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The evolution of an industrial cluster in China by Fleisher, Belton, Hu, Dinghuan, McGuire, William, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…Although the investment amount needed to start a business has more than tripled, this amount remains low enough that formal bank loans remain an insignificant source of finance. Because of low entry barriers, the number of firms in the cluster has risen, driving down profits and bidding up wages, particularly since the year 2000. …”
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Building resilient agribusiness: Insights and opportunities from the CGIAR food systems accelerator in East and Southern Africa by Musau, Caroline, Peterson, Nathanial

“…Private capital flows are limited, with only a fraction of venture financing and development finance reaching agribusinesses. …”
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The role of women’s empowerment in food crises prevention and mitigation under climate stress by Ringler, Claudia, Bryan, Elizabeth, Nanavaty, Reema

“…To avoid that humanitarian and food crises increase gender and social inequities and to ensure that women can exert their agency in reducing crises impacts, governments, donors and practitioners need to actively work with and for women, girls and Indigenous populations, providing opportunities for their active participation in decision-making processes and policy responses at all levels, ensuring access to digital tools, information, finance, and raising awareness on and actively working toward preventing gender-based violence.…”
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Farmer willingness to pay for seed-related information: Rice varieties in Nigeria and Benin by Horna, Daniela, Smale, Melinda, von Oppen, Matthias

“…The results have implications for the best way to finance extension services in the areas of intervention, particularly for new rice varieties.…”
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Impacts of climate smart agriculture on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis by Simutowe, Esau, Ngoma, Hambulo, Thierfelder, Christian

“…These results signify the need to integrate CSA with other complementary measures such as access to extension services, markets, climate-related risk insurance, and finance to improve food security and reduce poverty. …”
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Nakuru County Gender-Transformative Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles (GTSTIBs) scaling roadmap by Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Nyamolo, Victor, Echessa, Lynnette, Moraa, Linnet, Ouya, Fredrick, Karanja, David, Arinaitwe, Warren, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Five pillars guide delivery: integrated pluralistic extension, alignment with CIDP via the CASSCOM gateway, private-sector partnership and finance, equity for women, youth and PWDs, and robust M&E for institutionalization. …”
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Digital Revolution: Learning on CGIAR's Ways of Working by Highet, C., Theuri, George

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Four lessons for financial innovation in agrifood systems by Ambler, Kate, Bloem, Jeffrey R., de Brauw, Alan, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Maruyama, Eduardo

“…Financial systems are modernizing worldwide, with digital apps, online payments, and rapid loan processing increasingly the norm. Yet the digital finance revolution has yet to take hold in the agrifood value chains of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where many small farms and firms lack access to sufficient credit. …”
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Governing Africa’s Forests in a Globalized World by German, L., Karsenty, A., Tiani, A.M.

“…Findings are grouped into two thematic areas: decentralization, livelihoods and sustainable forest management; and international trade, finance and forest sector governance reforms. The authors examine diverse forces shaping the forest sector, including the theory and practice of decentralization, usurpation of authority, corruption and illegality, inequitable patterns of benefits capture and expansion of international trade in timber and carbon credits, and discuss related outcomes on livelihoods, forest condition and equity. …”
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Metema Pilot Learning Site diagnosis, program design and atlas by International Livestock Research Institute

“…To further enhance the utilization of such knowledge and the introduction of technologies, the IPMS project will also provide assistance to extension, input supply, marketing and finance institutions, including cooperatives. Such institutional support will be in the form of technical assistance, capacity building, supply of demonstration and training materials, some limited funds for innovative institutional arrangements and studies aimed at developing innovative institutional arrangements.…”
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Loss and damage from flooding in the Gambela region, Ethiopia by Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Kusters, K., Wagesho, N.

“…Widening people's agricultural and non-agricultural options, for example through investments in micro-finance services and irrigation systems, will help to increase their coping capacity.…”
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Best practice guide to socially and gender-inclusive development in the Kenyan intensive dairy sector by Tavenner, Katie, Crane, Todd A.

“…Kenya’s NAMA will provide climate finance mechanisms to a number of stakeholders in the livestock sector who are currently practising or interested in low-emissions development. …”
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The potential and limits of farmers’ groups as catalysts of women leaders by Nakazi, Florence, Aseete, Paul, Katungi, Enid M., Ugen, Michael Adrogu

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Urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13): transforming agriculture and food systems by Campbell, Bruce M., Hansen, James, Stirling, Clare M., Rioux, Janie, Twomlow, Stephen, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…Transformative actions in food systems are needed to achieve SDG 13 (and other SDGs), involving technical, policy, capacity enhancement and finance elements. But transformative actions come with risks, for farmers, investors, development agencies and politicians. …”
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Making Trees Count in Latin America and the Caribbean: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC by Suber, Marta, Wilkes, Andreas, Jallo, Courtney, Namoi, Nictor, Bulusu, Medha, Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…Only if agroforestry resources can be properly measured and reported will they gain access to finance and other support, and thereby assume a prominent role as a response to climate change…”
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Hydro politics and interprovincial relations in Pakistan : a case study of the Kalabagh Dam controversy by Muhammad, Usman

“…The study analyzes that the disputes over the allocation of water from other available resources, distribution of National Finance Commission Awards and resettlement of displaced people from Tarbela Dam Project in the past have further aggravated the KBD conflict. …”

Report of the Center Directors Committee to CGIAR International Centers Week 2000 by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…The CDC also endorsed the main recommendations of the Finance Committee Working Group on Long Term Financing and its proposed expansion of Future Harvest. …”
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Second External Program Review of IFPRI, 1991 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The review contains the assessments and recommendations of the EMR.The review was conducted in the aftermath of a major upheaval at IFPRI involving the departure of the board chair, director, and director of finance and administration. The major finding was that in spite of the management crisis, IFPRI remained one of the world's leading institutions in its field, clearly suitable for continued CGIAR support.The discussion centered on management issues. …”
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First External Management Review of IITA, 1984 by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The panel found a need for legal counsel to ensure IITA's non-profit status in Nigerian law and its status as an international organization in Nigeria; regular salary surveys to compare IITA salaries with those at other public and private employers; possible creation of an Assistant Director of Finance and Budget; mechanisms and procedures for facilitating communication and coordination within IITA; creation of an accounting manual; semi annual financial reports to the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee; and a number of other financial reporting and personnel management improvements. …”
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Inclusive and adaptive business models for climate-smart value creation by Rosenstock, Todd S., Lubberink, Rob, Gondwe, Sera, Manyise, Timothy, Dentoni, Domenico

“…Inclusivity involves not only providing the poor at the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BoP) with access to resources (e.g. finance, technology, access to markets) in business models but also, according to some scholars, with guaranteeing their representation in decision-making over the use of these resources. …”
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