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Anecdotes of sustainable intensification by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Anecdotes of transformation: Narratives from Africa RISING in East and Southern Africa, the Ethiopian highlands, and West Africa by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, International Livestock Research Institute

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Watch this space by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The topic of ICTs and rural development is still in the phase of the anecdote. Spore has reported over the years of how readers use the Internet . …”
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Use of nudges to improve food safety in the pork value chain in Viet Nam by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…A handbook was distributed to national partners in Viet Nam, including farmer cooperatives and the World Organisation for Animal Health (Tokyo). Anecdotally (no evidence links), the National Institute for Animal Sciences is incorporating nudges in slaughterhouses and traditional markets. …”
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On yield regulation for sustainable forestry, with examples from Queensland by Vanclay, J.K.

“…Personal anecdotes are used to highlight some important considerations for yield regulation and to introduce some pertinent literature. …”
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Market level innovations to improve vegetable intake in urban areas in Nigeria by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…For both interventions, there are signs of uptake based on anecdotal evidence from the field. For example, in Lagos and Ife, 6-8 weeks post-intervention most participating street food vendors were still offering the vegetable option and the idea had spread to other vendors.…”
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Disruptions, restorations and adaptations to health and nutrition service delivery in multiple states across India over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: An observationa... by Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Ashok, Sattvika, Sumati, Baja, Pant, Anjali, Walia, Monika, Kachwaha, Shivani

“…Modeling studies estimated severe impacts of potential service delivery disruptions due to COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child nutrition outcomes. Although anecdotal evidence exists on disruptions, little is known about the actual state of service delivery at scale. …”
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The native shrub, Piliostigma reticulatum, as an ecological “resource island” for mango trees in the Sahel by Hernández, R.R., Debenport, S.J., Leewis, M.C.C., Ndoye, F., Soumare, A., Thuita, Moses N., Gueye, M., Miambi, E., Chapuis-Lardy, L., Diedhiou, I., Dick, R.P.

“…In one village of Sénégal (near Thiès) it was reported that farmers planted mango (Mangifera indica) seedlings within the canopies of a native shrub (Piliostigma reticulatum). Anecdotal information and qualitative observations suggested that the presence of P. reticulatum promoted soil quality and a competitive advantage for establishing mango plantations. …”
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Agricultural mechanization patterns in Nigeria: Insights from farm household typology and agricultural household model simulation by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Diao, Xinshen

“…Anecdotal evidence indicates labor costs for farming in Nigeria are rising while levels of mechanization remain low. …”
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Creating, protecting, and using crop biotechnologies worldwide in an era of intellectual property by Pardey, Philip G., Koo, Bonwoo, Nottenburg, Carol

“…Much of this debate relies on anecdotes and misleading or incomplete evidence on the extent and nature of the IPRs pertaining to crop technologies, including the jurisdictional extent of the property rights and their practice. …”
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Yam dormancy: potential mechanisms for its manipulation by Barker, D.J., Keatinge, J.D.H., Asiedu, Robert

“…Often, the effects of a treatment on dormancy were seen as a side issue, and results were essentially anecdotal. Many chemicals were used in attempts to manipulate dormancy and although some success was achieved using gibberellic acid, this large amount of work yielded few future leads. …”
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Balancing risk reduction and benefits from trade in setting standards: food safety in food security and food trade by Wilson, John, Otsuki, Tsunehiro

“…Measures used to protect health include outright bans, standards that dictate the conditions under which products must be produced and/or characteristics of the end products, and labelling and other information requirements....Both anecdotal and case-study evidence indicates that the cost of food-safety regulations indeed can be significant. …”
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Towards Appraising the Impact of Legume Research by CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment

“…This was one in a series of ex post impact assessments of CGIAR research that examined thematic areas which, up to 2010, had not been properly evaluated but for which anecdotal evidence suggested considerable impact.…”
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On the interaction between weed and bird damage in rice by Demont, M., Rodenburg, J.

“…Weeds and granivorous birds are the two major biotic constraints to rice production in sub‐Saharan Africa. Anecdotal evidence advances the hypothesis that weedy fields attract granivorous birds to the extent that the joint weed × bird impact on crops is synergistic. …”
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Investigating the epidemiology of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium infection) by means of a transmission dynamics model by O'Callaghan, C.J., Medley, G.F., Peter, T.F., Perry, Brian D.

“…The pattern of outcome measures (incidence, case-fatality and proportion of infected hosts) predicted agrees with those described anecdotally from field experience and empirical observation, and demonstrates the concept of endemic stability. …”
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Multiple interest accommodation in African forest management projects: between pragmatism and theoretical coherence by Antona, M., Babin, D.

“…Too often, the coherence of social science has been replaced with anecdotal pragmatism. We therefore investigated the contributions of collective action theories. …”
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Co-Learn: collaborative learning by Center for International Forestry Research

“…Because Co-Learn is a map on a computer, users can make the map interactive allowing them to access resources-information (e.g. manuals, guides, anecdotes/experiences, etc.) and tools (software such as Co-view, CIMAT, SSI, analytical packages etc.) - that would make their journey easier and more likely to be successful. …”
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Water-food-energy-environment synergies and tradeoffs: major issues and case studies by McCornick, Peter G., Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Abebe, M.

“…Using both a brief global overview as well as a closer review of four case studies from India, Ethiopia, Jordon and the USA, this paper tries to (i) a present the nature of the tradeoffs under different hydrological, energy, agricultural and environmental contexts and (ii) provide some anecdotal evidence and illustrative cases for the available policy options for minimizing conflicts but maximizing synergies between water, energy, food and environment.…”
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Malawi's farm input subsidy program: Where do we go from here? by Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James

“…Although discarding FISP may be political suicide in the short term, anecdotal evidence suggests a gradual but marked shift in Malawian public opinion about the effectiveness or even desirability of FISP. …”
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Third External Programme and Second External Management Reviews of ICRISAT, 1990 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…The EPR panel noted that information on impact in Africa was still largely anecdotal, and recommended more attention to impact assessment. …”
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