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Investing in rural households through community promoters: The Haku Wiñay/noa jayatai programme in Peru por Salcedo du Bois, Rodrigo, Arca Zimmermann, Alexandra, Davis, Kristin E., Gilbert, Rachel, Gammelgaard, Johanna, Ngwenya, Hlami

“…Training packages are implemented by local promoters called Yachachiqs (“The one who knows and teaches”), who are selected and hired by the community for a three-year period to develop community-based projects funded by the government’s Cooperation Fund for Social Development (FONCODES). …”
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Literature review on linkages between child nutrition and economic growth por Haile, Beliyou, Azzarri, Carlo, Ahn, Hee Eun

“…Fifth, given the multilayer causes of child undernutrition, a multi-sectoral approach is needed to address the various determinants of undernutrition to improve maternal nutrition, promote optimal infant and young child feeding practices, enhance household food security, as well as improve healthy living environment and access to quality health care.…”
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Women and youth in Myanmar agriculture por Lambrecht, Isabel B., Mahrt, Kristi, Cho, Ame

“…Youth’s farm wages are 17 percent lower than farm wages of non-youth for men, but we don’t find similar wage differences for women. Second, we find a significant gender gap in land rights, but the share of women who have land rights is still sizable. …”
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Post-program impacts of transfer programs on child development: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh por Ahmed, Akhter, Hamadani, Jena Derakhshani, Hassan, Md. Zahidul, Hidrobo, Melissa, Hoddinott, John F., Koch, Bastien, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Roy, Shalini

“…We study the Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI), a 2-year randomized controlled trial in two regions of Bangladesh that provided cash or food transfers, with or without complementary nutrition programming, to mothers of children aged 0-2 years at baseline. …”
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Agricultural mechanisation and child labour in developing countries por Vos, Rob, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…Child labour in agriculture remains a global concern. Agriculture is the sector where most child labour is found. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Egyptian economy: Economic sectors, jobs, and households por Breisinger, Clemens, Raouf, Mariam, Wiebelt, Manfred, Kamaly, Ahmed, Karara, Mouchera

“…The COVID-19 crisis may lead to a 1.1 percent decline in Egypt’s GDP during the 4th quarter (April to June) of the 2019/20 fiscal year, compared to the same quarter in 2018/19. …”
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Credit constraints and agricultural technology adoption: Evidence from Nigeria por Balana, Bedru, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo

“…While adoption of inorganic fertilizer and improved seed are significantly affected by credit constraints from both the supply and the demand-sides; use of agricultural machinery is affected only by demand-side factors, while use of agrochemicals is not affected from either supply or demand-side credit factors. From a policy perspective, our findings indicate that improving credit access via supply-side interventions alone may not necessarily boost use of modern agricultural technologies by smallholder farmers in Nigeria. …”
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2016 Global Hunger Index: Africa edition por von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, Nabarro, David, Prasai, Nilam, Amin, Shazia, Yohannes, Yisehac, Sonntag, Andrea, Patterson, Fraser, Towey, Olive, Thompson, Jennifer

“…IFPRI has calculated the Global Hunger Index, a multidimensional measure of global hunger, for the past eleven years. …”
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Association mapping of septoria tritici blotch resistance in bread wheat in Bale and Arsi highlands, Ethiopia por Binalf, Lakachew, Shifa, Hassen, Tadesse, Wuletaw

“…Among the polymorphic 8127 SNPs markers, 26 markers on chromosomes 7B, 1D, 3A, 2B, 6B and 3D were found to be significantly (P < 0.001) associated with STB resistance so that they can be utilized for marker assisted selection and gene pyramiding in resistance breeding programs.…”
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Addressing transboundary cooperation in the Eastern Nile through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from an E-survey and key informant interviews por Berga, Helen, Ringler, Claudia, Bryan, Elizabeth, ElDidi, Hagar, Elnasikh, Sara

“…Respondents also identified a wide range of desirable cross-sectoral actions and investments—both national and regional—chiefly, joint planning and operation of multipurpose infrastructure; investment in enhanced irrigation efficiency; joint rehabilitation of upstream catchments to reduce sedimentation and degradation; and investment in alternative renewable energy projects, such as wind and solar energy.…”
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Agricultural diversification in Nepal: Status, determinants, and its impact on rural poverty por Thapa, Ganesh B., Kumar, Anjani, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Results indicate that there has been a rightward shift in the distribution of the share (percent) of high-value crops between 1995 and 2004 and between 2004 and 2010, respectively. …”
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Biophysical and economic implications for agriculture of +1.5° and +2.0°C global warming using AgMIP Coordinated Global and Regional Assessments por Ruane, Alex C, Antle, John, Elliott, Joshua, Folberth, Christian, Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Müller, Christoph, Porter, Cheryl H., Phillips, Meridel M., Raymundo, Rubí M., Sands, Ronald D., Valdivia, Roberto, White, Jeffrey W., Wiebe, Keith D., Rosenzweig, Cynthia

“…An example global mitigation strategy encouraging bioenergy expansion is more disruptive to land use and crop prices than the climate change impacts alone, even in the +2.0°C scenario which has a larger climate signal and lower mitigation requirement than the +1.5°C scenario. …”
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Impact of iron biofortified beans on yields and farmers' incomes: The case of Rwanda por Funes, José, Sun, Laixiang, Benson, Todd, Sedano, Fernando, Baiocchi, Giovanni, Birol, Ekin

“…Using observational studies and spatial econometrics methods, we estimated the treatment effect and heterogeneous impact of IBB production on farmers’ yields and potential incomes. We also used a national representative cross-sectional bean farmer survey collected in season B of 2015. …”
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Quality of nutrition services in primary health care facilities: Implications for integrating nutrition into the health system in Bangladesh por Billah, Masum, Saha, Kuntal K., Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam, Chowdhury, Ashfaqul Haq, Garnett, Sarah P., Arifeen, S. E., Menon, Purnima

“…Delivery of the nutrition services was poor: <30% of women received all four key antenatal nutrition services, 25% of sick children had their weight checked against a growth-chart and <1% had their height measured. …”
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Understanding modifiable caregiver factors contributing to child development among young children in rural Malawi por Bliznashka, Lilia, Nwabuikwu, Odiche, Ahun, Marilyn, Becker, Karoline, Nnensa, Theresa, Roschnik, Natalie, Kachinjika, Monice, Mvula, Peter, Munthali, Alister, Ndolo, Victoria, Katundu, Mangani, Maleta, Kenneth, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Gladstone, Melissa, Gelli, Aulo

“…This study examined modifiable caregiver factors influencing child development in Malawi using baseline data from 1,021 mothers and their children <2 years of age participating in a cluster-randomized controlled trial implemented in rural Malawi (2022–2025). …”
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Economic benefits of high value medicinal plants to Pakistani communities: An analysis of current practice and potential por Sher, Hassan, Aldosari, Ali, Ali, Ahmad, de Boer, Hugo J.

“…After that, the trade pattern is complex and heterogeneous, involving many players.Pakistan exports of high value plants generate over US$10.5 million annually in 2012, with a substantial percentage of the supply coming from Swat District, but its market share has been declining. …”
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An Improved Cloud Gap-Filling Method for Longwave Infrared Land Surface Temperatures through Introducing Passive Microwave Techniques por Dowling, Thomas P. F., Song, Peilin, Jong, Mark C. de, Merbold, Lutz, Wooster, Martin J., Huang, Jingfeng, Zhang, Yongqiang

“…Filling these ‘cloud gaps’ usually relies on statistical re-constructions using proximal clear sky LST pixels, whilst this is often a poor surrogate for shadowed LSTs insulated under cloud. …”
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Herramientas digitales para el fortalecimiento de los servicios de información climática en Honduras por Calderon, Santiago, Ayes, Irma, Guzman, Daniel, Nasayo, Carlos, Montes, Carlo, Lopez, Sebastian, Argeñal, Francisco, Ramirez, Julian, Sotelo, Steven

“…En el Nivel 2, se detallan los contenedores diseñados para procesar datos climáticos, administrar la recolección de datos a través de chatbots y formatear las salidas del modelo WRF. …”
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Scaling community-based aquaculture for enhanced nutrition and women’s empowerment: lessons from Odisha, India por Dubey, Sourabh Kumar, Padiyar, Arun, Chadag, Vishnumurthy Mohan, Shenoy, Neetha, Gaikwad, Amar Bharat, Ratha, Baishnaba Charan, Belton, Ben

“…In Odisha, India, where poverty and food insecurity are prevalent, the government initiated a program to empower women through aquaculture, focusing on nutrition-sensitive carp-mola polyculture in community ponds through Women Self-Help Groups (WSHGs). …”
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Genetic diversity of whiteflies colonizing crops and their associated endosymbionts in three agroecological zones of Cameroon por Kepngop, L.R.K., Wosula, E.N., Amour, M., Ghomsi, P.G.T., Wakam, L.N., Kansci, G., Legg, J.

“…Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is as a major pest of vegetable crops in Cameroon. These sap-sucking insects are the main vector of many viruses infecting plants, and several cryptic species have developed resistance against insecticides. …”
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