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Managing international river basins: reviewing India-Bangladesh transboundary water issues por Sood, Aditya, Mathukumalli, B.K.P.

“…Many countries, such as Bangladesh in Asia, depend upon water originating from outside their national borders and hence do not have any control in the headwaters and large part of the watershed management of their rivers. Being militarily and economically weaker than its neighbours, it cannot influence their watershed management policies. …”
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Organic vegetable growers combine for market impact por Boateng, Osei K., Keraita, Bernard N., Akple, Maxwell Selase Kwasi

“…Akple report on the impact being made by the Gyinyase Organic Vegetable Growers' Association (GOVGA). …”
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Gender aspects of irrigation management: The Chhattis Mauja Irrigation System in Nepal por Zwarteveen, M.Z., Neupane, N.

“…This is due partly to the very fact that they are not formally participating in the scheme's management; this allows them to take more water than they are entitled to and to contribute less labor to maintenance than they should without being punished. Because women are not recognized as members, the organization faces difficulties in enforcing its rules on women. …”
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Farmer participatory evaluation of legume cover crop and biomass transfer technologies for soil fertility improvement using farmer criteria, preference ranking and logit regression... por Nyende, P, Delve, Robert J.

“…A preference ranking and logit regression analysis of probabilities of acceptance of the species conducted in 19 farmer groups showed that Mucuna had high, Tithonia and Crotalaria intermediate, and Canavalia, Lablab and Tephrosia low probabilities of being accepted or adopted. The evaluations showed that whilst technologies need to be adapted, a single-use technology had little chance of large-scale adoption. …”
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Genotypic variation in biological nitrogen fixation by common bean por Hardarson, G., Bliss, Fredrick A., Cigales-Rivero, MR, Henson, R.A., Kipe-Nolt, Judith A., Longeri, L, Manrique, A, Pena-Cabriales, JJ, Pereira, Pedro Antônio Arraes, Sanabria, C.A., Tsai, Siu Mui

“…Great differences in nitrogen fixation were observed between and within experiments, with average values of 35% N derived from atmosphere (% Ndfa) and highest values of 70% Ndfa being observed. These values which were larger than had been reported previously for common bean, were observed only when environmental factors were favorable. …”
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Analysis of diffusion strategies in northeast Brazil for new Cassava varieties with improved nutritional quality por González, C., Pérez, S., Cardozo, CE, Andrade, R., Johnson, Nancy L.

“…Biofortified staple crops, amongst them cassava, are being developed to reduce problems of micronutrient malnutrition. …”
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Linking smallholder farmers to markets in East Africa : Empowering mountain communities to identify market opportunities and develop rural agroenterprises por Sanginga, Pascal C., Best, R., Chitsike, C., Delve, Robert J., Kaaria, Susan K., Kirkby, Roger A.

“…This approach, known as Participatory Market Research (PMR)—a component of the Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) initiative—is being implemented and further refined by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in collaboration with research and development partners in Uganda, Malawi, and Tanzania.…”
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Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries por Williams, Timothy O.

“…The analysis reveals the importance of domestic inflation and exchange rates as key variables for livestock pricing policies and highlights the need to address the macroeconomic imbalances that cause exchange-rate distortions and high domestic inflation at the same time that direct price distortions are being tackled.…”
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A framework for evaluating the sustainability and economic viability of crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa por Ehui, Simeon K., Jabbar, M.A.

“…Improved crop-livestock production systems and technologies are currently being developed in sub-Saharan Africa in response to the growing demand for food and the degradation of the natural resource base. …”
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A resource environment for research on multi-disease resistance por Wissocq, N.M., Ngamuna, S., D'Ieteren, G.D.M.

“…The interactions between these diseases and their combined effects on animal productivity are crucial to assess host capabilities to cope with or to resist them, particularly as traits estimating resistance to parasites and diseases are increasingly being exploited within integrated health management strategies. …”
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Analysis of production costs, market opportunities and competitiveness of Desi and Kabuli chickpeas in Ethiopia por Shiferaw, B., Jones, R., Silim, S., Teklewold, H., Gwata, E.

“…This district is one of the major chickpea growing areas in which new market-preferred and high-value Kabuli types are being tested and promoted. Section two of this paper presents the research process and methods. …”
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From component technology to integrated resource management: Evolution toward trandisciplinary research in a project in Ethiopia por Jabbar, M.A., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Li Pun, H.H.

“…Currently agroecosystem health approach to ecosystem analysis is being used as an integrative analytical framework. …”
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Gender training manual for development workers in crop-animal system por Vargas, D.S., Porciuncula, L. Fe, Kollin, E.W.

“…In Southeast Asia and China where the Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN) project is being implemented, men and women do play active roles in crop-animal systems integration. …”
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Observations on the performance of crossbred dairy cattle in smallholder herds in Degem District, Ethiopia por Dekeba, A., Ayalew, W., Hegde, B.P.

“…Trends in genetic change are not being monitored. Under these circumstances, the advantages with crossbred cows cannot be sustained. …”
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Rapid rotational grazing as best-bet option to control endoparasites por Cruz, E.M., Barcelo, P.M., Ancheta, P.B., Fontanilla, P., Camalia, F.M., Ancheta, V.G., Gray, G.D., Villar, E.C.

“…In the Philippines, management of grazing flock like rotational grazing is not being done as a parasite control, but to improve the condition of the pasture and the nutritional status of the animals. …”
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The exploitation of trypanotolerance: A dream of academics or a reality for sustainable livestock Development in tsetse affected areas? por D'Ieteren, G.D.M.

“…Evidence that these resources can provide sustainable and environmentally sound solutions for some of the vast disease problems currently confronting Africa is now being found. Thus, the natural innate resistance possessed by breeds of cattle, such as the N'Dama and the West African shorthorn, to trypanosomosis and to several other important infectious diseases is now accepted as an important component of national and regional disease control programmes. …”
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The potential of Calliandra calothyrsus as a fodder tree on acidic Nitosols of the southern, western, and southwestern highlands of Ethiopia por Berhe, Kahsay, Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…The clearly superior growth performance of calliandra observed will therefore have to be judged from its usefulness to livestock by in vivo studies at the farm level. While being widely used as a multipurpose tree, calliandra has not been extensively researched for its forage value. …”
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Phenotyping common beans for adaptation to drought por Beebe, Stephen E., Rao, Idupulapati M., Blair, Matthew W., Acosta Gallegos, Jorge Alberto

“…Different races of common bean respond differently to drought, with race Durango of highland Mexico being a major source of genes. Sister species of P. vulgaris likewise have unique traits, especially P. acutifolius which is well adapted to dryland conditions. …”
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Gender participation and decision making in crop management in Great Lakes Region of Central Africa por Ochieng, J., Ouma, Emily A., Birachi, Eliud Abucheli

“…In Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), increased crop productivity is fundamental to accelerating economic growth and improving the well-being of rural households, especially women and children, who are normally resource constrained. …”
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El comercio de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre por Janssen, W.

“…Although cassava has an attractive price in rural areas, its price in urban areas is too high compared with other crops (potato, plantain, yams). Research is being conducted on solving perishability factors in cassava, which cause most of the marketing problems. …”
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