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A&T India Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2019: Households - Recently Delivered Women por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Using a cluster-randomized evaluation design, the primary objectives of the A&T evaluation study in India are to answer the following questions : (1) Can the coverage and utilization of key maternal nutrition interventions be improved by integrating nutrition-focused social behavior change (SBC) communication and systems strengthening approaches into antenatal care (ANC) services under the RMNCH program? …”
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A&T Ethiopia Complementary Feeding Endline Survey 2017: Agriculture Extension Workers/Development Agents por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…A&T is a global initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. A&T's focus in this phase of the study in Ethiopia (with program implementation from late 2014 to 2017) is on operationalizing the IYCF component of the Government of Ethiopia’s National Nutrition Plan (NNP) in one region, Amhara. …”
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Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity: The role of agricultural technologies por Rosegrant, Mark W., Koo, Jawoo, Cenacchi, Nicola, Ringler, Claudia, Robertson, Richard D., Fisher, Myles, Cox, Cindy M., Garrett, Karen, Perez, Nicostrato D., Sabbagh, Pascale

“…Their approach combines process-based crop modeling of agricultural technologies with sophisticated global food demand, supply, and trade modeling. The authors’ focus was on the world’s three key staple crops: maize, rice, and wheat.…”
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Identificación de áreas potenciales en México para la intervención con maíz biofortificado con zinc por Ramírez-Jaspeado, Rocío, Palacios-Rojas, Natalia, Funes, José, Pérez, Salomón, Donnet, M. Laura

“…The BPI is a geometric mean of the three indices, while the CBI establishes the parameters that biofortification should focus on. The results of both the BPI and the CBI indicate that the areas with high priority for biofortification are Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Hidalgo and Puebla. …”
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Rwanda-Smart Nkunganire System (SNS) Fertilizer Recommendation Tool—Innovation Packaging and Scaling Readiness (IPSR) Analysis for Smart Agronomy por Mudereri, B.T., Kihoro, E., Kangethe, E., Rabourn, T.R., Ogunsamni, T., Uzamushaka, S., Mwizerwa, H., Kihiu, E., Nshimiyimana, J.C., Kayumba, J., Nsabimana, E., Sartas, M., Cyamweshi, A.R., Borus, D., Demo, P.

“…The IPSR workshop The workshop included presentations, discussions, and collaborative ideation sessions focused on analyzing challenges and barriers to scaling SNS-FRT, Identifying and evaluating specific interventions to address these challenges and prioritizing the next steps for enhancing the SNS tool's effectiveness and user experience. …”
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Demand characteristics for improved rice, cowpea, and maize seeds in Nigeria: Policy implications and knowledge gaps por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Oyekale, Abayomi, Olatokun, Segun, Salau, Sheu

“…One key goal in characterizing Nigerian farmers' seed demand is improving the public sector's ability to predict which of them are likely to adopt new and improved varieties in the foreseeable future given their agro ecological and socioeconomic situations. This review focuses primarily on the demand for improved seeds of rice, cowpea, and maize. …”
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IFPRI's Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The strategy includes the following three major areas of focus: (1) Efficient and fair functioning of global and national food and agriculture systems; (2) Effective strategies and governance at the global, regional, and national levels; and (3) Enhancing pro-poor food and agriculture system innovations.…”
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Innovations in insuring the poor: Risk, poverty and insurance por Dercon, Stefan

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Drivers of agrifood system transformation in Odisha por Mishra, Sarba Narayan, Mishra, Subhrajyoti, Ajmani, Manmeet Singh, Ashok, K.R., Behura, Debdutt, Das, Manoj Kumar

“…To revitalize rural economies, efforts should focus on boosting rural non-farm sectors, enhancing farm productivity, and strengthening infrastructure, particularly logistics and cold chain facilities. …”
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Evolution of Market Segmentation and Target Product Profile Development in the CIP Potato and Sweetpotato Breeding Programs por Friedmann, M., Chaudari, S., Mendes, T., Polar, Vivian, Ssali, R.T.

“…The product profiles were found to need further refinement, be more focused on relevant market segments, and to use multidisciplinary teams to prioritize traits in a formalized process. …”
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Understanding adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Southern Africa: insights from household and community surveys and their implication for scaling: a synthesis report... por Chikoye, D., Alene, A., Hirpa Tufa, A., Ngoma, H., Marenya, P., Thierfelder, C.

“…Most of the past and ongoing interventions on CA in southern Africa have focused on promotion and technology delivery without a deeper understanding of the interactions between the socioeconomic, biophysical, and institutional constraints and opportunities for adoption of CA practices. …”
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Climate action triggers new decisions and investments for resilient food systems: policy actions to operationalize the National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) and the Early... por Dalaa Mustapha Alasan, Ghislain Tepa-Yotto, Faustina Obeng Adomaa

“…The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) was developed to address the growing demand for reliable and accessible climate information, particularly in the Global South, where climate change poses significant challenges to sustainable development. By emphasizing user-focused services and fostering stakeholder engagements, the GFCS aims to enhance resilience and reduce vulnerabilities through tailored climate services (WMO, 2011; Hewitt et al., 2012). …”
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Synthesis report on the co-design of agroecological innovations in the Agroecological Living Landscapes (ALLs) in Kenya por Fuchs, Lisa E., Korir, Hezekiah, Bolo, Peter, Sakha, Michael, Gumo, Pius, Mbelwa, Machio, Kuria, Anne, Adoyo, Beatrice, Syano, Nicholas, Kiruthi, Esther, Baijukya, Frederick, Baudron, Frédéric

“…It then provides details of the specific practices co-designed across the three identified focus areas in which most attention was required: soil management, water management, and integrated pest management. …”
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20 years of impact for a food systems transformation: HarvestPlus 2023 annual report por HarvestPlus

“…This is essential for accelerated uptake, sustainability, and longterm impact. We maintained a focus on ensuring women, adolescent girls, and young children are prioritized and benefit from biofortification, and efforts to increase the economic empowerment of women smallholder farmers and women-led SMEs are gaining momentum. …”
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Assessing Ethiopia's Policy and Program Landscape for Poverty Reduction, Livelihood Improvement and Job Creation por Kemgisha, D., Twine, Edgar E., Ndindeng, S.A.

“…Furthermore, while political commitment is evident, a stark financing disparity threatens impact as large-scale, mixed-funded safety net programs like PSNP5 (USD 2.3 billion) are well-resourced, while targeted initiatives – especially those focused on job creation, youth employment, and disaster recovery- are severely underfunded. …”
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An investigation of farm contacts and their potential impact on disease transmission in smallholder cattle production in Bungoma County of Western Kenya por Ogola, Joseph G.

“…Most predictive models for farm animal diseases focus on gathering information and estimating transmission parameters with little attention on modeling the underlying network of contacts. …”
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Complementarity of value chain analysis, consumption patterns and nutrition in the design of sustainable, effective and efficient food-system-based interventions por Domínguez Salas, Paula, Hasler, B., Ferguson, E., Cornelsen, L., Alonso, Silvia, Fèvre, Eric M., Rushton, Jonathan, Grace, Delia, Alarcón, Pablo

“…This analysis included: key informant interviews (e.g. government officers), focus groups, interviews of all the stakeholder types along the chains (farmers, abattoir/market owners and workers, transporters, and retailers) and researchers’ observations. …”
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On-farm characterization of blackhead Somali sheep breed and its production system in Shinile and Erer Districts of Shinile Zone por Ferew, F.

“…Data were gathered through semi-structured questionnaire, focus group discussions, field observations and linear body measurements of sample populations. …”
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What role for legumes in sustainable intensification? – case studies in Western Kenya and Northern Ghana for PROIntensAfrica por Marinus, W., Ronner, E., Ven, G.W.J. van de, Kanampiu, F.K., Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…In this case study, N2Africa focused on the potential role of legumes in sustainable intensification. …”
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Automated cropland mapping of continental Africa using Google Earth Engine cloud computing por Xiong, Jun, Thenkabail, Prasad S., Gumma, Murali K., Teluguntla, P., Poehnelt, J., Congalton, Russell, Yadav, K., Thau, D.

“…Currently, consistent, continent-wide routine cropland mapping of Africa does not exist, with most studies focused either on certain portions of the continent or at most a one-time effort at mapping the continent at coarse resolution remote sensing. …”
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