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The national health insurance scheme in Ghana: Implementation challenges and proposed solutions by Gajate-Garrido, Gissele, Owusua, Rebecca

“…Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a promising tool for policymakers. …”
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The effect of insurance enrollment on maternal and child health care utilization: The case of Ghana by Gajate-Garrido, Gissele, Ahiadeke, Clement

“…This paper uses representative data for the whole country of Ghana and an instrumental variable approach to estimate the causal impact on healthcare use of participating in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme. Idiosyncratic variations in membership rules at the district level provide exogenous variation in enrollment. …”
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Evidence from the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia: Complementarities between social protection and health policies by Hirvonen, Kalle, Bossuyt, Anne, Pigois, Remy

“…Social protection policies typically involve multiple sectors, ranging from food security to health care. Despite this, limited research is directed toward understanding how different social protection programmes complement each other.We explore complementarities between three major national social protection programmes in rural Ethiopia: the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), the Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme and the Health Fee Waiver (HFW) system.We use secondary data from districts in which the PSNP operates to study the coverage of the CBHI and the HFW schemes. …”
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Fertilizer and Soil Health in Africa Conference Presentations by Benson, Todd, De Weerdt, Joachim, Duchoslav, Jan, Masanjala, Winford, Ayalew, Hailemariam, Breisinger, Clemens, Karugia, Joseph T., Kimaiyo, Faith Chepkemoi, Kimathi, Sally, Olwande, John, Nyondo, Christone J., Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel, Adong, Annet, Isoto, Rosemary, Illukor, John, Addikah, Conrad, Zingore, Shamie, Kramer, Berber, Cecchi, Francesco, Waweru, Carol, Kivuva, Benjamin, Waithaka, Lilian, Gebremariam, Gebrelibanos, Vasco, João, Roobroeck, Dries, Corebeels, Marc, Awiti, Alex O., Kato, Edward, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Zhang, Wei, Kaizzi, Cranimer, Spielman, David J., Mugabo, Serge, Rosenbach, Gracie, Ndikumana, Sosthene, Benimana, Gilberthe Uwera, Ingabire, Chantal, Abay, Kibrom A., Assefa, Thomas, Berhane, Guush, Abate, Gashaw T., Mugi, Esther, Banda, Killian, Amare, Mulubrhan, Andam, Kwaw S., Balana, Bedru, Olanrewaju, Opeyemi, Edeh, Hyacinth O.

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Complementarities between social protection and health sector policies: Evidence from the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia by Hirvonen, Kalle, Bossuyt, Anne, Pigois, Remy

“…In this study, we explore complementarities between three major national social protection programs in rural Ethiopia: the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), the Health Fee Waiver (HFW) system, and the Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in the Ethiopian highlands (Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray regions).…”
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National workshop on Drought Management: Knowledge Products and Tools for Sri Lanka by Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj, Dickowita, Ranoja, de Silva, S.

“…The National Workshop on Drought Management: Knowledge Products and Tools for Sri Lanka showcased tools and knowledge to shift Sri Lanka from reactive to proactive drought risk management. …”
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AICCRA Zambia Cluster Participation at the 97th National Agricultural and Commercial Show by Chikoye, D., Makungwe, Mirriam, Kasoma-Pele, Winnie, Nali, R., Mulundu, S., Sibeso, C

“…AICCRA Zambia participated in the 97th National Agricultural and Commercial Show, held from July 29 to August 3, 2025, at the Lusaka Showgrounds. …”
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National Climate Outlook Forum Kiremt 2022 Impact Assessment and Bega 2022/23 Climate Impact Outlook by Teshome, Asaminew, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…The second one is meteorological forecast and early warning advisory service which aims to improve forecasting and early warning systems; to expand sector focused advisories on forecasts to reach all communities of the country, as well as increasing understanding of the effect of meteorological parameters on agricultural development; to increase the use of hydro-meteorological observations and forecasts to drive development; to improve health and insurance services; and to improve aviation services. …”
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Breaking the Regional Barriers: Identifying Determinants of Antenatal Care Access in Bangladesh for Improved Maternal Health Policy by Salman, Md., Sarker, Mou Rani, Rahman, Md. Asifur, McKenzie, Andrew, Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf

“…Policy recommendations include re-targeting health budgets to underserved regions, reforming inheritance and land-distribution laws, expanding mobile banking and community insurance, and scaling digital health counseling platforms. …”
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Enhancing farmers' income: who to target and how? by Birthal, Pratap S., Negi, Digvijay S., Roy, Devesh

“…To achieve this, the government has announced a number of innovative measures that include improving farmers’ access to institutions (i.e. credit, insurance, information, common markets), development of infrastructure (i.e. irrigation, electricity and roads), restoring soil health, improving efficiency of agricultural markets, expanding dairy processing facilities and enhancing farmers’ capacity to diversify into nonfarm activities.…”
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Evaluation of Ghana EiA-hub and mobile app digital advisories by the Research Extension Farmer Linkage Committees (RELCs). by Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Wilson, Michael, Danquah, Paul, Kwao, Roger, Nurudeen, Abdul-Rahman, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Kizito, Fred, Mponela, Powell

“…Based on previous and ongoing research outputs and secondary data sources, the national partners including government’s research and extension agencies, and the demand partners: Degas Ltd and Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) that provide inputs products, credit and market services and crop insurance, collaborated with CGIAR institutes (IITA and Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT) and co-created digital information and advisory solutions. …”
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Strong democracy, weak state: The political economy of Ghana’s stalled structural transformation by Resnick, Danielle

“…As Africa’s only institutionalized two-party system, competitive elections have enforced a commitment to the poor and a broad swathe of voters, evidenced by an impressive national health insurance scheme and an extensive social transfer program. …”
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The world food situation: an overview by von Braun, Joachim

“…We will need new insights into the complex interactions between agriculture, health, and lifestyles, and to adopt a stronger focus on gender issues. …”
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Climate Risk Management for Agricultural Extension (CRMAE) Senegal Validation Workshop for New Livestock Content by Hansen, James, Trzaska, Silwia, Sarr, Adama, Worou, Nadine, Diedhiou, Lamine, Wane, Abdrahmane

“…Participants from government, research, and higher education reviewed gaps and proposed additions on feeding and pasture management, animal health, herd structure/reproduction, index-based livestock insurance, and recognition of traditional knowledge. …”
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Scaling up climate-smart agriculture in South Asia: Synthesis report by Pal, Barun Deb, Tyagi, Narendra Kumar

“…International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) South Asia, in collaboration with its national partners, charted out and pursued studies for the policy and institutions required in upscaling CSA for the extensive South Asia region taking these broad CSA objectives in consideration. …”
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Social protection: Designing adaptive systems to build resilience to climate change by Gilligan, Daniel O., Devereux, Stephen, Tenzing, Janna

“…Social protection programs are a central component of national strategies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to increase incomes for poor households and protect them from shocks to their livelihoods. …”
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Open DataStack to power Government of Uttar Pradesh’s AgriStack by Mehrotra, N.

“…Increase Agricultural Productivity: By providing farmers with actionable insight through access to real-time data on weather conditions, soil health, and crop yields, and help make better decisions about planting, irrigation, and fertilization. 2. …”
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Livestock and Climate Change: Outlook for a more sustainable and equitable future by Thornton, Philip K., Wollenberg, Eva K., Cramer, Laura K.

“…There are multiple, often competing discourses around the climate-livestock-livelihood nexus and responses need to be appropriate for local contexts while contributing to national and global targets. 6. Many management options are available to help livestock farmers in lower-income countries adapt to climate change, including diversification of livestock species and breeds; integration of livestock with forestry, crop and aquaculture production; improving livestock diets; modifying animal health and heat stress management strategies; and changing the timing and location of farm operations. 7. …”
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The beef chain in Costa Rica: Identifying critical issues for promoting its modernization, efficiency and competitiveness by Holmann, Federico J., Rivas Ríos, Libardo, Pérez, E., Castro, C., Schuetz, P., Rodríguez, J.

“…The latter has to confront biological and economic risks not covered by insurance policies, whereas retailers may mitigate risks through insurance policies for their raw materials, equipment, and infrastructure. …”
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Uganda climate smart-agriculture country program 2015-2025 by Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda

“…The sector contributes 20.9 percent of the National Gross Domestic Product and 80 percent of the export earnings. …”
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