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Workshop report: Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs). Ludhiana, India September 3-6th 2015 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…CSVs were seen as particularly important models for articulation and partnerships between a variety of actors and institutions at all levels. Nevertheless, it was noted that certain areas had potential for improvement and this included concerns over the viability of sustainability beyond the project cycle, a lack of evidence of climate-smartness beyond productivity, a need to balance technology and socio-economic aspects, the need to better acknowledge indigenous knowledge, a lack of involvement of ‘poor’ farmers and youth, and more research, engagement and documentation needed to facilitate scaling out.…”
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Isolation and identification of Listeria species along the milk value chain in one region of Tanzania por Hyera, E., Msalya, G., Karimuribo, E.D., Kurwijila, Lusato R., Alonso, Silvia, Roesel, Kristina, Grace, Delia

“…We have showed that there are poor hygienic practices by the majority of actors along the milk value chain in Tanga region. …”
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Mycotoxins in sub-Saharan Africa: present situation, socio-economic impact, awareness, and outlook por Udomkun, Patchimaporn, Wiredu, Alexander N., Nagle, Marcus, Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Müller, Joachim, Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…Limited knowledge or awareness of most actors along the food and feed chain is considered to be one of the major problems delaying effective counter measures. …”
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Non-farm activities and adoption of improved cassava and beans varieties in South-Kivu, DR Congo por Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M., Manyong, Victor M., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Alene, A., Amato, M.S., Ainembabazi, John H., Mignouna, Djana B., Okafor, C.

“…There is still a huge gap between potential adoption rate and actual rate of adoption for cassava and beans improved varieties in the study area. Therefore, actors involved in the development of the agricultural sector have to be aware of the importance of these factors even when they are working for the promotion of purely agricultural activities.…”
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Analysis of wheat value chain: The case of Sinana District, Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia por Usman, S.

“…Results show that the main wheat value chain actors in the study area are input suppliers, farmers/producers, assemblers, wholesalers, processors, retailers, commission agents and cooperatives. …”
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How Brazil's sustainable cattle schemes could beef up to conserve forests and sustainable rural livelihoods por Maguire-Rajpaul, Victoria Alice, Galuchi, Tharic, Nery Alves Pinto, Helena, McDermott, Constance

“…Mixed governance schemes, involving both state and non-state actors, were also widely advocated. Impacts were difficult to compare due to a lack of uniform monitoring and thus comparability across the schemes; tools for common measurement are recommended to better compare schemes’ effectiveness. …”
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Social network analysis of multi-stakeholder platforms in agricultural research for development: opportunities and constraints for innovation and scaling por Hermans, Frans, Sartas, Murat, Schagen, Boudy van, Asten, Piet J.A. van, Schut, Marc

“…Linkages between local and higher levels are weak, and influential organisations (e.g., high-level government actors) are often not part of the MSP or are not actively linked to by other organisations. …”
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Dairy production systems and the adoption of genetic and breeding technologies in Tanzania, Kenya, India and Nicaragua por Ojango, Julie M.K., Wasike, C.B., Enahoro, Dolapo K., Okeyo Mwai, Ally

“…In all the countries, enhanced and adequately planned use of breeding and reproductive technologies, complemented with the relevant infrastructure, is needed to sustainably increase dairy productivity. The capacities of actors in the dairy value chain need to be developed in order to properly implement and manage improvements.…”
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Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al. por Angelsen, Arild, Brockhaus, Maria, Duchelle, Amy E., Larson, Anne, Martius, Christopher, Sunderlin, William D., Verchot, Louis V., Wong, Grace Y., Wunder, Sven

“…Potential answers to the question of why REDD+ has not delivered more tangible results fall into 4 categories: REDD+ has not yet been implemented at the scale needed to make a difference, REDD+ has evolved from the initial PES vision to a modified version of previous and largely ineffective conservation efforts, REDD+ has been blocked by powerful actors interested in maintaining the status quo, and REDD+ is conceptually flawed in its design as a PES and MBI scheme. …”
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Safeguarding good health of consumers: the opportunities and challenges of attaining quality compliance for processed cassava products in Africa por Abass, A., Missanga, M., Mosha, C., Mukuka, I., Ranaivoson, R., Bah, A.J., Fannah, S., James, B., Dziedzoave, N.T., Waithaka, M., Cromme, N.

“…This paper reports the on-going collaboration among national bureaus of standards, regional organizations, national and international research institutions such as IITA, and other value chain actors for developing specifications for cassava and cassava products and providing certification services to the producers. …”
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The broader institutional context of participatory plant breeding in the changing agricultural and natural resources R&D system in Nepal por Biggs, Stephen D., Gauchan, Devendra

“…in order to go forward, the authors suggest placing the debates in a broader institutional context where actors are seen to be playing many roles when participating in arguments .bout the pros and cons of PPB .and CPB, It is proposed that those who are knowledgeable in this area look beyond their own organizational, funding, or other interests and help promote. …”
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Payments for Ecosystem Services as a Policy Mix: Demonstrating the institutional analysis and development framework on conservation policy instruments por Barton, David N., Benavides, Karla, Chacón-Cascante, Adriana, Le Coq, Jean-François, Quirós, Miriam Miranda, Porras, Ina, Primmer, Eeva, Ring, Irene

“…The rules‐in‐use taxonomy of IAD is a ‘structural’ diagnostic approach, which needs to be combined with other tools that analyse the role and ‘agency’ of actors, as part of integrative environmental governance research. …”
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Proceso de formulación de la Estrategia Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima para la región del Sistema de Integración Centroamericano (EASAC) por Veeger, Marieke, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Jiménez, Manuel

“…La principal característica del proceso de formulación es la inclusión de los diversos actores vinculados directa e indirectamente con un instrumento de política regional como este.…”
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Can scenario planning catalyse transformational change? Evaluating a climate change policy case study in Mali por Totin, Edmond, Butler, James, Sidibé, Amadou, Partey, Samuel T., Thornton, Philip K., Tabo, Ramadjita

“…We conclude that to enhance the resilience of agricultural and food systems under climate change, participatory scenario processes require a broader range of cross-scale actors’ engagement to support transformational changes. …”
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Soil quality – A critical review por Bünemann, Else K., Bongiorno, Giulia, Bai, Zhanguo, Creamer, Rachel E., Deyn, Gerlinde de, Goede, Ron G.M. de, Fleskens, Luuk, Geissen, Violette, Kuyper, Thomas W., Mäder, Paul, Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet, Sukkel, Wijnand, Groenigen, Jan Willem van, Brussaard, Lijbert

“…This requires the involvement of the pertinent actors, stakeholders and end-users to a much larger degree than practiced to date.…”
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Natural Resource Management Schemes as Entry Points for Integrated Landscape Approaches: Evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso por Foli, S., Ros-Tonen, M.A.F., Reed, J.D., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…Current landscape initiatives however very much depend on external actors and funding, raising the question of whether, and how, and under what conditions, locally embedded resource management schemes can serve as entry points for the implementation of integrated landscape approaches. …”
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Effects of multi-stakeholder platforms on multi-stakeholder innovation networks: implications for research for development interventions targeting innovations at scale por Sartas, Murat, Schut, Marc, Hermans, F., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Leeuwis, Cees

“…They show that some of the intended next users of interventions with MSPs–local-level actors–left the innovation networks, whereas the lead organization controlling resource allocation in the MSPs substantially increased its centrality. …”
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Current situation of rapid multiplication techniques for early generation seed potato production in Sub-Saharan Africa por Harahagazwe, D., Andrade-Piedra, J.L., Parker, M., Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar

“…This paper provides insights on the principal actors in producing in vitro plantlets, cuttings, and minitubers, with emphasis on the technologies used, the production capacity in place, and challenges. …”
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Seed degeneration of banana planting materials: strategies for improved farmer access to healthy seed por Jacobsen, K., Omondi, Bonaventure Aman Oduor, Almekinders, Conny J.M., Álvarez, E., Blomme, Guy, Dita, M., Iskra Caruana, M.L., Ocimati, W., Tinzaara, William, Kumar, P. Lava, Staver, Charles

“…We propose that initiatives to offset banana seed degeneration should integrate the role of off‐farm actors into decentralized initiatives rather than attempt to duplicate national seed certification frameworks from other true seed or vegetatively propagated crops.…”
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An assessment of the livestock by-products value chains in Somaliland: The case of bones and tallow por Mtimet, Nadhem, Mugunieri, Lawrence Godiah, Wanyoike, Francis N., Kiptoo, Enock, Gulaid, Ibrahim

“…Strengthening of these promising value chains will require the following interventions among others : (i) improvement of the processing skills of the value chain actors through appropriate trainings to allow the development of quality products; (ii) enhancing access to working and investment capital, through the financial institutions or donors, that will allow acquisition of the necessary new equipment to upgrade the quality and quantity of the products; and (iii) review and/or develop new business plans for the existing businesses that should include, among others, a clear sustainable growth strategy and vision.…”
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