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Gender, nutrition- and climate-smart food production: opportunities and trade-offs por Beuchelt, TD, Badstue, Lone B.

“…Findings point up situations where the promotion of CA for smallholders in developing countries may have undesired effects from gender and human development perspectives, specifically relating to drudgery, nutrition and food security, residue use, assets, mechanization and extension. …”
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Forest Conservation, Rights, and Diets: Untangling the Issues por Sunderland, T.C.H., Vásquez, W.

“…How this restricted access plays out when the “right to food” is a deeply enshrined human right has been deeply contested, particularly with regard to land annexation. …”
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Uses and vulnerability of ligneous species exploited by local population of northern Burkina Faso in their adaptation strategies to changing environments por Ouédraogo, Pauline, Bationo, B. André, Sanou, Josias, Traoré, Salifou, Barry, Silamana, Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril, Bayala, Jules, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Soeters, Sebastiaan, Thiombiano, Adjima

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2014 Food policy timeline: Issues, actions, and events por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The year 2014 saw mixed results for food and nutrition security: some countries made headway on policies to cut hunger, while in other countries conflict and health crises took a heavy human toll. …”
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COOKBOOK Yellow cassava por Ospina Portilla, Maria Alejandra, Ramos Medina, Irma Paola, Trivino Palacios, William

“…Deficiencies of micronutrients, such as vitamin A, iron, and zinc, have significant consequences for human well-being and the socioeconomic development of communities around the world. …”
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Post harvest management guide for common beans: A guide for farmers and extension por Waswa, Boaz, Nchanji, Eileen, Karanja, David, Rubyogo, Jean Claude

“…A third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. The losses and waste occur from the farm to the fork along the food value chain. …”
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Views on the UAE–Belém work programme por CGIAR Climate Security Observatory

“…The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Foundation, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are pleased to submit collective inputs on the two-year UAE–Belém work programme on indicators for measuring progress achieved towards the targets in the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, as invited in Decision 2/CMA.5 of the UAE Consensus.…”
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The mitigation advantage: maximizing the co-benefits of investing in smallholder adaptation initiatives por Chakrabarti, S.

“…However, agriculture is central to global food and nutrition security, in particular for millions of smallholders for whom it is the main source of livelihood. …”
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Impact of improved hermetic storage on food insecurity and poverty of smallholder cowpea farmers in northwestern Nigeria por Adomi, A.A., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Mohammed, A.B., Abdu, Z., Musa, S.A., Baributsa, D.

“…In a bid to protect their cowpea grains, farmers’ indiscriminate use of insecticides (often misused and overused) has had a negative impact on human health and the environment. Efforts to promote the use of non-chemical hermetic storage have sought to address the issue. …”
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Designing dioscorea genomes for improved nutritional and pharmaceutical properties por Bhattacharjee, Ranjana

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Combating stem and leaf rust of wheat: Historical perspective, impacts, and lessons learned por Dubin, H. J., Brennan, John P.

“…The study uses a historical perspective to examine the major factors that underpin the success, and presents the impacts on economic returns, food security, and poverty in developing countries. It concludes that the major reasons for success in research on durable stem and leaf rust resistance rested on the following: symbiotic relationships of the collaborative international and national programs; free exchange of genetic resources and information; human resource development; and long-term donor commitment. …”
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The Role of Policy in Facilitating Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Uganda por Ampaire, Edidah L., Happy, Providence, Asten, Piet J.A. van, Radeny, Maren A.O.

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Actor roles and networks in agricultural climate services in Ethiopia: a social network analysis por Tesfaye, Abonesh, Hansen, James, Radeny, Maren A.O., Belay, Sebsib, Solomon, Dawit

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The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition por Leeuw, Jan de, Osano, Philip M., Said, Mohammed, Ayantunde, Augustine A., Dube, Sikhalazo, Neely, Constance, Vrieling, Anton, Thornton, Philip K., Ericksen, Polly J.

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Adaptation and development pathways for different types of farmers por Stringer, Lindsay, Fraser, Evan, Harris, David, Lyon, Christopher, Pereira, Laura, Ward, Caroline, Simelton, Elisabeth

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A New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition por Bruulsema, Tom, Cakmak, Ismail, Dobermann, Achim, Gerard, Bruno G., Majumdar, Kaushik, McLaughlin, Michael, Reidsma, Pytrik, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Zhang, Fusuo, Zhang, Xin

“…Nutrient inputs play a critical role in raising crops and livestock for food security, human nutrition and other uses in the bioeconomy. …”
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Agricultural policies for sustainable management and use of natural resources in Africa por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…The integration of such areas as environment, rural development and structural transformation, and population and human settlements, should reflect the interactions of these major areas of concern as a matrix to promote sustainability.…”
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Leveraging digital tools and crowdsourcing approaches to generate high-frequency data for diet quality monitoring at population scale in Rwanda por Manners, Rhys, Adewopo, Julius, Niyibituronsa, M., Remans, R., Ghosh, A., Schut, Marc, Egoeh, S.G., Kilwenge, R., Fraenzel, A.

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Enacting theories of change for food systems transformation under climate change por Dinesh, Dhanush, Hegger, Dries, Klerkx, Laurens, Vervoort, Joost M., Campbell, Bruce M., Driessen, Peter P.J.

“…Food systems are responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activity and agricultural yields are at risk due to climate change impacts. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrology of the Upper Awash River Basin, Ethiopia por Emiru, Nega C., Recha, John W.M., Thompson, Julian R., Belay, Abrham, Aynekulu, Ermias, Manyevere, Alen, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Osano, Philip M., Hussein, Jabir, Molla, Mikias B., Mengistu, Girma M., Solomon, Dawit

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