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Articulating food security and sustainable agriculture por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In addition, this increased production must happen in a sustainable manner to protect the world’s already scarce natural resources—soil, land, water, and ecosystems—from further depletion and degradation. …”
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Towards a sustainable global food system: what will it take? por Pinstrup-Andersen, Per

“…To meet these two challenges, policies and technologies must be designed and implemented that will eliminate food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition in a manner consistent with an ecologically sustainable management of natural resources." -- from Introduction.…”
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Security is like oxygen: Evidence from Uganda por Zhang, Xiaobo

“…Economists and policy advisors living in peaceful countries often prescribe economic policies that hinge on the assumption of good security. In this manner, security, like oxygen, is taken for granted. -- Authors' Abstract…”
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Returns to social capital among traders por Fafchamps, Marcel, Minten, Bart

“…Social network capital enables traders to deal with each other in a more trustworthy manner by granting and receiving credit, exchanging price information, and economizing on quality inspection. …”
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Allocation of goods through non-price mechanisms: evidence on distribution by willingness to wait por Alderman, Harold

“…The estimated model is one in which the waiting time necessary to obtain the scarce goods brings the excess demand in line with current supply in a manner of a flexible price. The mechanism of such a market has been discussed by Barzel and by Nichols, Smolensky and Tideman, but little empirical evidence has been reported. …”
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Agroclimatic monitoring system at Alliance’s experimental campus por Barrios, Camilo, Amaya, Alejandra, Arce, Daniela, Urdinola, Jaime

“…Specifically, high-resolution multispectral images, such as those provided by PlanetScope satellites, help detect water excesses or shortages in a timely manner and assess the health, growth, and development of vegetation. …”
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Assessing people's perceptions of forests in Danau Sentarum Wildlife reserve por Colfer, C.J.P., Woelfer, J., Wadley, R.L., Harwell, E.

“…In this paper we examine a method (the Galileo), recently pre-tested for this purpose in West Kalimantan, which we hope can help us to assess such issues quickly, reliably and in a quantitative manner amenable to use by would-be assessors of various educational and experiential levels. …”
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Herbaceous forage variability in an arid pastoral region of Kenya: Importance of topographic and rainfall gradients por Coughenour, M.B., Coppock, D. Layne, Ellis, J.E.

“…A significant relation between rainfall and primary production was found, and this was applied in a manner that considered topographic variation and its influence on rainfall occured as pulses that were rapidely attenuated as the dry seasons progressed. …”
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Management of water resources and health safeguards in South Asia: the present scenario por Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.

“…As such, there is a great need for water resources management, to address health safeguards, which are often not looked at, in a holistic manner. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) affords the best practise, for such an effort, as it aims to bring, social, economical and ecological sustainability of resources to communities. …”
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A GIS-based approach for integrating agriculture into urban and peri-urban planning por Forkuor, Gerald, Drechsel, Pay, Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…City authorities are encouraged to adopt the approach, as it would enable them to build and monitor different scenarios (with different factors and weights) in a participatory manner before and after planning decisions are made.…”
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Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 12. Participation in the construction of a local public good with indivisibilities: An application to watershed development in Ethiopia por Gaspart, F., Jabbar, M.A., Melard, C., Platteau, J.P.

“…First, theoretical studies typically fail to describe inter-agent interactions in a satisfactory manner. Second, empirical studies do not provide adequate hard data and quantitative analysis to allow us to advance our knowledge about individual motives for co-operation and conditions conductive to the emergence and evolution of co-operative behaviour. …”
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Påverkande faktorer för grotens fukthalt por Harrysson, John

“…In these systems the handling of the logging residues are carried out in the same manner up to the landings. Moisture content at the time of chipping is the primary quality parameter. …”

How integrated are women and gender in Integrated Water Resource Management? : a discourse analysis por Johansson, Karin

“…The ‘local people’ which the policies concern are overall represented as ‘the Other’, in a passive manner.…”

Employment effects of an emergency assistance package for migrants displaced by COVID-19 in India por Varshney, Deepak, Meenakshi, J. V.

“…Using a sharp RD approach, we find that the intervention had substantive impacts on employment and in reducing rationing in public works and that it did so in a cost-effective manner. In contrast to the widespread impression of a slow-moving bureaucracy, these results point to an administrative machinery that was able to successfully implement this project within a relatively short period of time.…”
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Conclusions and implications for raising and sustaining high agricultural productivity in Africa por Benin, Samuel

“…With the majority of the population living in rural areas and depending on agriculture for their livelihoods, and with typical household sizes of five to eight family members that together farm only 1– 3 hectares (ha) of land characterized by low agricultural productivity, it is easy to understand why rural poverty is so prevalent and persistent— and why raising agricultural productivity in a sustainable manner remains a fundamental development goal for Africa.…”
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Making SMARTer commitments to nutrition action: Global nutrition report guidance note por Fanzo, Jessica, Hawkes, Corinna, Rosettie, Katherine

“…Actors in other sectors should also specify in a SMART manner how commitments in their own sectors can help advance nutrition.…”
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Analysis of agricultural public expenditures in Nigeria: Examination at the federal, state, and local government levels por Mogues, Tewodaj, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Nwoko, Chinedum, Udoh, Edet, Alabi, Reuben Adeolu, Onu, Justice, Woldeyohannes, Sileshi, Olomola, Aderibigbe

“…Public investment has been stifled by the lopsided manner in which national revenue is being allocated among the three tiers of government that have responsibility for agricultural development.…”
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Revisiting agricultural input and farm support subsidies in Africa: The case of Ghana’s mechanization, fertilizer, block farms, and marketing programs por Benin, Samuel, Johnson, Michael E., Abokyi, Emmanuel, Ahorbo, Gerald, Jimah, Kipo, Nasser, Gamel, Owusu, Victor, Taabazuing, Joe, Tenga, Albert

“…Therefore, a key question that arises is how the structure and policies of these current programs account for any of the general lessons and controversies experienced in the past and, in the process, achieve their intended goals in a more effective and economically viable manner.…”
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Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya por Place, Frank, Njuki, Jemimah, Murithi, Festus, Mugo, Fridah

“…The main purpose of this synthesis is to understand constraints and opportunities for improving agricultural productivity in a sustained manner. The comparison between the central and western highlands offers considerable insights because one area consists of relatively dynamic and productive agricultural systems (central), and the other is relatively stagnant and unproductive (western).…”
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Scenario guided policy planning: processes, comparisons, and lessons from East Africa por Muchunguzi, Perez, Ampaire, Edidah L., Acosta, Mariola, Rutting, Lucas, Tumuhereze, Martin, Mwongera, Caroline, Okiror, John Francis, Asten, Piet J.A. van

“…Using socio-economic scenarios and quantitative evidence in policy review processes allows policy actors to develop a great body of information in an all-inclusive manner, keeping all stakeholders engaged. This alone, however, does not guarantee success. …”
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