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The impacts of selective logging on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance by Rist, L., Shanley, P., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Sheil, Douglas, Ndoye, O., Liswanti, N., Tieguhong, J.C.

“…Examples of positive impacts were restricted to light demanding species that respond to the opening of forest structure and typically represent a small subset of those of livelihood value. …”
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Regional developments: Latin America and the Caribbean [in 2025 GFPR] by Piñeiro, Valeria, McNamara, Brian, Segura, Joaquín Arias, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…Moving forward, the region must overcome the hurdles created by economic and political instability, climate change, and deep-rooted structural inequalities. This chapter draws on research by IFPRI and partners to outline the evolving food systems landscape and present policy options and research priorities for the years ahead. …”
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Nepal’s 2072 federal constitution: Implications for the governance of the agricultural sector by Kyle, Jordan, Resnick, Danielle

“…Addressing these issues may become more difficult under a federal structure. This paper begins by laying out the main challenges for agricultural governance in Nepal under the current structure. …”
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An assessment of public procurement of timber buildings by Ingmar, Erik

“…To address environmental demands and low innovation rate, the construction sector requires deep structural change. To understand the dynamics of these deep structural changes, this thesis assesses the Swedish construction sector using a novel heuristic socio-technical theory, the multi-level perspective (MLP). …”
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Community perception of climate events as a security issue: The case of Hatiya Island, Bangladesh by Suza, Ma, Warner, Jeroen, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter, van Dijk, Han

“…Examining perceptions and responses to climate-induced stress, insecurity and potential conflicts, our research draws insights from literature reviews and focus group discussions. …”
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When public spending goes local: Agricultural expenditure at a key stage in Ghana’s decentralisation reform by Mogues, Tewodaj, Owusu-Baah, Kwaku

“…We assess the status of agricultural expenditure decentralisation and draw out the likely implications for agricultural service delivery and national strategies. …”
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Climate change and cereal production evolution trend in the Sahel: case study in Mali from 1951 to 2010 by Kouressy, M., Sultan, B., Vaksmann, M., Belières, J.F., Claessens, Lieven, Dingkuhn, Michael, Témé, N.

“…This evolution needs better study for drawing necessary right conclusions.…”
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Analysis of the confluence between Nigeria’s development strategies and its agricultural public expenditures by Mogues, Tewodaj, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope

“…It provides analysis of public expenditures at the federal and state levels, the latter drawing from three case study states: Cross River, Niger, and Ondo states. …”
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Algorithmic Assessment of Agency by Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative

“…This tool, Algorithmic Assessment of Agency, is a text-analysis measure of women’s agency, drawing on text-to-speech transcripts of women’s answers to open-ended questions. …”
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Climate change impacts on family farming systems and local adaptation strategies in Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula by Peña, Meliza, Schröder, Lea, Euler, Michael

“…These include agroecological practices, diversification strategies, improved seed and genetic resource management, water harvesting and soil restoration, stronger cooperative structures, and landscape level measures such as reforestation with native species. …”
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Developing a Climate-Smart Village for Reduced Climate Risk and Food Insecurity in Daga-Birame, Senegal by Sanogo, Diaminatou, Camara, Baba Ansoumana, Diop, Mouhamadou, Ndiaye, Ousmane, Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Bayala, Jules, Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril, Zougmoré, Robert B., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Partey, Samuel T.

“…It entailed participatory drawing of a map on livelihood resources and climate hazards in order to locate them in the territory under the community management plan. …”
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What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America by Badstue, Lone B., López, Diana E., Umantseva, Anja, Williams, George, Elias, Marlène, Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Rietveld, Anne M., Njuguna-Mungai, Esther, Luis, Joyce S., Najjar, Dina, Kandiwa, Vongai

“…To examine these questions, we draw on individual interviews with 336 rural women and men known in their communities for trying out new things in agriculture. …”
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A critical approach to co-producing knowledge for development by Nehring, Ryan, Galeana, Fernando, Faxon, Hilary

“…Yet existing literature on co-production tends to focus mostly on strategies for engagement rather than reckoning with structural forces and practical problems to realizing co-production. …”
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Sustainable food supply : the case of the Roslagslådan network by Redman, Lauren

“…Main results show that at the firm level the studied AFS network creates a sustainable flow of income for suppliers by creating greater market access temporally and geographically. Structural weaknesses in the network, however, threaten its perpetuation if external or internal conditions would change. …”

Participatory environmental governance in Estonia by Lehtmets, Johanna

“…The focus is on the institutionalised governance structures that tackle environmental issues on the Estonian local authority level. …”
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Uncovering decolonial pedagogies for learning agroecological transitions: comparative analysis of South America cases by Bonatti, Michelle, Reynaldo, Renata Guimarães, Martín-López, Berta, Bolivar, Sergio, Cordero-Fernández, María, Miguel, Giovanna Chavez, Martin, Adriana, Hämmerle, Janika, Schröter, Barbara, Erismann, Carla, da Silva Rosa, Teresa, Hellin, Jon, Schlindwein, Izabella, Osorio, Álvaro Acevedo, Medina, Leonardo, Baldivieso, Carla, Eufemia, Luca, Jacobi, Johanna, Lobo Guerrero, Ana Maria, Sieber, Stefan

“…Using a decolonial lens, this study explores the pedagogical models used in community-led agroecological initiatives in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and workshops (n 140), alongside participant observations, we applied a qualitative archetypes analysis to examine three community-led agroecology initiatives. …”
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Unpacking the reported impacts of COVID-19 in rural contexts: evidence from two rural municipalities in South Africa by Mubangizi, B. C., Okem, Andrew E., John, S. F., Ngubane, L. P., Barry, I., Adekanla, N., Nyawo, J. C.

“…This study aims to address this gap by drawing upon the principles of Resilience Theory to shed light on the repercussions of the pandemic in rural contexts, thereby highlighting an overlooked aspect. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of community-based gendered advisory services to farmers: Analysis in Mozambique and Tanzania by Mogues, Tewodaj, Mueller, Valerie, Kondylis, Florence

“…Such understanding, however, would be crucial for drawing policy and programmatic conclusions from the research and for informing the allocation of public investments. …”
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Decentralization of forest administration in Indonesia: implications for forest sustainability, economic development and community livelihoods by Barr, C., Resosudarmo, I.A.P., Dermawan, A., McCarthy, J.F., Moeliono, M., Setiono, B.

“…It aims to describe the dynamics of decentralization in the forestry sector, to document major changes that occurred as district governments assumed a greater role in administering forest resources, and to assess what the ongoing struggle among Indonesia’s national, provincial, and district governments is likely to mean for forest sustainability, economic development at multiple levels, and rural livelihoods. Drawing from primary research conducted by numerous scientists both at CIFOR and its many Indonesian and international partner institutions since 2000, this book sketches the sectoral context for current governmental reforms by tracing forestry development and the changing structure of forest administration from Indonesia’s independence in 1945 to the fall of Soeharto’s New Order regime in 1998. …”
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Local participation in natural resource management initiatives by Koromah, Idriss Duramany

“…Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and observations to capture the views and experiences of participants in their local setting. …”
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