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Opportunities and challenges of indigenous biotic weather forecasting among the Borena herders of southern Ethiopia por Ayal, Desalegn Y., Desta, S., Gebru, G., Kinyangi, James, Recha, John W.M., Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…The practical utilization of available modern as well as traditional weather forecasting systems builds herders’ resiliency capacity to climatic shocks. The precision and reliability of the forecasting system determines its creditability and acceptance by the users to be proactive in the decisions they make based on the forecasted information. …”
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Frontiers in Climate Smart Food Systems: Outlining the Research Space por Whitfield, Stephen, Challinor, Andrew J., Rees, Robert M

“…If evidence were needed that the challenges of a changing climate are not just those of the future, but of today, then, recent food price shocks, crop failures, and famine crises should suffice (FSIN, 2017). …”
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Reproducción y esporulación in vitro de la bacteria Paenibacillus (=Bacillus) lentimorbus para el control de larvas de Phyllophaga elenans por Fernández Redondo, Geovanny, Hidalgo Jaminson, Eduardo, Badilla Fernández, Francisco

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Playful public spaces por Riikonen, Juho-Atte

“…In the end phases of an urban design course that was oriented towards children, it dawned on me: the shocking realization that we are talking about play as something that is only significant for children. …”
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Effects of public expenditures on agriculture at subnational levels on households’ welfare and economic resilience in Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Balana, Bedru, Smart, Jenny, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Oyeyemi, Motunrayo, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…Such flexibility can potentially enhance the resilience of households to shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic in today’s rapidly changing socioeconomic environments. …”
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The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture por Aggarwal, Pramod K., Jarvis, Andy, Campbell, Bruce M., Zougmoré, Robert B., Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Sebastian, Leocadio S., Kinyangi, James, Bonilla Findji, Osana, Radeny, Maren A.O., Recha, John W.M., Martínez Barón, Deissy, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Huyer, Sophia, Thornton, Philip K., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Hansen, James, Álvarez Toro, Patricia, Aguilar-Ariza, Andrés, Arango Londoño, David, Patiño-Bravo, Victor, Rivera, Ovidio, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Yen, Bui Tan

“…Maintaining agricultural growth while minimizing climate shocks is crucial to building a resilient food production system and meeting developmental goals in vulnerable countries. …”
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Livestock production and marketing por Negassa, Asfaw, Rashid, Shahidur, Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…Livestock fulfills an important function in coping with shocks, accumulating wealth, and serving as a store of value in the absence of formal financial institutions and other missing markets. …”
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Support indigenous food system biocultural diversity por Argumedo, Alejandro, Song, Yiching, Khoury, Colin K., Hunter, Danny, Dempewolf, Hannes

“…Moreover, as these biocultural processes embody the longest ongoing human experiences with the provision of food under environmental stresses, shocks, and extremes, we suggest that the world has much to learn from Indigenous food systems. …”
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A user guide to the Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) baseline survey data: Ethiopia and Tanzania por Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Bryan, Elizabeth, Choufani, Jowel, Davies, Emma, Ringler, Claudia, Passarelli, Simone

“….); soil conservation; crop production, agricultural inputs, irrigation water sources, technologies and practices, and sales of agricultural products; labor (family, hired, and exchanged); livestock ownership, feed, and products; household income and expenditures; participation in social protection and development programs; shocks (agricultural and non-agricultural); dietary diversity and anthropometry; health; food security; and water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).…”
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Healthy soils, healthy plants, healthy humans: A holistic exploration of sustainable intensification effects on farming systems in Malawi por Mathews, M.

“…Smallholder farmers in Malawi are faced with resource and space constraints, low soil fertility, and vulnerability to climatic shocks. This has led to poor nutritional standing of farmers and their households, and very little ability to break through experienced feedback loops that keep them locked in a state of food and resource insecurity. …”
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Cash plus programming and intimate partner violence: A qualitative evaluation of the benefits of group-based platforms for delivering activities in support of the Ethiopian governm... por Buller, Ana Maria, Pichon, Marjorie, Hidrobo, Melissa, Mulford, Michael, Amare, Tseday, Sintayehu, Wastina, Tadesse, Seifu, Ranganathan, Meghna

“…Results: We found that Village Economic and Social Associations—through which SPIR activities were delivered—improved financial security and increased economic resilience against income shocks. The group-based delivery of plus activities to couples appeared to enhance individual agency, collective power and social networks, which in turn strengthened social support, gender relations and joint decision-making. …”
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Can phone surveys be representative in low- and middle-income countries? An application to Myanmar por Lambrecht, Isabel B., van Asselt, Joanna, Headey, Derek D., Minten, Bart, Meza, Patrick, Sabai, Moe, Sun, Thet Su, Ei Win, Hnin

“…However, apart from pandemic-related factors, a variety of other reasons can render large segments of a population inaccessible for in-person surveys, including political instability, climatic shocks, and remoteness. Such circumstances currently prevail in Myanmar, a country facing civil conflict and political instability since the February 2021 military takeover. …”
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2023 Global report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions por Food Security Information Network, Vos, Rob, Rice, Brendan

“…It seeks to improve coherence between humanitarian, development and peace actions (the HDP ‘nexus’) to build resilience to shocks and promote longer-term self-reliance. Activities include a strong focus on supporting capacity strengthening of country-level actors and institutions, as well as strengthening coordination at the regional level to ensure that investments are focused on the right place, at the right time. …”
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Growth and growth trajectory among infants in early life: Contributions of food insecurity and water insecurity in rural Zimbabwe por Koyratty, Nadia, Ntozini, Robert, Mbuya, Mduduzi, Jones, Andrew D., Schuster, Roseanne C., Kordas, Katarzyna, Li, Chin-Shang, Tavengwa, Naume V., Majo, Florence D., Humphrey, Jean, Smith, Laura E.

“…Dimensions of FI (poor access, household shocks, low availability and quality) and WI (poor access, poor quality, low reliability) were assessed with the multidimensional household food insecurity and the multidimensional household water insecurity measures. …”
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Synopsis: Assessing the economywide impacts of COVID-19 on Rwanda’s economy, agri food system, and poverty: A social accounting matrix (SAM) multiplier approach por Aragie, Emerta A., Diao, Xinshen, Robinson, Sherman, Rosenbach, Gracie, Spielman, David J., Thurlow, James

“…We used economic modeling tools designed to estimate the short-term economywide impacts of the unanticipated, rapid-onset economic shocks of COVID-19 on Rwanda. In this brief, we present a synopsis of the results of this analysis. • During the six-week lockdown that began in March 2020, we estimate Rwanda’s GDP fell 39.1 percent (RWF 435 billion; USD 484 million) when compared to a no-COVID situation. • Rwanda’s GDP in 2020 will be between 12 and 16 percent lower than a predicted no-COVID GDP, depending on the pace of economic recovery. …”
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Assessing the economywide impacts of COVID-19 on Rwanda’s economy, agri-food system, and poverty: A social accounting matrix (SAM) multiplier approach por Aragie, Emerta A., Diao, Xinshen, Robinson, Sherman, Rosenbach, Gracie, Spielman, David J., Thurlow, James

“…We use economic modeling tools designed to estimate the short-term economywide impacts of the unanticipated, rapid-onset economic shocks of COVID-19 on Rwanda. - Results show that during the six-week lockdown that began in March, Rwanda’s GDP fell 39.1 percent (RWF 435 billion; USD 484 million) when compared to a no-COVID situation in the same period. - Results further show that Rwanda’s GDP in 2020 will be between 12 and 16 percent lower than a predicted no-COVID GDP, depending on the pace of the recovery. …”
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2021 global report on food crises: September 2021 update por Food Security Information Network (FSIN), Global Network Against Food Crises, Vos, Rob, Minot, Nicholas, Rice, Brendan

“…It seeks to improve coherence between humanitarian, development and peace actions (the HDP ‘nexus’) to build resilience to shocks and promote longer-term self-reliance. Activities include a strong focus on supporting capacity strengthening of country-level actors and institutions, as well as strengthening coordination at the regional level to ensure that investments are focused on the right place, at the right time. …”
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Impact evaluation of the strengthen PSNP4 institutions and resilience (SPIR) development food security activity (DFSA): Endline report por Alderman, Harold, Billings, Lucy, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hidrobo, Melissa, Leight, Jessica, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum, Tambet, Heleene

“…The main objectives of SPIR are to enhance livelihoods, increase resilience to shocks, and improve food security and nutrition for rural households vulnerable to food insecurity. …”
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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Rice millers - July 2020 survey round por Goeb, Joseph, Tang, Yulu, Zone, Phoo Pye

“…This would assist mills struggling with lower revenues and buffer smaller mills from further shocks during the crisis. Government should extend tax relief to mills hard hit by the COVID-19 crisis through waivers or deferrals (CERP Action 2.1.3). …”
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COVID-19: Estimating impact on the economy and poverty in Pakistan: Using SAM Multiplier Model por Moeen, Muhammad Saad, Haider, Zeeshan, Shikoh, Sania Haider, Rizwan, Noormah, Davies, Stephen, Rana, Abdul Wajid

“…SAM multiplier models are well-suited to estimate the direct and indirect effects of unanticipated demand-side shocks and short-term fluctuations on various sectors and agents in the economy, such as those caused by the COVID19 pandemic. …”
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