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The educational impacts of cash transfers in Tanzania por Evans, David K., Gale, Charles, Kosec, Katrina

“…This study examines the educational impacts of cash transfers, drawing on a randomized, community implemented conditional cash transfer program targeted to poor households in Tanzania. On average, being assigned to receive transfers significantly improves children’s likelihood of having ever attended school (by between 4 and 5 percentage points), with suggestive evidence that this is driven by more age-appropriate enrollment for the youngest children. …”
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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Mechanization service providers - June 2020 survey round por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Win, Myat Thida, Masias, Ian

“…Mechanization service providers in Myanmar were originally interviewed by telephone in early May 2020 in order to determine how their businesses were being affected by COVID-19 related restrictions. …”
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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Mechanization service providers - July 2020 survey round por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Win, Myat Thida, Masias, Ian

“…Mechanization service providers in Myanmar were originally interviewed by telephone in May 2020 and again in June 2020 to determine how their businesses were being affected by COVID-19 related restrictions. …”
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Argentina, Social Accounting Matrix 2000 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Since the MIPA 97 shows the transactions of the whole Argentine economy, the disaggregation process was focused on the opening of the agri-food sectors, and the aggregation of some sectors, which were of no interest for the analysis being carried on.The disaggregation and opening process had two parts. …”
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Promotion of Diffused Light Storage por International Potato Center

“…Project abstract: Storage losses including impaired quality are partly caused by harvested crops not being stored in a product specific manner. Diffused Light Storage (DLS) is a post-harvest technology which uses natural indirect light instead of low temperature to control excessive sprout growth of potato seeds, extend their storage life, reduce the associated storage losses and improve productivity of the potato crop. …”
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Bangladesh Agricultural Value Chain (AVC) Impact Evaluation: Baseline Survey por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Funded under the Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative, the Bangladesh Agricultural Value Chains (AVC) project being implemented by Development Alternatives International (DAI) is working to improve food (and nutrition) security through strengthened agricultural value chains. …”
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Synthesis of agricultural land system change in China over the past 40 years por Sun, Zhanli, You, Liangzhi, Müller, Daniel

“…These opposing pressures point to the need for greater evidence-based discourse on competing uses of land, spatial patterns of land use, and their impact on food availability and well-being. This is particularly so in China, which faces enormous pressure to increase food production and protect depleted natural resources and deteriorated environments.…”
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The Knowledge lab on climate-resilient food systems por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Food systems fundamentally influence the environment of the planet, the livelihoods of billions of people (including most of the world’s poor), and the nutrition of every human being. Robust food systems can serve as catalysts for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but their current weaknesses are a major source of vulnerability to a variable and changing climate. …”
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Promoting gender equality in irrigation por Theis, Sophie, Passarelli, Simone, Bryan, Elizabeth, Lefore, Nicole, Deneke, Seblewongle, Nyamadi, Ben, Mlote, Sophia

“…Rainfed production dominates the region, but governments and other stakeholders are increasing investments in irrigation. As these efforts are being rolled out, the gender implications of irrigation must be consid-ered to ensure that both men and women have the opportunity to adopt irrigation technologies and benefit from these investments.…”
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Sowing the seeds of peace for food security: Disentangling the nexus between conflict, food security, and peace por Holleman, Cindy, Jackson, Julius, Sánchez, Marco V., Vos, Rob

“…All 19 countries classified by FAO as being in a state of “protracted (food) crisis” are experiencing conflict and violence. …”
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2014 IFPRI Annual report por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…It is because of nutrition’s ubiquitous role in well-being that IFPRI and partners brought the issue to center stage in 2014, launching the first annual Global Nutrition Report (GNR). …”
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Spatial price transmission of soaring milk prices from global to domestic markets por Acosta, Alejandro, Ihle, Rico, Robles, Miguel

“…Thus, a deeper understanding of the magnitude, speed, and symmetry to which global milk prices are being transmitted to domestic prices at the farm gate level is a fundamental factor in the design of appropriate policy measures oriented to reduce not only the level of milk price volatility, but also poverty and food insecurity. …”
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Using theories of change in the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health por Mayne, John, Johnson, Nancy L.

“…Theories of change are increasingly being discussed and referenced in development evaluation even while the elements of what a theory of change consist of differ widely among applications. …”
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Biodiversity for food and nutrition in Brazil por CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project—officially the Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use for Improved Human Nutrition and Well-being project, or BFN project, is a multi-country initiative with an ambitious goal to mainstream biodiversity conservation to improve nutrition in four countries: Kenya, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Brazil. …”
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Piloting Community Rangeland Health Workers (CRHWs) in Ethiopia: A ground-breaking innovation for One Health application in pastoral areas por Flintan, Fiona E., Ebro, Abule

“…To instill opportunities for the CRHWs to be self-supporting, nurseries for growing and selling grass and tree seedlings are being established.…”
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A journey through adolescents' food environments in Vietnam: Introductory video por Nguyen, Hong Duong, Even, Brice Gerard Jean Luc, Nabuuma, Deborah Sandra, Thai, Hang Thi Minh

“…Full versions of the participatory videos are currently being used to support a co-design process at community level to explore ways to improve the adolescents' food environments.…”
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Reaching SDGs through climate change mitigation por Yomayuza Herrera, Karoll Valentina

“…Descripción: Climate change impacts go beyond emissions; they intertwine with sustainable development and well-being. This video explores how addressing climate change can help achieve up to 80% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …”
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MoreMilkIT - Household baseline survey por Omore, Amos, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Kariuki, Eunice, Njehu, Alice, Githinji, Julius

“…The specific study sites (districts) were selected to represent a spectrum of cattle production and market systems, the aim being to explore the potential to extend commercial dairying to marginalised areas.…”
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Using qualitative market mapping to explore Aflatoxin contamination along the maize and groundnut value chains por Ndjeunga, Jupiter, Chenevix Trench, Pippa, Hellin, Jonathan

“…It also aims to understand what constraints are preventing these mechanisms from being adopted. In developing countries, more often than not, actors in the maize and groundnut value chains (farmers, traders, processors, and consumers) are unaware of the aflatoxin problem and its potential health risks. …”
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Organizational and institutional issues in climate change adaptation and risk management: Insights from practitioners’ survey in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali por Ragasa, Catherine, Sun, Yan, Bryan, Elizabeth, Abate, Caroline, Atlaw, Alumu, Keita, Mahamadou Namori

“…This report provides some reflections and insights on the level of awareness, practices, and organizational and institutional issues being faced by countries as they adapt to climate change, based on interviews with 87 practitioners working in government agencies, local organizations, international organizations, and think thanks reporting involvement in climate change adaptation. …”
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