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Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Cacao Germplasm. Revised from the FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines No. 20 (Fourth Update 2021) by End, Michelle J., Daymond, Andrew J., Hadley, Paul

“…These CacaoNet Guidelines were first published on-line in 2012 but have been revised in 2014, in 2017 and now in 2021 to take account of new information received. …”
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Technical Guidelines for the Safe Movement of Cacao Germplasm. Revised from the FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines No. 20 (Fifth Update 2024) by End, Michelle J., Daymond, Andrew J., Hadley, Paul

“…These CacaoNet Guidelines were first published on-line in 2012 but have been revised in 2014, 2017, 2021 and now 2024 to take account of new information received. …”
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Financial analysis of dipping strategies for indigenous cattle under ranch conditions in Uganda by Okello-Onen, Joseph, Mukhebi, A.W., Tukahirwa, E.M., Musisi, G., Bode, E., Heinonen, R., Perry, Brian D., Opuda-Asibo, J.

“…The variable costs were Ug. shs. 424, 390 and 360 per kg of net starting liveweight, respectively. Consequently, the gross margins were Ug. shs. 751, 999 and 951 per kg of net starting liveweight. …”
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A proposal for the elimination of export restrictions on food products by Bianchi, Eduardo, Piñeiro, Martín

“…The negative impacts of these beggar-thy-neighbor policies are widespread among countries, although they have been more severe in those less developed net food- importing countries, with a large share of their population being the urban poor. …”
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Climate advisory services in Myanmar generate high returns through private digital platforms by Swaans, Cornelis, Dela Rueda, Justin, Khaung, Ye, McGrath, Quyen

“…The difference in yield and quality led to a gross income increase of 31.9% (US$ 1225/ha versus US$ 928) and a net income increase of 316% (US$ 237/ha versus US$ 57/ha) after reduction of input costs, resulting in a high investment potential DCAS with a total net present value (NPV) of USD 51.73 million and a benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of 155:1.…”
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Alternative institutional arrangements for contract farming in poultry production in Bangladesh and their impacts on equity by Jabbar, M.A., Rahman, M.H., Talukder, R.K., Raha, S.K.

“…The report documents the range and extent of contract farming and other organizational arrangements used in smallholder poultry production in Bangladesh; analyses the structure and conduct of the hatchery, feeds and equipment industries serving the poultry sector and compare the geographical distribution of and access to these inputs along with health, extension and credit services of poultry farming under independent and contract farming arrangements; Identifies factors that influence participation or non-participation in contract farming; compares net incomes and production and marketing costs under independent and contract farming arrangements; analyses determinants of cost per unit output and net income under independent and contract farming arrangements, and identifies policy implications of the findings to promote and facilitate profitable poultry farming.…”
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A bean, corn and manioc polyculture cropping system, 2: A comparison between the yield and economic return from monoculture and polyculture cropping systems by Hart, Robert D.

“…Yield and net economic benefit were 37 and 54 percent higher, respectively, in succession polyculture than in the monoculture rotational cropping system.…”
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The effect of an environmental tax on the consumption of dairy and plant-based drinks : the case of Sweden by Törnqvist, Daniel

“…In the sensitivity analysis we exempt oat drinks from the taxation which marginally increased the demand resulting in increased net GHG reductions of 4.40 percent.…”

Fallstudie av nuvärdet för olika trädslag och rörflen på åkermark by Johnsson, Per

“…In this case, poplar had a higher net present value when compared to birch and Norway spruce.…”

Low-emission food systems explained: A Q&A with Dr. Augusto Castro-Nunez by Villarino, Maria Eliza J.

“…Augusto Castro-Nunez, leader of the Mitigate+ scaling work package about the essence of low-emission food systems and the importance of context to ensure existing tools can facilitate transforming food systems into net zero systems.…”
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Simputer by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…It was the Simputer, a Net-linked, radically simpl…”
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The true costs of food in Kenya and Viet Nam by Benfica, Rui, Davis, Kristin E.

“…The CGIAR Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative (NATURE+) aims to re-imagine, co-create, and implement nature-positive agrifood systems that equitably support local food and livelihoods, while ensuring that agriculture is a net positive contributor to nature and the environment.…”
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Roadside agroforestry by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…One kilometre of roadside plantation is giving villagers a net profit of about $200 per year. Proshika Manobik Unnayan Kendra, a...…”
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Draught power and smallholder grain production in the Ethiopian highlands by Gryseels, Guido, Anderson, F.M., Durkin, J.W., Asamenew, G.

“…Investigates the impact of draft power availability on grain production on smallholder farms in the Ethiopian highlands based on analysis of data collected by ILCA around Debre Berhan and Debre Zeit, especially on effects of ox holding on area cultivated and on net cereal production.…”
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Shrimps, turtles and talks by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The United States has recently banned the import of shrimps from Guyana and other countries because the fishing nets used to catch them could endanger marine turtles. …”
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Chinese food security and climate change: Agriculture futures by Ye, Liming, Tang, Huajun, Wu, Wenbin, Yang, Peng, Nelson, Gerald C., Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Palazzo, Amanda

“…The results also show that China will remain a major importer of maize at 20 million tons per year, but turn from a net importer of rice (5 million tons per year in 2010) to a net exporter in 2020 (5-9 million tons per year by 2050), while becoming a self-sufficient consumer of wheat by 2050. …”
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Implications of quality deterioration for public foodgrain stock management and consumers in Bangladesh by Dorosh, Paul A., Farid, Naser

“…Using market prices to value procurement and distribution of rice and wheat, consumer and producer subsidies accounted for 57.4 and 20.9 percent, respectively, of net outlay in 2000/01. Implicit losses to rice consumers due to quality deterioration were significant in 2000/01: about 1.05 billion Taka (about 19 million dollars), equal to 10.9 percent of total net outlay on rice of the PFDS. …”
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A social analysis of the Red de Protección Social (RPS) in Nicaragua by Adato, Michelle, Roopnaraine, Terry, Álvarez, Fabiola Alvarado, Peña, Leticia Böttel, Castrillo, Gladys Meléndez

“…What is so important about CCTs is that first, they take a systematic approach to assuring a basic income safety net for the poor, rather than relying on more diffuse, indirect process of poverty reduction, e.g. through demand-driven infrastructure programs; and second, they aim to do more than just put short-term cash in people‘s hands—important as this aspect of safety nets is—but also to invest in the long-term human capital of future generations. …”
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Influence of rhizobial inoculation on photosynthesis and grain yield of rice by Peng, Shaobing, Biswas, Jatish C., Ladha, Jagdish K., Gyaneshwar, Prasad, Chen, Yizhu

“…A significant increase in single‐leaf net photosynthetic rate by rhizobial inoculation was observed in all three independent experiments. …”
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Evaluation of the agronomic and economic performances of integrated rice-fish systems in Mali by Akpoffo, Marius, Guindo, Jonathan, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott

“…Among treatments, T5 (Rice-Fish middle) consistently produced the highest system productivity efficiency and net benefit, outperforming even T3 (Rice with recommended fertilizer) by increasing productivity efficiency by 0.15 t/ha/day and net benefit by USD 11,251/ha while maintaining comparable rice yields. …”
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