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Agriculture extension in Viet Nam: An assessment and reform options por Ngan, Pham Hoang, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Finally, it provides recommendations for both policy makers and practitioners regarding possible improvements in extension and advisory services in Viet Nam by focusing on contextual factors as well as the performance and quality of the extension services being provided.…”
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Responding to conflict: Does “Cash Plus” work for preventing malnutrition? New evidence from an impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition Program por Kurdi, Sikandra, Breisinger, Clemens, Ibrahim, Hosam, Ghorpade, Yashodhan, Al-Ahmadi, Afrah

“…The program in Yemen combined cash transfers with nutritional education using soft conditionality, with significant positive impacts on maternal and child dietary diversity, children’s height and weight measures, and the likelihood of children being diagnosed with moderate or severe acute malnutrition.…”
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Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Cambodia’s agriculture por Sutton, William R., Srivastava, Jitendra P., Koo, Jawoo, Vasileiou, Ioannis, Pradesha, Angga

“…The country has made inroads in preparing for climate events like floods and other natural disasters, but more could be done to prepare for ENSO specifically. Being proactive to prepare for ENSO in Cambodia is important because of the country’s high exposure to climate shocks, the prominence of the agricultural sector in the national economy, the large rural population and its climate vulnerability.…”
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Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Vietnam’s agriculture por Sutton, William R., Srivastava, Jitendra P., Rosegrant, Mark W., Thurlow, James, Sebastian, Leocardio

“…The country prepared for, and responded to, the 2014–2016 El Niño, but there is still room to improve upon these actions. Being proactive to prepare for ENSO is important because of Vietnam’s high exposure to climate shocks, the prominence of the agricultural sector in the national economy, the rural population’s climate vulnerability, and the lack of research on ENSO in Vietnam…”
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Appendix 1A: Agricultural transformation in Ethiopia: What do we know? por Berhane, Guush, Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Minten, Bart

“…This required instituting government structures, at times at the cost being too bureaucratic, and building new government and semi-government organizations tasked to achieve agricultural transformation.…”
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Time-use analytics: An improved way of understanding gendered agriculture-nutrition pathways por Stevano, Sara, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Johnston, Deborah, Malapit, Hazel J., Hull, Elizabeth, Kalamatianou, Sofia

“…In particular, the potential unintended consequences can be grasped only if the analysis of time use shifts from being descriptive to a more theoretical and analytical understanding of time constraints, their trade-offs, and resulting changes in activity.…”
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A proposal for the elimination of export restrictions on food products por Bianchi, Eduardo, Piñeiro, Martín

“…The negative impacts of these beggar-thy-neighbor policies are widespread among countries, although they have been more severe in those less developed net food- importing countries, with a large share of their population being the urban poor. Moreover, significant damage to trust in the world market as a reliable source of food was inflicted during these food crises.…”
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Cash crops and food security: Evidence from Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers por Kuma, Tadesse, Dereje, Mekdim, Hirvonen, Kalle, Minten, Bart

“…Further analysis suggests that the pathway for achieving this improved food security is linked to being better able to smooth consumption across agricultural seasons. …”
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Data Descriptor: Smart subsidies for catchment conservation in Malawi por Bell, Andrew Reid, Ward, Patrick S., Mapemba, Lawrence, Nyirenda, Zephania, Msukwa, Wupe, Kenamu, Edwin

“…Registration questionnaires in the intervention included detailed assessments of recent production in plots being registered to the intervention, and basic information for all other plots; and basic information on household structure and assets.…”
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Do farmers value rice varieties tolerant to droughts and floods? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Odisha, India por Arora, Anchal, Bansal, Sangeeta, Ward, Patrick S.

“…While virtually all farmers perceive the threat of drought and are willing to pay for protection against drought risk, only farmers in flood-prone areas would be willing to pay for rice that can withstand being submerged for prolonged periods, suggesting the potential for market segmentation along geographical or ecological lines.…”
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Determining a Global Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Cutoff to Assess Underweight in Adults (Men and Nonpregnant Women) por Tang, Alice M., Chung, Mei, Dong, Kimberly, Wanke, Christine, Bahwere, Paluku, Bose, Kaushik, Chakraborty, Raja, Charlton, Karen, Hong, Steven, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Patsche, Cecilie B., Deitchler, Megan, Maalouf-Manasseh, Zeina

“…Increasingly, MUAC is being used to assess nutritional status and to determine eligibility for services among adults, especially in people living with HIV and/or tuberculosis. …”
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Does an inorganic fertilizer subsidy promote the use of organic fertilizers in Nigeria? por Alabi, Reuben Adeolu, Adams, Oshobugie Ojor, Abu, Godwin

“…The results reveal that organic fertilizer is being used as an alternative to inorganic fertilizer and that the farmers who are not able to access the fertilizer subsidy rely on organic fertilizer. …”
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Linking the economics of water, energy, and food: A nexus modeling approach por Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Breisinger, Clemens, Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam, Ringler, Claudia, Wiebelt, Manfred, Zhu, Tingju

“…The advantages are that, despite resource shortages being a challenge, the modeling suite aids in devising policies and strategies that formulate these sectoral interdependencies and provide the evidence-based research results necessary for their design in a way that exploits synergies existing across sectors, countries, and regions (Al-Zubari n.d.). …”
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Synopsis: Market access, welfare, and nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia por Stifel, David, Minten, Bart

“…We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia. …”
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Market Access, Welfare, and Nutrition: Evidence from Ethiopia por Stifel, David, Minten, Bart

“…We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia. …”
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Are shocks becoming more frequent or intense? por Zseleczky, Laura, Yosef, Sivan

“…Shocks are external, short-term deviations from long-term trends—deviations that have substantial negative effects (which may be short-lived or long lasting) on people’s state of well-being, level of assets, livelihoods, safety, and ability to withstand future shocks. …”
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Do farmers value rice varieties tolerant to droughts and floods? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Odisha, India por Arora, Anchal, Bansal, Sangeeta, Ward, Patrick S.

“…While virtually all farmers perceive the threat of drought and are willing to pay for protection against drought risk, only farmers in flood-prone areas would be willing to pay for rice that can withstand being submerged for prolonged periods, suggesting the potential for market segmentation along geographical or ecological lines. …”
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Does money talk? Designing safety net programs that work por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…But what works best to improve people’s well-being and enhance their food and nutrition security? …”
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Assessing the development impacts of bio-innovations: The case of genetically modified maize and cassava in Tanzania por Benfica, Rui, Zambrano, Patricia, Chambers, Judith A., Falck-Zepeda, José B.

“…Genetically modified (GM) maize offering protection against drought and insects are being developed. Likewise, GM varieties resistant to cassava brown streak disease were developed. …”
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Beyond emissions reduction: Climate change mitigation’s path to sustainable development. por Gutierrez Zapata, Diana Maria, Vanegas Cubillos, Martha Cristina, Borda, Carlos Andres, Casallas, Ivon Maritza, Sylvester, Janelle Marie, Castro Nunez, Augusto

“…Mitigating climate change isn't just about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it's also about promoting sustainable economic development and improving people's well-being. Understanding and leveraging the co-benefits of climate change mitigation will advance the achievement of the SDGs by attracting finance, building support and informing strategic policy decisions. …”
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