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Potentials and barriers to land-based mitigation technologies and practices (LMTs) - a review by Karki, Lokendra, Lieu, Jenny, Xylia, Maria, Laub, Moritz, Ismangil, David, Virla, Luis D., Rahn, Eric, Bilbao, Bibiana Alejandra, Indriani, Siti Nurlaila, Martín Gallego, Pilar, Suleiman, Afnan Khalil Ahmad, Schaldach, Ruediger, Takama, Takeshi, Marques da Silva, José Rafael, Johnson, Francis X

“…BECCS (bio-energy with carbon capture and storage) and biochar have a higher potential in higher-income countries in the short term due to the availability of technology, funding, and existing low-cost biomass value chains. Although most LMTs can be cost-effective across multiple world regions, limited knowledge concerning their implementation and a lack of financing appear to be the main barriers to large-scale deployment. …”
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The impact of participatory action research and endogenous integrated soil fertility management on farm-gate dietary outputs in Northern Tanzania by Mponela, Powell, Manda, Julius, Kinyua, Michael Wanjohi, Maguta, Job Kihara

“…These findings indicate that PAR contributes to nutritional outcomes of smallholder farmers contingent on the promotion of low-cost input sources and crop diversification which can be leveraged to inform upscaling of participatory policies, strategies, and technologies.…”
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The Use of Biologically Converted Agricultural Byproducts in Chicken Nutrition by Ababor, Sebsib, Tamiru, Metekia, Alkhtib, Ashraf, Wamatu, Jane, Kuyu, Chala, Teka, Tilahun, Lemlem Arega Terefe, Lemlem Arega Terefe, Burton, Emily

“…The current paper identifies that solid-state fermentation has attracted more research attention than other fermentation counterparts because it requires minimal moisture, good oxygen availability, cheap media, low wastewater generation, low cost, a low processing scheme, low energy demand, and high productivity. …”
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Accelerating Intermittent Irrigation for Low-carbon and Resilient Rice Production Systems in Asia by Enriquez, Yuji, Nelson, Katherine, Sander, Bjoern Ole, Bouman, Bas, Pede, Valerien, Watanabe, Mamoru

“…Intermittent irrigation practices, characterized by (i) single drainage or single aeration, such as midseason drainage, and (ii) multiple drainage or multiple aeration, such as Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), midseason drainage followed by intermittent irrigation, and other AWD variants, are low-cost innovations that reduce farmers’ irrigation needs and methane emissions. …”
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Geographic-scale coffee cherry counting with smartphones and deep learning by Rivera Palacio, Juan Camilo, Bunn, Christian, Rahn, Eric, Little-Savage, Daisy, Schimidt, Paul, Ryo, Masahiro

“…However, their applications are infeasible for many crop systems under tree canopies, such as coffee crops, making it challenging to perform plant monitoring and phenotyping at a large spatial scale at a low cost. This study aims to develop a geographic-scale monitoring method for coffee cherry counting, supported by an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered citizen science approach. …”
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Show me what you eat: Assessing diets remotely through pictures by Ceballos, Francisco, Hernandez, Manuel A.

“…Such rich consumption data can help identify and better understand vulnerabilities and nutritional imbalances —including specific macronutrient or micronutrient gaps or excesses—, and open the door for low-cost, individually tailored digital interventions to promote healthier diets. …”
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Paying for digital information: Assessing farmers’ willingness to pay for a digital agriculture and nutrition service in Ghana by Hidrobo, Melissa, Palloni, Giordano, Aker, Jenny C., Gilligan, Daniel O., Ledlie, Natasha

“…With the widespread growth of mobile phone coverage and adoption over the past decade, there has been considerable enthusiasm over the potential for information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide a low-cost approach for farmers to overcome information constraints in agricultural initiatives. …”
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Rice fortification in Bangladesh: Technical feasibility and regulatory requirement for introducing rice fortification in public modern storage/distribution of fortified rice throug... by Andrade, Juan E., Ali, Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar, Chowdhury, Reajul, Crost, Benjamin, Hoffmann, Vivian, Mustafa, Shoumi, Shaima, Nabila Afrin

“…The fortification of staple food items including rice to deliver vital micronutrients offers a unique opportunity to target the vulnerable populace – mostly women, young children and female adolescents – at a low cost, and importantly, without forcing a change in dietary habits.2 Although considerable investments are currently being made to improve micronutrient nutrition outcomes around the world, such efforts generally take time to provide results.…”
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Engaging young agripreneurs: Options to include youth in private sector extension and advisory services in Rwanda and Uganda by Franzel, Steven, Miiro, R., Uwitonze, Nicolas, Davis, Kristin E., Luzobe, B., Rurangwa, Raphael

“…Youth agripreneurship awards were important and low-cost but relied on the generosity of donors.…”
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Engaging young agripreneurs: Options to include youth in private sector extension and advisory services in Rwanda and Uganda: Executive summary by Franzel, Steven, Miiro, R., Uwitonze, Nicolas, Davis, Kristin E., Luzobe, B., Rurangwa, Raphael

“…Youth agripreneurship awards were important and low-cost but relied on the generosity of donors.…”
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Willingness to vaccinate and willingness to pay for vaccination against peste des petits ruminants in northern Senegal by Ilboudo, Guy S., Wanyoike, Francis N., Bahta, Sirak T., Sy, S., Djigo, C.A.T., Sall, P.A., Lô, M.M., Dione, Michel M.

“…Preferences of producers leaned toward home vaccination (preference weight = 0.74, p = 1%), individual herd vaccination (preference weight = 0.45, p = 1%), elective participation to vaccination (preference weight = 0.33, p = 0.01), and low-cost services (preference weight = −0.004, p = 0.1). …”
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An operational tool for evaluating poverty outreach of development policies and projects by Zeller, Manfred, Sharma, Manohar, Henry, Carla, Lapenu, Cecile

“…The method was developed in response to demands by donors and development practitioners for a low-cost evaluation instrument that could be used as a regular operational tool for assessing the poverty outreach of a development project or institution. …”
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Who knows, who cares?: Determinants of enactment, awareness and compliance with community natural resource management by Nkonya, Ephraim M., Pender, John L., Kato, Edward, Mugarura, Samuel, Muwonge, James

“…Development of roads and communication can thus facilitate better community NRM. Other low cost options to increase awareness could include use of radio programs, environmental education in schools, resource user seminars, brochures, and district level training workshops...Several dimensions of poverty, including greater income poverty, poor education, and poor access to credit are associated with lower compliance with tree planting and protection requirements. …”
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Are soil and water conservation technologies a buffer against production risk in the face of climate change? by Kato, Edward, Ringler, Claudia, Yesuf, Mahmud, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…Although soil and water conservation technologies are generally considered low-cost, they still engender risk for very low-income, risk-averse households, which are prevalent in rural Ethiopia. …”
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Agriculture and climate change: The importance of property rights in climate change mitigation by Markelova, Helen, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…However, there is an opportunity in agriculture for net benefit streams from a variety of zero- or low-cost mitigation opportunities ranging from agroforestry practices and restoration of degraded soils to zero-till and other land-management practices. …”
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Evaluation of gravity-led and energy-fed drainage for sustaining food security in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh by Mondal, Manoranjan K., Yadav, Sudhir, Baidya, Bishwajit, Khan, Zahirul H., Sutradhar, Asish, Humphreys, Elizabeth, Kamal, Farhana A., Jagadish, Krishna S.V.

“…Therefore, a study was conducted in polder 30, in the medium‐salinity region of the south‐west coastal zone, to examine the biophysical and economic feasibility of low‐cost gravity (gravity‐led) drainage. The results show a considerable opportunity to increase rice production in the polders with improved drainage practices. …”
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Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines by Samoy-Pascual, Kristine, Yadav, Sudhir, Evangelista, Gio, Burac, Mary Ann, Rafael, Marvelin, Cabangon, Romeo, Tokida, Takeshi, Mizoguchi, Masaru, Regalado, Manuel Jose

“…Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is a well-known low-cost water-saving and climate change adaptation and mitigation technique for irrigated rice. …”
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Disentangling challenges to scaling alternate wetting and drying technology for rice cultivation: Distilling lessons from 20 years of experience in the Philippines by Enriquez, Yuji, Yadav, Sudhir, Evangelista, Gio Karlo, Villanueva, Donald, Burac, Mary Ann, Pede, Valerien

“…Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a low-cost innovation that enables farmers to adapt to increasingly water scarcity conditions (such as drought), increase overall farm production efficiency, and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. …”
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Application of geographically weighted regression to improve grain yield prediction from unmanned aerial system imagery by Haghighattalab, Atena, Crain, Jared, Mondal, Suchismita, Rutkoski, Jessica, Singh, Ravi Prakash, Poland, Jesse

“…The UAS consisted of a modified consumer‐grade camera mounted on a low‐cost unmanned aerial vehicle and was deployed multiple times throughout the growing season in yield trials of advanced breeding lines with irrigated and drought‐stressed environments at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. …”
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Estimating the global costs of Vitamin A capsule supplementation: A review of the literature by Neidecker-Gonzales, Oscar, Nestel, Penelope, Bouis, Howarth E.

“…Policy recommendations have assumed that the supplementation programs offer a proven technology at a relatively low cost of around US$0.10 per capsule. Objectives. …”
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