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Gendered implications of polluted drainage water use in agri-food value chains in Egypt: current context and practical recommendations by Joshi, Deepa, Dessouki, Amina, Abdelwahab, Noura

“…The focus of our study, which was funded by the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, was to understand the gendered implications of these changes and challenges. Adopting a feminist political ecology approach, we analyze the gendered power dynamics within productive, irrigated agriculture, focusing on the everyday lived experiences of diverse groups of women, farmers and irrigators.…”
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Presentation for The Political Economy of Food System Transformation: Pathways to Progress in a Polarized World by Resnick, Danielle, Gómez, Eduardo, Barrett, Christopher B., Swinnen, Johan

“…The authors address a wide range of issues, including the need to repurpose costly agricultural subsidies, reduce red meat and ultra-processed food consumption, increase uptake of appropriate biotechnologies, adopt sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, implement the European Union’s Farm to Fork Strategy, adapt urban food system councils to local contexts, and track accountability for global food system commitments. …”
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Enhancing the Impact of Agricultural Research: An Impact Pathway Perspective by Hartwich, Frank, Springer-Heinze, A.

“…Such tools include, for example, sensitizing and training researchers in relation to impact, incorporating impact criteria in project evaluations, ensuring that the results of impact evaluations are used in future research planning, integrating impact evaluation into existing planning and monitoring exercises, ensuring that project staff adopt an impact-oriented approach, and encouraging external feedback from farmers and other stakeholders. …”
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Chinese artificial intelligence in Africa: Digital colonisation or liberalisation? by Tinarwo, Joseph, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…This research primarily adopted a qualitative research approach to examine the impact of Chinese AI in Africa and identify opportunities for facilitating positive influence of Chinese AI and digital presence in Africa. …”
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An assessment of the Small Farmer, Large Fields (SFLF) collective action model in Odisha and Assam, India by Baruah, Sampriti, Janakiraman, Deepa, Murali Chowlahiriyur Nagaraju, Mohanty, Samarendu, Ranjan Kumar Sahoo, Rout, Bidyadhar, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…The model focuses on aggregating farmers to achieve bargaining power, synchronize operations, and improve quality by adopting a single variety of potato. The study uses a mixed method research design to assess the benefits of the SFLF model, including improved quality of inputs, increased mechanization, emerging social networks, and market linkages. …”
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A way forward: Policy-driven transformation by Breisinger, Clemens, Keenan, Michael, Mbuthia, Juneweenex

“…This book has adopted a food systems framework as a new way of conceptualizing and designing food policies and research. …”
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Fields of harmony: Pulses and sustainable land management by Nekesa, Tabitha, Jaquet, Stéphanie, Calles, Teodardo, Katsir, Stephanie, Vollmann Tinoco, Vivian

“…SLM serves as a guiding framework for sustainable agriculture, aligning its goals with environmental stewardship, efficient resource use, and long-term productivity. Adopting SLM practices promotes soil health, biodiversity conservation, water management, climate resilience, and economic viability in agricultural production. …”
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Demand-side and supply-side factors for accelerating varietal turnover in smallholder soybean farms by Nuthalapati, Chandra S., Kumar, Anjani, Birthal, Pratap S., Sonkar, Vinay K.

“…The results show that adopting leading soybean varieties has reached saturation and that policy intervention can have an immediate impact. …”
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Pricing farmer contributions under AIP by Banda, Chimwemwe, De Weerdt, Joachim, Duchoslav, Jan, Jolex, Aubrey

“…It also discusses how the strategy, once adopted, can be used to phase out the AIP, while ensuring allocative efficiency within the program. …”
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Assessing African economic responses to COVID-19 by Tadesse, Getaw, Tefera, Wondwosen

“…In early 2020, African governments adopted a wide range of containment and confinement measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the continent. …”
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Youth migration decisions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Satellite‐based empirical evidence from Nigeria by Amare, Mulubrhan, Abay, Kibrom A., Arndt, Channing, Shiferaw, Bekele

“…Our results from Nigeria show that makers concerned about rural–urban youth exodus should adopt a differentiated, in terms of targets, and multidimensional approach to reap the benefits of urbanization while avoiding its negative consequences.…”
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Evolution of agricultural mechanization in Bangladesh: The case of tractors for land preparation by Ahmed, Mansur, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

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Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence by Win, Myat Thida, Belton, Ben, Zhang, Xiaobo

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Estimation and determinants of multidimensional energy poverty among households in Nigeria by Ashagidigbi, Waheed Mobolaji, Babatunde, Bashirat Adenike, Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Olagunju, Kehinde Oluseyi, Omotayo, Abiodun Olusola

“…The analytical techniques adopted in this study are based on Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI) and Tobit regression model. …”
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Food security – Status and determinants – During the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from primary survey in eastern India by Kumar, Anjani, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar, Srinivasa, Aditya Korekallu

“…The aim was to provide rapid evidence on the status and determinants of food insecurity and to understand the coping strategies adopted by rural households during the pandemic. Using comprehensive telephone survey data from 2,599 households, we estimated the status of food insecurity using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale. …”
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Effect of Improved Production Systems on Productivity of Local Chickens in Rural Areas of Babati District, Tanzania by International Livestock Research Institute

“…The free-range system is predominant, whilst a few households have adopted a semi-intensive system or intensive system. …”
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Shaping India's climate future: A perspective on harnessing carbon credits from agriculture by Khurana, Ananya, Kajale, Dilip, Cariappa, Adeeth AG, Krishna, Vijesh V.

“…Its agriculture sector has the potential to transition from being a net emitter to a net absorber of GHGs by adopting sustainable farming practices such as zero tillage, laser-assisted precision land leveling, direct seeding of rice, intercropping, biochar application, use of solar energy, and more efficient management of irrigation water, soil nutrients, livestock feed, and manure. …”
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Per capita rice consumption in Bangladesh: Available estimates and IFPRI’s validation survey results by Yunus, Mohammad, Rashid, Shahidur, Chowdhury, Sulin

“…The methodology of the validation survey drew on strategies adopted by other nationally representative surveys, specifically the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), and IFPRI’s own Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS). …”
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Benin CAADP bienniel review brief: Africa agriculture scorecard performance and lessons by Dossa, Aguemon, Steeven, Zohoun Odilon, Charles, Acakpo, Justin, Edah, Yade, Mbaye

“…Les chefs d’État et de gouvernement des États membres de l’Union africaine (UA) ont adopté en 2014 la déclaration dite de Malabo sur la croissance et la transformation accélérées de l’agriculture pour une prospérité partagée et de meilleures conditions de vie. …”
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Burkina Faso CAADP bienniel review brief: Africa agriculture scorecard performance and lessons by Amadou, Sidibe, Abdoulaye, Rabo, Augustine, Soulama, Marc, Ouedraogo, Maurice, Taondyande, Yade, Mbaye

“…Les chefs d’État et de gouvernement des États membres de l’Union africaine (UA) ont adopté en 2014 la déclaration dite de Malabo sur la croissance et la transformation accélérées de l’agriculture pour une prospérité partagée et de meilleures conditions de vie. …”
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