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ASTI Global Assessment of Agricultural R&D Spending por Beintema, Nienke M., Stads, Gert-Jan, Fuglie, Keith, Heisey, Paul

“…Providing such data is the mission of IFPRI’s Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program. Through its large network of national, regional, and international partners, ASTI collects and analyzes data from government, higher education, nonprofit, and (where possible) private-sector agencies involved in agricultural R&D. …”
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Rural Development Policies and Sustainable Land Use in the Hillside Areas of Honduras Survey, 2001-2002 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The survey also collected information about cropping patterns, crop yields, and technology use including use of inputs at the plot level and land tenure, conservation practices, and conservation investments at the parcel level. …”
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Smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and determinants of their adaptation decisions in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia por Belay, Abrham, Recha, John W.M., Woldeamanuel, Teshale, Morton, John F.

“…The econometric model indicated that education, family size, gender, age, livestock ownership, farming experience, frequency of contact with extension agents, farm size, access to market, access to climate information and income were the key factors determining farmers’ choice of adaptation practice. …”
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Adoption of weather-index insurance: Learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia por Hill, Ruth Vargas, Hoddinott, John F., Kumar, Neha

“…Risk aversion is associated with low insurance take‐up suggesting that models of technology adoption can inform the purchase and spread of weather index insurance. …”
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Adoption of weather index insurance: Learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia por Hill, Ruth Vargas, Hoddinott, John F., Kumar, Neha

“…Risk aversion was associated with low insurance take-up, suggesting that models of technology adoption can inform the purchase and spread of weather index insurance. …”
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Adoption of weather index insurance: Learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia por Hill, Ruth Vargas, Hoddinott, John F., Kumar, Neha

“…Risk aversion was associated with low insurance take-up, suggesting that models of technology adoption can inform the purchase and spread of weather index insurance. …”
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Market and other factors affecting farm-specific production efficiency in poultry production in Vietnam por Jabbar, M.A., Akter, S.

“…Therefore, opportunities exist for improving average efficiency through interventions in a number of product and input market domains and household characteristics that may improve access to information, technology and management decisions.…”
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Government expenditures, social outcomes, and marginal productivity of agricultural inputs: a case study for Tanzania por Allen, Summer L., Badiane, Ousmane, Ulimwengu, John M.

“…Marginal productivities of inputs are significant and confirm the validity of a heterogeneous technology approach. As expected, labor productivity, in particular, responds significantly to health and education outcomes. …”
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ICT-Based Identification and Characterisation of Small Reservoirs in the Limpopo River Basin in Zimbabwe por Mulengera, Patrick-M. Bahal’okwibale, Manzungu, Emmanuel, Kileshye Onema, Jean-Marie

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Adoption of improved sesame varieties in Meisso District, West Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia por Gedefa, B.

“…This was due to the farmers perceived that the information is most relevant, trusted and frequently accessible for the farmers decision making to adopt improved sesame technology. …”
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Determinants of climate change adaptation and perceptions among small-scale farmers of Embu County, Eastern Kenya por Kangai, Ruth, Chitechi, Everlyn Wemali, Koske, James, Waswa, Boaz Shaban, Ngare, Innocent

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Problems and prospects of farmers training centers: the case of Ada’a Woreda, East Shewa, Oromia Region por Teshome, F.M.

“…Ethiopian agriculture is characterized by traditional and subsistence peasant farming whose access to modern technology and basic education is very limited. It is also noted that low investment in developing agriculture labor force are one of the problems that hinder the transformation of the sector. …”
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Women at the Helm: Navigating the Digital Landscape of Agriculture por Dominic, D.M., Bhuvana, N., Mittal, N., Sulaiman, R.V., Puskur, Ranjitha

“…The proliferation of digital technologies presents unprecedented opportunities for women to engage and lead agricultural enterprises in India, overcoming longstanding barriers such as limited access to information, resources, and markets. …”
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Integrating climate-smart rice agriculture into secondary-level curriculum: lessons from three high schools in the Philippines por Manalo, Jaime A., Balmeo, Katherine P., Berto, Jayson C., Saludez, Friedierick M., Villaflor, Jennifer D., Pagdanganan, Argie M.

“…Students from rice-farming households can competently discuss even highly complex adaptation and mitigation information with their farmer-parents or other farmers. …”
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Challenges to commercial urban agriculture por Pettersson, Sandra

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How to do note: Designing GTAs in the context of women’s land and resource rights por Larson, Anne M., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Morgan, Miranda, Atmadja, Stibniati, Bailey, Arwen, Cronkleton, Peter, Elias, Marlene, Gallagher, Emily J., Garner, Elisabeth, North, Hanna, Paez Valencia, Ana Maria, Trautman, Sabrina, Choden, Tshering, Olivera, Rikke G., Beltchika, Ndaya

“…However, rural women face numerous barriers in securing land rights, including restricted access to resources and services like finance, healthcare, education, market information, agricultural inputs, and technology. …”
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National Mainstreaming Workshop on Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension (CRMAE) for Ethiopia por Belay, Berhanu, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Amha, Yosef, Dinku, Tufa, Hansen, James, Demissie, Teferi, Solomon, Dawit

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Social networks and gender dimensions in use of irrigation by farmers in Alamata Woreda, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia por Hailemariam, M.

“…Access to input / technology, information / knowledge, credit / finance is very decisive for the development of a given society in general and irrigation based high value crop production in particular. …”
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Effects of gender norms on food security and asset acquisition among cassava value chain actors in Oyo and Ogun States, Nigeria por Adeagbo, D.R.

“…Primary data were collected on socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, gendered social norms such as information on, financial and material resources, group participation and leadership, technology usage, mobility and division of labour, and gender meta-norms, household characteristics, possession and access to productive assets, access to credit and finance and food insecurity experience. …”
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Investment by Ethiopian Government Universities to Run Community-based Breeding Programs (CBBPs) in Nearby Villages as part of their Outreach Program por Belay, Berhanu, Getachew, Tesfaye, Haile, Aynalem

“…Initiating CBBPs in nearby villages ensures the synergy of research, education and community service of the Universities. …”
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