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Towards financial security by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

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Flood risk to financial security: how index-based flood insurance is changing lives in Zambia by Amarnath, Giriraj, Umer, Yakob, Makungwe, Mirriam, Jacobs-Mata, Inga

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GROWING Nutritious Foods, GROWING Futures. Addressing Gender Inequities to Enable the Nutritional and Financial Security of Women in Northern Ghana by Temesgen, B.B., Loriba, A.

“…The GROWING project recognizes that tackling gender inequities in Northern Ghana is the key for an integrated climate-smart agriculture-nutrition-marketing approach to truly make a difference to the nutritional and financial security of women and the households they reside in. …”
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Riskbeteende hos skogsägare by Kvennefeldt, Elin, Lindström, Linnea

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Enthusiasm of actors within the groundnut value chain sharing impact stories in Uganda by Akpo, E., Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng, Omoigui, L.O., Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Varshney, Rajeev K.

“…Women in most cases are expected to look after the household and the children and ensure food security while men, on the other hand, are tasked with ensuring financial security. In Uganda, women contribute to 53% agricultural labor force; this is because they have limited access to land and thus resort to offering labor to farm owners. …”
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Assessment of the effectiveness of CIS-CSA bundled practices for improving climate risk management in Nigeria by Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Kagabo, Desire M, Eitzinger, Anton, Muhigirwa, Mireille U.

“…Climate change poses severe risks to Nigeria’s agriculture, threatening food and financial security due to rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and flooding. …”
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Vargaslätten, ett trädgårdshistoriskt arbete, fokus 1989 - 2009 by Forsgren, Cecilia

“…Westerberg worked to plan the longterm financial security of Vargaslätten. The focus of the work has been the years between 1989-2009, how the garden has expanded and who the persons behind the developments have been. …”
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Exploring women and youth engagement in aquaculture: Mixed-methods evidence in Ghana by Ragasa, Catherine, Torbi, Eva, Kruijssen, Froukje, Amewu, Sena

“…Qualitative interviews showed that income and financial security is just one of the factors that determines quality of participation in the aquaculture chain. …”
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Draught animal power for land-use intensification in the Ethiopian highlands by Astatke, A., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…Livestock are also an economic asset, providing financial security to smallholder farmers. The human population of Ethiopia is 57 million and is growing at the rate of 3.4 percent annually (World Bank, 1993). …”
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Scenarios of seed purchase versus free sourcing and motivations for seed source choice. The case of sweetpotato in Uganda by Namirumi, J., Kilwinger, F., Ynte van, D., Rajendran, S.

“…The Hierarchical Value Map (HVM) reveals that farmers’ motivations for seed source choice are shaped by both immediate agricultural objectives and long-term aspirations for financial security, health and community cohesion. Farmers prioritize attributes such as “clean seed”, “vigorous vines”, and “timely delivery” linking these to immediate goals like achieving high yields, reducing costs and expanding farms. …”
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Cash plus programming and intimate partner violence: A qualitative evaluation of the benefits of group-based platforms for delivering activities in support of the Ethiopian governm... by Buller, Ana Maria, Pichon, Marjorie, Hidrobo, Melissa, Mulford, Michael, Amare, Tseday, Sintayehu, Wastina, Tadesse, Seifu, Ranganathan, Meghna

“…Results: We found that Village Economic and Social Associations—through which SPIR activities were delivered—improved financial security and increased economic resilience against income shocks. …”
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Feeding a productive dairy cow in western Kenya: environmental and socioeconomic impacts by Osele, Vivien, Paul, Birthe K., Mukiri, Jessica, Halder, Sheila, Sagala, Titus, Juma, Alfred, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer

“…The WCP adds to the increasing number of smallholder farmers who keep improved dairy cows as a source of income and financial security. In 2007, it was estimated that 99,000 smallholder dairy farmers in the Western Province were keeping about 192,300 improved dairy cattle (Muriuki, 2011). …”
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Nut Production in Bertholletia excelsa across a Logged Forest Mosaic: Implications for Multiple Forest Use by Rockwell, Cara A., Guariguata, Manuel R., Menton, M., Arroyo Quispe, E., Quaedvlieg, J., Warren-Thomas, E., Fernández Silva, H., Jurado Rojas, E.E., Kohagura Arrunátegui, J.A.H., Meza Vega, L.A., Revilla Vera, O., Quenta Hancco, R., Valera Tito, J.F., Villarroel Panduro, B.T., Yucra Salas, J.J.

“…As many smallholders turn to the financial security provided by timber, Brazil nut fruits are increasingly being harvested in logged forests. …”
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Farmers' retirement pension : how social aspects and information collection affect farmers' retirement planning by Johansson, Caroline

“…It is at the same time essential to have a financial security as future pensioner. People being employed have a favorable security giving them both national retirement- and occupational pension, in general automatically. …”