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Understanding climate change adaptation governance and building resilience among local communities in Senegal A Review by Arimiyaw, Abdul Wahid, Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…Second, we identify key programmes/projects, knowledge gaps, social inclusion and equity gaps in climate change adaptation issues at different governance levels for food related sectors. Third, we unravel the challenges and opportunities in climate change adaptation issues at different governance levels for food related sectors. …”
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The ‘Nigerian Diet’ and its evolution: review of the existing literature and household survey data by Petrikova, I., Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, Fraser, P.D.

“…We conclude that while a traditional Nigerian diet is still relatively healthy from an international perspective, it has indeed been transitioning, with an increasing inclusion of high-energy, high-fat, and high-sugar processed foods and a related growing incidence of overweight, obesity, and diet-related non-communicable diseases.…”
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Gender, Power and Politics in Agriculture by Njuki, Jemimah, Tufan, H.A., Polar, Vivian, Campos, Hugo, Morgan-Bell, M.

“…This volume seeks to bring forth a change in how gender relations in agriculture are researched, practiced and taught.…”
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The Philippines: Shadow WTO Agricultural Domestic Support Notifications by Cororaton, Caesar B.

“…The objective of this paper is to review the agricultural trade and domestic policies of the Philippines and to provide an assessment of the types and levels of domestic support relative to the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). …”
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The invisible wand: adaptive co-management as an emergent strategy in complex bio-economic system by Ruitenbeek, J., Cartier, C.

“…This paper provides an economic perspective on concepts related to adaptive co-management (ACM). The discussion is cast within a formal generalised complex system (CS) framework. …”
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Livestock and Women's Livelihoods: A Review of the Recent Evidence by Kristjanson, Patricia M., Waters-Bayer, Ann, Johnson, Nancy L., Tipilda, A., Njuki, Jemimah, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Grace, Delia, MacMillan, Susan

“…This paper synthesises evidence of the contributions that livestock make to the livelihoods of poor women in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and identifies factors that enhance or constrain livestock-related opportunities for women. We apply a gender lens to three livestock-related pathways out of poverty—securing, building and safeguarding livestock assets; increasing and sustaining livestock productivity; and enhancing participation in and benefits from livestock markets. …”
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The joint project on Vertisols management retrospect and prospects by Abebe, M., Jutzi, S.C.

“…This has led to the two dimension strategy of choice or prioritisation: 1) issues related to research of the high-rainfall, low temperature and thus highly waterlogged Vertisols of the Ethiopian highlands, thereby providing a common denominator to collaborators for subsequent stages of research and development activities; and 2) high disciplinary priority to soil management related research; waterlogging and soil fertility being the most important constraints for Vertisols use high rainfall areas. …”
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Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia by Gavian, S., Ehui, Simeon K.

“…Despite the importance of the question of relative production efficiency of indigenous land rights, the subject has not benefited from rigorous empirical analysis, largely due to lack of sufficiently disaggregated data. …”
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Methods for assessing the impact of infectious diseases of livestock - their role in improving the control of Newcastle disease in Southern Africa by McDermott, John J., Coleman, P., Randolph, Thomas F.

“…This includes linking epidemiological and economic data to predict the relative impact of different control interventions at different levels from farm to region. …”
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Crossbreeding with Africander dam as basis. 3. Post-weaning growth performance of progeny of various sire-breeds by Mentz, A.H., Els, D.L., Coetzer, W.A.

“…The simmentaler crossbreds also performed relatively better under the extensive conditions. Charolais and Hereford progenies, however, performed relatively better in the improved nutritional system.…”
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Adapting to a new urbanizing environment: gendered strategies of Hanoi’s street food vendors by Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Béné, Christophe, Prain, Gordon

“…Women operate based on social relations rather than economic interactions, while men’s activities tend to be more capital-based and similar to the formal systems. …”
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Féminin-masculin : Genre et agricultures familiales by Guétat-Bernard, H.

“…S'appuyant sur une large variété d'études effectuées sur le terrain dans des pays du Nord comme du Sud, cette étude détaillée et complète analyse les fermes familiales sous la perspective des relations hommes-femmes et des structures sociales qui régissent ces relations de pouvoir. …”
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Gender, tenure security, and landscape governance: Synthesis of studies of PIM’s Governance of Natural Resources flagship program 2013-2020 by Kristjanson, Patricia

“…Gender relations influence people’s access to, use and management of land and other natural resources. …”
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2021 IFPRI A-133 (Uniform guide) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…We have audited the accompanying financial statements of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which comprise the statements of financial position as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related statements of activities, functional expenses, changes in net assets and cash flows for the years then ended and the related notes to the financial statements.…”
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Opportunities and Constraints for Using Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration for Land Restoration in Sub-Saharan Africa by Chomba, S., Sinclair, Fergus L., Savadogo, P., Bourne, M., Lohbeck, M.

“…There is little mechanistic understanding relating how context conditions the diversity and abundance of regenerating trees and how this in turn is related to ecosystem function and livelihood benefits. …”
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Aus rice root architecture variation contributing to grain yield under drought suggests a key role of nodal root diameter class by Liao, Qiong, Chebotarov, Dmytro, Islam, Mohammad S., Quintana, Marinell R., Natividad, Mignon A., Ocampo, Marjorie de, Beredo, Joseph C., Torres, Rolando O., Zhang, Zhenhua, Song, Haixing, Price, Adam H., McNally, Kenneth L., Henry, Amelia

“…When dissecting component traits related to deep root growth (including angle, elongation and branching), the number of nodal roots classified as 'large-diameter' was positively related to deep root growth (r = 0.24), and showed the highest number of colocated genome-wide association study (GWAS) peaks with grain yield under drought. …”
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A climate change modelling framework for financial stress testing in Southern Africa by Anvari, Vafa, Arndt, Channing, Hartley, Faaiqa, Makrelov, Konstantin, Strezepek, Kenneth, Thomas, Timothy S., Gabriel, Sherwin, Merven, Bruno

“…An important part of central bank interventions is conducting climate-related stress tests and scenario analysis to increase awareness in the financial sector of the effects of climate change, improve the integration of climate-related risks into financial companies’ decisions, identify important data gaps, and start building capacity to develop more advanced and accurate climate scenarios. …”
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Gender dynamics in seed systems: female makeover or male takeover of specialized sweetpotato seed production, in Lake Zone Tanzania? by McEwan, M., Matui, M.S., Mayanja, S., Namanda, S., Ogero, K.

“…We discuss how the new knowledge and skills related to seed production enhanced women’s status in the community. …”
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Taxonomic and Ecogeographic Predictors of Resistance Against Phthorimaea operculella Zeller in Wild Potato Tubers by Horgan, F.G., Portalanza, D., Pelletier, Y., Quiring, D.T.

“…There was no apparent relation between altitude of origin and tuber resistance. …”
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Empowering women, challenging caste? The experience of a dairy cooperative in India by Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Bharati, P., Galiè, Alessandra

“…The study therefore also analyzed how Mulukanoor Dairy improved caste relations between members, and whether gender relations have changed in similar ways across households belonging to different castes. …”
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