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Production system and challenges of saline aquaculture in Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan

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Dezembro, 2022
Pakistan

Introduction: Lack of data about saline aquaculture in Pakistan has curtailed informed policy and investment decision making resulting in undervaluation of and underinvestment in the sector. Therefore, saline aquaculture in Pakistan is today an underdeveloped sector despite its potential as an alternative livelihood for the country's rural farmers.

Do social protection programs in South Asia have the potential to be nutrition-sensitive? Insights from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

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Dezembro, 2022

Social protection programs (SPPs) are designed to help individuals and households cope with chronic poverty, destitution, and vulnerability. In the context of food systems, SPPs can help tackle the challenge of affordability of healthy diets. Nutrition-sensitive SPPs include conditions or additional interventions that enhance impacts on nutrition.

The food systems countdown report 2023: The state of food systems worldwide

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Dezembro, 2022
Global

Food systems are a foundation of human and planetary well-being and central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet they also contribute to ill health, inequity, environmental degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions. These challenges demand urgent food systems transformation. Such a transformation requires understanding the status of food systems across their diverse functions.

Scaling access to index-based insurance for more productive agriculture: Experiences, lessons learned and perspectives

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Dezembro, 2022
Global

The CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) addresses critical challenges smallholder farmers face in Senegal and similar regions due to climate change. The collaboration with the National Agricultural Insurance Company (CNAAS) to promote the uptake of agricultural insurance, particularly index-based insurance, is a noteworthy strategy.

Radio Communication for the Dissemination of Improved Livestock Production Technologies in Ethiopia: A Mid-term Report

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Dezembro, 2022
Ethiopia

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) launched a pilot radio program to assess the potential of disseminating sheep fattening technologies to smallholder farmers using radio as a communication medium. This mid-term review aims to provide initial insight about the progress made six months after the program rollout.

Behaviour Change in Agri-food Systems Transformation: a Review of Past Initiatives in Tunisia

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Dezembro, 2022
Tunisia

This country brief is an output of the Agroecology Initiative's Work Package 5, dedicated to understanding and subsequently influencing behavior change and actor agency to achieve its goals. It leverages insights from an inventory of agroecology-related initiatives and key informant interviews to extract lessons from previous initiatives in Tunisia.

Hydrological characterization and social dynamics of polders in the Bengal Delta [Abstract only]

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Dezembro, 2022
Global

Polders in the floodplains of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh play a critical role in supporting intensive agricultural production and the livelihoods of around eight million people. Polderization is promoted to reduce environmental vulnerabilities against flood inundation, coastal erosion, and salinity intrusion.