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Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition by Covic, Namukolo, Hendriks, Sheryl L.

“…Focusing the 2015 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) on nutrition will contribute to a broader understanding of the critical role of nutrition in achieving international, continental, and national economic growth targets through agriculture, food security, and nutrition. …”
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Agronomics of teff by Assefa, Kebebew, Chanyalew, Solomon

“…This chapter gives an overview of the agronomics of teff primarily focusing on the major biophysical aspects of the teff plant and its husbandry in Ethiopia. …”
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Big data in agriculture and nutrition by Musker, Ruthie

“…In the USA, venture capitalists spent US$3 billion on ‘agtech’ (digital technology in agriculture) in 2016, with 46% of investors focusing on big data and analytics (Walker et al., 2016). …”
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Access to markets for smallholder farmers in Alto Molócue and Molumbo, Mozambique: Midline survey report of the INOVAGRO II impact evaluation project by Smart, Jenny, Ghebru, Hosaena, Mogues, Tewodaj

“…The purpose of the report is to describe the data, focusing on key variables.…”
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Impacts of hosting forced migrants in poor countries by Maystadt, Jean-François, Hirvonen, Kalle, Mabiso, Athur, Vandercasteelen, Joachim

“…Most of the world's displaced people are hosted in low-income countries. Focusing on evidence from poor countries, we review the literature on the economic consequences of hosting refugees or internally displaced people. …”
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Have migrant remittances influenced self-employment and welfare among recipient households in Nigeria? by Salman, Kabir K.

“…Despite a number of studies around the world focusing on the role of remittances in households’ livelihood, this topic has not been well documented in Nigeria. …”
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Introducing the BMC Series SDG Editorial Board Members: Taddese Zerfu by Zerfu, Taddese Alemu

“…Taddese Zerfu is a research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), focusing on the nexus between agriculture, nutrition, and health. …”
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Resilience and social capital by Bernier, Quinn, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…This paper, using the case studies of iddirs (funeral societies) in Ethiopia and migrant networks in the Philippines, explores the contribution of local forms of social capital to building and strengthening the resilience of individuals and communities, focusing on their contributions to coping, adaptive, and transformative capacities. …”
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The role of mineral fertilizers in transforming Philippine agriculture by Briones, Roehlano M.

“…Government has abandoned price policies and subsidies, focusing rather on standard-setting, quality regulation, and train-ing. …”
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The tide that does not raise all boats: An assessment of EU preferential trade policies by Cipollina, Maria, Laborde Debucquet, David, Salvatici, Luca

“…The aim of this paper is to assess of the impact of the European Union’s trade preferences on global trade, focusing on several methodological issues that are relevant to the trade-creating impact of these preferences. …”
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Agricultural R&D in West Asia and North Africa: Recent investment and capacity trends by Stads, Gert-Jan

“…This report assesses trends in investments and human resource capacity in agricultural R&D in WANA, focusing on developments during 2009–2012. The analysis is based on information from a set of country factsheets prepared by the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program of the International Food Policy Research Institute, using comprehensive datasets derived from primary surveys targeting over 300 agencies in 11 countries during 2013–2014. …”
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Aid effectiveness in poverty alleviation in a post-conflict, post-disaster situation: A case study of district Swat, Pakistan by Ali, Murad

“…This project aims at exploring the effectiveness of foreign aid within the 2005 Paris Declaration (PD) framework in a post-conflict and post-disaster zone. Focusing on the Swat region in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in northern Pakistan, which witnessed unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the form of the 2009 militant insurgency and the 2010 floods, the key goal is to examine the effectiveness of donor-funded projects in rehabilitation and reconstruction. …”
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An empirical examination of the dynamics of varietal turnover in Indian wheat by Krishna, Vijesh V., Spielman, David J., Veettil, Prakashan C., Ghimire, Subash

“…The analyses show that the rate of varietal turnover for wheat has slowed in India from an average of 9-10 years a decade ago to 13-14 years in 2010. By focusing on a sample of farmers and villages in Haryana, where seed and information networks are relatively well developed, the study finds that wheat farmers still prefer cultivars that were released 9-10 years ago.…”
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Theory of Change and Results Based Management Framework for Women’s Seed Entrepreneurship by VP, Sahana, Kapur, Aman, Shivhare, Richa, Puskur, Ranjitha, Nayak, Prakash, Tenneti, Suchaita, Khan, Afreen

“…As of date, approximately 540 private seed companies operate in India2, with roughly 80 of them running research programs, focusing primarily on foundation, certified and truthfully labeled seeds.…”
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Local warming and violent conflict in North and South Sudan by Maystadt, Jean-François, You, Liangzhi, Calderone, Margherita Bernal

“…Our paper contributes to the emerging micro-level strand of the literature on the link between local variations in weather shocks and conflict by focusing on a pixel-level analysis for North and South Sudan at different geographical and time scales between 1997 and 2009. …”
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Agricultural extension services and gender equality: An institutional analysis of four districts in Ethiopia by Cohen, Marc J., Lemma, Mamusha

“…We focus on the institutional arrangements through which agricultural extension services are provided and how these contribute to efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in service delivery. …”
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Seed, fertilizer, and agricultural extension in Ethiopia by Spielman, David J., Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Alemu, Dawit

“…The paper does so by specifically focusing on three policy “episodes” in Ethiopia's recent history to shed light on the potentially complementary, but often conflicting, roles played by the public and private sectors in the provision of seed, fertilizer, and extension services.…”
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Characterization of Mixed Farming Systems in Ethiopia: Mixed Farming Systems (MFS) Initiative Baseline Evaluation Survey Report by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…SI-MFS aims to increase food security, nutrition, and income for vulnerable communities by focusing on mixed farming systems. The initiative has three key objectives: equitable approaches, livelihood improvement, and evidence-based innovation. …”
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Tank cascade systems of Sri Lanka: Resilient rural landscapes for people, food and nature by Mendonce, Sharon, Ratnayake, Sujith, Borelli, Teresa, Hunter, Danny, Silva, K.A.I.D., Cutrin, Agnese

“…The project used a landscape approach, focusing on mainstreaming biodiversity and strengthening cascade ecology. …”
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Political coherence among the domains of food, water, and land in Colombia by Ngaiwi, Mary, Buritica, Alexander, Castro, Augusto

“…This study analyzes the coherence of policies in the land, water, and food sectors, focusing on their alignment, resource allocation, and implementation challenges. …”
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