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Implementation of community-based cattle breeding programs in Burkina Faso por Ouédraogo, D., Soudré, A., Ouédraogo-Koné, S., Yougbaré, B., Bienvenue, L.Z., Arnaud, S.R.T., Gábor, M., Burger, P., Khayatzadeh, N., Wurzinger, Maria, Amadou, T., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Sölkner, Johann

“…The three best bulls selected by the committees were only partly from the top groups based on preliminary grouping of the project team. Decision was taken by the farmers which bulls to keep for breeding and which ones to castrate or sell out, to avoid undesired mating. …”
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Stochastic impact evaluation of an irrigation development intervention in Northern Ethiopia por Yigzaw, Negusse, Mburu, John, Ackello-Ogutu, Chris, Whitney, Cory W., Luedeling, Eike

“…Estimates of the input variables were collected from ten subject matter experts. We then applied the SIE tools: Monte Carlo simulation, Partial Least Squares regression, and Value of Information analysis to project prospective impacts of the project and identify critical knowledge gaps. …”
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User-centred design of a digital advisory service: enhancing public agricultural extension for sustainable intensification in Tanzania por Ortíz Crespo, Berta, Steinke, Jonathan, Quirós, Carlos F., Gevel, Jeske M.J, van de, Daudi, Happy, Mgimiloko, Majuto Gaspar, Etten, Jacob van

“…Achieving SI requires smallholder farmers to have access to information that is context-specific, increases their decision-making capacities, and adapts to changing environments. …”
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Effect of dried leaves of Leucaena leucocephala on rumen fermentation, rumen microbial population, and enteric methane production in crossbred heifers por Montoya Flores, María Denisse, Molina Botero, Isabel Cristina, Arango, Jacobo, Romano Muñoz, José Luis, Solorio-Sánchez, Francisco Javier, Aguilar-Pérez, Carlos Fernando, Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos

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Determinants of adoption of climate-smart agriculture technologies in rice production in Vietnam por Duyen, Tran Nhat Lam, Rañola, Roberto F., Sander, Björn Ole, Wassmann, Reiner, Nguyen, Dinh Tien, Nong, Nguyen Khanh Ngoc

“…These technologies when adopted tend to increase NRI but the increase is much greater when these are combined. …”
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Potentialités et limites de l’implication des femmes dans les institutions locales de gestion de l’eau : exemple des Associations d’Usagers de l’Eau au Burkina Faso por Yemtim, Adolphe, Debevec, Liza, Oumarou, Amadou

“…Il s’agissait de comprendre les facteurs de leur faible participation, les raisons de leur absence relative à certains postes et de leur présence à d’autres ainsi que les facteurs favorisant leur accession aux postes de décision. Il est apparu que les freins à la participation féminine résultent de facteurs personnels, socioculturels et institutionnels. …”
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Activity report: Monitoring Outcome of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Kaffrine ClimateSmart Village, Senegal por Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Fall, Mamadou, Adeyemi, Chabi

“…The main objective of the CSV monitoring was to assess farmers’ adoption/implementation of Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and technologies over the last 12 months and the perceived effects of their implementation on: food security and diversity, crops productivity and income, adaptive capacity and gender aspects (labour, participation in decision making, access/control over generated resources). …”
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Sensitivity of Maize Yield in Smallholder Systems to Climate Scenarios in Semi-Arid Regions of West Africa: Accounting for Variability in Farm Management Practices por Freduah, Bright S, MacCarthy, Dilys Sefakor, Adam, Myriam, Ly, Mouhamed, Ruane, Alex C., Timpong-Jones, Eric C, Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C., Boote, Kenneth J., Porter, Cheryl, Adiku, Samuel G.K.

“…However, limited studies quantify the extent of variation in climate change impact under these systems at the local scale. The Decision Support System for Agro-technological Transfer (DSSAT) was used to quantify variation in climate change impacts on maize yield under current agricultural practices in semi-arid regions of Senegal (Nioro du Rip) and Ghana (Navrongo and Tamale). …”
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Survey and management of potato pests in Uganda por Cortada, L., Coyne, D., Nakato, V., Kisitu, J., Wasukira, A., Okonya, J.

“…Male farmers were more engaged in decision-making activities for potato production than their female counterparts in Eastern Uganda. …”
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Actor diversity and interactions in the development of banana hybrid varieties in Uganda: implications for technology uptake por Sanya, L.N., Sseguya, H., Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Baguma, Y., Kibwika, P.

“…Practical implications: The current position of smallholder farmers and other non-research actors inhibits their influence on decisions in the technology development process. We recommend that smallholder farmers should be empowered through better organization so that they can influence the process of developing HBVs. …”
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Nutrient recovery for use in agriculture: economic assessment of decentralized compost business model in Nairobi por Gebrezgabher, Solomie A., Taron, Avinandan, Amewu, Sena

“…Assessing the economic and environmental impact is an important tool for decision making and to ensure that the business model results in desired benefits to society.…”
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CTA Project Completion Report: Eyes in the Sky, Smart Techs on the Ground – Transforming Africa's Agriculture por Rambaldi, Giacomo

“…By embodying components like scientific research, proof of concept initiatives, capacity building, support to investment, enterprise development, networking, experience capitalisation and communication, this action has started transforming Africa’s agriculture into a high-tech industry, with decisions being based on real-time gathering and processing of data, productivity and yields The establishment of 38 rapidly expanding, youth-led enterprises offering drone-based services in 21 African countries, represents a significant development for the continent and a milestone for the building of the African Information Society. …”
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Transforming climate science into usable services: The effectiveness of co-production in promoting uptake of climate information by smallholder farmers in Senegal por Chiputwa, Brian, Wainaina, Priscilla, Nakelse, Tebila, Makui, Parmutia, Zougmoré, Robert B., Ndiaye, Ousmane, Minang, Peter A.

“…Does the provision of weather and climate information services (WCIS) enhance farmer’s use of forecasts in informing farm decisions? This paper assesses the effectiveness of the Multi-disciplinary Working Group (MWG) – a WCIS co-production initiative in Senegal in influencing farmers uptake of weather and climate information (WCI). …”
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How profitable climate smart agricultural practices are? Voice of farmers from rice-wheat ecologies por Rai, Munmun, Chand, Prem, Kalvaniya, Kailash C., Jat, Hanuman Sahay, Agarwal, Tripati, Sharma, Parbodh Chander, Jat, Mangi Lal

“…The results identifies a platform for social inclusive development in agriculture to promote evidence based informed policy decisions for investment prioritization.…”
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Morpho-biometric characterization of local chicken population in Niger por Hassan, O.M., Tiambo, Christian K., Issa, S., Hima, K., Adamou, M.L.I., Bakasso, Y.

“…From body measurements, it appeared that only the thoracic perimeter remains decisive in the prediction of individual live weight. …”
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Scaling Out Climate-Smart Agriculture for Resilient Farming in Adilabad District of Telangana por Indian Council of Agricultural Research, International Water Management Institute, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…This integrated framework will be useful for the investment decision making process for resilient farming.…”
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Stochastic simulation of restoration outcomes for a dry afromontane forest landscape in northern Ethiopia por Tamba, Y., Wafula, J., Whitney, Cory W., Luedeling, Eike, Yigzaw, N., Negussie, A., Muchiri, C., Gebru, Y., Shepherd, Keith D., Aynekulu, E.

“…The SIE framework was effective in providing forecasts of the distribution of outcomes and highlighting critical uncertainties where further measurements can help support decision-making. This approach can be useful for informing the management and planning of similar FLR interventions.…”
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Determining and managing maize yield gaps in Rwanda por Bucagu, C., Ndoli, A., Cyamweshi, A.R., Nabahungu, L.N., Mukuralinda, Athanase, Smethurst, P.J.

“…Maize yield prediction and estimates of yield gaps using objective and spatial analytical tools could provide accurate and objective information that underpin decision support. A study was conducted in Rwanda at Nyakiliba sector and Gashora sector located in Birunga and Central Bugesera agro-ecological zones, with the objectives of (1) determining factors influencing maize yield, (2) predicting maize yield (using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) approach), and (3) assessing the maize yield gaps and the impact on food security. …”
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Evaluating the utilisation of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices among smallholder farmers in The Lawra, Jirapa and Nandom districts of Ghana por Sam, Kingsley Odum, Botchway, Vincent Ansah, Karbo, N, Essegbey, George Owusu, Nutsukpo, Delali Kofi, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Farm budget analysis and market price methods were employed; key financial decision-making tools were net returns, profit margins and benefit-cost ratio. …”
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Models for integrating climate objectives in forest policy: Towards adaptation-first? por St-Laurent, G.P., Locatelli, Bruno, Hoberg, G., Gukova, V., Hagerman, S.

“…Because of the fundamental perceived differences in the levels at which adaptation and mitigation intervene in decision-making, government managers in our study were generally more comfortable with the adaptation-first model, which ultimately suggests the need to rethink how we frame climate integration into forest management and policies.…”
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