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Can rooted apical cuttings complement seed systems to improve availability of quality seed potato in Africa? – The case of Kenya by Wauters, P., Hutchings, J., Munguti, F.M., Borus, D., Nyawade, S., Atieno, E., Sharma, K., Parker, M.

“…In recent years, private sector businesses have engaged in certified seed potato production with positive impact on the volumes available, relying on minitubers to multiply in the field over 3–4 generations. …”
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A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile by Kramer, Berber, Waweru, Carol, Waithaka, Lilian, Eyase, Jean, Chegeh, Joseph, Kivuva, Benjamin, Cecchi, Francesco

“…The formal seed sector is an important entry point to help farmers better manage these risks, as it provides access to high-quality certified seeds of improved stress-tolerant varieties, selected and bred to maximize productivity in good years, whilst reducing the impact of climate change risks in bad years. …”
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Skogsägarna NORRSKOG:s slutavverkningar och PEFC-kraven by Fogdestam, Niklas

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Enhancing digital literacy of potato farmers in the utilization of the Viazi Soko and agriBORA platforms for market linkages in Kenya by Barungi, Julian, Ssebwana, Achilley K, Okonya, Joshua, Recha, John W.M.

“…Farmers were trained in good agronomic practices of seed and ware potato production, contract farming and use of digital platforms. …”
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Crecimiento y propiedades físicas de la madera de teca (Tectona grandis L.F.) de 17 años en San Joaquín de Abangares, Costa Rica by Castro, Fernado, Raigosa, Jaime

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Private standards in pork value chains: Role, impact and potential for local innovation to improve food safety and enhance smallholder competitiveness by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Tiongco, Marites M.

“…Using insights from available literature and empirical evidence from case studies on the pig sectors in Vietnam and the Philippines, this paper looks at private standards and the role they play in improving the delivery of safe, good quality, pork. …”
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Mapping crop and livestock value chain actors in Mbire and Murehwa districts in Zimbabwe by Ngoma, Hambulo, Matangi, Dorcas, Zingwena, Taurai, Debello, Moti Jaleta, Baudron, Frederic

“…Goats and cattle are mostly supplied to the Harare market by middlemen collecting these livestock from village markets and moving door-to-door to buy enough quantity to transport to Harare. …”
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Multi-stakeholder partnerships in value chain development: A case of the organic pineapple in Ntungamo district, Western Uganda by Kalibwani, Rebecca Mutebi, Twebaze, Jennifer, Kamugisha, Rick, Kakuru, Medard, Sabiiti, Moses, Kugonza, Irene, Tenywa, Moses, Nyamwaro, Sospeter S.

“…With the view that such partnerships can raise farmers’ incomes, the study uses the case of the organic pineapple (OP) value chain in Ntungamo, Western Uganda, to understand the governance features that hold the value chain partners together, to analyse the costs and margins to the participating farmers, to identify opportunities for demand-driven upgrading of the farmers’ skills and knowledge, and the role that partnerships play in such upgrading.The study uses the qualitative tools of value chain analysis: value chain maps of stakeholders, processes and support services of the OP value chain, and a quantitative tool to analyse costs and margins to the participating farmers. …”
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Intercropping strategies and challenges in cacao production : a field study in Juanjuí, Peru by Persson, Linnea, Johansson, Hanna

“…There were two challenges that the farmers had not found any solutions to; how to handle flooding and how to solve the transportation issue. The organically certified farmers got higher yields and a higher cacao price than the non-certified farmers. …”

Framgångsrik miljöledning : en studie om den interna kommunikationens roll i förvaltningen av ISO 14001 by Larsson, Anna, Waltin Eriksson, Therese

Sustainable Palm Oil: Dissecting a Global Debate by Noordwijk, M. van

“…After a 'voluntary industry standards' phase of differentiation with and shifting blame to non-certified others [3], government involvement in Malaysia and Indonesia suggests that standards and certification can trickle down to enforceable good practice standards for all. …”
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Labeling genetically modified food in India: Economic consequences in four marketing channels by Bansal, Sangeeta, Gruère, Guillaume P.

“…We find that GM food labeling would generate a specific market outcome for each of these products. …”
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Växtnäringskällor som kan användas i droppbevattning vid odling av ekologiska hallon by Palmqvist, Anna

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Transforming Africa's Rice value chains: TAAT 2 achievenments, lessons and scaling pathways by Ndindeng, Sali Atanga

“…Through targeted deployment of drought-, cold-, submergence-, and salinity-tolerant varieties, TAAT-II helped stabilize production in a period marked by floods, drought episodes, cold spells, and inputmarket disruptions. …”
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Social hållbarhet som del av certifieringssystem för flerbostadshus by Söderlund, Sofia

“…Kvaliteter som välbefinnande, trygghet och trivsel är av stor vikt för att skapa en god livsmiljö för byggnadens brukare. Det finns flera certifieringssystem som ställer krav på byggnaders miljöprestanda och som uppmuntrar till att producera byggnader med en låg miljöpåverkan. …”
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Morgontidningars miljöstrategier by Samuelsson, Therese, Westermark, Petra

“…She described a picture of a world without birds singing and this got the environmental debate going. …”
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En studie kring välfärdsindikatorer i mjölkproduktionen by Strandberg, Sofia

“…- Is there anything in the stable, in the handling or management routines that you can control to secure a good animal welfare? If there is, what would that be? …”
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Responsible paper sourcing in a global matrix organised retail company by Sandgren, Annie

“…More Sustainable Sources is material which according to IKEA represent higher sustainability standards and for wood based materials it is currently defined as recycled material and FSC certified materials. …”
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Skånskt Naturbeteskött, Närproducerat nötkött by Nilsson, Johanna

“…Skånskt Naturbeteskött is a group of approximately 30 beefproducers in the south of Sweden, who sell their products on the local market. They are certified with Svenskt Sigill, an organisation that works with animal welfare, environmental responsibility, safe food, open landscape and independent qualitycontrol. …”
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Affärsrelationers påverkan på Kinnarps tillgång på FSC-certifierad råvara by Sunesdotter, Elin

“…Undersökningen av synen på FSC-certifiering visar på relativt god kunskap bland Kinnarps leverantörer i FSC-frågor vilket speglar Kinnarps ambitiösa informationsarbete. …”