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Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): Training Manual by Bhusal, Aastha, Khatri, Laxman, Bhandari, Bharat, Sherpa, Lakpa, Neupane, Grishma

“…In this regard, there’s an urgent need to develop and disseminate relevant technologies, strengthen the capacities of farmers through providing technical assistance for the adoption of the technologies and implement various programmes to improve the livelihoods of farming communities. …”
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CGIAR Center DIrectors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: L. Stifel by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…Decisions are reached on centers as brokers for NARs technical assistance, on the responsibility of the center boards in implementation of EPR recommendations and on developing new relationships to be able to affect the decision making process in the system. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy value chains in Colombia: A blessing and a curse by Burkart, Stefan, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Charry, Andrés, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Mena, Martín, Urrea Benítez, José Luis, Gallo Caro, Irieleth, Hoek, Rein van der

“…Reduced resources for research and development funding, unavailability of skilled and experienced staff, restrictions to travel and person-to-person interactions, in tandem, have caused setbacks in the development and application of sustainable technologies and programs. …”
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Building Resilience to Enhance Food and Nutrition Security, Incomes and Health in Northern Uganda (BRENU). Training Module 2: Enhancing smallholder household dietary diversity thro... by Owori, Moses, Ecii, Juliet, Opus, David, Akullo, Jacqueline, Kato, Fred, Nabuuma, Deborah, Ekesa, Beatrice

“…Background This training manual on the “Enhancing smallholder dietary diversity through kitchen gardens” has been developed by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and used in the context of Building Resilience to Enhance Food and Nutrition Security, Incomes and Health in Northern Uganda (BRENU), an Action of the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU), a Government of Uganda programme implemented by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) together with a consortium of five co-implementers namely: i) Volunteer Effort Development Concerns (VEDCO); ii) the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (ABC); iii) Ernest Cook Ultra Sound Research and Education Institute (ECUREI); iv) Kilimo Trust and v) Rikolto International , supported by the European Union and supervised by the Office of the Prime Minister. …”
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Building Resilience to Enhance Food and Nutrition Security, Incomes and Health in Northern Uganda (BRENU). Training module 1: Basic nutrition concepts curriculum and facilitators’... by Owori, Moses, Ecii, Juliet, Opus, David, Akullo, Jacqueline, Kato, Fred, Nabuuma, Deborah, Ekesa, Beatrice

“…Background This Training Manual on the Basic Concepts of Nutrition has been adapted from the Training Manual For Field Extension Service Providers, developed by Beatrice Ekesa, Deborah Nabuuma, Samalie Namukose and George Upenytho, by The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and used in the context of Building Resilience to Enhance Food and Nutrition Security, Incomes and Health in Northern Uganda (BRENU), an Action of the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU), a Government of Uganda programme implemented by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) together with a consortium of five co-implementers namely: i) Volunteer Effort Development Concerns (VEDCO); ii) the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (ABC); iii) Ernest Cook Ultra Sound Research and Education Institute (ECUREI); iv) Kilimo Trust and v) Rikolto International , supported by the European Union and supervised by the Office of the Prime Minister. …”
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Food and nutrition emergencies in East Africa: Political, economic and environmental associations by Oniang’o, Ruth

“…In East Africa, in contrast, external assistance is required not only for the immediate disaster response, but also for subsequent development and reconstruction. …”
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Beneficiary-centered management of irrigation systems: Retrospection on recent endeavors: Proceedings of the workshop held at the Irrigation Department, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25th Ma... by Haq, K.A., Nandaratna, S.M.K.B.

“…IN 1978, THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) decided to assist the Government of Sri Lanka in improving the management of water in major irrigation projects in the dry zone. …”
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Livelihoods and welfare: Findings from the seventh round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (January–June 2024) by Myanmar Agrifood Program for Strategy and Analysis

“…The primary source of income is shifting to low-paying livelihoods like wage work, with remittances and assistance serve as supplementary income sources. A combination of increasing prices and growing reliance on low paying livelihoods over the past years led to a significant decline in household purchasing power. …”
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Conflict and agricultural performance: Evidence from Myanmar by Win, Myat Thida, Maredia, Mywish K., Jin, Songqing

“…Our findings provide timely and informative insights for development partners and policy frameworks, highlighting the need for emergency assistance and intervention strategies to mitigate the impact of conflict and enhance resilience in areas vulnerable to conflict and instability.…”
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Two decades after Maputo, What’s in the CAADP ten percent? Determinants and effects of the composition of government agriculture expenditure in Africa by Benin, Samuel

“…The allocation is also affected by several factors, such as past output and size of the subsector, official development assistance, education, irrigation, and state of agricultural transformation, although there are cross-subsector differences in their influence. …”
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Understanding the climate, migration, social protection nexus from a youth mobility dimension: Can social protection address the drivers of climigration? by Ncube, Tomy, Zualii, Lalhmangaihzuali, Murray, Una, Nguyen, Nam, Liebig, Theresa, Krendelsberger, Alexandra, Pacillo, Grazia, McKeown, Peter C., Laderach, Peter, Spillane, Charles

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The medium-term impact of the primary education stipend in rural Bangladesh by Baulch, Bob

“…This series of notes summarizes findings of a project entitled “What development interventions work?” undertaken by researchers of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and Data Analysis and Technical Assistance Ltd. …”
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Managing droughts in the low-rainfall areas of the Middle East and North Africa by Hazell, Peter B. R., Oram, Peter, Chaherli, Nabil

“…Moreover droughts seem to be increasing in frequency, and their high social, economic, and environmental costs have led governments to intervene with various forms of assistance to farmers and herders, including distribution of subsidized animal feed, rescheduling of loans, investments in water development, and in animal health. …”
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The impact of agricultural extension programs on women’s empowerment in agriculture and food systems in the global south: A systematic review by Acosta, S.L.

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Public-private partnership for the delivery of veterinary services: Workshop report on the review and validation of PPP models for scaling out by Berhanu, Dagim, Desta, Hiwot, Gizaw, Solomon, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.

“…Bringing together government representatives from six regions, ILRI and the Ethiopian Veterinary Association (EVA) RESTORE teams, the RESTORE Technical Assistance Team (TAT), and NGOs, the event focused on reviewing public-private partnership (PPP) models tested under the Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development (HEARD) project. …”
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Progress with the delivery of Intermediary Performance Indicator IPI 1.3 of AICCRA-AF: New soil mapping generated by the West african Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health by Kadja, Lionel Axel, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Mkuhlani, Siyabusa, Shehu, Bello, Sinha, Surajit, Sehou, Romaric;, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Ampadu Boakye, Theresa

“…In partnership with ECOWAS, the Hub will also develop a dynamic soil health and fertilizer dashboard and expand its regional knowledge repository. …”
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Anticipatory action simulation on flood hazard: case study of Matara District, Sri Lanka by Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarasinghe, H., Indrasena, R., Gunasundara, W., Kaushalya, C., Nethmi, K., De Silva, R., Amarnath, Giriraj

“…During the Active Phase, actions included mock cash assistance, first-aid demonstrations, focused support for vulnerable groups, and establishing safe spaces for children. …”
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Transformation in Practice: A Review of Empirical Cases of Transformational Adaptation in Agriculture Under Climate Change by Vermeulen, Sonja J., Dinesh, Dhanush, Howden, S. Mark, Cramer, Laura K., Thornton, Philip K.

“…Our review provides little early evidence that transformative adaptation processes in response to climate change have generated more resilient agricultural systems or improvements in governance. Governments and development partners could improve the effectiveness of outcomes through providing more comprehensive and long-term approaches to adaptation planning alongside financial and technical assistance, within a framework that rewards farms as multi-functional systems.…”
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Envisioning possible futures for fish production in Indonesia by WorldFish

“…The work described is part of a larger effort that seeks to develop a shared vision for the sectors that 1) aligns public and private investments to foster growth and economic sustainability; 2) reduces environmental impacts and improves efficiency; 3) increases access by small and medium enterprises to the financial and technical assistance necessary to transition to more sustainable practices. …”
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Agricultural technology choices for poor farmers in less-favored areas of South and East Asia by Pender, John L.

“….; 4.New technologies, by themselves, are not sufficient to bring about sustainable rural development and elimination of rural poverty, although they can have a major impact. …”
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