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Network innovations: Building the next generation of agricultural scientists in Africa by Moock, Joyce Lewinger

“…Each network is primarily based on one or more disciplinary fields, but offers an array of subject matter that encourages systems thinking; provides professional career structures necessary to develop a stable cadre of African research leaders; and creates network services that build economies of scale. These networks are fortified by linkages to local stakeholders, such as the private sector, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and government bodies; to continental alliances, such as the African Union (AU), Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), and Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) under the auspices of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD); and to global agricultural entities, such as the CGIAR Consortium, world-class universities outside the region, and international markets.…”
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Overview: Structural change, fundamentals, and growth by McMillan, Margaret S., Rodrik, Dani, Sepúlveda, Claudia

“…The first decade of the 21st century was extraordinarily good for developing countries and their mostly poor citizens. Their economies expanded at unprecedented rates, resulting in both a large reduction in extreme poverty and a significant expansion of the middle class. …”
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Structural change in a poor African country: New historical evidence from Ghana by Osei, Robert Darko, Jedwab, Rémi

“…In fact, it is the path that eight high-performing Asian economies followed between 1960 and 1990 to reach rapid, sustained, and inclusive growth rates—higher than those of all other regions—earning the title the “East Asian miracle.” …”
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Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt by Eldabbagh, Fayrouz, Brouziyne, Youssef

“…Designing and implementing coherent climate-adaptive water productivity policies through holistic and integrated knowledge could manage the growing demand for food and water, and sustain small-scale farmers' livelihoods and economies, which is the aim of this research. This study focuses on the analysis of power dynamics and the social network that evolves around the control of information and technical assistance that shape policy narratives. …”
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Myanmar’s agrifood system: Historical development, recent shocks, future opportunities by Boughton, Duncan, Belton, Ben, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Masias, Ian, Minten, Bart

“…This work fills an important knowledge gap for one of Southeast Asia’s major agricultural economies — one largely closed to empirical research for many years. …”
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Ecosystem services in livestock farming: Integral valuation framework and field applications by Florez, Jesus Fernando, Louhaichi, Mounir, Yigezu, Yigezu Atnafe, Abdrahmane, Wane, Hassan, Sawsan, Gonzalez Quintero, Ricardo, Notenbaert, An, Burkart, Stefan

“…Livestock plays a critical role in global food security and economies but also contributes to environmental challenges, including deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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History and genetic diversity of African sheep: Contrasting phenotypic and genomic diversity by Da Silva, A., Ahbara, A., Baazaoui, I., Jemaa, S.B., Cao, Y., Ciani, E., Dzomba, E.F., Evans, L., Gootwine, E., Hanotte, Olivier H., Harris, L., Li, M.-H., Mastrangelo, S., Missohou, A., Molotsi, A., Muchadeyi, F.C., Mwacharo, J.M., Tallet, G., Vernus, P., Hall, S.J.G., Lenstra, J.A.

“…Domesticated sheep have adapted to contrasting and extreme environments and continue to play important roles in local community-based economies throughout Africa. Here we review the Neolithic migrations of thin-tailed sheep and the later introductions of fat-tailed sheep into eastern Africa. …”
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Chinese trade and investment and the forests of the Congo Basin: Synthesis of scoping studies in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon by Putzel, L., Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel, Ndong, L.B.B., Banioguila, R.P., Cerutti, P.O., Tieguhong, J.C., Djeukam, R., Kabuyaya, N., Lescuyer, G., Mala, W.A.

“…All studies were conducted under the CIFOR project ‘Chinese trade and investment in Africa: Assessing and governing trade-offs to national economies, local livelihoods and forest ecosystems’, initiated in 2010. …”
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Reservoir operation for recession agriculture in Mekong basin, Laos by Reis, J., Culver, T.B., Lacombe, Guillaume, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

“…As hydropower dam construction in rapidly growing economies dislodges communities, rural development experts must help the displaced make their livelihoods in new lacustrine environments. …”
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National Agricultural Resilience Framework by Vermeulen, Sonja J., Abubakar Y, Conway, G., Dziba L, Hoevel M, Ibe C, Ibrahim, A., Olokor J, Ifeijka Speranza, Chinwe

“…Globally, agriculture is the mainstay of most well planned economies because it contributes significantly to the national GDP, creates employment, provides food for human sustenance, raw materials for industry and earns foreign exchange. …”
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Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South by Aguiar, Diana, Ahmed, Yasmin, Avcı, Duygu, Bastos, Gabriel, Batubara, Bosman, Bejeno, Cynthia, Camacho-Benavides, Claudia I., Chauhan, Komal, Coronado, Sergio, Das, Somashree, Ejarque, Mercedes, Valencia-Duarte, Diana María

“…We argue that despite the historical and structural limitations, the critical juncture of convergence of crises and renewed interest in agrarian political economies offers an opportunity for fostering a diverse research agenda that opens space for critical perspectives about, from and by the Global South, which is mostly absent in mainstream scholarship dominated by the Global North. …”
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Assessment of provisioning ecosystem services in terrestrial ecosystems of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. by Rosas, Yamina Micaela, Peri, Pablo Luis, Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José

“…Provisioning ecosystem services play an important role in the development of regional economies. Traditional managements usually intensify the supply of provisioning services, without consideration of other services (e.g. cultural and supporting) and biodiversity. …”
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Lechec de la production agricole en Afrique francophone by Nkamleu, G.B.

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Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges by Lapeña, I., Turdieva, M.K., López Noriega, Isabel, Ayad, W.G., Bioversity International

“…However, major changes in the rural economies in Central Asia, after the break-up of the former Soviet Union in 1991, have contributed to exacerbating some of the threats to agricultural biodiversity. …”
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New insights on efficiency and productivity analysis: Evidence from vegetable-poultry integration in rural Tanzania by Habiyaremye, Naphtal, Tabe-Ojong, Martin P., Ochieng, Justus, Chagamoka, Takemore

“…Exacerbating the situation, poverty in the light of per capita income keeps increasing making it one of the poorest economies in the world. Recent policy debates have been geared at probing into the situation and seeking ways of reversing this troublesome and disturbing trend. …”
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Experiments in farmers' collectives in Eastern India and Nepal: Process, benefits, and challenges by Agarwal, B., Leder, S., Saikia, P., Sudgen, Fraser, Raut, Manita, Kumar, Anoj, Ray, D.

“…All groups have gained from cultivating contiguous plots in their efficiency of labour and machine use for land preparation and irrigation, and from economies in input purchase. Several collectives of tenant farmers have also enhanced their bargaining power vis‐a‐vis an entrenched landlord class and thus been able to negotiate lower rents and refuse long‐standing feudal obligations. …”
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Psychological factors influencing pro-environmental behavior in developing countries: Evidence From Colombian and Nicaraguan students by Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Charry, Andrés, Sellitti, Stefania, Ruzzante, Matteo, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…Existing research has largely focused on case studies of pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) in developed economies but there is very little evidence for developing countries. …”
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Policy support for climate-resilient agricultural transformations: IPSR Innovation Profile by Ires, Idil, Jacobs-Mata, Inga

“…The program comprises two pillars: 1) national policy dialogues, which bring together governments, agribusinesses, donors, researchers, and civil society organizations to explore feasible policy and investment interventions, and 2) the ESA Policy Hub, which scales the key takeaways from dialogues to the regional level to tap opportunities arising from trade and regional integration of national economies. Moreover, the program consists of two main innovation bundles: One, the main bundle, is “long-term technical assistance to governments,” garnering results from crosscutting scientific research and national policy dialogues and taking into account climate shocks and stresses to inform policymaking. …”
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Evaluating cereal market (dis)integration in less developed and fragile markets: The case of Sudan by Abay, Kibrom A., Abdelfattah, Lina Alaaeldin, Breisinger, Clemens, Siddig, Khalid

“…Sudan’s context provides important insights on the functioning of markets in economies marred by sanctions, conflicts, soaring inflation, and macroeconomic imbalances. …”
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Farmers’ social media groups for better extension and advisory services by Djanibekov, Nodir, Kurbanov, Zafar, Tadjiev, Abdusame, Govind, Ajit, Akramkhanov, Akmal

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