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Quantifying the impact of weather extremes on global food security: A spatial bio-economic approach by Gbegbelegbe, Sika, Chung, Uran, Shiferaw, Bekele, Msangi, Siwa, Tesfaye, Kindie

“…However, sustained growth in per capita income across world economies between 2000 and 2050 would allow few countries in SSA and the LAC region to virtually eliminate hunger within their borders. …”
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An analysis of the costs of Uganda's Child Days Plus: Do low costs reveal an efficient program or an underfinanced one? by Fiedler, John L., Semakula, Richard

“…Two-thirds of underfinancing is manifested in nonimplementation and one-third as less-than full-reimbursement. CDP exploits economies of scale and scope and has an average cost per child served of US$0.22. …”
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Marketing, Processing and Utilization Community of Practice. Rebranding OFSP for Health and Wealth: Proceedings of CoP meeting held in Kunduchi Beach Hotel, Dar es Salaam 14-16 Mar... by International Potato Center

“…The overall objective continues to be to develop the essential capacities, products, and methods to reposition sweetpotato in food economies to alleviate poverty and undernutrition in Africa. …”
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Description des processus ancestraux pour la reconnaissance de haricot biofortifié Agrosavia Rojo 43 par le peuple Arhuaco by Rozo Leguizamón, Yanine, López López, Antonio José, Izquierdo Cujar, Alejandra, Rochel Ortega, Elizabeth, Gómez Latorre, Douglas, Tofiño Rivera, Adriana

“…L’économie du peuple Arhuaco, l’une des quatre villes ancestrales installé dans la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, s’articule autour de la production agricole dans la communauté, c’est pourquoi ses processus d’enseignement de l’école primaire et secondaire privilégie les matières qui favorisent travailler dans les jardins, parmi lesquels les haricots, sont présents comme aliment traditionnel et cérémonial. …”
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Liberalisation et competitivite de la filiere arachidiere au Sénégal by Badiane, Ousmane

“…Au bout d’une décennie de Nouvelle Politique Agricole, l’économie arachidière se trouve dans une situation de morosité sans précédent. …”
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Linkages between land management, land degradation, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Uganda by Nkonya, Ephraim M., Pender, John L., Kaizzi, Kayuki C., Kato, Edward, Mugarura, Samuel, Ssali, Henry, Muwonge, James

“…Agriculture is vital to the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa: two-thirds of the region’s people depend on it for their livelihoods. …”
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Linkages between land management, land degradation, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Uganda by Nkonya, Ephraim M., Pender, John L., Kaizzi, Kayuki C., Kato, Edward, Mugarura, Samuel, Ssali, Henry, Muwonge, James

“…Agriculture is vital to the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa: two-thirds of the region’s people depend on it for their livelihoods. …”
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Analysis of cassava value chain in Ghana: Implications for upgrading smallholder supply systems by Darko-Koomson, Samuel, Aidoo, Robert, Abdoulaye, Tahirou

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Vertically-bundled MRV system for climate change mitigation actions in rice cultivation, towards realising national climate goals by Trang, Vu Hong, Nelson, Katherine, Yen, Bui Tan, Cuong, Ong Quoc, Tran, Nguyen Bao

“…Rice production plays a crucial role in global food security and national economies, but also contributes significantly to the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). …”
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Case studies on efforts to digitalize payments in agri-food value chains by Wagner, Julia, de Brauw, Alan, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Ambler, Kate

“…Agriculture remains the backbone of rural economies across much of both Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia, employing 54 and 43 percent of the workforce, respectively, and providing livelihoods for most of the rural poor (GSMA, 2020; Nair and Varghese, 2020). …”
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Gestion inclusive des paysage : un guide pour les facilitateurs de processus by International Water Management Institute

“…En fin de compte, ce manuel est un cadre stratégique pour créer des systèmes de gouvernance de paysage résilients et à long terme qui bénéficient aux populations, aux écosystèmes et aux économies.…”
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Gestion inclusive des paysage : un guide pour les chefs de projet et les facilitateurs de processus by International Water Management Institute

“…En fin de compte, ce manuel est un cadre stratégique pour créer des systèmes de gouvernance de paysage résilients et à long terme qui bénéficient aux populations, aux écosystèmes et aux économies.…”
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Forest resources information in Indonesia: examining the systems, constraints and opportunities by Usman, Siswari, R.L.S., Amin, M., Darudono, Chrystanto, S.Y., Kirana, R.T., Khan, A., Nasendi, B.

“…Significant information gaps exist within and outside the formal forestry sector, notably for non-wood forest products, forest /tree resources on privately managed lands, and other resources that are vital for household and local economies. There are also important sources of important in other ministries and the private sector. …”
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Actors and landscape changes in tropical Latin America: challenges for REDD+ design and implementation by Pacheco, P., Aguilar-Støen, M., Borner, J., Etter, A., Putzel, L., Vera-Diaz, M.D.C.

“…Five dominant trends are occurring in tropical Latin America with implications for land use change: (1) rapid growth of agribusiness, (2) expansion and modernisation of traditional cattle ranching, (3) slow growth of small-scale agriculture, (4) logging in production forest frontiers and (5) resurgence of traditional agro-extractive economies. These trends are driven by global markets and national policies, and have significant impacts on landscape change, with diverse associated trade-offs between agricultural development and forest conservation, and impacts on people’s livelihoods. …”
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Categorisation of dairy production systems: A strategy for targeting meaningful development of the systems in Uganda by Mubiru, S.L., Tenywa, J.S., Halberg, N., Romney, Dannie L., Nanyeenya, W., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Staal, Steven J.

“…Dairy production is a major contributor towards national economies and household food security and incomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …”
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Spatially targeting the distribution of agricultural input stockists in Malawi by Farrow, Andrew, Risinamhodzi, K, Zingore, Shamie, Delve, Robert J.

“…In addition, the improvement in roads might increase the number of potential customers of any particular stockist, with economies of scale allowing the reduction of prices while ensuring a satisfactory profit margin for the stockist. …”
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Unleashing the power of cassava in Africa…are we there yet? by James, B.D., Bramel-Cox, P.J., Witte, E.R., Asiedu, Robert, Watson, D., Okechukwu, R.U.

“…In 2008, USAID and IITA initiated the project Unleashing the Power of Cassava in Response to Food Price Crisis (UPoCA) as a multi-country and inter-institutional partnership enabling the cassava sub sectors to realize their full potential in rural economies. The UPoCA project covers DR Congo, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania and draws on prior research results to increase on-farm cassava productivity and value adding processing for markets. …”
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Impacts of Fair Trade-Certified Coffee in Nicaragua,Brazil, Honduras, and Peru: Implications for livelihoods and empowerment of farm workers and independent smallholder producers. by Río Duque, Martha Lilia del, González, Carolina, Córdoba, Diana M., Howland, Fanny C., Gutiérrez, Natalia, Lundy, Mark M.

“…In rich and emerging economies, consumers are willing to pay higher prices for coffee, cocoa, and other certified agricultural products that guarantee a sustainable production process and enhance producers’ and workers’ livelihoods (Chiputwa et al., 2015). …”
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Recomendaciones para la recolección sustentable de hojas de ñire (Nothofagus antarctica) bajo uso silvopastoril y MBGI en la provincia de Santa Cruz by Mattenet, Francisco Javier, Peri, Pablo Luis, Monelos, Lucas H., Mónaco, Martín H.

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Agronomic and nutritional evaluation of INIA 910—Kumymarca ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.): An alternative for sustainable forage production in department of Amazonas (NW Peru) by Vásquez, Héctor V., Valqui, Leandro, Bobadilla, Leidy G., Meseth Macchiavello, Enrique, Trigoso, Milton J., Zagaceta, Luis H., Valqui Valqui, Lamberto, Saravia Navarro, David, Barboza, Elgar, Maicelo, Jorge L.

“…Proper fertilization and cutting management can improve ryegrass production, benefiting livestock feeding and rural economies.…”
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