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Evaluación de la adaptación de los productores a la variabilidad climática, principalmente a la sequía, en cuencas hidrográficas de América Central. Parte 2. Estudio de caso en la... por Benegas, Laura, Jiménez Otárola, Francisco, Locatelli, Bruno, Faustino, Jorge, Campos, Max

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Blockchain in agri-food chain : shaping an integrated food ecosystem por Davidsson, Madeleine

“…At present, however, there are barriers and many issues that need to be resolved; For example, it is not an easy task to aggregate and interpret large amounts of detailed data to be used in decision support tools for farmers and primary producers. …”

Export av får och nötkreatur från Australien por Björkman, Mikaela

“…One factor that has been the driving force for the live export industry is that countries through tariffs and other barriers have favored the import of live animals rather than the import of meat. …”
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Transition of agroecology in Bali, Indonesia por Tchedry, Vincent

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Urban odling - exemplet Varvsstaden i Malmö por Jacobsson, Fanny

Demand and supply constraints of credit in smallholder farming: evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania por Balana, Bedru, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Haile, Beliyou, Hagos, Fitsum, Yimam, Seid, Ringler, Claudia

“…Credit constraint is often considered as one of the key barriers to the adoption of modern agricultural technologies and low agricultural productivity in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture por Aggarwal, Pramod K., Jarvis, Andy, Campbell, Bruce M., Zougmoré, Robert B., Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Sebastian, Leocadio S., Kinyangi, James, Bonilla Findji, Osana, Radeny, Maren A.O., Recha, John W.M., Martínez Barón, Deissy, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Huyer, Sophia, Thornton, Philip K., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Hansen, James, Álvarez Toro, Patricia, Aguilar-Ariza, Andrés, Arango Londoño, David, Patiño-Bravo, Victor, Rivera, Ovidio, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Yen, Bui Tan

“…Climate analog studies indicate that the lessons learned at the CSV sites would be relevant to adaptation planning in a large part of global agricultural land even under scenarios of climate change. Key barriers and opportunities for further work are also discussed.…”
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Stakeholder communication through the websites and expression of success por Paraskevopoulou, Pinelopi

“…The operation in a country with financial barriers to support such organizations could be challenging in terms of acquiring funding and consequently influence the continuity of service provision. …”
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Recomendaciones técnicas y de política para la misión de crecimiento verde en Colombia por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Centro de Estudios Regionales Cafeteros y Empresariales

“…The document contains a brief summary of the diagnosis presented in prior reports, strategic actions prioritized to overcome the barriers identified through various forms of consultation with key actors and the respective costs of these prioritized actions. …”
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Gendered opportunities for improving soil health: A conceptual framework to help set the research agenda por Zhang, Wei, Walker, Dominic, Hernández, Carlos Calvo, Elias, Marlène, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Nkonya, Ephraim M.

“…While there are hundreds of technical options for improving the sustainability of land management and preventing or reversing degradation, there are many sociocultural, institutional, economic, and policy barriers hindering their adoption at large scale. At the same time, there is an emerging consensus within the international development community that gender equality and women’s empowerment are both an end in themselves and an important means for achieving a range of economic and social development objectives such as improved food security, child nutrition and education, and women’s health. …”
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Current situation and plausible future scenarios for livestock management systems under climate change in Africa por Simpkin, Piers, Cramer, Laura K., Ericksen, Polly J., Thornton, Philip K.

“…The report provides a brief description of: (i) the different livestock farming classification systems; (ii) the key challenges and impact of climate change on livestock and the farming systems; (iii) the likely future trends and scenarios; (iv) the top adaptation actions that can be taken and (v) their enablers and barriers to uptake. The report also addresses adaptation co-benefits, gender and youth, and traditional knowledge and institutions. …”
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Potential short-term memory induction as a promising method for increasing drought tolerance in sweetpotato crop wild relatives (Ipomoea series Batatas (Choisy) D. F. Austin) por Guerrero Zurita, F., Ramírez, D., Rinza, J., Ninanya, J., Blas, R., Heider, B.

“…Furthermore, I. splendor-sylvae, I. ramosissima, I. tiliacea, and wild I. batatas were the most productive species studied but given the genetic barriers to interspecific hybridization between these species and sweetpotato, we suggest that further genetic and metabolic studies be conducted on them. …”
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Countries’ commitments to soil organic carbon in Nationally Determined Contributions por Wiese-Rozanova, Liesl D., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Alcántara Shivapatham, Viridiana, Richards, Meryl B, Shelton, Sadie W, Hönle, Susanna E, Heidecke, Claudia, Madari, Beáta E, Chenu, Claire

“…To improve this, countries with existing SOC policies, programs, and actions can specify their SOC-related commitments in future NDCs. 3) Increased collaboration between countries with experience managing SOC and countries needing support to develop SOC-related targets, policies, measures and incentives for land users and farmers would facilitate the provision of such needed support. 4) To increase country commitments and attention to managing SOC, there is a need for improved SOC measurement and monitoring, for better evidence on the impacts of management practices on SOC, and for incentives for farmers to change practices and overcome barriers.…”
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Pathways to Women’s Empowerment in the Promotion of Climate Smart Agriculture in the Philippines, Myanmar, and Cambodia por Verzosa, Fatima, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Thant, Phyu Sin, Phen, Bunthoeun, Itliong, Kirstein, Myae, Chan, Thong, Chanphirum, Urdelas, Farah Gaud A., Naung, Ye Win, Moe, May Zin, Tola, Cheam, Barbon, Wilson John, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…National governments and the international development community recognized that in order to strengthen and accelerate their goals for agricultural development, economic growth and food security they need to build the contributions that women make and take steps to alleviate barriers to women empowerment. A quantitative-qualitative study has been undertaken to investigate how the promotion of climate smart agriculture is contributing to women empowerment within the climate smart villages (CSVs) in Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines. …”
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A food systems approach and qualitative system dynamics model to reveal policy issues within the commercial broiler chicken system in South Africa por Queenan, K., Cuevas, S., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Chimonyo, M., Shankar, B., Slotow, R., Hasler, B.

“…Commercial producers, linked to large supermarkets and fast-food chains, dominate the system, presenting barriers to entry. Affordability is unintentionally traded off against non-communicable disease risks through brining of most frozen products, and ultra-processing of fast-food items. …”
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Quantifying potential yield and yield gaps of soybean using CROPGRO-soybean model in the humid tropics of southwestern Ethiopia por Mekonnen, A., Getnet, M., Nebiyu, A., Abebe, A.T.

“…In the past, much of the emphasis on soybean research in Ethiopia has been on the development and testing of new varieties and classical agronomic trials with limited use of crop models that help in estimating the potential yield and yield gaps, and identifying the most important barriers of achieving optimal yield. CROPGRO-soybean model is an important tool for estimating the potential yield and yield gaps of soybean under various management and environmental conditions. …”
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Predictors of vitamin A rich food consumption among women living in households growing orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes in selected regions in Uganda por Nankumbi, J., Grant, F., Sibeko, L., Mercado, E., Kwikiriza, N., Heck, S., Cordeiro, L.S.

“…Scaling up biofortified food initiatives, including OFSP, can improve consumption of vitamin A rich foods with eective strategies comprehensively address consumption barriers such as lack of nutrition education, cooking skills, and storage facilities, as well as low production levels and perceived contamination of biofortified foods.…”
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Data sharing and ontology use among agricultural genetics, genomics, and breeding databases and resources of the Agbiodata Consortium por Clarke, Jennifer L., Cooper, Laurel D., Poelchau, Monica F., Berardini, Tanya Z., Elser, Justin, Farmer, Andrew D., Ficklin, Stephen, Kumari, Sunita, Laporte, Marie-Angélique, Nelson, Rex T., Sadohara, Rie, Selby, Peter, Thessen, Anne E., Whitehead, Brandon, Sen, Taner Z.

“…Based on our evaluation of the survey results, we recommend (i) providing training for database personnel in a specific data-sharing techniques, as well as in ontology use; (ii) further study on what metadata is shared, and how well it is shared among databases; (iii) promoting an understanding of data sharing and ontologies in the stakeholder community; (iv) improving data sharing and ontologies for specific phenotypic data types and formats; and (v) lowering specific barriers to data sharing and ontology use, by identifying sustainability solutions, and the identification, promotion, or development of data standards. …”
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Evidence gap map on impacts of Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles (STIBs) on women’s empowerment and resilience. CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality (HER+) por Pasha, Atika, Khan, Sarah, Urueña, Viviana, Huonen, Ruthus, Furlani, Irene, Delgerchuluun, Ankhbayar, Puskur, Ranjitha, Mishra, Avni, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Nchanji, Eileen, Ketema, Dessalegn Molla, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Everisto, Mapedza

“…Their aim is to apply a multi-pronged approach to agricultural transformation that simultaneously allows technological advancements, with increased adoption of new methods and tools, and alleviates barriers in access to inputs and credits. Gwynne and Ortiz (1997) provide a clear example from Chile, proving how institutional changes in land ownership, expansion of productive investments, and provision of financial inputs to farmers succeeded in promoting agricultural development, especially increasing agricultural output and labour productivity, among others. …”
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Adopting a gender-transformative approach (GTA) to increase dietary diversity and decision-making of women: Evidence from a nutrition-sensitive intervention in Bangladesh por Nahar, Kamrun, Mahfuzul Haque, A.B.M., Hossain, Mohammad Mokarrom

“…The study aims to assess the effects of gendertransformative approaches to discussing nutrition- and gender-related problems that were implemented in the technical training portfolio for agriculture, aquaculture, nutrition and market development interventions targeting female beneficiaries and their husbands to challenge gendered barriers to agriculture, health and nutrition behaviors. …”
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