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The effects of poultry and unconditional cash transfers on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from the SPIR midline survey por Leight, Jessica, Alderman, Harold, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hidrobo, Melissa, Tambet, Heleene

“…SPIR DFSA also incorporates a substantial learning agenda intended to use evidence to improve the design of the DFSA, provide feedback to strengthen its delivery, and draw lessons both for local gov-ernment and other national and international stakeholders. World Vision, ORDA, and CARE provide guidance on the implementation of the learning agenda. …”
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Smallholder mechanization induced by yield-enhancing biological technologies: Evidence from Nepal and Ghana por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Liu, Yanyan

“…To enhance the external validity of evidence, we empirically analyze this hypothesis by applying the same methodologies in two countries, lowland (Terai) Nepal and Ghana. We employ nationally representative, repeated, cross-sectional data from both countries, as well as unique tractor-use data from Ghana; we also employ multidimensional indicators of agroclimatic similarity in the respective plant breeding locations. …”
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Agricultural transformation in Asia: An overview of recent experiences por Vos, Rob, Mamun, Abdullah, Traoré, Fousseini, Laborde Debucquet, David

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Agricultural research in Southeast Asia: A cross-country analysis of resource allocation, performance, and impact on productivity por Stads, Gert-Jan, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Omot, Norah, Nguyen, Pham Thi

“…Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam occupy intermediate positions between these two groups of high- and low-performing agricultural research systems. Growing national economies, higher disposable incomes, and changing consumption patterns will prompt considerable shifts in levels of agricultural production, consumption, imports, and exports across Southeast Asia over the next 20 to 30 years. …”
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Deconstructing food losses across the value chain por Delgado, Luciana, Schuster, Monica, Torero, Máximo

“…The importance of reducing food loss and food waste has captured the public imagination since it became one of the targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The urgency of this issue and the awareness of its significance to the development community has been growing steadily. …”
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Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Balana, Bedru, Smart, Jenny, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…This study attempts to fill this knowledge gap by estimating the effects of shares of total subnational PE for agriculture, health, education, and social welfare, as well as PE size, on household-level outcomes using nationally-representative panel household data and both local government area and higher state-level PE data for Nigeria. …”
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A rapid assessment of vegetable and irrigation systems in Tigray, Ethiopia, before and after the 2020-2022 conflict por Mwambi, M., Hruy, G., Boset, A. M., Singh, Radhika, Schmitter, Petra S., Legesse, W. B.

“…Inputs such as fertilizer and seed were provided through the national and regional governments. The conflict led to a disruption of the vegetable and irrigation systems as crops and infrastructure were destroyed, transportation blocked, and labor reduced due to migration. …”
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Total and Partial Factor Productivity in Developing Countries por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These TFP and PFP estimates were generated using data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on outputs and inputs. The output values are the FAO-constructed gross agricultural outputs, measured in constant 2004-2006 US dollars and smoothed using the Hodrick-Prescott filter. …”
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Fertilizer Microdosing por World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…The project team is comprised of national partners (e.g. ARI-Hombolo, District Agricultural Officers, SUA and UDOM) and CG Partners (CIMMYT and ICRAF) under the leadership of ICRISAT. …”
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Africa RISING Tanzania- Simulating Adoption Study por World Agroforestry Centre, University of Dodoma

“…The project team is comprised of national partners (e.g. ARI-Hombolo, District Agricultural Officers, SUA and UDOM) and CG Partners (CIMMYT and ICRAF) under the leadership of ICRISAT. …”
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Evaluating Fertilizer Recommendations with Farmers por World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…The project team is comprised of national partners (e.g. ARI-Hombolo, District Agricultural Officers, SUA and UDOM) and CG Partners (CIMMYT and ICRAF) under the leadership of ICRISAT. …”
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A&T Ethiopia Complementary Feeding Baseline Survey 2015: Community por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…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.The objectives of the A&T initiative in Amhara are as follows: 1) Sustain high rates of EBF among children 0–5.9 months at over 70 percent in A&T program areas, 2) Increase the proportion of children 6–23.9 months of age who receive a diverse diet (at least four food groups) by 10 percentage points in A&T program area, and 3) Increase the proportion of breastfed and non-breastfed children 6–23.9 months of age who receive solid, semi-solid, or soft foods at least the minimum number of times per day by 10 percentage points in A&T program areas. …”
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Bangladesh Alive & Thrive Process Evaluation Survey 2013: Households por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In Bangladesh, A&T is working with the government, nongovernmental organizations, and private initiatives to support the implementation of the National IYCF Strategy and Action Plan. The BRAC organization is delivering A&T’s community interventions within its EHC Program and its Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) Program. …”
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) evaluation results por Ahmed, Akhter, Hoddinott, John F., Menon, Purnima, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Roy, Shalini, Younus, Masuma, Ghostlaw, Julie, Haque, Md. Latiful, Hossain, Nusrat Zaitun, Parvin, Aklima, Quabili, Wahid, Tauseef, Salauddin, Zubaid, Shabnaz

“…ANGeL is the first ministry-led initiative that uses a rigorous impact evaluation to develop an evidence base to design and implement a national program. The ANGeL project is a significant step towards filling critical knowledge and action gaps in the country on promoting nutrition-and gender-sensitive agriculture.…”
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Climate change, agriculture, and adaptation in the Republic of Korea to 2050: An integrated assessment por Cenacchi, Nicola, Lim, Youngah, Sulser, Timothy B., Islam, Shahnila, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Robertson, Richard D., Kim, Chang-Gil, Wiebe, Keith D.

“…The goal is to help assess the prospects for sustaining improvements in food security and possibly inform the national debate on agricultural policy. Results show that historical trends of harvested area and imports may continue into the future under climate change. …”
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Insect-resistant cowpea in Nigeria: An ex ante economic assessment of a crop improvement initiative por Phillip, Dayo, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Zambrano, Patricia, Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Kato, Edward, Komen, John, Hanson, Hillary, Falck-Zepeda, José B., Chambers, Judith A.

“…No conventional variety has been developed to resist this pest, but with the use of biotechnology and the sustained collaboration of national and international partners over many years, there is now a genetically modified pod-borer-resistant (or more generally insect-resistant) cowpea. …”
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Effectiveness of current and alternative procurement modalities: An evaluation of the effectiveness of current and potential alternative grain procurement modalities, and developme... por Rashid, Shahidur, Mustafa, Shoumi, Kabir, Razin, Shaima, Nabila Afrin

“…Available data suggests that Bangladesh’s public procurement has thus far not managed to effectively integrate small farmers to its procurement system. To scale up nationally, we believe that more innovation in technology and a new institutional set up will be necessary. …”
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Irrigation infrastructure quality management system toolkit for Sub-Saharan Africa using Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda as a case study: technical report por Hailu, H., Abdella, Y., Seid, Abdulkarim, Haileslassie, Amare

“…To bridge these quality gaps, the concept of developing a quality management system (QMS) toolkit was initiated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). …”
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Site-specific fertilizer recommendation using data driven machine learning enhanced wheat productivity and resource use efficiency por Liben, Feyera, Abera, Wuletawu, Chernet, Meklit Tariku, Ebrahim, Mohammed, Tilaye, Amsalu, Erkossa, Teklu, Degefie, Tibebe Degefie, Mponela, Powell, Kihara, Job, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of ML generated SSFR for wheat in improving resource use efficiency, yields, and profitability compared to local (LBFR) and national (NBFR) blanket fertilizer recommendations. …”
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Effects of Intercropping ‘Orange-Fleshed’ Sweetpotato with Onion on the Level of Weevil Damage por Kapalamula, C.

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