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Climate security policy coherence and awareness analysis: Philippines by Schapendonk, Frans, Scartozzi, Cesare Marco, Meddings, George, Melgar, Adriana, Laderach, Peter, Pacillo, Grazia

“…Several key demographic groups that are likely to be particularly exposed to climate-related security risks are moreover underrepresented within Philippine policy discourse, including small-holder farmers in post-conflict areas. …”
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Farmers' preference for farming: Evidence from a nationally representative farm survey in India by Birthal, Pratap S., Roy, Devesh, Khan, Md. Tajuddin, Negi, Digvijay S.

“…Yet, within a caste group, the dislike for farming moderates with larger landholdings.…”
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A methodological framework for attributing the burden of animal disease to specific causes by Bruce, M., Jemberu, Wudu T., Larkins, A.J.

“…Using infection with zoonotic <i>Brucella</i> spp. in small ruminants as an aetiological cause of disease and abortion as a sequela of multiple diseases, practical examples of the framework are provided. …”
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Irrigation financing and cost recovery policy in India: Case studies from Bihar and Haryana by Bhatia, Ramesh

“…There does, however, appear to be sccpe for charging organized groups of farmers served from a common canal.…”
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Agricultural input market reforms: A review of selected literature by Goletti, Francesco, Alfano, Anna

“…Finally, the scanty evidence on the impact of market reforms on small farmers suggests that these groups are often penalized.…”
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“Planning for Voice” to help women to exercise agency by Kosec, Katrina, Kyle, Jordan, Nayarayan, Sudha, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…It addresses both informational and skills gaps, designed to work with women in small groups within their existing social networks, so that each woman receives intensive focus and opportunities for practicing skills during a condensed time period. …”
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Improving livelihood in pastoral systems through an entrepreneurial ecosystem approach to sustainable sheep and goat production: tools for rapid assessment in pastoral systems by Ojango, Julie M.K., Sila, Winfred, Mukalo, Irene, Okoth, Joshua, Lekimariki, Joshua, Nyanja, Belphine, Oyieng, Edward

“…The Small Ruminant Tools for Rapid Assessment of Pastoral Systems (STRAPS) initiative supports sustainable sheep and goat production in pastoral systems by integrating traditional knowledge, modern breeding techniques and sustainable practices. …”
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Income and equity effects of crop productivity growth under alternative foreign trade regimes: a CGE analysis for the Philippines by Bautista, Romeo M., Robinson, Sherman

“…Trade liberalization is found to favor rural over urban households; small-farm households are the biggest gainers among the five household groups, while Metro Manila households are the biggest losers. …”
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Mixed farming systems initiative enhances productivity and resilience in Nepal’s hill agriculture by International Water Management Institute

“…In Nepal’s middle hills, small landholdings and challenges like limited irrigation, transportation, and market access have long hindered commercial farming and mono-cropping. …”
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Advancing sustainable and resilient agriculture in Eastern Nepal's middle hills by International Water Management Institute

“…In Nepal’s middle hills, small landholdings and persistent challenges—such as limited irrigation, transportation, and market access—have long constrained commercial farming and mono-cropping. …”
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Linking smallholder farmers to markets in East Africa : Empowering mountain communities to identify market opportunities and develop rural agroenterprises by Sanginga, Pascal C., Best, R., Chitsike, C., Delve, Robert J., Kaaria, Susan K., Kirkby, Roger A.

“…What is not so obvious is how to link small-scale farmers in marginal areas to growth markets, and how to develop methods and approaches that effectively integrate research, market access and development of community agroenterprise. …”
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Application of HACCP to improve the safety of informally marketed raw milk in Kenya by Mwangi, A., Arimi, S.M., Mbugua, S., Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Ouma, Emily A., Omore, Amos O., McDermott, John J., Staal, Steven J.

“…Market channels for milk range from direct sales of liquid milk or processed dairy products from producers to consumers, to a long chain involving combinations of private traders on bicycle, public or private transport, milk bars and kiosks, dairy farmer groups, small-scale and industrial processors. About 88% of marketed milk in Kenya is sold unprocessed, outside regulated channels. …”
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Land use strategies in Pucallpa, Perú by Fujisaka, Sam

“…This working paper describes land use patterns and differences among these groups. Some of the problems and opportunities faced by each group are considered.…”
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Report on mapping livelihood and nutrition in Nigeria using data from the national rural livelihoods survey and the national food consumption and nutrition survey by Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Okechukwu, R., Kormawa, P.M., Legg, C., Ofodile, S., Alabi, T.

“…Two country-wide surveys, one on rural livelihoods, poverty and food demand, and the other on food consumption and child nutrition, were carried out in Nigeria by IITA, and the results mapped in order to assist interpretation.The lack of reliable recent census statistics in Nigeria complicates the process of mapping socio-economic variables. The Small Area Estimation technique has been adapted for regression of poverty and nutrition indicators against biophysical and socio-economic variables such as rainfall, soil fertility and travel time to markets and applied to groups of Nigerian States. …”
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Farmer business school: Product catalogue by International Potato Center, Smallholder Livelihood Development Project

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Pelagic fish oil : methods for extraction and purification by Näsbom, Linda

“…The Pelagic fishes are a wide group of fishes that live in the open water. They could be divided in two groups depending on the size, the small forage fishes and the large predators. …”

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of livestock and aquaculture producers regarding antimicrobial use and resistance in Vietnam by Pham-Duc, Phuc, Cook, Meghan A., Cong-Hong, Hanh, Nguyen-Thuy, Hang, Padungtod, Pawin, Nguyen-Thi, Hien, Dang-Xuan, Sinh

“…The use of antibiotics in livestock production is considered a major driver of antibiotic resistance on a global scale. In Vietnam, small- and medium-scale livestock producers dominate the domestic market and regulatory pushes have done little to decrease antibiotic use. …”
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Value chains for beans and maize in Honduras: Opportunities for innovations at scale by Reyes, Byron A., Colindres, Mirian, Peña, Meliza, Rodríguez, Carlos, Espada, Andrés, Rivera, Miriam, Alvarado, Milton, Donovan, Jason, Wiegel, Jenny, Stoian, Dietmar

“…Further, this working group aims to evaluate the effectiveness and synergies between innovations in the domestic chain of common beans and maize, in Honduras, contributing to eliminating the barriers that small producers (including women and young people) face to participate in and benefit from them. …”
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Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box by Beare, Douglas J., Rijnsdorp AD, Blaesberg M, Damm, U., Egekvist J, Fock H, Kloppmann, M., Röckmann C, Schroeder A, Schulze, T., Tulp I, Ulrich C, Hal R. van, Kooten, T. van, Verweij M

“…Endobenthos, in particular the main food items of plaice (polychaetes and small bivalves) remained stable or decreased both inside and outside the PB. …”
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Kaninhållning för sällskapsbruk by Edbom, Marie

“…Furthermore, the results show that most animals are kept in solitary housing which concurs with previous literature, and that only a small portion of animals kept in group or pair housing get access to more than one resource per individual. …”