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Polycentric groundwater governance: insights from the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area por Mukuyu, P., Nyambe, N., Magombeyi, Manuel Simba, Ebrahim, Girma Yimer

“…Given the current heightened interest in groundwater development, it is imperative that more thought be given to how groundwater resources can best be managed in different contexts for multiple uses and users. …”
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Whither commodity-based trade? por Rich, Karl M., Perry, Brian D.

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Climate change impacts and public perceptions por Petraki, Marianna

“…These changes represent a serious threat to human life, economic development and the natural world, from which humans are depending largely their prosperity. …”
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The challenges on out-scaling participatory methods in agricultural research por Aw-Hassan, Aden A.

“…The advantage of participatory research is considered more prominent in, although not limited to, the adaptation of technologies that require local knowledge of the social, economic and biophysical environments or need high level of human capital or require cooperation of different stakeholders. …”
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Indigenous African small ruminants: A case for characterisation and improvement por Rege, J.E.O.

“…The accelerating demands of a growing human population and the pressures of economic development are affecting the security and survival of many indigenous African breeds. …”
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Bangladesh country brief por Akhtar, Nazneen, Yosef, Sivan, Nisbett, Nicholas

“…There have been remarkable improvements in welfare and human development in Bangladesh in recent years. …”
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Impact evaluation of an innovation platform on improvement of crop and livestock productions in four villages of Yatenga province, Northern Burkina Faso por Teno, G.

“…Indeed, through IP, its members have benefited from different support in their activities that have contributed to their capacity development, mainly by the reinforcement of their human and social capacity. …”
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Evaluating farm-level livestock interventions in low-income countries: a scoping review of what works, how, and why por Lindahl, Johanna F., Mutua, Florence K., Grace, Delia

“…Livestock interventions can improve nutrition, health, and economic well-being of communities. The objectives of this review were to identify and characterize livestock interventions in developing countries and to assess their effectiveness in achieving development outcomes. …”
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Climate Change and Gender Based Violence: Overview of Current Research por Garance, Garance, Huyer, Sophia, Seager, Joni

“…UN Women has identified violence against women and girls (VAWG) and climate change as the two most pressing global emergencies and sustainable development challenges. “With devastating social, cultural, economic, health and human rights impacts, affecting women and girls disproportionately, especially the most marginalized groups” (UN Women and IUCN, 2022, 1), climate change presents threats to global sustainability (UN Women and IUCN, 2022; Turquet et al, 2023).…”
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An agro-pastoral household model for the rangelands of East Africa por Thornton, Philip K., Galvin, K.A., Boone, Randall B.

“…These areas are key natural resources for the economic development of the region. They are also key areas for pastoralists who have co-existed with wildlife for millennia. …”
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The right to food: widely acknowledged and poorly protected por Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Nygaard, David F., Ratta, Annu

“…Perhaps this then is a time for the international community to examine its fundamental objective in development. If the individual really is the central subject of development, then a concerted shift may be needed in economic development policies to provide each individual with the most rudimentary of human needs: food.…”
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The emergy-data envelopment analysis (EM-DEA) approach handbook: An illustrated guide on how to use the EM-DEA approach to assess resource- and energy-use efficiency and the sustai... por Mwambo, F.M.

“…In an age when resources are scarcer than ever before, and the environmental impact of humanly designed systems of production is a major concern when deciding which system could better contribute to human and economic development without compromising the future of the global environment, using a reliable method for the comparative assessment of the efficiency and sustainability of different production systems is critical when making smart decisions. …”
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Semiochemicals and microbial antagonists: their role in integrated pest management in Latin America por Hilje, Luko

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A crop wild relative inventory for Southern Africa: A first step in linking conservation and use of valuable wild populations for enhancing food security por Allen, E., Gaisberger, H., Magos Brehm, Joana, Maxted, N., Thormann, I., Lupupa, T., Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, Kell, S.

“…Prioritization of these species was based on two criteria: (i) the value of the related crop for human food and economic security in the region and/or globally, and (ii) the potential or known value of the wild relatives of those crops for crop improvement. …”
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Jamaica’s Climate Change Research Agenda por Lanza Castillo, Gracia María, Birthwright, Anne-Teresa Donna, Birthwright, Anne-Teresa Donna Marie, S. Charlton, Candice, Cruz Chú, Mariana Beatriz, Li Pun, Hugo, Alvarado Irías, Enrique E

“…This document presents an agenda for research and technology development (RT&D), the result of a co-creation process with academia, R&TD centres, and the private sector, to support climate change targets in the key sectors identified for the first phase: agriculture and fisheries, water, human settlement and infrastructure, waste, and energy. …”
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Sustainably Intensified Production Systems Impact on Nutrition (SIPSIN) Round 2, Ethiopia por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The project aims to evaluate the implications of sustainable intensification of crop and livestock production systems (SIPS) on human nutrition in northern Ethiopia. The existing infrastructure and ongoing research and development of the Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) in the Lake Tana basin of Northern Ethiopia is used as a platform to efficiently conduct research to evaluate SIPS for crop and livestock production and their environmental, economic and nutritional consequences.…”
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Sustainably Intensified Production Systems Impact on Nutrition (SIPSIN) Round 3, Ethiopia por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The project aims to evaluate the implications of sustainable intensification of crop and livestock production systems (SIPS) on human nutrition in northern Ethiopia. The existing infrastructure and ongoing research and development of the Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) in the Lake Tana basin of Northern Ethiopia is used as a platform to efficiently conduct research to evaluate SIPS for crop and livestock production and their environmental, economic and nutritional consequences.…”
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Sustainably Intensified Production Systems Impact on Nutrition (SIPSIN) Round 1, Ethiopia por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The project aims to evaluate the implications of sustainable intensification of crop and livestock production systems (SIPS) on human nutrition in northern Ethiopia. The existing infrastructure and ongoing research and development of the Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) in the Lake Tana basin of Northern Ethiopia is used as a platform to efficiently conduct research to evaluate SIPS for crop and livestock production and their environmental, economic and nutritional consequences.…”
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Policies for bridging the urban–rural gap in Colombia por Parra-Peña, Rafael Isidro, Ordóñez, L, Acosta, C.A.

“…The success of those efforts will depend on their ability to narrow the socio-economic divide between urban and rural areas. Toward this end, public policy initiatives will need to stimulate key drivers of human development in rural areas by promoting access to land, improving public administration, and closing the gender gap.…”
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Accelerating action towards net positive agriculture and food systems por Lomax, James, Pesce, Federica, Estrada Carmona, Natalia, Thallam, Vijay Kumar

“…Building on the outcomes of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, which launched bold new actions for progress on all 17 SDGs through the development of national food systems pathways; in this paper we consider agricultural systems as an integral part of food systems and evaluate their contribution to sustainable development outcomes - specifically those that are biodiversity-friendly, climate-resilient, pollution-free and human-centered.…”
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