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A Bayesian analysis of longitudinal farm surveys in Central Malawi reveals yield determinants and site-specific management strategies by Snapp, Sieglinde S., Han Wang, Fisher, M., Viens, F.

“…Understanding the challenges to increasing maize productivity in sub-Saharan Africa, especially agronomic factors that reduce on-farm crop yield, has important implications for policies to reduce national and global food insecurity. …”
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Pathways toward inclusive low-emission dairy development in Tanzania: Producer heterogeneity and implications for intervention design by Kihoro, E.M., Schoneveld, George C., Crane, Todd A.

“…However, producers rarely prioritize emission reduction in their day-to-day practices, resulting in a mismatch between global and national environmental policies and local development interests. This raises the urgency of identifying overlapping solution spaces that would address global and national environmental targets and farmers' production goals. …”
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Mangrove blue carbon stocks and dynamics are controlled by hydrogeomorphic settings and land-use change by Sasmito, S.D., Sillanpää, M., Hayes, M.A., Bachri, S., Saragi-Sasmito, M.F., Sidik, F., Hanggara, B.B., Mofu, W.Y., Rumbiak, V.I., Hendri, Taberima, S., Suhaemi, Nugroho, J.D., Pattiasina, T.F., Widagti, N., Barakalla, Rahajoe, J.S., Hartantri, H., Nikijuluw, V., Jowey, R.N., Heatubun, C., Ermgassen, P. zu, Worthington, T.A., Howard, J., Lovelock, C.E., Friess, D.A., Hutley, L.B., Murdiyarso, D.

“…Therefore, current land‐based climate policies must incorporate landscape and land‐use characteristics, and their related carbon management consequences, for more effective emissions reduction targets and restoration outcomes.…”
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Intensification of dairy production can increase the GHG mitigation potential of the land use sector in East Africa by Brandt, P., Yesuf, G., Herold, M., Rufino, Mariana C.

“…There are, however, risks of C leakage if agricultural and forest policies are not aligned leading to loss of forest to produce concentrates. …”
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Prevalence of aflatoxin- and fumonisin-producing fungi associated with cereal crops grown in Zimbabwe and their associated risks in a climate change scenario by Akello, J., Ortega Beltran, A., Katati, B., Atehnkeng, J., Augusto, J., Mwila, C.M., Mahuku, George S., Chikoye, David, Bandyopadhyay, R.

“…Adoption of AF and FM management practices throughout the maize value chain coupled with policies supporting dietary diversification are needed to protect maize consumers in Zimbabwe from AF- and FM-associated health effects. …”
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Adoption of complementary climate-smart agricultural technologies: lessons from Lushoto in Tanzania by Ogada, Maurice Juma, Radeny, Maren A.O., Recha, John W.M., Solomon, Dawit

“…Conclusions: The findings indicate that any effective CSA technology adoption and diffusion strategies and policies should take into account the complementarity of the technologies and heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers. …”
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Effects of Covid-19 on fresh fruit and vegetable production, retailing and consumption in Kenya by Onyango, Kevin, Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Billy, O., Kabach, J., Lundy, Mark M.

“…Because of different effects of the pandemic on the different value-chain actors, producers, consumers, and food retailers require different policies and approaches to tackle the situation. Interventions aimed at lowering food prices will contribute to improved food security and nutrition among consumers and improve trade thereby benefitting food traders and producers. …”
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Trends and Inequities in food, energy, protein, fat, and carbohydrate intakes in rural Bangladesh by Ahmed, Akhter, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Ali, Masum, Ghostlaw, Julie, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…Our findings call for coherent sets of policies and investments toward a well-functioning food system and social protection to promote healthier, more equitable diets in rural Bangladesh.…”
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Farm size limits agriculture's poverty reduction potential in Eastern India even with irrigation-led intensification by Urfels, Anton, Mausch, Kai, Harris, Dave, McDonald, Andrew J., Kishore, Avinash, Balwinder-Singh, Poonia, S., Halsema, Gerardo van, Struik, Paul C., Craufurd, Peter Q., Foster, Timothy, Singh, Vartika, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…Irrigation-led agricultural intensification programs and policies should explicitly account for the heterogeneity in household resources, irrigation levels, and degree of dependence on agricultural income.…”
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Multi-stakeholder perception analysis of the status, characteristics, and factors affecting small-scale carp aquaculture systems in Bangladesh by Rossignoli, Cristiano, Lozano, Denise, Barman, Benoy, Brako Dompreh, Eric, Manyise, Timothy, Wang, Quanli, Dam Lam, Rodolfo, Moruzzo, Roberta, Paz Mendez, Alvaro, Gasparatos, Alexandros

“…This will be indispensable for informing policies and actions that aim to target more effectively the different types of producers, and to improve the overall performance and sustainability of the sector.…”
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Determinants and impact of farmers’ participation in social media groups: Evidence from irrigated areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan by Tadjiev, Abdusame, Kurbanov, Zafar, Djanibekov, Nodir, Govind, Ajit, Akramkhanov, Akmal

“…The findings are relevant for developing private strategies and public policies to spread digital technologies among Central Asia’s farmers. …”
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Status of integrated crop-livestock research in the mixed farming systems of the Global South: a scoping study by Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Chibarabada, T. P., Sikka, Alok

“…Building the resilience of smallholder farmers in MFS can be done through diversification and ensuring access to information, markets and finance. Policies that promote the business component, i.e., markets, training, gender equality, private investments, tenure systems and technology adoption were identified for the sustainability of MFS. …”
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Gender dynamics and sustainable agriculture adoption for low emission food systems in Cameroon by Ngaiwi, Mary Eyeniyeh, Meliko, Majory O., Molua, Ernest Lytia, Nchanji, Eileen, Vanegas, Martha, Amahnui, George Amenchwi, Sylvester, Janelle, Castro Nunez, Augusto Carlos

“…Thus, gender-equitable agrifood systems adoption policies and programmes are needed to empower women. …”
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Transition Pathways toward Agroecology in Semi-arid “Crop-Livestock” Systems at Rhahla, Gaafour by Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Alary, Veronique, Shiri, Zahra, Dhraief, Mohamed Zied, Oueslati-Zlaoui, Meriem, Majri, Rihab, Rudiger, Udo, Frija, Aymen, Idoudi, Zied, Souissi, Asma, Dhehibi, Boubaker, Mannai, Amal, Rekik, Mourad, Rejeb, Hichem

“…The resulting impact pathway promotes improving soil health, increasing economic autonomy at farm and national level and scaling AE transition through sectorial and inter sectorial policies. A mass of actions will be implemented during 2023 and 2024 to ensure a possible transition in the intervention area and to get lessons from it to all of the Tunisia crop-livestock system.…”
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Household modelling and trade-off analysis to design resilient crop- livestock farming systems in dry regions of Senegal by Kumar, Shalander, Pramanik, Soumitra, Yessofou, Adjani Nourou-Dine, Worou, Omonlola Nadine, Anthony, Whitbread

“…It provides empirical evidence to inform agricultural policies and investments tailored to regional production patterns. …”
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Microbial bioinoculants for regenerative agriculture and amelioration of soil degradation in the Lower Mekong Region by Venethongkham, Thanongkham

“…Among the three countries, Thailand has the most intensive research and supportive policies for combining microbial bioinoculants with agroecological principles, followed by Vietnam, which receives support from a range of international organizations but lacks specific standards for microbial bioinoculants. …”
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Can dairy help solve the malnutrition crisis in developing countries? An economic analysis by Headey, Derek D.

“…Agricultural policies are increasingly being asked to do more to address the extensive global burden of undernutrition (Ruel and Alderman, 2013). …”
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Maternal and paternal employment in agriculture and early childhood development: A cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health survey data by Bliznashka, Lilia, Jeong, Joshua, Jaacks, Lindsay M.

“…More research using more comprehensive exposure and outcome measures is needed to unpack these complex relationships and to inform interventions and policies to support working parents in the agricultural sector with young children.…”
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The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition by Reardon, Thomas, Tschirley, David, Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., Awokuse, Titus, Fanzo, Jessica, Minten, Bart, Vos, Rob

“…The global experience suggests that double duty actions are most important as are selected policies focused on healthy weaning foods for addressing stunting and taxes on SSBs, nutrition labeling, and other measures can steer consumers away from unhealthy ultra-processed foods to addressing obesity and possibly child nutrition and stunting. …”
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Role of maternal preconception nutrition on offspring growth and risk of stunting across the first 1000 days in Vietnam: A prospective cohort study by Young, Melissa F., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Gonzalez-Casanova, Ines, Addo, O. Yaw, Tran, Lan Mai, Nguyen, Son, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…These findings underscore the importance of expanding the scope of current policies and strategies to include the preconception period in order to reduce child stunting.…”
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