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From listeners to changemakers: Transforming sheep fattening through native-language radio programs and knowledge networks by Ekule, Muluken, Wamatu, Jane, Abiso, Tesfaye

“…It is an effective tool to promote agriculture and development in rural areas and facilitate knowledge sharing and peer learning among farmers. Broadcasting in the native language ensures easy understanding, overcomes language barriers, and enhances the relevance and impact of communication…”
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Strengthening Africa’s climate-smart agriculture and food systems through enhanced policy coherence and coordinated action by Chevallier, Romy

“…These include recommendations to promote the coherence of Africa’s climate-smart agriculture policy frameworks at numerous levels; to strengthen broad-based stakeholder engagement and inclusion; to promote institutional coordination, monitoring, evaluation and learning; and importantly, to enhance policy implementation.…”
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KAZNET: Crowdsourcing information for climate resilience in the drylands by Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia

“…By combining digital technology with citizen science and social learning, KAZNET empowers communities to make informed decisions and build climate resilience. …”
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China's regional disparities: Experience and policy by Fan, Shenggen, Kanbur, Ravi, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…We also propose that the Chinese government take an experimental approach to interventions, as it did in the early period of agricultural reforms, learning lessons from the outcomes before scaling up.…”
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Can microplots contribute to rural households’ food security? Evaluation of a gender-sensitive land allocation program in West Bengal, India by Santos, Florence, Fletschner, Diana, Savath, Vivien, Peterman, Amber

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Attacking the double burden of malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific by Gillespie, Stuart, Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…The study aims to create a better understanding of ways to improve life span, quality of life, early cognition and life-long learning, and earning capacity of individuals and nations.…”
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Strengthening collective action by Bruns, Bryan Randolph, Bruns, Pakping Chalad

“…They point out potential problems and conclude that reforms to strengthen collective action need to employ multiple approaches and to be customized by local resource users to fit their local conditions in ways that allow for continuing learning and adaptation.…”
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Platforms without borders: Envisioning a multistakeholder platform for the whole Incomati Basin by Nehring, Ryan, Joaquim, Dominic, Lautze, Jonathan F.

“…While multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) are proliferating in shared waters, there is a diversity of approaches with little comparison or shared learning between them. This CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains webinar reviewed experiences in transboundary MSPs, presented a proposed design for a new transboundary MSP in the Incomati Basin, and facilitated discussion on the suitability of that design. …”
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Integrated business model for bio-fortified rice and diversified crops in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Sharif, Miajy, Abu Abdullah, Alanuzzaman Kurishi, A.S.M., Krupnik, Timothy J., Veettil, Prakashan Chellatan

“…This brief shows TAFSSA’s (Transforming Agri-food System in South Asia) market linkage activities for biofortified rice and diversified crops in different districts which were selected as the learning landscape location in Bangladesh. It also highlighted how TAFSSA is working to expand and develop integrated market systems for biofortified rice and diversified crops. …”
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Comprehensive Template for Enabling Environment Success and Failure Stories (V5.0 - IPSR + GenderUp Aligned) by CGIAR Science Program on Scaling for Impact

“…We encourage honest reporting on both successes and failures, framing failures as valuable opportunities for learning.…”
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Tracking finance for locally led climate action in Ghana: Existing initiative, challenges and recommendations by Callaghan, Charles, Binge, Brenda, Chilambe, Pedro, Lauriciano, Rabeca

“…It highlights the importance of assessing not only the quantity of climate finance reaching local levels but also the quality of that finance—using emerging metrics such as subsidiarity (where decision-making authority sits), flexibility (ability to adjust funding to local priorities and changing conditions), patience (longer-term commitments that enable institutional learning and adaptation), and predictability (reliable funding that supports planning and continuity).…”
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Optimization of the ILCYM platform by Carhuapoma, Pablo, Gamarra, H., Kreuze, Jan F.

“…With a roadmap that includes machine learning, integration with global databases, and visualization enhancements, the document aligns strongly with Resilient Agrifood Systems, Climate-smart Agriculture, and Regenerative Agriculture, solidifying ILCYM as a strategic CGIAR tool for plant health under climate change.…”
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Ecosystem services game: Game Design Document by Zanzanaini, Camilla, Miller, Brett A., Everett, Pete, Carella, Antonio

“…The game is intended to be part of an educational pack that includes learning modules, case studies or other useful teaching resources.…”
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Participatory farmer video production by Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…Short learning videos that capture new or improved agricultural technologies and practices are created by farmers, for farmers. …”
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Turnover of O&M of distributaries to farmers' organisations, Polonnaruwa District: final report by Consultants in Technology Management and Development Studies

“…The purpose of the study was to ensure that the program of turning over of management of Distributory Canals (DCs) to Farmers ' Organisations (FOs) under the ISMP is a learning process for the project. The study was sponsored by the research advisory committee of the ISMP with participation of IIMI as the coordinator.…”
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Ten principles for effective AR4D programs by Vermeulen, Sonja J., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…Effective behaviours by AR4D programs may drive the likelihood and quality of positive outcomes when working with partners.Explicit principles about effective behaviours can improve AR4D theories of change and enhance achievement of outcomes. Internal learning over four years of CCAFS implementation suggests ten principles to guide the program and explore which behaviours are most effective.…”
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CCAFS Program Management Committee and the Independent Science Panel visit to Nyando Climate-Smart Villages by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…On 7th May 2015 The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), East Africa hosted the program’s Independent Science Panel (ISP) and Program Management Committee (PMC) at the Nyando Climate-Smart Villages in Kenya, one of the region’s learning sites. The team visited farmers to see the uptake of various climate- smart technologies that have made them food secure and increased their adaptive capacity to climate variability. …”
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Exclosures for ecosystem restoration and economic benefits in Ethiopia: a catalogue of management options by Mekuria, Wolde, Barron, Jennie, Dessalegn, Mengistu, Adimassu, Zenebe, Amare, T., Wondie, M.

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Nhật ký nông hộ by Le Thi Tam, Giang Thi Thu Luu, Simelton, Elisabeth, Chi Thi Linh Le, Duong, Minh Tuan, Hoa Dinh Le, Huong Thi Tong

“…This logbook aims to: encourage farmers to document their observations and management; to monitor and evaluate interventions; and to encourage social learning.…”
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“You made us think”: The path-breakers battling land degradation in Samoa’s rural communities by Leaupepe, Aloema

“…Drawing upon Samoan heritage, the Taiala programme placed an emphasis upon community-led education and communal learning in farmer’s cooperative societies. Through the guidance of Matuaileoo Environment Trust Inc.’s Taiala programme, 10 villages have now adopted a more ecologically attuned world-view.…”
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