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Do community seed banks contribute to socio-ecological resilience? The case of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala by Porcuna Ferrer, Anna

“…Financial support was provided by the Seeds, Soil and Culture Fund of RSF Social Finance, a programme managed by the New Field Foundation. …”
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Perception and management of risks in the shrimp sector, empirical results of producers in the province of El Oro, Ecuador. by Ordoñez C., James W.

“…The exploratory factor analysis showed that the risks in shrimp farming are derived from five factors: Policy and finance; Market and costs; Weather and environment; Lack of technical knowledge; and Production management. …”
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First External Programme and Management Review of CIFOR, 1998 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…The panel recommended expanding the board to strengthen competencies in the private sector, finance and management, and also familiarity with the CGIAR.In discussions at TAC 75, and its commentary, TAC called attention to the importance of sociological and economic research in relation to forestry, an area not specifically addressed by the panel. …”
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Rapport de l’atelier de revue des activités menées en 2018 et de planification de 2019 Capacitating Stakeholders in Using Climate Information for Enhanced Resilience in the Agricul... by Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Matsalabi, Ado Abdou, Diakité, Adama, Bayala, Jules

“…CaSCIERA-TA est un projet de « Renforcement des capacités des parties prenantes à l'utilisation de l'information climatique pour l’amélioration de la résilience dans le secteur agricole en Afrique de l'Ouest" de 2 ans financé par le CORAF et les parties nationales du Programme de Productivité Agricole en Afrique de l’Ouest (PPAAO) des pays bénéficiaires. …”
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Lantbrukets kapitalanskaffning : lånefinansiera eller avverka skog i förtid? by Andersson, Linus, Säfström, Martin

Introduction à l’épidémiologie participative et son application à la surveillance participative de l’influenza aviaire hautement pathogène: Manuel pour les praticiens de la surveil... by Ameri, A.A., Hendrickx, Saskia C.J., Jones, B., Mariner, Jeffrey C., Mehta-Bhatt, Purvi, Pissang, C.

“…Dans le cadre du projet de détection précoce, de rapportage et de surveillance de l’influenza aviaire en Afrique, financé par l’Agence américaine pour le développement international (USAID), un certain nombre de formations en surveillance participative de la maladie (SPM) concernant l’influenza aviaire hautement pathogène (IAHP) ont été réalisés en Afrique de l’Ouest et de l’Est en 2008 et 2009. …”
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Imbrication de la mise en oeuvre concertée et solidaire du Traité sur les ressources phytogénétiques et du Protocole de Nagoya dans le conexte d’objetifs de politiques nationales p... by ABS Capacity Development Initiative, Bioversity International

“…The workshop brought together eleven national teams comprised of National Focal Points for the Nagoya Protocol, the Plant Treaty and the GEF and representatives of lead national agencies dealing with climate change adaptation and agriculture and national finance and planning authorities. As the title of the workshop suggests, the participants examined options to embed the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the Plant Treaty in national programmess and strategies to promote climate change adaptation, poverty alleviation, food security and conservation. …”
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Optimization of Crude Palm Oil Fund to Support Smallholder Oil Palm Replanting in Reducing Deforestation in Indonesia by Nurfatriani, F., Ramawati, Sari, G.K., Komarudin, Heru

“…The fact that some smallholder plantations are illegally located in state forestland poses challenges for smallholders as regards getting access to finance, improving yields, and obtaining sustainable certification. …”
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Strengthening Local Governance of Secondary Forest in Peru by Sears, R.R., Guariguata, Manuel R., Cronkleton, P., Miranda Beas, C.

“…Those who control tenure and access rights to these secondary forest areas determine who benefits from economically charged off-farm opportunities such as finance for forest restoration, selling carbon credits, and receiving payment for ecosystem services. …”
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Expanding Opportunities: A Framework for Gender and Socially-Inclusive Climate Resilient Agriculture by Huyer, Sophia, Simelton, Elisabeth, Chanana, Nitya, Mulema, Annet A., Marty, Edwige

“…The intention is to identify potential pathways for developing a gender- and socially-inclusive set of options and strategies, in four key dimensions: climate resilient technologies and practices; climate information services that reach under-reached groups; inclusive finance mechanisms; and promoting leadership in decision-making.…”
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Analysis of technical efficiency among youth involved in crop production in Njombe Region, Tanzania by Ng'atigwa, A.A., Hepelwa, A., Manyong, Victor, Feleke, S.

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Strengthening multi-stakeholders innovations platforms in Mali by Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Guindo, Jonathan, Koné, Pierre, Doumbia, Salif

“…MSP actors were dealing with issues such as a lack of input, information, and finance, as well as competing for the use of inland valley resources. …”
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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 and related interventions on poverty and economic growth in Pakistan: A structural path analysis by Davies, Stephen, Quershi, Tehseen, Rana, Abdul Wajid, Haider, Zeeshan, Raja, Sehrish

“…The study's models show that the largest multipliers from Ehsaas program finance were in agriculture, as a 1 Rupee shock adds 0.225 Rupee income to households. …”
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Approximating the global economic (market) value of farmed animals by Schrobback, P., Dennis, G., Li, Y., Mayberry, D., Shaw, A., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Marsh, T.L., Pendell, Dustin L., Torgerson, Paul R., Gilbert, W., Huntington, B., Raymond, K., Stacey, D.A., Bernardo, T., Bruce, M., McIntyre, K.M., Rushton, J., Herrero, Maria

“…The study highlights the need to consider other values of farmed animals to society, e.g., finance/insurance value and cultural value, in decisions about the sector’s future.…”
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Underinvestment in Agricultural Research and Development Revisited by Roseboom, Johannes

“…The economically optimal investment level is to finance all R&D projects with an ERR that is equal to, or higher than, the social rate. …”
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‘Low- Carbon Future Village’: The story of Qingshan Village, China, and a new journey of international co-learning by Zhang, Wei, Wang, Xinxin, Kumar, Praveen, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…Coordinated through its Living Labs for People, in collaboration with China Academy of Rural Development of Zhejiang University, School of Economics of Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, and Government of Yuhang District, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems (Mitigate+) started developing a research-for-impact partnership with the Qingshan Village in 2023. …”
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The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator: cohort one. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion technical assistance report by Njiru, A., Bohjanen, C., Sewe, L., Nortje, Karen, Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah

“…The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator (CFSA) was launched as part of the activities under the CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and South Africa (Ukama Ustawi), with the main objectives, of strengthening food systems by scaling climate-smart food system innovations (through strategic support of commercially viable and inclusive climate-smart agribusinesses), develop a pipeline of inclusive climate-smart agribusinesses in East and Southern Africa, support inclusive climate-smart agribusinesses (through a 6-month program that provides investment readiness and business development, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and impact measurement and management (IMM) technical assistance, GESI strengthening, coaching and mentoring) and facilitate access to finance through de-risking grants to scale CSA innovations and business models. …”
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CGIAR Seed Equal Initiative-TASAI workshop organized on measuring inclusive access to quality seed by Puskur, Ranjitha, Yila, Jummai

“…At the end of the workshop, the participants assessed the set of indicators and proposed additional indicators to include affordability, willingness to pay for improved seed, access to finance/credit, access to land for planting, degree of engagement in community groups, proximity to agro-dealer or seed seller, and proximity to or access to a model farmer. …”
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The short-run economic costs of COVID-19 in developing countries in 2020: A synthesis of results from a multi-country modeling exercise by Pauw, Karl, Smart, Jenny, Thurlow, James

“…With developing country governments already heavily indebted before the pandemic (Onyekwena and Ekeruche 2019), and with further anticipated losses in tax revenues due to COVID-related economic restrictions, their ability to finance palliative measures without sacrificing much-needed, longer-term public investments has remained a major concern.…”
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Agriculture, structural transformation and poverty reduction: Eight new insights by Christiaensen, Luc, Martin, Will

“…They also add important nuances to this broad empirical regularity, uncover a series of structural conditions that affect this relation, and show that different mechanisms to finance public investment to boost sectoral growth (deficit financing, taxation or aid) can have widely different impacts on poverty, a widely-ignored issue so far. …”
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