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Impact of climate smart agriculture on households’ resilience and vulnerability: an example from Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia by Ali, H., Menza, M., Hagos, Fitsum, Haileslassie, Amare

“…The estimated ATEs indicate that households which adopted more diversified combinations of CSA packages were more resilient and less vulnerable than non-adopter households. …”
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Challenges and experience of the Ethiopian rural health extension program: Implications for reform and revitalization by Zerfu, Taddese Alemu, Tareke, Amare Abera, Biadgilign, Sibhatu

“…The design constraints span from the number and type of intervention packages to the means of dissemination (vehicle) as well as the target population emphasized. …”
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Prospects of crop insurance for sustenance of farmers' livelihood during GM cotton crop failure in Indian Punjab by Kaur, Sandeep, Singh, Harpreet, Roy, Devesh, Singh, Hardeep

“…There is a need for special packages for diversified crops under any crop insurance policy. …”
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Child diet and household characteristics relate differently to child development at the beginning and the end of the second “1000 days” in rural Nepal by Miller, Laurie C., Neupane, Sumanta, Joshi, Neena, Lohani, Mahendra, Thorne-Lyman, Andrew

“…At age 2 years, ASQ scores related positively to “Full Package Intervention” and negatively to “Partial Package Intervention” membership. …”
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Can input access and market-based incentives reduce food loss? The case of bean farmers in Guatemala and Honduras by Delgado, Luciana, Nakasone, Eduardo, Torero, Máximo

“…The results suggested that it could be more effective for governments to switch policies from simply providing input packages to promoting market-based incentives, and share information on standards and promote standards legislation and price premiums at wholesale markets and for agro-processors.…”
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Local markets, local varieties: Rising food prices and small farmers' access to seed by Smale, Melinda, Cohen, Marc J., Nagarajan, Latha

“…As part of the “resilience” package, IFPRI proposes scaled-up investment in agricultural growth to bolster production responses over the longer term. …”
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Synthetic report on the co-design and experimentation of agroecological technologies with dairy farmers of the Agroecological Living Landscape of Burkina Faso by Ouattara Songdah, Désiré, Sib, Ollo, Sanogo, Souleymane, Sodre, Etienne, Berre, David, Vall, Eric

“…Overall, the implementation of the agroecological package among dairy farmers has strengthened the resilience of the dairy production system in the Bobo-Dioulasso dairy basin. …”
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SELEVER study: Baseline survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the intervention package in enhancing nutritional outcomes for women and children in the targeted communities. …”
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SELEVER study: First follow-up survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the intervention package in enhancing nutritional outcomes for women and children in the targeted communities. …”
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SELEVER study: Second follow-up survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the intervention package in enhancing nutritional outcomes for women and children in the targeted communities. …”
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SELEVER study: Endline survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the intervention package in enhancing nutritional outcomes for women and children in the targeted communities. …”
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Consumer perception and sensory profiling of cassava mealiness attributes using hedonic, JAR, and CATA methods by Osunbade, A.O., Alamu, E.O., Awoyale, W., Adesokan, M., Nwaoliwe, G., Akinwande, B., Adejuyitan, A., Lungaho, M., Maziya-Dixon, B.

“…Data collected were subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) using statistical packages for social science (SPSS) and XLSTAT packages. …”
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Consumer perception and sensory profiling of cassava mealiness attributes using hedonic, JAR, and CATA methods by Osunbade, A.O., Alamu, E.O., Awoyale, W., Adesokan, M., Nwaoliwe, G., Akinwande, B., Adejuyitan, A., Lungaho, M., Maziya-Dixon, B.

“…Data collected were subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) using statistical packages for social science (SPSS) and XLSTAT packages. …”
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SCASI Review and Planning Workshop Report by Abdulkadir, Birhan, Tadesse, Desalegn, Menamo, Sahlemariam, Mohammed, Edries, Abdu Mohammed, Teshome, Mindaye, Dabessa, Alemayehu, Mnalku, Abere, Regassa, Dereje

“…While this impact validates the CASI package as a highly effective response to soil and climate challenges, the review also identified critical limitations. …”
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Climate sensitive diseases in the Mekong Region: Can we predict pests by climate factors? by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Hu Suk Lee, Unger, Fred, Lindahl, Johanna F., Bett, Bernard K., Grace, Delia

“…A framework which will guide through the various work packages will be presented and discussed. The project is funded by the CGIAR programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).…”
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Geospatial approach for delineating extrapolation domains for sustainable agricultural intensification technologies by Muthoni, Francis K., Baijukya, Frederick P., Sseguya, H., Bekunda, Mateete A., Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Ouko, E., Mubea, K.

“…Application of ESI and IBSTI is expected to guide extension and development agencies to prioritize scaling intervention based on both biophysical suitability and potential impact of particular technology package. Annual precipitation was most limiting factor in largest area of the extrapolation domain. …”
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Driving Factors Behind the Adoption of Improved Technologies by Lentil Growers in West Bengal by Dhehibi, Boubaker, Chatterjee, Soumitra, Hazra, Soumavho, Karak, Sabyasachi, Nath, Rajib, Sarker, Ashutosh

“…To specifically enhance lentil productivity under rice-based cropping systems in West Bengal, the International Centre for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) began a multi-disciplinary project in 2012/13 providing improved technologies, including 29 improved lentil varieties, and a package of agronomic practices to farmers.…”
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How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown by Roy, Devesh, Boss, Ruchira, Pradhan, Mamata

“…COVID-19 may be with us for a year or more; India’s relief package is only the beginning. Going forward, the government needs a contingency plan focusing on how much, and for what length of time, the food system can continue to supply the social safety net in its current configuration. …”
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Transforming Gender Norms in Tanzania: Empowering Women Farmers by CGIAR

“…Devis Mwakanyamale, Research Associate at IITA Tanzania, explains how the CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality, HER+ -TRANSFORM work package collaborates with partners to design gender transformative interventions to reduce these normative constraints. …”
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A technology outreach campaign targeting small-scale maize producers in eastern DR Congo by Woomer, P., Luc, B., Bisomerine, C.

“…The African Agricultural Leadership Institute launched an outreach campaign to benefit smallholder maize farmers in the Ruzizi Plain and DR Congo. Packages of production inputs for 0.25 ha of maize were distributed to 2185 registered farmers. …”
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