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El consumo de la yuca fresca en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre by Janssen, W.

“…Cassava is of major importance for the rural consumer, being less important for the urban consumer. Cassava as food is relatively more important for the lower income groups than for the high-income groups. …”
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Side-stepped by the green revolution: farmers` traditional rice cultivars in the uplands and rainfed lowlands by Fujisaka, Sam

“…Rice breeding strategies are now being developed that are more tailored to such unfavourable rice environments. …”
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Revitalizing canal irrigation: towards improving cost recovery by Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh, Prathapar, Sanmugam A., Marwah, Madhavi

“…The present study examines some of the important issues that impinge on improving the cost recovery in canal irrigation, and assesses the feasibility of some of the efforts being made to improve cost recovery in irrigation to revitalize canal irrigation.…”
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A participatory approach for hydrometeorological monitoring in the Blue Nile River Basin of Ethiopia by Zemadim, Birhanu, McCartney, Matthew P., Langan, Simon J., Sharma, Bharat R.

“…Participatory research is increasingly recognized as being useful for conducting multiple activities in research for development projects. …”
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Determining the dynamics of agricultural water use: cases from Asia and Africa by Rebelo, Lisa-Maria, Johnston, R., McCornick, Peter G.

“…Across Africa and Asia water resources are being affected by a complex mixture of social, economic, and environmental factors. …”
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Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate by Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Heinemann, Alexandre B.

“…Analyses are also currently being conducted for lowland irrigated rice in Colombia, and plans to conduct research on rice in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Genetic diversity in Stylosanthes species : a GIS mapping approach by Jones, Peter G., Rebgetz, R, Maass, Brigitte L., Kerridge, Peter C.

“…The data are rotated in time to standardize dates and then used in a principal components analysis to develop a function giving the probability density of a climate being similar to those of a calibration set of germplasm accessions. …”
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Productivity of ranch N'Dama cattle under trypanosomiasis risk by Feron, A., D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Durkin, J.W., Kakiese, O., Maehl, J.H.H., Mulungo, M., Nagda, S.M., Paling, R.W., Pelo, M., Rarieya, J.M., Sheria, M., Thorpe, W.R., Trail, J.C.M.

“…The average calving interval at kolo was about two months (16%) shorter than at Mushie Ranch, the respective means being 426 and 493 days. The corresponding calculated calving percentages were 85.7% for Kolo and 74.0% for Mushie. …”
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Adaptation measures in agricultural systems: Messages to the SBSTA 44 Agriculture Workshops by Dinesh, Dhanush

“…Experience from CGIAR and partners indicate that adaptation measures covering policy, technological, financial, institutional, and research interventions are being tested and applied in agricultural systems in low-income and middle-income countries. …”
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Wetlands, livelihoods and human health by McCartney, Matthew P., Rebelo, Lisa-Maria, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

“…It highlights the contributions that wetlands make to basic human needs and, either directly or through transformations to other forms of livelihood capital, the support they provide to livelihoods and overall well-being.…”
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Respuesta de la yuca a la aplicacion de fosforo by Howeler, Reinhardt H.

“…CIAT germplasm material is now being evaluated for tolerance to P deficiency and Al toxicity. …”
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The complex and gender differentiated objectives of livestock keeping for Somali pastoralists by Marshall, Karen, Mtimet, Nadhem, Wanyoike, Francis N., Ndiwa, Nicholas N.

“…There were strong gender differences in the scoring of objectives, notably with ‘savings and insurance’ and ‘sale of breeding animals’ being more important to female and male pastoralists, respectively. …”
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Market surveys: Barotse floodplain system by Pasqualino, M., Kennedy, G., Nowak, V.

“…The AAS program in the Barotse floodplain of Zambia, which is being implemented in ten communities including; Kabula, Kapanda Lealui, Mapungu, Mwandi, Nalitoya, Nembwele, Senanga, Sifuna and Situlu in December 2014, in Nanikelako in April 2015 and in Mwandi, evaluates changes in seasonal flooding patterns and the availability of natural resources to strengthen the productivity of aquatic agricultural management practices and improve the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable. …”
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Key characterization and evaluation descriptors: methodologies for the assessment of 22 crops by Alercia, A.

“…Along with the definitions of key sets of data standards, which are also available on Bioversity’s web site, the project also documented the standard development process, the outcome being these detailed methodologies for each crop. …”
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Gender differences in climate change perception and adaptation strategies: A case study on three provinces in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta by McKinley J, Adaro, C., Pede, Valerien O., Setiyono T, Tran CT, Do LH, Nguyen TK, Quicho E, Sheinkman, Michael, Wassmann, Reiner

“…This brief summarizes the findings of a project output for the Policy Information and Response Platform on Climate Change and Rice in ASEAN and its Member Countries (PIRCCA), being implemented by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). …”
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Insights and opportunities from mapping ecosystem services of urban green spaces and potentials in planning by Pulighe, Giuseppe, Fava, Francesco P., Lupia, Flavio

“…It also investigates the interlinkages between ecosystem services paradigm, mapping approaches at urban level and benefits provided for human well-being. A literature study focusing on recent research papers is conducted, highlighting new trends on methods and data, unexplored developments and opportunities on literature regarding mapping green infrastructures with respect to planning, management and ecosystem services’ provision. …”
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Regional Climate Services for Agriculture Project Presentation, and Demonstration and Discussion of Agricultural Maprooms: Launch Events at 44th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outl... by Mwesigwa, Jasper B., Hansen, James, Dinku, Tufa, Owusu, Aisha

“…This initiative is part of the Climate Services for Africa Project, a three-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The project is being implemented at ICPAC and is intended to roll out climate services in support of Agriculture and Food Security to ICPAC member states (all IGAD and EAC countries) with technical support from CCAFS and IRI. …”
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EURISCO: The European search catalogue for plant genetic resources by Weise, Stephan F., Oppermann, Markus, Maggioni, L., Hintum, Theo J.L. van, Knupffer, H.

“…The European Search Catalogue for Plant Genetic Resources, EURISCO, provides information about 1.8 million crop plant accessions preserved by almost 400 institutes in Europe and beyond. EURISCO is being maintained on behalf of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources. …”
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Evaluation and ex situ conservation of indigenous (Naati) mango cultivars by Dinesh, M.R., Ravishankar, K.V., Nischita, P., Sandya, B.S., Lavanya, B., Sthapit, B.R.

“…Due to rapid industrialization large number of local (Naati) indigenous cultivars is being lost. An attempt was made to collect, evaluate and conserve indigenous types 35 locally on farm in two locations at Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. …”
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How access to irrigation influences poverty and livelihoods: a case study from Sri Lanka by Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali, Aida, T., Kasahara, R., Sawada, Y., Wijerathna, D.

“…In addition, we highlight factors that result in certain households being unable to move out of poverty despite access to the improved irrigation infrastructure.…”
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