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Energy poverty: exploring households energy constraints and coping strategies by Adusei, Lord Aikins

“…These greatly affect the socio-economic activities of members of the households particularly women who have a duty to secure fuel for activities such as cooking.…”
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Enkätundersökning hos skogsägare inom SCA Skog Norrbottens Förvaltningsområde by Nilsson, Per

“…And of the 400, it was 181 respondents with 39 women and 138 men. The response rate was 44%. …”

Jämställda urbana aktivitetsytor för ungdomar : en fallstudie av Rosens Rosens röda matta i Rosengård by Simicic, Mariana

Development of a food product profile for boiled and steamed sweetpotato in Uganda for effective breeding by Mwanga, Robert O.M., Mayanja, S., Swanckaert, J., Nakitto, M., Felde, T. zum, Grüneberg, W.J., Mudege, Netsayi N., Moyo, M., Banda, L., Tinyiro, S.E., Kisakye, S., Bamwirire, D., Anena, B., Bouniol, A., Magala, D.B., Carey, E.E., Andrade, M.I., Johanningsmeier, S.D., Forsythe, L., Fliedel, G., Muzhingi, T.

“…This study sought to understand user preferences of raw, boiled and steamed sweetpotato, a staple food in Uganda. …”
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The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia by Bryan, Elizabeth, van Biljon, Chloé, Lee, Yeyoung, Ringler, Claudia, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework

“…Therefore, expanding access to irrigation can potentially improve the WASH environment leading to health and nutrition benefits. This study examines the linkages between irrigation, use of irrigation water sources for multiple purposes, and WASH and health outcomes. …”
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Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt: Evidence from impact of adoption of cultural control practices in Uganda by Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Kyanjo, J.L., Kato, Edward, Ssali, R.T., Rockefeller, E., Mpiira, S., Ocimati, W., Tinzaara, William, Kubiriba, Jerome, Gotor, Elisabetta, Stoian, D., Karamura, E.

“…We conclude that improving information access through farmers’ preferred communication channels, having women-inclusive trainings, and a combination of cultural practices are effective ways for sustaining adoption of the control practices.…”
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Smallholder agroprocessors' willingness to pay for value-added solid-waste management solutions by Omilani, O., Abass, A., Okoruwa, V.O.

“…Contingent valuation and logistic regression were used to determine the willingness of the processors to pay for improved waste management options and the factors influencing their decision on the type of waste management system adopted and willingness to pay for a value-added solid-waste management system option. Women constituted the largest population of smallholder cassava processors, and the processors generated a lot of solid waste (605–878 kg/processor/season). …”
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Gender in climate change, agriculture, and natural resource policies: insights from East Africa by Ampaire, Edidah L., Acosta, Mariola, Huyer, Sophia, Kigonya, Ritah, Muchunguzi, Perez, Muna, Rebecca, Jassogne, Laurence T.P.

“…Results show that whereas there is increasing gender responsiveness in both countries, (i) gender issues are still interpreted as “women issues,” (ii) there is disharmony in gender mainstreaming across governance levels, (iii) budgeting for gender is not yet fully embraced by governments, (iii) allocations to gender at sub-national level remain inconsistently low with sharp differences between estimated and actual budgets, and (iv) gender activities do not address any structural inequalities. …”
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Outcome evaluation of the Climate, Food and Farming - Global Research Alliance Development Scholarship (CLIFF-GRADS) program by Schuetz, Tonya

“…CLIFF-GRADS awards grants to Ph.D. students who are studying low emissions development, with a focus on measurement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural systems. …”
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Variability of provitamin A carotenoids in plantain: influence of cultivar, bunch type, maturation stage, and location by Udomkun, Patchimaporn, Masso, C., Swennen, Rony L., Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal, Amah, D., Fotso Kaute, A., Lienou, J., Adesokan, Michael, Njukwe, E., Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…In this study, the effect of ripening stage (R), cultivar (C), bunch type (T), and location (L) on the variability of provitamin A carotenoids (pVACs) in 16 plantain cultivars grown in Cameroon and Gabon was investigated. …”
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Gender in rural institutions and governance: A review of existing tools by ElDidi, Hagar, Kosec, Katrina, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…We also identified a high prevalence of participatory tools—which may reflect concerns with, and thus support for interventions, enhancing women’s agency and gender equality in power relationships. …”
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Designing CS Farming Systems towards Carbon-Neutral Sustainable Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India by Jat, Mangi Lal, Kumar, Yogesh, Kalvaniya, Kailash C., Rana, Dharamvir Singh

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Perspectives on reducing the national milk deficit and accelerating the transition to a sustainable dairy value chain in Zimbabwe by Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Murungweni, Chrispen, Waniwa, Addmore, Nyamangara, Justice, Tang, Aziza, Peters, Michael, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Burkart, Stefan

“…Furthermore, the socio-economic effects (i.e., profitability, women empowerment and employment creation), milk quality, safety and traceability issues linked to a better organized and performing dairy value chain are highlighted.…”
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Participatory action research, social networks, and gender influence soil fertility management in Tanzania by Mponela, Powell, Manda, Julius, Kinyua, Michael, Kihara, Job Maguta

“…Among the high-resource farmers, increased women’s bargaining power in farm input purchases supports fertilizer and manure use while increased bargaining power in livestock tending supports crop residue incorporation. …”
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A place at the table is not enough: Accountability for Indigenous Peoples and local communities in multi-stakeholder platforms by Larson, A.M., Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Heise Vigil, N.

“…At the same time, there is growing interest in, and commitment to, inclusion of previously marginalized groups – e.g., Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), smallholders, and women in these groups – in decisions related to sustainable land and resource governance. …”
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Barriers, incentive mechanisms, and roles of institutions in scaling climate-smart agriculture (CSA) interventions in rice growing environments in Mali by Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Arouna, Aminou, Bryan, Elizabeth, Ringler, Claudia, Mujawamariya, Gaudiose, Benfica, Rui, Freed, Sarah, Yossa, Rodrigue

“…Stakeholders emphasized the importance of subsidies, capacity building, and access to extension services as essential incentive mechanisms, and governments, farmers' organizations, women's organizations, youth organizations, and research and academic institutions as key players for scaling CSA interventions at the local level. …”
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Landscape report on existing financial and logistic services in the agricultural sector in Bangladesh by Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Uddin, Mohammad Riad, Shamma, Raisa

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Use of digital tools in sustainable rice production in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam by Barnard, Jennifer, Cuong, Ong Quoc, Vu, Trang, Nelson, Katherine

“…This suggests that an analysis of gender roles in agriculture production may be necessary to identify the areas where women are more involved and advise the development of gender-inclusive digital tools. …”
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Willingness to pay for agricultural mechanization services by smallholder farmers in Malawi by Tufa, Adane H., Alene, Arega D., Ngoma, Hambulo, Marenya, Paswel Phiri, Manda, Julius, Md Abdul Matin, Thierfelder, Christian L., Chikoye, David

“…Men are willing to pay 26%, 25%, and 11% more than women for land preparation, maize shelling, and transportation services. …”
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Gendered sweetpotato trait preferences and implications for improved variety acceptance in Uganda by Mulwa, C.K., Campos, Hugo, Bayiyana, I., Rajendran, S., Ssali, R.T., McEwan, M., Heck, S.

“…Male farmers are also shown to mainly prefer agronomic traits such as high yields and stress tolerance while women mostly prefer quality traits such as good taste, Vitamin A and high dry matter content. …”
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