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Showcasing success; CGIAR gender research
Gender research is of growing importance in guiding the future direction of CGIAR Research Programs
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Interactive web app lets users map forest carbon emissions activities
A new online portal for monitoring, reporting and verifying carbon emissions allows researchers and practitioners to better manage forest inventories, its creators say.
Use a computer to choose the best way to manage your land
Governments can use a computer model to see the effects of different land uses. We tested one model in a watershed in the Philippines, saving time and money.
Investing in smallholder aquaculture can create economic, social and environmental benefits
Writing in New Agriculturist, Wayne Rogers, Malcolm Beveridge and Michael Phillips argue that “nvestments in smallholder [aquaculture] farmers and their organisations can be commercially viable, creating economic as well as social and environmental b…
Publications
Assessment of capabilities, needs of communities, opportunities and limitations of weather forecasting for coastal regions of Bangladesh
This report is intended to provide a range of background material in relation to Bangladesh and weather event forecasting, forecast information dissemination, and the implications of weather events and forecasting for communities and their livelihoods.
An overview of current knowledge about the impacts of forest management certification
The often-claimed environmental and social benefits of forest certification remain to be empirically evaluated. Despite numerous publications on the impacts of tropical forest certification, virtually all are based on secondary sources of information a…
Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests across the tropics
Large trees store large amounts of biomass. Several studies suggest that large trees may be vulnerable to changing climate, potentially leading to declining forest biomass storage. Here we determine the importance of large trees for tropical forest bio…
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What do we mean when we talk of gender strategies for agricultural research?
The majority of women in developing countries rely on agriculture, gender should be a major consideration in agricultural development for the rural poor.
Research on Gender and Agriculture
Promoting crosscutting research to benefit rural women and integrate gender into all the CGIAR Research Programs.
