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Addressing potential conflict using participatory mapping: Collection of forest foods from timber trees around industrial concessions in Cameroon by Maukonen, Paulus, Donn, Pauline, Snook, Laura K.

“…Only 14% of the collection trees were located within the logging concessions. …”
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From livestock herding to cooperative farming in the Somali communities of Dolo Ado and Bokolmayo districts of Ethiopia by Dessalegn, Mengistu, Mekuria, Wolde, Singh, Radhika, Ruckstuhl, Sandra

“…Our study examines livelihood and collective action practices in these communities in the context of climate and waterrelated stresses. …”
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Data quality deterioration in the Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia: scoping study to provide streamflow and water withdrawal data by Taye, Meron Teferi, Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Genet, A., Geremew, Y., Wassie, S., Abebe, B., Alemayehu, B.

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An approach to evaluating techniques for vegetation surveys on arid rangelands by Thalen, D.C.P.

“…Evaluates the usefulness of direct data collection from low-flying light aircraft for inventory & monitoring animal population & other rangeland features, viz. water bodies, vegetation structure & greenness and human settlements, for planning and management purposes.…”
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Playbook for designing and implementing picture-based insurance by Ceballos, Francisco, Aredo, Samson Dejene, Gaur, Pushkar, Kannan, Samyuktha, Kramer, Berber, Pattnaik, Subhransu, Waweru, Carol

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Increased climate variability and sedentarization in Tanzania: Health and nutrition implications on pastoral communities of Mvomero and Handeni districts, Tanzania by Ripkey, C., Little, P.D., Domínguez-Salas, Paula, Kinabo, J., Mwanri, A., Girard, Amy W.

“…Due to risks associated with climate and sedentarization, land tenure policies that allow continued practice of highly mobile livelihood strategies, namely, legal recognition of collective land rights, should be adopted.…”
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Are consumers at the base of the pyramid willing to pay for nutritious foods? by Chege, Christine G. Kiria, Sibiko, Kenneth W., Wanyama, Rosina, Jager, Matthias, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli

“…In this paper we examine BoP consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for nutritious multi-composite porridge flour (improved flour) in the informal settlements of East Africa. The analysis is based on experimental data collected from 600 households in the informal settlements of Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya (300 in each country) in 2016. …”
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Access to and utilization of wild species for food and nutrition security in Teso and Acholi Sub-regions of Uganda by Ekesa, Beatrice, Fongar, Andrea, Nasser, Mulumba

“…The noted presence and contribution of wild foods in Teso and Acholi calls for collective efforts to increase access to knowledge on the value of these wild foods for not only food and nutrition but also for their potential contribution to the social and cultural lives of the people.…”
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Effects of COVID-19 on dietary behavior of urban consumers in Nairobi, Kenya by Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Onyango, Kevin, Kabach, Joram, Lundy, Mark M.

“…This study uses primary data collected from 2,465 households located in and outside of informal settlements (slums) in Nairobi, Kenya to assess how COVID-19 and related public-health measures have influenced diets of urban consumers, their purchasing patterns and overall food security. …”
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Natural resource integrity: A resilient community on the degraded slopes of Mount Elgon takes on mending its broken landscape by Otiende, V.A., Bourne, M., Tanui, J., Mowo, J.

“…Some 300 women displaced from their land have been granted access to collective land for organic and horticultural farming. …”
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The importance of forest and landscape resource for community around gunung Lumut protected forest, East Kalimantan by Murniati, Padmanaba, M., Basuki, I.

“…Data collection was undertaken through general fi eld observations, keyinformant personal interviews and focus group discussions. …”
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Determinants of dietary diversity and drivers of food choice among low-income consumers in urban Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe by Gichohi-Wainaina, Wanjiku N., Kee-Tui, Sabine Homann, Zoethout, Manon, Talsma, Elise F., Edel, Immaculate, Hauser, Michael

“…Qualitative methods such as rapid foodscape appraisal workshops and food stories in selected low‐income settlements in Nairobi, Bulawayo and Lilongwe were utilised to collect information on the food environments (food balances, infrastructure, safety, policies and institutions). …”
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The broiler meat system in Nairobi, Kenya: Using a value chain framework to understand animal and product flows, governance and sanitary risks by Carron, M., Alarcón, Pablo, Karani, M., Muinde, P., Akoko, James M., Onono, J., Fèvre, Eric M., Häsler, Barbara, Rushton, Jonathan

“…A total of 4 focus groups and 8 key informant interviews were used to collect cross-sectional data from: small-scale broiler farmers in selected Nairobi peri-urban and informal settlement areas; medium to large integrated broiler production companies; traders and meat inspectors in live chicken and chicken meat markets in Nairobi. …”
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Stadsplanering utifrån medborgarnas röster by Olofsson, Maja

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Planning for changes in complex food systems: Value chain mapping of different poultry production systems in Nairobi as a first step to food safety, livelihood improvement and micr... by Carron, M., Alarcón, Pablo, Häsler, Barbara, Fèvre, Eric M., Karani, M., Muinde, P., Akoko, James M., Onono, J., Rushton, Jonathan

“…Methods: Focus groups and individual questionnaires were used to collect data from: - Broiler and indigenous farmers (in Dagoretti, reflecting peri-urban chains, and Kibera informal settlement, for urban chains); - Retailers in Viwandani, Korogocho (informal settlements), and Dagoretti; - Three larger broiler production companies; - Livestock production and public health officers, meat inspectors, city council, National Environment Management Authority, and a village chief. …”
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Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Note that for many countries, the data collection did not include settlements as small as 1,000 persons. …”
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Agricultural intensification by smallholders in the Western Brazilian Amazon: from deforestation to sustainable land use by Vosti, Stephen A., Witcover, Julie, Carpentier, Chantal Line

“…This report measures the financial disparity between forested and cleared land for small-scale farmers in two settlements in the western Brazilian Amazon where pastures are expanding and forests receding. …”
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Increasing tree cover in degrading landscapes: integration’ and ‘Intensification’ of smallholder forest culture in the Alutilla Valley, Matiranga, Bangladesh by Rahman, S.A, Rahman, M.F., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…Research was conducted in Alutilla Valley in eastern Bangladesh to identify the nature of existing agroforestry systems and to identify potential agroforestry models that could ameliorate currently degrading forest resources Data were collected through farmer participatory research and a structured quarterly survey in two villages. …”
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Social mobilization and women's participation in water resource management: a case study of Southern Punjab, Pakistan by Hamid, Abdul

“…Earlier efforts in Pakistan towards collective actions in cooperatives had resulted from complete to partial failure. …”
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Circular bioeconomy solutions in refugee-hosting landscapes: drivers, enablers, and lessons learned by Gebrezgabher, Solomie A., Woldetsadik, D., Somorin, Tosin, Ruckstuhl, Sandra

“…Decision-makers including settlement authorities, humanitarian actors, and local and international NGOs lack sufficient case-based knowledge and baseline data to guide the design and scaling of such interventions. …”
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