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Gender equity and social inclusion in the water-energy-food-ecosystems (WEFE) nexus: Frameworks and tools for moving from resource-centric to people-centric WEFE nexus approaches por Jalonen, Riina, Zaremba, Haley, Petesch, Patti, Elias, Marlène, Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, Tsvuura, Susan, Koirala, Sanju

“…Intentionally focusing on GESI in the design, implementation, and monitoring of WEFE initiatives is critical to ensure that these initiatives do not harm – and, rather, benefit – women and vulnerable groups and communities. …”
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External evaluation of the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems por Merrey, Douglas J., McLeod, R., Szonyi, J.

“…- Quality of science: Is Dryland Systems scientific research of a high quality and do the research outputs constitute international public goods (IPGs)? …”
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Site-specific agronomic information and technology adoption: A field experiment from Ethiopia por Hailemariam Ayalew, Chamberlin, Jordan, Newman, Carol

“…We found no differential effect of the targeted recommendation when coupled with agricultural insurance, suggesting that the risk of crop failure is not a binding constraint to fertilizer adoption in this context, or that farmers do not consider agricultural insurance a useful risk-mitigating mechanism.…”
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Engaging with partners to strengthen nutrition, livelihoods and climate adaptation research: Workshop report from Viqueque Municipality, Timor-Leste por Bonis-Profumo, Gianna, Ximenes, Imanuel, Simões, N., Pereira, Mario, Mills, David

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Cash transfers, trust, and inter-household transfers: Experimental evidence from Tanzania por Evans, David K., Kosec, Katrina

“…Taken together, this evidence suggests that formal CCT programs do not necessarily crowd out informal safety nets in the longer term, and they may in fact boost trust and support across households.…”
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Award-winning tool leverages agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems por Jones, Sarah K.

“…Within the food system, the entire supply chain depends on agrobiodiversity – the plants, animals, and microorganisms that support food and agriculture – and we’re not paying attention to its importance. We need to do more to eat it, use it, and save it in ways that catalyze the transition to a sustainable food system.” – Sarah Jones, co-creator of the Agrobiodiversity Index The world has seen large investments and widespread actions aimed at halting human-induced climate change over the last few decades, while a relatively small amount of attention and funding has been given to halting biodiversity loss. …”
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Participatory learning to raise rural women’s agency: Cultivating leadership and advocacy in Nigeria por Kyle, Jordan, Adeyanju, Dolapo, Carrillo, Lucia, Efem-Bassey, Vivian, Kosec, Katrina, Olanrewaju, Opeyemi, Anisimova, Evgeniya

“…Women in rural areas often do not have equal opportunities in labor markets and face challenges in accessing land, credit, insurance, technology, and agricultural resources. …”
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Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making por Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Godlonton, Susan

“…Changes in decision power seem to flow not just from control of income, but also from shifting household norms linked to program participation. Only in Malawi do we note some suggestive evidence that decision making power increases among female program recipients.…”
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Using a list experiment to measure intimate partner violence: Cautionary evidence from Ethiopia por Gilligan, Daniel O., Hidrobo, Melissa, Leight, Jessica, Tambet, Heleene

“…We provide suggestive evidence that this pattern may reflect ‘fleeing’ behaviour by respondents who do not wish to be associated with statements indicating their exposure to intimate partner violence.…”
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The effects of cellphone coverage expansion on wealth and political behavior por Ge, Shuning, Grossman, Guy, Kosec, Katrina, Lal, Apoorva, Laughlin, Benjamin

“…Using Afrobarometer survey data, this null finding appears to be because citizens do not give the government credit for economic improvements that are due to decisions made by private telecommunications companies. …”
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Agricultural production and use in Rangpur, Bangladesh: Crop, homestead, livestock, fish cultivation and use por Laing, Alison Mccluggage, Kamal, Mustafa, Faisal, Asif Al, Karki, Saral, Baishakhee Pashari Druti, Ni, Ravi, Ferdous, Zannatul, Sayem, Md Abu, Kumar, Neha, Kishore, Avinash, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…This data note summarizes data collected in February-March 2023 to describe what smallholder farmers are cultivating what they do with the farm products produced. It is part of a pack of data notes that, together, provide a holistic picture of the food system in the district. …”
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Agricultural production and use in Surkhet, Nepal: Crop, homestead, livestock, and fish cultivation and use por Laing, Alison, Kamal, Mustafa, Faisal, Asif Al, Karki, Saral, Druti, Baishakhee Pashari, Nandi, Ravi, Koirala, Pankaj, Poudel, Pushpa, Hem Raj K C, Kumar, Neha, Kishore, Avinash, Gathala, Mahesh, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…This data note summarizes data collected in March- April 2023 to describe what smallholder farmers are cultivating and what they do with the farm products produced. It is part of a pack of data notes that, together, provide a holistic picture of the food system in the district. …”
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Divergent beliefs about food safety and affordability in Nigeria por Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O., Wineman, A., Resnick, Danielle

“…Access to safe, affordable diets is paramount for improved nutritional outcomes. Yet, how do stakeholders perceive the binding constraints and requisite policy actions to increase food safety and affordability? …”
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Impacts of the war in Ukraine on Malawi por De Weerdt, Joachim, Duchoslav, Jan

“…This shock reduction of supply is driving up food commodity prices worldwide and will continue to do so while the current situation persists. The ongoing fighting has already disrupted the planting of barley and will soon disrupt the planting of maize, wheat, and oilseeds. …”
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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Understanding the rapid price increase of vegetable oils por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…The purpose of this analysis is to provide insights on what might explain the price increases of vegetable oils in local markets. To do this assessment, we rely on different secondary data sources as well as MAPSA’s food vendor survey conducted in March 2022 in all states/regions of the country. …”
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The COVID-19 pandemic and food security in low- and middle-income countries: A review por Bloem, Jeffrey R., Farris, Jarrad

“…We review findings from the emerging microeconomic literature on observed changes in food insecurity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. To do so, we focus our review on studies in low- and middle-income countries that include household survey data measuring food insecurity collected both before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Competitiveness of African countries in agrifood products por Bouët, Antoine, Goundan, Anatole, Zaki, Chahir

“…Then we present agricultural and trade policies adopted by rich, emerging, and African countries in these three value chains. We do not make any study here of causality between these policies and the trade performance of African agriculture. …”
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Institutions of collective action and smallholder performance: Evidence from Senegal por Wouterse, Fleur, Faye, Amy

“…Policymakers would thus do well to work with producer organizations and further build their governance capacity and membership base for successful implementation of the country’s agricultural development strategy.…”
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Relief from usury: Impact of a self-help group lending program in rural India por Hoffmann, Vivian, Rao, Vijayendra, Surendra, Vaishnavi, Datta, Upamanyu

“…Fewer informal lenders are operating in treatment villages, and those who do charge lower interest rates. While these credit market impacts could lead to substantial improvements in economic well-being over time, the short-run impact of the program on such outcomes is modest.…”
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The crucial role of domestic and international market-mediated adaptation to climate change por Gouel, Christophe, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…This paper aims to quantify the role of market-mediated adjustments in attenuating the effects of climate change by allowing the expression of the new climate-induced pattern of comparative advantages within and between countries. To do this, we develop a quantitative general equilibrium trade model where the representation of land use choice is inspired from modern Ricardian trade models. …”
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