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Man vs. machine: Experimental evidence on the quality and perceptions of AI-generated research content by Keenan, Michael, Koo, Jawoo, Mwangi, Christine Wamuyu, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Breisinger, Clemens, Kim, MinAh

“…Even though AI-generated blogs are objectively of higher quality, they are rated lower, but not if the author is disclosed as AI, indicating that signaling is important and can be distorted by AI. …”
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Institutional collaboration and shared learning for forest management in Chivi Distict, Zimbabwe by Nemarundwe, N.

“…This chapter examines processess of collaboration among institutions for communal woodland managemnet at the local level in Zimbabwe and explores how these processess influence sustainable resources utilization. The author discusses how institutions adapt to changing social and environmental conditions. …”
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Correction to: Bioengineering potato plants to produce benzylglucosinolate for improved broad-spectrum pest and disease resistance by González Romero, M.E., Rivera, C., Cancino, K., Geu-Flores, F., Cosio, E.G., Ghislain, M., Halkier, B.A.

“…Halkier, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal on 06 May 2021 without open access. With the author(s)’ decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on 19 May 2021 to © The Author(s) 2021 and the article is forthwith distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. …”
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Foresight methodologies useful to veterinary services by Grace, Delia

“…In the first part of this paper, the author summarises a wide range of Foresight methodologies and tools relevant to, or used by, Veterinary Services or veterinary researchers. …”
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Burying nutrition myths and activating choices for our children's development: Summary Paper from the International Conference on Sustainable Food Security For All By 2020 by Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…The author discusses "6 myths that have made us complacent about malnutiriton and stifle our collective appetite for action... …”
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Market policy and market Development: A comparison of dairy product consumption in Mombasa, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania by Mullins, G.R.

“…What the two cities have not shared in common, however, has been their economic and agricultural policy environments, which the author argues here has lead to the dissimilar structures of their present day dairy markets. …”
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Strengthening property rights for the poor by Bruce, John W.

“…Institutionalizing these tenure reforms is essential. The author concludes that strengthening the property rights of the poor is a complex project. …”
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Smallholder dairy in Kenya by Ngigi, Margaret

“…To illustrate her text, the author contrasts dairy sectors in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uanda."…”
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Learning to learn: research into adaptive and collaborative management of community forests by McDougall, C.

“…The author highlights conceptual, substantive and methodological aspects of participatory action research (PAR) into adaptive collaborative management (ACM) of community forest in some selected FUGs in the Hills of Nepal. …”
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The Kimbulwana Oya Irrigation Scheme: an approach to improved system management by Gunadasa, A.M.S.S.

“…This case study describes the problems which existed in the scheme prior to its rehabilitation in 1979 and the associated irrigation management innovations introduced by the author, who was assigned as a technical assistant by the Irrigation Department that year. …”
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A review of alternative strategies for improving farmer-managed irrigation systems in Sri Lanka by Dayaratne, M.H.S.

“…The present study is an outcome of research carried out by the author under the Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems (FMIS) Program of IIMI. …”
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Producción orgánica: algunas limitaciones que enfrentan los pequeños productores by Brenes, L.

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Contract farming and commercialization of agriculture in developing countries by Glover, David

“…The chapter draws generalizations and conclusion from studies done by the author and by other researchers. The latter include two research networks initiated by the author. …”
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Beyond the passbook relationship: Assessing preferences for contracts among cotton and tea farmers and companies in Malawi by Ochieng, Dennis O.

“…Using a mixed logit model, the author examines farmers’ and buyers’ preferences and estimate farmers’ willingness to pay for improvement of contract attributes. …”
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Soil carbon stocks in planted woodlots and Ngitili systems in Shinyanga, Tanzania by Osei, A., Kimaro, Anthony A., Peak, D., Gillespie, Adam W., VanRees, K.

“…The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the University of Saskatchewan as tuition for the first author and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) via the strategic grant from Dr. …”
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A practical tool to enhance the chances of success of digital agriculture interventions for sustainable development in Africa and India by Nitturkar, H.

“…Drawing lessons from the failures and successes of the past digital agricultural interventions, the author has developed an innovative MS Excel tool called HeDAPSEE, to help estimate the success of a digital agricultural intervention before implementing it. …”
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Gestao florestal na Amazonia brasileira: avanços e obstaculos em um sistema federalista by Toni, F.

“…Since the 1990’s many Latin American countries have been decentralizing administrative, fiscal and political authority from national to state and municipal governments. …”
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Asociación de altura de planta y cosecha en maíz tropical by Green, Victor E. JR.

“…By observation of field corn plots at the Everglades Experiment Station for the three years period from 1951 to 1953 and by reviewing the published literature of other workers of tropical areas, the author has arrived at the conclusion that there seems to be a definite correlation between the height of cornstalks and the yield of grain. …”
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Coconut by Taffin, G. de.

“…The author covers the main types of coconut palm, their origin, distribution and characteristics. …”
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Hullbedömning av ett urval av svenska hundar by Pettersson, Sara

“…The results also showed that the owners and the author agreed upon the dog's body composition to 37 % (kappa test) and that the owners generally tended to underestimate the dog's degree of obesity. …”