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Trait‐based approaches for guiding the restoration of degraded agricultural landscapes in East Africa by Lohbeck, M., Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Aynekulu, Ermias, Okia, C., Vågen, Tor-Gunnar

“…Functional ecology provides a framework that can link vegetation characteristics of various land uses with ecosystem function. However, this application has been mostly limited to [semi‐]natural systems and small spatial scales. …”
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Modeling plant diseases spread. The case of Xylella fastidiosa in south-east Italy by Martínez-Minaya, Joaquín, Vicent, Antonio, López-Quílez, Antonio, Conesa, David

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The effect of an environmental tax on the consumption of dairy and plant-based drinks : the case of Sweden by Törnqvist, Daniel

Subjects: “…plant-based drinks…”

Additional financing of USD 500 million from the World Bank for Egypt's Takaful and Karama cash transfer program (2019) by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Emerging research practice for impact in the CGIAR: The case of Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) by Banerjee, Rupsha R., Hall, Andrew, Mude, Andrew G., Wandera, Brenda, Kelly, Jennifer

“…While these have been deemed useful, it is the deeper institutional change agenda that has been a bottleneck in the evolving ways of the CGIAR deploying science for impact. …”
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Orange-fleshed sweetpotato purée-based food applications, East Africa. Project profile. by International Potato Center

“…The increased demand from consumers in East Africa for convenient and healthy products needs to be matched by sweetpotato manufacturing technologies. …”
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Opportunities and constraints for local IWRM innovtions: The case of local water committee in Burkina Faso by Torou, Bio Mohamadou, Venot, Jean-Philippe

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Scoping study brief - State of index-based crop insurance services in East Africa by Osumba, Joab J.L., Recha, John W.M.

“…This brief presents the findings of a scoping study on index-based crop insurance in East Africa, conducted as a requirement for the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) Project, under Work Stream 3 on Enabling Environment for Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). …”
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Understanding gender dynamics in the context of rural transformation processes: An East Kalimantan case study by Colfer, C.J.P., Ihalainen, Markus, Monterroso, I.

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Exploring Gender Equity in Ecological Restoration: The Case of a Market-Based Program in Kenya by Kariuki, J., Birner, Regina

“…Under a proliferation of initiatives to restore degraded lands, innovative institutional arrangements that promote ecological restoration are emerging. …”
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The case for integrated pest management in Africa: transition from a pesticide-based approach by Srinivasan, R., Tamò, Manuele, Subramanian, S.

“…Pest management in major cropping systems has long been dominated by chemical pesticides in Africa. …”
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State of Index-Based Crop Insurance Interventions for Smallholder Farmers and Agribusinesses in East Africa by Osumba, Joab, Recha, John W.M., Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…The findings can be used to design an appropriate agricultural insurance intervention in future. …”
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Developments, bottlenecks, and opportunities in seed markets for improved forages in East Africa: The case of Kenya by Florez, Jesus Fernando, Karimi, Peggy, Paredes, John Jairo, Ángel, Natalia T., Burkart, Stefan

“…Methods This study describes the dynamics, challenges, and potential of these markets in Kenya and selected East African countries, focusing on (i) market evolution over the past decade, (ii) forthcoming market prospects, and (iii) bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement. …”
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Community-based conditional cash transfers in Tanzania: Results from a randomized trial by Evans, David K., Hausladen, Stephanie, Kosec, Katrina, Reese, Natasha

Subjects: “…cash transfers…”
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Productivity and efficiency in grassland-based livestock production in Latin America : The cases of Uruguay and Paraguay by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Freire, Heber, Munoz, Gonzalo

Subjects: “…greenhouse gas emissions…”
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Climate-smart agriculture practices based on precision agriculture: the case of maize in western Congo by Ulimwengu, John M., Kibonge, Aziza

“…Chapter 7 goes to the heart of the location specificity of CSA by investigating the potential benefits of using precision agriculture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, finding that this approach can boost sustainable productivity through increased efficiencies in the use of inputs. …”
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The welfare effects of ICTs in agricultural markets: A case of selected countries in East Africa by Kamande, Mercyline, Nafula, Nancy

“…The use of mobile ICTs (information and communication technologies) in Africa’s agricultural sector has proven to be an efficient and cost-effective method for sharing and exchanging information more widely. …”
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Community based conditional cash transfers in Tanzania: Results from a randomized trial by Evans, David K., Hausladen, Stephanie, Kosec, Katrina, Reese, Natasha

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Loop- and cascade-based co-design of an agroecological dairy farming system in Burkina Faso by Ouattara, Songdah Désiré, Sib, Ollo, Sanogo, Souleymane, Sodre, Étienne, Vall, Eric

Subjects: “…burkina faso…”
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How best to target agricultural subsidies? The case for an indicator-based targeting system in Malawi by Houssou, Nazaire, Droppelmann, Klaus

“…Over the past few years Malawi made remarkable progress toward increasing its national maize production and achieving food security owing to its long-running policy of subsidizing fertilizer. …”
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