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Navigating amidst complexity: guide to implementing effective research and development to improve livelihoods and the environment by Campbell, Bruce M., Hagmann, J., Stroud, Ann, Thomas, R., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…The section indicates how a more integrated approach has evolved and illustrates how it can be applied (Section 1.4). For the sceptics of holism and integration, we clarify that achieving holism is often impossible and can be counter-productive (Section 1.5). …”
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Improving livelihoods in East Africa through livestock research and extension: reflections on changes from the 1950s to the early twenty first century by Omore, Amos O., Kurwijila, Lusato R., Grace, Delia

“…The four main over-arching changes discussed are: poverty-focus, gender-sensitivity, participation and holism. The discussion ends by speculating on directions for the future.…”
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Towards the development of adaptation options using climate and crop yield forecasting at seasonal to multi-decadal timescales by Challinor, Andrew J.

“…The implications of this requirement for forecasting are presented under five headings: relevance, reliability, stakeholder engagement, holism and accuracy. These characteristics are elucidated through a particular focus on the use of ensemble climate and crop simulations. …”
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An ecological systems conceptual framework for agricultural research and development. by Hart, R.D.

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Imaginaries, transformations, and resistances in Patagonian territories from a socio-ecological perspective. by Laterra, Pedro, Nahuelhual, Laura, Gluch, Mariana, Peri, Pablo Luis, Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José

“…According to our analyses, Patagonian SES are being affected by typical transforming forces of the modern imaginary (e.g., short term, productivity, reductionist-mechanistic vision, individualism) as well as forces of resistance that characterize postmodern (e.g., intergenerational concern, ecocentrism, holism) and indigenous (e.g., territorial ancestral rights, living well in harmony with nature) imaginaries. …”
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The Lancet One Health Commission: harnessing our interconnectedness for equitable, sustainable, and healthy socioecological systems by Winkler, A.S., Brux, C.M., Carabin, H., Neves, C.G. das, Häsler, B., Zinsstag, J., Fèvre, Eric M., Okello, A., Laing, G., Harrison, W.E., Pöntinen, A.K., Huber, A., Ruckert, A., Natterson-Horowitz, B., Abela, B., Aenishaenslin, C., Heymann, D.L., Rødland, E.K., Berthe, F.C.J., Capua, I., Sejvar, J., Lubroth, J., Corander, J., May, J., Roth, L.F., Thomas, Lian F., Blumberg, L., Lapinski, M.K., Stone, M., Agbogbatey, M.K., Xiao, N., Hassan, O.A., Dar, O., Daszak, P., Guinto, R.R., Senturk, S., Sahay, S., Samuels, T.A., Wasteson, Y., Amuasi, J.H.

“…This Commission is guided by a One Health ethos comprising principles of holism and systems thinking, epistemological pluralism, equity and egalitarianism, and stewardship and sustainability. …”
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