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Measuring and assessing impacts of Fair Trade USA on farmers, farmworkers and the overall fair trade market system in Honduras by Mosquera Echeverry, Erika Eliana, Río Duque, Martha Lilia del

“…The infographics summarize the current status of the four Fair Trade Principles: Empowerment, economic development, social responsibility, and environmental stewardship of the independent small producers and farm workers with the certification compared with non-certified small producers and farm workers.…”
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Promoting sustainable market development by Braunstein, Gustaf

“…The framework consists of theories such as Regional innovation systems [RISs], Quintuple helix innovation systems, and Ansoff’s matrix. …”
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Indigenous peoples and local communities report ongoing and widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems by Reyes-García, V., García-del-Amo, D., Álvarez-Fernández, S., Benyei, P., Calvet-Mir, L., Junqueira, A. B., Labeyrie, V., LI, X., Miñarro, S., Porcher, V., Porcuna-Ferrer, A., Schlingmann, A., Schunko, C., Soleymani, R., Tofighi-Niaki, A., Abazeri, M., Attoh, Emmanuel M. N. A. N., Ayanlade, A., Ávila, J. V. D. C., Babai, D., Bulamah, R. C., Campos-Silva, J., Carmona, R., Caviedes, J., Chakauya, R., Chambon, M., Chen, Z., Chengula, F., Conde, E., Cuní-Sanchez, A., Demichelis, C., Dudina, E., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Galappaththi, E. K., Geffner-Fuenmayor, C., Gerkey, D., Glauser, M., Hirsch, E., Huanca, T., Ibarra, J. T., Izquierdo, A. E., Junsberg, L., Lanker, M., López-Maldonado, Y., Mariel, J., Mattalia, G., Miara, M. D., Torrents-Ticó, M., Salimi, M., Samakov, A., Seidler, R., Sharakhmatova, V., Shrestha, U. B., Sharma, A., Singh, P., Ulambayar, T., Wu, R., Zakari, I. S.

“…The effects of climate change depend on specific local circumstances, posing a challenge for worldwide research to comprehensively encompass the diverse impacts on various local social-ecological systems. Here we use a place-specific but cross-culturally comparable protocol to document climate change indicators and impacts as locally experienced and analyze their distribution. …”
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Livelihood strategies in endemic livestock production systems in sub-humid zone of West Africa: Trends, tradeoffs and implications by Zaibet, L., Traoré, S., Ayantunde, Augustine A., Marshall, Karen, Johnson, Nancy L., Siegmund-Schultze, M.

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Increasing productivity and profitability: Evaluating diverse and intensifying cropping systems. A field study in Rajshahi District in Bangladesh by Saiful Islam, Cheesman, Stephanie, Maruf Hossen Shanto, Hossain, Shakhawat, Md. Arifur Rahaman, Hossain, M. Khaled, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…A farmers' participatory research trial was conducted on diversified, intensified, and climate-resilient cropping system options, comparing farmers’ traditional cropping systems with those developed in collaboration with the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute and the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute. …”
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Farmers’ perception and management of water scarcity in irrigated rice-based systems in dry climatic zones of West Africa by Johnson, Jean-Martial, Becker, Mathias, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Saito, Kazuki

“…Farmers in drier areas (Sudano-Sahelian zone) were less likely to adopt and implement several adaptation strategies to water scarcity compared to farmers in wetter areas (Sudanian zone). …”
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The importance of on-farm biosecurity: Sero-prevalence and risk factors of bacterial and viral pathogens in smallholder pig systems in Uganda by Dione, Michel M., Masembe, C., Akol, Joyce, Amia, Winfred C., Kungu, J., Hu Suk Lee, Wieland, Barbara

“…For M. hyo, crossbred pigs had higher odd of infection compared to local breeds (OR = 1.59; p < 0.001). Conclusions The studied pathogens have high prevalences in smallholder pig production systems and might be silent killers, thus affecting productivity and there is a possibility that some pathogens could spread to humans. …”
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Household modelling and trade-off analysis to design resilient crop- livestock farming systems in dry regions of Senegal by Kumar, Shalander, Pramanik, Soumitra, Yessofou, Adjani Nourou-Dine, Worou, Omonlola Nadine, Anthony, Whitbread

“…The analysis demonstrates greater opportunities for synergies between crops and livestock in Kaffrine’s mixed system context compared to Thies. It provides empirical evidence to inform agricultural policies and investments tailored to regional production patterns. …”
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The effects of nitrogen fertilizer rates in a long-term reduced tillage cropping system on dry matter and nitrogen accumulation in an oil radish (Raphanus sativus L.) cover crop by Chawdhery, Md. Rafique Ahasan

“…The results showed that the cost of establishing oil radish as cover crop was not completely compensated by the economic value of N conserved in the system. However, several other beneficial aspects of cover crops are discussed to have positive effects in agrosystems, but their economic valuations are complex. …”
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De svenska djurskyddsbestämmelsernas inverkan för djurvälfärden by Ahtonen, Emma

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Managing salinity for sustainable agricultural production in salt-affected soils of irrigated drylands by Devkota, Krishna, Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari, Rezaei, Meisam, Oosterbaan, Roland

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The marketing of sheep and goats from two pastoral systems in Kenya: a comparison of market offtake from Maasailand and Baringo. by Chabari, F.N.

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2022 Social Accounting Matrix for Tanzania by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Nexus SAMs support the improvement of model-based research and policy analysis in developing countries and allow for more robust cross-country comparisons of national economic structures, especially agriculture-food systems.…”
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Enhancing farming system water productivity through alternative land use and improved water management of rainfed agriculture in Vertisol areas by Erkossa, Teklu, Haileslassie, Amare, MacAlister, C.

“…Despite higher water consumption of the rice, feeding its residues to livestock enhanced the overall economic water productivity of the system over the natural grazing or grasspea cultivation. …”
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Enhancing farming system water productivity through alternative land use and water management in vertisol areas of Ethiopian BlueNile Basin (Abay) by Erkossa, Teklu, Haileslassie, Amare, MacAlister, C.

“…Despite higher water consumption of rice, feeding its residues to livestock enhanced the overall economic water productivity of the system as compared to the natural grazing or grass-pea cultivation. …”
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Multicriteria assessment of alternative cropping systems at farm level. A case with maize on family farms of South East Asia by Lairez, Juliette, Jourdain, Damien, López Ridaura, Santiago, Syfongxay, Chanthaly, Affholder, François

“…An integrated assessment approach was combined with direct measurement of indicators in farmers' fields to assess eleven criteria of local farm sustainability. A bio-economic farm model was used for scenario assessment in which changes in crop management and the economic environment of farms were compared to present situation. …”
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Potential of conservation agriculture modules for energy conservation and sustainability of rice-based production systems of Indo-Gangetic Plain region by Nandan, Rajiv, Poonia, Shish Pal, Singh, Sati Shankar, Nath, Chaitanya Prasad, Kumar, Virender, Malik, Ram Kanwar, McDonald, Andrew, Hazra, Kali Krishna

“…The present study aimed to assess the different CA modules in rice-based cropping systems for energy conservation, energy productivity, and to define energy-economic relations. …”
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Promoting the use of home-mixed supplements as alternatives to commercial supplements in smallholder beef production systems in the subhumid region of Zimbabwe by Chakoma, Irenie, Manyawu, Godfrey J., Gwiriri, Lovemore C., Moyo, Siboniso, Dube, Sikhalazo, Imbayarwo-Chikosi, V.E., Halimani, T.E., Chakoma, C., Maasdorp, B.V., Buwu, V.

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2022 Global food report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions: Mid-year update by Food Security Information Network, Vos, Rob, Rice, Brendan, Minot, Nicholas

“…The main drivers of food crises – conflict and insecurity, global and national economic shocks and weather extremes – are continuous and relentless, and compounded by long-term pressures on food systems. …”
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Assessment of vaccination impact in PPR-control program implemented in southern States of India: A system dynamics model approach by Gurrappanaidu, G., Subbanna, N.K.G., Wanyoike, Francis N., Bahta, Sirak T., Reddy, Y.R., Bardhan, D., Vinayagamurthy, B., Kennady, Vijayalakshmy, Rahman, Habibur

“…This study assessed the present level of economic burden and impact of vaccination on the local system (one state), considering the exposure from the external system (neighboring state) using a system dynamic (SD) model. …”
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