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Instrumentos de análisis de política utilizando modelos de equilibrio general by Piñeiro, Valeria

“…During this course, participants will learn to employ social accounting matrices, multiplier analysis, and general equilibrium models, strengthening the formulation of policy and economic decisions within the country. …”
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Co-production opportunities seized and missed in decision-support frameworks for climate-change adaptation in agriculture – How do we practice the “best practice”? by Dolinska, Aleksandra, Hassenforder, Emeline, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Sultan, Benjamin, Bossuet, Jérôme, Cottenceau, Jeanne, Bonatti, Michelle, Hellin, Jon, Mekki, Insaf, Drogoul, Alexis, Vadez, Vincent

“…To contribute to building sustainable and effective climate change adaptation solutions avoiding usability gap, it is largely recommended to engage in the process of co-production, integrating expertise and knowledge from various academic and non-academic actors. We want to learn if and how co-production, believed to effectively link knowledge and decision-making, and thus suggested as the best practice in building decision-support frameworks, is really applied in the frameworks that are being implemented on the ground. …”
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Timber Trade in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Effectiveness of Timber Parks in Tackling Tax Frauds by Ferrari, S., Cerutti, P.O.

“…The ‘timber park' was able to detect various potentially egregious forms of illegalities, but also learn from observed illegalities, adapt its procedures, and improve its performance over time. …”
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Description of MSME Survey in Viet Nam by de Brauw, Alan, Ceballos, Francisco, Le, Ly, Soneja, Payal

“…During the first half of 2023, researchers associated with Work Package 2 (WP2) of the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) conducted three linked surveys to learn more about micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that currently supply foods within urban, peri-urban, and rural locations in Viet Nam and contribute to developing ways to foster their supply of sustainable nutritious foods. 1 Therefore, the surveys had three linked goals—to better characterize the business environment in which MSMEs operate; to understand any constraints they face in selling more sustainable nutritious foods; and to help inform interventions with scaling potential that could increase the availability of sustainable nutritious foods for consumers. …”
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Impacts of Africa RISING in Mali by Haile, Beliyou, Azzarri, Carlo, Tzintzun, Ivan, Boukaka, Sedi Anne, Vitellozzi, Sveva

“…Our study highlights useful empirical lessons learned to inform future program design and impact assessments.…”
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Can a gender-sensitive integrated poultry value chain and nutrition intervention among the rural poor increase women’s empowerment in Burkina Faso? by Heckert, Jessica, Martinez, Elena M., Sanou, Armande, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Ganaba, Rasmané, Gelli, Aulo

“…Unfortunately, null impacts on women’s empowerment are not uncommon, and it is important to learn from such findings to strengthen future program design and delivery.…”
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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Rice millers – August 2022 survey round by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…In August 2022, we surveyed 467 active rice millers from 13 states and regions across Myanmar to learn more about the impacts of the current political and COVID-19 crises. …”
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Country water quality profiles: towards developing an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) by Mukuyu, Patience, Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Tijani, M., Nikiema, Josiane, Dickens, Chris, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Chapman, D. V., Warner, S.

“…AWaQ builds on the rich experiences and lessons learned from past and ongoing regional and subregional water quality initiatives across Africa by different players, including African Union institutions, and the wider members of the World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA), as well as the AMCOW African Water and Sanitation Sector Monitoring and Reporting System (WASSMO). …”
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Reaching End Users (REU) Socioeconomic Endline Survey 2009, Mozambique by International Food Policy Research Institute, International Potato Center

“…HarvestPlus planned to reach over 10,000 farming household in each country, but also wanted to use this opportunity to learn about how the impact and cost-effectiveness of integrated dissemination strategies of differing intensity. …”
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Building locally led agricultural policy analysis capacity: Lessons from experience in developing countries by Jayne, Thomas S., Babu, Suresh Chandra, Boughton, Duncan, Hendriks, Sheryl L., Mkandawire, Elizabeth, Dorosh, Paul A., Savadogo, Kimsey

“…This report synthesizes lessons learned from the Food Security Policy Innovation Lab’s capacity strengthening efforts over the 2013–2018 period and from related capacity development initiatives conducted over the last four decades by the partner institutions in Africa and Asia. …”
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The impact of PROGRESA on women's status and intrahousehold relations: final report by Adato, Michelle, de la Briere, Benedicte, Mindek, Dubravka, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Exploring the assumptions that the central role played by women in PROGRESA has both benefits and unintended consequences; and that women’s and men’s attitudes and beliefs have implications for the success of the program, this study examines: women’s and men’s attitudes toward the role of women as PROGRESA beneficiaries; the perceived benefits to the household as well as increased tensions and time burdens; decisionmaking patterns; changes women describe with regard to freedom of movement, self-confidence, and ‘opening their minds;’ women’s and men’s attitudes toward the education of girls, adult education that women want for themselves in order to improve their lives, and education they want for men to help women put into practice what they learn through participation in the program.…”
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CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology: Technical report from the Kenya End-of-Initiative Results Dissemination Workshop by Adoyo, Beatrice, Awiti, Alex, Kuria, Anne, Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Anyango, Edith, Fuchs, Lisa Elena, Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia, Bolo, Peter, Wanyama, Rosina, Korir, Hezekiah, Nyawira, Sylvia, Onyango, Kevin

“…This report highlights key insights and lessons learned from the implementation of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology (AE-I) in Kenya. …”
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Inclusive and gender-transformative seed systems: Concepts and applications by Galiè, Alessandra, Kramer, Berber, Spielman, David J., Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Rietveld, Anne M., Aju, Stellamaris

“…We then synthesized lessons learned from the application of this framework to case studies from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda that used ICTs that contained gendered components. …”
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Enhancing digital literacy of potato farmers in the utilization of the Viazi Soko and agriBORA platforms for market linkages in Kenya by Barungi, Julian, Ssebwana, Achilley K, Okonya, Joshua, Recha, John W.M.

“…A field day was also organized for farmers to visit a potato demonstration farm in Mauche, Njoro subcounty, Nakuru County to learn about the good agronomic practices of potatoes including the benefits of using apical cuttings as a source of clean (disease-free) seed. …”
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One Health & food systems research from CGIAR by Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Purpose: In this paper, we will present the ILRI One Health strategy, and findings of One Health projects implemented with partners across Asia and Africa, and discuss the learnings of development and implementation of the One Health research program for food system transformation. …”
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Constraints and promising interventions to strengthen fish seed systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana by Ragasa, Catherine, Kruijssen, Froukje, Agyakwah, Seth Koranteng, Mensah, Emmanuel Tetteh-Doku, Asmah, Ruby, Ataa-Asantewaa, Martha, Amewu, Sena, Loison, Sarah Alobo

“…This study highlights the successes and lessons learned from the Ghana Tilapia Seed Project on broodstock distribution, training on fingerling production, establishment of nurseries, and training of fish farmers. …”
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Methodological considerations and cost to measure coverage of multisectoral nutrition interventions: Protocol for the One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh by Manohar, Swetha, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Neupane, Sumanta, Munos, Melinda Kay, Heidkamp, Rebecca, Banerjee, Archis, Pandya, Niharika, Kim, Sunny S.

“…This study will yield new tools, methods and evidence for measuring multisectoral nutrition intervention coverage, applicable to other low-income and middle-income countries. Learnings from ONCS will enhance data collection aligned with national strategies, helping governments improve coverage assessments, inform decisions and strengthen programme monitoring.…”
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Using a gender lens to explore farmers' adaptation options in the face of climate change: Results of a pilot study in Ghana by Naab, Jesse B., Koranteng H

“…Both men and women groups mentioned farming practices and coping strategies as topics they would like about to learn during an exchange visit to an analogue site. …”
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Morphological characterization and breeding system identification of local sheep breeds in Niger by Abdoul Karim, B.A., M'Naouer, D., Ayantunde, Augustine A.

“…In order to prevent these risks, it is indispensable to learn more on the breeds and dread farmer’s motivation for anarchic breeding practices. …”
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Effect of planting technique and amendment type on pearl millet yield, nutrient uptake, and water use on degraded land in Niger by Fatondji, D., Martius, C., Bielders, Charles L., Vlek, Paul L.G., Bationo, B. André, Gerard, Bruno G.

“…Due to increased population pressure and limited availability of fertile land, farmers on desert fringes increasingly rely on marginal land for agricultural production, which they have learned to rehabilitate with different technologies for soils and water conservation. …”
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