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COVID-19 and the promise of food system innovation por Hawkes, Corinna

“…And when it comes to food, COVID-19 is no exception. The evidence, anecdotal as it is, shows that lockdowns around the world have had a profound impact on the markets, transport, and labor supply needed to produce, distribute, and sell nutritious foods. …”
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Medicinal plants for helminth parasite control: facts and fiction por Athanasiadou, S., Githiori, J., Kyriazakis, Ilias

“…Although until recently the majority of the evidence on the antiparasitic activity of medicinal plants was anecdotal and lacked scientific validity, there is currently an increasing number of controlled experimental studies that aim to verify and quantify such plant activity. …”
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Rising cereal prices in Ethiopia: An assessment and possible contributing factors por Minten, Bart, Dorosh, Paul A.

“…Nominal cereal prices in Ethiopia in July 2019 were significantly higher than the year before – maize prices had risen by 32 percent; sorghum by 39 percent; teff by 35 percent; and wheat by 2 percent. Moreover, there is anecdotal evidence that nominal cereal prices have increased rapidly since. …”
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Black leaf streak disease and plantain fruit characteristics as affected by tree density and biomass management in a tropical agroforestry system por Norgrove, L., Hauser, S.

“…Black leaf streak disease (BLSD) affects both bananas and plantains. Anecdotal evidence suggests that when plantain is grown under shade in agroforestry systems, there is less damage from BLSD. …”
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Agricultural mechanization and agricultural transformation por Diao, Xinshen, Silver, Jed, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…African agriculture still relies predominantly on human muscle power despite anecdotal evidence on urbanization and rising rural wages, in contrast to other developing regions that have experienced rapid increases in agricultural mechanization during the past few decades. …”
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Center commissioned external review of the Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD) por Balisacan, Arsenio, Petit, Michel

“…It was preceded by the reading of various documents provided to us by IFPRI, visits of the IFPRI website and anecdotal conversations with various people, knowledgeable about the work of the Division whom we happened to meet or talk to in the weeks preceding our visit to Washington. …”
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Demand for livestock products in developing countries with a focus on quality and safety attributes: Evidence from Asia and Africa por Jabbar, M.A., Baker, Derek, Fadiga, M.L.

“…Reliable food safety and information on animal husbandry and geographic origin have long been recognized as value-adding differentiation mechanisms in the developed world. Anecdotal accounts suggest that this is also the case in developing countries. …”
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Multiple levels and multiple challenges for measurement, reporting and verification of REDD+ por Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa, Brockhaus, Maria, Duchelle, Amy E., Atmadja, Stibniati, Pham Thu Thuy, Schofield, L.

“…To support our analysis, we provide anecdotal evidence of challenges and opportunities from three countries: Brazil, Vietnam and Indonesia. …”
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Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques por Ramírez Gomez, Sara, Torres Vitolas, Carlos A., Schreckenberg, Kate, Honzák, Miroslav, Cruz García, Gisella S., Willcock, Simon P., Palacios, Erwin, Pérez Miñana, Elena, Verweij, Pita, Poppy, Guy

“…Results from the study show that in the past two decades the demand for food and raw materials has intensified and, as a result, locations of provisioning areas and the stocks of ecosystem services have changed. We found anecdotal evidence that these changes correlate well with socio-economic factors such as greater need for income generation, change in livelihood practices and consumption patterns. …”
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The misuse of antiretrovirals to boost pig and poultry productivity in Uganda and potential implications for public health por Ndoboli, Dickson, Ng'ang'a, Fredrick M., Lukuyu, Ben A., Wieland, Barbara, Grace, Delia, Braun, A. von, Roesel, Kristina

“…Conclusion: Our study findings confirm anecdotal news reports on ARV use in livestock. While our findings are not generalizable to the whole country, they call for a representative follow-up. …”
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The Impact of Kitchen Gardening on the Social and Economic State of Rural Women: Bihar Sustainable Livelihood Development (BSLD) Project supported by Heifer International por Shukla, Karunesh, Kumar, Amit

“…It also empowers women by promoting autonomy and decision-making power in shaping household food security. Through anecdotal findings and interactions with women smallholder farmers, it has been observed that kitchen gardening has a significant positive impact on their social and economic well-being. …”
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Southern Africa: economic structure, trade, and regional integration por Mukherjee, Natasha, Robinson, Sherman

“…These trade data are also often in conflict with one another, occasionally even by several orders of magnitude. While much anecdotal information on trade flows exists (especially on newly created trade), it is only now that basic and systematic research on formal trade flows in Southern African is being conducted (e.g. …”
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Livestock identification and traceability systems in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region: Proceedings of a regional workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4-5 Fe... por International Livestock Research Institute

“…In a meeting held in Argentina in March 2009, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and its members resolved to progressively implement LITS as per the Terrestrial Animal Health Code for fairer and broader international trade of animals and animal products. Anecdotal information suggests that producers and traders in the member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) employ various traditional animal identification methods, some of which have not been registered by their state veterinary departments. …”
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Another dimension to grazing systems : Soil carbon por Fisher, Myles J., Santos, R.S.M. dos, Alves, Bruno J.R., Boddey, Robert M., Braz, S.P., Urquiaga, S.

“…In 1998, Fisher et al. attempted to draw together published and anecdotal information to answer some of the questions raised by the findings of Fisher et al. (1994; 1995), that introduced pastures of African grasses on the eastern plains of Colombia accumulated large amounts of C in the soil. …”
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Successful organizational learning in the management of agricultural research and innovation: The Mexican produce foundations por Ekboir, Javier, Dutrénit, Gabriela, Martínez V., Griselda, Vargas, Arturo Torres, Vera-Cruz, Alexandre O.

“…In general, developing countries applied similar agricultural research policies: separation of financing and implementation of research, reductions in direct budgetary allocations to research and extension institutions, elimination or major reduction of public extension, and introduction of competitive grants programs to induce a transformation of research organizations. Strong anecdotal information suggests that these policies had limited impact on the quality and pertinence of research, and on the performance of the public research institutions. …”
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Evaluation of cross-protection of African swine fever vaccine ASFV-G-ΔI177L between ASFV biotypes por Borca, M.V., Ramirez-Medina, E., Mutisya, Christine, Ojuok, Rose, Odaba, Josiah, Dihbol, M., Lacasta, Anna, Gladue, D.P.

“…Due to the unknown antigenic heterogeneity among all ASFV field isolates, the development of broad-spectrum vaccines is a challenge. Besides the anecdotal data, there is not a large amount of information describing patterns of cross-protection between different ASFV strains. …”
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Tissue culture banana (Musa spp.) for smallholder farmers: lessons learnt from East Africa por Dubois, T., Dusabe, Y., Lule, M., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Coyne, Danny L., Hobayo, J.C., Nkurunziza, S., Ouma, Emily A., Kabunga, N., Qaim, M., Kahangi, E., Mwirigi, P., Mwaura, P., Kisii, D., Kizito, H., Mugisha, J.

“…Despite a booming commercial sector, there is only anecdotal evidence that farmers who have adopted TC bananas have benefitted substantially in terms of higher yields and household incomes. …”
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The use of antimicrobials to boost livestock productivity at Ugandan piggery and poultry farms and implications for public health por Ndoboli, D., Lukuyu, Ben A., Wieland, Barbara, Grace, Delia, Roesel, Kristina

“…Improving productivity is a major challenge for livestock keepers in Uganda. According to anecdotal newspaper reports, pig and poultry keepers from Uganda have been using various antimicrobial substances for growth promotion in pigs and poultry that are banned for livestock use, such as anti- retroviral drugs (ARV). …”
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Prices, profit margins and intermediary market power: evidence from the matooke value chain in Uganda por Kuijpers, Rob, Smits, Esther, Steijn, Cedric, Mulumba, Nasser, Asindu, Marsy, Kruijssen, Froukje, Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi

“…Beliefs on intermediary market power are largely based on anecdotal evidence from farmers or inferred from observed prices or market structures. …”
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Sarpanch raj: is the President all powerful? The case of village councils in India por Palaniswamy, Nethra

“…However, whether these informal or formal powers of the president translate into such de facto power may well depend on other factors, such as local power structures. Indeed, extensive anecdotal evidence suggest that presidents elected on reserved seats—i.e. members of the disadvantaged Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), and women —face considerable difficulties when they are situated amid representatives who come from powerful castes or belong to the local elite. …”
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