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A&T India Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2017: Households - Recently Delivered Women by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The household survey for recently delivered women (RDW) captured the main impact indicators for A&T (consumption of IFA and calcium, maternal dietary diversity, quantity and quality of diet, breastfeeding practices), use of NC services and exposure to A&T’s intervention platforms, and a variety of other data related to the use of the interventions. …”
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A&T India Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2019: Households - Pregnant Women by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The household survey for pregnant women (PW) captured the main impact indicators for A&T (consumption of IFA and calcium, maternal dietary diversity, quantity and quality of diet), use of ANC services and exposure to A&T’s intervention platforms, and a variety of other data related to the use of the interventions. …”
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A&T India Maternal Nutrition Endline Survey 2019: Households - Recently Delivered Women by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The household survey for recently delivered women (RDW) captured the main impact indicators for A&T (consumption of IFA and calcium, maternal dietary diversity, quantity and quality of diet, breastfeeding practices), use of ANC services and exposure to A&T’s intervention platforms, and a variety of other data related to the use of the interventions. …”
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Training and tool supply to enhance food safety behaviors among ready-to-eat chicken vendors in informal markets in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a randomized-controlled trial by Madjdian, D.S., Asseldonk, M. van, Ilboudo, Guy S., Dione, Michel M., Ouedraogo, A.-A., Roesel, Kristina, Grace, Delia, Talsma, E.F., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Vet, E. de

“…Treatment outlets improved on securing adequate evisceration platforms (1.3±0.6 vs. 1.0±0.5, p=0.054) regular carcass water renewal (61.8% vs. 36.4%, p=0.038), and handwashing during carcass management (1.1±0.5 vs. 0.9±0.3, p=0.008). …”
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Policy action plans for young entrepreneurs to increase economic water productivity in olive and milk value chains in Morocco by Amarasinghe, Upali, Ait El Mekki, Abdelkader, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…Key recommendations to implement in the short-term for a road map are: • Conduct awareness campaigns and training targeting young entrepreneurs on various investment opportunities in the olive and milk value chains and how economic water productivity can be enhanced by providing advisories and services on climate smart land and water management, and agronomic practices, and marketing. • Develop national, regional, and local-scale multisector Resilience Innovation Platforms (communities of practice) to facilitate young entrepreneurs to enhance knowledge in improving the economic water productivity of the two value chains…”
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Land-use Decisions in Complex Commons: Engaging Multiple Stakeholders through Foresight and Scenario Building in Indonesia by Shantiko, B., Liswanti, N., Bourgeois, R., Laumonier, Y.

“…A crucial question is how to link a future-oriented process with governance transformation processes, particularly related to land-use planning and management. To address this issue, we used a co-elaborative scenario-building approach, referred to as participatory prospective analysis (PPA), to facilitate the creation of local multistakeholder platforms considering future-oriented perspectives. …”
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Using Scenario Building and Participatory Mapping to Negotiate Conservation-Development Trade-Offs in Northern Ghana by Bayala, E., Asubonteng, K.O., Ros-Tonen, M., Djoudi, H., Siangulube, F.S., Reed, J., Sunderland, T.C.H.

“…We conclude that scenario building and participatory mapping can contribute to an inclusive landscape approach, provided that well-functioning multi-stakeholder platforms are in place and facilitators adequately navigate power imbalances and recognise different kinds and degrees of knowledge.…”
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Development of a capability and skillset framework for the implementation of resilient nature-based water solutions (RNBWS) in the MENA Region by Parkes, Richard, Fragaszy, Stephen, Belhaj Fraj, Makram, Abdelwahab, Noura, Mandouri, H., Slehat, F., Hayajneh, A., Rabi, A., Amleh, N., AbdelMeguid, A., Maowod, G., Khatib, B., Ferando, S., Hayek, F., Samarasekara, Vidhisha

“…The project promotes the integration of nature-based solutions for water (NBSW) with agricultural water management (AWM) to address water scarcity and build resilience across the region. …”
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Combining approaches for systemic behaviour change in groundwater governance by Sanil, Richu, Falk, Thomas, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Priyadarshini, Pratiti

“…These tools are combined with efforts to strengthen multi-actor platforms, building coalitions and capacity of government, civil society and private sector actors to support groundwater governance at scale. …”
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Quality of nutrition services in primary health care facilities: Implications for integrating nutrition into the health system in Bangladesh by Billah, Masum, Saha, Kuntal K., Khan, Abdullah Nurus Salam, Chowdhury, Ashfaqul Haq, Garnett, Sarah P., Arifeen, S. E., Menon, Purnima

“…Inherent barriers to implementing nutrition services in primary health care, especially high caseloads during the management of sick under-five children, should be considered to identify alternative and appropriate service delivery platforms before nationwide scale up.…”
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Enhancing maize resilience through bundled climate-smart solutions across Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACCs) in Ethiopia: From pilot implementation to scalable impact by Dejene, Sintayehu W., Alemayehu, Sintayehu, Tadesse, Terefe, Tesfaye, Lidya, Gebre, Liyuneh, Tegegne, Getachew, Chilambe, Pedro, Girvetz, Evan

“…Weather and climate information services and agro-advisory support provided actionable guidance on planting, pest management, and input use, combining forecasts with local knowledge. …”
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Co-developing and co-validating location-specific fertilizer and agroclimate advisory service for Wheat in Ethiopia: the Digital Green Use Case by Liben, Feyera M., Ebrahim, Mohammed, Abera, Wuletawu, Erkossa, Teklu, Bogale, Beza, Kebede, Firew, Ayele, Mengistu, Alitaseb, Tesfu, Haji, Abdurahman, Tsegu, Abera, Girmaw, Mekdes, Ayele, Kebede, Chernet, Meklit, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…This is an important achievement demonstrating the value of integrated data analytics to make date-based and knowledge-informed decision making. During the 2021/2022 season, an attempt will be made to develop and provide bundled advisories composed of onset of rains and planting date (extracted from EDACaP, Ethiopian Digital AgroClimate advisory Platform) and a weather surveillance system developed by different partners (EIAR, Alliance and CIMMYT). …”
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Participatory evaluation of cattle fattening innovations of smallholder farmers in Gamogofa zone of southern Ethiopia by Mekasha, Yoseph, Tegegne, Azage, Dubale, T.

“…The study used focus group discussion, key informants interview, livestock commodity platforms and questionnaires for data collection. The major challenges and constraints identified are; a) feed and feeding related - lack of improved fodder and poor utilisation, lack of fodder conservation practices, poor natural grazing lands management and energy loss due to long distance grazing; lack of access for concentrate feed; b) cattle related - inappropriate cattle type for fattening; c) production related - long cycle fattening (> 8 months), poor housing and poor cattle management; d) market related - unorganised cattle marking, dominance of local markets with brokers which makes producers price takers, lack of market linkage; e) capacity related - lack of knowledge and skill on improved cattle fattening by producers, input providers and livestock extension staff. …”
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Generating evidence on gender sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture to inform policy in Central America: Final technical project report by Bonilla Findji, Osana, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Martínez, Jesús David, Castellanos, Andrea, Eitzinger, Anton, Andrieu, Nadine, Le Coq, Jean-François, Howland, Fanny C., Muriel, Juliana, Acosta, Mariola

“…It’s designed was fully aligned to build on and support the ongoing efforts from the CGIAR program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and its Learning Platform on Participatory evaluation of CSA practices and technologies. …”
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In search of sustainable urban green infrastructure through an ecological approach by Olsson, Ida

“…Moreover, urban environments have become a platform for the creation of globally homogenous landscapes, displaying similar methods of design and construction. …”
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Participatory research (PR) at CIP with potato farming systems in the Andes: evolution and prospects by Ortíz, O., Thiele, Graham, Nelson, R., Bentley, J.W.

“…After 2000, CIP used the PMCA (participatory market chain analysis) and stakeholder platforms to improve smallholders’ access to markets. …”
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Livestock and Climate Change: Outlook for a more sustainable and equitable future by Thornton, Philip K., Wollenberg, Eva K., Cramer, Laura K.

“…Institutional, policy and technological opportunities for increasing livestock farmers’ adaptive capacity include preserving livestock mobility traditions in pastoral lands; assistance with destocking and restocking before and after drought; developing new product markets to satisfy consumer demand; promoting wider use of index-based insurance products and other risk transfer mechanisms; and enhancing farmers’ effective use of extension information using social media and digital platforms. 8. The viability of options to adapt and increase adaptive capacity is highly dependent on local contexts that are often characterized by capital, land and labour constraints and limited accessibility and knowledge. …”
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Beyond transformations: Zooming in on agricultural digitalization and the changing social practices of rural farming in Northern Ghana, West Africa by Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim, Gibson, Ryan, Fraser, Evan D.G.

“…We found that farmers perceive digitalization as transitioning their everyday activities across the farming spectrum, including decisions and activities related to season planning, planting, husbandry, harvesting, post-harvest management, and sales. Notably, 1) new materials of phones and digital platforms redefine farmers’ knowledge and competencies, ultimately 2) temporary re-patterning their routines and rhythms. …”
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Market-oriented beekeeping development to improve smallholder income: Results of development experiences in Atsbi-Womberta District, northern Ethiopia by Woldewahid, G., Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk, Tegegne, Azage, Berhe, Kahsay, Weldemariam, D.

“…The core of the experience is the transformation of a largely traditional system towards a more knowledge based and market-oriented beekeeping. Major interventions include introduction, testing and promotion of learning platforms on improved use of hive equipment, improved apiary and colony management, bee forages, harvesting and postharvest handling practices, and facilitation of access to market information and linkages. …”
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Five challenges to reconcile agricultural land use and forest ecosystem services in Southeast Asia by Carrasco, Luis Roman, Papworth, S.K., Reed, J.D., Symes, W.S., Ickowitz, A., Clements, T., Peh, K.S.H., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…These challenges include lack of accessible ES valuation techniques; limited knowledge of the links between forests, food security, and human well‐being; weak demand and political will for the integration of ES in economic activities and environmental regulation; a disconnect between decision makers and ES valuation; and lack of transparent discussion platforms where stakeholders can work toward consensus on negotiated land‐use management decisions. …”
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