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The response to the global food crisis must address the needs of women and girls por Bryan, Elizabeth, Ringler, Claudia

“…It is a perilous moment for women and girls around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic already pushed an estimated additional 47 million girls and women into extreme poverty, reversing decades of progress. …”
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Empowerment after migration: Exploring the association between migration and the empowerment of women who stay behind por Ceballos, Francisco, Heckert, Jessica, Hernandez, Manuel A., Paz, Florencia

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Gender and forests: climate change, tenure, value chains and emerging issues por Colfer, C.J.P., Basnett, B.S., Elias, Marlène

“…Focusing particularly on tropical forests, the book presents both local case studies and global comparative studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as the US and Europe. The studies range from personal histories of elderly American women’s attitudes toward conservation, to a combined qualitative / quantitative international comparative study on REDD+, to a longitudinal examination of oil palm and gender roles over time in Kalimantan. …”
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Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries por O’Hearn, Meghan, Lara-Castor, Laura, Cudhea, Frederick, Miller, Victoria, Reedy, Julia, Shi, Peilin, Zhang, Jianyi, Wong, John B., Economos, Christina D., Micha, Renata, Mozaffarian, Dariush, Global Dietary Database, de Brauw, Alan, Moursi, Mourad

“…Proportions of diet-attributable T2D were generally larger in men than in women and were inversely correlated with age. Diet-attributable T2D was generally larger among urban versus rural residents and higher versus lower educated individuals, except in high-income countries, central and eastern Europe and central Asia, where burdens were larger in rural residents and in lower educated individuals. …”
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Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior por Bell, Andrew R., Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Bhargava, Apurva, Duthie, A. Bradley, Zhang, Wei, Sargent, Rebecca, Lewis, Amy R., Kipchumba, Adams

“…We further find production (yield) and the joint production-environment product (i.e., a measure of agricultural production multiplied by a measure of pro-conservation practice) are better preserved in groups that are more educated, more gender diverse and that better represent women. We discuss how the design of incentive programs can better align livelihood and environment goals.…”
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Why gender matters in COVID-19 responses: Now and in the future por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Kumar, Neha, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Ringler, Claudia

“…Here are some ways these public health recommendations affect women and men differently in developing countries, particularly in rural areas — and some ideas for how to address the disparities.…”
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PIM 2017 annual report por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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COVID-19 study in rural areas of Guatemala: Long-term impacts on food security and nutrition in the Western Highlands por Hernandez, Manuel A., Ceballos, Francisco, Paz, Cynthia, Berrospi, Maria Lucia

“…The study places special emphasis on evaluating changes in agricultural and non-agricultural income sources —including remittances—, and changes in dietary diversity —including consumption of animal-sourced foods (ASF) and fruits and vegetables (F&V)— at the household level, as well as among women between 15 and 49 years and children between 6 and 23 months. …”
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No more pounding por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…They can be used by women to crush and...…”
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Livelihood and transition to certified cacao production in the Peruvian Amazonas : gendered responsibilities in Irazola por Emenius, Carin

“…Off-farm work for women was found to be selling food on the main street, while men were driving taxis and worked as technicians. …”

Globalisations in a nutshell: historical perspectives on the changing governance of the shea commodity chain in northern Ghana por Wardell, D.A., Fold, N.

“…The collection, processing and marketing of shea products in such markets continues to be predominantly by women to both meet subsistence needs, and exchange of surpluses. …”
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Enkätundersökning hos markägare inom SCA Skog Ångermanlands Skogsförvaltning por Berg, Christoffer

“…SCA Forest is the largest private landowner in Europe, with an area of about 2.6 million hectares. …”

Horticulture policy for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa por Rana, Abdul Wajid, Raja, Sehrish, Qureshi, Tehseen Ahmed

“…The country’s horticultural sector: (a) benefits from favourable and diversified agroecological conditions; (b) geographically and strategically well placed to enhance its exports to highly competitive but lucrative markets like Middle East, Afghanistan, Iran, China, Central Asian Republics, Europe and Far East; and (c) plays a major socioeconomic role in Pakistan, in particular for women’s economic empowerment. …”
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Effect of processing method on physico-chemical and functional properties of two fonio (Digitaria exilis) landraces por Ballogou, V.Y., Sagbo, F.S., Soumanou, M.M., Manful, J.T., Toukourou, F., Hounhouigan, Joseph D.

“…In West Africa, landraces or local varieties of fonio are processed into many products by women using small processing units and marketed locally as well as exported to Europe and the United States. …”
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The historical, social, and economic importance of the potato crop por Ortíz, O., Mares, V.

“…Those issues are the potato’s contribution to food and nutrition security, and the cultural and genetic importance of biodiversity conservation in the Andes; these issues are strongly related to gender, since women in traditional societies have contributed—and still contribute—to an enormous wealth of knowledge in relation to biodiversity conservation and utilization. …”
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Q-feber – en yrkesrisk för veterinärer? por Holmberg, Johanna

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Innovative research approaches for sustainable livestock production and poverty reduction in the developing world por Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…They recognize the multiple roles and functions that livestock play for poor households, identify and tackle institutional, market and policy-related constraints and not just technical constraints, take an innovation systems approach, and employ gender analysis and strategies to ensure poor women’s access to, and benefits from, livestock improve. …”
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Training of trainer manual for production of Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato (OFSP): planting to harvesting por Olasanmi, B., Abioye, O., Olorode, B., Peters, G., Udemba, I.O., Adiga, S., Banwo, O., Akande, A.

“…Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) originated in Central America or north-western South America from where it was introduced to Europe, Africa, Asia and North America in more recent times. …”
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From ‘cuy' in South America to ‘cavy' in sub-Sahara Africa: Advancing development through South-South Cooperation por Maass, Brigitte L., Chauca-Francia, L., Chiuri, Wanjiku L., Djikeng, Appolinaire, Meutchieye, F., Pengelly, Bruce C., Seré Rabé, Carlos

“…In many SSA-countries (e.g., Cameroon, DR Congo and Tanzania), predominantly women and teenage boys engage as cavy keepers and sellers in local markets. …”
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Om den goda badplatsen : beskrivning och analys över fem skånska badplatsers historia, nyttjande och gestaltning i kontexten av badkulturens allmänna utveckling i Skåne por Lundgren, Cecilia

“…Shared bathing places for men and women started to be accepted among the people. With the workers vacations in the early 1930th the bating became democratic and the multiturism to the coasts of Skåne began. …”