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Climate change consideration in agricultural businesses : a case study of crop farmers’ risk management in the region of Mälardalen by Engvall, Hanna, Nilsson, Cornelia

“…The lenses through which we see and view the world can be described as mental models. Further, a person’s ability to assess a situation relates to experiences that develop a person’s mental models. …”

Just a call away? Learnings from phone surveys in India and Nepal by Saini, Smriti, Gupta, Shweta

“…Most in-person survey activities have become unviable due to COVID-19; however, it is all the more important to continue primary data collection to guide effective policymaking for the communities impacted by the pandemic. …”
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Maternal nutrition practices in Uttar Pradesh, India: Role of key influential demand and supply factors (P11-002-19) by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kachwaha, Shivani, Avula, Rasmi, Young, Melissa, Menon, Purnima

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Nutrition-related policies and programs: past performance and research needs. by Kennedy, Eileen T., Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Adams, Richard H., Jr.

“…There is an urgent need for research that will assist the governments of developing countries, international institutions, external assistance agencies, and other institutions in choosing, designing, modifying, and implementing effective and efficient nutrition-related programs and policies. …”
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Market study for the identification of key elements in the design of climate resilience’s financial services for livestock in three departments of Guatemala by Osorio, Jaime, Bojaca, Vanessa, Hernandez Quevedo, Monica Paola, Rodríguez Camayo, Fernando, Navarro Racines, Carlos Eduardo

“…For each group of actors, a series of instruments were developed and applied virtually and in person. The data collected were anonymized and presented in a consolidated, statistical form in this report.…”
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Producer milk groups in Ethiopia's highlands: A framework for assessing impacts and a review of group performance by Nicholson, C., Gebru, G., Ehui, Simeon K., Shapiro, Barry I., Delgado, Christopher L.

“…This paper discusses the potential impacts of the formation of milk groups on farm households that participate by selling milk, and develops a conceptual framework for assessing those impacts. …”
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Förebygg och åtgärda mobbning på arbetsplatser by Zetterberg, Kerstin

“…Victims of bullying very often develop psychological stress. To prevent bullying you have to accept the fact that bullying exists. …”

Människans attityd till vargen i Sverige och vad den beror på samt påverkas av by Kvarnsudde, Emelie

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Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…All urban areas with a population of 1,000 persons or more have been included. Note that for many countries, the data collection did not include settlements as small as 1,000 persons. …”
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En plats att minnas : om att involvera ungdomar i en skapandeprocess by Johnsen, Sabina

“…In this thesis the process that the young people participate in is reported in a form similar to a diary where the reader can follow the developments of the young participants, from how they gain knowledge to how they develop their ideas. …”

Sensory studies of an energy dense drink for elderly people by Langborger, Rebecka

Experiential learning using games in Kenya by Davis, Kristin E., Oingo, Balentine, Zhang, Wei, Kinuthia, Dickson, Hettiarachchi, Upeksha, Blackmore, Ivy, Bell, Andrew R.

“…To better understand these issues, we developed a dynamic group game called SharedCropping, based on Netlogo. …”
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Ex ante impact of peste des petits ruminants control on micro and macro socioeconomic indicators in Senegal by Aboah, Joshua, Apolloni, A., Duboz, R., Okoth, Edward A., Dione, Michel M.

“…The findings indicate that 10% of multiple vaccinations of the same animals will result in a decline in the; (i) average gross margin earnings (annually) by $11.37 and $12.98 for vaccination coverage of 26.5% and 70%, respectively; and (ii) per capita consumption by 0.3kg/person/year and 0.34kg/person/year for the vaccination coverage of 26.5% and 70%, respectively. …”
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Utvärdering av hoppdemonstrationer och dess bidragande till studenternas kunskapsutveckling i relation till deras lärstil by Pettersson, Anna-Clara

Community forests as beacons of conservation: Enabling local populations monitor their biodiversity by Fa, J.E., Luiselli, L.

“…The latter will be implemented after specifically training local ‘wise’ persons. We are proposing a kind of ‘citizen science’ scheme, applied to enhance the ability of local communities to monitor their own biodiversity.…”
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Summary Record of the First Meeting of the CGIAR Task Force (TF1) on Programmatic Alignment by CGIAR Secretariat, Lanton, Manuel, Sereme, Paco, Pinstrup-Andersen, Per

“…The first meeting essentially sought to have further clarity on the objectives of TF1 and to develop a detailed workplan…”
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Generationsskifte utanför släkten by Englund, Jesper, Högborg, Tobias

Malnutrition and food insecurity projections, 2020 by Garcia, Marito

“…This implies food insecurity for every fifth person in the developing world. Insufficient food consumption is one of the primary causes of malnutrition; the other is infection and poor health. …”
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Climate and livestock disease: assessing the vulnerability of agricultural systems to livestock pests under climate change scenarios by Grace, Delia, Bett, Bernard K., Lindahl, Johanna F., Robinson, Timothy P.

“…As of 2013, there was an estimated 38 billion livestock in the world, or five animals for every person. Most (81%) were in developing countries. …”
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External influences on ecological theory: report on organized oral session 80 at the 100th anniversary meeting of the ecological society of America by Huston, Michael A., Ellison, Aaron M., Frank, David, Jackson, Stephen T., Jiang, Xichen, Lau, Matthew, Lockwood, Jeffrey A., Prager, Steven D., Reiners, Derek S., Reiners, William A., Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Vandermeer, John H., Werner, Patricia A.

“…The objective of this session, sponsored by the Historical Records Committee of the ESA, was to explore how ecological concepts have been shaped and changed by influences that are external to the scientific method, such as funding priorities, ideology, politics, personalities, and differences between the ecosystems where influential ecologists developed their ideas. …”
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