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Selection of extra-early white quality protein maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines for drought and low soil nitrogen resilient hybrid production por Annor, B., Badu-Apraku, B.

“…The experiments were laid out in a 10 × 10 simple lattice design with two replications. …”
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Proceedings of stakeholder' consultation meeting on agrifood value chains in Odisha: Challenges and Opportunities por Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, International Food Policy Research Institute

“…A stakeholders’ consultation meeting entitled “Agrifood Value Chains in Odisha Challenges and Opportunities” was organised by Agriculture Consultancy Support Service Cell (ACSSC), OUAT at Auditorium, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment (Krushi Bhawan), Bhubaneswar on 29th November 2023 as per the Term of Reference (ToR) of the consultative project “Drivers of agrifood systems growth in Odisha” funded by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). …”
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Regional developments [in 2022 Global Food Policy Report] por Njuki, Jemimah, Benin, Samuel, Marivoet, Wim, Ulimwengu, John M., Mwongera, Caroline, Breisinger, Clemens, Elmahdi, Amgad, Kassim, Yumna, Perez, Nicostrato D., Akramov, Kamiljon T., Djumaboev, Kahramon, Romashkin, Roman, Mukherji, Aditi, Kishore, Avinash, Rashid, Shahidur, Chen, Kevin Z., Zhan, Yue, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Navarrete-Frias, Carolina, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…Climate change is a truly global threat, but its impacts differ around the world. …”
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Landscape governance: Engaging stakeholders to confront climate change por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Zhang, Wei, ElDidi, Hagar, Priyadarshini, Pratiti

“…In this chapter we present a framework that highlights the importance of coordinated action and then look in more detail at approaches to strengthening this coordination for integrated landscape approaches, particularly polycentric governance systems and multistakeholder platforms.…”
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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural crop traders – August 2022 survey por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Disruptions in the mid-stream brought on by political instability and COVID-19 will likely have an impact on both farmers and urban consumers through market access and crop pricing.This is the eighth Research Note in a series that has monitored the impacts of COVID-19 and political instability on crop traders in Myanmar through telephone surveys since May 2020. …”
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Rice productivity in Myanmar: Assessment of the 2021 monsoon and outlook for 2022 por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…While the rice sector has been a source of stability in the country, the situation for future crop seasons is however concerning given further increases in input prices (especially fertilizer), the overall reduced profitability of rice farming, the reduced coping strategies remaining for rice farmers, and currency policy changes by the military government.…”
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Multiple modifiable maternal, household and health service factors are associated with maternal nutrition and early breastfeeding practices in Burkina Faso por Kim, Sunny S., Ouédraogo, Césaire T., Zagré, Rock Romaric, Ganaba, Rasmané, Zafimanjaka, Maurice G., Tharaney, Manisha, Menon, Purnima

“…Multivariable regression analyses were conducted to identify the determinants of a diverse diet and iron-folic acid (IFA) supplement consumption, weight monitoring during pregnancy and early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF). …”
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Unequal coverage of nutrition and health interventions for women and children in seven countries por Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Singh, Nishmeet, Scott, Samuel P., Neupane, Sumanta, Jangid, Manita, Walia, Monika, Menon, Purnima

“…We estimated co-coverage for a set of eight health and eight nutrition interventions and assessed within-country inequalities in co-coverage by wealth and geography. …”
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Does balancing gender composition lead to more prosocial outcomes? Experimental evidence of equality in public goods and extraction games from rural Kenya por Masuda, Yuta J., Waterfield, Gina, Castilla, Carolina, Kang, Shiteng, Zhang, Wei

“…Improving gender balance in CBNRM may help achieve more desirable outcomes from a social and conservation perspective but understanding decision-making contexts is critical.…”
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Linkages between GRACE water storage, hydrologic extremes, and climate teleconnections in major African aquifers por Scanlon, Bridget R., Rateb, Ashraf, Anyamba, Assaf, Kebede, Seifu, McDonald, Alan M., Xie, Hua

“…Water resources management is a critical issue in Africa where many regions are subjected to sequential droughts and floods. …”
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Spatial differences in diet quality and economic vulnerability to food insecurity in Bangladesh: Results from the 2016 household income and expenditure survey por Mitu, Mst. Maxim Parvin, Islam, Khaleda, Sarwar, Sneha, Ali, Masum, Amin, Md. Ruhul

“…The study explored the spatial differences in diet quality and economic vulnerability to food insecurity with the association of sociodemographic characteristics at the household level in Bangladesh. This study was a secondary data analysis of Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) data of 2016. …”
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The innovation model for integrated decentralized food system governance at the district level por Sithirith, Mak, De Silva, Sanjiv, Sok, Sao, Kong, Heng

“…However, delta food systems are reaching a significant tipping point. The Asian Mega Deltas are likely to be hit by serious impacts of climate change, including more frequent and more intense floods, salinization, water shortages and climate extremes that will slow down economic growth, further erode food security, and trigger new poverty traps and emerging hotspots of hunger. …”
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey Round Six: Note on Sample Characteristics and Weighting por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…As many as 56 percent of new households called responded to the survey in Round 4, compared to only 31 percent of new households in Round 3. A big issue among both old and new respondents continues to be non-response, such as phones were not answered, powered off, or out-of-service, 39.5 percent of calls. …”
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Understanding the demand for “protective foods” in East Africa: An economic analysis with recommendations por Headey, Derek D., Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Ruel, Marie T.

“…Suboptimal diets are a major risk factor for avoidable death and disease in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Limits to commercially iodized salt to address dietary iodine deficiency in rural Papua New Guinea por Benson, Todd, Schmidt, Emily, Namusoke, Hanifa, Temple, Victor J., Holtemeyer, Brian, Codling, Karen, Rudert, Christiane

“…Methods and Study Design: Using data from a rural household survey conducted in four areas of PNG in 2018, two issues are examined. …”
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Graduation after ten years of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme: Surviving but still not thriving por Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel, Lind, Jeremy, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Many households, however, were graduated out of PSNP, apparently because field staff had quotas to fulfil, whether or not the households had progressed out of poverty.The PSNP shows how a programme can succeed in its primary objective of alleviating deep poverty and preventing people from becoming destitute. …”
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Intimate partner violence is associated with poorer maternal mental health and breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh por Tran, Lan Mai, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Naved, Ruchira Tabassum, Menon, Purnima

“…This study aimed to: (1) identify factors associated with IPV during pregnancy and postpartum in Bangladesh; and (2) assess the associations between IPV and maternal mental health and breastfeeding practices. We used data from a cross-sectional survey of 2000 mothers with children <6 months in four districts in Bangladesh. …”
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Nutrition‐sensitive agriculture programme impacts on time use and associations with nutrition outcomes por van den Bold, Mara, Bliznashka, Lilia, Ramani, Gayathri V., Olney, Deanna K., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Ouédraogo, Marcellin

“…We used quantitative data from a cluster‐randomized controlled trial (baseline 2010, endline 2012) and qualitative data from two rounds of process evaluation (2011, 2012). …”
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COVID-19 prevention measures in Ethiopia: Current realities and prospects por Baye, Kaleab

“…The analysis shows that a sizeable proportion of the rural population does not have access to the media platforms used to publicize COVID-19 prevention measures. …”
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Value chain development to benefit smallholders in Ghana: The effectiveness of selected interventions por Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Agandin, John, Ampofo, Aaron, Kemeze, Francis, Amewu, Sena

“…While the lessons from this study do not comprehensively answer these questions, a better understanding is provided on the reasons behind the outcomes the projects attained in seeking to strengthen agricultural commodity value chains and some guidance is offered on how interventions aimed at doing so should be designed.…”
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