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Mapping social impacts of agricultural commodity trade onto the sustainable development goals by Schaafsma, M., Dreoni, I., Ayompe, L.M., Egoh, B.N., Ekayana, D.P., Favareto, A., Mumbunan, S., Nakagawa, L., Ngouhouo-Poufoun, J., Sassen, M., Uehara, T.K., Matthews, Z.

“…While international trade in agricultural commodities can spur economic development especially where governance is strong, there are also concerns about the local impacts of commodity production and their distribution on the environment and on people. …”
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Managing African commons in the context of Covid-19 challenges by Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…The thrust on Covid-19 was later muted as the special issue progressed due to authors not having made a strong linkage with Covid-19 implications for the commons governance. More papers were also anticipated but a number of presenters had presented some materials, which were already being considered for publication elsewhere with some even requiring more time to publish. …”
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Gender differences in smallholders' socioeconomic networks and acquisition of seed of improved wheat varieties in Ethiopia by Jaleta, Moti, Euler, Michael, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Krishna, Vijesh

“…However, for many socially marginalized groups, seed access is constrained by the weak institutions governing the input supply chains and the dissemination of information. …”
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Gender mainstreaming in water reuse: guidelines for planners, investors, project designers and operators by International Water Management Institute

“…Women, especially in countries like Egypt where they represent a significant share of the agricultural labor force, are often excluded from water reuse governance and technical training, despite their key roles. …”
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Subnational Training on Use of the Kenya Meteorological Department’s ENACTS Maprooms: Central Kenya by Ruirie, Onesmus, Grossi, Amanda

“…An important platform for facilitating the access and wider use of climate information in decisionmaking by governments, as well as the public and private sectors, is the IRI’s Climate Data Library. …”
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Framework for climate resilience in food systems with a gendered lens by Tank, Nikita, Vishwanath, Drishti, Choudhary, Anjali

“…In the domain of agriculture and food systems, various studies develop a conceptual framework, as well as identify resilience indicators within these; for example, Waldick identifies key drivers of climate resilience (governance, demographics, markets, etc.) within a framework, and Lipper identifies potential pathways of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). …”
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Challenges and opportunities to scaling smallholder mechanization in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe by Ngoma, Hambulo, Simutowe, Esau, Md Abdul Matin, Thierfelder, Christian

“…As governments heighten the drive to mechanize agriculture, critical information is required on (i) existing mechanization options, (ii) barriers and challenges, (iii) opportunities for scaling and effective demand for mechanization. …”
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Interprovincial food trade aggravates China’s land scarcity by He, Jianjian, Wang, Siqi, Heijungs, Reinout, Yang, Yi, Shu, Shumiao, Zhang, Weiwen, Xu, Anqi, Fang, Kai

“…These findings challenge the dominant thinking about food trading and call for new policies to improve land resources management and promote collaborative governance across administrative boundaries. Our study also highlights the critical importance of considering land scarcity, shedding lights on how it may be integrated into environmental footprints to better assist the SDG framework.…”
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Marketing fortified rice: Effects of aspirational messaging and association with free distribution by Chowdhury, Reajul, Crost, Benjamin, Hoffmann, Vivian

“…However, little is known about what marketing messages are most effective at increasing the demand for fortified foods. Further, as governments scale up fortification of foods distributed through safety net programs, understanding the effect of knowledge about this on consumer demand will be important for crafting communication strategies. …”
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Improving food safety on the farm: Experimental evidence from Kenya on incentives and subsidies for technology adoption by Hoffmann, Vivian, Jones, Kelly M.

“…However, standard approaches used by developed country governments to ensure food safety are not appropriate in settings where regulatory enforcement capacity is weak and most firms are small and informal. …”
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Evolution of CGIAR funding by Beintema, Nienke M., Echeverria, Ruben G.

“…This note is intended to contribute to reflections on the CGIAR’s first 50 years, which it will celebrate in 2021, while also providing a useful reference for the current “One CGIAR” governance and management transformation.…”
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Ending hunger, increasing incomes, and protecting the climate: What would it cost donors? by Laborde Debucquet, David, Murphy, Sophia, Parent, Marie, Porciello, Jaron, Smaller, Carin

“…And second, what will it cost governments to end hunger, double the incomes of small-scale producers, and protect the climate by 2030? …”
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Exploring policy coherence to understand limited progress of gender and social inclusion in the energy sector: the case of Nepal by Buchy, Marlene, Shakya, Shristi

“…This paper focuses on energy policy coherence to identify cohesion between policies and policy instruments at different levels of governance to identify bottlenecks to GESI. Using a policy coherence and feminist policy approach within an energy justice context, it traces the coherence of GESI policy through time and in relation to overall GESI policy objectives. …”
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Statistics of public expenditure for economic development (SPEED) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Improving the efficiency of public spending is an important economic and political tool, along with good governance and a strong revenue stream, for improved public sector management. …”
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Pakistan: Getting more from water by Young, William J., Anwar, Arif, Bhatti, Tousif, Borgomeo, Edoardo, Davies, Stephen

“…The description of sector architecture considers water governance, infrastructure, and financing.…”
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Statistics on Public Expenditures for Economic Development (SPEED): Evaluation of outcomes based on the use of the SPEED database, 2008–2018 by Lowder, Sarah K.

“…IFPRI researchers have compiled data from multiple sources, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and national governments, and conducted extensive data checks and adjustments to ensure spending measurements that are consistent over time and free of exchange-rate fluctuations and currency denomination changes. …”
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Economic impacts of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies in Vanuatu and Timor-Leste by Rosegrant, Mark W., Dey, Madan M., Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, Chen, Oai Li

“…Improved production under climate change will require significant investments from the national governments of Vanuatu and Timor-Leste and/or private sectors.…”
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Drivers of growth in agricultural returns to scale: The hiring in of tractor services in the Terai of Nepal by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…Returns to scale in agriculture have profound implications on how effectively governments’ various efforts in developing countries lead to agricultural intensification and transformation. …”
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Shaping multilateral trade: The changing institutional landscape by Peralta, Gloria Abraham, Campos Azofeifa, Adriana

“…This chapter highlights the fact that many international trade stakeholders agree on the urgent need to strengthen the multilateral trade system and its governing body, the World Trade Organization (WTO). …”
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Measuring Agricultural Water Insecurity Experiences (AgWISE): AgWISE Module and User Guide based on Fieldwork in Bangladesh by Sarker, Mou Rani, Joshi, Deepa, Young, Sera L.

“…Water availability varies geographically, but across regions there are marked inequalities in access to and use of water, which are shaped by policy incoherence, poor management and governance of water resources; political, social, economic factors including intersecting inequalities by gender, class, ethnicity, caste, race, age, disability etc. …”
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