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Market institutions: enhancing the value of rural-urban links por Chowdhury, Shyamal, Negassa, Asfaw, Torero, Máximo

“…This paper begins with a presentation of a conceptual framework of market integration and then identifies five major factors that increase the transfer costs that subsequently hinder market integration between rural and urban areas: information asymmetry, transaction costs, transport and communication costs, policy induced barriers, and social and noneconomic factors. Five specific cases in five developing countries are examined in this study to demonstrate the primary sources of transfer costs and the aspects of market institutions that are important to market integration and promotion of rural-urban linkages.…”
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Constraints and opportunities for better silvicultural practice in tropical forestry: an interdisciplinary approach por Walter, B.B., Sabogal, C., Snook, Laura K., Almeida, E. de

“…Barriers to successful adoption of novel silvicultural practices are rarely just technical in nature. …”
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Site-level rehabilitation strategies for degraded forest lands por Sabogal, C.

“…The persistent physical, chemical and biological limitations found in degraded forest lands create barriers to natural forest regeneration; an accurate assessment of these factors is key in determining which rehabilitation interventions will be necessary, based on the objectives of the intervention, the landscape context and the available resources. …”
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Once there was a lake: vulnerability to environmental changes in northern Mali por Djoudi, H., Brockhaus, Maria, Locatelli, Bruno

“…In addition, political interests and psychological barriers hinder the local transition to an equitable and sustainable use of forest ecosystem services. …”
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Goat value chains as platforms to improve income and food security: The case of imGoats in Inhassaro District, Mozambique por Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Boogaard, Birgit K., Salazar, Y.A., Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.

“…Innovation platforms are increasingly used as spaces for interaction between actors in value chains to overcome barriers to development. It involves continuous learning and capacity building – both in terms of innovation capacity and specific technical or organizational capacities. …”
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Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil por Alves Pinto, H.N., Newton, Peter, Pinto, L

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with cattle supply chain key actors, who identified the opportunities and barriers to the development and scaling of the SAN cattle program. …”
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Climate-smart livestock sector development: the state of play in NAMA development por Dijk, S. van, Tennigkeit, Timm, Wilkes, Andreas

“…In particular, interested countries would benefit from better knowledge of the technical and stakeholder processes through which NAMAs are being developed; links between NAMAs and other livestock sector policies and programs; barriers to adoption of promoted practices and means to address them and financing arrangements for NAMA implementation. …”
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Hibridaciones interespecificas para el mejoramiento de Phaseolus vulgaris L. por Gepts, Paul L.

“…A study was initiated to determine the barriers that limit the transferences of genes between Phaseolus vulgaris and P. coccineus. …”
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Taungya farming and poverty alleviation: the case of Onigambari forest reserve, Oyo State por Uzokwe, Veronica N.E., Adejobi, A.O., Olorundare, E.

“…Logit model showed that age, marital status and occupational level of household head, household size and farm income were significant at between 1% (p<0.01) and 5% (p<0.05) confidence limit The scale rating identified lack of financial resources, limited technical skill; information barriers and lack of infrastructure, in order of importance as constraints to agricultural production in the study area. …”
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Informing climate policy through institutional collaboration: reflections on the preparation of Colombia’s nationally determined contribution por Pinto, Alex de, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Londoño, Mario, Ovalle Sanabria, Katherine, Suarez Castaño, Rodrigo

“…Our experience confirms previous research on the importance of stakeholder interaction, transparency and openness of processes, and willingness to break disciplinary and institutional barriers. In addition, the experience points to the importance of having appropriate available resources and a local institution acting as champion for the project.…”
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Socioeconomic survey with gender perspective for AWD in Colombia por García, María Alejandra, Katto, María Cristina, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, LaHue, Gabriel, Twyman, Jennifer

“…Therefore, a baseline in five departments of Colombia – Tolima, Norte de Santander, Cesar, Córdoba and Casanare, was implemented to identify: a) barriers and motivations of farmers to implement AWD and b) gender roles in decision making over rice production and labor. …”
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Operationalizing payments for ecosystem services for pastoralists in rangeland settings por Pappagallo, L.

“…This study aims to jump from the theory of PES implementation to practice by examining the trade-offs, barriers and opportunities that can be expected when operationalizing PES schemes for pastoralists in rangeland settings. …”
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Multi-level governance and adaptive capacity in West Africa por Brockhaus, Maria, Djoudi, H., Kambire, H.

“…A deeper understanding of actors, institutions and networks is needed to overcome barriers in socio-ecological systems to adaptation and enable or enhance adaptive capacity. …”
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Advancing reference emission levels in subnational and national REDD+ initiatives: a CLASlite approach por Reimer, F., Asner, G.P., Joseph, S.

“…Cloud cover, sensor errors and technical barriers associated with satellite remote sensing data continue to prevent many national and sub-national REDD+ initiatives from developing their reference deforestation and forest degradation emission levels. …”
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Eating and conserving bushmeat in Africa por Wilkie, D.S., Wieland, M., Boulet, H., Le Bel, S., Vliet, N. van, Cornelis, D., BriacWarnon, V., Nasi, Robert, Fa, J.E.

“…Donors and governments remain committed to invest in efforts to both conserve and allow the sustainable use of wildlife. Four principal barriers need to be overcome: (i) communities are not motivated to conserve wildlife long‐term because they have no formal rights to benefit from wildlife, or to exclude others from taking it on their land; (ii) multispecies harvests, typical of bushmeat hunting scenarios, place large‐bodied species at risk of extinction; (iii) wildlife production cannot expand, in the same way that livestock farming can, to meet the expected growth in consumer demand; and (iv) wildlife habitat is lost through conversion to agriculture, housing, transportation networks and extractive industries. …”
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Making trees count in Africa: Improved MRV is needed to meet Africa’s agroforestry ambitions por Rosenstock, Todd S., Wilkes, Andreas, Jallo, Courtney, Namoi, Nictor, Bulusu, Medha, Mboi, Damaris

“…However, technical and institutional barriers often prevent agroforestry from being represented in UNFCCC MRV processes…”
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Manejo de Bemisia tabaci mediante barreras vivas y Paecilomyces en Oaxaca, México por Ruiz Vega, Jaime, Aquino Bolaños, Teodulfo

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An analysis of technical assistance providers in Copanch'orti' Guatemala por LeBeaux, Victoria Samantha

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An analysis of technical assistance providers in Copanch'orti' Guatemala por LeBeaux, Victoria Samantha

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Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Climate Change Adaptation Practices : Evidence from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia por Fällström, Elice

“…Previous research in Southeast Asia has thus far focused on farmers’ attitudes towards – or barriers to – adaptation. This thesis goes a step further by providing insights into the underlying factors and how their interlinkages influence adaptation. …”