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The Boom and Bust of Donor Development Regimes
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Across the Global North, support for international development is weakening. This raises an important question: Under what conditions does international solidarity become politically sustainable? This article addresses that question through a historical case study of the Netherlands, one of the strongest donor countries of the post‐war era and
Dirk‐Jan Koch
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Microbiome Dynamics During Translocation of the Critically Endangered Frog Craugastor ranoides
Animal Conservation, EarlyView.A female Craugastor ranoides fitted with an LB‐2X radio transmitter using a silicone waist‐belt harness for post‐translocation monitoring. ABSTRACT Amphibian populations are declining, and species are going extinct due to habitat loss, climate change, and emerging infectious disease, prompting the increasing use of translocations as a conservation tool.
Xavier A. Harrison +11 more
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A Short Review: Changes in the Physical-Chemical Properties of Cacao Beans During the Fermentation Process [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesFermentation is one of the main processes influencing cacao beans’ quality. Proper post-harvest cacao processing can affect the quality of cacao beans.
Dewi Putri Maharani Shinta +7 more
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Commercial treaties and political transformation in Sulu and Southeast Asian littorals, c. 1830–1840
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article re‐examines an economic treaty concluded between Spain and the Sulu Sultanate in 1836. Analysing the Tausug (Jawi) and Spanish treaty versions alongside archival sources from Spain, the Philippines, and England, it traces the impact of indigenous agency beyond the formal signatories on economic and political transformations ...
Eleonora Poggio +2 more
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Socio-economic characterization of the traditional agroforestry cacao system (Theobroma cacao L.)
Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas, 2021 Cacao farmers face many challenges to increase yield while adjusting their farms to future environmental and socio-economic uncertainties. Improving the management practices of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) cultivation systems requires knowledge of their
William Ballesteros-Possú +2 more
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“The Smell Makes Us Hungry”: When Food Is Not Medicine in Highland Madagascar
Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the wake of major disruptions to global supply chains during the Covid‐19 pandemic, the island nation of Madagascar pursued initiatives for auto‐suffisance, self‐sufficiency, in food supplies and medical treatments. Farming communities in the central highlands experienced an injunction to expand cultivation of both subsistence crops and ...
Gabrielle Robbins
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Technical guidelines for the safe movement of cacao germplasm. Revised from the FAO/IPGRI Technical guidelines No. 20 (Fourth Update 2021). [PDF]
, 2021 The CacaoNet Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Cacao Germplasm provide updated information on the precautions and quarantine measures that can be taken to minimise the risk of spread of pests and diseases when cacao genetic resources are ...
Global Cacao Genetic Resources Network (CacaoNet)
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Tachinidae (Diptera) as Floral Visitors and Pollinators in Natural and Managed Systems
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.We review the roles of bristle flies (Tachinidae) as pollinators in natural and managed systems. We find that most tachinid genera visit flowers and that floral‐adapted mouthparts have evolved repeatedly many times in the family. We review patterns of floral specificity and assess the efficacy of tachinids as pollinators with case studies.
John O. Stireman III +1 more
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Ibis, EarlyView.Climatic change and anthropogenic disturbances are reshaping animal populations. Habitat loss and extreme climatic events are particularly strong drivers of declines in species that depend on forested areas. For migratory songbirds, climate and the persistence of suitable habitat over time are fundamental to sustaining populations annually.
Isabel Vargas‐Valverde +3 more
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No Remedy: Injustice and Constrained Citizenship in Indonesia's Plantation Zone
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This contribution to the special issue examines a constrained version of citizenship in Indonesia's plantation zone. When corporations take hold of village land, residents experience devastating dispossession and a profound sense of injustice, yet they lack effective channels through which to claim rights as citizens or secure remedy from the ...
Tania Murray Li, Pujo Semedi
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