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TAFSSA on-farm research trials Bangladesh: Protocol for field implementation por Cheesman, Stephanie, Islam, Saiful, Alanuzzaman Kurishi, A.S.M., Hossain, Shakhawat, Ferdous, Zannatul, Huda, Md. Shamsul, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…WP2 emphasizes farm- and landscape-level interdisciplinary research to identify strategies to increase farmers' profits and nutritional yields, conserve resources, and maintain or enhance ecological services, while also mitigating greenhouse gas (GHC) emissions from farms and agricultural landscapes. …”
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Qualitative gender analysis country report, Cameroon: Building equitable climate resilient African bean and insect sectors por Siri, Bella Ngoh, Munji, Victorine, Ntam, Fidelis, Mafouasson, Hortense, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ouya, Frederick, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…The BRAINS project aims to enhance equitable climate resilience to improve food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) through gender-responsive interventions in common bean, insect, and fruit tree value chains. …”
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Evaluation of microbial contamination along the milk value chain in two districts of Tanzania por Hyera, E.

“…Milk is important as a valuable diet, but due to its nutritional value and perishable product it serves as an ideal medium for development of various microorganisms under suitable conditions, hence it is a staple food in epidemiology linked to zoonotic pathogens. …”
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Impacts of Africa RISING in Mali por Haile, Beliyou, Azzarri, Carlo, Tzintzun, Ivan, Boukaka, Sedi Anne, Vitellozzi, Sveva

“…Overall comparisons between households in target and non-target villages show a positive impact of AR on environmental variables such as access to extension services, implementation of intercropping techniques, and adoption of improved crops; on productivity variables such as green bean yield; and on economic variables such as an increase in the non-agricultural wealth index; but no statistically significant effect on human and social indicators, namely household dietary diversity, food consumption scores, and nutritional indicators for children 0–59 months old and women 15–49 years old. …”
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A community-based cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of different bundles of nutrition-specific interventions in improving mean length-for-age z scor... por Billah, Masum, Ferdous, Tarana E., Karim, Mohd Anisul, Dibley, Michael J., Raihana, Shahreen, Moinuddin, Md., Choudhury, Nuzhat, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Hoque, D. M. Emdadul, Menon, Purnima, El Arifeen, Shams

“…Intervention combinations are: 1) Behaviour change communication (BCC) on maternal nutrition during pregnancy, exclusive breastfeeding, and complementary feeding, along with prenatal nutritional supplement (PNS) and complementary food supplement (CFS); 2) BCC with PNS; 3) BCC with CFS; and 4) BCC alone. …”
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Viewpoint: Aligning vision and reality in publicly funded agricultural research for development: A case study of CGIAR por Thornton, Philip K., Dijkman, Jeroen, Herrero, Mario, Szilagyi, Lili, Cramer, Laura K.

“…Several recent reports highlight the need for major, rapid reconfiguration of our food systems as a result. International publicly funded agricultural research for development will play an increasingly vital role in support of such goals as reducing poverty, improving food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services. …”
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Mainstreaming gender-smart investing to accelerate the transformation of food systems under a changing climate: Strategies to unlock climate returns by leveraging gender equality por Aslam, Ahmed, Vashist, Archana, Cosgrove, Bethany Emma, ter Braak-Forstinger, Christin, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Papp, Raya, Newman, Richard

“…We can use strategies such as climate-smart agriculture to produce more and better food, to improve nutrition security and to boost farmers’ incomes. …”
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Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (BPRSSP) por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…PRSSP fills the need for demand-driven food and agriculture research in response to Bangladesh’s country investment plan for agriculture, food security, and nutrition. …”
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Status and challenges of black soils por Fontana, Ademir, Labaz, Beata, Monger, Curtis, Morras, Hector, Wang, Lei, Pfeiffer, Marco, Taboada, Miguel Angel, Valle, Susana

“…Although black soils account for only 8.2 percent of the Global Land Area (FAO, 2022a), they are of paramount importance for food security, as highlighted by the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 (i.e to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030). …”
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The Stakeholder Consultation Workshop Report: Transforming the Rules of the Game: Gendered Livability in Peri-urban Dhaka por International Potato Center

“…They brought varied expertise in areas including nutrition, food systems, environment, and urban development. …”
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Diversity for sustaining livelihoods: examples, constraints and lessons learnt por Taylor, M., Jaenicke, H., Hunter, D., McGregor, A., Lyons, G.

“…It also contributes to diversifying diets and improving nutrition outcomes. Diversification supports processing and value adding, strengthening the food security function of the crop but also providing income generating opportunities. …”
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Managing water and fertilizer for sustainable agricultural intensification por Drechsel, Pay, Heffer, P., Magen, H., Mikkelsen, R., Wichelns, Dennis

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Value chain and multi-crop baseline of the Transforming Agrifood Systems in West and Central Africa Initiative (TAFS-WCA): A case of Rwanda por Arouna, A., Yergo, W.G., Aboudou, R., Ouedraogo, M., Abdoulaye, T.

“…With regard to climate change information’s, about 33.75% of producers have access to pest or disease outbreak and 24.81% to information on seasonal forecasts (weather information for the coming 2-3 months). As far as food security and the poverty index are concerned, preliminary results showed that the vast majority of farmers’ households had an acceptable level of dietary diversity, meal frequency and nutritional importance of the food groups consumed; and the poverty index of the population was 69%.…”
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Biosecurity measures in meat and milk value chains: A study in Bura Sub-county, Kenya por Nyokabi, S., Birner, Regina, Lindahl, Johanna F., Bett, Bernard K.

“…Poor sanitation and hygiene like open defecation, use of untreated water, poor packaging and lack of training in food handling exposes food to contamination by actors. …”
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Improving assessments of the three pillars of Climate Smart Agriculture: Current achievements and ideas for the future por Wijk, Mark T. van, Merbold, Lutz, Hammond, James, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus

“…Based on an overview of recent advantages in work focusing on CSA our key recommendations are i) to make better use of recent advances in indicator development for sustainability assessments, including work on quantification of water and land footprints in relation to farm management; ii) to use household level analyses to quantify pathways from productivity towards food security and improved nutrition as well as descripting drivers of adoption of adaptation options; and iii) to use recent advances in system specific quantification of greenhouse gas emissions through both LMIC focused modelling and empirical work.…”
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Poultry production in Burkina Faso: Potential for poverty reduction and women’s empowerment por Hoffmann, Vivian, Awonon, Josue, Gelli, Aulo

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Impacts of alternative investment scenarios por Kim, Soonho, Cenacchi, Nicola, Wiebe, Keith D., Sulser, Timothy B., Dunston, Shahnila, Vos, Rob, Dimaranan, Betina, Allen, Summer L., Rice, Brendan, Gustafson, Sara

“…These results are drawn from a recent report that provides a quantitative assessment of the impacts of alternative investment options on the CGIAR’s objectives relating to poverty, food and nutrition security, and natural resources and ecosystem services in the context of changes in population, income, technology, and climate to 2050 (Rosegrant et al. 2017). …”
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Modeling impacts of faster productivity growth to inform the CGIAR initiative on crops to end hunger por Wiebe, Keith D., Sulser, Timothy B., Dunston, Shahnila, Rosegrant, Mark W., Fuglie, Keith, Willenbockel, Dirk, Nelson, Gerald C.

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Situational analysis study for the agriculture sector in Ghana por Essegbey, George Owusu, MacCarthy, Dilys Sefakor

“…Its importance is not only in terms of the contribution to food and nutrition security, but also in providing a basis for agro-industrial activities and for exports. …”
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Necessidades de Informação e Transferência de Tecnologias dos Produtores Agrários para Adaptação às Mudanças Climáticas no Distrito de Chicualacuala, Província de Gaza por Humulane A, Filimone C, Dimande, B., Fabião A

“…This could, therefore, lead to the reduction of household income, increased food and nutritional insecurity, and the increase in the number of cases of diseases such as malaria, cholera and diarrhea in this population.…”
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