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Options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and food systems by Vos, Rob, Martin, Will

“…Food systems generate about one third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Without reducing them, it will not be possible to stabilize the climate and keep the increase in global temperature below 1.5 oC from pre-industrial levels. …”
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Evaluation of farm-level impacts of soil fertility management strategies in maize-bean farming systems in Uganda and Tanzania by Birnholz, Celine A., Mwongera, Caroline, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi

“…First, whereas in Lushoto the combined use of organic manure and inorganic fertilizers contributed the most to SOM relative to the baseline for all farm types, in Rakai the same scenario had greater impacts for only medium- and large-scale farms. …”
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Cross-sectional study of Anaplasma spp. in goats and sheep in Mongolia : a comparison between species in relationship to pasture conditions by Jansson Lagerkvist, Malin

Vattendraget på Kåbo golfbana by Almqvist, Hanna, Carlevi, Maria

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Att mäta matsvinn i skolkök by Mattisson, Emmy

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Serum zinc levels of school children on a corn-soy blend feeding trial in primary schools in Suba district, Kenya by Ohiokpehai, O, Mbithe David, D, Kamau, J

“…SPSS and Nutri-survey software packages were used to analyze data into descriptive and inferential statistics. At baseline, nearly all (95.7%) of the pupils were found to be deficient, with low serum zinc (<10.7?…”
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Is production intensification likely to make farm households food-adequate? A simple food availability analysis across smallholder farming systems from East and West Africa by Ritzema, Randall S., Frelat, Romain, Douxchamps, Sabine, Silvestri, Silvia, Rufino, Mariana C., Herrero, Mario, Giller, Kenneth E., López Ridaura, Santiago, Teufel, Nils, Paul, Birthe K., Wijk, Mark T. van

“…Using sensitivity analysis, each strategy is tested against baseline values via incremental production increases. …”
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Context Assessment for Agroecology Transformation in the Tunisian Living Landscape by Alary, Veronique, Frija, Aymen, Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Idoudi, Zied, Rudiger, Udo, Rekik, Mourad, Souissi, Asma, Dhehibi, Boubaker, Bahri, Haithem, Mekki, Insaf, Toukebri, Wael, Barbouchi, Meriem, Annabi, Mohamed, M'hamed, Hatem Cheikh

“…The purpose of this Context Assessment is threefold: first, to characterize the environmental, social and economic and political contexts of the Tunisian ALL; second, to understand the data and information currently available in sub-region of the ALL, and third to characterize the extent to which agroecological principles are already being employed locally at the ALL levels. …”
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MILK Symposium review: Community-tailored training to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of women regarding hygienic milk production and handling in Borana pastoral ar... by Amenu, K., Agga, G.E., Kumbe, A., Shibiru, A., Desta, Hiwot, Tiki, W., Dego, O.K., Wieland, Barbara, Grace, Delia, Alonso, Silvia

“…A total of 120 women were trained and their KAP assessed at baseline (pretraining), immediately after training, and 6 mo after training. …”
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The cost of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach by Pradesha, Angga, Amaliah, Syarifah, Noegroho, Anang, Thurlow, James

“…Some of the key findings were: • National GDP is estimated to fall by 24 percent during the four-week PSBB period, • External sector shocks – reduced export demand, lower remittances, and lower foreign investments – contribute around one-third of total GDP losses; • The GDP of Indonesia’s agri-food system falls by 13 percent despite agriculture activities being excluded from restrictive measures; • National poverty is expected to jump by 13 percentage points – an additional 36 million people will fall into poverty during the four-week PSBB period; and • By the end of 2020, due to COVID-19 the annual GDP growth is expected to be between 5.3 and 7.3 percent lower than under a baseline scenario without COVID-19.…”
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Replication Data for: 4-km gridded historical and future scenarios for sea level rise in Honduras by Navarro Racienes, Carlos Eduardo, Monserrate Rojas, Fredy Alexander

“…The data is part of work carried out by CIAT in the generation of the climate change scenarios for Honduras for the Third National Communication to the UNFCCC.…”
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Reaching End Users (REU) Socioeconomic Endline Survey 2009, Mozambique by International Food Policy Research Institute, International Potato Center

“…The baseline included a detailed socioeconomic and agricultural survey as well as a nutrition and dietary intake survey. …”
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The impact of a nutrition and health programme on the socio-economic status and food access of households in Suba District, Kenya by King´olla, B, Ohiokpehai, O, Mbithe David, D

“…Methodology and results: Action research design was utilized that involved comparison of the baseline and impact evaluation results after a three-year intervention period. …”
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Stability of grain zinc concentrations across lowland rice environments favors zinc biofortification breeding by Rakotondramanana, Mbolatantely, Wissuwa, Matthias, Ramanankaja, Landiarimisa, Razafimbelo, Tantely, Stangoulis, James, Grenier, Cecile

“…Introduction One-third of the human population consumes insufficient zinc (Zn) to sustain a healthy life. …”
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Gestaltningsförslag av utemiljö vid Villa Roos Park : med stöd av evidensbaserad design i vårdsammanhang by Nilsson, Åsa

Försök med amsuggor i svenska besättningar : ett mindre fältförsök by Nilsson, Anna, Larsson, Lina

The impacts of IFPRI's global research program on the sustainable development of less favored areas by English, John, Renkow, Mitch

“…IFPRI's research is widely held to have established important baseline information for use in monitoring changes that may occur if and when policy initiatives are undertaken in the future. …”
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Production and marketing systems of small ruminants in Goma District of Jimma Zone, Western Ethiopia by Shenkute, B.G.

“…The study was conducted in Goma district of Jimma Zone of Ethiopia with objectives of generating baseline information and identifying challenges and opportunities of small ruminant production and marketing. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices among customers at pork butcheries in Kampala, Uganda by Heilmann, Martin, Roesel, Kristina, Clausen, Peter-Henning, Grace, Delia

“…Between June and July 2014, a baseline survey was conducted with 240 customers in 60 randomly selected pork butcheries in Kampala to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices. …”
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Fairtrade cocoa in Ghana: taking stock and looking ahead by Donovan, J., Stoian, D., Foundjem, D., Degrande, A.

“…Voluntary standards systems, such as Fairtrade, play an important role in providing independent third-party evidence of progress towards sustainability. …”
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