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Preserve, improve, and distribute farmer-preferred crop varieties that tolerate local drought, flood, salinity, and pests while retaining cultural and market value.
climate-environment
africa
mozambique
varieties
climate-resilient
seed
systems
locally
adapted
preserve
improve
distribute
farmer-preferred
local
might
actors
social-civic-problems
communities
Build local value chains for millet, sorghum, cassava, bambara groundnut, and other resilient crops that remain economically disadvantaged against imported staples.
climate-environment
africa
malawi
crops
decentralized
processing
climate-resilient
indigenous
build
local
value
chains
millet
resilient
climate
breeding
economics-resources
varieties
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for behavioral and structural interventions reducing food loss in tropical value chains are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
south-america
peru
behavioral
structural
interventions
reducing
food
loss
tropical
value
chains
integrated
methods
systems
barriers
society-governance
designs
open
Costa Rica, North America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for biotechnologies converting methane and CO2 into high-value chemicals and proteins are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
north-america
costa-rica
biotechnologies
converting
methane
co2
high-value
chemicals
proteins
practical
realization
despite
methods
systems
barriers
society-governance
high
open
United States, North America
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for biotechnologies for engineering organisms that produce high-value compounds from CO2 and renewable energy. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insufficient to translate promising concepts into durable impact under real-world constraints of cost, skills and governance.
society-governance
north-america
united-states
renewable-energy
engineering
practical
biotechnologies
organisms
produce
high-value
compounds
co2
renewable
energy
solutions
systems
methods
scalable
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for institutional designs that make scientific research more responsive to societal needs and values are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
society-governance
asia
malaysia
institutional
designs
make
scientific
research
responsive
societal
needs
values
deployable
climate-environment
systems
methods
barriers
high
Farmers in remote regions of Vietnam lose significant crop value because seasonal roads become impassable during rains, cutting off access to markets during critical selling windows.
economics-resources
asia
vietnam
remote
regions
roads
connecting
agricultural
reliable
market
during
farmers
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
technology-computing
climate-environment
open
United Kingdom, Europe
A persistent gap exists in realizing practical, scalable solutions for biotechnologies enabling the conversion of organic waste into high-value proteins and materials. Scientific understanding, engineering readiness and institutional capacity remain insufficient to translate promising concepts into durable impact under real-world constraints of cost, skills and governance.
society-governance
europe
united-kingdom
biotechnologies
enabling
conversion
organic
waste
high-value
proteins
materials
development
persistent
solutions
systems
technologies
scalable
methods
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for biotechnologies enabling the production of high-value chemicals from waste streams are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
oceania
australia
biotechnologies
enabling
production
high-value
chemicals
waste
streams
integrated
pathways
despite
methods
systems
society-governance
barriers
high
