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Market institutions: enhancing the value of rural-urban links by Chowdhury, Shyamal, Negassa, Asfaw, Torero, Máximo

“…This paper begins with a presentation of a conceptual framework of market integration and then identifies five major factors that increase the transfer costs that subsequently hinder market integration between rural and urban areas: information asymmetry, transaction costs, transport and communication costs, policy induced barriers, and social and noneconomic factors. Five specific cases in five developing countries are examined in this study to demonstrate the primary sources of transfer costs and the aspects of market institutions that are important to market integration and promotion of rural-urban linkages.…”
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Envisioning REDD+ in a post-Paris era: between evolving expectations and current practice by Turnhout, Esther, Gupta, A.K., Weatherley-Singh, J., Vijge, M.J., Koning, J. de, Visseren-Hamakers, I.J., Herold, Martin, Lederer, M.

“…WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e425. doi: 10.1002/wcc.425This article is categorized under: Climate and Development > Social Justice and the Politics of Development Policy and Governance > Multilevel and Transnational Climate Change GovernanceClimate and Development > Social Justice and the Politics of DevelopmentPolicy and Governance > Multilevel and Transnational Climate Change Governance…”
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Transition of agroecology in Bali, Indonesia by Tchedry, Vincent

“…Agroecology is a transdisciplinary farming approach, bridging social, biological and agricultural sciences while including traditional farmers’ knowledge. …”
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Scoping study of the Honduran coffee supply chain: Challenges and opportunities by Ceballos-Sierra, Federico, Wiegel, Jennifer, Gómez, Miguel, Colindres, Mirian

“…This scoping study delves into the critical aspects of the coffee industry in Honduras, a major global coffee producer. …”
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Framework for co-development of an open hydrological data system to enhance climate resilience in climate vulnerable countries: experience from a digital groundwater monitoring pil... by Urfels, Anton, Shakya, S. M., Maharjan, S., Lohanee, B. D., Pandey, V., Khadka, Manohara, Adhikari, S., Neupane, A., Karki, S., Acharya, S., Foster, T., Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…The framework highlights the issues of inclusion and social sustainability, the use of models, digital technologies, and open and citizen science approaches and considers direct the policy implication of the social-ecological nature of water management: (i) field data availability as a key constraint for advancing the hydrological sciences and making informed policy decision, (ii) social aspects of the hydrological cycle for advancing our understanding of the dynamics between water and nature, and (iii) the social power of models and datasets for influencing policy processes. …”
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MDII (Multidimensional Digital Inclusiveness Index) by Martins, Carolina, Nisansa, Vinuri, Opola, Felix Ouko, Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel, Schmitter, Petra

“…By addressing structural and experiential aspects of digital adoption, MDII helps bridge the digital divide and promotes responsible, socially inclusive innovation in food, water, and land systems. …”
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Prospects for durable resistance against an old soybean enemy: a four-decade journey from Rpp1 (Resistance to Phakopsora pachyrhizi) to Rpp7 by Chander, S., Ortega Beltran, A., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Sheoran, P., Ige, G.O., Vasconcelos, M.W., García Oliveira, A.L.

“…Soybean rust (SBR), caused by Phakopsora spp., is a major global concern for soybean producers. SBR causing fungi are polycyclic and obligate biotrophs, rendering the study of their biology particularly tedious. …”
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Heat wave hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment for India [Abstract only] by Sahana, V., Suresh, N., Mondal, A., Mishra, T.

“…Global warming and rising temperatures have increased the occurrence and severity of heat waves across the globe. …”
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Hållbar utveckling i svensk planeringspraktik : en diskussion kring förtätning och andra ambitioner by Samuelson, Eva-Marie

“…Because the perspective of sustainability is hard to pin down to one single stand on development density, new land is constantly claimed for development. Tree different aspects of sustainability are often mentioned in the discussion; the ecological, the economical and the social. …”

Economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture production at the crop level by Umesh, K.B., Abdul, B. Md., Sivakuma, D., Srikanth, P.

“…The goals of integrated pest management and organic farming are to preserve the sustainable environment, control diseases and pests at the farm level, and use less chemicals overall. In order to ensure social sustainability, farm workers must engage with their local communities and customers, support resilient local food systems, and have safe working conditions, access to healthcare, and an education that upholds human dignity and social equality. …”
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Messiness of forest governance: How technical approaches suppress politics in REDD+ and conservation projects by Myers, R., Larson, A.M., Ravikumar, A., Kowler, L.F., Yang, A.L., Trench, T.

“…As is typical in aid or ‘development’ projects conceived in the global North, most of the solutions advanced to improve REDD+ tend to focus on addressing issues of justice (or ‘fairness’) in distributive terms, rather than addressing more inherently political objections to REDD+ such as those based on rights or social justice. …”
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Pathways towards resilient urban food systems by Claereboudt, Etienne, Alonso, Silvia, Awinoh, Martha, Halliday, Jess, Lenci, Lucia, Heck, Simon, Coyne, D.L., Nyambura, Ivy, Roothaert, Ralph L., Kibira, Mary, Kumar, S., Salam, Md. Abdus, Pawera, Lukas, Chanda, Debashish, Schreinemachers, Pepijn, Prain, G., van der Biezen, Lisa, Ricarte, Phoebe, Demont, Matty, Velasco II, Emmanuel Hugh “Nonong” F., Agatep, Ian L., Agbefu, Dzifa, Drechsel, Pay, Amoah, Philip, Gelli, Aulo, Margolies, Amy, Olney, Deanna K., Fuentes, Angela, Pradel, Willy, Safari, Bonnke, Arsène-Desman, Aganze Nyangezi, Metelerkamp, Luke, Mthethwa, Sinethemba, Milan Food Policy, City of Sydney

“…This issue of Urban Agriculture Magazine showcases innovative approaches, actions, and initiatives for strengthening all aspects of urban and city region food systems. The articles are drawn from across research priorities of the Resilient Cities initiative and supplemented by selected experiences from RUAF Global Partnership and other strategically-aligned organisations.…”
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Peacebuilding in times of COVID-19: risk-adapted strategies of cooperation and development projects by Eufemia, Luca, Lozano, Camilo, Rodríguez, Tatiana, Rio Duque, Martha Lilia del, Morales Muñoz, Héctor, Bonatti, Michelle, Sieber, Stefan, Löhr, Katharina

“…National and international cooperation and development projects (CDP) are fundamental for peacebuilding. However, unforeseen global crises, like COVID-19, can endanger such projects, requiring rapid adaption. …”
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Submission from the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, to UNFCCC SBSTA 44 on issues related to agriculture in response to SBSTA decision FCC/SBSTA/2014/L by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Socialt hållbar stadsutveckling från idé till praktik by Fehler, Joanna

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Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response by Wise, RM, Fazey, I, Stafford Smith, M.D., Park, SE, Eakin, H.C., Archer Van Garderen, ERM, Campbell, Bruce M.

“…The need to adapt to climate change is now widely recognised as evidence of its impacts on social and natural systems grows and greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated. …”
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Co-design of Agroecology Indicators with local communities: The Challenges and Perspectives for Agroecological Transition Evaluation by Bahri, Haithem, Alary, Veronique, Toukebri, Wael, Barbouchi, Meriem, M'hamed, Hatem Cheikh, Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Shiri, Zahra, Annabi, Mohamed, Frija, Aymen

“…Once this is done, the impact assessment of the implementation of these transition pathways was then a key aspect to think about. That’s also where the initiative team starts to co-develop very contextualized indicators of impact which fit to the local priorities and hotspots of biophysical and social degradation aspects. …”
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Género en la Amazonía potencial de los sistemas geoespaciales para enfrentar las inequidades de género: Un estudio en el marco del Programa SERVIR-Amazonia by Twyman, Jennifer, Acosta, Mariola, Irigoyen, Marina

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Do estimates of women’s control over income and decisionmaking vary across nationally representative survey programs? by Raghunathan, Kalyani, Mahmoud, Mai, Heckert, Jessica, Ramani, Gayathri V., Seymour, Greg

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EcoHealth manual by Unahalekhaka, A., Pichpol, D., Meeyam, T., Chotinun, S., Robert, G.L., Robert, C.S.

“…It is intended to introduce examples of important aspects of EcoHealth, providing real world examples of each aspect and suggesting how the EcoHealth approach to research can be applied to improve the quality of human health, animal health and the environment. …”
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