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Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers by Alwang, Jeffrey, Gotor, Elisabetta, Thiele, Graham, Hareau, Guy, Chamberlain, J.

“…The paper uses a double-hurdle estimation framework to model the adoption/area planted joint decision for maize farmers in Ethiopia and sweet potato farmers in Uganda. …”
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Demand and supply constraints of credit in smallholder farming: evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania by Balana, Bedru, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Haile, Beliyou, Hagos, Fitsum, Yimam, Seid, Ringler, Claudia

“…Primary survey data were collected from sample farmers in Ethiopia and Tanzania, and Tobit and two-step hurdle econometric models were used to analyze these data. …”
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Unlocking the potential of dryland underutilised crops through market linkages approaches by Gichuru, Lilian, Mbulwe, Lloyd, Lwinya, Kabosha, Binagwa, Papias Hongera

“…Despite these benefits, the crops face significant hurdles: low adoption of improved varieties, fragmented value chains, inadequate storage and processing infrastructure, and policy biases. …”
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Towards commercial agriculture in Rwanda: Understanding the determinants of market participation among smallholder bean farmers by Ingabire, C., Mshenga, M.P., Langat, K., Bigler, C., Musoni, Augustine, Butare, L., Birachi, Eliud Abucheli

“…This study analyses the levels of market participation and drivers of output commercialization, using a sample of 256 Common bean farmers from northern Rwanda. A double -hurdle model was used to analyses the data. Results indicated that 30% of the farmers participated in the market with an average commercialization index of 0.42. …”
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The potentials of agroforestry systems in Denmark and southern Sweden by Yang, Carolina

“…The results revealed that ‘animal health and welfare’, ‘landscape aesthetics’, ‘soil erosion’, ‘microclimate moderation’, ‘pollination’, and ‘carbon fixation’ were perceived as positive factors by farmers from both Denmark and southern Sweden; while ‘administrative burden’ and ‘regulation’ were regarded as hurdles to include trees and bushes on farmlands. …”
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Enskilda skogsägares syn på ansvarstagande : drivkrafter och hinder by Lagerlöf, Per, Scheibenpflug, Andreas

A safe and effective vaccine against bovine leukemia virus by Suarez Archilla, Guillermo, Gutierrez, Gerónimo, Camussone, Cecilia, Calvinho, Luis Fernando, Abdala, Alejandro Ariel, Alvarez, Irene, Petersen, Marcos Iván, Franco, Lautaro Nahuel, De Stefano, Gabriel Alejandro, Monti, Gustavo, Jacques, Jean-Rock, Joris, Thomas, Willems, Luc, Trono, Karina Gabriela

“…The different challenges and hurdles that were bypassed may be informative for the development of a vaccine against HTLV-1.…”
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Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) vine silage: A cost-effective supplement for milk production in smallholder dairy-farming systems of East Africa? by Gakige, Jesse K., Gachuri, C., Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Goopy, John P.

“…Grain-based concentrates can be used to make the energy and protein deficits in rain-fed systems, but this strategy faces several hurdles. For livestock production systems to be sustainable, it is important that less human-edible food is fed to animals and sweet potato can serve both as a source of human food (tuber) and animal feed (vines). …”
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Climate Information Services Research Initiative: Final Report by Blumenstock, Ali

“…The project was led by Mercy Corps in consortium with several partners, including the Humanitarian Response and Development Lab at Clark University (HURDL), the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University (IRI), CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Practical Action, and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). …”
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The enabling environment for large-scale food fortification in Madagascar by Resnick, Danielle

“…With more than 75 percent of its population living below the poverty line and almost 40 percent of children under five who are stunted, Madagascar faces major hurdles to addressing malnutrition, including weak consumer purchasing power, recurrent political crises, and frequent climate shocks that undermine agricultural productivity. …”
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Uganda Gender Strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean and insect sectors by Mugagga, Isaac, Ouya, Frederick, Babirye, Immaculate, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…The BRAINS Gender Strategy understands that tackling these gendered and generational hurdles is vital for unlocking Uganda’s climate-resilient agriculture potential. …”
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Rural income diversification in Ethiopia: Patterns, trends, and welfare impacts by Abate, Gashaw T., Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Regassa, Mekdim D., Minot, Nicholas

“…We used Cragg’s double-hurdle model, a method that considers the two-step decision making process in diversification (i.e., participation and extent of participation), to identify the determinants of diversification and a fixed-effect and instrumental variable (IV) approaches to understand the links between diversification and household welfare. …”
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Out scaling of improved cassava processing technology - Uganda lessons by Okidi, J., Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Mukama, E., Mutyaba, C., Agona, A., Oliveira, F., Wanda, K.

“…However, though farmers embraced the improved technology, there still exist some hurdles that are discussed in this paper. The lessons learned from the study will help to improve further out scaling of production and utilisation of cassava technologies in the region.…”
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Mango Cultivation in Burkina Faso by Vayssières, Jean-François, Coulibaly, O., Sinzogan, A.A.C., Adandonon, A., Dakouo, D., Dabiré, R., Ouédraogo, S.

“…Mango processing contributes to overcoming the hurdle of mango rotting and drains foreign exchanges to the country. …”
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Terapeutiska antikroppar vid tumörangiogenes by Michal, Jenny

Open Access and Open Data at CGIAR: challenges and solutions by Devare, Medha, Zandstra, Megan, Clobridge, Abby, Fotsy, Michelle, Abreu, David, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Baraka, Paul, Bonaiuti, Enrico, Chukka, Srinivasa Rao, Dieng, Ibnou, Dreher, Kate, Erlita, Sufiet, Juarez, H., Kim, Soonho, Koo, Jawoo, Muchlish, Usman, Müller, Martin, Mwanzia, Leroy, Poole, Elizabeth J., Siddiqui, Salman

“…There are challenges to achieving this goal, not only across CGIAR, but for the agricultural domain in general. Among the foremost hurdles is that “open” tends to remain an unfunded mandate, making it difficult to operationalize effectively. …”
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Power-to-Gas and zero-emission buses in Uppsala by Rosell, Mårten

“…For an extended period of the day, the bus depots may only utilize 1.5 MW of power, which has proven a hurdle as battery electric buses were considered to be introduced. …”
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Unveiling the role of state intervention in green transformations within Costa Rica's forestry and agriculture land use sectors by Milla Quesada, Victor

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Antígenos de Brucella y su posible aplicación en ensayos inmunoenzimáticos : revisión de literatura by Cherwonogrodzky, John, Mariño J., Olga C.

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Equine influenza virus in Asia: phylogeographic pattern and molecular features reveal circulation of an autochthonous lineage by Miño, Samuel, Mojsiejczuk, Laura, Guo, Wei, Zhang, Haili, Qi, Ting, Du, Cheng, Zhang, Xiang, Wang, Jingfei, Campos, Rodolfo, Wang, Xiaojun

“…IMPORTANCE The complex and continuous antigenic evolution of equine influenza viruses (EIVs) remains a major hurdle for vaccine development and the design of effective immunization programs. …”
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