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The challenge of responding to multiple and compounding food shocks: The case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Ulimwengu, John M.

“…The country has the potential to become one of the richest economies on the continent and a driver of African growth. …”
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Evaluating malaria risk projection under climate change scenarios in Senegal by Sambou, M. H. A., Jampani, Mahesh, Panjwani, Shweta, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…The impacts of climate change on our planetary health pose a significant threat to various sectors, impacting more fragile economies and has far-reaching implications for public health. …”
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Ghana gender strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean and insect sectors by Acheampong, Patricia, Yeboah, Stephen, Fening Kennedy, Okwae, Asibuo, James, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ouya, Frederick, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…The project, building gender equitable resilience for adaptation to climate change across the bean crop and insect corridors to enhance food and nutrition in Sub-Sahara Africa (BRAINS) implemented in Ghana and 14 other countries in Sub-Sahara Africa intends to foster low-carbon, climate-resilient systems and economies in the bean, fruit trees, and insect value chains through; (a) enhancing climate resilience more equitably among women and youth farmers and value chain actors, (b) bringing adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies that boost climate resilience to scale across targeted production systems, and (c) building a pipeline of enterprises that are actively investing in carbon-neutral, climate-resilient, and gender-responsive business development in line with emerging climate finance sector goals.…”
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Global cassava strategy for the new millenium:CIAT's perspective by Ceballos, H.

“…The economies of many Latin American countries have opened up to the global markets in recent years. …”
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Maintaining diversity of integrated rice and fish production confers adaptability of food systems to global change by Freed, S., Barman, B., Dubois, Mark, Flor, R. J., Funge-Smith, S., Gregory, R., Hadi, B. A. R., Halwart, M., Haque, M., Jagadish, S.V. Krishna, Joffre, Olivier M., Karim, M., Kura, Y., McCartney, Matthew P., Mondal, M., Nguyen, V. K., Sinclair, Fergus L., Stuart, A. M., Tezzo, X., Yadav, S., Cohen, Philippa J.

“…Rice and fish are preferred foods, critical for healthy and nutritious diets, and provide the foundations of local and national economies across Asia. Although transformations, or “revolutions,” in agriculture and aquaculture over the past half-century have primarily relied upon intensified monoculture to increase rice and fish production, agroecological approaches that support biodiversity and utilize natural processes are particularly relevant for achieving a transformation toward food systems with more inclusive, nutrition-sensitive, and ecologically sound outcomes. …”
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International Livestock Research Institute One Health initiatives in Africa: Concepts and applications by Mhone, Amos L., Akoko, James M., Ngwili, Nicholas, Grace, Delia, Mor, Siobhan M., Thomas, Lian F., Roesel, Kristina, Fèvre, Eric M., Bett, Bernard K., Moodley, Arshnee, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…The CGIAR COVID 19 Hub provides a coordinated research response to the global pandemic threatening health systems worldwide, along with posing serious risks to food security; local businesses and national economies; and hard-fought progress by stakeholders at all levels towards the Sustainable Development Goals. …”
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How have foreign exchange market distortions and conflict affected agricultural production incentives in Myanmar? by Myanmar Agrifood Program for Strategy and Analysis

“…Fluctuations in agricultural prices pose significant challenges for fragile and conflict-affected economies due to their critical role in ensuring food security. …”
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To reach the poor: Results from the ISNAR-IFPRI Next Harvest study on genetically modified crops, public research, and policy implications by Atanassov, Atanas, Bahieldin, Ahmed, Brink, Johan, Burachik, Moisés, Cohen, Joel I., Dhawan, Vibha, Ebora, Reynaldo V., Falck-Zepeda, José B., Herrera-Estrella, Luis, Komen, John, Chon Low, Fee, Omaliko, Emeka, Odhiambo, Benjamin, Quemada, Hector, Peng, Yufa, Sampaio, Idah Sithole-Niang, Maria Jose, Sittenfeld, Ana, Smale, Melinda, Sithole-Niang, Idah, Sutrisno, Valyasevi, Ruud, Zafar, Yusuf, Zambrano, Patricia

“…To tackle this issue, we identified and analyzed public research pipelines for GM crops among 16 developing countries and transition economies. Respondents reported 209 genetic transformation events for 46 different crops at the time when the survey was conducted. …”
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Food Environment Mapping in Urban Informal (Nairobi) and Rural (Makueni) Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Vendor Survey Data (2023) by Odongo, Nicanor Obiero, Akingbemisilu, Tosin Harold, Jordan, Irmgard, Induli, Irene Mudiovo, Termote, Celine

“…Major subject areas include food systems, nutrition environment mapping, rural-urban disparities, public health, informal economies, and geospatial analysis. This dataset is particularly useful for researchers, policymakers, and development practitioners interested in food environment profiling, urbanization impacts on food systems, spatial analysis of vendor access, and nutrition-sensitive planning. …”
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Towards better control and prevention of Rift Valley fever in the greater Horn of Africa: a decision support tool for veterinary services by Jost, Christine, Sones, Keith R., Bett, Bernard K., Kihu, S., Nzietchueng, S., Njogu, G., Swai, E., Minjauw, B., Amanfu, W., Rocque, S. de la, Martin, V., Mariner, Jeffrey C.

“…The tool is intended to facilitate timely, evidence-based decision-making that will enable RVF outbreaks to be better prevented or contained, thereby reducing the scale of impacts on lives and livelihoods as well as local, national and regional economies. In September 2008, FAO EMPRES warned that RVF could occur again in East Africa later that year. …”
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Analysis of vegetable market chain in Dugda Woreda, east Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Setegn, D.

“…OLS regression results also revealed that there are economies of scale for wholesalers at Meki market, which clearly indicates the presence of barrier to entry/exit for wholesalers in the market. …”
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Economic valuation of phenotypic cattle trait preferences in trypanosomosis prevalent production systems of Eastern Africa: Implications for sustainable cattle breeding programs. by Ouma, Emily A.

“…The livestock sector plays crucial multifunctional roles in the rural livelihoods and economies of many sub-Saharan African countries; yet productivity remains relatively low in the region. …”
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Climate Change and Agriculture: Adaptation Strategies and Mitigation Opportunities for Food Security in South Asia and Latin America by Jat, Mangi Lal, Dagar, Jagdish Chander, Sapkota, Tek Bahadur, Singh, Yadvinder P., Govaerts, Bram, López Ridaura, Santiago, Saharawat, Yashpal S., Sharma, Ramesh Kumar, Tetarwal, J.P., Jat, Raj K., Hobbs, Huntington, Stirling, Clare M.

“…The developing countries, particularly in South Asia and Latin America, with diverse agroclimatic regions, challenging geographies, growing economies, diverse agricultural production systems, and farm typologies are more vulnerable to the effect of climate change due to heavy dependence on agriculture for livelihood. …”
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The environmental, socioeconomic, and health impacts of woodfuel value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic map by Sola, P., Cerutti, P.O., Zhou, W., Gautier, D., Iiyama, Miyuki, Schure, J., Chenevoy, A., Yila, Jummai Othniel, Dufe, V., Nasi, Robert, Petrokofsky, G., Shepherd, G.

“…We argue that policy formulation processes targeting woodfuels in SSA require more solid, coherent and broad body of knowledge, especially for such a vital sector in rural economies. Thus, there is an urgent need to design and undertake research using robust methodologies, at appropriate scales that further takes into account the interrelationships between environmental and socio-economic outcomes in order to generate substantial and reliable evidence for informed policy formulation.…”
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Previsión de precios de los informes de mercados agrícolas by Leavy, Sebastian, Beribe, Maria Jose

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Exploring marketing activities to strengthen brand equity within an SME by Meyer, Kim

“…There is little literature on marketing in SMEs in particular regarding brand equity, even though SMEs account for the majority of businesses in most economies. Moreover, ways of conceptualizing brand equity in literature offers little guidance for SMEs to realize the full potential of what brand equity as a concept can create. …”
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Leveransservice från sågverk till bygghandel by Sjölund, Jonas

Ledarskap i en zanzibarisk kultur by Hindström, Jakob, Tullström, Johan

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Foreign direct investments under political uncertainty : a case study of crop production in Ukraine by Valdenfeldt, Anastasiia

“…Moreover, the majority of the investments’ flows are directed to developing countries, where power and capabilities of state authorities are considered to be more extensive than in countries of developed economies. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the presence of the political uncertainty in the host country have an impact on final investment decision. …”

From rice to sugar, from smallholder to businessman by Kjeller, Agnar

“…Many governments in Africa envisage the potential to create rural employment, improve energy balances and strengthen their national economies by encouraging investment in large-scale agriculture. …”
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