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Effect of soil conservation on productivity and food security on maize farmers in northwest Nigeria by Oladimeji, T.E.

“…Result revealed that the average age of farmers was 44 years, average household size was 9 persons, average farming experience was 19 years, 75% of the farmers had no extension contact, 77% had no access to credit, 69% belong to no association, 81% had no access to maize contract farming, average livestock owned was 2.14 units, and average farm size was 3.23 hectares. …”
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How climate change and land use/land cover change affect domestic water vulnerability in Yangambi Watersheds (D. R. Congo) by Chishugi, D.U., Sonwa, D.J., Kahindo, J.-M., Itunda, D., Chishugi, J.B., Felix, F.L., Sahani, M.

“…We found that some landscape indices related to LULC significantly influence water quality deterioration in Yangambi. On average, each person in the Yangambi landscape uses 29–43 liters of water per day. …”
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Population status of Boswellia papyrifera woodland and prioritizing its conservation interventions using multi-criteria decision model in northern Ethiopia by Gidey, T., Hagos, D., Juhar, H.M., Solomon, N., Negussie, A., Crous-Duran, J., Oliveira, T.S., Abiyu, A., Palma, J.H.

“…Data related to the potential intervention alternatives and their evaluating criteria were collected from experts, personal experiences and intensive literature reviews, and then validated using stakeholders’ focus group discussion. …”
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Bioecology of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), its management and potential patterns of seasonal spread in Africa by Niassy, S., Agbodzavu, K.M., Kimathi, E.K., Mutune, B., Abdel-Rahman, E.M., Salifu, D., Hailu, G., Belayneh, Y.T., Felege, E., Tonnang, Henri E.Z., Ekesi, S., Subramanian, S.

“…Over 650 Community Focal Persons (CFPs) who received training through the project were involved in data collection on adult moths, crop phenology, cropping systems, FAW management practices and other variables. …”
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Social Correlates of and Reasons for Primate Meat Consumption in Central Amazonia by Lemos, L.P., Loureiro, L.F., Morcatty, T.Q., Fa, J.E., Vasconcelos Neto, C.F.A. de, Souza Jesus, A. de, Silva, V.C. da, Oliveira Ramalho, M.L. de, Matos Mendes, A. de, Valsecchi, J., El Bizri, H.R.

“…Our results show that men were more likely to say that they eat primates than women, and that the probability that a person said that they eat primates correlated positively with the percentage of their life lived in rural areas. …”
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Presente y futuro de las juventudes Rurales en la región SICA ante el escenario de COVID-19: Análisis de género, de opiniones, valores, expectativas, vivencias y proyectos de vida by Bonder, Gloria, Benedetti, Anabella, López García, Andrea

“…El estudio “Presente y futuro de las juventudes rurales en la región SICA ante el escenario de COVID-19: Análisis de género, de opiniones, valores, expectativas, vivencias y proyectos de vida” fue realizado, entre marzo y mayo de 2021, en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras, busca: a) Recabar información y analizar las opiniones, valores, vivencias y conductas de los y las jóvenes rurales de tres países de la región del SICA (El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras) en relación con la pandemia COVID-19 y su incidencia en distintos planos: educación, trabajo, salud, violencia, relaciones entre los géneros, participación ciudadana/política y asociativismo, medioambiente, cambio climático y desastres naturales, b) Indagar, en particular, de qué manera esta pandemia influye en las expectativas y proyectos a futuro de los y las jóvenes a nivel personal, educativo y laboral y c) Analizar la información relevada desde un análisis de género e interseccional que permita identificar y sistematizar las diferencias y desigualdades entre los géneros en todos los aspectos seleccionados. …”
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A dyadic interview guide to explore intra-household decision-making by Cole, Steven M., Mwakanyamale, Devis F., Ssendi, L., Elias, M.

“…Few studies investigate why decisions are made by one person or jointly or about the process used to make decisions within the household. …”
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Profitability of Gliricidia-maize system in selected dryland areas of Dodoma Region, Tanzania by Swamila, M., Philip, D., Akyoo, M., Manda, J., Mwinuka, L., Smethurst, P., Sieber, S., Kimaro, Anthony A.

“…Moreover, the returns to labour per person day in the Gliricidia-Maize system was 1.5 times those of the unfertilized sole maize system. …”
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Nitrogen use efficiency trends for sustainable crop productivity in Lake Victoria basin: smallholder farmers' perspectives on nitrogen cycling by Ntinyari, W., Gweyi-Onyango, J., Giweta, M., Mochoge, Benson, Mutegi, J., Nziguheba, G., Masso, C.

“…Data were collected through in-person interviews among maize and rice smallholder farmers within the Lake Victoria region. …”
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COVID-19 and household food waste in Colombia: The effects of the strict lockdown in 2020 by Mejía Tejada, Daniela, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Charry, Andrés, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…Regarding food waste behaviour, whether it is considered ordinal or nominal, we see that the most relevant variables are intention, financial attitudes, and control of perceived behaviour, doubling the probability that food waste behaviour will improve. Although these personal considerations about household food waste are relevant predictors, the differential factor between the willingness to not to waste food and effectively not doing it lies in the economic conditions of the households, highlighting the need for strategies aimed at reducing household food waste that consider the different existing income and food expenditure levels, and, above all, reductions caused by the pandemic. …”
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The pork value chain in Vietnam: Emerging trends and implications for smallholder competitiveness by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Toan, N.N., Staal, Steven J., Que, N.N., Tuan, N.D.A.

“…In informal markets for fresh pork, quality control is based on trust. Personal relationships with meat retailers in traditional markets built from repeated transactions over time can supplant any formal certification and labelling. …”
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Catalogue of sustainable land management and climate smart agriculture practices in Ethiopia by Adimassu, Zenebe, Tamene, Lulseged D., Kibret, Girma, Assefa, Abera, Dawit, Meseret

“…Photo galleries were acquired from different projects such as SLMP, RLLP/CSA and PSNP through project leaders and focal persons in various regions. Once the draft was prepared by these experts, the catalogue was verified and validated by experts from regions including Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, Gambella, Oromia, Sidama, SNNP and Southwestern Ethiopia. …”
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How perspectives on food safety of vendors and consumers translate into food choice behaviors in six African and Asian countries by Isanovic, S., Constantinides, S.V., Frongillo, Edward A., Bhandari, S., Samin, S., Kenney, E., Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid C.O., Nordhagen, S., Holdsworth, M., Domínguez-Salas, Paula, Ambikapathi, R., Laar, A., Patil, C.L., Kulkarni, B., Bukachi, S.A., Ngutu, M., Blake, C.E.

“…Results The analysis suggests that consumers constructed meaning about food safety through personal lived experience and social influences. Community and family members contributed knowledge about food safety. …”
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Empowering women across gender and caste in a women’s dairy cooperative in India by Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Ravichandran, T., Galiè, Alessandra

“…Knowledge on new technologies is passed only within castes, and mostly between persons of the same gender. Over the process of knowledge transmission, knowledge networks become increasingly masculinized. …”
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Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with variations in daily routines in elementary schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile by Fretes, Gabriela, Corvalán, Camila, Economos, Christina D., Wilson, Norbert L.W., Cash, Sean B.

“…Future research should evaluate what happens when children return to in-person classes at school.…”
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Information exchange patterns and technology adoption behavior of cattle farmers in the Colombian Amazon by Lienert, Anja, Lippert, Christian, Burkart, Stefan

“…To address the identified knowledge gap, a social network analysis (SNA) using egocentric network methods will be conducted in June 2023 with 150 cattle farmers in the Caquetá Department to study the structure, composition, and strength of personal information exchange networks as well as their influence on technology adoption behaviour. …”
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Farming cattle in the tropics: Transnational science and industrializing pastures in Brazil by Nehring, Ryan

“…Additional archival documents were acquired by a personal contact. Embrapa was established in 1973, but its archives contain documents from Brazilian agricultural research agencies from as far back as 1952. …”
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Impact of the ongoing conflict on smallholder farmers in Sudan: Evidence from a nationwide survey by Kirui, Oliver K., Siddig, Khalid, Ahmed, Mosab O. M., Abushama, Hala, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…Due to the security hazards and connectivity challenges, we used a combination of three interview types, Interactive Voice Recording (IVR), Computer-Assisted-Tele phone-Interviews (CATI) and face-to-face (in-person) interviews. Key findings are that close to a third of the farmers were displaced from their farms’ locations and 40 percent were unable to prepare for plant ing season because of the conflict. …”
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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural crop traders – April 2023 survey by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Transport costs are 44 percent higher than a year ago and almost half of traders had difficulties accessing fuel, nearly doubling the share from one year prior. • In-person bank transfers have increased to 34 percent of crop sales, up from just 16 percent in 2022. …”
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Experience of farmers using mobile phone for farming information flow in Boro rice production: A case of Eastern Gangetic Plain by Ahmad, Babor, Sarkar, Md Abdur Rouf, Khanom, Fahima, Lucky, Rozina Yeasmin, Sarker, Mou Rani, Rabbani, Md Golam, Ray, Shraboni Rani Rani, Rahman, Md Naimur, Sarker, Md Nazirul Islam

“…Mobile phones are widely used for personal communication, but their use for agricultural purposes is scarce in the Eastern Gangetic Plain. …”
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