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Review of Adaptive Management Approaches by Twine, Edgar E., Ndindeng, Sali Atanga

“…The former focuses on stakeholder collaboration, ecological models, and collective learning, emphasizing adaptability in complex systems through practices like Active Adaptive Management and Scenario Planning. …”
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Climate Smart Agriculture: More Than Technologies Are Needed to Move Smallholder Farmers Toward Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods by Sullivan, Amy, Mwamakamba, Sithembile Ndema, Mumba, Aliness, Hachigonta, Sepo, Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele

“…Yet, CSA technologies and approaches alone will not increase resilience or improve livelihoods of significant numbers of small holders who survive within complex systems. Decades and hundreds of millions of dollars invested in research, development and technology transfer have not transformed African smallholders. …”
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Ecosystem services from coffee agroforestry in Central America: estimation using the CAF2021 model by Barrios Aguirre, Mirna, Cerda, Rolando, Virginio Filho, Elias de Melo, Ospina, Alejandra, y otros 5 autores más

“…The model allows for complex systems with up to three shade tree species. It simulates coffee yield, timber and fruit production by shade trees, soil loss in erosion, C-sequestration, N-fixation, -emission and -leaching. …”
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A refined method for theory-based evaluation of the societal impacts of research by Belcher, B., Davel, R., Claus, R.

“…Evaluation is especially challenging for problem-oriented research that employs inter- and transdisciplinary approaches and intervenes in complex systems, where experimental and statistical approaches to causal inference are inappropriate. …”
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Circular and transformative economy: advances towards sustainable socio-economic transformation by Nhamo, L., Mpandeli, S., Liphadzi, S., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…It highlights the benefits of transformative approaches in integrating, simplifying, and facilitating understanding of complex systems and transforming systems towards greater sustainability while achieving multiple social, economic, and environmental outcomes. …”
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Adaptability and adaptations of California’s water supply system to dry climate warming by Medellín-Azuara, Josué, Harou, Julien J., Olivares, Marcelo A., Madani, Kaveh, Lund, Jay R., Howitt, Richard E., Tanaka, Stacy K., Jenkins, Marion W., Zhu, Tingju

“…Methodologically, the results of this analysis indicate that for long-term climate change studies of complex systems, there is considerable value in including other major changes expected during a long-term time-frame (such as population changes), allowing the system to adapt to changes in conditions (a common feature of human societies), and representing the system in sufficient hydrologic and operational detail and breadth to allow significant adaptation. …”
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Can 2 + 2 make 5? From adding up to Intersectionality by Bailey, Arwen, Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, López, Diana E.

“…Introducing gender, social justice and equity into complex systems with the objective of creating gender-transformative change requires an understanding of how these different dimensions interact and play out. …”
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Climate analogs can catalyze cross-regional dialogs for US specialty crop adaptation by Chaudhary, Siddharth, Rajagopalan, Kirti, Kruger, Chad E., Brady, Michael P., Fraisse, Clyde W., Gustafson, David I., Hall, Sonia A., Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Melnick, Rachel L., Reyes, Julian, Stöckle, Claudio O., Sulser, Timothy B.

“…Communication theory suggests that interactive dialog rather than information transmission is necessary for climate change action, especially for complex systems like agriculture. Climate analogs—locations whose current climate is similar to a target location’s future climate—have garnered recent interest as transmitting more relatable information; however, they have unexplored potential in facilitating meaningful dialogs, and whether the way the analogs are developed could make a difference. …”
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Climate warming and water management adaptation for California by Tanaka, Stacy K., Zhu, Tingju, Lund, Jay R., Howitt, Richard E., Jenkins, Marion W., Pulido, Manuel A., Tauber, Mélanie, Ritzema, Randall S., Ferreira, Inês C.

“…Methodologically, the results of this analysis indicate that for long-term climate change studies of complex systems, there is considerable value in including other major changes expected during a long-term time-frame (such as population changes), allowing the system to adapt to changes in conditions (a common feature of human societies), and representing the system in sufficient hydrologic and operational detail and breadth to allow significant adaptation. …”
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Integrating research on food and the environment: An exit strategy from the rational fool syndrome in agricultural science by Ashby, Jacqueline A.

“…If agricultural systems are viewed and managed as parts of whole ecosystems, the key properties of complex systems that need to be taken into account will force researchers to consider long-term effects and environmental externalities. …”
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Agronomic and economic contrasts between monocrop maize and associated maize/bean systems by Francis, C.A., Flor Montoya, Carlos A., Prager Mosquera, Martín

“…When the appropriate system is determined for each region, including density of planting, relative planting dates, and physical organization of the two crops in the field, there is sometimes an increase in maize production in these complex systems. It has been concluded that the land efficiency ratio (LER) is twenty to eighty percent greater in associated cropping compared to monoculture of either crop. …”
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Understanding and evaluating the impact of integrated problem-oriented research programmes: Concepts and considerations by Belcher, B., Hughes, K.

“…This is challenging in any research field, but especially for research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and intervenes in complex systems. Moreover, evaluation challenges at the project scale are compounded at the programme scale. …”
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Beyond threats, we need more information about action – how individuals see themselves (or not) in complex social-ecological systems by Waters, Y., Thompson, K., Wilson, K., Dean, A.

“…This study uses mental models to explore how individuals understand environmental threats and personal actions which can mitigate these threats within complex systems, using the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) as a case study. …”
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The agrifood system in South Asia: Pathways to sustainable healthy diets by International Food Policy Research Institute, Scott, Samuel P., Kishore, Avinash, Headey, Derek D.

“…Overcoming bottlenecks in agrifood systems — the networks of actors, activities, infrastructure, and policies that are involved in getting food from farms to mouths — requires data and evidence on the many elements of these complex systems. Moreover, that evidence must serve as a catalytic driver of change, which further requires strong partnerships between donors, researchers, civil society, industry, and policymakers. …”
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Linking multi-actor futures for food systems and environmental governance by Vervoort, Joost M., Bourgeois, R., Ericksen, Polly J., Kok, K., Thornton, Philip K., Förch, Wiebke, Chaudhury, M., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…The CCAFS foresight process takes a complex systems approach, exploring the inter-connectedness of food systems and environmental systems. …”
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Analysis of a system response and effects of acidification on a freshwater ecosystem by Borucińska, Katarzyna

“…Because acid rain is correlated with climate change and atmospheric pollution, it becomes a very complex system where not all of the factors are known. …”
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Assessing the productivity of common bean in intercrop with maize across agro-ecological zones of smallholder farms in the northern highlands of Tanzania by Nassary, E.K., Baijukya, Frederick P., Ndakidemi, P.A.

“…Intensification of common bean could provide approaches that offer new techniques to better manage and monitor globally complex systems of sustainable food production. Therefore, this study tried to assess the productivity of common bean bushy varieties when are involved as part of an intercrop with maize (Zea mays L.) in varying agro-ecological zones. …”
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Games to create awareness and design policies for transboundary cooperation in river basins: lessons from the Shariva Game of the Mekong River Commission by Douven, W., Mul, Marloes L., Son, L., Bakker, Nico, Radosevich, G., Hendriks, A.

“…Playing the game proved an important aspect in training and education of such complex systems. The study also shows the role games can play in policy analysis, in particular the way the game provided insight in the design of the policy and the development of procedures, and their function to review and update policies and procedures. …”
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Application of system dynamics and participatory spatial group model building in animal health: A case study of East Coast Fever interventions in Lundazi and Monze districts of Zam... by Mumba, C., Skjerve, E., Rich, M., Rich, Karl M.

“…SGMB uses participatory geographical information system (GIS) concepts and techniques to capture the role of spatial phenomenon in the context of complex systems, allowing stakeholders to identify spatial phenomenon directly on physical maps and integrate such information in model development. …”
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Decision‐making for systemic water risks: insights from a participatory risk assessment process in Vietnam by Wyrwoll, Paul R., Grafton, R. Quentin, Daniell, Katherine A., Chu, Hoang Long, Ringler, Claudia, Lien, Le Thi Ha, Khoi, Dang Kim, Do, Thang Nam, Tuan, Nguyen Do Anh

“…Yet complete control of these complex systems is impossible and attempts to mitigate systemic risks can generate unexpected feedback effects. …”
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