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Going Back to the Well: Women, Agency, and Climate Adaptation by Huyer, Sophia, Gumucio, Tatiana

“…They are: (1) participation in decision-making at different levels, (2) work burden, (3) access to and use of productive resources such as agroclimatic information, technology, livelihood incomes, and credit, and (4) collective action. Models for action are presented that show how gender-responsive approaches can promote equality while increasing resilience for all.…”
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Enhancing women’s rights and lives through gender-equitable restoration in Burkina Faso by Tiendrébéogo, Safiétou, Ouédraogo, Adidjata, Kabore, Ramané, Zougouri, Sita, Elias, Marlène, Traoré, Alain Touta, Vinceti, Barbara, Traoré, Daouda, Yago-Ouattara, Emma Lucie

“…Yet, they also find innovative ways to overcome such constraints, such as collective action and the creation of groups of mutual support. …”
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Scalar politics, power struggles and institutional emergence in Daw Lar Lake, Myanmar by Suhardiman, Diana, Scurrah, N., Ayemyaing, N.

“…From a policy perspective, we highlight the need to identify pathways for collective action among and across different groups of resource users, as the latter will be crucial in addressing ongoing resource competition, managing cross-sectoral livelihood impacts and ensuring sustainable lake management.…”
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Challenges in the governance of community-managed forests in Ethiopia: review by Yami, M., Mekuria, Wolde

“…Interference of local authorities and elite capture in decision-making processes of forest and landscape restoration also compromised the willingness of rural communities to engage in collective action. Requirements such as the identification of the needs of specific categories of communities and enabling of the negotiation of diverse interests in the design and implementation of interventions could improve the governance of community-managed forests. …”
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Making CSA-CIS-One-health Innovations Inclusive: AICCRA Ghana activities on mainstreaming and customizing innovations to women and youth needs by Obeng, Faustina, Damba, Osman Tahidu, Yeboah, Stephen, Wilson, Michael, Martey, Francisca, Clottey, Victor, Nii-Koi, Gordon, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Agboton, Cyriaque, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain

“…This improved women’s collective action and improved their voice in FBOs.…”
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Advancing gender-inclusive agriculture: Leveraging geographic information systems (GIS) integration with smart irrigation technologies by Aeman, Hafsa

“…Key opportunities encompass enhanced access to critical information, targeted extension services, collective action and knowledge sharing, as well as improved market access and value-chain participation. …”
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Participatory action research for changing gender norms and achieving women’s and youth’s empowerment in mixed barley-livestock systems in Ethiopia by Najjar, Dina, Tsige, Meseret, M. Oumer, Ali, Frija, Aymen, Ekule, Muluken, Wamatu, Jane, Haile, Aynalem, Sanchez-Garcia, Miguel

“…We work with producers, private companies, consumers, processors (many of whom are landless women), breeders, sellers and traders to enable access to better varieties and breeds and more sustainable practices. We focus on collective action for enabling access to information, inputs, essential networks and overcoming harmful social norms.…”
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Ghana Decentralization and Agricultural Services Household Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Political and Community Participation (PP) – information about respondent’s degree of participation in collective action and voting, engagement with elected officials, and frequency of access to the news 6. …”
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Economic growth, convergence and agricultural economics by Martin, Will

“…In terms of trade policy, developing country growth is tending to lead to convergence of agricultural policies with the pattern of assistance seen in today’s developed countries, raising concerns about the future need to deal with collective action problems, particularly those that increase the volatility of world prices.…”
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Community forestry in Nepal: A policy innovation for local livelihoods by Ojha, Hemant, Persha, Lauren, Chhatre, Ashwini

“…The immediate livelihood benefits derived by rural households bolster strong collective action wherein local communities actively and sustainably manage forest resources. …”
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Institutional change to promote a rental market for cropland in the communal areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Lyne, Michael C.

“…The findings also have implications for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) framework described in the introduction to Part 3.…”
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Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) as a pathway to sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food systems in Makueni County Kenya by Nderi, Alex Nduah, Nzuki, Esther Ndumi, Ogutu, Elizabeth, Ewell, Hanna Louise Deborah, Waswa, Boaz Shaban, Wanyama, Rosina Nanjala, Bullock, Renee M., Majiwa, Hamilton, Gichunge Kathure, Karen

“…Findings underscored that resilience is not solely technological—it is also social, rooted in equitable household decision-making, shared responsibilities, and collective action. The engagement reaffirmed the importance of empowering women and strengthening community structures to drive sustainable climate adaptation and agricultural transformation.…”
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Adaptive collaborative management: a value-adding approach to CBFM in the Philippines by Hartanto, H., Lorenzo, M.C.B., Valmores, C., Burton, L., Arda-Minas, L.

“…These include, among others, increased trust, attitude and awareness among the PO members and different stakeholders, increased skills of PO members, increased communication and information flow within and between stakeholder groups, increased collective action within PO members and across different stakeholders in CBFM implementation, improved feedback mechanisms from local forest managers to decision makers, increased income for PO members, and improved forest resource use and management. …”
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Facilitating collaboration and partnerships: lessons from adaptive collaborative management in the Philippines by Hartanto, H.

“…The ACM approach, which focuses on social learning, communication and collective action among diverse stakeholders, was used to facilitate collaboration and learning among the People's Organisations (PO), DENR and other local stakeholders in the Philippines. …”
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Leveraging poor people’s access to ownership and benefits of community-based forest enterprises: the role of an adaptive collaborative management approach by Pandit, B.H., McDougall, C., Belcher, B., Kumar, C., Maharjan, M.R.

“…Furthermore, because of the learning-based collective action, this network has been able to increase its profit margin from sale of processed NTFPs.…”
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Upgrading wood-based industries: harnessing the social network of small-scale furniture producers and their institutions by Melati, Irawati, R.H., Purnomo, H.

“…The social networks have a positive effect; they encourage collective action and enables access to market information, these networks function as a safety net for small-scale furniture producers. …”
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Opportunities for enhancing poor women’s socioeconomic empowerment in the value chains of three African non-timber forest products (NTFPs) by Shackleton, S., Paumgarten, F., Kassa, H., Husselman, M., Zida, M.

“…Suggestions for enhancing women’s benefits include: greater recognition of informal markets, the opportunities and constraints associated with them, and their position relative to export markets; improved support for collective action where this can provide women with greater voice, negotiating power, and help with economies of scale; more targeted training that addresses areas identified by women as useful and important to them; time-saving technologies and support systems such as child care; and creating greater gender awareness amongst stakeholders.…”
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Managing the transition from farmers’ groups to agricultural cooperatives in Lao PDR by Castella, J.C., Bouahom, B., Keophoxay, Anousith, Douangsavanh, L.

“…After a period of collectivization, then the dismantlement of former State-cooperatives, the recent legislation related to farmers associations and agricultural cooperatives is difficult to translate into concrete collective action. Active informal associations in Laos tend to be credit groups or small income generating groups. …”
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Multi-scale analysis for promoting integrated watershed management by Rubiano, J., Quintero, Marcela, Estrada, R.D., Moreno, Alonso

“…Strategic alliances and collective action are implemented to test the feasibility of environmental and economic alternatives. …”
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Development of a participatory action research approach for four agricultural carbon projects in East Africa by Shames, Seth, Bernier, Quinn, Masiga, Moses

“…Common themes included the need for partnership development, enhanced training of trainer programs, improvements in the sense of community ownership of projects, and stronger foundations for collective action throughout project and community institutions.…”
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