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Policy support for climate-resilient agricultural transformations: IPSR Innovation Profile by Ires, Idil, Jacobs-Mata, Inga

“…Moreover, the program consists of two main innovation bundles: One, the main bundle, is “long-term technical assistance to governments,” garnering results from crosscutting scientific research and national policy dialogues and taking into account climate shocks and stresses to inform policymaking. Two, a “demand-driven technical facility” is available to national actors (government agencies, farmers, and small- and medium-scale enterprises) and connects strategically selected enterprises with a high-impact potential to agribusiness accelerator programs. …”
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Urban farmers coping strategies in the wake of urbanization and changing market in Tamale, Northern Ghana by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Nchanji Yvonne Kiki

“…Farmers also practice mixed cropping to buffer climatic shocks and address market gluts to meet household needs and income. …”
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Ukama Ustawi CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Technical Report (Concept Note) by Ng'anga, Salome, Karimi, Peter, Zulu-Hume, Mercy F., Dahl, Hauke, Nkosi, Mahlatse

“…One of the major underlying reasons for poor agricultural performance in East and Southern Africa (ESA) is the low efficiency of agricultural value chains and lack of resilience against climate shocks. Many agricultural value chains are fragmented and characterized by instability of relationships between off-takers and smallholder and emerging farmers. …”
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Master of Science in Climate-Smart Agriculture Curriculum by Mwamburi, Mcharo, Kambura, Ann, Gacheru, James, Maghenda, Marianne, Jalang'o, Dorcas, Waswa, Boaz Shaban, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Templer, Noel, Mwongera, Caroline

“…The program seeks to support the achievement of three outcomes i.e. increased productivity (producing more food to improve food, nutrition, and income security and livelihood of the world’s resource-poor farmers in rural areas); enhanced resilience (contributing to training for reduced vulnerability to drought, pests, disease, and other shocks); reduced emissions (reducing emissions from production systems to protect the environment while increasing productivity); and improved capacity to adapt (increasing productivity in the face of extreme climatic weather patterns). …”
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Sustainable development outcomes of livelihood diversification in small-scale fisheries by Roscher, Matthew, Allison, Edward H., Mills, David, Eriksson, Hampus, Hellebrandt, Denis, Andrew, Neil

“…For small-scale fishing communities in low- to middle-income countries, more diverse livelihoods are generally hypothesized to reduce fishing pressure and vulnerabilities to external shocks and adverse trends while enabling people to construct routes out of poverty. …”
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Digital Innovations for resilient aquatic food systems by Tilley, Alexander, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Cohen, Philippa J., Khor, Laura, Henriksson, Patrik, Hossain, Peerzadi Rumana, Delamare-Deboutteville, Jerome

“…Digital innovations can increase the efficiency of food systems by enabling faster and more dynamic interactions and transactions between value chain actors, and enhance resilience to climate and market shocks by improving adaptive capacity of fishers and farmers (FAO and WorldFish 2020). …”
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Resilience of food system actors to armed conflicts: empirical insights from Burkina Faso by Maitre d’Hôtel, Elodie, Béné, Christophe, Pelloquin, Raphaël, Badaoui, Outman, Gharba, Faroukou, Sankima, Jocelyne

“…We also analyse the factors that may explain why those actors demonstrate different capacities to resist and to adapt to shocks. For this purpose, we use a series of econometric models in which the change in actors’ economic activity is linked to a series of variables, including their exposure to insecurity, sociodemographic characteristics, wealth and social network. …”
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Opportunities for innovation and intervention in Uganda’s dairy value chain: A scoping report by Ariong, Richard M., Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…Low productivity is associated with production systems that undermine pasture improvement, disease control and animal health, yet these are primary drivers of milk output notwithstanding breed and effects of climate shocks. Secondly, milk production practices are directly linked to milk quality and low milk quality has negative chain effect on productivity/performance of all actors in the dairy value chain with consequence of low competitiveness of Uganda’s dairy products. …”
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Bolivia: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet by Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis

“…Dependence on this type of funding—which by nature is volatile and ad hoc—makes the country somewhat vulnerable to funding shocks. Bolivia’s agricultural research spending has not kept pace with growth in agricultural output. …”
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The politics and governance of informal food retail in urban Africa by Resnick, Danielle

“…While the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically highlighted the vulnerability of this constituency (Resnick et al., 2020), informal traders have long been victims of other public health, economic, and climate shocks (Battersby & Watson, 2019). To build the resilience of informal traders and enhance their contributions to urban food security, fundamental governance issues need to be addressed. …”
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Video-Mediated Extension in Ethiopia Household Survey, 2019 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The household head questionnaire covered topics including household characteristics, assets, access to services, technology adoption, knowledge of agricultural practices, experience with video, crop sales, non-farm income, savings, food security, shocks, and plot-level information on land use, production, and inputs. …”
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Video-Mediated Extension in Ethiopia Household Survey, 2018 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The household head questionnaire covered topics including household characteristics, assets, access to services, technology adoption, knowledge of agricultural practices, experience with video, crop sales, non-farm income, savings, food security, shocks, and plot-level information on land use, production, and inputs. …”
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Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey (PRHPS) 2014, Round 3 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The survey collected information on a large number of topics including sources of income, nature of employment, consumption patterns, time use, assets and savings, loans and credit, education, migration, women decision making, economic shocks, transfers in and out, health and nutrition, and participation in social safety nets. …”
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The impact of forage condition on household food security in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia by Alulu, Vincent, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Lepariyo, Watson, Paliwal, Ambica, Galgallo, Diba, Gobu, Wako, Banerjee, Rupsha R.

“…Furthermore, the monitoring of drought conditions and shocks using high-frequency data has the potential for providing early warning and informing anticipatory action.…”
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Placing HIV-positive mothers at the centre of planning for orphans and vulnerable children: a case study of South Africa by Norman, Amy, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Chopra, Mickey

“…The aim of this paper is to present the results of a study that examined the experiences of women undergoing shocks related to the impact of HIV/AIDS in two South Africa communities- Paarl and Umzimkhulu. …”
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Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America: the role of the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social by Maluccio, John

“…While not designed as a traditional safety net program in the sense of reacting or adjusting to crises or shocks, RPS has performed like one, with larger estimated program effects for those who were more severely affected by the downturn. …”
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Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America: the role of the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social by Maluccio, John

“…While not designed as a traditional safety net program in the sense of reacting or adjusting to crises or shocks, RPS has performed like one, with larger estimated program effects for those who were more severely affected by the downturn. …”
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HIV disclosure in South Africa: Enabling the gateway to effective response by Norman, Amy, Chopra, Mickey, Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…In both communities, disclosure was the catalyst for access to a variety of important, and often essential resources required to respond effectively to the impact of HIV/AIDS-related shocks. HIV positive people in the community with higher rates of disclosure had greater access formal institutional support through local NGOs and government social services and greater opportunities to take a positive leadership role as HIV positive individuals in the community. …”
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Small farmers’ preferences for weather index insurance: insights from Kenya by Sibiko, Kenneth W., Veettil, Prakashan C., Qaim, Matin

“…Smallholder farmers in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks but often lack access to agricultural insurance. …”
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Empowerment after migration: Exploring the association between migration and the empowerment of women who stay behind by Ceballos, Francisco, Heckert, Jessica, Hernandez, Manuel A., Paz, Florencia

“…Whether international or domestic, a large share of migrants is forced to leave their homes due to multiple reasons that include socioeconomic, climatic, and conflict factors, which may also act as compound shocks, such that migration similarly represents an important adaptation strategy that can help improve livelihoods, build resilience, and protect against fragility.…”
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