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Educational video on animal welfare at the slaughterhouse in East Africa by Falzon, Laura C.

“…Learn about how you can play your part improving animal welfare at the slaughterhouse in East Africa. …”
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CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets - Plan of Work and Budget 2019 by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…The plans for 2019 have a strong focus on syntheses of the work conducted in the first three years of Phase 2, to disseminate lessons learned on extension methods, youth employment in Africa, mechanization, gender outcomes in social protection programs, multi-stakeholder platforms for natural resource governance, and gender transformative approaches. …”
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Gender and Climate Services in Vietnam by Turner, Jacquelyn

“…When it comes to agriculture and climate change, the specific needs of women are often overlooked when developing farming practices and technologies to adapt to a changing climate. This IDRW, learn how researchers from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) work with farmers and organizational partners to implement gender inclusive climate services in Vietnam.…”
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Integration of gender considerations in climate-smart agriculture R4D in South Asia: Useful research questions by Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Badstue, Lone B., Jat, Mangi Lal, Rai, M., Agarwal, T.

“…The feminization of agriculture underscores the need to ensure that both men and women are able to learn about, try out, take up, and benefit from improved agricultural technologies, including climate-smart practices.…”
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A reality check for digital agricultural extension tool development and use by Adewopo, Julius, McCampbell, M., Mwizerwa, C., Schut, Marc

“…This article unfolds the experiential learnings from a digital innovation project focusing on surveillance and control of a major banana disease in East Africa which is being piloted in Rwanda.…”
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Radio Listeners Clubs (RLCs) in Rwanda Help Close Gender Gaps in Farmers’ Use of Climate Information by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…RLCs empowered women to make informed agricultural decisions and also contributed toward improved food security of smallholder households. 225 Farmer Promoters were trained to lead their village groups in weekly meetings to listen and discuss climate service radio programs, participate in live call-in shows, share and record their plans to act on what they learned, and share the information with others.…”
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Catalysing policy actions for climate change adaptation of smallholder pig production in Uganda by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…The MorePork piggery research project organized a policy briefing to increase awareness about livestock and climate change, share knowledge, learnings, key insights and messages from research, and arrive at concrete commitments to action from policy and other actors. …”
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Sustainable agricultural intensification: a handbook for practitioners in east and southern Africa by Bekunda, Mateete A., Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Odhong, Jonathan

“…This book provides an insight into the background, lessons learned, and the methodology of facilitating the application of best-bet/best-fit agricultural technologies to smallholder farms in East and Southern Africa (ESA). …”
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Resolving land use conflicts through Joint Village Land Use Planning by Flintan, Fiona E., Ferrari, Mireille, Coller, Nikki van

“…Meet district participatory land use team member, Patrick – also known as the peacemaker – who helps communities implement CGIAR’s Joint Village Land Use Planning process. Learn how the process can help pastoral and farming communities mutually agree on how to use shared land so that everyone can manage and conserve resources peacefully, to achieve livelihood, biodiversity and environment outcomes. …”
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GROWING Nutritious Foods, GROWING Futures: The first cycle of the gender-transformative integrated climate smart agriculture-nutritionmarketing intervention gets off the ground in... by Temesgen, B.B., Gyan-Bassaw, P.

“…With the completion of the Project Implementation Plan in October 2022, work setting up the first two-year cycle of GROWING Future Clubs (GFCs) among households with young children in 36 communities began in earnest, focusing first on ensuring agricultural interventions occurred in a timely manner, then nutrition trainings, and getting gender champions in place to initiate gender dialogues at district and local levels. Much is being learned that will inform and improve the integrated intervention by the start of Cycle 2 in December 2023.…”
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Study on HarvestPlus' contribution to the development of national biofortification breeding programs by Douthwaite, Boru

“…This study looks at lessons learned from HarvestPlus’ work with National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) to develop and implement sustainable biofortification breeding programs. …”
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Stakeholder engagement to co-design inclusive Landscape Management Plan by Tilahun, Seifu A., Atampugre, Gerald, Tall,Maimouna

“…This video delves into the collaborative efforts of IWMI and its partners, featuring insights from key stakeholders and real-life examples of successful CGIAR TAFS-WCA initiative. Learn how effective communication and partnership strategies are driving positive change and fostering resilient AgriFood system in Ghana.…”
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Private sector and clusters development for agricultural transformation in Africa by Ulimwengu, John M., Jenane, Chakib

“…It briefly describes the different types of agri-clusters, analyzes experience from developing these models around the world and lessons learned (successes and failures) from these. The chapter also proposes key factors to be considered by policy makers for clusters development to help Africa unleash the full potential of its agriculture sector.…”
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Gender, household behavior, and rural development by Doss, Cheryl, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…This paper reviews recent conceptual and empirical developments regarding household behavior and gender norms in developing countries covering the following general topics: (1) what do the data tell us about gender gaps in control and ownership of resources? (2) what have we learned about jointness in household behavior; (3) what do the data tell us about the resources that men and women control, whether solely or jointly; and (4) why does it matter?…”
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In the field: Listening to Adaptation Pioneers by Habermann, Birgit, Kiptoo, Emmaculate, Gichuki, Leah

“…In this case, adaptation pioneers, other farmers, different partners, researchers – and everybody wants to share or learn something. The atmosphere is fascinating: there is all this anticipation and excitement in the air, especially with the dark clouds looming over the farms in this rainy May. …”
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Reaching SDGs through climate change mitigation by Yomayuza Herrera, Karoll Valentina

“…The Low-Emission Food Systems team discusses the challenges and opportunities in aligning climate action with goals like poverty eradication, food security, and biodiversity conservation. Learn how strategic planning and co-benefits can build a sustainable future for all.…”
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Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity by Akinyele, Isaac Ọ.

“…The huge investment in ensuring food and nutrition security for Nigerians has had limited success, and therefore, there is a need to review and learn from past interventions. This brief provides a glimpse at rural food and nutrition security in Nigeria and highlights gaps in existing knowledge and capacity to analyze Nigeria's food and nutrition security situation.…”
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Food for education in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Akhter, del Ninno, Carlo

“…Furthermore, from birth, children from poor families are often deprived of the basic nutritional building blocks that they need to learn easily. Consequently, the pathway out of poverty is restricted for children from poor families.…”
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Recent growth in African cassava by Nweke, Felix I., Haggblade, Steven, Zulu, Ballard

“…It concludes with an analyis of the key lessons learned for building future successes.…”
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Adapting to a new normal Colombia edition: Stories of livestock keepers navigating climate challenges by Vanegas, Carlos José, Moreno, J.

“…In Colombia, the Pioneer Positive Deviance approach was used to identify and learn from livestock keepers who, despite facing the same challenges as their neighbours, have developed unique and effective strategies for thriving in a changing climate. …”
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