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  1. Sources of future growth in Indian irrigated agriculture by Svendsen, Mark

    Published 1990
    “…Much earlier irrigation development in the subcontinent was undertaken by the Harappa and Mohen-jo-daro civilizations of 2500 B.C. and the builders of irrigation tanks in South India and Sri Lanka (Rogers 1983). By 1900, British India^ had about 13.2 million ha of total irrigated area, including 7.5 million ha of public works (4.5 million ha from large-scale public works and 3.0 million ha from minor public works) and 5.7 million ha of private works (4.0 million ha from private wells and 1.7 million ha from other private works) (India, Ministry of Irrigation and Power 1972).…”
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  2. Commentaries on Price Policy and Equity by Eicher, Carl K., Spencer, Dunstan

    Published 1987
    “…More recently, Timmer et al. (1983) argue that the complexity of the problems of poverty and hunger calls for integrated analyses of food production decisionmaking, food consumption and nutrition, macropolicy and planning, and comparative advantage through international trade.…”
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  3. Government credit programs: Justification, benefits, and costs by Rosegrant, Mark W., Siamwalla, Ammar

    Published 1988
    “…The "traditional" views in support of this policy instrument, as summarized by von Pischke, Adams, and Donald (1983), are that credit programs are easier to implement than such policies as land reform or infrastructure development, that subsidized credit can offset the negative impact on farm income and disincentives of government policies such as overvalued exchange rates and price controls, and that credit programs are necessary to provide capital for adoption of new technology. …”
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  4. Pre-weaning performance of Zimbabwean Jersey cattle in the subhumid zone of southern Ethiopia by Larbi, Asamoah, Felekke, G., Hernnadez, J.C., Alemu, T.

    Published 1995
    “…Several non-genetic factors like season and year of birth, sex of calf, age and parity of dam, gestation length and management have been reported to influence preweaning performance (Phipps, 1973; Kiwuwa et al., 1983; Kabuga and Agyemang, 1984; Adeneye, 1985; Srivastava et al., 1986). …”
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  5. Feeding management of crossbred dairy cows in the central Ethiopian highlands by Mamo, S., Zerbini, E., Yami, A.

    Published 1998
    “…In Ethiopia, Boran and Arsi indigenous cows have been crossbred with Friesian and, or, Jersey sires in an attempt to increase milk production, especially in the Highlands (Kiwawa et al., 1983; Beyene, 1984). However, significant increase in milk production from crossbred cows have been constrained by insufficient supplies of quality forage and supplement feeds and inadequate management practices (Varvikko, 1991). …”
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  6. Characteristics of a Baoule herd by Morkramer, G.L., Dekpol, K.

    Published 1984
    “…A study was made between 1979 and 1983 on physical, productivity and reproduction characteristics of 193 Baoulé cattle at Avétonou Research and Breeding Station. …”
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  7. Acelga by Girard Obregón, Emile L.

    Published 2018
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