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Diversifying crops for food and trade by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Opinions from Dominica and St Kitts and Nevis about agricultural diversification, plus an FAO diversification project.…”
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Performance of agro-industry in India: Emerging issues and prospects by Chadha, G. K., Gulati, Ashok

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Vertical coordination in high-value food commodities: Implications for smallholders by Birthal, Pratap Singh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Gulati, Ashok

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Agricultural transformation in Nepal: Trends, prospects, and policy options by Thapa, Ganesh, Kumar, Anjani, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Table of Contents: 1 Introduction Part I Macro-issues in Agriculture 2 Structural Transformation and Growth: Whither Agriculture in Nepal 3 The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction in Nepal 4 Household Food Expenditure, Dietary Diversity, and Child Nutrition in Nepal 5 Food Inflation in Nepal and Its Implications 6 Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Sector of Nepal: Implications for Adaptation and Resilience Building Part II Productivity Growth and Its Drivers 7 Food Demand System and Projections to 2035: Nepal 8 Seed Sector Development in Nepal: Opportunities and Options for Improvement 9 Use of Chemical Fertilizers in Nepal-Issues and Implications 10 Agricultural Mechanization in Nepal-Patterns, Impacts, and Enabling Strategies for Promotion 11 Agricultural Research and Extension System in Nepal: An Organizational Review Part III Agricultural Diversification 12 Agricultural Diversification in Nepal 13 Non-timber Forest Products (NTFP) and Agro-forestry Subsectors: Potential for Growth and Contribution in Agriculture Development 14 Impact of Migration and Remittances on Agriculture: A Micro-Macro-analysis Part IV Agricultural Trade and Marketing 15 Trends, Structure and Drivers of Nepal’s Agricultural Trade 16 Agricultural Marketing and High-Value Chains: Enhanced Role for Private Sector Towards Value Chain Integration Part V Agricultural Trade and Marketing 17 Agrarian Relations, Institutions, and Land Reform in Nepal 18 Agricultural Credit and Insurance in Nepal: Coverage, Issues, and Opportunities 19 Nepal’s Changing Governance Structure and Implications for Agricultural Development Part VI The Policy Agenda 20 Concluding Chapter: The Policy Agenda…”
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Special issue on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) by Campbell, Bruce M., Dinesh, Dhanush

“…CSA strategies, policies, partnerships and investments; ‘CSA-Plan’: strategies to put CSA into practice; The mitigation pillar of CSA; Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy; Climate services and insurance: scaling; CSA Closing the gender gap in agriculture under climate change; How can the Data Revolution contribute to climate action?…”
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Tortillas fuera del comal - sistemas agrícolas y alimentarios resilientes al clima para Centroamérica (TOR2)​ by Gonzalez, Carlos R, Eitzinger, Anton, Navarro, Carlos, Castillo, Johana

“…It explores the potential for agricultural diversification with 30 crops and generates detailed local-scale spatial data to support adaptation decision-making.…”
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Highlights of the INVC bridging activity project review and planning meeting; 29 – 30 June 2017 by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…The Integrating Nutrition in Value Chains (INVC) Bridging Activity project was launched in June 2016 as a 2-year relay project between INVC 1 and its successor project, Agricultural Diversification for Incomes and Nutrition (ADIN). …”
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Adaptation Strategies for Managing Climate and Environmental Risks while Pursuing Sustainable and Competitive Livelihoods: Experiences from AMIA Villages by Department of Agriculture, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction

“…The experiences of implementers of the AMIA Village approach, the Department of Agriculture’s Adaptation of the Climate Smart Village Approach identified a portfolio of 9 major strategies for pursuing resilience of agri-fishery sectors in the Philippines: 1. agricultural diversification, 2. Climate resilient crops, 3. …”
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What it takes: Evidence from a nutrition- and gender-sensitive agriculture intervention in rural Zambia by Kumar, Neha, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Harris, Jody, Harvey, Danny, Rawat, Rahul, Ruel, Marie T.

“…The Realigning Agriculture for Improved Nutrition (RAIN) project was designed to address child undernutrition through a multisectoral approach which integrated agricultural diversification to improve access to nutritious foods, the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment and nutrition behaviour change communication to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) knowledge and practices. …”
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A 2020 Vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in South Asia: a synthesis by Rosegrant, Mark W., Malik, Sohail

“…The 2020 vision for South Asia aims to (1) ensure the minimum food and nutrition needs of the population through entitlement programs and income-augmenting agricultural technologies that are environmentally friendly; (2) eliminate severe malnutrition and extreme poverty; (3) ensure comprehensive food and nutritional security at the family level, including an adequate supply of food to meet quantitative and nutritional requirements, acknowledging that policies may vary from country to country, depending on the resources available to the country; (4) arrest environmental degradation and improve the conservation of natural resources for enhanced sustainability and productivity of agriculture; and (5) strengthen or establish linkages among related sectors to promote agricultural diversification and to improve the quality of life.…”
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Climate Risk Mapping in the Philippines for Sub-National Targeting and Prioritization for Crop Diversification to Increase Resilience of the Agricultural Sector by Bragais, Milben, Mohanty, Samarendu, Baruah, Sampriti

“…This study aimed to map “municipality-level” coverage of all high risk zones in the Philippines in high resolution using a compilation of official hazard and available socio-economic dataset to support climate change adaptation through agricultural diversification. The approach focused on assessing the risk of climate-related impacts (hazards) that may negatively affect agricultural communities. …”
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Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi by Harris, Jody, Aberman, Noora-Lisa

“…In addition to outlining different theoretical and methodological approaches to studying these connections, this report provides evidence on the role of commodity production, food prices, agricultural diversification, and irrigation in changing household food security and access to different nutrients, as well as impacts on individual diets and nutrition. …”
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Does exposure to aflatoxin constrain efforts to reduce stunting in Zambia? by Ismail, S., Shindano, J., Nyirenda, D.B., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Akello, J.

“…Nonetheless, the challenges ahead demand both a high level of political will to achieve effective multisectoral collaboration and the willingness of the agricultural and health sectors to undertake rigorous monitoring of aflatoxin contamination and growth of young children, as well as the agricultural sector’s commitment to reduce substantially levels of aflatoxin contamination and to promote agricultural diversification.…”
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South Asia Regional Office (SAR) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The research focuses on agricultural diversification, climate change, markets and trade, nutrition and health, science and technology, and governance, contributing directly to the strategic research areas established by IFPRI’s 2018–2020 Strategy.…”
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Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Park, Allen, Ilyasov, Jarilkasin, Liu, Yanyan, Ergasheva, Tanzila

“…We fill these knowledge gaps using pooled cross‐section datasets in Tajikistan, where semi‐subsistence farming and undernutrition coexist despite relatively good agricultural infrastructure and education systems. Agricultural diversification, yield enhancement, production expansion are positively associated with various nutritional outcomes, particularly in areas with poor food market access. …”
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Socio-technical issues in diversifying rice-based irrigation systems by Moya, T. B., Miranda, S.M.

“…Since the early 60s many rice-producing countries in Asia have launched agricultural diversification projects to stimulate farm productivity. …”
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Foraging is determinant to improve smallholders’ food security in rural areas in Mali, West Africa by N’Danikou, S., Vodouhe, R.S., Bellon, M.R., Sidibé, A., Coulibaly, H.

“…Findings call for important investment to expand the natural capital (e.g., domestication of new crops and agricultural diversification) and infrastructural capital (irrigation facilities, clean water) of the rural households.…”
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Plant biodiversity and genetic resources matter! by Ebert, Andreas W., Engels, Johannes M.M.

“…The editorial concludes with six key messages on plant biodiversity, genetic erosion, genetic resources and plant breeding, agricultural diversification, conservation of agrobiodiversity, and the evolving role and importance of genebanks.…”
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Diversification in Indian agriculture towards high-value crops: The role of smallholders by Birthal, Pratap Singh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Roy, Devesh, Thorat, Amit

“…Agricultural diversification towards high-value crops can potentially increase farm incomes, especially in a country like India where demand for high-value food products has been increasing more quickly than that for staple crops. …”
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Women’s empowerment and crop diversification in Bangladesh: A possible pathway to climate change adaptation and better nutrition by De Pinto, Alessandro, Seymour, Greg, Bryan, Elizabeth, Bhandary, Prapti

“…In fact, the Government of Bangladesh has several policies in place that encourage and support agricultural diversification. However, despite this support the level of crop diversification in the country remains low. …”
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