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A farmer group model to promote innovation update and market access for cattle and pig value chains in Northwest Vietnam by Nguyen Thi Thinh, Lo Quang Thanh, Atieno, Mary, Bravo, Aura, Burkart, Stefan, Marshall, Karen, Rao, James

“…However, these models often face sustainability challenges due to heavy reliance on external support instead of internal demand and resources, with little focus on transitioning to self-sustaining management after external backing ends. …”
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Scaling impact, enriching lives: HarvestPlus 2024 annual report by HarvestPlus

“…Sustainability is at the core of our approach, where local actors lead local solutions at the last mile. …”
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Lokala faktorer som påverkar diffusion av innovation på svenska lantbruk : en fallstudie av solcellsinvesteringar by Belin, Madeleine, Pettersson, Daniel

Towards inclusive governance for resilient agri-food systems in Bangladesh by Irfanullah, Haseeb, Asaduzzaman, Mohammed, Joshi, Deepa, Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., Dikkumbura, Sahani, Rahman, M. Mokhlesur, Islam, M. Anisul

“…Although Bangladesh is transitioning toward climate-resilient agri-food systems, this shift faces challenges. …”
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Assessing the role of learning devices and geovisualisation tools for collective action in natural resource management: Experiences from Vietnam by Castella, J.C.

“…From a centralized system of natural resource management, a multitude of individual strategies emerged which contributed to new production interactions among farming households, changes in landscape structures, and conflicting strategies among local stakeholders. Within this context of agrarian transition, learning devices can help local communities to collectively design their own course of action towards sustainable natural resource management. …”
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Once there was a lake: vulnerability to environmental changes in northern Mali by Djoudi, H., Brockhaus, Maria, Locatelli, Bruno

“…In addition, political interests and psychological barriers hinder the local transition to an equitable and sustainable use of forest ecosystem services. …”
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Testing the impact of social forces on the evolution of Sahelian farming systems: a combined agent-based modeling and anthropological approach by Saqalli, M., Gerard, Bruno G., Bielders, Charles L., Defourny, Pierre

“…Results from simulations with no social transition processes show that villages specialize themselves into different economic activities according to natural resource specificities: A decreasing intensification gradient is observed from the most favoured site, with more local productions and good ecological indicators, to the less-favoured site, with a growing proportion of the population wealth coming from migration remittances and “off-shore” livestock. …”
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Desarrollo de criterios para el manejo del copaibo (Copaifera langsdorffii) en el sector Chiquitano Norte - Transición Amazonía, ecorregión del bosque seco Chiquitano, Bolivia by Atías Vásquez, Gladis S.

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Kaleka Agroforest in Central Kalimantan (Indonesia): Soil Quality, Hydrological Protection of Adjacent Peatlands, and Sustainability by Silvianingsih, Y.A., Hairiah, K., Suprayogo, D., Noordwijk, M. van

“…The Kaleka agroforests around a former settlement and sacred historical meaning are species-rich agroforests dominated by local fruit trees and rubber close to the riverbank. …”
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Restoration of Urban Water Commons: Navigating Social-Ecological Fault Lines and Inequities by Sen, A., Unnikrishnan, H., Nagendra, H.

“…The construction and maintenance of the tanks was overseen by local chieftains, and supported by local communities, further managed by caste-based and gender-based systems of manual labor. …”
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Advancing the nexus agenda for a sustainable future by McCartney, Matthew P., Ringler, Claudia

“…Looking ahead, we are excited to announce the transition to Nexus Policy Gains within the broader CGIAR Policy Innovation Science Program, starting in January 2025. …”
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Community-led plantation model Shahada Cluster, India by VS, Viswadev, Meshram, Manish

“…Led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT as part of CGIAR's research portfolio, this initiative is driving innovation and science to transition food, land, and water systems onto more resilient and sustainable pathways. …”
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Countrywide distribution of fauna association with the cassva green mite (Mononychellus tanajoa) in Cameroon by Tchuanyo, M., Yaninek, John S., Hammond, W., Onzo, A., Lienou, L.

“…This pest was found everywhere, with the highest densities in the Highland savannah (230 actives/leaf) and transitional zone (143 actives/leaf). These densities remained high despite the presence of local phytoseiids. …”
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An assessment of public procurement of timber buildings by Ingmar, Erik

“…Examples of local lessons illustrated in this thesis are local SME developments and thereby increased competition, innovative public procurement practices, and organizational changes in the public administrations. …”
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Sustainability curriculum for livestock production by Oliveira, Denis, Laurens, Violaine, Quental, Flavio, Lima, Paulo

“…It is an initiative of the Agroecological Transitions Program for Building Resilient and Inclusive Agricultural & Food Systems (TRANSITIONS), funded by the European Union through its DeSIRA initiative and managed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) . …”
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Increasing economic benefit from apiculture through value chain development approach: the case of Alaba special district, Southern Ethiopia by Shiferaw, A., Jaleta, Moti, Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…Linkages were also made with local carpenters for the construction and supply of modern and transitional hives. …”
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Community phytosanitation to manage cassava brown streak disease by Legg, James P., Ndalahwa, M., Yabeja, J., Ndyetabula, I., Bouwmeester, H.J., Shirima, R., Mtunda, K.

“…Following sensitization and monitoring by locally-recruited taskforces, there was effective community-wide compliance with the initial requirement to replace local CBSD-infected material with newly-introduced disease-free planting material of improved varieties. …”
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Estate Crops More Attractive than Community Forests in West Kalimantan, Indonesia by Langston, James D., Riggs, R.A., Sururi, Y., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Munawir, M.

“…As such, the community is ultimately attracted to more economically attractive uses of the land for local development oil palm or rubber mono-crop farms. …”
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Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19 by Poch, R.M., Anjos, L.H.C. dos, Attia, F., Balks, M., Benavides-Mendoza, A., Bolanos-Benavides, M.M., Calzolari, C., Chabala, L.M., Ruiter, P.C. de, Francke-Campana, S., Prechac, F.G., Graber, E.R., Halavatau, S., Hassan, K.M., Hien, E., Jin, K., Khan, M., Konvushkova, M., Lobb, D.A., Moshia, M.E., Murase, J., Nziguheba, G., Patra, A.K., Pierzynski, G., Eugenio, N.R., Rojas, R.V.

“…In order to increase the resilience of populations facing this pandemic and future global crises, transitioning to a paradigm that relies more heavily on local food production on soils that are carefully tended and protected through sustainable management is necessary. …”
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Co-designing innovative cropping systems that match biophysical and socio-economic diversity: The DATE approach to Conservation Agriculture in Madagascar, Lao PDR and Cambodia by Husson, O., Quoc, H.T., Boulakia, S., Chabanne, A., Tivet, F., Bouzinac, S., Lienhard, P., Michellon, R., Chabierski, S., Boyer, J., Enjalric, F., Rakotondramanana, Moussa, N., Jullien, F., Balarabe, O.

“…By comparing the implementation of the DATE approach and conservation agriculture-based cropping systems in Madagascar, Lao PDR, and Cambodia, we show that: (i) the DATE approach is flexible enough to be adapted to local conditions; (ii) market conditions need to be taken into account in designing agricultural development scenarios; and (iii) the learning process during the transition to conservation agriculture requires time. …”
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