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Gender inequalities in the Colombian cattle sector: an econometric analysis

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december, 2022
Global

Differences in access to productive resources, education, and credit can affect the productive capacity of cattle producers, especially women. This document analyses gender inequalities in the Colombian cattle sector using census information on the cattle activity, disaggregated at the territorial level.

Co-designing inclusive landscape management plans to transform agrifood systems: a technical brief

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december, 2022

Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa faces increasing pressure from both anthropogenic activities and climate change. The agrifood system struggles to utilize the landscape's potential. Misconceptions in landscape management practices, such as neglecting socio-ecological and participatory concepts, hinder sustainable development.

Sustainable development and management of a crucial natural resource : A research protocol to model groundwater flow in Nalanda District, Bihar, India

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december, 2022
India

Across South Asia, millions of small-scale farmers are confronted with a range of urgent challenges. These include poverty, malnutrition, environmental deterioration, and the growing impacts of climate change and unpredictability (Ericksen et al., 2011).

Indigenous communities' perceptions reveal threats and management options of wild edible plants in semiarid lands of northwestern Kenya

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december, 2022
Kenya

Background: Understanding how local communities perceive threats and management options of wild edible plants (WEPs) is essential in developing their conservation strategies and action plans.

Preliminary Insights into the Adoption of CGIAR-Related Agricultural Innovations in Vietnam

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december, 2022
Global

Over the past two decades, Vietnam’s GDP per capita has grown ninefold. Concurrently, its agricultural sector has transformed to a strong commercial orientation. At the same time that the share of agriculture in GDP fell from 24.5 percent to 12.6 percent, agricultural value-added grew sixfold from USD 7.5 bn to USD 46 bn (World Bank, 2022).

Assessing the resilience of Kenya's food system: A production approach

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december, 2022
Kenya

A food system includes all elements (environment, people, inputs, processes, infrastructures, institutions, etc.) and activities that relate to the production, processing, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food, and the outputs of these activities, including socioeconomic and environmental outcomes (HLPE 2017). Thus, a food system links society and nature (Blesh and Wittman 2015).

A framework to monitor crop-specific drought and flood impacts using remote sensing datasets

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december, 2022
Global

Weather triggered hazards such as drought and flooding have negative impacts on society and agriculture. Drought can lead to reduced access to drinking water, lower agricultural productivity, and conflicts over water resources. Flooding causes loss of agricultural production, damages infrastructure, and leads to socio-economic losses.

AWARE Platform: early warning and action platform for flood resilience in Nigeria

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december, 2022
Nigeria

As the climate heats up, the water cycle is twisting and contorting, unleashing a torrent of disruptions. More frequent, ferocious floods and droughts, unpredictable downpours, and gnawing erosion are just the tip of the iceberg. Poor water quality, disease outbreaks, and a host of uncertainties are all conspiring to rip apart the delicate web of life that sustains us.