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Improve forecasting by combining meteorology, vegetation, field observations, and community reporting so control efforts can occur before swarms devastate crops.
local-regional
africa
ethiopia
predicting
locust
outbreaks
village-level
resolution
improve
forecasting
combining
meteorology
vegetation
science-space
climate-environment
east-africa
pest
regularly
open
United Kingdom, Europe
Survivors of gender-based violence in Ukraine frequently avoid reporting due to social stigma, distrust of law enforcement, and lack of confidential support services in their communities.
society-governance
europe
united-kingdom
gender-based
violence
reporting
ukraine
reducing
barriers
survivors
frequently
avoid
due
gender
based
global-unspecified
health-biology
whether
open
Solomon Islands, Oceania
Achieving self-sensing concrete reporting stress chloride and remaining life at meaningful scale demands simultaneous progress in fundamental research, engineering integration and socio-technical systems that work for low- and middle-income settings. Existing efforts remain fragmented relative to the magnitude of the challenge.
economics-resources
oceania
solomon-islands
self-sensing
concrete
reporting
stress
chloride
remaining
life
practical
realization
achieving
climate-environment
systems
society-governance
methods
solutions
Infectious disease outbreaks near Vietnam's borders are frequently delayed in detection because neighboring health ministries use incompatible reporting systems and lack a shared, real-time data-sharing agreement.
health-biology
asia
vietnam
infectious-disease
coordinating
cross-border
outbreak
response
protocols
around
infectious
disease
outbreaks
systems
cross
society-governance
border
health
Public procurement processes in Nigeria lack standardized open-data reporting, making it difficult for civil society and auditors to detect overpricing, collusion, or misallocation of public funds.
society-governance
africa
nigeria
public
procurement
increasing
transparency
contracts
processes
lack
standardized
open-data
institutions
systems
technology-computing
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
