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Supplies of bushmeat for livelihoods in logging towns in the Congo Basin by Tieguhong, J.C., Zwolinski, J.

“…The income of hunters at the higher end of the income range was comparable to those of mid-career SEFAC managers. Such a lucrative business provides economic incentives to hunting despite all the suppressive measures. …”
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Satisfying future water demands for agriculture by Fraiture, Charlotte de, Wichelns, Dennis

“…Compared to 'business as usual', this scenario reduces the amount of additional water required to meet food demands by 2050 by 80%. …”
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The climate impact of the bread take-back agreement : a scenario-based assessment of decarbonization opportunities along the Swedish bread supply chain by Weber, Leonie

“…Food waste has economic, environmental, and social implications; the importance of reducing food waste is recognized in Sustainable Development Goal 12.3. …”

The mitigating role of climate smart villages to the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in the Myanmar rural communities by Barbon, Wilson John, Myae, Chan, Vidallo, Rene R., Thant, Phyu Sin, Zhang, Yuntian, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…Like other countries in 2020, the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Myanmar implemented wide-scale national and local restrictions on mobility that impacted trade and business resulting to an economic slowdown. Rural communities dominated by smallholder agriculture in Myanmar are not spared from the negative impacts of these restrictions. …”
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Transformation of Rwanda’s agrifood system structure and drivers by Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia, Rosenbach, Gracie, Mugabo, Serge, Pauw, Karl, Spielman, David J., Thurlow, James

“…Rwanda has made remarkable economic progress during the past two decades, and its annual GDP growth rate reached more than 7 percent during the 2009 to 2019 period (NISR 2021). …”
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Energy poverty: exploring households energy constraints and coping strategies by Adusei, Lord Aikins

“…A business as usual scenario indicates that the situation is likely to remain unchanged in 2030 and may probably be made worse by climate change. …”
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Participatory methodologies for sustainable technological innovation in cocoa systems: at the Colombian southwest region by Chavarro, Mónica Juliana, Melo, William Felipe, Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet

“…This program is fundered by the European Fund for Peace and focuses on accompanying dairy and cocoa value chains in three departments of the country, through three main components: technological innovation, improvement of road infrastructure, and business development. This lecture focuses on the methodology used in the implementation of the technological innovation component, at the cocoa production system by showing the analysis carry on of the social, economic and environmental subsystems, and the transversal incorporation of a differential approach of generational and gender integration. …”
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Assessing the impacts of nature-based solutions on ecosystem services: A Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems nexus approach in the Nima River Sub-Basin (Colombia) by Restrepo, Juan Diego, Bottaro, Giorgia, Barci, Linda, Beltran, Lucila Marcela, Londoño-Behaine, Martin, Masiero, Mauro

“…We compare a business as usual (BAU) with a forest nature-based solution (NbS) scenario focused on forest landscape restoration. …”
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Mapping a sustainable water future: private sector opportunities for global water security and resilience by Green, P. A., Vörösmarty, C. J., Koehler, D. A., Brown, C., Rex, William, Osuna, V. R., Tessler, Z.

“…In the face of global economic development and climate change, such solutions will become increasingly essential in future decades.…”
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The diffusion of minimum tillage in agricultural China : a study of the factors influencing the farmers’ choice of tillage system by Andersson, Jenny, Halvarsson, Marcus

“…A more open Chinese market enables new opportunities for foreign agricultural companies to expand their businesses by introducing their products to Chinese farmers. …”

Forage-fed insects as food and feed source: Opportunities and constraints of edible insects in the tropics by Espitia, Paula A., Hernández, Luis Miguel, Burkart, Stefan, Palmer, Neil, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés

“…This perspective will serve interested stakeholders in identifying urgent issues at the research, ethical, marketing and policy levels that can prevent the emergence of new, insect-based value chains and business models, and the nutritional, economic and environmental benefits they promise.…”
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REDD payments as incentive for reducing forest loss by Sandker, M., Nyame, S. K., Forster, J., Collier, N., Shepherd, G., Yeboah, D., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Machwitz, M., Vaatainen, S., Garedew, E., Etoga, G., Ehringhaus, C., Anati, J., Quarm, O.D.K., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…We constructed a system dynamics model for a cocoa agroforest landscape in southwestern Ghana to explore whether REDD payments are likely to promote forest conservation and what socio-economic implications would be. Scenarios were constructed for business as usual (cocoa production at the expense of forest), for payments for avoided deforestation of old-growth forest only and for payments for avoided deforestation of all forests, including degraded forest. …”
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Mitigation options and finance for transition to low-emissions dairy in Kenya by Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Wilkes, Andreas, Odhong’, Charles

“…The business case assessments show that all mitigation options are economically viable with a high internal rate of return (IRR) and less than one year to a few years payback period. …”
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Can productivity and profitability be enhanced in intensively managed cereal systems while reducing the environmental footprint of production? Assessing sustainable intensification... by Kumar, Virender, Jat, Hanuman S., Sharma, Parbodh C., Balwinder-Singh, Gathala, Mahesh K., Malik, Ram K., Kamboj, Baldev R., Yadav, Arvind K., Ladha, Jagdish K., Raman, Anitha, Sharma, D.K., McDonald, Andrew

“…Results of this five-year study strongly suggest that, compared with business-as-usual practices, SI strategies that incorporate multi-objective yield, economic, and environmental criteria can be more productive when used in these production environments. …”
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Milk: the new white gold? Milk production options for smallholder farmers in Southern Mali by Ridder, N. de, Sanogo, O.M., Rufino, Mariana C., Keulen, H. van, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Large fluctuations in cotton prices have led farmers to innovate into other business including dairy. Yet the productivity of cows fed traditional diets is very poor, especially during the long dry season. …”
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Pathways to Gender Equality and Empowerment, Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods: Setting the Science Agenda (2025–2030) by Mapedza, Everisto, Adam, Rahma, Galie, Alessandra, Bonis-Profumo, Gianna, Terfa, Zelalem, Njiru, Nelly, Mosbah, Menna, Njogu, Lucy

“…This limits the potential of AAFS to provide avenues for women’s economic and social empowerment and equitable job creation. …”
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Semi-parametric generalized estimating equations for repeated measurements in cross-over designs by Cruz, N. A., Melo, O.O., Martinez, C.A.

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Restoring Land and Growing Renewable Energy: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Future Steps by Maimunah, S., Rahman, S. A., Baral, H.

“…Analysis of biofuel production feedstocks and potential co-benefits viable business models, and the stable market is necessary to maximize benefit from biofuel production and to restore the degraded lands in Indonesia.…”
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Internship Report: Creating Opportunities for Increasing Youth Employment in the Agriculture Sector by Beauchesne, Jean-Frederic, Makungwe, Mirriam

“…Zambia’s youth are key development catalysts that have the potential to foster economic prosperity in their communities, when provided with adequate support. …”
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Sustainable IFS at Landscape Level: Imperatives, Practices & Policy Options by Kumar, Shalander

“…A systems science approach integrating multi-dimensional sustainability assessment, land resource inventory, hydrological assessments, and whole-farm bio-economic modeling offers promising pathways for transformation. …”
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