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Adoption of Agroforestry in Northwest Viet Nam: What Roles Do Social and Cultural Norms Play? by Nguyen, M.P., Pagella, Tim, Catacutan, D.C., Nguyen, T.Q., Sinclair, Fergus L.

“…This research applies knowledge-based system methods in order to understand local opportunities, preferences, and constraints influencing the adoption of agroforestry practices, using a purposive, gender-balanced sample of sixty farmers from six villages across three provinces in the northwest region comprising people from Kinh, Thai and H’mong ethnic groups. …”
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Participatory Vulnerability Assessments in support of Community Based Adaption by Rosimo, Magnolia M., Vidallo, Rene R., Dalusag, Joanna B., Bernardo, Eisen Bernard, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Rosales, Belina O, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…These Participatory Vulnerability Assessment (PVA) studies encompass a wider range of components (such as livelihood analysis, and seasonal charts) beyond what is included in desk based, climate vulnerability studies. Gender is prominently featured in these proposed methods and in the derived outputs. …”
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Production characteristics and strategies for adapting to the impacts of climate change on cassava whiteflies and viruses in Tanzania by Aregbesola, O.Z., Uzokwe, Veronica N.E., Adeloye, K.A., Rapisarda, C., Lund, O., Sigsgaard, L., Legg, James P.

“…Farmers significantly differed in their socio-economic and production characteristics except for gender and access to extension support (P < 0.01). …”
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Forage diversity and fertiliser adoption in Napier grass production among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya by Njarui, D.M., Gatheru, M., Ndubi, J.M., Gichangi, Anne W, Murage, A.M.

“…The fertiliser adoption rate was high (77%) and was influenced by gender of household head, membership of groups, access to extension services and labour. …”
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Leveraging food system transformation in Latin America through scaling high impact business models by Simon, Nataniel, Wadt, Lucas, Prudenciano, Lucas, Newman, Richard, Zulu-Hume, Mercy F., Sharma, Ashish, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Costa, Ciniro

“…Key messages: 1) A framework was developed and applied to identify Climate-Smart Food Systems (CSFS) business models in the Latin America (LATAM) region with the potential to implement and scale climate mitigation and resilient practices across several food production systems. 2) Through the analysis, a pipeline of eight high-impact potential companies were identified to facilitate matchmaking with private sector investors. 3) Selected CSFS companies include agroforestry (i.e., coffee and cocoa), regenerative livestock production and silvipastoral systems, with positive impacts on social (e.g., gender and youth) and economic aspects. 4) Some of the most important challenges identified for implementing and scaling CSFS include: 1) access to capital, especially for long-term projects; 2) access to information and technical assistance; and 3) market validation for some products, especially fruits. 5) Regarding technical assistance, focus should be on implementing measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions, accessing carbon markets and providing guidance for adoption of CSFS practices and project review and discussion for up- and middle-stream companies. 5) The CIAT-CCAFS Impact Assessment Tool showed potential for evaluating CSFS performance of companies (i) potential impact assessment and (ii) additionality of investments regarding mitigation, adaptation and productivity.…”
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Assessing value chain risks to design agricultural risk managment strategies: A practitioner's toolkit by Grunder, Marina, Charry, Andres, Balanza, Jane Girly C., Villa, Victor, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Esquivel, Alejandra, Jaquet, Stéphanie, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Grosjean, Godefroy

“…The goal of an AVC-RAS is to rigorously assess and prioritize the major risks affecting actors along agricultural value chains and to identify the actionable components of an integrated risk management strategy for the value chain, using a gender lens throughout. This toolkit provides examples and tools for conducting a general AVC-RAS with a focus on managing risks in agricultural production systems and improving value chain resilience at national scales. …”
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Stakeholders prioritization of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in the rice-based production systems of Mali by Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Arouna, Aminou, Bryan, Elizabeth, Ringler, Claudia, Futakuchi, Koichi, Grosjean, Godefroy, Mujawamariya, Gaudiose, Benfica, Rui, Freed, Sarah, Rodrigue, Yossa

“…Second, the interventions were evaluated based on their implementation feasibility (technical feasibility, cost, gender inclusivity, demand by the market, and alignment with the social and cultural context). …”
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Bundle 4 diversified integrated mixed chicken/goats – legume systems: Legume Value Chains; Changing Lives, Protecting Nature by Community Markets for Conservation

“…This partnership will also help achieve increased gender role in cooperative leadership, commitment to community-agreed conservation regulations for soil and forest protection, cooperative-run services to support farmer training and local seed production and improved financial sustainability of COMACO. …”
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Capacity building program to improve stakeholder resilience and adaptation to climate change in Jamaica (CBCA) by Eitzinger, Anton, Campbell, Donovan, Lizarazo, Miguel, Tomlinson, Jhannel, Rodríguez, Jefferson, Valencia Gómez, Jefferson, Sandoval, Danny, Feil, Christian, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Prager, Stephen, Rhiney, Kevon

“…Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), which incorporates adaptation/resilience and mitigation measures while ensuring sustainable productivity, has the potential to build synergies and limit trade-offs in agriculture under present climate uncertainties, reduce existing knowledge gaps, and facilitate alignment between sectors and policies. The Evidence-Based, Gender-Equitable Framework for Prioritizing Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions has been adapted from different tools and research methods to overcome the challenge of identifying context-specific technologies and better understanding the trade-offs and co-benefits of different combinations of portfolios could deliver for different stakeholders. …”
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Smallholder farmers’ preferences for sustainable intensification attributes in maize production: Evidence from Ghana by Kotu, Bekele Hundie, Oyinbo, O., Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Nurudeen, A.R., Kizito, Fred, Boyubie, B.

“…While farmers value all the sustainable intensification attributes considered in the study, we observe substantial heterogeneities among them in the pooled sample and in the sub-samples between regions and gender categories. The findings suggest that sustainable intensification is not just a fad within the academic and research circles but something farmers are interested in and that development actions are more likely to succeed when they consider preference heterogeneities among farmers and adapt to local conditions. …”
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AICCRA Partnership Survey Results Report by Schuetz, Tonya, Poulos, Allison, Rose, Alison

“…These indicators capture progress on (1 - IPI 1.3) the satisfaction with the usefulness, accessibility and relevance, particularly for gender and youth responsiveness, (2 - IPI 2.4) effectiveness of partnerships and (3 - IPI 3.3) the use or adaptation of AICCRA-funded climate-relevant knowledge products, decision-making tools and services. …”
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Antimicrobial usage in smallholder poultry production in Nigeria by Bamidele, Oladeji, Amole, Tunde A., Oyewale, A.O., Bamidele, O.O., Yakubu, A., Ogundu, E.U., Ajayi, O.F., Hassan, A.W.

“…Semi-scavenging system of production had the highest proportion (49%) of farmers using antimicrobials, compared to semi-intensive (37%) and scavenging (14%) systems. Gender (χ2 = 9.30, p = 0.01), and location (χ2 = 216.86, p ≤ 0.001), influenced farmers’ choice of methods for bird treatment. …”
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Prioritizing international agricultural research investments: lessons from a global multi-crop assessment by Pemsl, Diemuth E., Staver, Charles, Hareau, G., Alene, A., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Kleinwechter, U., Labarta, Ricardo Antonio, Thiele, Graham

“…Simultaneously, donors demand more accountability from research institutions with regards to use of funds and resulting impacts on food and nutrition security, the environment, gender equality and poverty reduction. From 2012-2014, the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) undertook a systematic, quantitative ex-ante priority assessment across five key crops to inform its strategic research portfolio decisions. …”
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Farmer Perceptions Related to Potato Production and Late Blight Management in Two Communities in the Peruvian Andes by Pérez, W., Forbes, G., Arias, R., Pradel, W., Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Andrade-Piedra, J.L.

“…Correspondence analysis indicated gender effects on LB management practices and information sources in both locations that could be taken into consideration to refine future interventions for research and capacity building, such as offering refresher training courses for extension educators, including female extension workers, to help farmers understand basic concepts to manage host resistance and fungicides properly, and improve access to resistant varieties and effective fungicides.…”
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Understanding the perceptions of secondary school youth toward agricultural careers in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Nigeria by Mulei, W., Larinde, B., Adefioye, A., Bobo, P., Woomer, P.L.

“…Disparities from a country, area and gender perspective were recorded. Perceptions and career plans among the sexes differed; with females having less experience with machinery, and were more drawn to horticulture and agro-processing. …”
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Performance analysis of existing catfish and tilapia value chains and market systems in Nigeria: A post-farmgate value chain scoping study by Diyzee, Kanar, Williams, Gemma, Anastasiou, Kim, Powell, Andrea, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Nhuong Tran, Byrd, Kendra, Chin Yee Chan, Bogard, Jessica R., Steensma, Joe, Nukpezah, Julius, Adegoke, Agbabiaka, Subasinghe, Rohana, Siriwardena, Sunil

“…These gaps include the financial performance of post-farmgate actors, gender-disaggregated data on value chain actors, the roles of women and youths in fish trade, and post-farmgate food safety practices. …”
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Factors influencing the decision of cassava farmers to sell or process roots in selected states of southwest, Nigeria by Ajiferuke, O.E.

“…Age, distance from house to farm and from farm to market (in kilometres), point of sales outlet, years of farming experience, age squared, cassava farm size(acres), economic-related benefits, price of garri and price of fresh roots were found to influence decision to sell or process roots. Age and male gender had negative relationship with the decision to sell roots while age and years of farming experience influenced the extent of processing. …”
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Not raised ‘to make big decisions’: Young people’s agency and livelihoods in rural Pakistan by Petesch, Patti, Badstue, Lone B., Rahut, Dil Bahadur, Ali, Akhter

“…They repeatedly attribute this to expectations of strict deference to elders and other norms about their gender, young age, junior household position, marital status, and socio-economic standing. …”
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Improving assessments of the three pillars of Climate Smart Agriculture: Current achievements and ideas for the future by Wijk, Mark T. van, Merbold, Lutz, Hammond, James, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus

“…Our assessment shows that all tools reviewed here have a biophysical lens while looking at productivity, and largely ignore potential social (e.g. food security, gender) and economic (poverty) aspects of the sustainability of intensified production. …”
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Improved pastures and some challenges of agricultural innovation adoption by Triana Ángel, Natalia, Campuzano, Lorena, Burkart, Stefan

“…To explain so, new constraints have been researched, such as gender, age, and belonging to a social network but the answer is still elusive. …”
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