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Challenges for sustainable agriculture: Using participatory tools to study cocoa and livestock production systems in Caquetá, Colombia by Buitrago Rueda, Juliana, Álvarez Rámirez, Javier

“…They also demand greater attention from the state and policies and programs to improve their social, economic, and environmental well-being. The visibility and valuation of the work and contributions of women and youth to production systems and conservation is also a pending task.…”
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The future of development engineering: Our vision for the next generation of publications in DevEng by Amrose, Susan, Bilton, Amy M., Kramer, Berber

“…Moreover, these processes often fail due to technologies not being vetted well enough, field tests not being comprehensive, and evaluations lacking rigour. …”
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Perspectives of adolescent and young adults on poverty-related stressors: a qualitative study in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania by Hall, Brian J., Garabiles, Melissa R., de Hoop, Jacobus, Pereira, Audrey, Prencipe, Leah, Palermo, Tia

“…Impacts on functioning, health and well-being and key coping behaviours, both positive and negative, were identified. …”
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Assessing travel time and transportation costs in sub-Saharan Africa: A case study in Malawi by Guo, Zhe, Hawkins, James

“…The government of Malawi is pursuing an export led agricultural growth strategy, and therefore improving transport quality between major urban areas, as well as between rural areas and ports of trade or market centers, is a key pri-ority (DTIS, 2014). For this reason, being able to assess travel distances, times, and costs for major commerce routes is an important first step. …”
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Lessons learned from the evaluation of Helen Keller International’s enhanced homestead food production program by Olney, Deanna K., Dillon, Andrew, Ruel, Marie T., Nielsen, Jennifer

“…In addition, we discuss ideas about how this type of program could be further leveraged to optimize impacts on maternal and child health, nutrition, and well-being outcomes in future programs.…”
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Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects by Séne, Ligane Massamba, Badiane, Ousmane

“…Lower health costs also appear to improve households’ well-being, especially in the case of agricultural households. …”
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How best to target agricultural subsidies? The case for an indicator-based targeting system in Malawi by Houssou, Nazaire, Droppelmann, Klaus

“…Many evaluations, however, have criti-cized the program for not being pro-poor enough; hence a…”
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Enhanced Access to the CGIAR Virtual Library via Social Media by Ferreyra, Cecilia, Ramos, Mila, Álvare, Luz Marina

“…In addition to conventional media, social networking tools are now being explored and utilized to market the CGV Library. …”
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[Commentary on] Haas, Jere D. and Thomas Browlie IV. 2001. Evidence that iron deficiency anemia causes reduced work capacity by Horton, Susan, Levin, Carol E.

“…We provide some estimates of the magnitude of effects on well-being based on how this information has been used. …”
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Parental and predatory behaviour of scytodes sp., an araneophagic spitting spider (araneae : scytodidae) from the philippines by Li, Daiqin, Jackson, Robert R., Barrion, Alberto T.

“…Predatory attacks are by spitting, with large prey being spat at repeatedly before being subdued. After spitting, the scytodid wraps prey in silk before feeding. …”
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Community-led plantation model Shahada Cluster, India by VS, Viswadev, Meshram, Manish

“…The BAIF Development Research Foundation being the implementing partner for the initiative is partnering with multiple CGIAR institutes and research partners to develop Nature+ models for transforming the agrifood system. …”
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Mapping flows of blue economy finance: Ambitious narratives, opaque actions, and social equity risks by Schutter, Marleen, Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés, Voyer, Michelle, Allison, Edward (Eddie), Domarchuck-White, Calvin, Benzaken, Dominique, Mohammed, Essam Yassin

“…The blue economy provides a sustainability framework for ocean governance, but it is unclear whether narratives are matched by binding financial commitments and disbursements. Amid attention being paid to “funding gaps” in the Sustainable Development Goals, a lack of transparency in financial flows means that the blue economy concept risks being co-opted to facilitate further exploitation of ocean spaces and resources without contributing to environmental sustainability or social equity. …”
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Genetic dissection of grain zinc concentration in spring wheat for mainstreaming biofortification in CIMMYT wheat breeding by Velu, Covindan, Singh, Ravi Prakash, Crespo-Herrera, Leonardo, Juliana, Philomin, Dreisigacker, Susanne

“…The linked markers and associated candidate genes identified in this study are being validated in new biparental mapping populations for marker-assisted breeding.…”
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Enabling food system innovation: Accelerators for change by Thornton, Philip K., Mason D'Croz, Daniel, Kugler, Cody, Remans, Roseline, Zornetzer, Heather, Herrero, Mario

“…For the innovations that are being taken to scale and widely utilized, these accelerator gaps are small. …”
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Contributions of women’s collective farming to women’s agency in the Upper Indus Basin in the face of climate change by Bano, K., Waqar, Kanwal, Ali, A.

“…The study’s findings show that climate change has created issues more for women farmers being at the forefront in handling and tackling the impacts through various measures. …”
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Cattle breeding programs and trait preferences in Ethiopia by Seid, M.E., Kefenie, K.K., Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher, Meseret, Selam, Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Negussie, E.

“…Data revealed that agro-pastoral systems demonstrated a more balanced set of preferences, with draft power and milk production being equally important. Trait preferences formal cattle were largely consistent across systems, with traction ability and body size being highly valued, while preferences for other traits, such as coat color and fertility, varied by context. …”
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Forestry, poverty and aid by Arnold, J.E.M.

“…Assistance to smallholder tree growing and commercial activities has also often failed to take sufficient account of the poorer amongst those being targeted. The paper suggests a number of ways in which forestry aid might address some of these issues and become more effectively poverty oriented.…”
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Future socio-economic impacts and vulnerability by Osman-Elasha, B., Parrotta, J.A., Adger, N., Brockhaus, Maria, Colfer, C.J.P., Sohngen, B., Dafalla, T., Joyce, L.A., Nkem, J., Robledo, C.

“…This chapter discusses how the likely effects of climate-induced changes on the provision of forest ecosystem services may affect the economic and social well-being of society, including forest-dependent people, with specific reference to the production of wood and non-wood products, hydrological regulation and water quality, human health and well-being, spiritual and cultural values, recreation and ecotourism. …”
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Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review by Thornton, Philip K., Ericksen, Polly J., Herrero, Mario, Challinor, Andrew J.

“…By concentrating on changes in climate means, the full impacts of climate change on biological and human systems are probably being seriously underestimated. Here we briefly review the possible impacts of changes in climate variability and the frequency of extreme events on biological and food systems, with a focus on the developing world. …”
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Ecological approaches to human nutrition by DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Fanzo, J.C., Palm, Cheryl A., Remans, R.

“…Likewise, nutritionists and agronomists must recognize that many of the solutions to increasing human well-being and health can best be achieved by focusing on a healthy environment and the conservation of ecosystem services.…”
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