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Actions and leverage points for ecosystem-based adaptation pathways in the Alps by Bruley, E., Locatelli, Bruno, Colloff, Matthew J., Salliou, N., Métris, T., Lavorel, S.

“…Ecosystems support the adaptation of societies to global changes through their contributions to people's quality of life. …”
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Access to land for women’s empowerment: The case of Basona Werana Woreda, North Showa, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia by Kuma, R.

“…In addition the government bodies and the societies in the Basona Werana Woreda have to access education programs, roads, training and credit for women…”
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TH3.2: Men's rural-to-urban migration in Burundi: effects on on banana farming systems by wives of migrants by Iradukunda, Francois, Rietveld, Anne M., Holvoet, N.

“…It also has important influences on reshaping the family structure and transforming the traditional gender roles in rural societies. This case study draws upon a mixed-methods research design involving 29 semi-structured interviews, 6 focus group discussions, and a household survey (N=180) to shed the light on how a ‘men's crop' is managed by wives in the absence of their out-migrated husbands. …”
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Towards a community of practice for climate security and environmental peace building in Mindanao: Workshop memory report by Medina, L., Savelli, Adam, Jaquet, Stephanie, Torres, M., Arcede, J., Hellin, Jon, Pacillo, Grazia

“…At the same time, societal efforts to increase resilience in the face of climate threats can serve as an entry point to protect the CLIMATE CHANGE INEQUALITY CONFLICT FOOD DROUGHT livelihoods of conflict-affected populations, foster engagement and trust between conflictive parties, and strengthen the relation between states and societies. If planned accordingly, climate action can indeed act as an instrument for peace.…”
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Proceedings of stakeholder' consultation meeting on agrifood value chains in Odisha: Challenges and Opportunities by Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The meeting witnessed the participation of key stakeholders from both national and international organisations including Government officials, faculties and scientists of Universities and academic institutions, representatives from civil societies, agriculture marketing experts and private companies involve in agriculture value chain in Odisha. …”
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Marriage, schooling, and excess mortality in prime-age adults: Evidence from South Africa by Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…In sum, schooling increases the opportunity cost of marriage for women, which delays marriage and increases their mortality risks in high HIV-prevalence societies, but has the opposite effect on men. Our analysis demonstrated the need to integrate our understandings of the marriage market, the labor market, schooling investments, and youth behavior to identify the determinants of AIDS-related excess mortality.…”
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Food from peace: breaking the links between conflict and hunger by Messer, Ellen, Cohen, Marc J., D'Costa, Jashinta

“…Creating a hunger-free world in the 21st century will require prevention and resolution of violent conflicts, as well as a concerted effort to rebuild war-torn societies. Between 1970 and 1990 violent conflicts led to hunger and reduced food production and economic growth in 43 developing countries. …”
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A framework for quantifying the multisectoral burden of animal disease to support decision making by Lysholm, Sara, Chaters, G.L., Di Bari, C., Hughes, E.C., Huntington, B., Rushton, J., Thomas, Lian F.

“…It then discusses how these estimates can be combined to generate multisectoral estimates of the impacts of animal diseases on human societies and the environment using monetary values. …”
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Thermal bioclimatic transformations in the coastal regions of Ganges delta: insights from CMIP6 multi-model ensemble by Islam, H. M. Touhidul, Mainuddin, Mohammed, Affan, Abu, Ahmed, Sharif, Rahman, Md. Abiar, Sadeque, Abdus, Almazroui, Mansour, Rahman, S. M. Hasibur, Kamruzzaman, Mohammad

“…Thermal Bioclimatic Indicators (TBIs) are essential for understanding climate variability and its impacts on ecosystems and human societies, which are commonly utilized to assess the effects of climate change on biodiversity, pollution, agricultural production, and human thermal comfort. …”
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Review of undernutrition in smallholder ruminant production systems in the tropics by Kebreab, Ermias, Smith, T., Tanner, J.C., Osuji, P.O.

“…Livestock also provide poor farmers with a flexible reserve and access to markets. In many rural societies poor women derive their income from livestock keeping. …”
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Targeting rural development interventions: Empirical agent-based modeling in Nigerien villages by Saqalli, M., Gerard, Bruno G., Bielders, Charles L., Defourny, Pierre

“…Reputation has little effect on the population behavior and should be considered more as a local proxy for wealth amongst villagers, suggesting the monetization of these societies. Populations involve themselves in the two simulated development interventions only at sites where savings are possible. …”
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Sustainable intensification?: Implications for the emergence of diseases by Grace, Delia, Bett, Bernard K., Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…A systematic literature review was conducted to synthesize best available scientific knowledge about zoonotic disease transmission through direct or indirect domestic livestock-wildlife interaction, with emphasis on risk factors, drivers and trajectories of transmission, and promising interventions for controlling important zoonoses based on managing livestock-wildlife interaction.The study found complex associations with agricultural intensification and disease emergence: • Biodiversity, bush meat consumption, expanding ecotones, increases in synanthropoic species, land use change and livestock intensification are commonly cited and inter-related causes of emerging infectious diseases. • Societies with intensified agriculture bear a much lower burden of human endemic zoonotic disease and globally the burden of human endemic zoonotic disease is decreasing…”
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Mapping a livestock-oriented agricultural production system classification for the developing regions of the world by Kruska, Russell L., Reid, Robin S., Thornton, Philip K., Henninger, N., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Questions as to whether public investment in international agricultural research is a ‘Good Thing’ or not may best be addressed using two arguments: (1) justifications based on whether or not past investments have yielded substantial benefits to societies and the resource-poor; and (2) that future investments need to be made as effectively and efficiently as possible, which means they must be targeted as closely as possible. …”
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Discontinuities in quinoa biodiversity in the dry Andes: An 18 - century perspective based on allelic genotyping by Winkel, Thierry, Aguirre, María Gabriela, Arizio, Carla Marcela, Aschero, Carlos A., Babot, María del Pilar, Benoit, Laure, Burgarella, Concentta, Costa Tártara, Sabrina María, Dubois, Marie - Pierre, Gay, Laurene, Hocsman, Salomon, Margaux, Jullien, López-Campery, Sara María, Manifesto, Maria Marcela, Navascues, Miguel, Oliszewski, Nurit, Pintar, Elizabeth, Zenboudji, Saliha, Bertero, Héctor Daniel, Joffre, Richard

“…Tracing crop biodiversity over time helps understand how rural societies cope with anthropogenic or climatic changes. …”
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Nyliberal stadsplanering by Andreasson, Dennis

“…Although contested neoliberalism has thus far managed to adapt and survive through crises and criticism on local, national and even international levels continuously reshaping and rebuilding societies and cities by spreading marketization and privatization to and within whatever context it encounters. …”
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Identification and characterization of genes that are involved in reward mechanisms in ethanol self-administration by Trinh, Hung

“…Alcohol addiction is one of the most common drug addictions amongst societies. Alcohol abuse, can lead serious injuries, severe diseases or even death. …”
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Social capital as a determinant of farmlevel sustainable land management adoption : a case study of smallholder farmers in Northern Benin by Riemer, Olivia

“…Policies that target SLM and are aimed at organizing farmers into associations, improving market networks, adjusting extension services to local societies and promoting awareness can increase the uptake of SLM in smallholder systems and are therefore means to food security and poverty reduction.…”

An ecosystem for alternative food networks in Uppsala by Tietz, Veronika

“…Sustainable food system transition (SFST) is an inevitable aim for the world’s societies to tackle global challenges caused by industrial, neo-liberal food industries such as climate change, biodiversity loss, food inequality and so forth. …”
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The Aarhus Convention and the experience of public participation in environmental impact assessments by Devane, Denis John

“…Public participation in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process is essential to expediting societies’ shift from fossil fuels to renewable energies such as wind power. …”
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Estudios del microbioma y su aplicación en el control biológico de fitopatógenos by Caro Quintero, Alejandro, González Almario, Carolina, Balbín Suárez, Alicia, Wisniewski, Michael, Berg, Gabriele, Smalla, Kornelia, Cotes Prado, Alba Marina

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