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Do low-income households in Tanzania derive income and nutrition benefits from dairy innovation and dairy production? by Kidoido, Michael M., Korir, Luke

“…Interventions should also incorporate strong gender aware approaches to ensure that the benefits are shared equitably within households.…”
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Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: a Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach by Okoye, B.C., Abass, A., Bachwenkizi, B., Asumugha, G.N., Alenkhe, B., Ranaivoson, R., Randrianarivelo, R., Rabemanantso, N., Ralimanana, I.

“…The study found education, gender and age to be indirectly and significantly related to technical efficiency at a 1% level of probability, and to household size at a 5% level. …”
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Sustainable intensification of potato in rice based system for increased productivity and income of resource poor farmers in West Bengal, India by Arya, S., Ahmed, M., Bardhan Roy, S.K., Kadian, M.S., Quiróz, R.

“…The DT rice-potato system generated 27% higher income over traditional potato-boro rice and 290% over mono boro rice system. The gender responsive meetings, trainings and demonstrations were conducted. …”
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Cassava traits and end-user preference: relating traits to consumer liking, sensory perception, and genetics by Bechoff, Aurélie, Tomlins, Keith I., Fliedel, Geneviève, Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto, Westby, Andrew, Hershey, Clair H., Dufour, D.L.

“…Socio-economic factors such as gender may also be critical. This review leads to questions in relation to the adaptation of cassava breeding to meet consumer needs and preference in order to maximise income, health and food security.…”
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Epidemiology of Taenia solium cysticercosis in the pig value chain in Uganda by Kungu, Joseph M.

“…Sources of pork were assessed to determine whether pork had undergone inspection, as were socio economic determinants of hygiene outcomes (e.g. gender and years of business operation) and risk factors for foodborne disease (consumption of salads and alcohol) There were 158 pork outlets in the five divisions of Kampala with the highest number (42) in Makindye division. …”
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Adoption and impact of gaps in pig value chains: Implications for institutional policy and practice change by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Nguyen Thi Duong Nga, Nguyen Thi Thinh, Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, Unger, Fred, Grace, Delia

“…With exposure being strongly linked to uptake, regardless of gender of respondents, training opportunities for non-exposed groups are worthwhile to pursue.…”
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Multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in RTB seed systems: user’s guide by CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

“…Seed quality includes crop variety and other issues (health, genetic purity, physiological age, and physical quality). Gender should always be taken into account when using the framework. …”
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Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat by Mancini, C., Mengistu, D.K., Pè, M.E., Fadda, Carlo, Dell'Acqua, M., Melfa and Workaye Farmer Community, Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat

“…Results showed that the relative importance of wheat traits differed by gender and location. Farmer traits were variously contributed by metric traits, and could only partially be explained by them. …”
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Measurement and determinants of food insecurity in northeast Nigeria: some empirical policy guidelines by Amaza, P.S., Adejobi, A.O., Fregene, T.

“…The logit analysis revealed that the major determinants of food insecurity in the study area are household size, gender, educational level, farm size and type of household farm enterprise. …”
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Household survey data of adoption of improved varieties and management practices in rice production, Ecuador by Marín Salazar, Diego Armando, Orrego-Varón, Mayra, Yanez, Fernando, Mendoza, Luis, García, María Alejandra, Twyman, Jennifer, Andrade, Robert Santiago, Labarta, Ricardo Antonio

“…The survey information includes household socio-demographic characteristics (e.g. age, education, gender, main economic activity, etc.), farm characteristics (e.g. farm land size, assets ownership, other crops planted, etc.), rice management practices (e.g. variety and input use, production costs, etc.), and rice production and utilization (e.g. yields, prices, sales, etc.). …”
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Genomics, genetics and breeding of common bean in Africa: A review of tropical legume project by Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Raatz, Bodo, Nkalubo, Stanley T., Berhanu, Fenta, Binagwa, Papias, Kilango, Michael, Williams, Magdalena, Katungi, Enid M., Chirwa, Rowland, Beebe, Stephen E.

“…Efforts have been made to utilize modern genomic tools to increase scale, efficiency, accuracy and speed of breeding. Through gender‐responsive participatory variety selection, market‐demanded varieties have been released in several African countries. …”
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Status of aflatoxin contamination in cow milk produced in smallholder dairy farms in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi County: A case study of Kasarani sub county, Kenya by Kagera, Irene, Kahenya, Peter, Mutua, Florence K., Anyango, Gladys, Kyallo, Florence, Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…Whereas 80% of the farmers were aware of aflatoxin, there was no correlation between farmers’ knowledge and gender with AFM1 prevalence. Conclusion: This study concludes that AFM1 is a frequent contaminant in milk and there is need to enhance farmers awareness on mitigation.…”
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Intentions to consume foods from edible insects and the prospects for transforming the ubiquitous biomass into food by Pambo, K.O., Mbeche, R.M., Okello, J.J., Mose, G.N., Kinyuru, J.N.

“…In addition, age of the respondent, gender, household size and level of formal education, significantly influence the consumption intentions. …”
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Agricultural policies for sustainable management and use of natural resources in Africa by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…One of the cause of this unfortunate situation is the serious difficulties policy makers in the most countries encounter in designing and implementing policies that could promote a widespread gender- sensitive adoption of agricultural technologies and practices that are not only productivity improving, but also environmentally sustainable. …”
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Agrobiodiversidad, género y cambio climático en la cuenca del río Mantaro by Cuellar Bautista, José Eloy, Medina Hinostroza, Tulio Cecilio

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The impact of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the development of small and medium size businesses (SMEs) in Cameroon : a case study of CamCCUL by Chiyah, Boma Ngehnevu, Forchu, Zachary Nembo

“…Lastly, to determine if there are underlying factors, such as size of operation, securable wealth, or gender of application, is a factor in getting a loan. …”

Metabolic signatures related to diet in human urine and blood specimens by Lindelöf, Magnus

“…Metabo-lites from food, endogenous response to exposure, and gut microbial activity were found responsible for metabolic signatures of dietary intake in both blood and urine specimens. Gender, age and diurnal variation were also found responsible for unique metabolic signa-tures, characterized to some extent by likely lifestyle factors such as diet. …”
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"Något som är kul, något man kan lägga framtiden på" by Lindroos, Elina

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Assessment of potential differences in general breastfeeding knowledge and comfort with breastfeeding in public among college students by Carrera A., Hilary G.

“…US students had a slightly higher mean knowledge score (184.96 ± 26.74 vs. 178.18 ± 25.39). Race, age, gender, marital status, breastfeeding experience and having been breastfed as child, all showed significant differences (P < 0.001). …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Sixth Meeting, 22-26 March 1999: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The Committee prepared inputs to MTM99 on matters arising from the System Review: terms of reference for a review of plant breeding in the CGIAR, commentaries on CDC proposals for integrated natural resources management, policy and gender; advice to the CBC on review of systemwide programs; and proposals on TAC's own terms of reference, streamlining evaluation and integrating the IAEG into TAC.TAC considered a report by Hans Gregersen on relations between centers and NARS, with comments from the NARS Secretariat. …”
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