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Impact of Laser Land Levelling on Farmers' Livelihood: Evidence from Raichur District of Karnataka, India by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Thus, various studies have tried to examine the effectiveness of LLL using an ex-ante assessment but in this study, we try to evaluate the impact of LLL on farmers’ livelihood using an ex-post analysis in Raichur district of India.…”
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HIV/AIDS, human capital, and economic prospects for Mozambique by Arndt, Channing

“…The goal of this paper is to try to come to grips with the economic dimensions of the pandemic. …”
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(Afterword) Riska: memories of a Dayak girlhood by Colfer, C.J.P.

“…The problems that dayaks often encounter when they try to join mainstream Indonesian life are briefly discussed. …”
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Conflicts and communal forest management in northern Bolivia by Jong, W. de, Ruíz, S., Becker, M.

“…The paper shows that economic and political elites try to obtain control over forests trying to adjust to the legislation that favors communal forestry. …”
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Weather indices for designing micro-insurance products for small-holder farmer in the tropics by Díaz Nieto, Jacqueline, Fisher, Myles J., Cook, Simon E., Läderach, Peter R.D., Lundy, Mark M.

“…A long history of decision-support tools have been developed to try and help farmers or policy makers manage risk. …”
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Screening techniques for host plant resistance to cowpea insect pests by Jackai, L.E.N., Singh, S.

“…Any methodology is capable of improvement, but improvements come only after use and evaluation. In this paper we try to define the current status of HPR screening methodology in cowpea entomology, concentrating mainly on techniques developed and used with considerable success at IITA. …”
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Samband mellan tidig ålder vid avskiljning och missriktat diande hos föl by Eriksson, Marie, Westberg, Britt-Inger

“…This study illuminates weaned foals misdirected suckling behaviour, which means that they try to suckle another foal. Since no information about this issue is presented, we decided to perform a behaviour study on weaned foals. …”

Möjligheter att med bär- och svampplockning skapa arbete för lågutbildade på Sveriges landsbygd by Andersson, Jonathan

“…The picking of wild berries and mushrooms generates billions of SEK each year, yet the companies working with this still opts to employ mainly people coming from Thailand. To try and see if this was an industry that the Swedish municipalities could get into, the municipality of Skinnskatteberg issued an investigation to see whether there was any profitability to be had and if this profit could pay for all or part of the salaries the employed would be getting. …”

Födovalspreferenser hos en arktisk specialist by Elfvenfjärd, Beatrice, Åmansson, Erika

“…This report examines the Arctic specialist G. groenlandica’s food preferences in its larval stages and tries to explain the food preference in order to contribute to increased knowledge and understanding of the subject. …”
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Perenners värde i stadsmiljö by Gross Liljenström, Madeleine

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The ‘Nigerian Diet’ and its evolution: review of the existing literature and household survey data by Petrikova, I., Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, Fraser, P.D.

“…Our study, based on a systematic review of the existing literature and an analysis of household-level survey data, describes the general outline of a common Nigerian diet and how it varies based on spatial, demographic, and socio-economic characteristics. We further try to establish whether Nigeria has embarked on a dietary transition common in most modern economies, marked by a greater consumption of processed foods, fats, and sugar at the expense of traditional whole cereals and pulses. …”
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Livestock fattening innovation in Ethiopia—The Metema story by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Third, the team worked with farmers and input suppliers who volunteered to try fattening, with their own resources. Some of the critical building blocks to sustain and scale out this approach include: Effective partnerships among all actors in the value chain; appropriate knowledge for farmers on many topics; stronger input supply systems; stronger support systems for farmers to get hold of services; market information…”
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Stories of Change and Innovation in the Volta Basin Development Challenge Program by Greenough, Karen Marie

“…In this report, to go beyond buzz words and dictionary definitions, I try to tell stories of change and innovation within the Volta Basin Development Challenge, or CPWF-Volta, of CGIAR’s Challenge Program for Water and Food. …”
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New strategies and partnerships for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources by Vernooy, Ronnie, Halewood, Michael, López Noriega, Isabel, Galluzzi, Gea

“…Although in many regions of the world farmers continue to try to maintain a diversity of crops and crop varieties, there are concerns that this diversity is declining in terms of both number of species and area sown or planted. …”
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New perspectives in bean breeding in Arusha as part of the SADC/CIAT Regional Bean Program by Youngquist, W

“…Germplasm can come from anywhere in the world and CIAT will try and facilitate its movement. National program scientists should have good access to all germplasm. …”
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Food supply in rural Ethiopia : food security in former agroforestry homegardens in Wondo Genet by Jonsson, Helena

“…The well-functioning system of homegardens in Wondo Genet is since the 1990s undergoing a change towards monoculture production of cash crops. Where farmers try to meet the household needs for income. Also, population increase in the area has led to a reduction in farm size. …”

Fungicide resistance against fluopyram in Alternaria solani by Ekdahl, Felicia

“…A DNA analysis of the fluopyram target gene was also performed to try to determine if there were any mutations associated with resistance present. …”

A place called home by Aksli, Kaisa-Leena

“…As I personally think that these themes are important for landscape architect to try to understand, I wanted to see if my fellow students have been thinking on these themes and what are their opinions. …”

Satsning på biobränsle i Uganda och Kenya - möjlighet eller risk by Ekdahl, Jan

“…The way to handle the situation for the politicians in Uganda and Kenya are to thoroughly follow this development and continuous try to implement regulations, laws and rules that minimizes the risks and improves the possibilities.…”
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What factors explain the price of top quality wines? by Ferro, Gustavo, Benito Amaro, Ignacio

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