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Agriculture for nutrition and health por Grace, Delia, McDermott, John J.

“…The last 4 decades have also seen concerns about agriculture widen from food quantity to food quality and safety, from farms to the whole value chain, from productivity to environmental impacts, and from profits to poverty and gender equity. This paper describes how, in response to changing demands, the CGIAR transited in 2010 from an informally managed, academically oriented system to a more structured model emphasizing impact, accountability and collaboration. …”
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Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists por McPeak, J.G., Chantarat, S., Mude, Andrew G.

“…It will be interesting to see if there are any gender dimensions to insurance use. In addition, with competing claims to livestock with complex property rights, there is a need to monitor how insurance interacts with social ideas of livestock ownership. …”
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Evaluating willingness to contribute to a local public good: Application of contingent valuation to tsetse control in Ethiopia por Swallow, B.M., Mulatu, W.

“…Willingness to contribute money was related to the gender of the household head, the number of cattle held by the house hold and the participation of the household in a monitoring exercise being conducted by the research organization. …”
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Improving water productivity in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa por Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Amede, Tilahun, Haileslassie, Amare

“…Evidence indicates that successful uptake of interventions can be achieved if institutions, policies, and gender are considered. Critical research and development gaps are identified in terms of methodologies for quantifying water productivity at different scales and improving integration between agricultural sectors.…”
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Assessing the factors influencing groundwater irrigation technology adoption in Ghana por Owusu V, Asante, A.V., Pavelic, Paul

“…In addition the age, gender and education of the farmer, household size, access to credit, farm size and owner-cultivation tend to have significant positive effects on the probability of adopting groundwater motor pump irrigation technology whilst experience in irrigation farming and extension contacts have negative effects. …”
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CPWF Annual Report 2006 por CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

“…The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) is a multi-institutional research for development program that seeks to create and disseminate international public goods to improve the productivity of water in river basins in ways that are pro-poor, gender equitable and environmentally sustainable. …”
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Qualitative risk assessment on the transmission of HPAI (H5N1) virus from backyard and medium-scale commercial farms to household free-range poultry in Nigeria por Abdu, P.A., Costard, Solenne, Ahmed, G.M., Duarte, P., Métras, Raphaëlle

“…The rural poultry production system is essential in poverty alleviation, food security and the promotion of gender equity while meeting important social and cultural needs and obligations of Nigerians. …”
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Participatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahel por Ayantunde, Augustine A., Turner, M.D., Kalilou, A.

“…Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the region are regularly affected by drought, with vulnerability differing with gender, age, wealth status (access to cropland and livestock endowment), geographic location, social networks, and previous exposure to drought. …”
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A stochastic frontier analysis of technical efficiency in smallholder maize production in Zimbabwe: The post-fast-track land reform outlook por Mango, Nelson, Makate, Clifton, Hanyani-Mlambo, Benjamin T., Siziba, Shephard, Lundy, Mark M.

“…The significant determinants of technical efficiency were the gender of the household head, household size, frequency of extension visits, farm size and the farming region. …”
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Adoption of mechanized postharvest cassava processing technologies, and the determinants of high quality cassava flour (HQCF) processing in Tanzania por Amaza, P., Abass, A., Bachwenkizi, B., Towo, E.

“…In addition, the adoption decisions made by the households were significantly influenced by a number of factors, such as the gender of the processors, the distance of the processing sites to the nearest tarmac road, and the cost of capital required to invest in HQCF processing technology. …”
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Collective market participation for improved income among smallholder farming households: a case of Balaka Innovation Platform in Malawi por Mango, Nelson, Makate, Clifton, Lundy, Mark M., Siziba, Shephard, Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi, Fatunbi, A.O.

“…The odds of participating in collective marketing by smallholder farm households in Balaka was significantly influenced by gender, education level, access to social capital through membership in farmer groups that form the Innovation Platform, farming experience, adoption/practice of conservation agriculture and possession of assets e.g. cellphone and bicycle. …”
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Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits por Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat, Mancini, C., Mengistu, D.K., Frascaroli, E., Fadda, Carlo, Pe, M.E., Dell'Acqua, M.

“…The analysis of farmer traits showed that they were partially influenced by gender and location but were repeatable and heritable, in some cases more than metric traits. …”
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Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Climate Information Services: Evidence from Cowpea and Sesame Producers in Northern Burkina Faso por Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Barry, Silamana, Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T., Somé, Léopold, Baki, Gregoire

“…The study also showed that several socioeconomic and motivation factors have greater influence on farmers’ WTP for CIS. These included the gender, age, education of the farm head and the awareness of farm head to climate information. …”
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Baseline survey of common bean production constraints in selected villages of Babati district, Tanzania por Abang, Mathew M., Arinaitwe, Warren, Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Binagwa, Papias, Kadege, Edith

“…Other areas assessed include gender profiles, land allocation issues, cropping patterns, abiotic stress levels and perception towards integrated pest and disease management (IPDM) options. …”
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Postharvest losses and their determinants: A challenge to creating a sustainable cooking banana value chain in Uganda por Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Okurut, S., Ajambo, S., Nowakunda, K., Stoian, D., Naziri, D.

“…The findings call for comprehensive and gender-responsive PHL reduction strategies.…”
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A post-separation Social Accounting Matrix for the Sudan por Siddig, Khalid, Elagra, Samir, Grethe, Harald, Mubarak, Amel

“…Labor accounts are differentiated based on location (rural and urban), skill level, and gender.…”
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Empirical evaluation of alternative cartographic solutions for the user interface of Abisko GIS por Predotova, Ilona

“…Through statistical inference of the questionnaires, it was concluded that Map Design had the greatest effect on subjects during their evaluation. Gender and the Time spent with evaluation had no significant effect, although Time appeared to play some role for experts and those with experience of GIS. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Sixty-Seventh Meeting, 11-17 July 1995: Report of the Meeting por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…These were: future food demand and supply; poverty, strengthening NARS, the role of ARIs, natural resources management; and gender issues. TAC started on a framework for setting CGIAR priorities, to be discussed at ICW95.TAC heard a progress report on the study of research needs for natural resources management in the CGIAR, and in that connection considered the reports of the CGIAR Task Forces on ecoregional research and sustainable agriculture. …”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC, October 30-November 3, 1995: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions

“…It agreed that the CGIAR Gender Program should be continued and brought within the mainstream. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, The Hague, May 22-25, 1990: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions por CGIAR Secretariat

“…Given the broad support for proposals in a report by Susan Poats on gender issues in the CGIAR, TAC and the CGIAR Secretariat would collaborate with the center directors to produce a strategy paper on this subject. …”
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