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Targeting and the impacts of India's MGNREGS by Liu, Yanyan, Barrett, Christopher B., Chau, Nancy H., Das, Upasak, Deininger, Klaus, Gustafson, Sara, Narayanan, Sudha, Sheahan, Megan, Soundararajan, Vidhya

“…In Andhra Pradesh, MGNREGS significantly improved the welfare of participating households, especially the poor, scheduled castes and tribes, and casual laborers. It is desirable to provide MGNREGS work during the agricultural lean seasons - when work opportunities are scarce - rather than the peak seasons.…”
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Caste, social networks and variety adoption by Gupta, Ishika, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan, Speelman, Stijn

“…Among non-dominant caste members, influential leaders belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) or Scheduled Tribes (STs) are more desirable targets than other caste groups. …”
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Social networks, heterogeneity, and adoption of technologies: evidence from India by Varshney, Deepak, Mishra, Ashok K., Joshi, Pramod K., Roy, Devesh

“…In particular, whether lower-caste, namely Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, farmers rely more on social networks for information than their counterparts. …”
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Participatory action research trials in arid rangelands of Southern Tunisia by Ouled Belgacem, Azaiez, Hassan, Sawsan, Louhaichi, Mounir

“…The PLL involves local communities, aiming to develop alternative feed resources and foster relationships between tribes for sustainable rangeland management. The study focuses on three main range sites, each characterized by distinct vegetation types. …”
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Measuring above-ground carbon stock using spatial analysis and the InVEST model: Application in the Thoria Watershed, India by Guo, Zhe, Hettiarachchi, Upeksha

“…About 10% belong to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. The area comprises 1413 hectares of cultivated land, with 56.7% being rainfed and 44.3% irrigated. …”
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Local politics, political institutions, and public resource allocation by Palaniswamy, Nethra, Krishnan, Nandini

“…Our empirical strategy exploits certain features of a policy that mandates representation for historically disadvantaged groups, including the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), in village councils. These features imply that representation is a nonlinear function of the demographic shares of these groups. …”
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Unpacking 'gender' in India's Joint Forest Management Program: lessons from two Indian states by Elias, Marlène, Grosse, A.

“…In an effort to promote gender equity and social inclusion, seats are reserved on these committees for women and marginalized groups, such as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Schedule Tribes (STs). Yet, despite reservations, the ability of these groups to actively engage in JFM processes remains limited. …”
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Gender equity and social inclusion in joint forest management: Lessons from two Indian states by Elias, Marlène

“…In an effort to promote gender equity and social inclusion, seats are reserved on these committees for women and marginalized groups, such as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Schedule Tribes (STs). Yet, despite reservations, the ability of these groups to actively engage in JFM processes remains limited. …”
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Unpacking ‘gender’ in joint forest management: Lessons from two Indian states by Elias, Marlène, Grosse, Alessandra, Campbell, Natalie

“…Grouping marginalized groups into homogeneous categories (e.g. as Scheduled Tribes or Scheduled Castes), as do Indian laws addressing tribal issues, deters focus from the inequalities that occur among groups, and from their relevance in shaping local experiences. …”
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Genome sequence of the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its symbionts by Mathers, T.C., Mugford, S.T., Hogenhout, S.A., Tripathi, L.

“…Phylogenomic analysis of P. nigronervosa, our improved M. cerasi assembly, and seven previously published aphid genomes, spanning three aphid tribes and two subfamilies, reveals that P. nigronervosa falls within the tribe Macrosiphini, but is an outgroup to other Macrosiphini sequenced so far. …”
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Asset ownership among women in the semi-arid tropics of India: Micro-level insights towards empowerment of women by Ravula, Padmaja, Kumar Vermula, Anil, Kasala, Kavitha, Duche, Vishwambhar, Guvvala, Anupama

“…In all three agro-ecologies, women from the backward social group were empowered compared to the forward and the scheduled-caste and scheduled-tribes groups. Implementation of women-empowerment programs in drought-prone areas emerged as one of the major drivers in enhancing women’s agency. …”
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Policy research and African agriculture: time for a dose of reality? by Omamo, Steven Were, Farrington, John

“…To make policy advice more relevant requires a better understanding not only of how markets (mal)function, but also of implementation issues: what constrains implementability, how constraints can be overcome or bypassed, and what policy measures have greater or lesser prospects of implementation.It concludes that: The policy discourse in African agriculture has been dominated by agricultural economics, yet many of the standard assumptions of quantitative modelling are challenged by the reality of:; markets which are routinely non-competitive because of, eg. high barriers to entry, increasing returns to scale, and non-insurable risk; deliberate efforts by firms to maintain market imperfections by, e.g. building information exchange networks which exclude newcomers; the absence of market pressures towards more competitive structure, conduct or performance The major task of including the poor more fully in markets will continue to be neglected for as long as policy advice remains dominated by unrealistic assumptions; concerning the structure, conduct and performance of markets; This discourse has tended to ignore political priorities such as achieving (or denying) developmental balance among regions or tribes; In addition, the discourse has generally sought some ideal of policy design, disregarding questions of implementability. …”
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Traditional agro-ecosystems in Southern Philippines by Zapico, Florence, Hernandez, Jose, Borromeo, Teresita, McNally, Kenneth, Dizon, Josefina, Fernando, Edwino

“…Sustainable strategies which harmonize modern and traditional systems of food production and environmental management are warranted to attain food security, environmental preservation and bio-cultural preservation.This study contributes to the present body of knowledge about threats to vulnerable agro-ecosystems inhabited mainly by indigenous tribes. And while only 15 farming villages were covered by the study, these results can serve as a microcosm of what is happening in traditional agro-ecosystems worldwide. …”
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Diversity of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Species in French Guiana: their main host plants and associated parasitoids during the period 19942003 and prospects for management by Vayssières, Jean-François, Cayol, J.P., Caplong, P., Seguret, J., Midgarden, D., Sauers-Muller, A., Zucchi, R., Uramoto, K., Malavasi, A.

“…This study was carried out in French Guiana, over ten years (1994–2003)by three institutions (SPV, FDGPC and CIRAD); it updates the current state of knowledge ofTephritidae (both Dacini and Toxotrypanini tribes) species present in this country. Materials andmethods. …”
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Economic benefits of high value medicinal plants to Pakistani communities: An analysis of current practice and potential by Sher, Hassan, Aldosari, Ali, Ali, Ahmad, de Boer, Hugo J.

“…Gathering is mostly done by women and children of nomadic Middle Hill tribes who earn supplementary income through this activity, with the plants then brought into the market by collectors who are usually local farmers. …”
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Sarpanch raj: is the President all powerful? The case of village councils in India by Palaniswamy, Nethra

“…Indeed, extensive anecdotal evidence suggest that presidents elected on reserved seats—i.e. members of the disadvantaged Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), and women —face considerable difficulties when they are situated amid representatives who come from powerful castes or belong to the local elite. …”
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Understanding Growth and Malnutrition in Baka Pygmy Children by Funk, S.M., Palomo Guerra, B., Bueno Zamora, A., Ickowitz, A., Poni, N.A., Abdou, M.A., Sibama, Y.H., Penda, R., Ros Brull, G., Abossolo, M., Martín, E.Á., Okale, R., Ze, B.A., Moreno Carrión, A., García Sebastián, C., Ruíz de Loizaga García, C., López Romero Salazar, F., Amazia, H., Álvarez Reyes, I., Sánchez Expósito, R., Fa, J.E.

“…To achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals, we recommend that Pygmy specific growth standards are developed for the various, genetically differing Pygmy tribes.…”
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Impacts on trust and social capital of a youth employment program in Yemen: Evaluation of the rural and urban advocates working for development intervention for the Social Fund for... by Bertelli, Olivia, Kurdi, Sikandra, Mahmoud, Mai, Al-Maweri, Mohamad, Al Bass, Tareq

“…The survey analysis finds for the program participants significant increases between the baseline and follow-up surveys in self-reported trust in local government institutions and officials, political parties, and tribes. In reflecting on the level of cooperativeness in their own communities, participants reported increased awareness of the presence of marginalized groups and increased perception of cooperativeness in surrounding communities. …”
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Cassava technology assessment and transfer through users participation in India by Anantharaman, M., Ramanathan, S.

“…The assessment of cassava technology was done in various production systems, including hill agriculture, as well as users’ categories, including hill tribes. Agro-ecosystem analyses were conducted prior to the assessment of the cassava technologies; these were carried out in stages involving different categories of users. …”
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The effect of participation in a pro-poor dairy development project on milk consumption among reproductive age women in rural Tanzania by Mishkin, K., Raskind, I., Domínguez Salas, Paula, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Omore, Amos O., Girard, Webb A.

“…The adjusted odds of consuming any milk in the previous 24 hours were 16.1 (95% CI 1.72-150.44) times greater for Maasai than other tribes. Among Maasai, the adjusted odds of consuming milk 3-4 times per day compared to 1-2 times per day were 9.96 (95% CI 1.03 - 96.09) times greater for those in the dairy development group compared to the control. …”
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