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Transforming Livelihoods through Sustainable Farming and Livestock Rearing: The Journey of a Smallholder Farmer Dilip Kumar by Humaira Sadaf, Bushra, Haque, Abdul, Miajy, Abdullah, Ahmed, Sharif, Bhandari, Humnath

“…He also reared five cows and some poultry birds, but the income from these wasn’t enough to cover his family’s expenses. Things went from bad to worse when a duck-rearing venture he invested in failed miserably, wiping out much of his savings. …”
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Adoption and impact of improved bean technologies among the bean growing households in Southern Highlands of Tanzania by Katungi, Enid M., Letaa, Emmanuel, Kabungo, Catherine, Ndunguru, Agness

“…In line with this point, the study went beyond investigating impacts on the outcomes mentioned above and looked at others indicators of breeding performance and the interventions in seed systems that sought to address challenges of inaccessibility of improved seed by disadvantaged groups such as the poor, women and those in far remote locations. (2016)…”
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Strengthening policy and institutional framework for conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources: National programmes and networks as strategic tools, 1-10 October... by Engels, J.M.M., Kiambi, D., Watts, J., Zoungrana, I., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…The 2002 workshop was organized to facilitate a process through which countries can learn from each other's strengths, and collectively develop new ideas for an effective sub-regional collaboration based on the experience of FAO, IPGRI, InWEnt and other German research and capacity building institutions. …”
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A gender analysis on the participation and choice of improved and local haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by farmers in Cameroon by Siri, Bella N., Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Tchouamo, Isaac R.

“…Women preferred varieties that were less labour intensive and food taste for household consumption while men went for labour intensive as long as they were market-oriented and high yielding. …”
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Food security – Status and determinants – During the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from primary survey in eastern India by Kumar, Anjani, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar, Srinivasa, Aditya Korekallu

“…Four weeks after the country went into lockdown, we carried out a telephone survey of roughly 2,600 rural households in eastern India, one of the poorest regions of the world. …”
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Introduction [in Ghana’s economic and agricultural transformation] by Diao, Xinshen, Hazell, Peter B. R., Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Resnick, Danielle

“…To tackle these important questions in a tractable manner, this book focuses on the experience of one country—Ghana—and examines the country’s overall economic performance since it went through a major Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) in the early 1980s and provides a detailed analysis of the performance of the agricultural sector. …”
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Facilitating collective action and enhancing local knowledge: a herbal medicine case study in Talaandig communities, Philippines by Hartanto, Herlina, Valmores, Cecil

“…This paper describes the ACM concept and the social learning processes that the women went through in identifying their health-related problems in the village, devising strategies to deal with those problems, monitoring the outcomes of their action, and improving their subsequent strategies. …”
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Experiences in participatory surveillance and community-based reporting systems for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza: A case study approach by Mariner, Jeffrey C., Jones, B., Hendrickx, Saskia C.J., El Masry, I., Jobre, Y., Jost, Christine

“…Several countries continued PS after the end of projects and went on to apply PS to other health challenges.…”
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Market building for postharvest technology through largescale extension efforts by Baributsa, D., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Lowenberg-Deboer, J., Dabiré, C., Moussa, B., Coulibaly, O., Baoua, I.

“…Bags ordered by the private sector went from 0% in 2007 to200% in 2010, proving that it is possible to commercialize a new agricultural technology in developingcountries in a relatively short time.…”
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Agricultural extension messages using video on portable devices increase knowledge about seed selection, storage and handling among smallholder potato farmers in southwestern Ugand... by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Vandevelde, S., Walukano, W., Asten, Piet J.A. van

“…However, results suggested impact pathways that went beyond simply replicating what was shown in the video. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventieth Meeting, 30 July - 4 August 1996: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The King Baudouin Award went to ICRISAT for breeding improved pearl millet. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Twenty-Eighth Meeting, 22-29 June 1982: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The King Baudouin Award went to IRRI for IR36.Under the heading of strategic considerations, TAC discussed with the center directors a secretariat report on center activities in Africa, and decided to continue and broaden this discussion. …”
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Food consumption and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa by Hirvonen, Kalle, de Brauw, Alan, Abate, Gashaw T.

“…In contrast to some other countries in the region, Ethiopia never went into a full lockdown severely restricting movement. …”
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Using social audits to improve delivery of state nutrition-related services: Lessons from the CAN Program by Gordon, Jessica, Tranchant, Jean-Pierre, Nisbett, Nicholas

“…Communities (GPs) selected by the SPREAD program were randomly split into an Early and a Late group, which went through the audit process at different times. …”
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Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition by Hodge, Judith, White, Jessica

“…Despite the size of the problem, until the early 2000s SAM appeared to be a so-called neglected disease: little support went to large-scale treatment programs targeted toward children with SAM. …”
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Engaging women’s groups to improve nutrition: Findings from an evaluation of the Jeevika multisectoral convergence pilot in Saharsa, Bihar by Gupta, Shivani, Kumar, Neha, Menon, Purnima, Pandey, Shinjini, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…The JEEViKA Multisectoral Convergence (JEEViKA-MC) pilot went a step further, leveraging these SHGs to address the immediate and underlying determinants of undernutrition among women and children. …”
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Quantifying the level of under-detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness cases by Odiit, M., Coleman, P.G., Liu, W.C., McDermott, John J., Fèvre, Eric M., Welburn, S.C., Woolhouse, Mark E.J.

“…Based on this value, it is calculated that for every one reported death of SS, 12.0 (95% CI 11.0–13.0) deaths went undetected in the LIRI hospital catchment area – i.e. 92% of deaths are not reported. …”
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Climate change in dry lands of Central Asia: from assessment methods to adaptation strategies by Glazirina, M., Yuldashev, Tulkun, Sommer, Rolf

“…Since the mid-1990s, the issue went beyond the scientific papers and discussions and became the subject of discussions among policy makers. …”
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Field report on the Ogaden breed of cattle maintained at Alemaya University by Ermias, E.

“…Weighing was done using weighing bridge of the farm in the morning before the animals went out for grazing. A textile measuring tape was used to measure linear measurements. …”
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Perception of farmers on seed production constraints of Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae) by Datinon, B., Glitho, I.A., Tamo, Manuele, Amevoin, K.

“…Most producers were illiterate. Only 20 to 40% went to school. About 90% of producers indicated that J. curcas is damaged by pests. …”
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