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Water security for food security: findings of the Comprehensive Assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa. [This report draws directly from the book Water for food, water for life: a Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture]. by Molden, David J.

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Livestock pricing policy in sub-Saharan Africa: Objectives, instruments and impact in five countries by Williams, Timothy O.

“…The analysis reveals the importance of domestic inflation and exchange rates as key variables for livestock pricing policies and highlights the need to address the macroeconomic imbalances that cause exchange rate distortions and high domestic inflation at the same time that direct price distortions are being tackled.…”
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Toward an integrated approach for addressing malnutrition in Zambia: a literature review and institutional analysis by Harris, Jody, Drimie, Scott

“…Due to the predominance of direct, specific interventions in nutrition for development, the health sector tends to own nutrition, with interventions customarily implemented through health programs. …”
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Methods for estimating population density in data-limited areas: Evaluating regression and tree-based models in Peru by Anderson, Weston, Guikema, Seth, Zaitchik, Ben, Pan, William

“…In lieu of available population data, small area estimate models draw information from previous time periods or from similar areas. …”
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Rural income and employment diversity in India during 1994 and 2005 by Shariff, Abusaleh

“…These are rare data on direct household income estimates in the multi-model survey context having advantage of many household and village level determinants suitable for advanced analysis. …”
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Nile perch and the hungry of Lake Victoria: Gender, status and food in an East African fishery by Geheb, Kim, Kalloch, S., Medard, M., Nyapendi, A.T., Lwenya, C., Kyangwa, M.

“…This has given rise to arguments claiming a direct linear relationship between perch exports and disturbingly high rates of malnutrition along the lake's shores. …”
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Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries by Williams, Timothy O.

“…The analysis reveals the importance of domestic inflation and exchange rates as key variables for livestock pricing policies and highlights the need to address the macroeconomic imbalances that cause exchange-rate distortions and high domestic inflation at the same time that direct price distortions are being tackled.…”
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The evolution of swidden fallow secondary forests in Asia by Jong, W. de, Chokkalingam, U., Perera, G.A.D.

“…Swidden agriculture in tropical Asia is a diverse practice, making it difficult to draw general conclusions on trends of the development of swidden fallow secondary forests (SFSF). …”
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Linking migration, HIV/AIDS and urban food security in Southern and Eastern Africa by Crush, Jonathan, Frayne, Bruce, Grant, Miriam

“…This paper provides a review of the literature on migration, HIV/AIDS and urban food security, and attempts to draw the links between these three powerful dynamics which are at play in Southern and Eastern Africa. …”
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Assessing the impact of CIFOR’s influence on policy and practice in the Indonesian pulp and paper sector by Raitzer, David A.

“…In the context of less than half a million dollars of direct research costs, this represents an exceptional return on investment.…”
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Development of balanced nutrient management innovations in South Asia: Perspectives from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka by Kishore, Avinash, Alvi, Muzna, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…We review fertilizer policies and extension efforts to promote the balanced application of nutrients in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and draw 4 important lessons. (1) Fertilizer sector reforms need to be fiscally sustainable and politically feasible. …”
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Småskalig biobränsleeldad kraftvärmeproduktion : teknik och investeringsutrymme by Svensson, Ruben

“…By combining production of heat with power production at the farm it may be possible to not only reduce the direct use of fossil fuel for heating but also reduce energy costs. …”

Resilience in the Malawi agri-food system amid the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from a 2021 nationally representative household survey by Ragasa, Catherine, Balakasi, Kelvin, Carrillo, Lucia

“…This report provides a farm-level analysis of the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, 12–15 months in, using a nationally representative rural household survey conducted in June–July 2021. We draw three major observations from the survey. First, farming activities, access to inputs and extension services, production, and sales were largely unaffected by the crisis. …”
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Overview of the evolution of agricultural mechanization in Nepal: A focus on tractors and combine harvesters by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…This study was conducted to understand the evolution of agricultural mechanization in Nepal, specifically its determinants on both the demand and supply sides, as well as impacts on agricultural production and associations with broader economic transformation processes, in order to draw lessons that can be conveyed to other less mechanized countries. …”
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Hälsofrämjande naturelement by Dahlström, Linda

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Scale and sustainability: The impact of a women’s self-help group program on household economic well-being in India by Raghunathan, Kalyani, Kumar, Neha, Gupta, Shivani, Thai, Giang, Scott, Samuel P., Choudhury, Avijit, Khetan, Madhu, Menon, Purnima, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…While the direct impacts of SHG membership may not suffice to fill gaps in access to credit faced by the rural poor, impacts along these additional pathways could intensify the benefits of these groups…”
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Impact of Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) on post-smolt survival of hatchery reared salmon (Salmo salar) and sea trout (Salmo trutta) by Gavell, Carolina

“…The cormorants were culled as a protective measure both in direct relation to smolt release right outside Bergeforsen hatchery, and later in the season at Alnö, further out in the Sundsvall bay. …”

Is it possible to improve the bovine immune response to mastitis using immunogenetics? by Björnhagen, Emelie

“…For decades selection against mastitis has been performed through direct and indirect selection. Favorable outcomes of reduced mastitis incidence include: Economic gains, reduced use of antibiotics as well as improved animal welfare. …”
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Attityder kring föryngring hos privata skogsägare i Mellansverige by Jakobsson, Torbjörn, Hultén, Gustav Sven

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The dialectics of capital: learning from Gran Chaco by Ceddia, M. Graziano, Montani, Rodrigo, Mioni, Walter Fernando

“…Finally, it engenders frictions, reflecting class antagonism between the direct producers and the appropriators of wealth. …”
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