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Navigating nourishment: Unveiling disparities between rural and urban food environment - A case study in Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155115
Abstract
• Across Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), changing food environments have led to changes in dietary patterns from traditional diets, high in nutrients, to highly processed foods, which are nutrient poor among both urban and rural populations (Downs et al., 2022).
• There is lack of useful food environment data to inform policies in Africa (Turner et al., 2020).
• Study aim…
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From afterthought to forefront: Transforming agricultural resilience through co-designed socio-technical innovations
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158296
Abstract
Most current socio-technical innovation bundling (STIB) approaches addressing climate change challenge in agri-food systems are designed in unsystematic manner. They lack deliberate efforts that combine social, technical, and technological innovations in an effective way.
The perspectives of diverse groups, such as women, youth, or marginalized communities, are rarely…
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Semillas del Futuro: Un banco de germoplasma para el sigo 21
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159267
Publication year
2024
Authors
Wenzl, Peter
Santaella, Marcela
Santos, Luis Guillermo
Gereda, Javier
Gonzalez, Juan Jose
Manrique, Norma
Aranzales, Ericson
Velez, Monica
Carvajal, Monica
Garcia, Tatiana
Marin, Alejandro…
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Marco de priorización de intervenciones en Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima (ASAC)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68393
Abstract
Presentation focusing on scaling up and measuring climate smart agriculture. Presented at a workshop on tools and methods for planning and decision-making for agriculture and climate change at COP20 in Lima, Peru.
Publication year
2015
Authors
Corner-…
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Understanding market preferences for nutritious foods in urban Ethiopia – A discrete choice experiment approach
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152473
Abstract
-Current food systems are unable to support sustainable healthy diets: 2.8 Billion people globally cannot afford a healthy diet (SOFI, 2024).
-Poor diets are primary contributors of all forms of malnutrition, and leading cause of diseases worldwide: Globalization, population growth, technology development, food marketing, urbanization, climate change and variability etc.
-Markets…
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Gender norms in agri-food systems: Economic resilience
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163540
Abstract
Annotated bibliography: This annotated bibliography (AB) provides a research overview on the basis of 77 articles. The annotated bibliography was produced to support an evidence synthesis on gender norms in agri-food systems (Rietveld et al., 20231). The aim of the evidence synthesis was to describe how gender norms facilitate, or hamper, women’s abilities to achieve economic resilience in the face of climate change challenges. For…
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Accelerating innovativeness: The Alliance bean program & Pan African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) accelerate innovation through recalling successes and identifying opportunities to expand and strengthen existing partnerships and innovations
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170164
Publication year
2024
Authors
Schuetz, Tonya
Poulos, Allison
Sharkey, Rowan
Rubyogo, Jean Claude
Onyango, Patricia…
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Advancing equitable distribution of benefits in restoration initiatives: Exploring gender norms in land tenure, tree planting and the use of mobile money
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169239
Abstract
In Kenya, agriculture is central to most rural livelihoods. A community’s land tenure system determines access, land
ownership, and the extent of land use for agricultural purposes (UN, 2013; Mnimbo et al., 2017)12
. A common theme
in access and control over land for agricultural use is gender and the differences thereof that influence…
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From the Agroecology Initiative to the Multifunctional Landscapes Program: A Partner Forum
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169441
Abstract
Summary of a Forum with implementing partners of the Agroecology Initiative online to reflect on three years of collaborative research.
Publication year
2024
Authors
Staiger, Simone
Carvajal, Andrea
Full Citation
Staiger, S.; Carvajal, A…
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Jab planter service provision model for smallholder mechanization in Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159367
Abstract
Conservation agriculture (CA) is a critical approach that aims to balance agricultural productivity with environmental sustainability. Mechanization (especially power units, seeders, rippers and sprayers) is a key input for CA. Unfortunately, majority of smallholder farmers often have difficulties accessing and using appropriate and affordable mechanization solutions. There is a need to build sustainable…
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Climate Security Observatory - Somalia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170219
Abstract
Climate security explores whether climate change increases the risk of armed conflict and, if so, under which circumstances this relationship occurs. People in fragile and conflict-affected areas are also among the most vulnerable to climate change, making it vital to understand the climate-conflict interplay for resilience and peacebuilding. A major challenge for governments in vulnerable, fragile, and conflict-affected regions is managing these…
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Gender norms in agri-food systems: Consumer behaviour
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163537
Abstract
This annotated bibliography (AB) provides a research overview on the basis of 27 articles. The annotated bibliography was produced to support an evidence synthesis on gender norms in agri-food systems (Rietveld et al., 20231). The aim of the evidence synthesis was to describe how gender norms facilitate, or hamper, women’s abilities to achieve economic resilience in the face of climate change challenges. For each article the title and…
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Applying WEFE nexus approaches for synergistically advancing the implementation of national biodiversity and climate commitments under the UNCBD and UNFCCC
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159346
Abstract
Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystem (WEFE) nexus approaches can catalyse the synergistic realisation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). WEFE nexus…
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Business model for a bundled credit product
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155124
Publication year
2024
Authors
Kanyenji, George
Chilambe, Pedro
Full Citation
Kanyenji, G.; Chilambe, P. (2024) Business model for a bundled credit product. Diversification in East and Southern Africa Knowledge Product Review. 17 p.
Publication Type
Brief…
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Food System Actors engaged in the cocreation of agroecological innovations: Results of three years of engagement in eight countries
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169475
Abstract
The CGIAR initiative on Agroecology has been actively engaging with food system actors (FSA) in eight countries (Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Lao PDR, Peru, Senegal, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe) to codesign, test, and adapt agroecological innovations, both technological and institutional, from food production to consumption. At the core of the Initiative is the…
