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The continuous rise – during economic growth, the COVD-19 pandemic and conflict – in the adoption of labor-saving agricultural technologies in Myanmar by Minten, Bart, Sabai, Moe

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Mitigating poverty and undernutrition through social protection: A simulation analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Indonesia by Ecker, Olivier, Alderman, Harold, Comstock, Andrew R., Headey, Derek D., Mahrt, Kristi, Pradesha, Angga

“…As a re-cent and still relevant example, it focuses on the kinds of economic shocks brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic which, especially during the first lockdowns of April 2020, resulted in severe job and income losses for the poor and thus reduction and changes in spending, with urban and rural non-farm households typically affected more severely than farm households. …”
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Dynamic metrics for public health surveillance are imperative to gain control of the COVID-19 pandemic in America: Longitudinal trend analysis by Post, Lori Ann, Issa, Tariq Ziad, Boctor, Michael J., Moss, Charles B., Murphy, Robert Leo, Resnick, Danielle

“…Background: The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has led to a global pandemic. The United States has been severely affected, accounting for the most COVID-19 cases and deaths globally. …”
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COVID-19 pandemic leads to greater depth of unaffordability of healthy and nutrient-adequate diets in low- and middle-income countries by Laborde Debucquet, David, Herforth, Anna, Headey, Derek D., de Pee, Saskia

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Virtual eulogies, rituals, and burials: Experiences of and adaptations to death and mourning during the COVID-19 pandemic among transnational families by Maviza, Gracsious, Thebe, Phillip

“…This paper is based on in-depth qualitative data from key informants (i.e., village heads, and employees of burial societies) and dyads from five families interviewed between March 2020 and December 2022 in Tsholotsho and Johannesburg to explore the experiences of and adaptations to death within transnational families during the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows the extraordinary autocratic governance and weaponisation of COVID-19 and the resulting travel restrictions between Zimbabwe and South Africa. …”
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Emergency program to combat the Cassava Mosaic Disease pandemic in East Africa: a systemwide whitefly IPM affiliated project by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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Can phone surveys be representative in low- and middle-income countries? An application to Myanmar by Lambrecht, Isabel B., van Asselt, Joanna, Headey, Derek D., Minten, Bart, Meza, Patrick, Sabai, Moe, Sun, Thet Su, Ei Win, Hnin

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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level by Veenhuizen, René van

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Independent impact assessment of the World Bank-funded Nigeria Avian Influenza Control and Human Pandemic Preparedness and Response Project (NAICP) by Perry, Brian D., Randolph, Thomas F., Bett, Bernard K., Grace, Delia, Globig, A., Fadiga, M.L., Sones, Keith R., Henning, J., Pali, Pamela N., Poole, Elizabeth J., Hannah, H., Ekanem, E., Abdu, P., Molokwu, C.

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A long, dry season of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa? The environmental impacts of the pandemic in the livestock sector in northern Kenya by Graham, Michael, Merbold, Lutz, Jensen, Nathaniel D., Chelanga, Philemon

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Traditional food chains: Some thoughts on terminologies, perceptions and how to de-risk them to cope with food safety and pandemic threats by Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Phuc Pham-Duc, Pham Van Hung, Huyen Le Thi Thanh, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Tum, S., Chea, Rortana, Ty, C., Nguyen Thanh Luong, Hai Ngo Hoang Tuan, Grace, Delia

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A framework for assessing the effects of shock events on livestock and environment in sub-Saharan Africa: The COVID-19 pandemic in northern Kenya by Graham, Michael, Chelanga, Philemon, Jensen, Nathaniel D., Leitner, Sonja, Fava, Francesco P., Merbold, Lutz

“…Proxy data were obtained before the pandemic in 2019 and after the pandemic in 2020 to compare between years and evaluate the indirect effects of the pandemic and associated restrictions on livestock GHG emissions using the three-part framework. …”
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Imported SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern drove spread of infections across Kenya during the second year of the pandemic by Nasimiyu, C., Matoke-Muhia, D., Rono, Gilbert K., Osoro, E., Ouso, Daniel O., Mwangi, J.M., Mwikwabe, N., Thiong’o, K., Dawa, J., Ngere, I., Gachohi, J., Kariuki, S., Amukoye, E., Mureithi, M., Ngere, P., Amoth, P., Were, I., Makayotto, L., Nene, Vishvanath M., Okoth, Edward A., Njenga, M.K., Seifert, S.N., Oyola, Samuel O.

“…Using classical and genomic epidemiology, we tracked the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya over 23 months to determine the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on its progression. …”
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Uneven recovery and a lingering food crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic for rural safety net transfer recipients in Ethiopia by Gilligan, Daniel O., Berhane, Guush, Hirvonen, Kalle, Kumar, Neha, Leight, Jessica

“…In the time since those initial projections and rapid surveillance surveys were conducted, researchers have revisited the same samples to analyze the medium-term effects of the pandemic. In addition, they have gathered information on households at the economic margins of society and those considered to be less affected by the pandemic by virtue of their sector of employment or remote location.…”
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Respondent fatigue reduces dietary diversity scores reported from mobile phone surveys in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Abay, Kibrom A., Berhane, Guush, Hoddinott, John F., Tafere, Kibrom

“…The computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) has been used extensively during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the effects of respondent fatigue during these interviews on responses to questions about diet are unknown. …”
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Assessing the hidden burden and costs of COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia: Implications for health and well-being of women, children and adolescents by Owais, Aatekah, Rizvi, Arjumand, Jawwad, Muhammad, Horton, Susan, Das, Jai K., Merritt, Catherine, Moreno, Ralfh, Asfaw, Atnafu G., Rutter, Paul, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Menon, Purnima, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected vulnerable populations. …”
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Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system by Chen, Kevin Z., Mao, Rui

“…In this opinion piece, we highlight that trade barriers established during COVID-19 as “fire lines” to prevent cross-border transmission of the pandemic could become “fault lines” that demolish the global food system. …”
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Building back fairer from the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa: Some first step reforms in an era of fiscal constraints by Arndt, Channing, Davies, Robert J., Gabriel, Sherwin, Harris, Laurence, Sachs, Michael, van Seventer, Dirk Ernst

“…Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa confronted an unfolding economic crisis. …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of genetic change amongst populations of cassava Bemisia tabaci whiteflies driving virus pandemics in East and Central Africa by Legg, James P., Sseruwagi, P., Boniface, S., Okao-Okuja, G., Shirima, R.R., Bigirimana, S., Gashaka, G., Herrmann, H.W., Jeremiah, S., Ndyetabula, I., Tata-Hangy, W.K., Masembe, C., Brown, J., Obiero, H.

“…The greatest current threat to cassava in sub-Saharan Africa, is the continued expansion of plant virus pandemics being driven by super-abundant populations of the whitefly vector, Bemisia tabaci. …”
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First evidence for the spread of East African cassava mosaic virus Uganda (EACMVUG) and the pandemic of severe cassava mosaic disease to Burundi by Bigirimana, S., Barumbanze, P., Obonyo, R., Legg, James P.

“…These results represent the first report of the expansion of the African CMD pandemic into Burundi.…”
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