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Soil moisture content and maize grain yield under conventional and conservation agriculture practices - results of short term field tests in liselo, Namibia por Kudumo, L. P., Itanna, F., Thierfelder, Christian L., Kambatuku, J.

“…Significant differences (p≤0.000) among the treatments were observed in the 0-60 cm soil profiles where MT-M plots had the highest soil moisture content (39.8 mm, Standard Error of Mean 0.2815) over the study period. A significant difference (p=0.0206) in grain yield was observed in the second season with CT plots yielding the highest grain yield (3852.3 kg ha-1, standard error of mean 240.35). …”
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Silvopastoral systems benefit invertebrate biodiversity on tropical livestock farms in Caquetá, Colombia por Kinneen, Lois, Escobar, Maria Paula, Hernández, Luis Miguel, Thompson, Jill, Ramos Pastrana, Yardany, Córdoba Suarez, Eric, Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Barnes, Andrew P., Quintero, Marcela, Garrat, Michael P. D.

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Water use efficiency across scales: From genes to landscapes por Vadez, Vincent, Pilloni, Raphael, Grondin, Alexandre, Hajjarpoor, Amir, Belhouchette, Hatem, Brouziyne, Youssef, Chehbouni, Ghani, Kharrou, Mohamed Hakim, Zitouna-Chebbi, Rim, Mekki, Insaf, Molénat, Jérôme, Jacob, Frédéric, Bossuet, Jérôme

“…These include choices of crop variety/species, farm management practices, landscape design, infrastructure development, and ecosystem functions, where human decisions matter. This review is a cross-disciplinary attempt to analyse approaches to addressing WUE at these different scales, including definitions of the metrics of analysis and consideration of trade-offs. …”
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Women’s visibility and bargaining power in the common bean value chain in Mozambique por Maereka, Enock Kuziwa, Nchanji, Eileen B., Nyamolo, Victor, Cosmas, Lutomia K., Chataika, Bartholomew Y.

“…This study is interested in understanding gender gaps in bean production, marketing, and decision-making powers over income and sales. A mixed method was used to collect survey data from 332 farming households and qualitative data from focus group discussions and key informant interviews. …”
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Drivers of food and nutrition security during the lean period in southeastern Madagascar por Tojo-Mandaharisoa, Sarah, Randrianarison, Narilala, Jordan, Irmgard, Kubitza, Christoph, Randriamampionona, Denis, Andriamaniraka, Harilala, Sieber, Stefan, Ulrichs, Christian, Steinke, Jonathan

“…Our findings imply that a focus on developing food markets and enabling opportunities for income generation are likely viable strategies for improving the rural food and nutrition security situation during the lean period in southeastern Madagascar. …”
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Targeted knockout of early nodulin-like 3 (MusaENODL3) gene in banana reveals its function in resistance to Xanthomonas wilt disease por Ntui, V.O., Tripathi, J., Shah, T., Tripathi, L.

“…The identification and manipulation of the MusaENODL3 gene highlight its potential as a critical player in plant-pathogen interactions, offering new opportunities for enhancing disease resistance in crops like banana, an important staple food crop and source of income for resource-poor farmers in the tropics. …”
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Seed certification and maize, rice, and cowpea productivity in Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Andam, Kwaw S., Edeh, Hyacinth O., Fasoranti, Adetunji, Haile, Beliyou, Kumar, P. Lava, Nwagboso, Chibuzo, Ragasa, Catherine, Spielman, David J., Wossen, Tesfamichael

“…This brief summarizes the key insights from a recent study in Nigeria. The evidence points toward the benefits of pursuing balanced, flexible seed quality assurance systems rather than focusing singularly on expanding rigorous seed certification systems, as the country has done until recently. …”
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Wild relatives of potato (Solanum L. sec. Petota) poorly sampled and unprotected in Colombia por González‐Orozco, Carlos E., Reyes‐Herrera, Paula H., Sosa, Chrystian C., Torres, Rosa T., Manrique-Carpintero, Norma C., Lasso-Paredes, Zahara, Cerón-Souza, Ivania, Yockteng, Roxana

“…Abstract Wild potato relatives ( Solanum L. sec. Petota ) play a vital role in crop improvement, in understanding crop evolution, and in conserving potato diversity. …”
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AICCRA validation report: Piloting and validating the Climate Security Sensitivity Scoring Tool (CSST): Evidence from the field on the climate security sensitivity of the climate s... por Sarzana, Carolina, Samake, Oumar B, Jaquet, Stéphanie

“…A one-day workshop in Ségou, Mali was organized to test the results of the Climate Security Sensitivity Tool (CSST) and reflect on the reliability of its recommendations. …”
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Concerns for Sustainability: Integration of Natural Resource and Environmental Issues in the Research Agenda of NARS por Crosson, Pierre, Anderson, Jock R.

“…Absent this capacity, they will fall short of their responsibility to put their countries' agriculture on a sustainable path. Moreover, they will risk loss of control of the agricultural research agenda to other more aggressive institutions and groups that, in the interest of environmental protection, may underestimate the importance of increasing production of food and fiber.…”
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Gendered division of family and hired labor and agricultural productivity in India por Gulati, Kajal, Saha, Koustuv, Lybbert, Travis

“…We found that, on average, households that use only family women’s labor have a lower agricultural productivity compared to households that also use hired women workers. …”
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Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems por Kinuthia, Dickson, Wallin, Elsa, Bryan, Elizabeth, Davis, Kristin E., Oingo, Balentine

“…The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions is conducting a study in Colombia, India, Kenya and Vietnam using mixed methods to understand the gender-differentiated perceptions of NPS and the incentives for and barriers to their implementation. …”
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Measuring women’s empowerment and gender equality in national statistical systems and national agri-food policy processes por Ragasa, Catherine

“…The third tool is the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS), which captures indicators and survey questions to help measure women’s empowerment in national statistical systems. The fourth tool is a national scorecard to support genderresponsive and nutrition-sensitive monitoring of climate policies, investments and actions. …”
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Participation in downstream nodes of the rice value chain in Uganda: Where are the women? por Akongo, Thelma, Mujawamariya, Gaudiose, Twine, Edgar

“…This study sought to inform the development of gender-inclusive value chains. A qualitative investigation of the downstream nodes of the rice value chain (DS-RVC) was conducted in six districts of Eastern Uganda with 21 key informants and 93 women and 19 men in 14 focus group discussions (five mixed, nine women-only FGDs). …”
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Understanding empowerment of ethnic minority groups in Northern Vietnam using Pro-WEAI por Lan Nguyen T.T., Berg, Marrit van den, Stomph, TjeerdJan, Nabuuma, Deborah

“…In this study, we examined the empowerment level of ethnic minority men and women in Northern Vietnam, focusing on the impact of a gender-neutral NSA using the internationally validated pro-WEAI tool. …”
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Asset ownership among women in the semi-arid tropics of India: Micro-level insights towards empowerment of women por Ravula, Padmaja, Kumar Vermula, Anil, Kasala, Kavitha, Duche, Vishwambhar, Guvvala, Anupama

“…Data was collected from more than 1,000 women through a quantitative survey. Applied logistic regression analysis to test women’s empowerment for the three productive assets—dwelling, agricultural land, and livestock was performed. …”
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Using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) por Go, Ara, Paz, Florencia, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Ray, Soumyajit

“…The accompanying qualitative protocols collect data with a range of actors across the market system. This learning lab will orient participants to these +MI addon modules and the qualitative protocols and prepare them to use these resources. …”
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Whose voice really matters? Exploring the intra-household decision-making process in farm households of rural Bihar, India por Geetha, Rosalin

“…Empirical gender research on household decisionmaking has registered a significant expansion recently. While several of these studies indicate jointness in intrahousehold decision-making, the extent to which women’s perspectives are considered in the final outcomes remains uncertain. …”
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Women’s empowerment meets gendered transformations and climate change: Lessons for resilient agri-food systems from northwest Ghana por Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Okem, Andrew, Quarmine, William

“…The study applied the three key elements of agency, relations and structure to better understand gendered transformation, while looking at women’s empowerment through the lens of the related concepts of agency, resources and achievements. A mixed-methods approach was used to investigate the gendered nature of transformations and related issues of women’s empowerment for climate and agrifood resilience-building in 21 rural communities. …”
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Closing gender gaps in developing countries: Impacts on poverty, diets and food security por Thurlow, James, Levy, Stephanie

“…Recent analyses by the World Bank found that, in Ethiopia and Nigeria, women working in agriculture earn a third less than men, with even larger gender gaps outside agriculture. …”
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