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A review to improve estimation of livestock contribution to the national GDP por Metaferia, Fitaweke, Cherenet, Thomas, Gelan, Ayele, Abnet, Fisseha, Tesfay, Agajie, Ali, Jemal Abdi, Gulilat, Wondessen

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Supermarkets and agricultural labor demand in Kenya: A gendered perspective por Rao, E.J.O., Qaim, M.

“…Many developing countries are experiencing a rapid expansion of supermarkets. New supermarket procurement systems could affect farming patterns and wider rural development. …”
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Livestock: A crucial livelihood and nutrition asset for Southeast Asia por Mehta-Bhatt, Purvi

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Livestock markets and smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa: A review por Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk

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What are ILRI and BecA and how do they work together? por International Livestock Research Institute

“…November 4 2009, Gabrielle Persley, senior advisor to the director general of ILRI, explains what ILRI and BecA are and how the two compliment each other while working with other organizations to improve agriculture in Africa and other developing regions. …”
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Dairy marketing in sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of a symposium por Brokken, R.F., Seyoum, Solomon

“…The main aim of the symposium is to develop a comprehensive overview of what is already known about dairy marketing systems and policies in sub-Saharan Africa and to identify key research problems so as to facilitate a coordinated research effort among interested parties. …”
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A gender strategy for pro-poor climate change mitigation por Edmunds, D., Sasser J, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS) of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Resources (CGIAR) CCAFS “seeks to overcome the threats to agriculture and food security in a changing climate, exploring new ways of helping vulnerable rural communities adjust to global changes in climate.”1 The CCAFS Gender Strategy (Ashby, et al. 2012) makes the case for gender analysis as critical to increased production, improved outcomes for poverty alleviation and increased well-being, and a fairer distribution of burdens and benefits in agriculture among women and men. …”
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National integrated mitigation planning in agriculture: a review paper por Wilkes, Andreas, Tennigkeit, Timm, Solymosi K

“…It distinguishes between low-emission development strategies (LEDS), which aim to guide a transition to a low-emission development pathway, and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), which are mitigation policies and measures undertaken in line with national development strategies. …”
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis por Jalloh, Abdulai, Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S., Zougmoré, Robert B., Roy-Macauley, Harold

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Investigating climate information services through a gendered lens por McOmber C, Panikowski A, McKune, Sarah, Bartels, W., Russo, Sandra

“…This paper explores access to climate change-related information through a gendered lens. Climate change is rapidly affecting the lives of farmers throughout the world, producing a need for adaptive agricultural livelihoods strategies. …”
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A Water Poverty Analysis of the Niger Basin, West Africa por Ward, John, Kaczan, David, Lukasiewicz, Anna

“…This report documents the findings of Work Package 1 for the Niger Basin Focal Project: A water poverty analysis. Research outputs presented here include maps of high poverty incidence and water related vulnerability. …”
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Epidemiology of animal trypanosomiasis on a cattle ranch in Kilifi, Kenya por Paling, R.W., Leak, S.G.A., Katende, J., Kamunya, G.W., Moloo, S.K.

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Agronomic evaluation of herbaceous legumes in a subhumid zone of Uganda por Lusembo, P., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Tedla, A., Sabiiti, E.N.

“…Sixteen promising forage legume accessions (15 species) were selected from small plot observation trials for agronomic evaluation over three years in a subhumid zone of Uganda. Macrotyloma axillare (Archer) significantly out yielded all other accessions in terms of annual dry matter production but not in terms of seed production. …”
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Projection of cattle herd composition using a programmable calculator por Butterworth, M.H., McNitt, J.I.

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When do export subsidies have a redistributional role? por Holloway, G.J.

“…If an export subsidy is efficient,that is, has a surplus transfer role, then there exists an implicit function relating the optimal level of the subsidy to the income target in the agricultural sector. …”
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Purification of nuclei from a flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma brucei por Shapiro, S.Z., Doxsey, Stephen J.

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Microbiological evaluation of Acacia angustissima as a protein supplement for sheep por Odenyo, A.A., Osuji, P.O., Karanfil, O., Adinew, K.

“…Transfer of rumen contents from the adapted animals to other unadapted sheep provided protection from A. angustissima toxicity when the animals were suddenly challenged with 200 g per head day-1 of A. angustissima toxicity when the transfer. …”
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A panel of polymorphic bovine, ovine and caprine microsatellite markers por Kemp, Stephen J., Hishida, O, Wambugu, J., Rink, A., Longeri, M.L., Ma, R.Z., Da, Y., Lewin, H.A., Barendse, W., Teale, A.J.

“…A panel of 81 new polymorphic bovine microsatellite markers is described, together with further information on a previously reported group of 16 markers. …”
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A systems approach to livestock research in sub-Saharan Africa por Neate, Paul J.H.

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Theileria parva: Expression of a sporozoite surface coat antigen por Dobbelaere, D.A.E., Webster, P., Leitch, B.L., Voigt, Wolf P., Irvin, A.D.

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