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Diversification strategies have a stabilizing effect for income and food availability during livelihood shocks: Evidence from small-scale aquaculture-agriculture systems in Myanmar during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Wang, Quanli
  • Rossignoli, Cristiano M.
  • Dompreh, Eric Brako
  • Su, Jie
  • Griffiths, Don
  • Htoo, Khaing Kyaw
  • Nway, Hsu Myat
  • Akester, Michael
  • Gasparatos, Alexandros

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Diversification is an important strategy used by millions of small-scale food producers globally to improve yields, farm profitability, and food security. Diversification can also enable small-scale producers to cope better with livelihood shocks. However, it is not always clear through which pathways diversification practices can stabilize livelihoods and food security in small-scale production systems, especially in the context of the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Wang, Quanli & Rossignoli, Cristiano M. & Dompreh, Eric Brako & Su, Jie & Griffiths, Don & Htoo, Khaing Kyaw & Nway, Hsu Myat & Akester, Michael & Gasparatos, Alexandros, 2024. "Diversification strategies have a stabilizing effect for income and food availability during livelihood shocks: Evidence from small-scale aquaculture-agriculture systems in Myanmar during the COVID-19," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 217(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:217:y:2024:i:c:s0308521x24000854
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.103935
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