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A simple, hand-held decision support designed tool to help resource-poor farmers improve potato late blight management by Pérez, W., Arias, R., Taipe, A., Ortíz, O., Forbes, G., Andrade-Piedra, J.L., Kromann, P.

“…Three disks of different colors have been designed for potato varieties of varying levels of host resistance. …”
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Investing in impacts to transform food systems in a changing climate: A design challenge for scaling sustainable finance in climate-smart agriculture by Koerner, Jana, Dinesh, Dhanush, Nagano, Akiko

“…An info note on a design challenge for scaling sustainable finance in climate-smart agriculture. …”
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Paternity assignment in white guinea yam (Dioscorea Rotundata) half-sib Progenies from polycross mating design using SNP markers by Norman, P.E., Agre, P.A., Danquah, A., Tongoona, P.B., Danquah, E.Y., Koeyer, D. de, Ikeogu, Ugochukwu N., Asiedu, R., Asfaw, A.

“…Findings are useful for parental reconstruction, accurate dissection of the genetic effects, and selection in white Guinea yam breeding program utilizing polycross mating design.…”
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Genetic and phenotypic parameters for growth and lamb survival traits of Farta and their crosses with Washera sheep in northwest Ethiopia: Inputs to design of breeding programs by Abebe, A.S., Alemayehu, K., Gizaw, Solomon, Johansson, A.M.

“…Parameters estimated in the current study can be used to design sheep breeding programs.…”
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Designing options to narrow gender gaps in agricultural value chains using a resilience lens: Evidence from the Tahoua region of Niger by Nordehn, Caitleen

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Guatemalan government adopts local information system for the monitoring and early warning of climate-related seasonal hunger co-designed with CCAFS scientists by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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PIM-funded research in Haryana, India, informed the design of innovative picture-based insurance products, reducing insurance premiums by approximately 50%. by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Measuring women’s decision making: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda and Yemen by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Post-genomics revolution in the design of premium quality rice in a high-yielding background to meet consumer demands in the 21st century by Sreenivasulu, Nese, Zhang, Changquan, Tiozon, Rhowell N., Qiaoquan Liu

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How Do Game Design, Gender, and Players’ Backgrounds Affect Behavior in Framed Field Experiments? Evidence from Community Forestry in India by Zhang, Wei, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Valappanandi, Sanoop, Balakrishna, Raksha, Reddy, Hemalatha, Janssen, Marco A., Thomas, Liya, Priyadarshini, Pratiti, Kandicuppa, Sandeep, Chaturvedi, Rahul, Ghate, Rucha

“…Findings have methodological and practical implications for designing behavioral intervention programs to improve common-pool resource governance.…”
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Seasonal seed scenario planning: co-design of a generic framework for matching seed supply and demand using seasonal climate forecasts by Steinke, Jonathan, Ortíz Crespo, Berta, Etten, Jacob van, Borman, Gareth Denis, Hassena, Mohammed, Kretschmer, Marlene, MacLeod, David A., Muungani, Dean

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Harmonization of Work Packages in Mixed Farming: A descriptive design of farming systems components, priorities, and sociotechnical packages towards sustainable intensification by Neupane, Nilhari, Koirala, Sanju, Karki, Darshan, Khadka, Manohara, Shrestha, Nirman, KC, Jibesh, Pandit, A., Cheesman, Stephanie, Frija, Aymen

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A co-design approach with farmers in eliciting rice varietal trait preferences in South and Southeast Asia through the Investment Game Application by Ynion, Jhoanne, Dixit, Shalabh, Paguirigan, Neale Marvin, Custodio, Marie Claire, Demont, Matty

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Gender equity implications of the adoption of mechanized livestock fodder choppers in Bangladesh’s mixed farming systems: study design and data collection tool by Euler, M., Cheesman, S., López Ridaura, Santiago, Rahman, M., Keya, F., Krupnik, T. J.

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Designing for empowerment impact in agricultural development projects: Experimental evidence from the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) project in Bangladesh by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter, Hoddinott, John F., Pereira, Audrey, Roy, Shalini

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Designing for empowerment impact in agricultural development projects: Experimental evidence from the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) project in Bangladesh by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter, Hoddinott, John F., Pereira, Audrey, Roy, Shalini

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Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on nutrition, education, agriculture and other social outcomes in Ghana: Rationale, randomised design and baseline data by Gelli, Aulo, Masset, Edoardo, Folson, Gloria, Kusi, Anthony, Arhinful, Daniel K., Asante, Felix, Ayi, Irene, Bosompem, Kwabena M., Watkins, Kristie, Abdul-Rahman, Lutuf, Agble, Rosanna, Anase-Baden, Gertrude, Mumuni, Daniel, Aurino, Elisabetta, Fernandes, Meena, Drake, Lesley

“…The 3-year study involves a cluster-randomised control trial designed around the scale-up of the national school feeding programme, including 116 primary schools in 58 districts in Ghana. …”
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Bringing rigor to evaluations of large-scale programs to improve infant and young child feeding and nutrition: The evaluation designs for the Alive & Thrive initiative by Menon, Purnima, Rawat, Rahul, Ruel, Marie T.

“…The evidence base on the impact of large-scale infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and nutrition programs is limited, partly due to the challenges of rigorously evaluating complex programs including multiple interventions.To describe the process used to design Alive & Thrive's impact evaluations in the three target countries and discuss the feasibility of developing contextually relevant designs adapted to the country-specific programmatic context.The evaluation designs for Alive & Thrive needed to address several challenges. …”
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Climate information services in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam: A human-centered design approach. Interview guide for user persona development by Van, Lam Luong, Giraldo, Diana, Giles, James, Muller, Anna, Swaans, Kees, Ramirez Villegas, Julian

“…This methodology enables a deeper understanding of how rice farmers interact with climate information services, supporting the design of tailored interventions and tools.…”
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Business Accelerators for Climate Change Adaptation in East and Southern Africa: The value of tailor-made and co-designed approaches for Food Systems Transformation by Lozano, Denise, Dam Lam, Rodolfo, Zulu, Mercy, Rossignoli, Cristiano

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