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  1. Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services: Reconciling Values of Humans and Nature in Sustainable Development by Noordwijk, M. van

    Published 2021
    “…These include: (1) The segregation of “forestry trees” and “agricultural crops”, ignoring the continuity in functional properties and functions; the farm-scale “Agroforestry-1” concept seeks to reconnect perennial and annual, woody and nonwoody plants across the forest–agriculture divide to markets for inputs and outputs. (2) The identification of agriculture with provisioning services and the assumed monopoly of forests on other ecosystem services (including hydrology, carbon storage, biodiversity conservation) in the landscape, challenged by the opportunity of “integrated” solutions at landscape scale as the “Agroforestry-2” concept explores. (3) The gaps among local knowledge of farmers/agroforesters as landscape managers, the contributions of social and ecological sciences, the path-dependency of forestry, environmental or agricultural institutions, and emerging policy responses to “issue attention cycles” in the public debate, as is the focus of the “Agroforestry-3” concept. …”
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  2. Technical Report. Incubation Program 2023 by Fuentes, A.

    Published 2023
    “…The main objective was to identify those innovative ventures based on science and technology with a prototype product and potential for positive social and/or environmental impact, and to help them fit their value proposal into the target market. …”
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    Informe técnico
  3. Forest Africa Zambia Ltd: Agri-Innovation Report by Dahl, H., Njiru, A., Sewe, L., Dlamini, J., Nortje, K., Nowak, Andreea C., Giombini, V., Ires, I., Alamu, E.O.

    Published 2023
    “…By combining science-driven support and investment readiness, the Food Systems Accelerator Program aims to ensure resilient and sustainable agribusiness development in ESA.…”
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  4. Diet & nutrition profile: Tanzania by Amunga, Dorcas, Honeycutt, Sydney, Grant, Frederick K. E., Kinabo, Joyce, Bliznashka, Lilia, Olney, Deanna K.

    Published 2025
    “…From 2022 to 2024, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH) designed and began implementation of an end-to-end approach to increase F&V intake and improve diet quality, nutrition, and health, while also enhancing livelihoods, empowering women and youth, and mitigating environmental impacts. Now under the CGIAR Science Program on Better Diets and Nutrition (BDN), implementation of the FRESH approach continues with the aim of addressing barriers to the desirability, affordability, accessibility, and availability of diverse, safe, and sustainable F&V in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). …”
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