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Scaling Workshop Report: Bundled solutions with seed systems, index insurance and climate information to manage agricultural risks (BICSA) por International Water Management Institute, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…Adaptation to climate change is a vital response to enhance the resilience of these smallholder agricultural livelihoods, more so because of their adverse effect on the food security of the nation. Lack of education and technical skills, poverty, and risks inherent to agricultural investments as well as little access to financial capital are the main reasons for low investments in adaptive capacity enhancements. …”
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External impact assessment of IFPRI's 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment Initiative por Paarlberg, Robert L.

“…The impacts examined include impacts on three different audiences: researchers and educators, international policy leaders, and developing-country policy leaders. …”
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Farmers' awareness and use of certified common bean seeds in Mbozi and Momba districts, Tanzania: evidence from a triple hurdle model por Mwaisoba, K., Temu, A., Mishili, F., Baijukya, F.

“…The results show that extension services, household size, gender, farming experience, education level, yield farm size, and membership to farmers’ groups variables significantly affect awareness, use, and usage intensity. …”
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Análisis comparativo de sistemas de innovación agropecuaria: un abordaje hacia las mejores prácticas para Colombia: metodología por Ramírez Beltrán, Angélica María, Rincón Novoa, Rubiela, Jiménez Guzmán, Ana María, Romero Perdomo, Felipe Andrés, Garavito Arcos, Heydi Carolina, Niño Vargas, Edna Juliana, Castillo Galindo, Nicolle Tatiana, Morales Castañeda, Alexis, Flórez Martínez, Diego Hernando, Uribe Galvis, Claudia Patricia

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Development of an environmental flow implementation and monitoring approach: using digital technology to construct accurate 3D hydrodynamic models of a river reach to monitor the i... por O'Brien, G. C., Kaiser-Reichel, A., McNeil, T., van der Waal, B. W., Huchzermeyer, N., Singh, S., Pringle, J., Harvey, T. A., Maharaj, U., Singh, K., Cronje, L.

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Repackaging agricultural research for greater impact on agricultural growth in Africa por Seck, P.A., Agboh-Noameshie, A.R., Diagne, A., Bamba, I.

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Bandwidth Depletion por Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative

“…Other variables that you may want to collect alongside the bandwidth depletion measure include education level, time use, household income, and food security. …”
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Determinants of crop residue use along an intensification gradient in West Africa's Savannah zones por Akinola, Adebayo A., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Valbuena, Diego, Erenstein, Olaf, Haileslasie, A., Germaine, I., Shehu, M., Ayedun, B.

“…It draws on data collected from 24 vii/ages involving 480 households and employs a Tobit model to analyse the determinants of crop residue uses for cereals and legumes. The study uses an innovative classification of crop residue uses as an internal and external service to the farming system. …”
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The triangle of microfinance: financial sustainability, outreach, and impact por Zeller, Manfred, Meyer, Richard L.

“…The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) supported household surveys in nine Asian and African countries during the 1990s that analyzed formal and informal financial transactions, and it also evaluated the success of innovative approaches at some MFIs. The overall goal was to clarify the conditions under which state investment in microfinance programs might improve life for poor people more than state investment of the same funds in education, health, nutrition, or infrastructure development. …”
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Smallholder farmer insights on information systems: current use and future needs in the Eastern Gangetic Plains por Karki, Emma S., Karmacharya, Saurya, Ghosh, Arunava, Rana, Gunjan, Chakma, Kali Ratan, Timsina, Pragya, Chaudhary, Anjana, Nandi, Ravi

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Demonstrating the benefit of agricultural biotechnology in developing countries by bridging the public and private sectors por Itam, Michael O., Iohannes, Sessen D., Albertsen, Marc, Andrade, Maria, Bor, Gilbert arap, Atta-Krah, Kwesi, Bertram, Robert, Danquah, Eric, Horvath, Diana M., Jones, Todd, Mugehu, Edith, Okwuonu, Ihuoma, Ooko-Ombaka, Amandla, Roberts, Richard J., Slamet-Loedin, Inez, Tripathi, Leena, Ubi, Benjamin Ewa, Varshney, Rajeev K., Venturi, Vittorio, Wagaba, Henry, Zeigler, Robert, Creasey Krainer, Kate M.

“…However, a single integrated market and regulatory environment must be created, and African scientists must lead the scientific innovation in Africa. Increased attention to soil health also bodes well for more-strategic public and private investments that could enhance the productivity of Africa’s acid savannahs while also helping to reduce pressure on more-fragile woodland and forest regions. …”
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An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic pesticides. Part 4: Alternatives in major cropping systems por Veres, Andrea, Wyckhuys, Kris A. G., Kiss, Jozsef, Tóth, Ferenc, Burgio, Giovanni, Pons, Xavier, Avilla, Carlos, Vidal, Stefan, Razinger, Jaka, Bazok, Renata, Matyjaszczyk, Ewa, Milosavljević, Ivan, Le, Xuan Vi, Zhou, Wenwu, Zhu, Zeng-Rong, Tarno, Hagus, Hadi, Buyung, Lundgren, Jonathan, Bonmatin, Jean-Marc, van Lexmond, Maarten Bijleveld, Aebi, Alexandre, Rauf, Aunu, Furlan, Lorenzo

“…Our study identifies opportunities to advance applied research, IPM technology validation, and grower education to halt or drastically reduce our over-reliance on systemic insecticides globally.…”
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The future of food safety in Africa: Research perspective por Grace, Delia, Alonso, Silvia, Amenu, K., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Dione, Michel M., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Lindahl, Johanna F., Mutua, Florence K., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Roesel, Kristina, Thomas, Lian F.

“…Second is strengthening food safety education in Africa through benchmarking a curriculum on food safety, providing blended training on risk assessment for professionals, hands-on training for value chain actors, and supporting graduate fellows. …”
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Adoption of dairy technologies in smallholder dairy farms in Ethiopia por Korir, L., Manning, L., Moore, H.L., Lindahl, Johanna F., Gemechu, G., Mihret, A., Berg, S., Wood, J.L.N., Nyokabi, N.S.

“…Increasing herd size is associated with increased uptake of multiple technologies. Further, as farmer education level increases the more likely farmers are to adopt multiple technologies. …”
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Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children por Miller, Laurie C., Neupane, Sumanta, Sparling, Thalia M., Shrestha, Merina, Joshi, Neena, Lohani, Mahendra, Thorne-Lyman, Andrew

“…Stunting also related to child age and intervention group; child development related to mother's education and household wealth. This study suggests a correlation between maternal depression and child dietary diversity. …”
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Preferences Over Decision-Making por Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative

“…By increasing the availability of innovative meaningful measures of agency for a broad range of contexts, we hope our work will lead to an improved understanding of what women’s agency is, how it manifests and how it can best be measured across contexts given the research question at hand. …”
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Integration and adoption of climate resilient management practices for enhanced productivity of sheep and goats in pastoral communities of northern Kenya por Ojango, Julie M.K., Gitau, Jennifer, Ndiwa, Nicholas N., Recha, John W.M., Gachora, J., Muigai, A.W.T.

“…Adoption of the technologies was enhanced by the experiential capacity development activities adapted to the education level of the different communities…”
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact por Zeller, Manfred, Meyer, Richard L.

“…The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) supported household surveys in nine Asian and African countries during the 1990s that analyzed formal and informal financial transactions, and it also evaluated the success of innovative approaches at some MFIs. The overall goal was to clarify the conditions under which state investment in microfinance programs might improve life for poor people more than state investment of the same funds in education, health, nutrition, or infrastructure development. …”
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Integrated urban-rural development and common prosperity: Connotation, international experience and implementation path [in Chinese] por Chen, Kevin Z., Mao, Rui, Zhang, Yunfei

“…Therefore, grassroots innovation and careful consideration of the differences across different groups and different regions could be fully guaranteed to achieve common prosperity.…”
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Opportunities and constraints facing fish production system in DR Congo por Mushagalusa, N.J., Zihalirwa, P., Ngangura, O., Safari, M., Nabahungu, N.L., Matungulu, K.P., Okafor, C.

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