Search Results - "Subjectivity"

A procedure for allocating heterogenous units to treatment groups by Nokoe, S., Zewdie, S.

“…In allocating experimental subjects that are not homogeneous (eg. animals, socio-economic units such as households, etc.) to treatment groups, certain attributes which are likely to affect the results if not accounted for, are usually used as classification variables prior to allocation. …”
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Climate Change and the CGIAR: TAC's Progress Report to the CGIAR by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Given the volume of resources being devoted to the subject by others, TAC did not recommend a diversion of CGIAR resources away from existing activities. …”
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Spreading your bets, podcasting provides another platform for large organizations to reach a diverse audience by Cassidy, Stephen

“…It is diffi cult for large organizations to target a specifi c audience when they produce information on a wide range of subjects. One solution is to make it easier for people to fi nd their stories…”
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Resistance to disease and pests of bananas through genetic improvement by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…An international symposium on this subject will be held at Montpellier, France, from 7-9 September, 1992. …”
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Biotechnology to improve cassava by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The production of cyanide by the cassava plant, possibly as a defence mechanism against pests, was one of the subjects under discussion at the first international scientific meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN) held in Colombia in...…”
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Effekter av transport och buller på grisars aktivitet samt aggressiva interaktioner i väntan på slakt by Stålhandske, Linnéa

“…During pre-slaughter handling of pigs the animals are often subjected to methods that induces stress and are a threat to the wellbeing of the animals, such as mixing of groups, loud noise and transportation. …”

Insuring Well‐Being? Buyer's remorse and peace of mind effects from insurance by Tafere, Kibrom, Barrett, Christopher B., Lentz, Erin C.

“…We estimate the causal effects of index insurance coverage on subjective well‐being among livestock herders in southern Ethiopia. …”
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The political economy of agricultural and food policies by Swinnen, Johan

“…Food and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and developed countries.1 Political considerations are crucial to understand these policies since almost all agricultural and food policies have redistributive effects and are therefore subject to lobbying and pressure from interest groups and used by decision-makers to influence society for both economic and political reasons. …”
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Too many men, too short lives: The effect of the male-biased sex ratio on mortality by Chang, Simon, Kan, Kamhon, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…We have found that men subject to this massive marriage market squeeze exhibited higher mortality rates at age 50–64. …”
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Multivariate analyses of supposedly duplicate accessions of east African highland bananas in germplasm colections in Uganda by Pickersgrill, B., Vuylsteke, D.R., Gold, C., Karamura, E.B., Kiggundu, A., Karamura, D.

“…The analyses sorted the accessions into groups which agreed in general with an independent subjective classification.…”
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Biological and Molecular Characterization of Two Isolates of Citrus Viroids Recovered from Cuban Plantations by Velázquez, Karelia, Soto, Marianella, Perez, Rosa, Rodríguez, D., Durán-Vila, Núria

“…Two field sources (PM 26-X and Cl 13-24) were subjected to biological and biochemical analysis for citrus viroids. …”
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Unintended Effects of Targeting an Environmental Rebate by Alpízar, Francisco, Nordén, Anna, Pfaff, Alexander, Robalino, Juan

“…Two of the rules base exclusion on subjects’ initial contributions. The third is based upon location and the rationales are always explained. …”
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The Geospatial Understanding of Climate-Smart Agriculture and REDD+ Implementation: Indian Perspective by Ahmad, F., Farooq, A., Goparaju, L., Rizvi, J.

“…Geospatial technology has an enormous capacity to analyze large and diversified datasets for evaluating the hidden spatial relationship which provides a better comprehension of the subject and helps significantly in policymaking and planning future strategies.…”
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Maize research coordination by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Researchers and institutes working on maize in Africa now have access to information and activities on their subject in other countries thanks to the Association of African Maize Researchers (ACMA). …”
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Documenting mycotoxins by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…It will bring together all the literature that has been published on this subject....…”
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ECLAC meeting the demand for statistics by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin American Countries has established a statistical database on a wide variety of economic and social subjects for the CDCC countries of the Caribbean in recognition of the vital role played by statistics in the...…”
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Soil management on the table by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Conservation agriculture, based on sustainable soil management techniques, is the subject of the first world congress in French, English and Spanish on this topic, to be held from 1-5 October 2001 in Madrid, Spain. …”
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Water power by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Rural electrification, integrated water management and small-scale hydropower are the main subjects for discussion at the Hydro Africa 2003 conference, to be held in Arusha, Tanzania, 17 19 November 2003, by the International Centre for Hydropower...…”
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Restoring the fertility of Africa's degraded lands: the process approach by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The scale of the problem may be subject to debate - but there is no doubting that land degradation is one of the most serious threats to food production over much of Africa. …”
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Field day on testing several NT seeders by Moussadek, Rachid

“…Capacity building, technical and organizational direct seeding takeovers, drawing beneficiaries interested in the subject of training. Participants were very satisfied with the solutions recommended by the facilitators in with regard to the technical management of crops in direct seeding mode…”
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