Search Results - "social science"

Fourth External Programme and Management Review of ICARDA by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…ICARDA was commended for commissioning eight external reviews of its program.The CGIAR agreed that there should be an interim review after two years to see how ICARDA was doing, particularly on focusing its work on natural resource management, and strengthening the program in social science. Outreach to NARS was strong and innovative, but the panel recommended a strategic review to avoid overstretching. …”
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Fourth External Programme and Management Review of WARDA by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…WARDA had succeeded in making itself into a high quality scientific institution, and its work on interspecific rice hybrids was internationally recognized. Social science research was not strong.External reviews of research commissioned by WARDA were not adequate appraisals of scientific quality. …”
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The social distribution of provisioning forest ecosystem services: Evidence and insights from Odisha, India by Lakerveld, R.P., Lele, S., Crane, Todd A., Fortuin, K.P.J., Springate-Baginski, O.

“…We review approaches from institutional economics, political ecology and the social sciences in order to develop an analytical framework to understand the distribution of benefits from ecosystems across different socio-cultural groups and the underlying social processes involved. …”
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Market intelligence for informing crop-breeding decisions by CGIAR and NARES by Donovan, Jason A., Coaldrake, Peter, Rutsaert, Pieter, Banziger, Marianne, Mbugua-Gitonga, A., Naziri, D., Newby, J., Ndegwa, Michael K., Demont, Matty

“…Although ‘market intelligence’ has existed in various forms in CGIAR’s social science research agenda, an opportunity exists for increased relevance based on shared approaches and tools and new partnerships, both within CGIAR and between CGIAR and its partners. …”
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Empowering women with digital solutions: Leveraging the potential of the private sector for socio-technical innovation by Ketema, Dessalegn Molla, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Endrias, Abrham

“…The Gender Equality Initiative (HER+) conducts innovative gender and social science research to develop actionable solutions to enhance climate resilience and the empowerment of women in Africa and Asia. …”
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Protecting people and wildlife from the potential harms of drone use in biodiversity conservation: interdisciplinary dialogues by Jackman, A., Millner, N., Cunliffe, A.M., Laumonier, Y., Lunstrum, E., Paneque-Gálvez, J., Wich, S.A.

“…To this end, this intervention reflects on the process of a group of scholars from ecological, environmental and social science backgrounds coming together in an interdisciplinary project grappling with diverse issues around responsible conservation drone use. …”
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A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course by Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo, Asiimwe, Elizabeth, Businge, Martha, Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi

“…Using selected experiences from transformative gender training for non-gender-specialist biophysical and social science agricultural research practitioners from sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, we take stock of the GREAT model’s motivation to include masculinities, the pedagogical approach used, and participants’ reactions and feedback on the value of understanding masculinities in gender-responsive agricultural research and their experiences with the sessions. …”
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Clarity tubes as effective citizen science tools for monitoring wastewater treatment works and rivers by Graham, Mark, Pattinson, Nicholas B., Lepheana, Ayanda T., Taylor, Jim

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Qualitative methods for gender research in agricultural development by Rubin, Deborah

“…Drawing on literature about social science methods and linking it to recent examples of qualitative methods employed in research and development projects, the paper argues for greater precision in key concepts of gender research, starting with sex and gender. …”
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Menu training and vendor linkages in school feeding programs to support smallholder farmers in Nigeria by Andam, Kwaw S., Amare, Mulubrhan, Gelli, Aulo, Abay, Kibrom A., Kosec, Katrina, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Adeyanju, Dolapo, Idowu-Ogundele, Ifetayo, Ekpo, Adaku, Udoh, Nsikak

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Anthro-apology? negotiating space for interdisciplinary collaboration and in-depth anthropology in the CGIAR by Verma, R., Russell, D., German, L.

“…For, it is not simply a matter of adding a “pinch” of social science into a larger interdisciplinary team, and stirring. …”
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Integrating insights for complex problem solving : applications for interdisciplinary pedagogy and water governance by Hill, Renée

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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Fifth Meeting, 21-26 September 1998: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…TAC agreed that CIFOR should improve priority-setting, and expand social science research to support work on devolution of management, smallholder forestry, and reforestation of marginal lands; and that ICRAF should update its strategic plan. …”
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The consensual politics of development: a case study of hydropower development in the eastern Himalayan region of India by Joshi, Deepa, Platteeuw, J., Teoh, J.

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Concerns for Sustainability: Integration of Natural Resource and Environmental Issues in the Research Agenda of NARS by Crosson, Pierre, Anderson, Jock R.

“…They are particularly short of the social science skills they will need to give these impacts the weight they must have to assure agricultural sustainability. …”
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Is women's empowerment a pathway to improving child nutrition outcomes in a nutrition-sensitive agriculture program? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso by Heckert, Jessica, Olney, Deanna K., Ruel, Marie T.

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Rice-fallow management in eastern India: Challenges and opportunities for enhancing system productivity and profitability by Mohapatra, Bidhan K.

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Applying an integrated engagement model to support country-led food systems transformation: Insights from the SHiFT Initiative's approach in Viet Nam, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh by Honeycutt, Sydney, Wyatt, Amanda, Lundy, Mark, Brouwer, Inge D.

“…From 2022-2024, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) combined high-quality nutritional and social science research with development and policy partnerships to generate innovative food systems solutions that contributed to sustainable healthy diets. …”
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Is newer better? The effect of varietal age on real-world maize yield in Kenya by Ndegwa, Michael Kariuki, Nyangau, Paul N., Kariuki, Sarah Wairimu, Jaleta, Moti, Michelson, Hope, Cairns, Jill

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Vouchers to increase fruit affordability in Nigeria and Vietnam by Ambler, Kate, Brouwer, Inge D., de Brauw, Alan, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Mai, Truong Tuyet, Pastori, Giulia, Samuel, Folake, Shittu, Oluyemisi, Talsma, Elise F.

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