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Foresight research in sustainable food systems and their interconnection with the Sustainable Development Goals by Orjuela Ramirez, Guillermo

“…That is, advance on the debate on the kind of scientific outputs that have allowed foresight scholars to establish this relationship and to whether this is the direction of the research to reduce uncertainty and improve information that contributes to societal challenges…”
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Comparing measures of urban food security in Accra, Ghana by Tuholske, Cascade, Andam, Kwaw S., Blekking, Jordan, Evans, Tom, Caylor, Kelly

“…Given that Sub-Saharan Africa’s future is urban, our results add empirical evidence in support of the growing chorus of scholars advocating for comprehensive urban-oriented food security research and policy agendas across Sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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The political economy of Zambia’s recovery: Structural change without transformation? by Resnick, Danielle, Thurlow, James

“…Such a rosy picture, however, contrasts sharply with the message presented by multiple scholars, civil society organizations, and political figures during the 2000s. …”
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Proceedings of dissemination seminar on drivers of agrifood system transformation in Odisha by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The concept of food systems has evolved rapidly in recent years, with a more holistic approach gaining traction among scholars and policymakers. This new perspective encompasses all elements and activities related to food production, processing, distribution, preparation, and consumption, as well as the socioeconomic and environmental outcomes of these activities. …”
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Cross-cutting principles for planetary health education by Stone, Sara B., Myers, Samuel S., Golden, Christopher D., Hunter, D.

“…Advancing these global efforts in planetary health education will equip the next generation of scholars to address crucial questions in this emerging field and support the development of a community of practice. …”
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Advancing Transformative Adaptation through Social Equity: Land, Water and Food Systems in the Global South by Fisher, Eleanor, Hellin, Jon, Kanui, Mary Ng’endo

“…The Special Issue will invite scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to share new knowledge concerning issues of social equity in climate change research linked to transformation of food, land and water systems in the Global South. …”
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Improving smallholder farmers’ access to and utilization of climate information services in sub-Saharan Africa through social networks: a systematic review by Appiah, Collins E., Quarmine, William, Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Okem, Andrew E., Sarpong, D. B.

“…The timely availability, access to, and utilisation of actionable climate information services (CIS) serve as an effective mechanism to address the impacts of climate change on smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scholarly work from diverse contexts reveals that farmers’ social networks can be leveraged to promote access to CIS to mitigate climate risk. …”
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A framework for measuring and tracking the climate resilience of women in agrifood systems by Marimo, Pricilla, Anbacha, Abiyot, Puskur, Ranjitha, Bindu, C. R., Malhotra, Aayushi, Kori, Pooja

“…A scoping review of scholarly and grey literature was conducted to assess available resilience frameworks and indicators, adapt relevant components and develop a new framework that is specific to measuring and tracking the resilience of women in agrifood systems. …”
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Breeding Climate Resilient and Future Ready Oilseed Crops by Pandey, Manish K., Mallikarjuna, M. G., Lohithaswa, H. C., Aski, Muraleedhar S., Gupta, Sanjeev

“…The book is exciting and valuable to national and international agricultural scientists, scholars and graduate students associated with oilseed crops improvement in specific and field crops in generic. …”
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The role of livestock in developing communities: Enhancing multifunctionality by Swanepoel, F.J.C., Stroebel, A., Moyo, Siboniso

“…The book is written for academic professionals, industry experts, government officials and other scholars interested in the facts and issues concerning the contribution of livestock to the social and economic progress of developing countries.…”
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Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al. by Angelsen, Arild, Brockhaus, Maria, Duchelle, Amy E., Larson, Anne, Martius, Christopher, Sunderlin, William D., Verchot, Louis V., Wong, Grace Y., Wunder, Sven

“…Conservation practitioners and scholars are therefore increasingly asking why REDD+ has not delivered more tangible results. …”
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When food systems meet sustainability – Current narratives and implications for actions by Béné, Christophe, Oosterveer, Peter, Lamotte, Lea, Brouwer, Inge D., Haan, Stef de, Prager, Steven D., Talsma, Elise F., Khoury, Colin K.

“…The concept of food system has gained prominence in recent years amongst both scholars and policy-makers. Experts from diverse disciplines and backgrounds have in particular discussed the nature and origin of the “unsustainability” of our modern food systems. …”
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Channelizing Ile de Nantes by Pärli, Frida

“…The team transformed the island in an inclusive, open-ended process of incremental development, and the design approach gave rise to site-specific, sustainable design, praised by several contemporary scholars and practitioners. This thesis aims to present the reader with an alternative to the generic way for designing post-industrial landscapes by investigating the Ile de Nantes (IdN) project. …”
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Digital data and tools for managing agriculture: focusing on earth observation data and climate change by Ghosh, Surajit, Mallick, A., Dawn, A., De Sarkar, K., Chowdhury, A., Kour, S., Ghosh, A., Holmatov, Bunyod

“…Among the attendees, 52% were at the graduate and post-graduate level, while 26% of the participants were research scholars from various Indian institutions. Of the other participants, 22% were faculty and professionals. …”
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Transforming land rights, improving rural livelihoods, andcarving just responses to the climate crisis by Najjar, Dina, Shadrack, Naomi, Ahmed, Sara

“…The 15 articles and essays by scholars and practitioners collectively examine the intersection of gender, land rights, water rights, climate change, and governance. …”
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Strategy and steering in governance: The changing fates of the Argentine Planning Council by Alves Rolo, Rodrigo Hernán, Van Assche, Kristof, Duineveld, Martijn

“…Methodologically, our study relies on archival work and semi‐structured interviews with planning scholars and public officials from different levels of government. …”
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Creatures of Fashion: Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia by John Soluri. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 2024. 272 pp. $27.95 (pbk); $99.... by Ejarque, Mercedes

“…In recent decades, this narrative has been challenged and reinterpreted by a new generation of regional historians employing diverse approaches and analytical perspectives. These scholars have endeavoured to transcend geographical and political boundaries, integrate the historical processes of the region with global dynamics, contextualise the narratives of individual and family biographies within the dominant social groups and recognise and value the presence of indigenous populations in the construction of social history (Bandieri 2021; López and Gattica 2000). …”
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Ongoing and emerging issues for sustainable bioenergy production on marginal lands in the Mediterranean regions by Pulighe, G., Bonati, G., Colangeli, M., Morese, M.M., Traverso, L., Lupia, F., Khawaja, C., Janssen, R., Fava, Francesco P.

“…A qualitative methodology was adopted to evaluate the effectiveness of eight critical issues that bio-energy developers, scholars and policymakers should consider in terms of agronomic, techno-economic and methodological practices for growing bioenergy feedstock. …”
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Silence speaks out loud: Armed conflict and bovine livestock in Colombia, a historical perspective by Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…While livestock activities have been largely understood as vital cultural and economic practices in Colombia and Latin America and much has been written on the history of the country’s multifaceted civil war, both phenomena appear to be disconnected from scholarly interpretations. By building on both print media archives and scant, yet path breaking secondary sources, we emphasize two salient perspectives on the topic. …”
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Designing for engagement: A Realist Synthesis Review of how context affects the outcomes of multi-stakeholder forums on land use and/or land-use change by Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Larson, A.M., Hewlett, C., Delgado, D.

“…This Realist Synthesis Review (RSR) examines the scholarly literature on multi-stakeholder forums (MSFs) set up to support efforts towards more sustainable land use. …”
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