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How much are multisectoral programs worth? A new method with an application to school meals by Alderman, Harold, Aurino, Elisabetta, Baffour, Priscilla Twumasi, Gelli, Aulo, Turkson, Festus, Wong, Brad

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Knowledge improvement and social benefits among STCP farmer field school participants in Cameroon by David, S.

“…The case study shows that FFS can be a starting point for farmer empowerment, but suggests that social and technical outcomes can only be sustained if the appropriate local and national level institutions, support systems and policy framework in relation to agricultural extension and research are developed. …”
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School meals are evolving: Has the evidence kept up? by Alderman, Harold, Bundy, Donald, Gelli, Aulo

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A new valuation school: Integrating diverse values of nature in resource and land use decisions by Jacobs, S., Dendoncker, N., Martín López, B., Barton, David N., Gómez Baggethun, E., Boeraeve, F., McGrath, F.L., Vierikko, K., Geneletti, D., Sevecke, K.J., Pipart, N., Primmer, Eeva, Mederly, P., Schmidt, S., Aragão, A., Baral, H., Bark, R.H., Briceno, T., Brogna, D., Cabral, P., Vreese, R. de, Liquete, C., Mueller, H., Peh, K.S.H., Phelan, A., Rincón Ruiz, A., Rogers, S.H., Turkelboom, F., Reeth, W. van, Zanten, B.T. van, Wam, H.K., Washbourne, C-L.

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Learning to think for ourselves: knowledge improvement and social benefits among farmer field school participants in Cameroon by David, S.

“…The case study suggests that FFS can be a starting point for farmer empowerment, but points out that social and technical outcomes can only be sustained if the appropriate local and national level institutions, support systems and policies related to agricultural extension and research are developed. …”
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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.

“…Households that adopted just some of the techniques enjoyed high economic returns, and this showed the importance of IPM specialists, social scientists, and farmers working together. (3) Farmer field school (FFS) was adapted for participatory research in the 2000s. …”
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Highlights of IFPRI’s research and partnerships in Bangladesh 2012: Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…It has successfully increased secondary school enrollment by using one of the earliest conditional cash transfer programs in existence. …”
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A social analysis of the Red de Protección Social (RPS) in Nicaragua by Adato, Michelle, Roopnaraine, Terry, Álvarez, Fabiola Alvarado, Peña, Leticia Böttel, Castrillo, Gladys Meléndez

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Reducing risk, strengthening resilience: Social protection and nutrition by Drimie, Scott, Yosef, Sivan

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School meals in the 21st century: Key evidence gaps and future directions by Gelli, Aulo, Bell, Winnie, Bliznashka, Lilia, Eustacchio-Colombo, Patricia, Heirman, Jonas, Jones, Eleanor, Katundu, Mangani, Khincha, Roshni, Lerva, Benedetta, Lombardini, Simone, Schultz, Linda, Scott, Samuel P., Wineman, Ayala, School Meal Evidence Priorities Collaborators

“…School meal programs are a widely implemented safety net with documented impacts across social protection, education, health and nutrition and high estimated returns to investment (Alderman et al., 2024). …”
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Annual report 2020: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…In 2020, PIM findings contributed to seed policies in Nepal and Uganda, Malawi’s extension strategy and approval of insect-resistant cotton, a nationwide program aimed at improving the effectiveness of public service delivery in Uganda, social protection programs in Egypt, and school gardens for better nutrition in Papua New Guinea. …”
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An evaluation of farmer field school training on the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in Atwima District, Ashanti Region, Ghana by Gockowski, J., Asamoah, C., David, S., Nkamleu, G.B., Gyamfi, I., Agordorku, S., Kuti, M.A.

“…At this workshop, in addition to the training of master trainers and the development of country action plans, the core elements of the farmer field school curriculum were developed. Researchers from the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) and other national institutes provided the scientific backstopping underlying the curriculum targeting the integrated management of the cocoa cropping system to ensure sustainable and socially responsible production. …”
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The impact of PROGRESA on community social relationships: final report by Adato, Michelle

“…The research reported here examines these social costs, focusing on community social relationships, which can be seen as forms of social capital. …”
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Human and technical dimensions of potato integrated pest management using farmer field schools: International Potato Center and partners’ experience with potato late blight managem... by Ortíz, O., Nelson, R., Olanya, M., Thiele, Graham, Orrego, R., Pradel, W., Kakuhenzire, R., Woldegiorgis, G., Gabriel, J., Vallejo J., Xie, K.

“…In the 1990s, the integrated pest management (IPM) team for potato late blight (IPM-late blight) at the International Potato Center (CIP) began to address the management of this complex potato disease by combining crop protection with social and behavioral sciences. Since the early 2000s, the team has worked with research and development organizations in countries in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and South America to develop farmer discovery-based learning methods using farmer field schools (FFS). …”
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Chapter 7: Reducing risk, strengthening resilience: Social protection and nutrition [Nourishing Millions] by Drimie, Scott, Yosef, Sivan

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Can social security programs do more with less? General issues with challenges for southern Africa by Haddad, Lawrence James, Zeller, Manfred

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Social learning, neighborhood effects, and investment in human capital: evidence from Green-Revolution India by Yamauchi, Futoshi

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Social learning, neighborhood effects, and investment in human capital: evidence from Green-Revolution India by Yamauchi, Futoshi

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Pre-columbian mycobacterial genomes reveal seals as a source of new world human tuberculosis by Bos, Kirsten I., Harkins, Kelly M., Herbig, Alexander, Coscolla, Mireia, Weber, Nico, Comas, Iñaki, Forrest, Stephen A., Bryant, Josephine M., Harris, Simon R., Schuenemann, Verena J., Campbell, Tessa J., Majander, Kerrtu, Wilbur, Alicia K., Guichon, Ricardo A., Steadman, Dawnie L. Wolfe, Cook, Della Collins, Niemann, Stefan, Behr, Marcel A., Zumarraga, Martin Jose, Bastida, Ricardo, Huson, Daniel, Nieselt, Kay, Young, Douglas, Parkhill, Julian, Buikstra, Jane E., Gagneux, Sebastien, Stone, Anne C., Krause, Johannes

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How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea by Kosec, Katrina, Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung, Schmidt, Emily, Song, Jie

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