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Thriving against the odds through positive deviant behavior: technology adoption and entrepreneurship among dairy farmers in Addis Ababa and Oromia in Ethiopia by Nyokabi, N., Gemechu, G., Phelan, L., Lindahl, Johanna F., Mihret, A., Berg, S., Wood, J.L.N., Moore, H.L.

“…Positive deviant (PD) farmers can be differentiated from the wider farming community by their inherent capacity to leverage farming innovations and technologies in addressing challenges faced in engaging in agricultural production. …”
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Implementing a Gender Transformative Approach in Community-Based Breeding Programs (CBBP) and Sheep Fattening Cooperatives by Nemera Woyessa, Martha, Tsige, Meseret, Najjar, Dina, Alma, Eileen

“…From April 2023 to March 2025, the GTA used the four-phase SASA methodology—Start, Awareness, Support, and Action—to spark behavioral change. Through trained support staff, Positive Deviants (PDs), and Community Activists (CAs), the initiative engaged cooperatives, religious and traditional associations, households, and local institutions in norm-challenging dialogues. …”
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Collective action in space: assessing how collective action varies across an African landscape by Swallow, Brent M., Wangila, Justine, Mulatu, Woudyalew, Okello, Onyango, McCarthy, Nancy

“…Greater cooperation is expected in communities that have organizations that reward cooperative behavior and punish deviant behavior. Data for estimation of the model were collected for all of the 5,000 households that reside within the study area of 350 square kilometers in southwest Ethiopia. …”
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Analysis of relevance and effectiveness of FTC-based training: The case of Alamata Woreda, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia by Tekle, L.

“…In this research context, positively deviant FTC is the one that performed better than the other FTCs regardless of similar problems and resource base. …”
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Piloting the Pioneer Positive Deviance (P-PD) approach for producer-led scaling in the pastoralist context of Dassenech Woreda, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia by Worku, Tigist, Habermann, Birgit, Getahun, Elizabeth, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Achandi, Esther L

“…Positive deviant households and families demonstrated strong labor commitment, joint decision-making, and coordinated roles among men, women, and youth. …”
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Stress hos tamdjur orsakad av rovdjur by Månsby, Maja

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Utilization of positive deviance analysis in evaluating community-based nutrition programs: An application to the Dular program in Bihar, India by Levinson F James, Barney, J., Bassett, Lucy, Schultink, W.

“…In order to assure that desired program outcomes were not dependent on higher economic status, the analysis isolated a subset of program beneficiaries—the poorest children with the best nutritional outcomes—and examined the behavioral and project factors that may have brought about positive results in this subgroup. …”
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What is Pioneer Positive Deviance—and why is it so effective? by Habermann, Birgit, Worku, Tigist, Gichuki, Leah

“…This understanding of behavioral adaptation is rooted in the concept of positive deviance. …”
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