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Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe by Tirivanhu, Doreen, Chevo, Tafadzwa, Mapangisana, Toga

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Preparing future-ready youths for agri-food challenges by Jaggi, Seema, Agrawal, R.C., Pandey, P.S., Yeyinou Loko, Laura Estelle, Rao, C. Srinivasa, Thorsen, Dorte, Prabhakar, Neerja

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Can participatory video-based extension increase awareness and knowledge of climate adaptation practices? Insights from rural Kenya by Ndegwa, Michael K., Ringler, Claudia, Muteti, Francisca N., Kato, Edward, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…This note summarizes results from a study that assessed whether participatory video-based extension approaches tailored to women’s preferred CSA approaches could reduce the gender gap in awareness and adoption of CSA practices in Kenya. …”
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Reshaping agrifood systems to achieve multiple development goals by Fan, Shenggen, Otsuka, Keijiro

“…Thus this book has examined key issues using new lenses reflecting the rapidly changing world, such as nutrition, household decision-making behavior (related not only to gender but also to credit and insurance), natural resource management (including land, forests, and water), climate change, reprioritization of agricultural research, and political economy. …”
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Maternal diets in India: Gaps, barriers, and opportunities by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kachwaha, Shivani, Tran, Lan Mai, Sanghvi, Tina, Ghosh, Sebanti, Menon, Purnima

“…Supply- and demand-side constraints to healthy diets include food unavailability, poor economic situation, low exposure to nutrition counselling, food restrictions and taboos, adverse family influence and gender norms, and gaps in knowledge. Intervention strategies with potential to improve maternal diets include food-based programs, behavior change communication, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions. …”
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Assessing the risk of COVID-19 in Feed the Future countries by Koo, Jawoo, Azzarri, Carlo, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Quabili, Wahid

“…For this reason, the Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN) was commissioned to correlate Demographic and Health Survey data from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with geospatial data in order to develop a subnational dataset of key COVID-19 risk indicators based on which potential risk hotspots were identified. …”
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Reshaping food systems: The imperative of inclusion by Fan, Shenggen, Swinnen, Johan

“…. - Education is a major driver of inclusion, increasing life-long income and improving nutrition, health, civic engagement, and gender equality. - Marginalized people should be empowered to make strategic choices within food systems and have a voice in holding governments accountable for delivery of inclusive food systems.…”
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Rural labor and long recall loss by Ambler, Kate, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Maredia, Mywish K.

“…The composition of households’ primary respondents, predominantly male and older, as well as differential effects by age both suggest that use of long recall may lead to meaningful biases by both age and gender in resulting data. Details…”
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Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) Pilot for Bangladesh by Peterman, Amber, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Dardón, Monica, Hassan, Md. Zahidul, Kamusiime, Herbert, Malapit, Hazel J.

“…The WEAI is also a useful tool for tracking progress toward gender equality, which is one of the Millennium Development Goals. …”
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Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) Pilot for Uganda by Peterman, Amber, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Dardón, Monica, Hassan, Md. Zahidul, Kamusiime, Herbert, Malapit, Hazel J.

“…The WEAI is also a useful tool for tracking progress toward gender equality, which is one of the Millennium Development Goals. …”
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Polder Tidings by Yadav, Sudhir, Mondal, Manoranjan K., Batas, Mary Ann, Jagadish, S.V. Krishna, Mandal, M. A. Sattar, Ali, Mohammad, Sarker, Mou Rani, Singaraju, Niyati, Parvin, Rokhsana, Sarker, Shilpi Rani, Bhattacharya, Jayanta

“…The magazine also features insights from stakeholders, the potential for youth engagement in agriculture, the significance of gender empowerment, and the experiences of SIIL scholars.…”
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Beyond emissions reduction: Climate change mitigation’s path to sustainable development by Gutierrez Zapata, Diana Maria, Vanegas Cubillos, Martha Cristina, Borda, Carlos Andrés, Casallas, Ivon Maritza, Sylvester, Janelle Marie, Castro Nunez, Augusto

“…Finally, the practical aspects address geopolitical, financial, gender, and social inclusion considerations to promote integrated actions that meet both climate and development goals.…”
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Public spending and poverty in Mozambique by Heltberg, Rasmus, Simler, Kenneth R., Tarp, Finn

“…In Mozambique, it appears that regional and gender imbalances in health and education are more significant than income based differences. …”
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Leveraging social assistance to strengthen women’s and girls’ climate resilience: What is the potential, and what are promising program designs? by Hidrobo, Melissa, Mueller, Valerie, Bryan, Elizabeth, Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah, Laderach, Peter, Roy, Shalini

“…WGs have important roles in making agrifood systems more climate-resilient, given that they represent almost 40 percent of the workforce (50 percent in sub-Saharan Africa) (FAO, 2023) and have gender-differentiated roles and knowledge. Yet they are more limited in their opportunities to adapt to climate change, due to systemic inequalities in their access to resources, technologies, information, services, and networks, and due to restrictive social norms.…”
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Capacity development on feeds and forages, manure management and animal health techniques for farmers in Mai Son District, Son La Province by Nguyen, Thi Hien, Nguyen, Thi Bich Hoai, Luu, Thi Huong, Lo, Thi Hoa, Lo, Quang Thanh, Dao, Thi Thu Hang, Duncan, Alan J., Peters, Michael, Atieno, Mary

“…The CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING) initiative being implemented in Son La Province, Vietnam, aims to transform the livestock value chain in the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam towards greater livestock productivity, adaptation, equity, and sustainability. …”
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Social and behavior change communication intervention to enhance animal-source foods consumption for diverse diets to improve maternal and child nutrition in Central Uganda by Ahumuza, Ronnie, Ahmed, Hardi, Molina, Teresa, Achandi, Esther, Hammond, James, Omosa, Esther, Ijudai, Jasada, Ouma, Emily A.

“…One of these is the ‘Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender inclusion (SAPLING)’ an initiative implemented by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Alliance of Bioversity International & International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (ABC-CIAT). …”
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Developing evidence for agricultural and rural development policies and strategies in Nigeria by Salau, Sheu

“…This renewed commitment paved the way for the Agricultural Support Facility Project (APSF), which seeks to, among other things, create an environment and produce evidence on specific policy issues facing the Nigerian agricultural sector that allows for a more inclusive design and implementation of evidence-based, pro-poor, gender sensitive, and environmentally sustainable agricultural and rural development policies and strategies in Nigeria. …”
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The true costs of food production in Kenya by Benfica, Rui, Davis, Kristin E., Oulu, Martin, Termote, Céline, Fadda, Carlo

“… • Findings at farm level in NATURE+ Initiative sites in Kajiado, Kisumu, and Vihiga, for the crop sector show that: o Direct costs (70% of true costs) are predominantly hired labor and seed costs o External costs represent about 30% of the true costs o Social externalities costs (84%) are greater than environmental costs (16%) o Forced labor is the most important impact, followed by child labor, underpayment, and gender wage gaps o Environmental externalities include land occupation (land use) and soil degradation…”
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Priority policy and actions of local government to promote climate-resilient and inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Sarlahi and Dailekh districts in Nepal by KC, Sumitra, Khadka, Manohara, Nepal, Santosh, Koirala, Sanju, Aryal, Mamata

“…This study identifies critical gaps in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) policies and practices from a gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) and climate change perspective and recommends actions for local governments to promote inclusive and resilient WASH services. …”
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Report of farmer learning visits to model farms in Wakiso and Mukono districts, Uganda by Oba, Peter, Businge, Martha, Hasahya, Emmanuel, Kyobe, Francis, Kawuma, Peter, Ssimbwa, David, Happy, Noeline, Marunga, Caroline, Kaweesa, Peter, Wairagala, Pamela, Ahumuza, Ronnie, Dione, Michel M., Ouma, Emily A.

“…The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), working in collaboration with district local governments in Uganda's Central Region and other national partners, is implementing the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender inclusion (SAPLING) to address health and other productivity constraints identified in the pig value chain. …”
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