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An international public partnership for genetic enhancement of cowpea using a holistic approach to biotechnology por Ortíz, R.

“…Its protein-rich grains are the main product of the crop, which are commonly eaten in different forms by rural and urban peoples. African farmers growing cowpea in their fields often harvest low yields because many biotic and abiotic factors affect the crop. …”
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Legume Productivity and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics in Lowland Rice-Based Cropping Systems por Ladha, J.K., Kundu, D.K., Angelo-Van Coppenolle, M.G., Carangal, V.R., Peoples, M.B., Dart, P.J.

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Women and indigenous communities at the forefront of climate resilience locally driven inclusion mechanisms to transform climate policy in Guatemala and Central America por Paez Valencia, Ana Maria, Valiente, Regina, Lizarazo, Miguel, Borrayo, Andrea, Martinez Baron, Deissy

“…This policy brief documents local mechanisms that strengthen the participation and leadership of women and Indigenous Peoples in climate change adaptation processes in Guatemala. …”
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Agroclimate prediction and advisory for Ethiopian agricultural extension por Ahmed, Jemal Seid, Tesfaye, Kindie, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Tamene, Lulseged D., Gebremariam, Temesgen, Solomon, Dawit

“…To date, the performance of Belg rainfall has been mixed with favorable conditions in the southern and eastern half of Ethiopia's Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), and adjoining western areas of Oromia. …”
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Cross-Border Multi-Stakeholder Platform of Tana-Kipini-Laga Badana Bushland and Seascape, Kenya-Somali Border por Malesu, M., Koech, G.

“…Periodic mass migration and break down of law and order has weakened the grassroots’ institutional fabric, thus threatening not only peoples’ livelihoods but also the sustainability of natural systems. …”
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Property rights and collective action in watersheds por Swallow, Brent M., Johnson, Nancy L., Knox, Anna, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…the biophysical attributes and the policy and institutional environments?shape peoples? livelihoods and interactions within the watershed. …”
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Use your power for good: plural valuation of nature – the Oaxaca statement por Jacobs, S., Zafra-Calvo, Noelia, González Jimenez, D., Guibrunet, L., Benessaiah, K., Berghöfer, A., Chaves-Chaparro, J., Díaz, S., Gómez Baggethun, E., Lele, S., Martín López, B., Masterson, V.A., Merçon, J., Moersberger, H., Muraca, B., Norström, Albert V., O'Farrell, P., Ordonez, J.C., Prieur-Richard, A.-H., Rincón Ruiz, A., Sitas, N., Subramanian, S.M., Tadesse, W., Noordwijk, M. van, Pascual, U., Balvanera, P.

“…None of the approaches to elicit peoples’ values are neutral. Unequal power relations influence valuation and decision-making and are at the core of most environmental conflicts. …”
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Gender relations and witches among the indigenous communities of Jharkhand, India por Mullick, S.B.

“…Through an analysis and interpretation of myths, legends and witch songs, the paper endeavours to see the belief in which craft in the context of the changing socio-economic condition of the indigenous peoples of India. The belief in witches and the targeting of women as witches are only the external manifestations of a deep-rooted gender struggle as patriarchy in the dominant Hindu society influences indigenous cultures.…”
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Bridging, linking, and bonding social capital in collective action: the case of Kalahan forest reserve in the Philippines por Dahal, G.R., Adhikari, K.P.

“…The study confirms previous findings, which have emphasized the high level of cohesion and traditional norms among a homogeneous community of indigenous peoples (bonding social capital) as a success factor. …”
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Rights to forests and carbon under REDD+ initiatives in Latin America por Larson, A.M., Corbera, E., Cronkleton, P., Dam, C. van, Bray, D.B., Estrada, M., May, P., Medina, G., Navarro, G., Pacheco, P.

“…Rights to large areas of forest have been granted to communities and indigenous peoples in Latin America, offering these groups an opportunity to participate in REDD+ initiatives. …”
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Direct seed marketing program in Ethiopia in 2013: An operational evaluation to guide seed-sector reform por Benson, Todd, Spielman, David J., Kasa, Leulsegged

“…In 2013 the Bureaus of Agriculture in the regional states of Amhara, Oromia, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples of Ethiopia supported a program of direct marketing of certified seed by seed producers to farmers across 31 woredas (districts). …”
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Livelihood transitions and the changing nature of farmer-herder conflict in Sahelian West Africa por Turner, M.D., Ayantunde, Augustine A., Patterson, K.P., Patterson, E.D.

“…Using the cases of four rural communities in Niger, this study adopts an 'access to resources' framework to analyse the causal connections among: rural peoples' livelihood strategies, everyday social relations of production, perceptions of social groups' identities, and the potential for farmer-herder conflict. …”
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Mainstreaming NUS for nutrition sensitive agriculture: a holistic approach por Padulosi, Stefano, Meldrum, Gennifer, Mathur, Shantanu, Hunter, Danny

“…This chapter presents the key elements of this framework and offers reflections on its implementation following Bioversity International’s innovative holistic value-chain approach, which, through interdisciplinary, bottom-up and gender-sensitive interventions, aims at strengthening the resilience of livelihoods as a whole, with special attention given to women, youth, Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized members of society. …”
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Lessons learned from the Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress: Adopting agricultural biodiversity as a catalyst for transformative global food systems por Zaccari, Claudia, Vivo, Romano de, Pawera, Lukas, Termote, Céline, Hunter, Danny, Borelli, Teresa, Kettle, Christopher J., Maas, Bea, Novotny, Ivan, Cherico Wanger, Thomas, Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, Fadda, Carlo, Gee, Eliot

“…This was the purpose of the 2021 Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress, convening scientists, Indigenous Peoples, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to share and advance research, nature-positive solutions, and policies. …”
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Scaling-up community-based resource management in Solomon Islands por Van Der Ploeg, Jan, Sukulu, Meshach, Govan, Hugh, Eriksson, Hampus

“…We argue that to effectively support indigenous peoples and local communities in the management of marine resources and, thereby, achieve biodiversity conservation outcomes at scale, it is necessary to move away from site-based conservation projects and focus instead on strengthening the capability of government agencies.…”
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths por Lambin, E.F., Turner, B.L., Geist, H.J., Agbola, S.J., Angelsen, A., Bruce, J.W., Coomes, O.T., Dirzo, R., Fischer, Gundula, Folke, C.

“…Cases reviewed support the conclusion that neither population nor poverty alone constitute the sole and major underlying causes of land-cover change worldwide. Rather, peoples' responses to economic opportunities, as mediated by institutional factors, drive land-cover changes. …”
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The right to know : access to information through visual communication por Giessler, Robert

“…Organizations and politicians have long tried to find a communication strategy to change behavior in this area but with no effect. It is a fact that peoples positive attitude in sustainable living do not match with the actual behavior and that this discrepancy is hard to bridge. …”

The meeting of multiple governmentalities and technologies of participation in protected areas: The case of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve (Peruvian Amazon) por Palacios Llaque, D., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P.

“…However, while this co-management arrangement permits participatory governance by historically excluded actors such as indigenous peoples, it excludes another population: Andean migrants. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities forInternational Indigenous Adaptation Network por Worou, Nadine

“…This presentation highlights the central role of indigenous peoples and pastoral communities in climate adaptation, emphasising climate justice and sovereignty as conditions for effectiveness and equity. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of pork consumers in Uganda por Roesel, Kristina, Ejobi, F., Dione, Michel M., Pezo, Danilo A., Ouma, Emily A., Kungu, J., Clausen, Peter-Henning, Grace, Delia

“…Using participatory methods and considering that pig keepers are also consumers, we describe drivers for and taboos around eating pork, the role of pork in peoples’ diets compared to other livestock-derived foods, important attributes when buying pork, the risk of pig feeds competing with human food as well as knowledge, attitudes and practices around pig zoonoses.…”
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