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The role of variety attributes in the uptake of new hybrid bananas among smallholder rural farmers in central Uganda por Sanya, L.N., Sseguya, H., Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Diiro, G.M., Nakazi, F.

“…Evidence further showed that production-related and consumption-related attributes influenced farmers’ decisions in the adoption of HBVs. Further, an assessment of the socio-economic factors that influence the adoption of HBVs showed that education of the farmer, household size, interaction with different banana actors, experience (number of years growing HBVs), and source of planting materials had a significant influence on farmers’ adoption of the new HBVs. …”
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Farm management and varietal choice in cassava-based production systems in Colombia por Rivera Vasco, Tatiana Carolina, Labarta, Ricardo Antonio, Andrade, Robert Santiago, Calle, Fernando, Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto

“…The analysis incorporates on-farm identification of cassava varieties using DNA fingerprinting analysis, providing insight into households’ decision about cassava variety management and the relative importance of these varieties in the country. …”
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Helpers, employees, and owners: Opportunities for women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains por Twyman, Jennifer, Moreno, Manuel F., Claros Trujillo, Luisa María, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca, Suazo, Carlos

“…Qualitative data includes information about family participation in productive tasks, decision making, asset ownership, and beliefs about appropriate behavior and activities of men and women and their contributions to production within the value chains. …”
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Seed generation effect on quality of genetic information from maize (Zea mays L.) diallel cross for maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky) resistance por Kasozi, L.C., Derera, J., Tongoona, Pangirayi, Gasura, E.

“…Information on combining ability and gene effects conditioning maize weevil resistance would be required to devise breeding strategies. However, there are disagreements regarding the seed generation to subject to maize weevil resistance evaluation. …”
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Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture in East Africa: Experiences and Lessons por Kirina, Thomas, Groot, Annemarie, Shilomboleni, Helena, Ludwig, Fulco, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…However, four critical areas of concern about the sustainability of scaling emerged from the study: (i) There is little understanding and capture of the dynamics of smallholder farming systems in scaling strategies; (ii) climate data, projections, and impact models are rarely applied to support the decision of scaling; (iii) considerations for the biophysical and spatial-temporal impacts and trade-offs analysis in scaling is minimal and just starting to emerge; and (iv) there are still challenges effecting systemic change to enable sustainable scaling. …”
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UAV-based multispectral vegetation indices for assessing the interactive effects of water and nitrogen in irrigated horticultural crops production under tropical sub-humid conditio... por Mwinuka, P. R., Mourice, S. K., Mbungu, W. B., Mbilinyi, B. P., Tumbo, S. D., Schmitter, Petra S.

“…The fact that a certain amount of irrigation water can optimize the efficiency of N uptake by the plant is an important criterion to consider in developing crop specific VI based decision trees for crop performance assessments and yield prediction.…”
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Better food safety solutions in Africa: Understanding the complex social, economic and policy perspectives por Amenu, K., Alonso, Silvia, Mutua, Florence K., Roesel, Kristina, Lindahl, Johanna F., Kowalcyk, B., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Grace, Delia

“…Examples of action research and political decision making around food safety at the continental level will be provided. …”
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Spatio-temporal patterns and risk factors of foot-and-mouth disease in Malawi between 1957 and 2019 por Chimera, E.T., Fosgate, G.T., Etter, E.M.C., Temesgen, Wudu, Kamwendo, G., Njoka, P.

“…These findings provide insight into the pattern of FMD occurrence that will promote informed decisions for the progressive control of FMD in the region.…”
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Vulnerability mapping of 100 priority tree species in Central Africa to guide conservation and restoration efforts por Ceccarelli, Viviana, Ekue, Marius, Fremout, Tobias, Gaisberger, Hannes, Kettle, Christopher J., Taedoumg, Hermann, Wouters, Hendrik, Vanuytrecht, Eline, Ridder, Koen de, Thomas, Evert

“…We present an online platform to enable easy access to the vulnerability and the conservation and restoration priority maps for decision makers and support conservation and restoration planning across Central Africa.…”
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Understanding maternal food choice for preschool children across urban-rural settings in Vietnam por Duong, C., Jenkins, M., Pyo, E., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Tuyen Huynh, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Young, M.F., Ramakrishnan, U.

“…This study aims to explore maternal experiences, perspectives and beliefs when making food choice decisions for preschool children in urban, peri-urban and rural areas in northern Vietnam. …”
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TH2.1: Who is a man? Understanding the local normative climate for transformative interventions in rural farming communities of Central Uganda por Businge, Martha, Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo, Mwiine, Amon A., Shimali, Fred, Nakyewa, Brenda, Nanyonjo, G., Angudubo, S., Sanya, Losira N., Asiimwe, E.

“…Findings indicate that the community expectation of who a man should be are along family formation and provisioning; dominance in household decision making and leadership; and community level participation. …”
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TH3.3: Beyond crops: Towards gender equality in forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, and livestock development por Elias, Marlène, Zaremba, Haley, Tavenner, Katie, Ragasa, Catherine, Paez Valencia, Ana Maria, Choudhary, Afrina, Haan, Nicoline C. de

“…These constraints, which occur at multiple levels, include: the invisibility and undervaluation of rural women's labor and their disproportionately heavy labor burdens, limited and precarious control over resources, norms that hinder women's voice and influence in decision-making and governance, and exclusionary institutions such as resource-user groups and extension and data systems. …”
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FR1.1: Gender mainstreaming from an institutional perspective: Cases of small and micro irrigation projects in Ethiopia por Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Minh, Thai Thi, Schmmiter, Petra

“…Results show that ‘rule-based' strategy adopted by small scheme-based irrigation projects, that emphasizes policies and rules to equal rights and opportunities to participate in development and decision making, and capacity development of individuals and institutions. …”
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Effects of management practices on legume productivity in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa por Muoni, Tarirai, Jonsson, M., Duncan, Alan J., Watson, Christine A., Bergkvist, Goran, Barnes, Andrew P., Öborn, Ingrid

“…The effect varies with crop species, soil type and other environmental conditions, and this needs to be factored into tailored recommendations supporting decision making in smallholder farming.…”
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The politics of governing resilience: Gendered dimensions of climate-smart agriculture in Kenya por Brisebois, Anouk, Eriksen, Siri H., Crane, Todd A.

“…Equity and knowledge represent particularly contested aspects of CSA because it largely fails to address who wins and who loses from such interventions, who are able to participate while others are excluded, and whose knowledge and perspectives count in decision-making processes. Gender relations provide a stark illustration of the way that CSA fails to address how enduring inequalities of access in both production and consumption shape who is rendered vulnerable to climate change and who is left food insecure. …”
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Unlocking the potential of smallholder dairy farm: Evidence from the central highland of Ethiopia por Feyissa, Abraham Abera, Senbeta, Feyera, Tolera, Adugna, Guta, Dawit Diriba

“…Additionally, the size of livestock holdings, off-farm income, extension services, and milk collection centers all influenced the adoption decision of this package. Conclusions It has been confirmed that improving dairy farming practices for sustainable development can significantly contribute to the food security of smallholder farmers when used in combination. …”
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Assessing the reach of climate and agricultural related content via community radio stations in Senegal por Yessoufou, Adjani Nourou-Dine, Kumar, Shalander, Worou, Nadine, Faye, Aliou, Houessionon, Prosper, Huyer, Sophia, Diedhiou, Lamine, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…During the last six (6) months, these community radios have been sharing through more than 95 radios shows, climate related information, climate and agricultural advisories with the ultimate aim to help smallholders take the best decision on their farm. While 76% of the population reached found the programs very useful for their activities, 20% found it of little usefulness. …”
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Enhancing climate services design and implementation through gender-responsive evaluation por Gumucio, Tatiana, Hansen, James, Carr, Edward R., Huyer, Sophia, Chiputwa, Brian, Simelton, Elisabeth, Partey, Samuel T., Schwager, Saroja

“…Furthermore, evaluation of how women's and men's information needs differ according to their roles and responsibilities in distinct climate-sensitive decisions can help assess gender inequities in climate services use. …”
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Re-prioritizing climate services for agriculture: Insights from Bangladesh por Mason, Simon J., Krupnik, Timothy J., Hansen, James, Braun, Melody, Hussain, S. Ghulam, Khan, Mohammed Shah Kamal, Mannan, Abdu, Curtis, Ashley, Eunjin Han, Kruczkiewicz, Andrew

“…When and where forecasting at these scales is viable, efforts should focus on defining and predicting high-impact events important for decision making, rather than on simple seasonal aggregates that often correlate poorly with outcomes. …”
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Performance of Oreochromis niloticus and Oreochromis andersonii in controlled laboratory conditions in Zambia por Komugisha, Basiita Rose, Trinh, Trong, Sakala, Masautso, Chungu, Patience, Malambo, Tom, Hampuwo, Buumba, Mwema, Catherine, Benzie, John

“…The experiment provided rare well-controlled data comparing the growth performance of these species and different hatchery strains in Zambia, as a contribution to better informing investment decisions for the aquaculture industry there and in Southern Africa.…”
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