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Who decides to grow orange sweet potatoes? Bargaining power and adoption of biofortified crops in Uganda. por Gilligan, Daniel O., Kumar, Neha, McNiven, S., Meenakshi, J.V., Quisumbing, Agnes R.

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Scaling up and Improving Insurance Schemes for Farmers in India and Nigeria por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…However, reports indicate that many farmers are unsatisfied with the current schemes due to prevalent basis risk, which occurs when the index measurements do not line up with the insured person’s actual losses. …”
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The Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem and Greater Maasailand: Building the Role of Local Leaders, Institutions, and Communities por Reid, Robin S., Kaelo D, Nkedianye DK, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Said, Mohammed Yahya, Galvin, K.A., Gambill I

“…The science of community- based conservation rarely answers the questions posed by local communities, integrates local knowledge, or builds the capacity of communities to do their own research. This chapter is the story of our efforts to turn community- based conservation around so that it is driven, led, and managed by local interests, needs, and people in Kenya’s northern Serengeti- Mara ecosystem, or the Mara.…”
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Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Demand in Southern Ethiopia por Takahashi, Kazushi, Ikegami, Munenobu, Sheahan, M., Barrett, Christopher B.

“…We find that randomly distributed learning kits contribute to improving subjects' knowledge of the products; however, we do not find strong evidence that the improved knowledge per se induces greater uptake. …”
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Efecto de la humedad en el almacenamiento hermetico de semillas de frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris) por Aguirre, R

“…Every 2 wk., the physical, physiological, and sanitary quality of the seeds was evaluated by doing individual lot samplings of each moisture level. …”
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Is cryopreservation a viable method for long-term conservation of coffee biodiversity? por Gotor, Elisabetta, Cherfas, J.

“…What are the real threats to and losses of coffee germplasm held globally in field genebanks? 2. How do the costs of cryopreservation compare with those of maintaining coffee field collections for long-term conservation? …”
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Institution and public healthcare facility cleanness in Nigeria: a principalagent approach por Omobowale, A.O., Nguezet, P., Amao, I.

“…The results show that accountability framework elements do affect positively the health service delivery in Nigeria. …”
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Targeting investments in small-scale groundwater irrigation using Bayesian networks for a data-scarce river basin in Sub-Saharan Africa por Katic, Pamela G., Morris, J.

“…Many GIS-based tools have been developed to identify suitable areas for investments in different types of small scale irrigation (SSI), but they do not explicitly address uncertainty on the data input and on the determination of factors that affect success of an investment in a given context. …”
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Including small-scale farmers in profitable value chains: Review of case studies on factors influencing successful inclusion of small farmers in modern value chains in ACP countrie... por Shepherd, Andrew

“…Recent developments in production and marketing systems do not automatically benefit small-scale farmers and conscious efforts need to be made to achieve positive results for them. …”
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Making gender budgeting explicit in a livestock and fish research program por Rainey, P.

“…ILRI’s new management system requires new projects to address gender (unless there is a good reason not to do so). Interview with Patricia Rainey (CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish) for the book "A different kettle of fish? …”
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Morphology, taxonomy, and natural distribution of Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb por Renvoize, S.A., Clayton, W.D., Kabuye, Christine H.S.

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Applications of biotechnology to Brachiaria por Tohme, Joseph M., Palacios, Natalia, Lenis, S., Roca, W.

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Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa por Amsler, Kelly, Hein, Chloe, Klasek, Genêt

“…However, they are unable to do so due to lack of agricultural inputs and financial capital, insufficient land ownership, indirect participation in decision making and limited access to markets.…”
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Integrating social protection strategies for improved impact: A comparative evaluation of cash transfers and index insurance in Kenya por Jensen, Nathaniel D., Ikegami, Munenobu, Mude, Andrew G.

“…We find that the integrated programme reduces poverty to a greater degree than do cash transfers alone, highlighting the importance of protecting the vulnerable in addition to supporting the poorest.…”
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Climate-induced vulnerabilities: Participatory assessment for My Loi village, Ky Son commune, Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province por Simelton, Elisabeth, Hai, Le Van, Tuan, Duong Minh, Le Dinh Hoa

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Yam (Dioscorea) husbandry: cultivating yams in the field or greenhouse por Mignouna, Hodeba D., Abang, Mathew M., Asiedu, Robert, Geeta, R.

“…It also adds organic matter to the soil, prevents soil erosion, preserves water in the soil, and increases microbial activity in the soil. Yams do not tolerate waterlogged conditions. It is important to stake the plants to allow full exposure of their leaves to light for photosynthetic activity and to reduce disease.…”
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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. striga, athletes foot or achilles heel? por Watson, A., Gressel, J., Sands, D., Hallett, S., Vurro, M., Beed, Fenton D.

“…Oxysporum wild type be the Achilles heel of Striga , or do we need enhanced biocontrol to achieve rapid, safe, cost-effective solutions for this major biotic constraint to food production in Africa?…”
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Baseline Survey Report:IV. Hanku, Jumla. Integrating traditional crop genetic diversity into technology: Using a biodiversity portfolio against unpredictable environmental change i... por Palikhey, E., Sthapit, S.R., Gautam, S., Gauchan, D., Bhandari, B., Joshi, B.K., Sthapit, B.R.

“…The Local Crop Project is being implemented from 2014 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and is executed in Nepal by Bioversity International, National Agriculture Genetic Resources Centre (NAGRC) within the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) and the Department of Agriculture (DoA). The baseline study aims to provide guidelines for the planning of future programmes in the sites.…”
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Banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), ovipositional preferences, timing of attack and larval survivorship in a mixed cultivar trial in Uganda por Abera, A., Kyamanywa, S., Karamura, E.B.

“…Therefore, host location and acceptance do not appear to be factors in host plant resistance. …”
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Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin por Lund, T., Sæthre, May-Guri, Nyborg, I., Coulibaly, O., Rahman, M.H.

“…The project led to increased knowledge about IPM, which was to some extent adapted into the participants' production systems, although no significant difference was noted for the type of synthetic pesticides used. The producers do adapt their practices when new technologies and practices emerge, but not always in ways that are environmentally sound or healthy.…”
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