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Learning from the past: Rainwater management in smallholder crop-livestock systems of the Volta basin by Douxchamps, Sabine

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Evaluating risk of aflatoxin field contamination from climate change using new modules inside DSSAT by Thomas, Timothy S., Robertson, Richard D., Boote, Kenneth J.

“…Aflatoxin concentrations are projected to rise with climate change by all 5 models for Nepal, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nigeria, but only rise for 3 models for Niger and 4 of the 5 models for Burkina Faso. We use regressions with weather variables on projected aflatoxin concentrations levels above 4 ppb to better understand critical levels of rainfall and temperature that could trigger local crises with aflatoxins in on-farm consumption of harvested foods. …”
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La aplicación del análisis social costo-beneficio a la evaluación de PROGRESA by Coady, David

“…Este Programa proporciona transferencias monetarias a las madres de los hogares clasificados como “pobres”. …”
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Local forest governance and benefit sharing from reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) by Kokko, Suvi

“…This study investigates how three forest dependent communities in the Nazinon forest, in Southwest Burkina Faso could financially benefit from a REDD+ project. …”
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Evaluación del aprovechamiento de cabeza y cutícula de camarón Litopenaeus Vannamei generados en la empresa CAMANICA Zona Franca S.A., Chinandega, Nicaragua by González Zamora, Maximiliano, Moreno López, Eliezer Josué

“…Es probable que este comportamiento se haya dado debido a la oxidación de los ácidos grasos volátiles, que forman parte de la composición química del camarón. …”
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Climate-smart agriculture for disaster risk reduction in Sindh, Pakistan by Wilderspin, Ian, Giles, James, Hildebrand, Jack, Khan, Muhammad, Lizarazo, Miguel, Grosjean, Godefroy

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Encuestas de caracterización socioeconómica nacional en el sector forestal: Orientaciones y módulos de encuestas para medir las múltiples funciones de los bosques en el bienestar by Bakkegaard, R.K., Agrawal, A., Animon, I., Hogarth, N.J., Miller, D.C., Persha, L., Rametsteiner, E., Wunder, Sven, Zezza, A.

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Small-scale fisheries and sustainable development: Key findings from the IHH report by Bevitt, Kate Melinda, Franz, Nicole, McCormack, Stacey

“…This brief presents the main results from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) report, providing new, clearer insights to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…”
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Small-scale fisheries and sustainable development by Mills, David

“…Key findings from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests report: This brief presents the main results from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) report, providing new, clearer insights to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…”
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Macroeconomic policies and agricultural and rural development by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

Subjects: “…food security…”
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Technical platform on the measurement and reduction of food loss and waste by International Food Policy Research Institute, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Subjects: “…food wastes…”
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Analysis of current trends in the distribution patterns of ruminant livestock in tropical Africa by Leeuw, P.N. de, Rey, B.

“…The livestock population data from his study were given by species and agro-ecological zones for each country, together with estimates of the rural population density based on FAO statistics for the period 1979 to 1981. In the second part of this paper, more recent changes in livestock distribution patterns are examined in order to verify some of the hypotheses formulated and to identify the causes.…”
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Institutional management and performance changes in two irrigation districts: case study from Hebei Province, PR China by Johnson, S.H., Vermillion, Douglas L., Svendsen, Mark, Xinyuan, W., Xiying, Z., Xuesen, M.

Subjects: “…irrigated farming…”
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Molecular markers and tissue culture: technologies transcending continental barries to add value and improve productivity of cassava in Africa by Okogbenin, Emmanuel, Egesi, Chiedozie N., Fregene, Martin A.

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CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: C. Bonte-Friedheim (Acting) by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…The standing committee reports include PARC, IPR and the agreement with FAO to place base collections of centers under the FAO network, Sustainability and Environment (CSE), Documentation and Information, Priorities and Strategies, sub-Saharan African and the initiative to coordinate and integrate training in SSA.…”
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Anticipating gender impacts in scaling innovations for agriculture: Insights from the literature by McGuire, Erin, Rietveld, Anne M., Crump, Amanda, Leeuwis, Cees

“…Inclusive innovation to address agriculture productivity and loss gaps is tantamount to equitable global food security (FAO, 2014; FAO, 2011). However, many innovations still fail to help stimulate disruption in gender or social inequities, and some even do additional harm. …”
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Short-term effects of agricultural practices on the soil structure and hydrodynamic in a deep tilled hardened sandy-silty volcanic–ash soil (cangahua) in Ecuador by Podwojewski, Pascal, Janeau, Jean L.

“…In agreement with the structural stability measured in a laboratory, organic matter inputs increase the soil porosity but had no effect on the structural stability and resistance to crusting, and thus to runoff and to erosion. …”
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Women and ICTs: Raising awareness by Kipsang', Bett, Ouédraogo, Noelie Marceline

“…Two projects, one in Kenya and one in Burkina Faso, show that female farmers have better access to ICTs and are using them to improve their livelihoods. …”
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Potential of dry season cowpea in West Africa by Singh, B., Blade, S.

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No confusion now! by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Robert Zougmore, the researcher at INERA (Burkina Faso), points out that the title of the article 'Zaï and the half-moon' in Spore 88 could mislead readers. …”
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