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Women’s empowerment in agriculture and dietary quality across the life course: Evidence from Bangladesh por Sraboni, Esha, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Different empowerment domains may have different impacts on nutrition, but other characteristics, such as maternal schooling and household socioeconomic status, may play a more important role for younger children. The importance of maternal education in the dietary quality of young children, and the relatively greater importance of women’s empowerment for older children and adults, imply that policies designed to empower women and improve nutritional status should be informed by knowledge of which specific domains of women’s empowerment matter for particular nutritional outcomes at specific stages of the life course.…”
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Beyond the business case for agricultural value chain development: An economywide approach applied to Egypt por Breisinger, Clemens, Raouf, Mariam, Thurlow, James, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…However, potential adverse effects of livestock-led growth show that growth acceleration in single sectors can be negative, highlighting the importance of a systems analysis or, in our case, an economy-wide analysis. …”
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Cash transfers and health: Evidence from Tanzania por Evans, David K., Holtemeyer, Brian, Kosec, Katrina

“…Examining the 2010 randomized introduction of a program in Tanzania, this paper finds nuanced impacts. …”
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Food processing, transformation, and job creation: The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets por Minten, Bart, Assefa, Thomas, Abebe, Girum, Engida, Ermias, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…However, the way this food processing industry is changing and how it functions is little understood. Based on a unique survey, we study the case of markets in urban Ethiopia for commercial ready-to-eat enjera, the traditional staple pancake of the country. …”
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Institutional arrangements to make public spending responsive to the poor—(where) have they worked? Review of the evidence on four major intervention types por Mogues, Tewodaj, Erman, Alvina

“…Local elite capture is a key factor dampening pro-poor spending where either exogenous circumstances such as prevailing inequality, or inadequate program design, enable capture to materialize. …”
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National inception workshop: Agricultural transformation and market integration in the ASEAN region: Responding to food security and inclusiveness concerns: Lao PDR por Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture

“…More than 40 experts from international organizations, government agencies, academic institutions, civil society and private sector from Lao PDR, the Philippines, India and the United States of America took part in the discourse on global, regional and national perspectives on agricultural transformation and market integration in the ASEAN region vis-à-vis the Lao PDR economy. The Lao PDR National Inception Workshop had the following objectives: (1) to gain good understanding of the structural transformation and market integration and their implications for agricultural growth and food security in Lao PDR, the position/role of small farmers in ATMI, and the various initiatives to address food security and inclusiveness concerns in Lao PDR; (2) to consult various stakeholders – AMS, civil society organizations (CSOs)/farmers’ organizations (FOs), the private sector, and research institutions on the implementation of the research project on ATMI; (3) to identify priority promising commodities for regional and global value chains; and (4) to develop Country Action Plan towards the achievement of the project’s target outcomes which are enhanced capacity of AMS to identify and design national strategies, policies, programs and national agri-food value chain investment initiatives that benefit small-scale rural producers (SSRPs).…”
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Scaling-up interventions to improve infant and young child feeding in India: What will it take? por Avula, Rasmi, Oddo, Vanessa M., Kadiyala, Suneetha, Menon, Purnima

“…We based our analysis on review of (a) nutrition policy guidance and program platforms, (b) published literature on interventions to improve IYCF in India, and (c) IYCF program models implemented between 2007 and 2012. …”
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School feeding programs in middle childhood and adolescence por Drake, Lesley, Fernandes, Meenakshi, Aurino, Elisabetta, Kiamba, Josephine, Giyose, Boitshepo, Burbano, Carmen, Alderman, Harold, Lu, Mai, Mitchell, Arlene, Gelli, Aulo

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The Concept of the Global Hunger Index por von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, Nabarro, David, Prasai, Nilam, Amin, Shazia, Yohannes, Yisehac, Sonntag, Andrea, Patterson, Fraser, Towey, Olive, Thompson, Jennifer

“…The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and country levels.1 The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) calculates GHI scores each year to assess progress, or the lack thereof, in combating hunger. …”
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Tracking key CAADP indicators and implementation processes [In the 2015 ATOR] por Bahiigwa, Godfrey, Benin, Samuel, Tefera, Wondwosen

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Understanding the adoption of high-iron varieties in Maharashtra, India: What explains popularity? por Smale, Melinda, Diressie, Michael Tedla, Birol, Ekin

“…Across Indian states, adoption rates for pearl millet hybrids are among the highest in the State of Maharasthra, where the government has encouraged a dynamic, competitive seed industry. To our knowledge, no recent large-scale adoption studies have been conducted in Maharashtra. …”
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Effect of seed drying temperature on subsequent seed longevity of soya bean genotypes harvested at different stages of seed maturation por Salvador, O.F.

“…This research has provided evidence of a potential benefit to subsequent seed longevity from initially drying soya bean seeds at 40°C, rather than 10-25°C, for most accessions.…”
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Africa RISING impact assessment report por Haile, Beliyou, Boukaka, Sedi Anne, Azzarri, Carlo

“…Phase I (2012–2016) focused on the validation of demand-driven sustainable intensification (SI) innovations, while Phase II (2016–2022) focused on the scaling of a subset of validated SI innovations in partnership with development partners. …”
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Africa cannot achieve the Malabo Declaration commitments: Statistical impossibility or logical fallacy por Benin, Samuel

“…The results of the recently released Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) 4th Biennial Review (BR) report indicate that Africa’s performance in 2023 toward achieving the Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025 has strayed farther away from being on-track. Using a scorecard method to review progress in 58 indicators that represent the commitments, previous BR reports show that the number of countries assessed to be on-track to achieve the commitments has dwindled over time, from twenty in 2017 to four in 2019 and only one in 2021. …”
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Two decades after Maputo, What’s in the CAADP ten percent? Determinants and effects of the composition of government agriculture expenditure in Africa por Benin, Samuel

“…The results show that there is a wide variation in GAE across African countries, and few have achieved the 10 percent CAADP agriculture expenditure target. …”
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Synopsis: Enhancing smallholder farmers’ profitability through increased crop commercialization in Rwanda por Mugabo, Serge, Warner, James

“…This study analyzes the costs, returns, and profitability of smallholder agriculture in Rwanda using a gross margin approach (definitions are provided below) and reveals that over 80 percent of farmers generate positive gross economic margins. …”
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Innovation process tracing assessment: Methodological approach and guiding principles por Giordano, Nicola, Aston, Thomas, Wadeson, Alix Sara, Adamseged, Elias, Michalscheck, Mirja, Minh, Thai Thi

“…The approach to evaluating the initiative's impact is based on a combination of theory-based methodologies, explicitly focusing on Process Tracing (PT) for the impact evaluation phase. …”
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Heterogeneous preferences and the effects of incentives in promoting conservation agriculture in Malawi por Ward, Patrick S., Bell, Andrew R., Parkhurst, Gregory M., Droppelmann, Klaus, Mapemba, Lawrence

“…One potential alternative for sustainably intensifying agricultural production is by means of conservation agriculture (CA), which improves soil quality through a suite of farming practices that reduce soil disturbance, increase soil cover via retained crop residues, and increase crop diversification. …”
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Is more inclusive more effective? The “new-style” public distribution system in India por Kishore, Avinash, Chakrabarti, Suman

“…An average household in these states purchased 3 kg more rice per month from fair-price shops than its counterpart in nontreated states as a result of more generous TPDS policies backed by administrative reforms. …”
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Learning from efforts to cost country plans: Priority technical issues to address por Connolly, Helen

“…Nutrition interventions are part of MOHFW programs, but nutrition is not a core objective. Implementation: Operational designs recognize need for coordinated frontline service delivery; delivery structures provide IC opportunities. …”
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