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Utility and Triggers in Uptake of Agricultural Weather and Climate Information Services in Senegal, West Africa by Ouédraogo, Issa, Diouf, Ndeye Seynabou, Gnalenba, Ablouka, Zougmoré, Robert B., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…This paper analyzes the types of decisions made by WCIS users, their preferences and level of satisfaction, and explores the triggers of agricultural WCIS adoption. …”
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Correlation of the quality attributes of fufu flour and the sensory and instrumental texture profiles of the cooked dough produced from different cassava varieties by Awoyale, W., Oyedele, H.A., Adenitan, A.A., Adesokan, Michael, Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Maziya-Dixon, Busie

“…The information provided in this study might help in the breeding of cassava varieties that would be acceptable to end-users in terms of the quality characteristics of flour and the textural attributes of cooked dough.…”
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Situational analyses on cowpea value chain in Zambia: the case of an untapped legume by Mwila, N.M., Munyinda, K., Mwala, M., Kamfwa, K., Kambikambi, T., Siyunda, A., Sinyangwe, S., Kanenga, K., Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Rubaihayo, P.

“…This would create a conducive environment for determining user needs, and leading to the development of beneficial impact-related activities at various stages. …”
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The impacts of livestock diseases and their control on growth and development processes that are pro-poor by Perry, Brian D., Grace, Delia

“…Taking a value-chain approach that includes keepers, users and eaters of livestock, we identify diseases that are road blocks on the ‘three livestock pathways out of poverty’. …”
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Training on Climate-Smart Agriculture to Strengthen the Capacity of ASARECA-Member National Agricultural Research Institutes by Osumba, Joab, Recha, John W.M., Amony, Blaise, Okonya, Joshua Sikhu, Barungi, Julian, Warinda, Enock

“…The training contributed to AICCRA activity 2.3.3 on Building capacity of public and private sector next users to support implementation of CSA technology packages in focus countries. …”
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Processors' experience in the use of flash dryer for cassava-derived products in Nigeria by Ojide, M., Adegbite, S.A., Tran, T., Taborda, L.A., Chapuis, Arnaud, Lukombo, S., Totin, E., Sartas, Murat, Schut, Marc, López Lavalle, L.A., Dufour, D., Abass, A.

“…This study was designed and carried out to ascertain the situation and perceptions of end users of cassava flash drying equipment in Nigeria with the aim of giving suggestions to policies and approaches for improved technology. …”
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MinION nanopore sequencing accelerates progress towards ubiquitous genetics in water research by Werner, D., Acharya, K., Blackburn, A., Zan, R., Plaimart, J., Allen, B., Mgana, S. M., Sabai, S. M., Halla, F. F., Massawa, S. M., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Hiruy, A.M., Mohammed, J., Vinitnantharat, S., Thongsamer, T., Pantha, K., Filho, C. R. M., Lopes, B. C.

“…ONT’s EPI2ME platform is a major step towards user-friendly bioinformatics. However, no consensus has yet emerged regarding the most appropriate bioinformatic pipeline, which hinders intercomparison of study results. …”
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Sustaining adaptive collaborative management processes: Challenges and opportunities from Mafungautsi State Forest, Gokwe, Zimbabwe by Witness, K., Nyirenda, R., Mutimukuru-Maravanyika, T., Matose, F., Ngwenya, M., Sibanda, L.

“…By 2005, significant collaborative momentum between local resource users and officialdom at various levels had been created. …”
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Implementing conjunctive management of water resources for irrigation development: a framework applied to the Southern Plain of western Nepal by Pandey, V. P., Shrestha, Nirman, Urfels, Anton, Ray, A., Khadka, Manohara, Pavelic, Paul, McDonald, Andrew J., Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…Agriculture is the largest global freshwater user, and integration of surface- and ground-water use is frequently presented as an strategy for increasing efficiency as well as climate change adaptation. …”
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Installation and Training on the Automatic Weather Station Data Tool (ADT) for MALI-METEO by Faniriantsoa, Rija, List, Geneva

“…ADT features an easy-to-use graphical user interface and enables national meteorological services to access, process, quality control, analyse, visualize and disseminate data from different AWS systems in a single location. …”
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Evaluation of Ghana EiA-hub and mobile app digital advisories by the Research Extension Farmer Linkage Committees (RELCs). by Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Wilson, Michael, Danquah, Paul, Kwao, Roger, Nurudeen, Abdul-Rahman, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Kizito, Fred, Mponela, Powell

“…As a first step towards validation, the Research Extension farmer Linkage Committees (RELCs) evaluated the usability of the mobile app in terms user of interface, functionality, and performance. …”
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Water use efficiency across scales: From genes to landscapes by Vadez, Vincent, Pilloni, Raphael, Grondin, Alexandre, Hajjarpoor, Amir, Belhouchette, Hatem, Brouziyne, Youssef, Chehbouni, Ghani, Kharrou, Mohamed Hakim, Zitouna-Chebbi, Rim, Mekki, Insaf, Molénat, Jérôme, Jacob, Frédéric, Bossuet, Jérôme

“…Agriculture is currently the largest user of water, but its share is bound to decrease as societies develop and clearly it needs to become more water efficient. …”
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Subnational Training on Use of the Kenya Meteorological Department’s ENACTS Maprooms: Central Kenya by Ruirie, Onesmus, Grossi, Amanda

“…The Data Library is a powerful and freely accessible online platform that allows users to view, analyse, download, and share hundreds of terabytes of multidisciplinary climate-related data through a standard web browser (Blumenthal et al., 2014). …”
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Impact of credit on household food security: The case of Omo microfinance institution in southern Ethiopia by Boltana, Amanuel, Tafesse, Alula, Belay, Abrham, Recha, John W.M., Osano, Philip M.

“…Through the implementation of a multi-stage sampling technique, a total of 352 credit users and nonuser groups were selected for rigorous analysis. …”
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Experiential learning and the power of women by Falk, Thomas, Bartels, Lara Bartels, Steimanis, Ivo, Duche, V., Vollan, Björn

“…We conducted games with users of a local public good—a rainfed dam for irrigation—in 56 randomly selected villages in Madhya Pradesh, India. …”
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Beyond Quotas: Women in Water Governance by Sarker, Mou Rani, Batas, Mary Ann, Singaraju, Niyati, Akter, Rima, Das, Mahanambrota, Mondal, Manoranjan K., Puskur, Ranjitha, Yadav, Sudhir

“…The primary goal was to promote user participation in decision-making process in water management. …”
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Assessing the contribution of PIM to strengthening the capacity of developing country representatives to represent their interests in trade negotiations related to agriculture by Bouët, Antoine, Calvo, Facundo, Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David, Martin, Will, Parent, Marie, Piñeiro, Valeria, Traoré, Fousseini

“…The purpose of this review is to assess the extent to which the research outputs of Flagship 3, cluster on The Policy Environment for Value Chains (cluster 3.1) of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) have been used to inform decisions and behaviors of representatives of government organizations, development agencies, researchers, donors, private firms, nongovernment organizations, and other users. The assessment both reviews the achievement of past milestones as well as looks forward to how re-searchers should support the trade agenda in developing countries going forward through their research and communication of research and what should be the focus in the research agenda for developing countries. …”
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Overlapping vitamin A interventions in the United States, Guatemala, Zambia, and South Africa: Case studies by Tanumihardjo, Sherry A., Kaliwile, Chisela, Boy, Erick, Dhansay, Muhammad A., van Stuijvenberg, Martha E.

“…All four countries have mandatory fortified foods and a high percentage of supplement users or targeted supplementation to preschool children.…”
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Applying the best-fit framework to assess and strengthen national extension and advisory services by Davis, Kristin E., Spielman, David J.

“…At the same time, innovative solutions to many of the challenges held in common—ICT-enabled extension, performance incentives, and value-chain oriented extension—are heterogeneous. The framework allows users to pursue change processes in EAS in response to their own local realities.…”
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Development of agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Network, actors, and institutions: A case study of Ejura-Sekyedumase district by Cossar, Frances, Houssou, Nazaire, Asante-Addo, Collins

“…Using the case of Ejura-Sekye-dumase district, this research examines the implications of the adoption of mechanical technology in agriculture for farmers and institutions based on perspectives that go beyond the suppliers and users of mechanization ser-vices alone. The results suggest that, in addition to rising population density and favorable access to local and regional markets, the current pattern of use of tractors by farmers in Ejura district emerged from favorable histori-cal and institutional factors. …”
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