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India promotes climate resilience through its food security bill by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Their inclusion in the law is likely to promote cultivation, especially in the more marginal areas of India, where these crops are very important for local food security and cultural identity. It is estimated than over 31 million Indian farmers grow these crops, stimulating their production therefore contributes to climate adaptation and food security.…”
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Integration på den mångkulturella landsbygden : om nyanlända i Ngoma, Uganda by Bisaso, Denis

Workshop Report Promoting Risk management solutions in fragile settings of Northern Nigeria by Ajeigbe, Hakeem A., Banerjee, Rupsha R., Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…The livestock sector in Northern Nigeria plays a crucial role in the country’s economy, contributing significantly to food security, livelihoods, and cultural identity. However, this sector faces numerous challenges, particularly in fragile settings characterized by conflict, climate variability, and socio-economic instability. …”
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High public good values for ecosystem service attributes of on-farm quinoa diversity conservation in Peru by Drucker, Adam G, Pradel, Willy, Scott, Craig, Elmes, Sarah, Arpazi Valero, Kleny G., Zander, Kerstin K.

“…Responses revealed strong support for the conservation of quinoa diversity particularly when conservation was framed in terms of conserving national cultural identity or food security. Respondents were willing to make a one-off donation of US$31.79 to an in situ on-farm quinoa crop diversity conservation programme, placing the highest values on programme attributes related to securing bequest/existence and option values, followed closely by stable landscape conservation. …”
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Climate, conflict and security in global livestock systems by Synnestvedt, Thea, Maviza, Gracsious, Pacillo, Grazia

“…Livestock systems are vital sources of livelihood and income, food and nutrition and cultural identity for millions of people. However, these systems are increasingly under threat from the intertwined challenges of climate change impacts, conflict and insecurity. …”
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AICCRA SPnS report: Evidence and learnings from Ghana by Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley, Seidu, Hisham, Yeboah, Patricia Amankwaa, Obeng, Faustina Adomaa, Maguta, Job Kihara, Abera, Wuletawu

“…A community in Northern Ghana is a socially connected group of households living within a shared geographic area (ranges 500-2500 people)—often a village or neighbourhood—bound together by kinship networks, traditional authority, livelihood activities, and cultural identity. Members generally rely on each other for support, cooperate in farming and social events, and organize themselves under the leadership of chiefs, elders, or religious figures. …”
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Nuevas oportunidades de mercado en los Andes. Desaparecen antiguas prácticas pastoriles y surgen otras nuevas by Turin, Cecilia, Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana

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Dragare, täckningsgrader och önskelådor : systematisering och råd för grönplanearbete by Randers, Marianne, Tammela, Maija

“…The themes we suggest that a greenplanning document manage are: Recreation, Pedagogies and Heath, Biological Diversity, Green structure in the History of Building Cities, Cultural Identity, the Health of the City, Biological Technology in the Municipality and Use and the Users. …”

The decline of small-scale fisheries by Krogseng, Kyla

“…Fisheries serve as an essential food source, livelihood, and cultural identity for millions of people around the world. …”
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Understanding rivers and their social relations: a critical step to advance environmental water management by Anderson, E.P., Jackson, S., Tharme, Rebecca E., Douglas, M., Flotemersch, J.E., Zwarteveen, M., Lokgariwar, C., Montoya, M., Wali, A., Tipa, G.T., Jardine, T.D., Olden, J.D., Cheng, L., Conallin, J., Cosens, B., Dickens, Chris, Garrick, D., Groenfeldt, D., Kabogo, J., Roux, D.J., Ruhi, A., Arthington, A.H.

“…We also review a small body of literature to highlight examples of the diversity and interdependencies of human-flow relationships—such as the linkages between river flow and human well-being, spiritual needs, cultural identity, and sense of place—that are typically overlooked when environmental flows are assessed and negotiated. …”
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City life in the midst of the forest: a Punan hunter-gatherer’s vision of conservation and development by Levang, P., Sitorus, S., Dounias, E.

“…However, playing for time can help the Punan develop the capacity and ability to cope with a competitive developed world and maintain their cultural identity.…”
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The political ecology of tropical forests in Southeast Asia: historical perspectives by Tuk-Po, L., Jong, W. de, Ken-Ichi, Abe

“…Japanese timber growers loose maintain their traditions and cultural identity that were closely linked to their forestry existence.…”
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Vägen till integration : civilsamhällets arbete med asylsökande från 2015 och framåt i Dalarna by Olsson, Emelie

Fostering Kalanamak rice farmer’s resilience and profitability in India by integrating local knowledge into the seed system and markets by Nayak, Swati, Nath, Anirban, Shukla, Sarvesh, Hossain, S.K. Mosharaf, Badoni, Saurabh, Singh, Vivek Kumar

“…Like other aromatic landraces in India, Kalanamak holds deep socio-economic value, prized for its agroecological resilience, cultural identity, culinary heritage, and role in rural livelihoods. …”
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Nutrient source, management system and the age of the plantation affect soil biodiversity and chemical properties in raspberry production by Prack McCormick, Barbara, El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea, Cardozo, Andrea Gabriela, Alvarez, Valeria Esther, Rodriguez, Hernan Adrian, Tittonell, Pablo Adrian

“…Raspberry production is part of the cultural identity of ‘La Comarca Andina’ placed within “Andina Patagonica” world biosphere reserve. …”
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Perspectives on Rangeland Management Education and Research in Argentina by Anderson, David Lee, Bonvissuto, Griselda, Brizuela, Miguel Angel, Chiossone, Guillermo, Cibils, Andres Francisco, Cid, Maria Silvia, Feldman, Israel, Fernandez Grecco, Roberto, Kunst, Carlos Roberto, Oesterheld, Martin, Oliva, Gabriel Esteban, Paruelo, José María, Peinetti, Raúl, Villagra, Edgar Sebastian

“…Rangelands account for over two-thirds of Argentina’s land area and contribute uniquely to its biodiversity, agricultural livelihood, and cultural identity. Colossal mountain ranges and regional air mass movements create a variety of climates that generate an equally diverse array of rangeland and forest biomes (Table 1; Fig. 1). …”
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El marco normativo del ordenamiento territorial y las políticas públicas municipales en relación al avance de las urbanizaciones cerradas sobre tierras de uso agropecuario, valles... by Carrasco, Maribel Adriana

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New market opportunities in the Andes. Old herding practices disappear and new ones emerge. by Turín, Cecilia, Quiroga Mendiola, Mariana

“…The growing demand for environmentally friendly, fair-trade certified products offers a pathway for sustainable and inclusive development that honors the cultural identity of Andean indigenous peoples. //Resumen: Este artículo explora los desafíos y oportunidades que enfrentan las comunidades pastoriles de camélidos en los Andes. …”
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Landskapsideal by Malmström, Marie

“…The love to the landscape, in the meaning nature, can be seen as something typically Swedish and already early in life we direct our emotional engagement through it, that will later in life constitute a part of our cultural identity. The landscape of the childhood makes deep marks in the memory of the individual and that is important because it gives us a concrete anchorage in life. …”
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Variación y diferenciación genética y fenotípica de la cabra criolla neuquina en relación con su sistema rural campesino by Lanari, Maria Rosa

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