Search Results - "Reductions"
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New risks and opportunities for food security: Scenario analyses for 2015 and 2050
Published 2005“…In addition, crucial investments in agriculture, rural development, and poverty reduction are forgone or displaced. Because of limited investment in agricultural research and technology, this scenario has a high level of crop area expansion as a result of relatively rapid population growth and slim yield improvements in developing countries. …”
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New risks and opportunities for food security: Scenario analyses for 2015 and 2050
Published 2005“…In addition, crucial investments in agriculture, rural development, and poverty reduction are forgone or displaced. Because of limited investment in agricultural research and technology, this scenario has a high level of crop area expansion as a result of relatively rapid population growth and slim yield improvements in developing countries. …”
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Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity
Published 2009“…Identified gaps in knowledge include the issue of mainstreaming nutrition considerations and activities into poverty reduction, agricultural development policies, and food security interventions. …”
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Chemical and Cultural Control of Bulrush (Scirpus maritimus L.) and Annual Weeds in Lowland Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Published 1986“…Une forme granulée de bensulfuron‐methyl, appliquée 6 ou 8 jours après le repiquage ou le semis (stade deux‐ à quatre‐feuilles de l'adventice) a permis une lutte efficace contre S. maritimus ainsi que les adventices annuelles E. glabrescens, E. crus‐galli ssp. hispidula et Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) Presl. Une réduction dramatique dans le peuplement de S. maritimus a suivi l'emploi alterné de techniques humides el sèches dans la préparation du sol. …”
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Can the traditionally managed FMIS in Nepal be strengthen by incorporating groundwater-based irrigation systems?
Published 2023“…Additionally, waterrelated disputes, especially among tail users, are evident, leading to labor scarcity and a reduction in the FMIS command area. The FMIS system stands at a crossroads, and failure to address these challenges promptly could result in significant damage costs, including the loss of land and labor productivity, as well as the erosion of social capital and physical infrastructures. …”
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Harnessing the potential of selected bio-agents for sustainable management of plant parasitic nematodes in coffee
Published 2024“…Pot experiment results indicated a significant reduction in M. hapla on coffee with all bio-control agents at spore concentrations of 6.67 × 104 spores/ml and 6.67 × 105 spores/ml. …”
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Influence of seed size, storage and priming on germination, growth and yield of soybean (Glycine max (L) Merrill)
Published 2025“…A priming duration of 12 hours led to a three percent reduction in percentage germination compared to six hours priming duration. …”
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Exploring environmental and distributional impacts of different transition pathways for healthier and sustainable diets: An economic modelling study
Published 2025“…Part of the trade-offs could be addressed by expanding the policy bundle with interventions to lower prices of encouraged foods (productivity increase, food loss and waste reduction) or reduce GHG emissions of food and non-food production, and with regulation of agricultural land expansion to reduce pressure on biodiversity. …”
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IRRI: Stress tolerant for Africa and South Asia (Phase 2)
Published 2013“…This learning provides information about current adaptive strategies that can help identify strategic vulnerability reduction and capacity- building opportunities to climate variability over the short and long term. …”
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Comparative study of the effect of heat on water balance in Desert sheep and Nubian goats
Published 1978“…During dehydration the reduction in faecal water loss resulted from a decrease in the amount of moisture per unit of faeces as well as an actual decrease in faeces output due to decrease in dry matter intake. …”
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Morpho-physiological analysis of adaptive responses of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to drought stress. Thesis (Ph.D.)
Published 2016“…The method showed phenotypic variability in SNF ability under both drought and irrigated conditions. A significant reduction in SNF ability was observed under drought stress. …”
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Quantitative risk assessment of salmonellosis through pork consumption in Vietnam
Published 2018“…Throughout studies conducted in this PhD thesis, the overall goals of this research was to assess the extent of Salmonella contamination along the smallholder pork value chain in Vietnam and determine the risk of salmonellosis in humans to aid in the production of the risk reduction strategies. We have used both participatory and field epidemiological approaches to explore food safety perceptions and practices among a variety of different occupational streams involved in the smallholder value chain and pork consumers, and to identify Salmonella prevalence and potential risk factors along the chain. …”
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Organic agriculture in Argentina’s Pampas. A case study on Pampa Orgánica Norte farmers
Published 2022“…Faced with a society that demands the reduction of negative environmental impacts of agriculture while producing high-value, healthy food for local and export markets, Argentina is currently in a debate on the alternative paths toward sustainability in agricultural production. …”
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