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Livestock policies in Son La Province, Vietnam - a review by Dung, Pham Van, Savelli, Adam, Mai Thanh Tu, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Le Thi Thanh Huyen, Douxchamps, Sabine

“…Although policies have been implemented at the national and provincial levels to guide this growth in a sustainable manner, blind spots and implementation gaps remain. Through a review of policy documents, grey literature, peer-reviewed journal articles, and key informant interviews, this research seeks to summarize livestock-related policies at the national and provincial levels in Son La, Vietnam. …”
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Consumer acceptance of foods derived from blended wheat flour in Nairobi, Kenya by Kariuki, Sarah Wairimu, Donovan, Jason, Muteti, Francisca N., Ibba, Maria Itria, Muoria, John, Mahugu, Alex, Sila, Daniel, Bentley, Alison

“…We used sensory evaluation and contingent valuation techniques with a sample of 1871 consumers in Nairobi, Kenya to measure the acceptance of two commonly consumed foods (chapati and bread) made from wheat flours blended with up to 20% sorghum, millet, or cassava flour. In blind tasting, bread made of blended flour was slightly less preferred than conventional bread, while chapati products made of wheat and sorghum (10%) or millet (5%) blends were equally valued as chapati made of 100% wheat flour, suggesting the potential to replace up to 10% of wheat flour in chapati without compromising sensory characteristics and consumer acceptance. …”
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Poverty and forests: multi-country analysis of spatial association and proposed policy solutions

“…Implementation of these four strategies must take into account the implications of the four von Thünen zones (periurban, agricultural mosaic, forest frontier, and relatively undisturbed forests). (3) One cannot place blind faith in economic growth and laissez-faire for reducing poverty in forested areas. …”
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Women’s empowerment through seed improvement and seed governance: Evidence from participatory barley breeding in pre-war Syria by Galiè, Alessandra, Jiggins, Janice, Struik, Paul C., Grando, S., Ceccarelli, S.

“…The study shows how the programme enhanced the empowerment of the respondent women and how gender-blind seed governance regimes at national and international levels restricted the empowerment of these women ultimately affecting the pillars of food security. …”
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Smärtlindring hos killingar efter avhorning by Högberg, Madeleine

“…The study was randomized and double blinded. The behavior of the kids was studied one day before dehorning, on the dehorning day and three days after. …”

Livestock as a pathway to women’s empowerment in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review by Baltenweck, Isabelle, Achandi, Esther L., Bullock, Renee M., Campbell, Zoë A., Crane, Todd A., Eldermire, Erin R.B., Gichuki, Leah, Haan, Nicoline C. de, Katz, Elizabeth, Njiru, Nelly, Njuguna-Mungai, Esther, Poole, Elizabeth J., Galiè, Alessandra

“…Gender accommodative approaches were associated with more advances in WE than gender blind approaches, but there was no significant difference in the reported negative effects, challenging the prevailing assumption that gender-accommodative approaches ‘do no harm’. …”
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Identification and distribution of pathogens coinfecting with Brucella spp., Coxiella burnetii and Rift Valley fever virus in humans, livestock and wildlife by Middlebrook, E.A., Romero, A.T., Bett, Bernard K., Nthiwa, Daniel, Oyola, Samuel O., Fair, J.M., Bartlow, A.W.

“…We describe considerations and methods for identifying ongoing coinfections to address this critical blind spot in disease risk management.…”
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FR1.1: Do Water, Energy and Food Policies in Support of Solar Irrigation Enable Gender Transformative Changes in South Asia? Evidence from Policy Analysis in Bangladesh and Nepal by Khadka, Manohara, Uprety, Labisha, Shrestha, Gitta, Mukherji, Aditi, Mitra, Archisman

“…We draw on a gender transformative analysis approach and rank WEF policies on a continuum ranging from scale of 0-3 (denoting gender blind, gender aware, gender responsive and gender transformative). …”
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Gender gap in perspectives of the impacts of degradation and restoration on ecosystem services in Ethiopia by Mponela, Powell, Aynekulu, Ermias, Ebrahim, Mohammed, Abate, Tsion, Abera, Wuletawu, Zaremba, Haley, Elias, Marlène, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…However, policies and strategies are often gender-blind and designed in compliance with entrenched social hierarchies, exacerbating pre-existing social inequalities that affect restoration initiatives. …”
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Gender inclusion and intersectionality in policies related to climate change, land and food issues - Colombian case by Howland, Fanny C., Buritica, Alexander, Lopera, Diaan, Blanco, Maria, Pierce, Deborah

“…An intersectional gender lens is crucial, as gender-blind policies often prioritize the needs of men and dominant social groups, neglecting the needs of women and marginalized populations. …”
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How can gender research trigger changes to influence breeding priorities by Polar, Vivian, Ashby, Jacqueline A., Tufan, Hale Ann

“…Significant progress in agricultural technology development have remained persistently blind to social and gender inequalities. Creating agricultural research ecosystems and institutions that address gender inequality require structural and systemic analysis. …”
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A qualitative study of factors influencing initiation and adherence to micronutrient supplementation among women of reproductive age in Vietnam by Nechitilo, Meredith, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Webb-Girard, Aimee, Conzalez-Casanova, Ines, Martorell, Reynaldo, DiGirolamo, Ann, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…This study examines factors influencing initiation of supplement use and continued adherence among women participating in PRECONCEPT, a double-blind randomized controlled trial of preconception micronutrient supplementation.In-depth interviews were conducted with 39 participants during different periods (prepregnancy [n = 15], pregnancy [n = 8], postpartum [n = 8], and dropouts [n = 8]). …”
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A Comprehensive Database of CGIAR Climate-Related Journal Articles (2012–2023) by Orth, Alan S., Bosire, Caroline K., Rabago, Laura, Vaidya, Shrijana, Rajbhandari, Sitashma, Pradhan, Prajal, Mukherji, Aditi

“…Minor normalization was performed on affiliations, countries, and publishers, but all other metadata was used as-is from the respective repositories. 4,495 journal articles were uploaded to the Rayyan platform for a blinded screening of climate change relevance by a team trained in systematic literature review methodology. …”
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Nutrient composition of premixed and packaged complementary foods for sale in low- and middle-income countries: Lack of standards threatens infant growth by Masters, William A, Nene, Marc D, Bell, Winnie

“…We purchased samples of 108 premixed CF products in 22 low‐ and middle‐income countries, and commissioned blind laboratory measurement of each product's macronutrients and micronutrients. …”
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Production and consumption traits and the adoption of improved maize varieties: Evidence from seed sample packs and cooking demonstrations by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Nabwire, Leocardia, Kramer, Berber, Trachtman, Carly, Abate, Gashaw T.

“…The second intervention emphasizes consumption traits, offering cooking demonstrations and blind taste tests using flour from the same improved maize variety to highlight its taste, texture, and ease of preparation. …”
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Efficacy of Zinc Fortified and Fermented Wheat Flour (EZAFFAW): A randomized controlled trial protocol by Das, Jai K., Padhani, Zahra Ali, Khan, Muhammad, Mirani, Mushtaq, Rizvi, Arjumand, Chauhadry, Imran Ahmed, Yasin, Rahima, Ismail, Tariq, Akhtar, Saeed, Begum, Kehkashan, Iqbal, Junaid, Humayun, Khadija, Naseem, Hamna Amir, Malik, Kauser Abdulla, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

“…Methods A four-arm triple-blind randomized controlled trial will be conducted in a rural district of Paki stan. …”
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Poverty and forests: multi-country analysis of spatial association and proposed policy solutions by Sunderlin, William D., Dewi, S., Puntodewo, A.

“…Implementation of these four strategies must take into account the implications of the four von Thünen zones (periurban, agricultural mosaic, forest frontier, and relatively undisturbed forests). (3) One cannot place blind faith in economic growth and laissez-faire for reducing poverty in forested areas. …”
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Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in dairy cattle, cattle-keeping families, their non-cattle keeping neighbours and HIV-positive individuals in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya by Kang'ethe, Erastus K., McDermott, B., Grace, Delia, Mbae, C., Mulinge, E., Monda, J., Nyongesa, C., Ambia, J., Njehu, A.

“…Quality control consisted of blind reviews of slides, examining split samples and confirming slide results with IFA. …”
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Sensitivity and specificity of antigen-capture ELISAs for diagnosis of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypansoma vivax infections in cattle by Eisler, M.C., Lessard, P., Masake, R.A., Moloo, S.K., Peregrine, A.S.

“…Ten cattle were infected with each trypanosome population for at least 60 days, and in combination with unifected cohorts (n=16) were used in a double-blind study design. Sensitivity and specificity of the tests depended on the choice of positive-negative thresholds expressed as percent positivity with respect to the median OD of four replicates of the strong positive reference serum provided with the kit. …”
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Screening the banana biodiversity for drought tolerance: can an in vitro growth model and proteomics be used as a tool to discover tolerant varieties and understand homeostasis by Vanhove, A.C., Vermaelen, W., Panis, Bartholomeus, Swennen, Rony L., Carpentier, Sebastien C.

“…A PCA analysis indicates that control and stressed plants can blindly be classified based on their proteome. One hundred and twelve proteins were significantly more abundant in the stressed plants and 18 proteins were significantly more abundant in control plants (FDR α 0.05). …”
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