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Examine narratives to end policy deadlock, boost agricultural development in Africa, economists say

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Impasse over dominant and counter approaches-- state-led or market-led policy-- to promote agricultural development in Africa could be solved by analyzing the one-sided narratives that shape this dichotomy.

Journal: World Development
Funder: multi-country project ''Promoting Participatory and Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C

Protein involved in corn's water stress response discovered

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The protein could help develop drought-resistant plant varieties and products that reduce losses related to climate change.

Journal: BMC Plant Biology
Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

New bird checklists from Coiba National Park, Panama

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A trip to Jicarón Island during the Coiba Bioblitz led to a published bird checklist.

Journal: Tecnociencia

The complex relationship between deforestation and diet diversity in the Amazon

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As increasing areas of the Amazonian rainforest are converted into agricultural land, scientists are examining how this is linked with local communities' food access. Newly published research shows that over the period of 15 years, deforestation and reduction of agricultural diversity are associated with reduced diversity in human diets.

Journal: Food Security
Funder: CGIAR Research Programme on Water, ASSETS: Attaining Sustainable Services from Ecosystems through Trade-off Scenarios Initiative, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Long-term consequences of river damming in the Panama Canal

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Humans have manipulated and managed rivers with dams for millennia. The number of river dam projects is predicted to rise sharply in the future, especially in the tropics where demand for hydroelectricity and water is accelerating. What are the long-term impacts of dams on highly biodiverse tropical forests? Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and collaborating institutions turned to The Panama Canal for answers.

Journal: The Science of The Total Environment
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Católica de Colombia and the Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovaci&oa, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Protein derived from tick saliva proves effective in the treatment of equine skin cancer

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Experiments were conducted by scientists affiliated with the Center of Excellence in New Target Discovery, a research center supported by FAPESP, involving five animals with spontaneous skin tumors.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

Brazilian startup seeks to develop a wholly indigenous COVID-19 diagnostic test

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Business Announcement

The project is supported by FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business Program. The firm plans to produce ELISA kits that will detect antibodies against the novel coronavirus in blood serum.

Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

Papers concludes that incentives to afforestation can be harmful to the environment

Universidad de Concepción
Peer-Reviewed Publication

'Through a counterfactual analysis, we showed that between 1986 and 2011 the incentives to afforestation in Chile caused an increase in forest plantations, but reduced the extent of native forests', explains the main conclusions of the paper Impacts of Chilean forest subsidies on forest cover, carbon and biodiversity, published by the journal Nature Sustainability.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

'Stay at home but don't stay still,' researchers recommend

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a review article published in the American Journal of Physiology, Brazilian researchers present scientific evidence on the impact of short periods of inactivity on the cardiovascular system and recommend exercise to stay fit at home during the pandemic.

Journal: The Journal of Physiology
Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

Brazilian scientists develop COVID-19 accelerometer

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Online application shows in real time whether the disease is spreading faster or slower in over 200 countries and helps evaluate the effectiveness of public policies aimed at containing the pandemic .

Journal: Frontiers in Medicine
Funder: About São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)