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Agroecological approach to farming for sustainable development: The Indian scenario by Bisht, Ishwari Singh, Rana, Jai Chand, Jones, Sarah K., Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, Yadav, Rashmi

“…Agroecology is the application of ecological principles to agricultural systems and practices and the application of social justice principles to whole food systems. Agroecological farming, an unfamiliar concept to those who treat agriculture and ecology as separate subjects, refers to farming for producing food, employment and economic benefits in addition to cultural, social and environmental services and ben- efits. …”
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Editorial: Beyond the food systems framework: food system transitions toward sustainable healthy diets in low and middle-income countries by Berg, Marrit van den, Lecoutere, Els, Termote, Céline, Hunter, Danny

Subjects: “…food systems…”
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iSAT, the new generation digital agro advisory tool that empowers farmers to manage climate risks by Joseph, Jacob Emanuel, Worou, Nadine, Diedhiou, Lamine, Dhulipala, Ram, Houessionon, Prosper, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…As of September 2022, weekly climate informed agro-based advisories using IVR voice messages (18 994 in local languages-Wolof, Pula), which have been sent to 2720 (23.5% women-led farms) registered users via Jokolante. Climate informed agro-advisories developed with iSAT are now integrated into the SAIDA app (A Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO] tool for Senegal administered by the National Agency for Agricultural and Rural Council (ANCAR) with a potential national reach of 84,000 producers.…”
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Gene editing and agrifood systems by Gao, Caixia, Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Kuzma, Jennifer, Lema, Martin, Lidder, Preetmoninder, Robinson, Jonathan, Wessler, Justus, Zhao, Kevin

“…There is, as yet, no international consensus regarding if and how gene-edited organisms should be regulated, and whether their release would fall under the regulatory framework of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. …”
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Despite COVID-19, food consumption remains steady in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by de Brauw, Alan, Hirvonen, Kalle, Abate, Gashaw T.

Subjects: “…food security…”
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Quantitative analysis of food waste from wholesale to households in Colombo, Sri Lanka by Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., Drechsel, Pay, Bucatariu, C.

Subjects: “…food waste…”
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Nominal Rate of Assistance (NRA): Data Processing and Treatment by Laborde Debucquet, David, Mamun, Abdullah

“…Support to agriculture producers is provided in different forms, including border measures, domestic subsidies, and income transfers from taxpayers to producers. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) maintains a harmonized database on nominal rate of protection (NRP) for the AgIncentives Consortium (www.ag-incentives.org) constituted by OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), FAO, IFPRI, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and the World Bank. …”
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New e-learning course to tackle complex challenges of managing dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems by Carleton, Elliot, Louhaichi, Mounir, Flintan, Fiona

“…a blog about the e-learning course, "Transforming Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems" introduced by The Committee on Forestry Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems (COFO-WG) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). the course is designed to address challenges faced by these ecosystems covering 41% of the global land area. …”
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From re-instrumenting to re-purposing farm support policies by Anderson, Kym, Strutt, Anna

“…Moreover, numerous communities are calling out for a major overhaul of agrifood systems and policies, demanding among other things that they do more to improve nutrition and human health and ease natural resource and environmental stresses, particularly in the face of changing climates (United Nations 2021; Gautam et al. 2022; FAO et al. 2022).…”
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Is food price inflation really subsiding? by Vos, Rob, Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David

Subjects: “…foods…”
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The gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, and Uganda: Evidence from phone surveys by Bryan, Elizabeth, Mawia, Harriet, Ringler, Claudia, Mane, Erdgin, Costa, Valentina, Ndoro, Rumbidzai

Subjects: “…food security…”
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to further exacerbate the food insecurity emergency in Yemen by Kurdi, Sikandra, Breisinger, Clemens, Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David

Subjects: “…food security…”
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WTO dispute settlement cases involving Latin American countries and the agreement on agriculture, 1995-2019 by Gonzalez, Anàbel, Glauber, Joseph W.

Subjects: “…food security…”
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PIM 2017 annual report by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…Events of 2017 confirm the relevance of PIM’s research agenda. Real food prices remain well above the levels of the 1980s and 1990s, slowing progress on poverty reduction (FAO food price index). …”
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Clarifying the problem of food loss and waste to improve food and nutrition security by Torero, Máximo, Delgado, Luciana, Schuster, Monica, Sethi, Geetha, Nakasone, Eduardo, Piñeiro, Valeria

Subjects: “…food wastes…”
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Forum on food systems and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Rapallo, Ricardo, Intini, Joao, Paz, Florencia, Hernández, Yenory

Subjects: “…food production…”
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Chapter 2. Minimizing post-harvest losses: gaps in post-harvest intervention by Odjo, Sylvanus, Ostermann, Heike

“…In developing countries, post-harvest losses (PHL), which represent the quantitative, qualitative, nutritional, or economic loss of food commodities from harvesting to consumption, remain an important challenge and affect the food security of millions of people. …”
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The Fakara: a semi-arid agro-ecosystem under stress by Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Ayantunde, Augustine A.

“…These studies were devoted to the soils, climate, hydrology, vegetation components, fauna, crops, livestock and farming systems of a small natural region of western Niger. …”
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AgIncentives policy indicators to support scenario analysis for assessing better outcomes for poverty, food security and climate change mitigation: IPSR Innovation Profile by Vos, Rob, Martin, Will, Thurlow, James, Mamun, Abdullah, Cantillo, Marco V. Sánchez, Gautam, Madhur, Gruère, Guillaume P., De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Subjects: “…food security…”
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Leveraging social assistance to strengthen women’s and girls’ climate resilience: What is the potential, and what are promising program designs? by Hidrobo, Melissa, Mueller, Valerie, Bryan, Elizabeth, Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah, Laderach, Peter, Roy, Shalini

“…Moreover, if properly designed, these programs have the potential to address the disproportionate climate risks that women and girls (WGs) face. WGs have important roles in making agrifood systems more climate-resilient, given that they represent almost 40 percent of the workforce (50 percent in sub-Saharan Africa) (FAO, 2023) and have gender-differentiated roles and knowledge. …”
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