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Engaging young agripreneurs: Options to include youth in private sector extension and advisory services in Rwanda and Uganda: Executive summary por Franzel, Steven, Miiro, R., Uwitonze, Nicolas, Davis, Kristin E., Luzobe, B., Rurangwa, Raphael

“…Engaging young agripreneurs in private sector extension and advisory services (EAS) is critical for livelihoods in rural areas where millions of youth are unemployed and face many barriers to entry into agriculture. A study in Rwanda and Uganda examined this and found seven models to engage youth in EAS as providers or recipients of the services: (1) training youth to become agripreneurs; (2) village agents; (3) youth-led and other fee-based EAS providers; (4) paraprofessional EAS workers; (5) EAS internships; (6) credit and financial services; and (7) youth agripreneurship awards (Table 1). …”
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COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: Estimating the impacts of expected reductions in tourism, Suez Canal revenues, and remittances por Breisinger, Clemens, Abdelatif, Abla, Raouf, Mariam, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…We examine the likely impact on the Egyptian economy of a significant reduction in tourism, payments received from the Suez Canal, and remittances from Egyptians working abroad because of the slowdown in the global economy due to the COVID-19 virus. …”
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2020 Global report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions por Food Security Information Network, Vos, Rob, Rice, Brendan, Minot, Nicholas

“…The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. …”
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Ethiopia Nile Basin Climate Change Adaptation Dataset por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…One peasant association was selected from every woreda for a total of 20 peasant associations. Random sampling was used in selecting 50 households from each peasant administration within the 20 woredas. …”
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Impact Evaluation of the DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition of the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh por Hoddinott, John F., Roy, Shalini, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Naher, Firdousi, Nisbett, Nick, Tranchant, Jean Pierre

“…Extensive research has also shown that the critical window for nutritional interventions is during the "first thousand days" of life (see 4, 5), from the time when a child is in utero until about two years of age. …”
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Evaluation of Extension Reforms in Brazil por International Food Policy Research Institute, State University of Campinas, Federal University of São Carlos, Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services, Latin American Network for Rural Extension Services

“…The possibilities for responses were elaborated on a five-point Likert scale—from the least to the greatest—asking respondents to indicate how much they agree or disagree, approve or disapprove, or believe to be true or false. …”
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Contribute to the Integration of Africa RISING (AR) Activities into Coherent Project Programmes por International Potato Center

“…Project abstract: In 2014, participatory community analyses (PCA) were undertaken by multi-disciplinary facilitation teams in 8 kebeles in the Amhara, Tigray, Oromia and SNNPR regions, producing a list of priority farming enterprises, their current bottlenecks, as well as farmer-perceived opportunities for improving income, food security and/or reducing overall risks by intensifying farm enterprises. …”
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Participatory Variety Selection of Wheat, Barley, Broad Beans and Potato Combined with Double Cropping of Short Duration Crops por International Potato Center, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

“…Most of the wheat, barley, potato and broad beans cultivars released are developed with little or involvements of farmers and hence there is a need to put these varieties under PVS where farmers? …”
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Medium and Large-Scale Farmers and Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana por International Food Policy Research Institute, Savannah Agricultural Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Government of Ghana

“…The survey was aimed at characterizing the transition of smallholders farmers who have become medium- and large-scale commercial farmers in Ghana, assessing agricultural machinery ownership, and patterns of demand for agricultural mechanization among farmers in the country. The survey covered a sample of 1843 farm households and contains data on their demography, farming history, land tenure security, farm land use, input use, crop production and tractor ownership among many others. …”
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Capacity needs assessment of agricultural scientists in PABRA bean research networks por Nchanji, Eileen, Ouya, Fredrick, Lutomia, Cosmas

“…Developing new and strengthening existing capacities is crucial for food system transformations in the region.Capacity building promotes agricultural research and development and enhances gender equality and social inclusion in the agricultural development process. A rapid capacity needs assessment was conducted during “in-country PABRA events” to identify areas of capacity needs for national agricultural research organisations’ scientists. …”
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Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa por Sebastian, Kate

“…The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that high­lights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interde­pendencies among farming, natural resource stocks and flows, rural infrastructure, and the well-being of the poor. …”
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Farmers' co-learning for effective agroforestry and improved animal welfare in Humbo District, Ethiopia por Berhe, Tsega, Gelan, Eyob, Mokria, Mulugeta, Alemayehu, Gezahegn, Doyle, Rebecca

“…The project also served as a platform for farmers to improve community well-being through the implementation of actions that effect positive change. …”
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Measures and Determinants of Urban Food Security: Evidence from Accra, Ghana por Tuholske, Cascade, Andam, Kwaw S., Blekking, Jordan, Evans, Tom, Caylor, Kelly

“…In this paper we characterize food security among a sample of low- and middle-income residents of Accra, Ghana, using 2017 survey data. …”
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NAIP toolkit for Malabo domestication: Economic modeling of agricultural growth and investment strategy, case study of Kenya por Fofana, Ismaël, Omolo, Miriam W. O., Goundan, Anatole, Magne Domgho, Léa Vicky, Collins, Julia, Marti, Estefania

“…The Malabo Agenda on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation has brought technical challengesto the development of agricultural strategiesby expanding the number of commitments and goalsunder the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.In this paper, we describe and apply an economic modeling framework that wasdeveloped to identify the agricultural investment priority areas for a country and to define milestones to track its progress towards the Malabo goals. …”
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Nutrition behaviour change communication causes sustained effects on IYCN knowledge in two cluster-randomised trials in Bangladesh por Hoddinott, John F., Ahmed, Akhter, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Roy, Shalini

“…We analyse data on IYCN knowledge from the same 2,341 women over these 4 survey rounds. We construct a number correct score on 18 IYCN knowledge questions and assess whether the impact of the BCC changes over time for the different treatment groups. …”
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Post-harvest losses in rural-urban value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia por Minten, Bart, Tamru, Seneshaw, Reardon, Thomas

“…The further expected expansion of modern retail in these settings should likely lead to a lowering of PHL in food value chains, at least at the retail level.…”
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Progress in reducing child mortality and stunting in India: An application of the Lives Saved Tool por Alderman, Harold, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Menon, Purnima

“…The LiST provided national projections close to, albeit slightly below, actual performance over a decade. Reasons for poorer performance of state-specific projections are unknown; further refinements to the LiST for subnational use would improve the usefulness of the tool.…”
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Strategies and mechanisms for mainstreaming climate change into agriculture and irrigation sector reforms por Rana, Abdul Wajid

“…The sea level has risen and on a global scale, the ocean warming is largest near the surface, and the upper 75 m warmed by 0.11°C per decade over the period 1971 to 2010. …”
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Transformation and sources of growth in Southeast Asian agriculture por Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Roy, Devesh, Pandey, Ghanshyam, Birthal, Pratap Singh

“…Over the past few decades, the agricultural sector of Southeast Asia has experienced robust growth and undergone a structural transformation albeit differentially across the countries in the region. …”
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Water, sanitation, and child health: Evidence from subnational panel data in 59 countries por Headey, Derek D., Palloni, Giordano

“…To overcome some of the limitations of both literatures, we construct a panel of 442 subnational regions in 59 countries with multiple Demographic Health Surveys. …”
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