Brazil has a well-established political and regulatory framework aimed at promoting food and nutritional security. This framework represents an innovative and ethical social contract aimed at achieving social inclusion, sustainable livelihoods and citizenship. It includes the Food Acquisition Pro...
Moura de Oliveira Beltrame, D.
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Hunter, D.
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Neves Soares Oliveira, C.
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Borelli, Teresa
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Coradin, Lídio
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[Opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition into institutional food procurement programs in Brazil]
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Opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition into institutional food procurement programs in Brazil
Conventional analyses of value chains involving smallholders and the design of interventions that seek to strengthen their role in them often fail to account for important features of value chain performance. Markets, institutional frameworks and business relationships are dynamic, and value chai...
Orr, A.
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Donovan, J.
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Stoian, D.
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[Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework]
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Smallholder value chains as complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework
Moura de Oliveira Beltrame, D.
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Hunter, D.
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Neves Soares Oliveira, C.
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Borelli, Teresa
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Coradin, Lídio
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[Opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition into institutional food procurement programs in Brazil]
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Opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition into institutional food procurement programs in Brazil
Ortiz, O.
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Thiele, Graham
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Sperling, L.
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[Multi-stakeholder framework for intervention in VPC seed systems: potato and sweetpotato applications.]
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Multi-stakeholder framework for intervention in VPC seed systems: potato and sweetpotato applications.
Irrigation has been, and will remain, instrumental in addressing water security (Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6), food insecurity (SDG 2) and poverty (SDG 1) goals. However, the global context in which irrigation takes place is changing rapidly. A call for healthier and more sustainable foo...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Whiting, L.
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Makin, Ian
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Lankford, B.A.
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Ringler, C.
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[Rethinking irrigation modernisation: realising multiple objectives through the integration of fisheries]
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Rethinking irrigation modernisation: realising multiple objectives through the integration of fisheries
Smith, J.
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[Socioeconomic characterization of environments and technologies in humid and subhumid regions of West and Central Africa: RCMP research monograph, No. 10]
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Socioeconomic characterization of environments and technologies in humid and subhumid regions of West and Central Africa: RCMP research monograph, No. 10
This paper is intended to spur thinking and dialogue among the wide and relatively diverse community of actors engaged in practical activities surrounding the production, translation, transfer and use of climate information for societal decision making.
This white paper is intended to start a con...
Adams, P.
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Eitland E
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Hewitson B
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Wilby R
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Zebiak, Stephen E.
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[Toward an ethical framework for climate services: A White Paper of the Climate Services Partnership Working Group on Climate Services Ethics]
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Toward an ethical framework for climate services: A White Paper of the Climate Services Partnership Working Group on Climate Services Ethics
Smith, D. Mark
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Matthews, J.H.
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Bharati, Luna
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Borgomeo, Edoardo
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Mauroner, A.
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Nicol, Alan
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Rodriguez, D.
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Sadoff, Claudia
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Timboe, I.
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Anisha, N.
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[Adaptation’s thirst: accelerating the convergence of water and climate action. Background paper prepared for the 2019 report of the Global Commission on Adaptation]
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Adaptation’s thirst: accelerating the convergence of water and climate action. Background paper prepared for the 2019 report of the Global Commission on Adaptation
In Kenya, agriculture is a key driver of economic growth and social development. The agriculture sector directly contributes about 28% of Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP), and accounts for 65% of the total export earnings. The crop and livestock sub-sectors contribute approximately 78% and 20...
Amwata, Dorothy
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Mungai, Catherine
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Solomon, Dawit
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[Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Kenya]
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Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Kenya
Sthapit, B.R.
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Lamers, H.A.H.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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Bailey, A.
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[Community biodiversity management as an approach for realizing on-farm management of agricultural biodiversity]
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Community biodiversity management as an approach for realizing on-farm management of agricultural biodiversity