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Diseases of maize in the lowland tropics and the collapse of the classic Maya civilization by Brewbaker, J.L.

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Winds of change in ancient irrigation civilization of Sri Lanka?s north central dry zone by Shah, Tushaar, Samad, Madar, Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith, Jinapala, K.

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The history of African village chickens: An archaeological and molecular perspective by Mwacharo, Joram M., Bjornstad, G., Han Jianlin, Hanotte, Olivier H.

“…These will contribute to a deeper understanding of the history of trading networks and human interactions within Africa and between African and Asian societies, at the root of the development and expansion of African civilizations.…”
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Centro de productores agropecuarios de Totoras: del Consejo Local a la organización junto con el INTA by Cardozo, Francisco, Aureli, María Constanza, Alvarez, Emanuel Horacio, Orazi, Viviana Mabel

Subjects: “…Sociedad Civil…”
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Fish farms and land confiscation in the Ayeyarwady delta: History, impact and prospects for restitution by Mark, SiuSue

“…Local officials, community members, civil society leaders and operators of large fish farms were interviewed about the history and consequences of land confiscation for use in aquaculture, and the prospects for land restitution.…”
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Unraveling Origin, History, Genetics, and Strategies for Accelerated Domestication and Diversification of Food Legumes by A, Ambika, Aski, Muraleedhar, G, Gayacharan, Hamwieh, Aladdin, Talukdar, Akshay, Gupta, Santosh Kumar, Sharma, Brij Bihari, Joshi, Rekha, Upadhyaya, Hari D., Singh, Kuldeep, Kumar, Rajendra

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The local impact of centralized irrigation control in Pakistan: a socio-centric perspective by Merrey, Douglas J.

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The origins of agriculture and crop domestication: Proceedings by Damania, Ardeshir B., Valkoun, J., Willcox, G., Qualset, C.O., International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

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Can unconditional cash transfers mitigate the impact of civil conflict on acute child malnutrition in Yemen?: Evidence from the national social protection monitoring survey by Ecker, Olivier, Maystadt, Jean-François, Guo, Zhe

“…Hunger and acute child malnutrition are increasingly concentrated in fragile countries and civil conflict zones. According to the United Nations, Yemen’s civil war has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. …”
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Conflict and child mortality in Mali: A synthetic control analysis by Masset, Edoardo

“…In this paper we show how to use birth history data to build long time series of mortality rates, and we use novel synthetic control methods to estimate the impact of the Malian civil conflict on child mortality. …”
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Putting violent armed conflict in the center of the Salween hydropower debates by Suhardiman, Diana, Rutherford, J., Bright, S. J.

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The sociology of warabandi: a case study from Pakistan by Merrey, Douglas J.

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The consensual politics of development: a case study of hydropower development in the eastern Himalayan region of India by Joshi, Deepa, Platteeuw, J., Teoh, J.

“…Criticism and contestation of large dam projects have a long, strong history in India. In this paper, we analyze diverse civil-society responses to large dam projects in the Eastern Himalaya region of India, which has in the past decades been presented as a clean, green, climate-mitigating way of generating energy, but critiqued for its adverse impacts more recently. …”
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Accelerated Wheat Breeding and Production in the Face of Climate Change: The Case of Morocco by Tadesse, Wuletaw, Zakaria, EL Gataa, Rachdad, Fatima Ezzahra, Lahrichi, Khaoula, Diria, Ghizlan, Amamou, Ali, Jlibene, Mohammed, Al-Shamaa, Khaled, Kehel, Zakaria

“…Wheat is the most important food crop which originated in the Fertile Crescent, the cradle of human civilization. Currently, it grows an average of 220 million hectares globally with an annual production level of 810 million tons. …”
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Crops that feed the world 10: Past successes and future challenges to the role played by wheat in global food security by Shiferaw, Bekele, Smale, Melinda, Braun, Hans-Joachim, Duveiller, Etienne, Reynolds, Mathew, Muricho, Geoffrey

“…Wheat is fundamental to human civilization and has played an outstanding role in feeding a hungry world and improving global food security. …”
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Reconstructing the origin and dispersal patterns of village chickens across East Africa: Insights from autosomal markers by Mwacharo, Joram M., Nomura, K., Hanada, H., Amano, T., Han Jianlin, Hanotte, Olivier H.

“…Our results provide new insights on the history of chicken husbandry which has been shaped by terrestrial and maritime contacts between ancient and modern civilizations in Asia and East Africa.…”
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Rätten till Norrland by Oskarsson, Johan, Busk, Martin

“…The situation of the Lappish people and how their situation has changed through the history was the main theme of the thesis. Hopefully this thesis will also serve as a support while reading for example investigations published by the government and judgments by courts. …”
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Ending hunger in our lifetime: food security and globalization by Runge, C. Ford, Senauer, Benjamin, Pardey, Philip G., Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…This book was written at a hinge in history. It began with generous support from the Ford Foundation in the late 1990s, during a period of unparalleled prosperity in the rich countries but persistent poverty and hunger in many poor ones. …”
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A Delicious Story Made of Chocolate by Rodriguez Medina, Caren, Escobar, Sebastian, Caro Quintero, Alejandro, Yockteng, Roxana

“…In this article, we will learn about the history and importance of cacao for some civilizations, the genetic diversity of cacao species, and the transformation of cacao beans to chocolate.…”
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Los viveros comunales en El Salvador: un caso de éxito en la difusión de la tecnología forestal by Heckadon M, S.

“…An achievement accomplished in the midt of a civil war, an agrarian reform and a prolongued history of frustrated forestry efforts. …”
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