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Investment by Ethiopian Government Universities to Run Community-based Breeding Programs (CBBPs) in Nearby Villages as part of their Outreach Program by Belay, Berhanu, Getachew, Tesfaye, Haile, Aynalem

“…As a result, more than 16 Universities have allocated a budget (40,337,656 Birr (706,108 USD)) to run 42 CBBPs.…”
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Efficacy of pre- and post-emergence herbicide combinations on weed control in no-till mechanically transplanted rice by Mitra, Biplab, Patra, Koushik, Bhattacharya, Prateek Madhab, Ghosh, Arunava, Chowdhury, Apurba Kumar, Dhar, Tapamay, Islam, Saiful, Laing, Alison M., Gathala, Mahesh Kumar

“…The sequential application of pendimethalin (pre-emergence) followed bispyribac-sodium + pyrazosulfuron (post-emergence) resulted in significantly higher rice grain yield (4.4 t-ha−1) and relative gross-margin (417 USD-ha−1) than all other treatments. A strong negative correlation was observed between rice grain yield and weed biomass, and a strong positive correlation between rice grain yield and weed control efficiency. …”
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Integrated Climate Security Programming in Climate Finance: An Analysis of Multilateral Climate Funds by Scartozzi, Cesare M., Savelli, Adam, Meddings, George, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…To answer these questions, the study looks at 22 multilateral climate funds and their respective USD 28.3 billion financial allocations. Then, using an automated content analysis, the paper analyzes conflict sensitivity in projects occurring in 37 countries with a significant history of conflict compounded with high levels of climate vulnerability. …”
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Community-level incentive mechanisms for the conservation of crop wild relatives: A Malawi case study by Drucker, Adam G., Mponya, Nolipher Khaki, Grazioli, Francesca, Maxted, Nigel, Brehm, Joana Magos, Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan

“…Results demonstrate a high willingness to participate in conservation activities, with average conservation tender bids per community group being a modest MWK 20,000 (USD 25) p.a. and covering 22 species of CWRs across 17 related crops. …”
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Situation report on Nepal’s agrifood systems: September 2023 by Palikhe, A., Maharjan, N.K., Kumar, A., Adhikari, M., Gupta, S., Minot, Nicholas, Dorosh, Paul A., Kishore, Avinash, Koirala, Pankaj, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…Year-on-year inflation in food prices (8.9 percent) and the depreciation of the Nepali currency against the USD have generally put pressure on consumers. Cereal prices continue to remain high: Annual inflation in cereal grains and their products’ prices increased by 13.2 percent – a large jump – in August 2023. …”
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COAXIM, an innovative protocol for mass clonal propagation of coconuts by Panis, Bart, Wilms, Hannes, Liao, Yu-chun, Moreira, Suzana

“…Phase 1 aims to attract an initial investment of USD750,000 for refining the protocol,and producing and screening 500 seedlings during a 3-to-5-year period. …”
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Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria by Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda, Dillon, Andrew, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Adjognon, Guigonan Serge

“…Although treatment reduces nitrogen runoff damages valued between USD 43 and 113 per hectare, it did not lead to increased rice yields for farmers.…”
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Rice price shocks and household welfare in Papua New Guinea by Schmidt, Emily, Dorosh, Paul A., Gilbert, Rachel

“…Under this scenario, consumers in poor households, which are those in the bottom 40 percent of the household expenditure distribution in PNG, would suffer a net welfare loss of USD 23.0 million, equivalent to a 1.6 percent decrease in a per capita daily income of one US dollar.…”
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Climate change and economic growth prospects for Malawi: An uncertainty approach by Arndt, Channing, Schlosser, Adam, Strzepek, Kenneth M., Thurlow, James

“…Owing to the potential for positive impacts in the near term, the net present value of climate impacts from 2007 to 2050 (using a 5% discount rate) can be positive or negative with an average loss of about USD 610 million. The main implication of our findings is that Malawian policy makers should look to exploit the coming decade or two as these represent a window of opportunity to develop smart and forward looking adaptation policies. …”
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Water resources management and planning under climate uncertainty: assessment of the droughts in Uzbekistan by Abdullaev, Iskandar, Gafurov, Zafar, Kenjabaev, Shavkat

“…Economic losses from droughts already reach hundreds of millions annually and are projected to escalate to USD 5 billion per year, about 3% of GDP, by 2050 without adaptation. …”
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Agronomic and economic efficiency of manure and urea fertilizers use on vertisols in Ethiopian highlands by Erkossa, Teklu, Teklewold, H.

“…The additional benefit obtained due to these rates was about 450 USD ha-1. Therefore, application of the economic optimum combination of both organic and inorganic sources of nitrogen is recommended for use on cereals in the cereal-legume-cereal rotation system.…”
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Sediment and nutrient lost by runoff from two watersheds, Digga district in Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia by Wudneh, A., Erkossa, Teklu, Devi, P.

“…Such results are equivalent to an onsite cost to farmers of about 190 and 285 USD ha-1 for Dapo, and 203 and 133 USDha-1 for Chekorsa catchments in that order. …”
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Major diseases of export oriented livestock in export abattoirs in /around Ada Liben wereda, Debre Zeit by Getachew, E.W.

“…The annual loss due to the rejection of organs and carcasses from the small ruminants slaughtered in the export abattoirs is estimated at approximately 152,173.125 USD. Conclusions and recommendations are forwarded regarding causes of organ/carcass condemnation and resultant economic loss.…”
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Transaction costs of farmers’ participation in forest management: policy implications of payments for environmental services schemes in Vietnam by Manasboonphempool, A., Milan, Florence M., Zeller, M.

“…Results show that average TCs are not likely to be a constraint for participation since they are about 200,000 VND (USD 10) per household per contract, which is equivalent to one person’s average earnings for about two days of labour. …”
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Ministries of Vietnam and Bangladesh produce country work plans for scaling out Alternate Wetting and Drying by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Bangladesh will engage a World Bank USD 214 million agricultural technology program involving 1 million farmers. …”
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Factors contributing to animal health risks: Implication for smallholder pig production in Vietnam by Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Ninh Xuan Trung, Pham Thi Toan

“…The value of losses avoided from the above practices is estimated at 320.3 USD per household per year.…”
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Nuevas tecnologías de cosecha y poscosecha, y su impacto en la calidad de frutas frescas

“…La fruticultura nacional tiene una gran importancia para el país en términos de superficie cultivada (aproximadamente 580.000 ha en 70.000 explotaciones agropecuarias), personas empleadas (250.000 incluyendo producción primaria, agroindustria y servicios) y valor generado (facturación anual superior a 12.000 millones USD) y es una actividad central en las llamadas economías regionales. …”
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Cosecha de agua de lluvia con techos y almacenamiento en tanques tipo Zamorano by Jarquín Díaz, José René, Aguilar, Amílcar

“…Se resaltan costos aproximados de USD 605 por sistema, barreras como financiamiento y resistencia al cambio, y la necesidad de apoyo técnico, comunitario y político para asegurar sostenibilidad.…”
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Evaluación económica de tres diferentes marcas de alimentos en la producción de tilapia nilótica (Oreochromis niloticus) en la compañía Regal Springs Chiapas, México by Hernández O., Claudio R.

“…De las tres marcas de alimento utilizadas denle el proyecto, la marca recomendada a utilizar es Campi debido a que fue la que obtuvo mayores beneficios netos en el proceso de engorde de tilapias con USD 155 por encima de la siguiente mejor alternativa, marca Purina.…”
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Plan de exportación de camarón blanco (Litopenaeus vannamei) desde Ecuador hacia el mercado japonés by Gonzaga A., Julio J.

“…Para la realización de este último se utilizó un horizonte de 6 años, iniciando con el envío de un contenedor de 40 pies refrigerado por mes, como resultado se obtuvo un VAN de USD 1,852,737.23, con una TIR de 20.5%, siendo esta última mayor que la tasa de descuento de 8.68% y un periodo de recuperación de la inversión de 5 años.…”
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