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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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Multiple shocks, agroecology and resilience of smallholder food security in Northern Ghana by Dagunga, G.

“…Global coinciding shocks such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine conflict coupled with economic downturns in developing countries affected agricultural inputs and food prices. …”
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Mega-trends in the Southern African region by Lipper, Leslie, Benton, Tim G.

“…This study aims to describe recent developments in the Southern African region by documenting a set of mega-trends defining social, economic, political and environmental conditions. …”
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Utilization of positive deviance analysis in evaluating community-based nutrition programs: An application to the Dular program in Bihar, India by Levinson F James, Barney, J., Bassett, Lucy, Schultink, W.

“…To apply positive deviance analysis to the Dular program in Bihar, a community-based nutrition program that seeks to improve the impact of India’s Integrated Child Development Services on young children. Methods. In order to assure that desired program outcomes were not dependent on higher economic status, the analysis isolated a subset of program beneficiaries—the poorest children with the best nutritional outcomes—and examined the behavioral and project factors that may have brought about positive results in this subgroup. …”
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Gender strategy on weather and climate Information services in East Africa by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Kagabo, Desire, Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Byandaga, Livingstone, Lutomia, Cosmas

“…Climate change poses a significant threat to social and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Eastern Africa, where high dependence on agriculture increases vulnerability. …”
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Citrus Leaf Blotch Virus: A New Citrus Virus Associated with Bud Union Crease on Trifoliate Rootstocks by Vives, María C., Galipienso, Luis, Navarro, Luis, Moreno, Pedro, Guerri, José

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Scaling land and water technologies in Tanzania: Opportunities, challenges and policy implications by Mwongera, Caroline, Odhiambo Ageyo, Collins, Kimani, Peter

“…Socio-cultural and economic factors such as education level, age, gender, and land tenure, marital status and income earnings of smallholder farmers are factors considered important in the adoption of land and water management practices. …”
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Responsabilidad empresarial ambiental en la gestión de recursos naturales y cuencas hidrográficas en Costa Rica: 2. Percepción, incentivos, participación y experiencias by Fernández González, Eloy, Jiménez Otárola, Francisco

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Evaluating rural household well-being and empowerment among women and young farmers in Senegal by Muriithi, Cyrus, Mwongera, Caroline, Abera, Wuletawu, Chege, Christine, Ouedraogo, Issa

“…This article provides a description of baseline survey data that was collected in Senegal in the regions of Sedhiou and Tambacounda in 2020, respectively, and as part of an agricultural development project aimed at improving the well-being and resilience of farming households. …”
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Landskapsanalys by Eriksson, Malin

“…This assessment is going to work as a support for planning projects in the area. It also gives suggestions about how to protect and develop the landscape. …”
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Climate Information Services Research Initiative: Final Report by Blumenstock, Ali

“…In response to these gaps, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the Learning Agenda on Climate Services in Sub-Saharan Africa, which included the Climate Information Services Research Initiative (CISRI) project. …”
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Sensorer och system i mjölkkobesättningar by Kinander, Karin

“…The limitations can be roughly divided as technical, system related and economic. There is a constant development and tomorrows sensors will hopefully have fewer limitations. …”
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Efectos territoriales de las denominaciones de origen protegidas de aceite de oliva en España by Cendon, Maria Laura

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Baseline survey report: III. Chhipra, Humla. Integrating traditional crop genetic diversity into technology: Using a biodiversity portfolio against unpredictable environmental chan... by Parajuli, A., Subedi, A., Adhikari, A.R., Sthapit, S.R., Joshi, B.K., Gauchan, D., Sthapit, B.R.

“…The Baseline Survey Report, Chhipra, Humla’ provides a summary of the various facets of the mandate crops’ genetic resources, traditional knowledge of the farmers, and socio-economic context of the farming systems present in the Humla project site (Chhipra VDC, Humla District) of the Local Crop Project. …”
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Preventing and containing trypanocide resistance in the cotton zone of West Africa by Clausen, Peter-Henning, Bauer, B., Zessin, K.H., Diall, O., Bocoum, Z., Sidibe, I., Affognon, Hippolyte D., Waibel, H., Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F.

“…A recent project funded by the Germany Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) confirmed significant resistance to trypanocidal drugs in villages with high trypanosomosis risk in Burkina Faso and Mali. …”
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Seeds4Liberia Scaling for Impact Report 2024–2025: Advancing Seed System Governance, EGS Production, and Multi Value-Chain Innovation in Liberia by Ndindeng, S.A., Sanni, L., Fregene, B.

“…The Seeds4Liberia project—Building resilient seed systems for rice, cassava, soybean, coffee, and fish value chains to strengthen food and economic diversification in Liberia— made significant progress during the reporting period, positioning Liberia on a strong pathway toward sustainable seed system transformation. …”
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Reducing climate-induced heat stress in pigs in Uganda: Policy actions by Mutua, John Y., Zaake, Paul, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Paul, Birthe K.

“…Pig farming is important for income generation and nutrition for a large population in Uganda, with 4.2 million pigs being kept in 2017. However, future projections indicate that domestic pork production will not be sufficient to meet the increasing demand. …”
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South African Food Security and Climate Change: Agriculture Futures by Dube, Sikhalazo, Scholes, Robert J., Nelson, Gerald C., Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Palazzo, Amanda

“…The projected changes in planted area, yield per area, net exports/imports and prices for five major agricultural crops in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio-economic scenarios. …”
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Papua New Guinea: Systematic analysis of domestic production and world market shocks by Mukashov, Askar, Dorosh, Paul A., Schmidt, Emily, Thurlow, James

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Scaling-up participatory watershed management: Evidence from the Himalayan foothills by Kurian, Mathew, Dietz, T., Murali, K.S.

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