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Impact of the recovery of vegetation, and vigilance and monitoring of protected areas programs of The Fund for the Protection of Water, Quito-Ecuador by Coronel Tapia, L.

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Analysis of the main processes and experiences of co-management of watersheds in the Copan river sub watershed, Honduras by Orellana Zelaya, A.C.

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Análisis de los principales procesos y experiencias de cogestión de cuencas hidrográficas en la subcuenca del río Copán, Honduras by Orellana Zelaya, Andrea C.

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Impacto de los programas de recuperación de la cubierta vegetal, vigilancia y monitoreo de áreas protegidas del Fondo para la Protección del Agua, Quito, Ecuador by Coronel Tapia, Lorena

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Corporate environmental responsability in the management of watersheds and natural resources in Costa Rica by Fernández González, Eloy

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Assessing the governance capacity to implement resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean by García Aguilar, Mónica Carlota

“…Findings of this study touches upon many governance aspects such as knowledge, legislation, financing and even culture. Further research is needed to look closer to each of those and make concrete, feasible and effective proposals that bring change with a long-term sustainability vision. …”
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Cost benefit and risk analysis of fairtrade by Håkansson, Nanna

“…The project is based on a survey and personal interviews with producers, managers and farmers during a SIDA-financed scholarship, Minor Field Study (MFS) in Tanzania that was taking place in the spring of 2010. …”
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Transnationell kooperation : en studie av DLA Agro by Eserup, Niclas, Johansson, Oscar

“…Organizational features means that it is a federal organization and that it is trans-national cooperation, which has consequences for the financing, governance and operations. The method for conducting the survey consists of qualitative interview techniques with detailed interviews of every Swedish association and companies connected to the DLA Agro. …”

Smallholder irrigation technology diffusion in Ghana: Insights from stakeholder mapping by Atuobi-Yeboah, Afua, Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Ringler, Claudia

“…At the national level, diffusion of small-scale irrigation technologies is considered to be largely influenced by the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority together with a series of private sector actors focused on importation, distribution and financing of technologies. Farmers are considered to have no influence over the diffusion of small-scale irrigation, suggesting that small-scale irrigation is largely considered a supply-driven process. …”
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Investir dans la gestion de l eau en agriculture au profit des petits exploitants agricoles du Burkina Faso. by Evans, Alexandra E.V., Giordano, Meredith A., Clayton, Terry

“…Investment in physical infrastructure and extension could amount to USD 384 million; (3) Motor pumps can increase yields and incomes, but problems in areas, such as financing, cost reduction of electricity supply, distance to pump suppliers, poor operation practices and maintenance, and environmental damage need to be addressed. …”
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The role of banking sector performance for renewable energy consumption by Näsström, Elin

“…For these investments, financing needs to be assured which puts the banking sector at the front position when determining renewable energy consumption. …”
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Can Science Contribute to Smallholder Management of Complex Systems? Lessons from Agroecological Intensification of Multi-Strata Coffee with Banana by Staver, Charles, Siles, P., Bustamante, O., Castellon, N., Cerdan, C., Garming, H., Burkhardt, J.

“…Between 2009–2013, with financing from GIZ, scientists and groups of farmer experimenters in seven zones of Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Peru collaborated to develop approaches to improve the productivity and value of banana as part of the agroecological intensification of their shaded coffee. …”
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Global approaches to cocoa germplasm utilization and conservation: Final report of the CFC/ICCO/IPGRI project on ”Cocoa Germplasm Utilization and Conservation: a Global Approach” (... by Eskes, A.B., Efron, Y., International Cocoa Organization, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…In line with the policy to disseminate the information produced by activities financed by the Fund, it is my expectation that this publication will be instrumental to make the results and experiences of this project available to a wider audience. …”
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Gender mainstreaming in local potato seed system in Georgia by Girard, I.

“…Results of the project assessment identified certain constraints on gender mainstreaming in the potato seed system: a low level of female participation in decision-making processes, women’s limited access to finances that would enable their greater involvement in larger scale potato farming, and a low awareness of potato seed systems and of possible female involvement in associated activities. …”
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REDD+ in Theory and Practice: How Lessons From Local Projects Can Inform Jurisdictional Approaches by Wunder, Sven, Duchelle, Amy E., Sassi, Claudio de, Sills, E.O., Simonet, G., Sunderlin, W.D.

“…Since jurisdictional approaches to REDD+ so far also receive only hesitant and slow climate financing flows, coming mostly in non-conditional form, and operate under forest-frontier governance with similar tenure restrictions, jurisdictions would seem well-advised to plan for conditional landowner incentives only in scenarios where the preconditions for PES are met. …”
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Can Innovation Platforms (IPs) improve rural women participation in maize value chain? evidence from the eastern DR Congo by Njingulula, P., Matungulu, P.K., Masuki, K.F., Schut, Marc, Okafor, C., Wimba, B.M.

“…Despite these challenges, IPs offered small-scale maize producers many technical, organizational and material opportunities, including income generation, access to inputs and to lucrative markets, acquisition of diversified knowledge and skills, ability to work in a commercial environment, benefiting from the services of experts, accessing new sources of financing, they could not benefit otherwise. These findings imply that to be effective for rural women, an innovation platform should include individuals with no wide social disparity and diversify the sources of income, including livestock and others off farm activities…”
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A scoping study of urban community gardening promoted by the Philippine National Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Banner Program (NUPAP) by Bayot, Ruvicyn S., Schreinemachers, Pepijn, Mwambi, Mercy, Dominguez, Dulce D., Oro, Emilita M., Gonsalves, Julian F.

“…Clear challenges remain such as the need for more collaborative and integrated efforts to support the supply of vegetable seed and seedlings, climate-resilient agriculture, credit and financing for commercial vegetable growers, and the need to improved program monitoring and evaluation.…”
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2023 Global report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions by Food Security Information Network, Vos, Rob, Rice, Brendan

“…Dimension 2 | Leveraging strategic investments in food security, nutrition and agriculture The work within this dimension aims to advocate for ‘fit for purpose’ financing that draws on the full range of resource flows (public and private, international and domestic) to better prepare for, prevent and respond to food crises. …”
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Honduras: The impact of COVID-19 and other shocks, and policy implications: Final report by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Flores, Luis, Piñeiro, Valeria, Centurión, Miriam

“…First, it summarizes the main policy responses, costs, and financing related to the COVID-19 shock. Second, it brings up to date the evolution of the pandemic, using different indicators. …”
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2022 Global report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions by Food Security Information Network, Vos, Rob, Rice, Brendan, Minot, Nicholas

“…Dimension 2 | Leveraging strategic investments in food security, nutrition and agriculture The work within this dimension aims to advocate for ‘fit for purpose’ financing that draws on the full range of resource flows (public and private, international and domestic) to better prepare for, prevent and respond to food crises. …”
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