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Farmers' evaluation and adoption of improved onion production package in Fogera District, South Gondar, Ethiopia by Adgo, T.M.

“…This study interviewe140 sample households using structured questionnaire and out of the total 140 sample households 10% were women. …”
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Bedömning och hantering av postoperativ smärta i samband med kastration av hund by Kihlbaum, Lina

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The Agribusiness Ecosystem in East and Southern Africa: Exploring the Role and Synergies of Key Stakeholders in the Space by With, Lisa, Inoubli, Aziza, Onkware Sarangé, Clara, Adebola, Mariam

“…Ukama Ustawi meaning “well-being” is a project aimed at supporting climate-resilient agriculture and livelihoods in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa by helping millions of smallholder farmers intensify, diversify, and de-risk maize-mixed farming through: a) supporting sustainable crop management and diversification, b) empowering women, youth, marginalised individuals, agripreneurs, and other agri stakeholders, c) promoting healthy diets and nutrition, and d) protecting the environment from degradation and unsustainable land use and practices. …”
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The importance of market signals in crop varietal development: Lessons from Komboka rice variety by Ng'endo, Mary, Kinyua, MaryLiza, Chebet, Lourine, Mutiga, Samuel K., Ndung’u, Joseph, Nyongesa, Oliver, Njau, Simon, Panchbhai, Ajay, Musila, Ruth, Murori, Rosemary

“…We used a mixed-method study approach by combining quantitative and qualitative data collected regionally and locally in both rainfed and irrigated ecologies. …”
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Innovations and policy design for development for cross-value chain services (logistics and financial services) by Balana, Bedru, Olanrewaju, Opeyemi, Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Kadjo, Didier, Wossen, Tesfamichael, Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda Lenis Onipede, Abdoulaye, Tahirou

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Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands by Nyberg, Gert, Knutsson, Per, Ostwald, Madelene, Öborn, Ingrid, Wredle, Ewa, Otieno, David Jakinda, Mureithi, Stephen, Mwangi, Peter, Said, Mohammed Y., Jirström, Magnus, Grönvall, Antonia, Wernersson, Julia E.V., Svanlund, Sara, Saxer, Laura, Geutjes, Lotje, Karmebäck, Vera, Wairore, John N., Wambui, Regina, Leeuw, Jan de, Malmer, Anders

“…Following the use of enclosures, livelihoods have become less dependent on livestock migration, are increasingly directed towards agribusinesses and present new opportunities and constraints for women. These livelihood changes are closely associated with, and depend on, an ongoing privatization of land under different tenure regimes. …”
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Genomics-driven breeding for local adaptation of durum wheat is enhanced by farmers’ traditional knowledge by Gesesse, Cherinet Alem, Nigir, Bogale, Sousa, Kauê de, Gianfranceschi, Luca, Gallo, Guido Roberto, Poland, Jesse A., Gebrehawaryat, Yosef Kidane, Desta, Ermias Abate, Fadda, Carlo, Pè, Mario Enrico, Dell’Acqua, Matteo

“…A total of 1,200 EtNAM lines were evaluated for agronomic performance and farmers’ appreciation in three locations in Ethiopia, finding that women and men farmers could skillfully identify the worth of wheat genotypes and their potential for local adaptation. …”
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Fostering transformation and growth in Niger’s agricultural sector by Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie, Badiane, Ousmane

“…Chapter 4 analyses the relationship between gender parity, which exists in households where women are as empowered as men, and fertiliser use. …”
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The cost of improving nutritional outcomes through food‐assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programs in Burundi and Guatemala by Heckert, Jessica, Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Ritcher, Susan, Iruhiriye, Elyse, Ruel, Marie T.

“…We conducted a prospective costing study of two food‐assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programmes targeted to pregnant women and children during the first 1,000 days (pregnancy to 2 years). …”
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Ghana Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…More particularly, in Northern Ghana three regions were chosen for the study: the Northern, Upper-East and Upper-West regions. …”
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Comparison of a new multiplex immunoassay for measurement of ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor, retinol-binding protein, c-reactive protein and α1-acid-glycoprotein concentrat... by Karakochuk, Crystal, Henderson, Amanda, Samson, Kaitlyn, Aljaadi, Abeer, Devlin, Angela, Becquey, Elodie, Wirth, James, Rohner, Fabian

“…Our primary aim was to conduct a method-comparison study to compare five biomarkers (ferritin, sTfR, RBP, CRP, and AGP) measured with the Quansys assay and a widely-used s-ELISA (VitMin Lab, Willstaett, Germany) with use of serum samples from 180 women and children from Burkina Faso, Cambodia, and Malaysia. …”
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Patterns of fetal growth based on ultrasound measurement and its relationship with small for gestational age at birth in rural Vietnam by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Addo, O. Yaw, Young, Melissa, Gonzalez-Casanova, Ines, Pham, Hoa, Truong, Truong V., Nguyen, Son, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…We aim to describe patterns of fetal growth and to predict SGA at birth using fetal ultrasound measurements.We studied 1412 pregnant women enrolled in a randomised‐controlled trial evaluating maternal micronutrient supplementation in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam. …”
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The impact of Tubaramure, a food-assisted integrated health and nutrition program in Burundi, on maternal and child anemia by Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Ruel, Marie T.

“…Tubaramure is a food‐assisted, preventive maternal and child health and nutrition (MCHN) program targeted to pregnant women and their child 0‐2 y of age (first 1000 days) in two highly food insecure provinces in Burundi. …”
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At-scale delivery of Essential Nutrition Interventions (ENIs) in India is limited by variable gaps in policy, design, implementation and demand by Avula, Rasmi, Kim, Sunny S., Kohli, Neha, Chakrabarti, Suman, Tyagi, Parul, Singh, Kavita, van den Bold, Mara, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Menon, Purnima

“…In India, less than 55% of women and children receive any of the ENIs. We assessed readiness to achieve at‐scale delivery of ENIs through an analysis of policies, programs, intervention design, implementation, monitoring and service use. …”
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Adoption factors of forage innovations in cattle production systems in the northwest highlands of Vietnam by Bravo, Aura, Florez, Fernando, Dao, Hang Thi, Nguyen, Thinh, Atieno, Mary, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Hoang, Thao Xuan, Tran, Ngoc Thi Bich, Peters, Michael, Burkart, Stefan

“…Key informant interviews and focus group discussions will be conducted with cattle farmers (adopters and non-adopters, men and women) and other actors from the cattle value chain. …”
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Peer-to-peer learning on vegetable production and implications for value chain development in Nigeria by Aju, Stellamaris, ter Steeg, Emily, van den Berg, Marrit

“…Together, the surveys cover the different groups part of the study: key farmers, core farmers, other peer farmers, and the spouses of these farmers. …”
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Evaluation of feed resources availability and use for sustainable livestock production in the Northern highland systems of Lao PDR by Philp, Joshua Neil Monty, Soytavanh, Mienmany, Atieno, Mary, Jalonen, Riina, Mekonnen, Kindu, Gebreyes, Million, Pazos, Mateo, Peters, Michael

“…The assessment found that whilst women and men tended to share labor for agricultural activities, gendered differences were present in ownership and decision-making. …”
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G3: Water governance and community based management by Mukherji, Aditi

“…In Phase II, we will zoom into community governance issues of two polders and do a detailed study on pros and cons of community management of polders. …”
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D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 3b: Examining linkages between climate change and food systems by Nihal, Saif, Salman, Verda, Bakshi, Bhawani, Makhijani, Drishti, Shrestha, Aroja M., Ali, Hazrat, Khondker, Murshed-e-Jahan, Shakya, Prakriti, Sharma, Anjali, Babu, Swati Sinha

“…D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 3b: Examining linkages between climate change and food systems Oral presentations Assessing the Impact of Drought on Women and Child Undernutrition in India; A Disaggregated Perspective: Present Coexistence or Emerging Threat? …”
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Exploring barriers and enablers for scaling up a community-based grain bank intervention for improved infant and young child feeding in Ethiopia: A qualitative process evaluation by Sako, Binta, Leerlooijer, Joanne N., Lelisa, Azeb, Hailemariam, Abebe, Brouwer, Inge D.

“…We conducted a process evaluation to determine enablers and barriers for the scaling up of this intervention. Eight study sites were selected to perform 52 key informant interviews and 31 focus group discussions with purposely selected informants. …”
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