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Nutrition as a basic need: A new method for utility-consistent and nutritionally adequate food poverty lines by Mahrt, Kristi, Herforth, Anna W., Robinson, Sherman, Arndt, Channing, Headey, Derek D.

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Norms, gender, and payment method affect extraction behavior in a framed field experiment on community forestry in India by Zhang, Wei, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Valappanandi, Sanoop, Balakrishna, Raksha, Reddy, Hemalatha, Janssen, Marco A., Thomas, Liya, Priyadarshini, Pratiti, Kandikuppa, Sandeep, Chaturvedi, Rahul, Ghate, Rucha

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A thematic landscape designed masterplan integrating urban ecology, water planning and social improvements by Islam, Nuzat Naila

“…The discussion on strengths, limitations, challenges, and further development ends with a conclusion that it is of great importance to work integrated with the three thematic aspects urban ecology, storm water flooding and social wellbeing on an overall level and with understanding of the issues among both specialists, politicians, and inhabitants to be able to implement necessary change towards sustainability.…”
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FR2.3: Participatory Rangeland Management: Understanding Women's Engagement and Implications for Social Change by Bullock, Renee, Miriti, Philip, López, Diana E.

“…Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) works with customary institutions in dryland pastoral settings to strengthen communities' abilities to manage their rangelands. …”
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Gender and agricultural mechanization: A mixed-methods exploration of the impacts of multi-crop reaper-harvester service provision in Bangladesh by Theis, Sophie, Krupnik, Timothy J., Sultana, Nasrin, Rahman, Syed-Ur, Seymour, Greg, Abedin, Naveen

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A hierarchical method for soil erosion assessment and spatial risk modelling: a case study of Kiambu district in Kenya. by Okoth, Peter F.

“…The general objective of the thesis was to develop and present a method, which can be used to assess the risk of water erosion for different levels of the landscape system hierarchy using spatial methods. …”
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Att börja om på främmande mark by Nyholm, Michaela

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Social hållbarhet i stadsplanering : en granskning av Uppsala kommuns hållbarhetsarbete i stadsdelen Rosendal by Holmsved, Stina, Lundgren, Isabelle

Report on learning in the Lower Kafue Multistakeholder Platform in Zambia: addressing gender, social inclusion and power dynamics by Ng’ambi, F., Mapedza, Everisto D., Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Siangulube, F. S., Kasoma-Pele, Winnie

“…This report examines the integration of gender equality, social inclusion, and power dynamics within the Multistakeholder Platform (MSP) for the Lower Kafue Basin in Zambia, launched on October 3, 2023. …”
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Introduction: history and conceptual framework by Colfer, C.J.P., Byron, Y., Prabhu, Ravi, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…The chapter also briefly describes the social science methods used to assess human well being; and provides a summary of CIFOR’s social criteria and indicators.…”
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Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems by Munshi, Sugandha, Kumar, Ashok, Kumar, Virender

“…Critically examining and understanding the role of social innovations primarily including collective actions and institutionalizing changes through two projects interventions Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia and Precision direct-seeded rice-based diversified systems for transforming labor requirement, yields and profitability of smallholder farmers in Odisha (DSR-Odisha), two innovative approaches that have played a critical role in creating a pathway for genderresponsive agri-food systems—working with women self-help groups (WSHGs) through livelihood missions and institutionalizing the convergence platform. …”
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Food supply chains and social change in the Global South : a case study of a Swedish food retailer by Hegselmann, Marius

“…To analyse the work of Axfood, I used qualitative and quan-titative methods. …”

Conditional cash transfers and high school attainment: Evidence from a large-scale program in the Dominican Republic by Hernandez, Manuel A., Pellerano, Jose A., Sanchez, Gonzalo E.

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Lessons Learned on Participatory Action Research to Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Options with an Emphasis on Gender and Social Inclusion by Beal, Catherine, Castellanos, Andrea Estefania, Martínez, Jesús David, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Recha, John W.M., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Tesfaye, Abonesh, Läderach, Peter R.D., Bonilla-Findji, Osana

“…Specifically, the working paper discusses how the use of PAR methods can facilitate social learning, increase adoption rates and improve access to climate information services (CIS) to inform better decision-making. …”
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Assessment of a multiplex detection method for Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes in cow milk by Rocio Patiño, Burbano, Carrascal, Ana Karina, Parra Arango, Jorge Luis, Rodríguez Bautista, José Luis

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R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Fan, Shenggen

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What do we talk about when we talk about Social-Ecological Systems? A Literature Review by Herrero Jáuregui, Cristina, Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia, Reyes, María Fernanda, Telesnicki, Marta Cecilia, Hernandez Agramonte, Ignacio M., Easdale, Marcos Horacio, Schmitz, María Fe, Aguiar, Martín Roberto, Gómez Sal, Antonio, Montes, Carlos

“…Our results suggest that SES is a widely invoked concept in the study of the interface between social and ecological systems. Most works show some common elements, such as the analysis of resilience, ecosystem services, sustainability, governance and adaptive management. …”
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Generationsskifterådgivares hantering av mjuka värden by Pannell, Ida, Nilsson, Camilla

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A nutrition behaviour change intervention delivered through women's self-help groups in India is protective against depression and reduces time spent in market work by Gupta, Shivani, Scott, Samuel P., Kumar, Neha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Thai, Giang, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Menon, Purnima

“…Time indicators were the proportion of time spent on productive work (employed, agricultural work), reproductive work (cooking, caring for children etc.), and time spent on social-leisure activities (hobbies, socializing). …”
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Community concept drawing: Application of a participatory tool for analyzing empowerment across African contexts by McOmber C, D'Auria Riley, T., McKune, Sarah, Russo, Sandra

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