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Picture-based crop insurance (PBI): Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to reduce basis risk and costs of loss verification by Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber, Mishra, Azad, Robles, Miguel, Toor, Mann S.

“…On the other hand, index-based insurance, which could overcome such concerns by relying on indices that are easily measurable and outside the farmer’s control, suffer low demand due to basis risk, lack of trust, and poor product ownership (Cole et al. 2013). …”
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Risk-based evaluations of competing agronomic climate adaptation strategies: The case of rice planting strategies in the indo-Gangetic Plains by Mkondiwa, Maxwell, Urfels, Anton

“…OBJECTIVE: Here, we present a novel framework that uses a computational spatial ex-ante approach for risk-based evaluations of agronomic adaptation options. …”
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Comparison of preventive and therapeutic Zinc supplementation in young children in Burkina Faso: A cluster-randomized, community-based trial by Becquey, Elodie, Ouédraogo, Césaire T, Hess, Sonja Y., Rouamba, Noël, Prince, Lea, Ouédraogo, Jean-Bosco, Vosti, Stephen A., Brown, Kenneth H.

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Training of Trainers on the Gender-responsive Climate-smart Bundled Livestock Innovations: Case of Community-Based Breeding Programs in Ethiopia by Mekuriaw, Shigdaf, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Dijk, Suzanne van, Makonnen, Brook T.

Subjects: “…community-based breeding programmes…”
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Understanding and characterising collective tenure and tenure security in pastoral systems: Consolidation of case studies in Burkina Faso, Sudan and Kenya by Nassef, Magda, Otieno, Ken, Sulieman, Hussein, Sawadogo, Issa, Locke, Anna, Langdown, Ian, Flintan, Fiona E.

Subjects: “…land tenure systems…”
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Nature-based solutions for human and environmental resilience: the case of Dolo Ado and Bokolmayo districts, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia by Mekuria, Wolde, Moges, A., Girma, R., Yakob, G., Teshale, T., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Ruckstuhl, Sandra

Subjects: “…land use…”
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Transforming livestock production systems in East Africa through scaling novel forages: The grass 2 cash @scale journey by Sibiko, Kenneth Waluse, Mwema, Emmanuel, Hansen, Andreas, Mwendia, Solomon W, Burkart, Stefan, Notenbaert, An

“…Our experiences from the Grass 2 cash @Scale project will be useful for other researchers to better design future projects. …”
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Impact of water management strategies on economic activities and social relations of users: Case of the Vallee du Kou (Burkina Faso) by Konate, L.

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Knowledge enhancement and pest management among farmers through picture based advisories: Case study from Tamil Nadu by M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation

“…The new technological advancements in digital and computing fields provide new opportunities to improve agricultural risk assessment, develop management strategies and use it to reduce the negative effects of climate change through innovative tools.…”
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Appeals to environmental protection and farmer adoption of sustainable natural resource management – a case study of Kaya, Burkina Faso by Carroll II, D. A., Wilson, K. R., Rogers, B. L., Coates, J., Griffin, T. S.

“…Practices that create more permanent structures on the land, such as tree-planting and stone bunds, were more difficult for farmers to trial and adopt, especially those farming on rented or borrowed land. …”
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Adapting agriculture platforms for nutrition: A case study of a participatory, video-based agricultural extension platform in India by Kadiyala, Suneetha, Morgan, Emily H., Cyriac, Shruthi, Margolies, Amy, Roopnaraine, Terry

“…A range of methods was used to collect data, including in-depth interviews with project staff, frontline health workers, and self-help group members and their families; structured observations of mediated video dissemination sessions; nutrition knowledge tests with project staff and self-help group members; and a social network questionnaire to assess diffusion of promoted nutrition messages. …”
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Participatory assessment of maize based innovations in Ghana: a case of sustainable intensification of a mixed farming system in Ghana by Ziblila, R.C., Newton, J., Rahman, N.A., Tufa, A.

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Exploring management strategies for community-based forests using multi-agent systems: a case study in Palawan, Philippines by Campo, P.C., Mendoza, G.A., Guizol, P.

Subjects: “…community based organizations…”
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Africa RISING fast track workplan 2012: Sustainable intensification of cereal-based farming systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

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An agent-based approach to explore the effect of voluntary mechanisms on land use change: a case in rural Queensland, Australia by Valbuena, Diego, Bregt, A.K., McAlpine, C., Verburg, P.H., Seabrook, L.

Subjects: “…land use…”
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Landscape level characterization of seasonal floodplains under community based aquaculture: illustrating a case of the Ganges and the Mekong Delta by Nagabhatla, N., Brakel, Martin L. van

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The dynamics and impact of foot and mouth disease in smallholder farming systems in South-East Asia: A case study in Laos by Perry, Brian D., Gleeson, L.J., Khounsey, S., Bounma, P., Blacksell, Stuart D.

“…There is a general lack of data on the different patterns of dynamics and impact of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in South-East Asia and the impact the disease has on different sectors, in particular the smallholder sector in which livestock play such an important role. …”
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Characterization of indigenous breeding strategies of the sheep farming communities of Ethiopia: A basis for designing community-based breeding programs by Gizaw, Solomon, Getachew, T., Edea, Zewdu, Mirkena, T., Duguma, G., Tibbo, Markos, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Dessie, Tadelle, Wurzinger, Maria, Sölkner, Johann, Haile, Aynalem

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Madhya Pradesh situation analysis. Based on a report by the Centre for Advanced Research and Development and the 18 case studies that they conducted by Agricultural Water Solutions Project

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Institutional perspectives of land reclamation operations in Punjab: a case study of the Lower Chenab Canal (East) Circle Area by Bandaragoda, Don Jayatissa, Saeed ur Rehman

Subjects: “…land reclamation…”
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