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What might be at stake? El Niño, global price shocks and food security in Nepal by Dorosh, Paul A., Diao, Xinshen, Thurlow, James, Koirala, Pankaj, Timsina, Krishna, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…For example, during the El Niño year of 1992, a particularly severe drought occurred in Nepal, contributing in part to a 17.7 percent fall in rice production relative to the prior trend. Current indications are that another El Niño – related drought may already be underway in 2023 and into 2024. …”
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Women’s empowerment meets gendered transformations and climate change: Lessons for resilient agri-food systems from northwest Ghana by Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Okem, Andrew, Quarmine, William

“…The study applied the three key elements of agency, relations and structure to better understand gendered transformation, while looking at women’s empowerment through the lens of the related concepts of agency, resources and achievements. …”
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Exploring the potential of customized AI chatbots in food policy research: Capabilities and constraints in comparative perspective by Benson, Todd

“…A range of questions seeking food policy advice were then posed to the chatbot to better understand the limits to its expertise, the accuracy of its responses, and the value it might offer users seeking specific advice to guide the formulation and implementation of food policy related strategies and programs. A relatively simple comparative assessment was made of the results obtained from asking the same food policy-related questions to different AI sources, including the customized AI virtual food policy expert. …”
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Training for Climate Data Analysis and Visualization by Mersha, Yonas, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…The experts can provide daily forecasts on relative humidity and wind speed at specific locations. …”
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Importance of the Social Structures in Cowpea Varietal Demands for Women and Men Farmers in Segou Region, Mali by Sylla, Almamy, Yila, Jummai Othniel, Diallo, Sory, Traoré, Sékou

“…It examines its influence on the adoption of improved varieties of cowpea. Anchored on gender relations theories, gender and social structures are analyzed as the core frame for organizing social relations that guide and coordinate individuals’ actions in a given situation. …”
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Agricultural mechanization services, rice productivity, and farm/plot size: Insights from Myanmar by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA)

“…Agricultural mechanization – that is rapidly taking off in a large number of low- and middle-income countries – has been identified as one of the emerging technologies in these settings with a critical, yet complex, influence on this productivity-size relation. However, knowledge gaps remain as how agricultural transformation due to the adoption of new technologies and the change in factor costs, such as mechanization fees, are associated with this productivity - size relation. …”
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The role of behavioural factors and opportunity costs in farmers' participation in voluntary agri-environmental schemes: A systematic review by Schaub, Sergei, Ghazoul, Jaboury, Huber, Robert, Zhang, Wei, Sander, Adelaide, Rees, Charles, Banerjee, Simanti, Finger, Robert

“…Behavioural factors influence how farmers value and perceive options, while opportunity costs relate to farmers' forgone utility when choosing to participate in schemes. …”
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Food budget allocation efficiency: A missing component to help identify robust nutrition policies, with application to Rwanda by Marivoet, Wim

“…The second relates to the application of stochastic dominance to a portfolio of dietrelated nutrition policies, defined by various levels of allocation efficiency and affordability. …”
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COVID-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria by Amare, Mulubrhan, Abay, Kibrom A., Tiberti, Luca, Chamberlin, Jordan

“…These lockdown measures have limited implications on wage-related activities and farming activities. In terms of food security, households relying on non-farm businesses, poorer households, and those living in remote and conflicted-affected zones have experienced relatively larger deteriorations in food security. …”
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Peer effects in the valuation and practices of food safety: Findings from the study of dairy consumers in India by Chandra, Raj, Munasib, Abdul, Roy, Devesh, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar

“…Perhaps, a similar campaign in matters related to food safety could be very fruitful.The methodology and the issue are unique. …”
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Women and small-scale irrigation: A review of the factors influencing gendered patterns of participation and benefits by Bryan, Elizabeth, Lefore, Nicole

“…This paper then draws lessons on the various ways in which small-scale irrigation, gender relations, and women’s empowerment interact and highlights areas where research gaps remain.…”
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Soil quality reflects microbial resource availability and drives rhizosphere microbiome variation in Ghanaian cocoa farms by Schmidt, J., Addo-Danso, S.D., Asare, R., Tettey, A., Isaac, M.E.

“…However, increasing attention to soil health has revealed a significant knowledge gap related to the soil microbiome in cocoa production systems. …”
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Proceedings of the ‘Working together to consider the role of biofortification in the global food chain’ workshop by Lockyer, S., White, A., Walton, Jenny, Buttriss, J. L.

“…Group work focused on challenges and opportunities relating to introducing biofortified foods into developed markets, in particular aspects relating to consumers (e.g. awareness and understanding of micronutrients and intakes in the UK; potential demand and marketing strategies for biofortified foods); crop growers (e.g. would existing biofortified crops be suitable for the UK climate and who would absorb any additional related costs?)…”
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Advancing One Health capacities in Mozambique: A case study of COHESA by Araújo, Lucinda de, Chongo, Inocêncio, Magaia, Vlademiro, Gatambire, Aline, Sacarlal, Jahit, Sumbana, José, Tivane, Almiro, Maholela, Plácida, Inlamea, Osvaldo, Caron, Alexandre, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Richards, Shauna, Gudo, Eduardo Samo, Fafetine, José

“…These include policies related to public health, animal health, agriculture, environmental conservation, and disaster management. …”
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The seed and agricultural biotechnology industries in India: An analysis of industry structure, competition, and policy options by Spielman, David J., Kolady, Deepthi Elizabeth, Chandrasekhara Rao, N., Cavalieri, Anthony J.

“…This market includes firms engaged in the development, commercialization, and marketing of new seed-based technologies; it is characterized by a high level of knowledge intensity, relatively high levels of R&D investment, significant barriers to entry, significant levels of regulation, and relatively few products in the market. …”
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Vitamin A intake and infection are associated with plasma retinol among pre-school children in rural Zambia by Hotz, Christine, Chileshe, Justin, Siamusantu, Ward, Palaniappan, Uma, Kafwembe, Emmanuel

“…To determine the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency, infection and adequacy of vitamin A intakes among Zambian children, and the contribution of dietary vitamin A and infection to vitamin A status.A cross-sectional survey of vitamin A intakes by the 24 h recall method, vitamin A status by plasma retinol and the modified relative dose-response test, and infection by acute-phase proteins.Rural communities in Central and Eastern Provinces of Zambia.Children 2–5 years of age.The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency was 56 % by plasma retinol, 48 % with infection-adjusted plasma retinol and 22 % by the modified relative dose-response test. …”
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A program needs-driven approach to selecting dietary assessment methods for decision-making in food fortification programs by Coates, Jennifer, Colaiezzi, Brooke, Fiedler, John L., Wirth, James, Lividini, Keith, Rogers, Beatrice L.

“…Criteria were developed and applied to construct relative rankings of the four methods.Needs assessment: HCES offers the greatest suitability at the lowest cost for estimating the risk of inadequate intakes, but relative to 24-hour recall compromises validity. …”
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Institutional finance for agricultural development: an analytical survey of critical issues by Desai, Bhupat M., Mellor, John W.

“…This study depends instead on simple tabulations, leavened in some relatively simple circumstances by regression analysis. …”
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When Water Does not Flow: Elite Capture of Freshwater Canals in Bangladesh by Sarker, Mou Rani, Joshi, Deepa, Mannan, Fouzia, Rahman, M Mokhlesur

“…Following this, the study objectives are to analyze (a) power and politics to control freshwater canal, (b) gender relation and its dynamics in access, use, and control of fresh water. …”
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Marriage, schooling, and excess mortality in prime-age adults: Evidence from South Africa by Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…Therefore, the choice of when and who to marry appears to be related to risk of exposure. The objective of this paper is to determine the effect that schooling has on HIV/AIDS excess mortality, using panel data from South Africa. …”
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