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Analysis of gaps and possible interventions for improving water productivity in crop livestock systems of Ethiopia por Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Amede, Tilahun, Haileslassie, Amare, Bossio, Deborah A.

“…Although improving agricultural water productivity would safeguard people’s livelihoods and the environment, the lack of information on best bet interventions and strategies to achieve this impedes targeted decision making. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct an ex-ante evaluation of the potential effect of selected interventions on livestock water productivity (LWP) in mixed crop-livestock systems. …”
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Targeting rural development interventions: Empirical agent-based modeling in Nigerien villages por Saqalli, M., Gerard, Bruno G., Bielders, Charles L., Defourny, Pierre

“…Two distinct approaches were used to model the rationale of farmers’ decision making: gains or losses in economic value or gains or losses in within-village “reputation”. …”
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Do plot sizes affect the performance of GIS-based species distribution models? por Pandit, S., Hayward, A., Leeuw, Jan de, Kolasa, J.

“…Accuracy of the species distribution maps produced by these models deserves attention, since low accuracy maps may lead to erroneous conservation decisions. While plot size is known to influence measures of species richness, its effect on our ability to predict species distribution ranges has not been tested. …”
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Adaptation of the CROPGRO growth model to velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens). II. Cultivar evaluation and model testing por Hartkamp, A.D., Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Gilbert, R.A., Benson, T., Tarawali, Shirley A., Gijsman, A.J., Bowen, W., White, Jeffrey W.

“…The CROPGRO model proved to be a reliable decision support tool for guiding analyses of velvet bean response to crop management and environmental conditions. …”
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Operationalizing inclusive innovation: Lessons from innovation platforms in livestock value chains in India and Mozambique por Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Boogaard, Birgit K., Bendapudi, R., Taye, H., Hendrickx, Saskia C.J., Klerkx, Laurens

“…Furthermore, local institutions embedded in norms and values were crucial to understand people’s decisions. Due to weak linkages between value chain actors, (external) innovation brokers have a vital role to play to facilitate the innovation process. …”
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Reflection on innovation processes in a smallholder goat development project in Mozambique por Boogaard, Birgit K., Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Hendrickx, Saskia C.J., Cosijn, M.

“…Hence, innovation processes require flexible management and should allow for joint experimentation and learning among project partners, stakeholders and decision makers; it also requires flexibility in project design and donor funding so that not only ‘obvious’ interventions are catered for, but also unforeseen developments.…”
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EcoHealth approach to control of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia: Sharing the experiences por Gilbert, Jeffrey

“…All EcoZD teams successfully devised their own research proposals. To measure incorporation of EcoHealth into research - outcome mapping and ‘EcoHealth Uptake’ were used. …”
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Enhancing the sustainability of commodity supply chains in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes por Agrawal, A., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Newton, Peter

“…These interventions – in the form of novel or moderated institutions and policies, incentives, or information and technology – can influence producers directly or achieve their impacts indirectly by influencing consumer, retailer and processor decisions. However, the evidence base for assessing the impacts of these interventions in reducing the negative impacts of commodity agriculture production in tropical forest landscapes remains limited, and there has been little comparative analysis across commodities, cases, and countries. …”
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Unlocking value out of India's rainfed farming areas. por Sharma, Bharat R.

“…A new paradigm comprising flexible strategies for selection of the interventions; setting up of Innovation Platforms for wider stakeholder participation, communication and decision making; and integration of echnologies, institutions and policies has been suggested for successful implementation of the proposed plan to unlock the value out of rainfed farming areas of India and elsewhere.…”
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Challenges to the integration of wetlands into IWRM: The case of the Inner Niger Delta (Mali) and the Lobau Floodplain (Austria) por Rebelo, Lisa-Maria, Johnston, R., Hein, T., Weigelhofer, G., D'Haeyer, T., Koné, B., Cools, J.

“…The “Critical Path” approach and related guidance have been adopted by Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention in order to effectively integrate wetland conservation and management into river basin management planning and decision-making. However, despite international acceptance of the approach, it is not widely implemented. …”
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Improving resilience to climate impacts in West Africa through improved availability, access and use of climate information: dialog with users por Ali, Abdou, Djibo, Hamidou, Minoungou, Bernard, Dinku, Tufa, Platzer, Barbara

“…The workshop introduced and solicited feedback on data, products and decision-support tools launched to support improved resilience to climate impacts, across sectors, initially targeting the agriculture, water and disaster risk management communities.…”
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Analysis of early survival of Holstein-Friesian heifers of diverse sire origins on commercial dairy farms in Kenya por Menjo, D.K., Bebe, B.O., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Ojango, Julie M.K.

“…Daughters of sires from South-Africa and Israel tended to have better survival rates than those sired by bulls originating from other regions. …”
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Rural poverty and inequality in Ethiopia: does access to small-scale irrigation make a difference? por Namara, Regassa E., Makombe, Godswill, Hagos, Fitsum, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele

“…Agricultural production, which is the source of livelihood for eight out of ten Ethiopians, is extremely vulnerable to climatic conditions. …”
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C126 - Water resources management. 10 units. [Training/Course material] por Smith, L.

“…Parts of the module concentrate on the ways in which economic concepts, methods and judgements can inform water resource management strategies and policy decisions that affect the resource. Economic efficiency in resource allocation is only one of many criteria used by policy-makers to evaluate the appropriate approach to a given issue. …”
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Factors affecting milk market outlet choices in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia por Kuma, B., Baker, Derek, Getnet, Kindie, Kassa, B.

“…It should be strengthened to enable farmers produce surplus milk for markets and should devise means to reduce local milking cow numbers by replacing them with crossbred cows. …”
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Irrigation intervention: a strategy for conserving biodiversity and improving food security in Royal Chitwan National Park buffer zone, Nepal por Adhikari, K.R., Tan, Y.C., Lai, J.S., Pant, Dhruba

“…Community attributes such as leadership and dynamics were, among others, the decisive factors that determined the degree of success of the government development intervention programme in the buffer zone. …”
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Agricultural Water Management Technology Expansion and Impact on Crop Yields in Northern Burkina Faso (1980-2010): A Review por Morris, Joanne, Barron, Jennie

“…Multiple methods exist for developing knowledge on provincial and regional level AWM technology adoption and livelihood impacts, but such information is not readily available in the public domain for decision making, research or policy. The methods for measuring indicators of development impact should be explored further. …”
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The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, January - March 2014 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In the last section, field updates, read about climate information services for farmers in Nyando, Western Kenya and how this impacts decision making. Elsewhere, in Lushoto, Tanzania, find out how adoption of improved bean varieties and better agronomic practices, led to a threefold increase in bean yields compared to local varieties…”
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Towards a viable system for monitoring agrobiodiversity on-farm: A proposed new approach for Red Listing of cultivated plant species por Padulosi, S., Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan

“…Concerns for the loss of traditional crops seem to be increasing today among decision-makers, particularly in the context of climate change and the reduced adaptation and resilience of production systems with which this phenomenon is associated. …”
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Epidemiology of malaria in irrigated parts of Tana River County, Kenya por Muriuki, J., Kitala, P., Muchemi, G., Bett, Bernard K.

“…The model developed could be used to predict the prevalence of malaria in this area enabling decision makers to implement appropriate control measures in good time.…”
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