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Economic contribution of tropically adapted and more productive breeds based village chicken production in sub-Saharan Africa: ACGG model by Yitayih, Mulugeta, Esatu, Wondmeneh, Geremew, Kumlachew, Yemane, Tsion, Dessie, Tadelle

“…The overall findings of this economic analysis suggest that integrating dual- purpose improved breeds in village chicken production system would have significant contribution to improve income of producers, enhance supply of eggs and live chicken, and generate employment opportunities for the rural youth and other marketing actors along the value chain.…”
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Enfoque de género de la Estrategia de Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima (EASAC) para la región del SICA: Acciones clave para la implementación de la línea estratégica de Gén... by Chaves, Paola, Giller, Onno

“…Para eso, se ha realizado un trabajo de análisis de políticas públicas y entrevistas con diferentes actores de la región del SICA. Finalmente, se han identificado acciones claves en diferentes niveles: regional del SICA, nacional y en los territorios. …”
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Banana pest risk assessment along banana trade axes running from low to high altitude sites, in the Eastern DR Congo and in Burundi by Blomme, Guy, Ocimati, Walter, Amato, Serge, Felde, Alexandra zum, Kamira, Muller, Bumba, Mariam, Bahati, Liliane, Amini, Daniel, Ntamwira, Jules Bagula

“…Strengthening farmer’s knowledge and institutional capacities of actors on these different modes of disease spread in banana value chains in the region is recommended.…”
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Acciones claves para el enfoque de género de la Estrategia de Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima (EASAC) de la región del SICA by Chaves, Paola, Giller, Onno

“…Para eso, mediante un análisis de políticas públicas y entrevistas condiferentes actores de la región del SICA, se han identificado acciones claves en diferentes niveles: regional del SICA, nacional y en los territorios. …”
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The cassava seed system in Nigeria: Opportunities and challenges for policy and regulatory reform by Wossen, T., Spielman, David J., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Kumar, P. Lava

“…This paper explores these issues in the context of the cassava seed system in Nigeria by drawing on (1) prior research, public policy documents, and government statistics; (2) key informant interviews and focus group discussions with seed system actors; and (3) a unique dataset from the 2015 Cassava Monitoring Survey of Nigeria (CMS). …”
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Youth in livestock and the power of education, the case of “Heirs of Tradition” by Triana Ángel, Natalia, Ariza, Mauricio, Arango, Jacobo, Burkart, Stefan

“…Preliminary findings first suggest that cooperation between different actors is crucial to address a major threat in livestock production: generational relief and the massive migration of young people from rural to urban areas. …”
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Resultado y aprendizajes derivados del proyecto ILCYM-AECID by Pradel, Willy, Velasco, Claudio, Flores, Paola, Panchi, Nancy, Fonseca, Cristina, González, Miguel A, Gamarra, Heidy

“…El proyecto “Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima: Generando sinergias entre los saberes locales y científicos para lograr resiliencia y capacidad adaptativa en los altos Andes” financiado por la Cooperación Española AECID (Proyecto ILCYM – AECID en adelante), es un proyecto que tuvo como objetivo específico el fortalecer capacidades de actores locales para usar sistemas de alerta temprana a riesgos de introducción y diseminación de plagas y enfermedades, hacer recomendaciones y tomar decisiones de manejo para elevar la resiliencia al cambio climático de los sistemas agroalimentarios basados en papa. …”
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Reviewing initiatives to promote sustainable supply chains: The case of forest-risk commodities by Wardell, D.A., Piketty, M-G., Lescuyer, G., Pacheco, P.

“…The multiplication of sustainability initiatives has been driven by the growing complexity and diversity of conditions under which agri-food and timber supply chains operate. Private sector actors have increasingly defined and monitored their own sustainability performance by using certification standards or by developing their own procedures and criteria. …”
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Reducing risks by transforming landscapes: Cross-scale effects of land-use changes on ecosystem services by Fedele, G., Locatelli, Bruno, Djoudi, H., Colloff, Matthew J.

“…Our results show that land-use decisions were propagated at the landscape scale due to reinforcing loops, whereby local actors perceived that such decisions contributed positively to livelihoods by reducing risks and generating co-benefits. …”
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Forestry Decentralization in the Context of Global Carbon Priorities: New Challenges for Subnational Governments by Libert Amico, A., Larson, A.M.

“…Different levels of government, as well as private and civil society actors (companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), indigenous peoples, and local communities), compete over the rights of ownership, administration, and management of forest landscapes—decisions with a crucial impact on land use, land use change and the future of forests. …”
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Learning through practice? Learning from the REDD+ demonstration project, Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP) in Indonesia by Sanders, A.J.P., Ford, R.M., Keenan, R.J., Larson, A.M.

“…Our findings suggest that flexibility and openness in project design and implementation can enable different local actors to define shared learning agendas in ways that are meaningful for them. …”
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Musalogue: Catalogue de germoplasme de Musa. Plantains d’Afrique occidentale et centrale –Collection CARBAP by Ibobondji, Lucien, Ngoh Newilah, Gérard, Tomekpe, Kodjo, Ruas, Max, Chase, Rachel, Roux, Nicolas Stephan M.

“…It aims to facilitate the correct identification of African plantains and disseminate the important information on their extraordinary diversity, agronomic potential, and post-harvest qualities, in order to encourage better use by researchers, extension workers, farmers and other actors in the plantain community. The catalogue is a result of collaboration by a multidisciplinary scientific team from the following institutes: CARBAP, Cirad and Bioversity International, who participated in the project Food Security Thematic Programme Phase 2 (FSTP2) of the European Union, which permitted the collection and analysis of the data presented in the catalogue.…”
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Apoyando a productores Nicaragüenses con semilla de frijol biofortificado en tiempos de COVID-19 by Reyes, Byron A., Gómez, Lorena, Rodríguez, Carlos

“…En Nicaragua, el programa HarvestPlus apoya al sector agrícola de diferentes maneras, incluyendo la asistencia técnica y financiera al Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) en diversas actividades relacionadas a los cultivos biofortificados (mejoramiento genético, multiplicación de semilla, eventos de difusión, etc.), fomentando las relaciones entre diversos actores interesados en este tipo de cultivos, y mediante su propia multiplicación y difusión de semilla con el apoyo de diversas organizaciones (no gubernamentales y de la sociedad civil). …”
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Microbial contamination and associated risk factors in retailed pork from key value chains in Northern Vietnam by Hai Hoang Tuan Ngo, Luong Nguyen Thanh, Phuc Pham-Duc, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Hang Le-Thi, Denis-Robichaud, J., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Trang T.H. Le, Grace, Delia, Unger, Fred

“…The safety of pork, including biological contamination, is a concern to several public authorities and value chain actors. This cross-sectional study aimed to identify Salmonella and total bacterial count (TBC) contamination of cut pork sold in different outlets, and determine the potential factors leading to contamination. …”
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Sharing Knowledge and Value for Nurturing Socioecological Production Landscapes: A Case of Payment for Ecosystem Services in Rejoso Watershed, Indonesia by Leimona, B., McGrath, F.L., Khasanah, N.

“…This knowledge and value sharing encompasses how they understand the competitive bidding process, how their bids can influence the overall outcomes of winning or losing the conservation contracts, and the most importantly, how farmers share their conservation values as agricultural conservation efforts of PES not only benefit the external actors but also co-benefits themselves. This chapter presents the results from a PES pilot in Rejoso watershed, Indonesia, where smallholders in the up- and midstream are contributing to better watershed services, i.e. water infiltration and sedimentation reduction, to benefit downstream domestic and industrial water users.…”
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Life-cycle costs of a resource-oriented sanitation system and implications for advancing a circular economy approach to sanitation by Carrard, N., Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Willetts, J.

“…Costs across the system life-cycle were analyzed according to: (i) cost type; (ii) phases of the sanitation chain; and (iii) distribution between actors. Over a 25-year lifespan, the system had an annualized cost of USD 2.8/person or USD 11/m3 of septage treated. …”
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Overcoming constraints of scaling: Critical and empirical perspectives on agricultural innovation scaling by Gebreyes, Million, Mekonnen, Kindu, Thorne, Peter J., Bezabih, Melkamu, Adie, Aberra, Mulema, Annet A., Ahmed, Seid, Tamene, Lulseged D., Amede, Tilahun, Haileslassie, Amare, Gebrekirstos, Aster, Mupangwa, W.T., Ebrahim, Mohammed, Alene, Temesgen, Asfaw, Addisu, Dubale, Workneh, Yasabu, Simret

“…First, scaling of agricultural innovations requires a balanced focus on technical requirements and associated social dynamics surrounding scaling targets, actors involved and their social relations. Second, appreciating the social dynamics of scaling emphasizes the fact that scaling is more complex than a linear rolling out of innovations towards diffusion. …”
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Milk quality and hygiene: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smallholder dairy farmers in central Kenya by Nyokabi, S., Luning, P.A., Boer, Imke J.M. de, Korir, Luke, Muunda, Emmanuel M., Bebe, B.O., Lindahl, Johanna F., Bett, Bernard K., Oosting, S.J.

“…Currently, milk production, handling and consumption could expose actors along the dairy value chain to health risks. …”
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Facilitating livelihoods diversification through flood-based land restoration in pastoral systems of Afar, Ethiopia by Amede, T., Akker, Elisabeth van den, Berdel, W., Keller, C., Tilahun, G., Dejen, A., Legesse, G., Abebe, H.

“…In general, an innovation system approach helped to create local confidence, attract attention of government institutions and helped local actors to identify investment areas, develop implementation strategies to increase productivity, define changes as it occurs and minimize conflicts between competing communities. …”
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Contributions of integrated aflatoxin management strategies to achieve the sustainable development goals in various African countries by Ortega Beltran, A., Bandyopadhyay, R.

“…Multiple approaches by diverse actors, many of them interconnected, will allow achieving each SDG. …”
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