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Evaluation of a gender-responsive nutrition education intervention on nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices among the vulnerable populations in the traditional agri-food sys... por Kasala, Kavitha, Ravula, Padmaja, Das, Abhishek

“…The sample included two groups of participants—beneficiaries of the targeted national nutrition programs (pregnant women, lactating mothers and young mothers) and frontline staff who implement the nutrition programs at the grass root level (Anganwadi teachers, school teachers and accredited social health activists). …”
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The dynamics of smallholder farmers’ acquisition and distribution of sweetpotato vines in the Lake Victoria Zone Region, Tanzania por Adam, R.I., Badstue, L., Sindi, K.

“…Data were collected using mixed methods, including a survey of 621 households across nine districts, semi-structured key informant interviews with 28 women sweetpotato farmers, and six focus group discussions. …”
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Short‐term impacts of COVID‐19 on food security and nutrition in rural Guatemala: Phone‐based farm household survey evidence por Ceballos, Francisco, Hernandez, Manuel A., Paz, Cynthia

“…Dietary diversity among women in reproductive age, however, remained unchanged, and increased among children under 2 years old. …”
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Engaging young agripreneurs: Options to include youth in private sector extension and advisory services in Rwanda and Uganda por Franzel, Steven, Miiro, R., Uwitonze, Nicolas, Davis, Kristin E., Luzobe, B., Rurangwa, Raphael

“…Internships had high participation rates for women, although the potential for scaling may be limited. …”
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Engaging young agripreneurs: Options to include youth in private sector extension and advisory services in Rwanda and Uganda: Executive summary por Franzel, Steven, Miiro, R., Uwitonze, Nicolas, Davis, Kristin E., Luzobe, B., Rurangwa, Raphael

“…Internships had high participation rates for women, although the potential for scaling may be limited. …”
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Bangladesh, Commercial Vegetable and Polyculture Fish Production 1996-1997 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Other modules are different because each country study has a different emphasis. See Table 1 (PDF 65K) for a comparison of these datasets.…”
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Identifying measures for coverage of nutrition-sensitive social protection programs: Learnings from India por Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Avula, Rasmi, Neupane, Sumanta, Akseer, Nadia, Heidkamp, Rebecca

“…Coverage of subsidized food was 73% across all households. Women were more likely to report receiving food than cash transfers during pregnancy (89% vs. 60%) and during lactation (75% vs. 13%). …”
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Climate change impacts and household resilience: Prospects for 2050 in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru por Andersen, Lykke E., Breisinger, Clemens, Jemio, Luis Carlos, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Ringler, Claudia, Robertson, Richard D., Verner, Dorte, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…As for gender, results from this study suggest that female-headed households may be less vulnerable than male-headed households to the effects of climate change, highlighting the importance of considering women as a source for solutions for building resilience to climate change. …”
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Evidence from Odisha’s Mamata scheme: Can conditional cash transfers improve the uptake of nutrition interventions and household food security? por Raghunathan, Kalyani, Chakrabarti, Suman, Avula, Rasmi, Kim, Sunny S.

“…In the context of India where more than a third of children are undernourished, and where there is considerable under-utilization of health and nutrition interventions, it is opportune to investigate the impact of cash transfer programs on the use of interventions. We study one conditional cash transfer program, Mamata scheme, implemented in the state of Odisha, in India that targeted pregnant and lactating women. …”
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Food processing, transformation, and job creation: The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets por Minten, Bart, Assefa, Thomas, Abebe, Girum, Engida, Ermias, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…Based on a unique survey, we study the case of markets in urban Ethiopia for commercial ready-to-eat enjera, the traditional staple pancake of the country. …”
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Farmer groups as ICT Hubs: Findings from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Malawi por Ragasa, Catherine, Ma, Ning, Hami, Emmanuel

“…Results show more farmers accessing phone messaging on agriculture and markets, greater awareness and use of the call center, more listening groups established, and more farmers—especially women—joining these groups. Nevertheless, coverage and uptake remain very low, which are likely reasons for the limited impact.…”
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Is there an enabling environment for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in East Africa?: Stakeholder perspectives from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda por Hodge, Judith, Herforth, Anna, Gillespie, Stuart, Beyero, Mesfin, Wagah, Margaret, Semakula, Richard

“…Many actions to improve the nutrition sensitivity of agriculture were mentioned, including crop diversification, value chain activities and improved market access, nutrition education, and reduction in time and labor costs to women.Many opportunities exist to strengthen the impact of agriculture on nutrition in East Africa, but stronger formulation and implementation of policies will require adequate human resources, funds, timely data on the context, sector alignment on priority actions, and alignment on a framework or indicators for accountability.…”
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Measuring overweight and obesity: Need for harmonization and refinement por Nugent, Rachel, de Onis, Mercedes, Bhatia, Komal, Stevens, Gretchen, Martin-Prével, Yves, Eriksen, Kamilla

“…After controlling for GA, the associations between PA and measures of birth size were attenuated (~0.00, p>0.10), suggesting that GA mediated the association between PA and birth size in our study population. These findings support the need for strategies and interventions to prevent and control anemia in women of reproductive age, both prior and during pregnancy, to improve birth outcomes.Supported by The Micronutrient Initiative and The Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition…”
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The medium-term impact of the primary education stipend in rural Bangladesh por Baulch, Bob

“…This note focuses on the long-term impacts on men's and women's assets of disseminating agricultural technologies to individuals compared with groups. …”
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Nutrition-sensitive climate risk across food production systems por Tigchelaar, Michelle, Selig, Elizabeth, Sarhadi, Ali, Bruce, Janaya, Allison, Edward (Eddie), Battista, Willow, Fanzo, Jessica, Kleisner, Kristin, Mehrabi, Zia, Naylor, Rosamond, Schmidhuber, Josef, Thilsted, Shakuntala

“…Global nutrition targets remain unmet, as over half of preschool-aged children and two-thirds of non-pregnant women of reproductive age worldwide suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. …”
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Status, trends and future scenarios for forest conservation including protected areas in the Asia-Pacific region por Paine, J. R., Byron, R.N., Poffenberger, M.

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The role of locus of control and restrictive norms on farmers’ willingness to pay for climate information services in Senegal, West Africa por Muriithi, Cyrus, Ouedraogo, Issa, Mwangi, Obadiah

“…Farmers need tools to help them adapt, such as climate information services (CIS) to enhance resilience and agricultural productivity. This study investigates farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for seasonal CIS in Senegal’s Sédhiou and Tambacounda regions. …”
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Solar irrigation for adapting to climate change in cocoa farming: a choice experiment approach identifying Ghanaian farmers’ preferences por Gbodji, Kekeli Kofi, Quarmine, William, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Mitra, Archisman, Schmitter, Petra

“…Instead, targeted policies are needed to increase solar pump adoption among marginalized groups like women and resource-poor farmers.…”
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Smallholder fruit development in Bure District, Ethiopia: Experiences from IPMS por Dessalegn, Yigsaw, Berhe, Kahsay, Hoekstra, Dirk, Mehari, Y., Derso, T.

“…Thirteen (13) private fruit nurseries were established in four Peasant Associations (PAs) and in Bure town, which produced 68% of the seedlings in the district in 2008. Poor women and landless youth were also able to participate. …”
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The SmartAg Partner: July-September 2014 por Atakos, Vivian, Radeny, Maren A.O., Mungai, C, Kinyangi, James

“…Finally, find out how women farmers in Nyando are adapting to climate change by working with researchers.…”
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