepal: A training manual por Pudasaini, Roshan, Adhikari, Laxmi Devi, Bhusal, Aastha, Paudel, Bikash, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun

“…Ultimately, this publication is expected to contribute to the mission of scaling-up the CSV approach for the enhanced resilience of farming communities in Nepal and around the world.…”
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Chalakudy River Diversion Scheme, Kerala: does it show the future of canal irrigation in India? por Santhosh, Harikrishnan, Mohan, A., George, S. L.

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Are climate- and peace and security-related policies coherent? A policy coherence analysis for climate security por Schapendonk, Frans, Madurga Lopez, Ignacio M., Savelli, Adam, Sarzana, Carolina

“…These forms of exposure can be compounded by persistent or periodically high levels of fragility – defined by the World Bank (2011) as periods when states or institutions lack the capacity, accountability, or legitimacy to mediate relations between citizen groups and between citizens and the state – which can in turn undermine the extent to which societies as a whole and certain groups within them possess the adaptive capacity to manage, absorb or mitigate climate risks. …”
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