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Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myth and reality by Doss, Cheryl, Kovarik, Chiara, Peterman, Amber, Quisumbing, Agnes R., van den Bold, Mara

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Policy research and African agriculture: time for a dose of reality? by Omamo, Steven Were, Farrington, John

“…To make policy advice more relevant requires a better understanding not only of how markets (mal)function, but also of implementation issues: what constrains implementability, how constraints can be overcome or bypassed, and what policy measures have greater or lesser prospects of implementation.It concludes that: The policy discourse in African agriculture has been dominated by agricultural economics, yet many of the standard assumptions of quantitative modelling are challenged by the reality of:; markets which are routinely non-competitive because of, eg. high barriers to entry, increasing returns to scale, and non-insurable risk; deliberate efforts by firms to maintain market imperfections by, e.g. building information exchange networks which exclude newcomers; the absence of market pressures towards more competitive structure, conduct or performance The major task of including the poor more fully in markets will continue to be neglected for as long as policy advice remains dominated by unrealistic assumptions; concerning the structure, conduct and performance of markets; This discourse has tended to ignore political priorities such as achieving (or denying) developmental balance among regions or tribes; In addition, the discourse has generally sought some ideal of policy design, disregarding questions of implementability. …”
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Ambition meets reality: lessons from the taro boom in Nicaragua by Donovan, Jason, Poole, Nigel, Poe, Keith, Herrera-Arauz, Ingrid

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Commercialisation of non-timber forest products: a reality check by Belcher, B., Schreckenberg, Kate

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Traditional knowledge, forest management, and certification: a reality check by Shanley, P., Stockdale, M.

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Wastewater use in irrigated agriculture: confronting the livelihood and environmental realities by Scott, Christopher A., Faruqui, N.I., Raschid-Sally, Liqa

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Recycling realities: managing health risks to make wastewater an asset by International Water Management Institute

“…It is based on the book Wastewater Use in Irrigated Agriculture: Confronting the Livelihood and Environmental Realities, edited by C.A. Scott, N.I. Faruqui, and L.Raschid-Sally (CABI/IWMI/IDRC, 2004), and the revised WHO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater (2006, In Press). …”
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The Afghan water law: a legal solution foreign to reality? by Wegerich, Kai

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Conservation agriculture and carbon sequestration: between myth and farmer reality by Verhulst, Nele, François, Isabelle M., Govaerts, Bram

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Thematic Scoping Paper: Matching global commitments with national realities. by Jonge, B. de, Halewood, Michael, Mushita, A., Wafula, D., Mukuka, J.

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Green growth rhetoric versus reality: Insights from Indonesia by Anderson, Z.R., Kusters, K., McCarthy, J.F., Obidzinski, K.

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Eco-agri-food systems: today's realities and tomorrow's challenges by Pengue, Walter Alberto, Gemmill Herren, Barbara, Balázs, Bálint, Ortega, Enrique, Acevedo, Francisca, Diaz, Daniel Norberto, Díaz de Astarloa, Diego, Fernandez, Rosa, Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro, Giampietro, Mario, Goldberg, Andrea Silvina, Khosla, Ashok, Westhoek, Henk

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From strategy to reality: the path to institutional excellence in harsh times by Guevara Moncada, Rubén, Kanninen, M.

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Conservation Science and Practice Must Engage With the Realities of Complex Tropical Landscapes by Boedhihartono, Agni K., Bongers, F., Boot, R.G.A., Dijk, J. van, Jeans, H., Kuijk, M. van, Koster, H., Reed, J., Sayer, J., Sunderland, T.C.H., Turnhout, Esther, Vianen, J. van, Zuidema, Pieter A.

“…There is a growing disconnect between the international conferences where grand solutions for tropical conservation are designed and the complex local realities in tropical landscapes where plans need to be implemented. …”
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A reality check for digital agricultural extension tool development and use by Adewopo, Julius, McCampbell, M., Mwizerwa, C., Schut, Marc

“…Yet, the development and delivery of these tools to target users are often fraught with non-trivial, and sometimes unanticipated, contextual realities that can make or mar their adoption and sustainability. …”
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Aligned monitoring and reporting frameworks for climate and development: expectations v. reality by Nowak, Andreea C.

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Rangelands and pastoralism of the Middle-East and North Africa, from reality to dream by Naghizadeh, Nadia, Badripour, Hossein, Louhaichi, Mounir, Gamoun, Mouldi, Niamir-Fuller, Maryam

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New diagnostic framework makes integrated water storage a reality by Lautze, Jonathan F.

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Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myths versus reality by Doss, Cheryl, Kovarik, Chiara, Peterman, Amber, Quisumbing, Agnes R., van den Bold, Mara

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Integrated pest management: good intentions, hard realities. A review by Deguine, Jean-Philippe, Aubertot, Jean-Noël, Flor, Rica Joy, Lescourret, Françoise, Wyckhuys, Kris A.G., Ratnadass, Alain

“…We believe that despite many good intentions, hard realities need to be faced. 1) We identify the following major weaknesses: i) a multitude of IPM definitions that generate unnecessary confusion; ii) inconsistencies between IPM concepts, practice, and policies; iii) insufficient engagement of farmers in IPM technology development and frequent lack of basic understanding of its underlying ecological concepts. 2) By diverting from the fundamental IPM principles, integration of practices has proceeded along serendipitous routes, proven ineffective, and yielded unacceptable outcomes. 3) We show that in the majority of cases, chemical control still remains the basis of plant health programs. 4) Furthermore, IPM research is often lagging, tends to be misguided, and pays insufficient attention to ecology and to the ecological functioning of agroecosystems. 5) Since the 1960s, IPM rules have been twisted, its foundational concepts have degraded and its serious (farm-level) implementation has not advanced. …”
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