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Promising approaches to address the needs of poor female farmers by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Pandolfelli, Lauren

“…Inequality in the distribution of resources between men and women is linked with production inefficiency, yet interventions targeting smallholder farmers often fail to redress women's lack of access to, and control of, important agricultural resources. Women are often constrained in access to and control of land, water, and other natural resources; complementary inputs, such as seeds and fertilizer; new varieties and technologies; agricultural extension; labor; credit; markets; and social capital. …”
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Lentivirus hos små idisslare : en fallbeskrivning av lentivirus i en svensk getbesättning by Hedlund Salenstedt, Emelie

Climate change and disease dynamics: Predicted changes in ecological niches for Rift Valley fever in East Africa by Bett, Bernard K., Otieno, Fredrick T., Murithi, Faith

“…This indicates the need for an improvement in the delivery of the existing RVF control measures as well as the development of more effective control technologies to better manage the current and future RVF risks.…”
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Rapid scale-up, real returns: Potato zero tillage and mulching increases profitability by 16% in Bihar, India by Gatto, M., Ramírez, D., Kakraliya, S., Kreuze, Jan F.

“…This policy brief presents evidence from a three-year randomized controlled trial and large-scale end-of-project monitoring on potato zero tillage and mulching (PZTM) in Bihar, India. …”
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Can a gender-sensitive integrated poultry value chain and nutrition intervention increase women's empowerment among the rural poor in Burkina Faso? by Heckert, Jessica, Martinez, Elena M., Sanou, Armande, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Ganaba, Rasmané, Gelli, Aulo

“…We evaluated SELEVER using a mixed-methods cluster-randomized controlled trial, which included survey data from 1763 households at baseline and endline and a sub-sample for two interim lean season surveys. …”
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Mapping soil properties of Africa at 250 m resolution: random forests significantly improve current predictions by Hengl, Tomislav, Heuvelink, Gerard B.M., Kempen, Bas, Leenaars, Johan G.B., Walsh, Markus G., Shepherd, Keith D., Sila, Andrew M., MacMillan, Robert A, Mendes de Jesus, Jorge, Tamene, Lulseged D., Tondoh, Jérôme E.

“…To help bridge the soil information gap in Africa, the Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS) project was established in 2008. Over the period 2008–2014, the AfSIS project compiled two point data sets: the Africa Soil Profiles (legacy) database and the AfSIS Sentinel Site database. …”
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Bean technology adoption and its impact on smallholder farmers’ productivity, bean consumption; and food security data, Zimbabwe by Katungi, Enid Mbabazi, Makotore, Walter, Mutua, Mercy Muli, Mutari, Bruce, Kalemera, Sylvia Monica, Maereka Enoch

“…This data was derived from the 2018 nationwide endline survey of a project that evaluated the adoption and impact of improved bean varieties in Zimbabwe. …”
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Bean technology adoption and its impact on smallholder farmers’ productivity, bean consumption; and food security data, Zimbabwe by Katungi, Enid Mbabazi, Makotore, Walter, Mutua, Mercy Muli, Mutari, Bruce, Kalemera, Sylvia Monica, Maereka Enoch

“…This data was derived from the 2018 nationwide endline survey of a project that evaluated the adoption and impact of improved bean varieties in Zimbabwe. …”
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Primary schooling, human capital, and COVID-19: A multidimensional evaluation: Upcoming evidence from Mozambique by Chimbutane, Feliciano, Herrera-Almanza, Catalina, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Lauchande, Carlos, Leight, Jessica

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Climate-related risk modeling of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) disease incidence in the cropland area of Rwanda by Kilwenge, R., Adewopo, J., Manners, R., Mwizenrwa, C., Kabirigi, M., Gaidashova, S., Schut, M.

“…In this study, we assessed BXW risk under current and projected climates to guide early warning and control by applying the maximum entropy (Maxent) model on 1,022 georeferenced BXW datapoints and 20 environmental variables. …”
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Collaborative management of forests by Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Campbell, Bruce M., Shackleton, S., Edmunds, D., Shanley, P.

“…Millions of the rural poor now participate in collaborative forest management schemes under a variety of tenurial and organizational arrangements.We examine those arrangements and ask whether local people have indeed gained more access to benefits from and control over forests. Our findings suggest that most co-management projects actually maintain and even extend central government control.Where communities had already managed forests in Orissa and Uttarakhand in India, the government required that they share their incomes with the state forest department. …”
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Exposure to aflatoxins greater among poor in eastern Kenya by Leroy, Jef L., Wang, Jia-Sheng, Jones, Kelly M.

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Ground-level insights from AgriGHALA baseline survey by Koech, Grace, Kenduiywo, Benson, Kiogora, Joseline Kanja

“…The survey is part of the project “Building Resilience of Smallholder Farmers through the Warehouse Receipt System (WRS).” …”
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Implications of gender-focused research in Senegal for farmer's adaption to climate change by Kristjanson, Patricia M., Bernier, Quinn, Bryan, Elizabeth, Ringler, Claudia, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Badiane Ndour, Ndèye Yacine

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Uganda’s National Adaptation Programme of Action: Implementation, Challenges and Emerging Lessons by Nyasimi, Mary, Radeny, Maren A.O., Mungai, Catherine, Kamini, Corneliaus

“…This report assesses the status of the NAPA projects in Uganda, identifying the major activities for each of the projects, target beneficiaries and outcomes, including lessons learned and challenges arising from implementing the projects to inform policy. …”
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Antifungal protection by endophytic bacteria in legumes by Valetti, Lucio, Sardo, María Florencia, Posada, Gisella Anabel, Gonzalez, Pablo, Parola, Rodrigo, Paredes, Juan Andrés, Monguillot, Joaquín Humberto, Ruiz, O.A., Guzzo, María Carla, Monteoliva, Mariela Ines

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Preliminary genome assembly of the Wolbachia endosymbiont of the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus sp. 1. by Conte, Claudia Alejandra, Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro, Gonzalez, Sergio Alberto, Russo, Romina Maria, Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla, Wulff, Juan Pedro, Handler, Alfred M., Ragoussis, Ioannis, Segura, Diego Fernando, Bourtzis, Kostas, Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz

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Sockerbetssorters motståndskraft till mekaniska skador och dess inverkan på lagringsduglighet by Nilsson, Madeleine

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Spansk skogssnigel (Arion lusitanicus) i ensilerat vallfoder by Haaga, Cathrine

“…Three different levels of slugs were mixed up in each DM level and completed with a control group. Each treatment was made in triple. …”
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Can digital cash transfers serve those in active conflict? Randomized intervention in Sudan by Abay, Kibrom A., Siddig, Khalid

“…This project evaluates the impact of digital transfer on well-being of households grappling with active conflict in Sudan. …”
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