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Use and effects of GEM parboiling technique on farmers’ income and food security in Sikasso and Segou regions of Mali by Diabaté, Fatoumataa, Sali, Ndindenga, Diallo, Aboubacar, Akpoffo, Marius A.Y., Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald

“…An inventory of GEM parboiler users was conducted, followed by a random sampling of 120 parboilers, including 30 using the traditional parboiling technique, 30 using GEM, and 30 using a parboiling kit. …”
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Potential of agricultural technologies and innovations to overcome humanitarian challenges cause by climate change in West Africa by Kpadonou, Gbedehoue Esaie, Ganyo, Kyky Désiré, Segnon, Alcade C., Lamien, Niéyidouba, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Two main activities were organized during the FRSIT: (i) Exhibition of technologies and innovations developed by the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) of CORAF and (ii) a Side-Event on ‘’Potential of Technologies and Innovations generated by CORAF to meet climate change challenges, and strategies for making them available to users’’. Over 145 persons visited CORAF’s stand with more than 50% willing to purchase some of the exposed technologies and innovations. …”
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Enabling environment and digital technology use readiness in agriculture in the Zambezi riparian countries by Matchaya, Greenwell C., Malambo, M., Mayoyo, A.

“…Other key constraints that undermine the adoption and use of digital technologies across the Zambezi River Basin countries are related to availability, access, affordability, technology design, ease of doing business, cultural and family norms, gender, and poor user skills. The cost of data was observed to be one of the major constraints for digital technology use in climate change adaptation across several countries. …”
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The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective by Sousa, Kauê de, Etten, Jacob van, Manners, Rhys, Erna Abidin, Abdulmalik, Rekiya O., Abolore, Bello, Acheremu, Kwabena, Angudubo, Stephen, Aguilar, Amilcar, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Badu, Adventina, Barrios, Mirna, Benavente, Grecia, Boukar, Ousmane, Cairns, Jill E., Carey, Edward, Daudi, Happy, Dawud, Maryam Abba, Edughaen, Gospel, Ellison, James, Esuma, Wiliams, Mohammed, Sanusi Gaya, van de Gevel, Jeske, Gomez, Marvin, Heerwaarden, Joost van, Iragaba, Paula, Kadege, Edith, Assefa, Teshale, Kalemera, Sylvia, Fadhili Salum Kasubiri, Kawuki, Robert, Yosef Gebrehawaryat Kidane, Kilango, Michael, Heneriko Kulembeka, Adofo Kwadwo, Madriz, Brandon, Masumba, Ester, Mbiu, Julius, Mendes, Thiago, Müller, Anna, Moyo, Mukani, Kiddo Mtunda, Muzhingi, Tawanda, Muungani, Dean, Mwenda. Emmanuel T., Veera Prabha Rama Ganga Rao Nadigatla, Ann Ritah Nanyonjo, Sognigbé, N’Danikou, Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Nshimiyimana, Jean Claude, Ephraim Nuwamanya, Hyacinthe Nyirahabimana, Occelli, Martina, Olamide Olaosebikan, Ongom, Patrick Obia, Ortíz Crespo, Berta, Oteng-Fripong, Richard, Ozimati, Alfred, Durodola Owoade, Quiros, Carlos F., Rosas, Juan Carlos, Rukundo, Placide, Rutsaert, Pieter, Milindi Sibomana, Sharma, Neeraj, Nestory Shida, Steinke, Jonathan, Ssali, Reuben, Suchini, Jose Gabriel, Teeken, Béla, Theophilus Kwabla Tengey, Tufan, Hale Ann, Silver Tumwegamire, Tuyishime, Elyse, Ulzen, Jacob, Muhammad Lawan Umar, Onwuka, Samuel, Tessy Ugo Madu, Voss, Rachel C., Yeye, Mary, Zaman-Allah, Mainassara

“…Matching crop varieties to their target use context and user preferences is a challenge faced by many plant breeding programs serving smallholder agriculture. …”
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Digital landscape assessment for climate services : Asian Mega Deltas by Giles, James, Bich, Ngoc Vu Thi, Khanam, Fahmida, Khaung, Ye, Soksophors, Yim, Le, Thi Tam, Phanna, Khieng, Chou, Phanith, Bora, Chan Borey, Phyu, Thant, Amjath-Babu, Tharayil Shereef, Swaans, Cornelis

“…Meanwhile, DCAS+ include complementary services bundled with DCAS to increase engagement from potential users and generate supplementary revenue streams for sustaining the service. …”
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Assessing multistakeholder processes: Needs and possible responses in three CGIAR Initiatives by Andersson, Krister

“…The main rationale for promoting MSPs within One CGIAR research activities is that well-organized MSPs can help ensure that the research is trusted and used by the intended users of research (Matson et al 2016). It also provides the means for more equitable and democratic decision making to guide the research process, making sure that the defined research priorities reflect questions and topics that the group of stakeholders consider important (Larson et al 2022). …”
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Measuring empowerment across the value chain: The evolution of the project-level Women’s Empowerment Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) by Malapit, Hazel J., Heckert, Jessica, Adegbola, Patrice Ygué, Crinot, Geraud Fabrice, Eissler, Sarah, Faas, Simone, Gantoli, Geoffroy, Kalagho, Kenan, Martinez, Elena M., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Mswero, Grace, Myers, Emily, Mzungu, Diston, Pereira, Audrey, Pinkstaff, Crossley, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ragasa, Catherine, Rubin, Deborah, Seymour, Greg, Tauseef, Salauddin, GAAP2 Market Inclusion Study Team

“…Third, not all market inclusion indicators will be relevant for all value chains and contexts. Users should research the experiences of women and men in the target value chains in the context of the programto select priority market inclusion indicators.…”
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The Vicious Worm education tool improves the knowledge of community health workers on Taenia solium cysticercosis in Rwanda by Uwibambe, E., Shyaka, A., Niyotwagira, E., Mutoniwase, J., Fèvre, Eric M., Quinnell, R.J., Trevisan, C.

“…Participants reported the software to be user-friendly and educational. Digital illiteracy and the lack of smartphones were among the critical challenges highlighted in responses. …”
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Polycentric groundwater governance: insights from the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area by Mukuyu, P., Nyambe, N., Magombeyi, Manuel Simba, Ebrahim, Girma Yimer

“…Given the current heightened interest in groundwater development, it is imperative that more thought be given to how groundwater resources can best be managed in different contexts for multiple uses and users. Transfrontier conservation areas are areas of vast biological diversity whose functioning and ecosystem integrity depends on the availability of water to sustain ecosystems and subsequently derive economic benefit. …”
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Understanding water governance in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: governance framework, coherence and practices by Jibat, E., Senbeta, F., Zeleke, T., Hagos, Fitsum

“…A good water policy, a critical and integral instrument of water governance, guides water use schemes and ensures equitable water distribution among users. The Ethiopian Central Rift Valley (CRV) is rich in water resources, but these water resources are currently under severe strain owing to an imbalance in human-water interactions. …”
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CELL5M: A Geospatial Data and Analytics Platform of Harmonized Multi-disciplinary Data Layers for Africa South of the Sahara by International Food Policy Research Institute, University of Minnesota

“…The database is a matrix populated by over 350,000 grid cells covering SSA at five arc-minute spatial resolution. Users of the database, including those conduct researches on agricultural policy, research, and development issues, can also easily overlay their own indicators. …”
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Data Africa by HarvestChoice, Data Wheel

“…Data Africa is an open data visualization platform designed to provide information on key themes for research and development, such as agriculture, climate, poverty and child health across 13 countries in Africa South of the Sahara at the sub-national level. Users of the tool can explore and visualize location-specific data from various sources including HarvestChoice’s data products such as CELL5M ( http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/G4TBLF ) and Spatial Production Allocation Model ( http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DHXBJX ), as well as the reanalysis of secondary datasets from University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit ( http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk ), World Bank PovcalNet ( http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet ), and USAID DHS Program ( http://dhsprogram.com ). …”
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Guide on the processes and partnerships for co-designing socio-technical innovation bundles for women empowerment and resilience in Ethiopia by Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen, Lutomia, Cosmas, Gartaula, Hom

“…It also provides the opportunity for replications by other institutions or next users who can scale out or up these innovations. …”
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Proceedings of the National Workshop on Experience Sharing in Landscape Restoration Research implemented by Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) in Ethiopia by Adimassu, Zenebe, Belay, Berhanu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Tibebe, Degefie, Abera, Wuletawu

“…By analyzing and publishing these results, valuable insights can be shared with end users, contributing to broader knowledge dissemination and potentially inspiring further landscape restoration initiatives in the country. …”
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Evaluation of ERA5 and CHIRPS rainfall estimates against observations across Ethiopia by Ahmed, Jemal Seid, Buizza, Roberto, Dell’Acqua, Matteo, Demissie, Teferi, Pè, Mario Enrico

“…Satellite-based precipitation estimates and global reanalysis products bear the promise of supporting the development of accurate and timely climate information for end users in sub-Sharan Africa. The accuracy of these global models, however, may be reduced in data-scarce regions and should be carefully evaluated. …”
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HybridQC: A SNP-Based quality control application for rapid hybridity verification in diploid plants by Ongom, P.O., Ajibade, Y.A., Mohammed, S.B., Dieng, I., Fatokun, C., Boukar, O.

“…Methods HybridQC is written in Python and designed with a graphical user interface (GUI) compatible with Windows operating systems. …”
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Leveraging state of the art computer vision models for tree monitoring in silvopastoral systems by Ruiz-Hurtado, Andres Felipe, Cardoso, Juan Andres

“…This work identifies the most promising models in terms of usability, acknowledging their advantages and limitations, and a user-friendly tool was developed to facilitate the application of these models in practice.…”
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Health care demand in rural Mozambique: evidence from the 1996/97 household survey by Lindelow, Magnus

“…Also, prices, defined in the model as the composite of user fees and time costs associated with consultations at different providers, are found to be important determinants of choice. …”
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Health care demand in rural Mozambique: evidence from the 1996/97 household survey by Lindelow, Magnus

“…Also, prices, defined in the model as the composite of user fees and time costs associated with consultations at different providers, are found to be important determinants of choice. …”
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What do people bring into the game: experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons by Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo, Ostrom, Elinor

“…We next expand the experimental literature by analyzing data from a set of experiments conducted in the field with actual ecosystem users in three rural villages of Colombia using this framework. …”
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