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How can we engage farmers in bioenergy development? Building a social innovation strategy for rice straw bioenergy in the Philippines and Vietnam by Minas, Angela Mae, Mander, Sarah, McLachlan, Carly

“…Focusing on rice straw bioenergy in the Philippines and Vietnam, our research explored how farmers’ social networks can serve as a platform for social innovation – an emerging approach to energy transitions aimed at delivering solutions by empowering local people. …”
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Nonglom Wetlands management planning by Mam, Kosal

“…This initiative will also provide a roadmap and springboard for realizing other proposed innovations for agroecological transitions. The research question for this innovation is: How do agroecological innovations perform in restoring wetland ecosystem functions across the landscape, and how should they be adapted to the local context.…”
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Training report on food safety risk assessment and management by Sinh Dang-Xuan, Unger, Fred

“…The Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) project is a five-year regional initiative (2020–2025) funded by AFD, the EU, and FFEM, implemented in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. …”
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The challenge of conserving indigenous domesticated animals by Mendelsohn, R.

“…The general decline of indigenous species especially in developing countries raises many conservation issues. What role should local breeds continue to have in local economies? …”
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SAAF stakeholder co-design workshop in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam: Workshop report by Nguyen Thi Thinh, Atieno, Mary, Dao Thi Thu Hang, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, Le Thi Thanh Huyen, Le Thi Huyen Trang, Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha, Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, Nguyen Thi Quynh Chi, Lo Quang Thanh, Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…It is coordinated by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in close partnership with national and local stakeholders. Thai Nguyen province was a key site for CGIAR’s One Health Initiative (2022–2024), which is now transitioning into the SAAF program. …”
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Assessing the governance capacity to implement resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean by García Aguilar, Mónica Carlota

“…The study concluded that in Chía there was a gap between local initiatives of resource recovery from OWS that brought environmental, economic, and social benefits at small scale and its inclusion in the local and regional governance systems. …”
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The political economy of green input subsidies in developing economies: Insights from Colombia by Mockshell, Jonathan, Hidalgo, Francisco, Ritter, Thea, Alvarez, Diego, Blanco, Maria

“…Political economy analysis of green input subsidies in Colombia reveals a complex landscape shaped by political and institutional dynamics, diverse stakeholder interests, and conflicting belief, value, and knowledge systems, resulting in both significant opportunities and constraints for transitioning to green inputs. Supporting a transition to sustainable agriculture requires balancing incentives that promote more efficient use of synthetic inputs and integrated management with those that encourage greater adoption of green inputs within agroecological approaches. …”
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The role of culture in transforming individuals, communities, and agrifood systems: the role of community dialogues of elders by BioHub TRUST, Chimonyo, Vimbayi G.P.

“…The CDE offers a model for promoting socially inclusive, culturally grounded agroecological transitions in Zimbabwe by institutionalizing the dialogues and fostering partnerships between local leaders and government authorities.…”
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System approaches for scaling agroecology: Five dimensions of success by CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology

“…In 2022, the CGIAR Agroecology Initiative embarked on a major effort, relying on strong partnerships with local and national organizations, to demonstrate how a systems approach to agroecological transitions can work under highly diverse conditions in eight target countries. …”
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Enhancing solar irrigation pump adoption through effective training in Nepal by Gautam, K., Shrestha, Shisher, Rauniyar, Amrita, Mishra, Anuj

“…Feedback highlights the need for longer, more practical training and advanced packages for engineers. Strengthening local capacity is key to reliable SIP adoption and inclusive clean energy transitions in agriculture.…”
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Targeting poverty through community-based public works programs: A cross-disciplinary assessment of recent experience in South Africa by Adato, Michelle, Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…Since the transition to democracy, South African public works programs are to involve community participation, and be targeted to the poor and women. …”
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Targeting poverty through community-based public works programs: A cross-disciplinary assessment of recent experience in South Africa by Adato, Michelle, Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…Since the transition to democracy, South African public works programs are to involve community participation, and be targeted to the poor and women. …”
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Improving dietary quality and livelihoods using farm and wild biodiversity through an integrated community-based approach in Kenya (Impro-Co Diet Project) - Turkana by Oduor, Francis Odhiambo, Jordan, Irmgard, Termote, Celine

“…Therefore, a genuine need for building interventions that are both responsive to local contexts and resilient to ensure long-term development is apparent. …”
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Transformation of smallholder beef-cattle production in Vietnam by Stür, Werner W., Truong Tan Khanh, Duncan, Alan J.

“…They highlight several factors that contributed to this transition, including a convincing technological innovation, a system-oriented approach with emphasis on capacity strengthening, development of a coalition of local actors supporting the transformation process, and having external and local support over a sufficiently long period of time (a decade in this case).…”
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Improving dietary quality and livelihoods using farm and wild biodiversity through an integrated community based approach in Loima and Turkana South, subcounty, Turkana County, Ken... by Oduor, Francis, Induli, Irene, Keding, Gudrun, Jordan, Irmgard, Termote, Celine

“…Therefore, a genuine need for building interventions that are both responsive to local contexts and resilient to ensure long term development is apparent. …”
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Social geomatics: participatory forest mapping to mediate resource conflict in the Bolivian Amazon by Cronkleton, P., Albornoz, M.A., Barnes, G., Evans, K., Jong, W. de

“…We argue that maps and properties are more likely to be seen as legitimate reflections of de facto rights if local stakeholders are involved as a group from the outset…”
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Knowing the Salween river: resource politics of a contested transboundary river. by Middleton, C., Lamb, V.

“…The basin is witnessing intensifying dynamics of resource extraction, alongside large dam construction, conservation and development intervention, that is unfolding within a complex terrain of local, national and transnational governance. With a focus on the contested politics of water and associated resources in the Salween basin, this book offers a collection of empirical case studies that highlights local knowledge and perspectives. …”
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Dealing with reducing trends in forest ecosystem services through a vulnerability assessment and planned adaptation actions by Idinoba, M., Nkem, J., Kalame, F.B., Tachie-Obeng, E., Gyampoh, B.A.

“…Ghana shows a transition in the order of high forest, forest-savanna transition, savanna to widely open cultivated savanna, while study areas in Burkina Faso is experiencing a gradual reduction of dense natural forests reserves towards a more sparse vegetation. …”
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Redistribution of water use and benefits among hydropower affected communities in Lao PDR by Kura, Y., Joffre, Olivier M., Laplante, Benoit, Sengvilaykham, Bounthong

“…In this paper, we assess how resettlement and changes in water access have altered livelihoods of local communities upstream of the Theun Hinboun Expansion Project in Lao PDR. …”
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Transforming the traditional subsistence-based smallholder poultry production system to a commercial-oriented and sustainable production system in the Global South: Tropical Poultr... by Dessie, Tadelle

“…Farmers usually sell surplus products directly to local consumers or through local markets or vendors. …”
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