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Household dietary patterns and the cost of a nutritious diet in Myanmar by Mahrt, Kristi, Mather, David, Herforth, Anna, Headey, Derek D.

“…Despite significant poverty reduction over the past decade, undernutrition in Myanmar remains widespread. …”
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Informing policy with agricultural R&D evidence: An ASTI pilot project in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania by Carden, Fred, Beintema, Nienke M., Admassie, Assefa, Katera, Lucas, Mboghoina, Thadeus, Onyekwena, Chukwuka

“…Given agricultural research’s important role in increasing agricultural productivity, economic growth, and poverty reduction, ASTI initiated a pilot study in three African countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania) to develop a clearer understanding of how to promote the uptake of agricultural research evidence. …”
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Food security without food transfers? A CGE analysis for Ethiopia of the different food security impacts of fertilizer subsidies and locally sourced food transfers by Caria, A. Stefano, Tamru, Seneshaw, Bizuneh, Gera

“…Yield growth seems a promising avenue to pursue food security and, more generally, poverty reduction goals. Nevertheless, policies focusing on one dimension of the yield function alone, such as fertilizer subsidies, are unlikely to deliver the necessary improvement in yields. …”
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Food security without food transfers? A CGE analysis for Ethiopia of the different food security impacts of fertilizer subsidies and locally sourced food transfers by Caria, A. Stefano, Tamru, Seneshaw, Bizuneh, Gera

“…Yield growth seems a promising avenue to pursue food security and, more generally, poverty reduction goals. Nevertheless, policies focusing on one dimension of the yield function alone, such as fertilizer subsidies, are unlikely to deliver the necessary improvement in yields. …”
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Development strategies, macroeconomic policies, and the agricultural sector in Zambia by Resnick, Danielle, Thurlow, James

“…Zambia has recently experienced a period of renewed growth and poverty reduction. Yet just as falling copper prices forced Zambia to undergo market-oriented reforms, the recent boom in world copper prices could provide incentives to return to a more interventionist development strategy. …”
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Collective action for innovation and small farmer market access: The Papa Andina experience by Devaux, André, Velasco, Claudio, López, Gastón, Bernet, Thomas, Ordinola, Miguel, Pico, Hernán, Thiele, Graham, Horton, Douglas E.

“…Based on these experiences, a number of lessons are formulated for using collective action to stimulate innovation, market access, and poverty reduction in other settings.…”
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Food policy liberalization in Bangladesh: how the government and the markets delivered by Chowdhury, Nuimuddin, Farid, Nasir, Roy, Devesh

“…The government has moreover downsized the PFDS, making poverty-reduction a priority basis for grain allocation. …”
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The impact of climate variability and change on economic growth and poverty in Zambia by Thurlow, James, Zhu, Tingju, Diao, Xinshen

“…We combined a hydro-crop model with a dynamic general equilibrium (DCGE) model to assess the impacts of climate variability and change on economic growth and poverty reduction in Zambia. The hydro-crop model is first used to estimate the impact of climate variability on crop yields over the past three decades and such analysis is done at the crop level for each of Zambia’s five agroecological zones, supported by the identification of zonal-level extreme weather events using a drought index analysis. …”
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Abstracts of MSc theses completed by ILRI graduate fellows 2006-2007 by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Building on three decades of experience, ILRI works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty by bringing high quality science and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. As part of its research-based outreach and capacity strengthening, ILRI assists its partners by offering opportunities for long- and short-term training for researchers and development practitioners. …”
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Abstracts of PhD theses completed by ILRI graduate fellows 2006-2007 by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Building on three decades of experience, ILRI works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty by bringing high quality science and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. As part of its research-based outreach and capacity strengthening, ILRI assists its partners by offering opportunities for long- and short-term training for researchers and development practitioners. …”
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Abstracts of PhD and MSc theses completed by ILRI graduate fellows 2008 by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Building on three decades of experience, ILRI works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty by bringing high quality science and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. As part of its research-based outreach and capacity strengthening, ILRI assists its partners by offering opportunities for long- and short-term training for researchers and development practitioners. …”
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Training of trainers report by Mhlanga, Blessing, Setimela, Peter, Chiduwa, Mazvita Sheila, Thierfelder, Christian

“…Environmental health and biodiversity (soil cover, residue retention, diversified systems); iii. Poverty reduction, livelihoods, and jobs (mechanization service opportunities); and iv. …”
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Catalysing learning for development and climate change: an exploration of social learning and social differentiation in CGIAR by Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…This paper investigates the synergies (and trade-offs) associated with integrating socially differentiated stakeholders and/or groups – the poor, women, elderly, youth and indigenous – into social learning processes aimed at addressing poverty reduction, livelihood development and longer term resilience. …”
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Is research for development a good investment? Reflections on lessons from the NBDC by Merrey, Douglas J.

“…All six BDCs promise significant outcomes leading ultimately to poverty reduction and environmental conservation through application of R4D. …”
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture with sustainable irrigated agroecosystem services by Makin, Ian W., Manthrithilake, Herath

“…Irrigation has been an essential input to agriculture to meet the fast-increasing demand for food and is also a contributor to poverty reduction. Future population growth and economic development means that the increasing demand for food must be expected to continue, and it is projected that intensified irrigated agriculture will have to provide about 60% of the extra food needed (World Bank, 2007). …”
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Prioritizing climate-smart livestock technologies in rural Tanzania: a minimum data approach by Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Valdivia, Roberto O., Paul, Birthe K., Mwongera, Caroline, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Läderach, Peter R.D., Herrero, Mario, Silvestri, Silvia

“…Both householdswith local cows and thosewith improved cows had increased incomeand food security.However, overall poverty reduction was only modest for households with local cows. …”
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Scaling out Climate Smart Agriculture: Strategies and Guidelines for Smallholder Farming in Western Kenya by Schaller, Michaela, Barth, Elena I., Blies, Darinka, Röhrig, Felicitas, Schümmelfeder, Malte

“…This showcases the tremendous significance agriculture holds for key issues at the heart of development: food security, poverty reduction, sus-tainable livelihoods. Kenya is a youthful country, where roughly half the population is 18 years of age or younger. …”
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Adoption and impact of improved technologies in developing countries: the case of Imazapyrresistant maize in Western Kenya by Mignouna, Djana B.

“…First and foremost, is that the use of imazapyr-resistant maize is a promising option for farmers since this technology has been shown to be profitable compared with other maize varieties and, secondly, it has the potential to impact positively on poverty reduction in western Kenya. Therefore, its adoption deserves attention from policy makers who should: (a) Initiate new awareness campaign, improve the seed supply chain in order to broaden its adoption and (b) provide significant positive public investment for technology transfer to improve its effectiveness and efficiency.…”
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Characterization of maize producing communities in Benin, Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria: West Africa Regional Synthesis Report by Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Bamire, A.S., Wiredu, A.N., Baco, M.N., Fofana, M.

“…Among these, the introduction and adoption of new DT maize varieties have contributed to achieving food security and poverty reduction, as well as enhanced livelihoods for the people. …”
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The role of social capital to access rural credit by Ho Le, Phi Khanh

“…As a poverty reduction strategy, credit access has played an important role in supporting the peasants to improve their production and living standard. …”
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