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Sistema experto para el manejo de plagas del tomate asociado con café, en Grecia, Costa Rica by Jarquín Mejía, María C.

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Industripark Lövholmen : en studie om kreativitet som utgångspunkt i stadsutveckling by Norén, Maria

Våga satsa, våga misslyckas : en undersökning av hur lantbrukare påverkas av ett misslyckande by Jutell, Carolina, Malmberg, Malin

Är det möjligt att föda upp ungtjurar i ett stall byggt för mjölkkor? : ekonomiskt, tekniskt och legalt by Karlsson, Johan, Wolf, Johan

Praktisk parasitkontroll i integrerad ekologisk dikoproduktion by Lennartsson, Arvid, Sköld, Jennifer

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Agro-nutrition baseline survey data of 20 villages in the Kitui district (Kenya), in 2008 by Morimoto, Yasuyuki, Maundu, Patrick, Imbumi, Maryam, Kariuki, Lucy, Tumbo, Dominic

“…A structured questionnaire was formulated to determine following 5 features , i) Demographic data, ii) Preliminary socio-economic status and livelihoods sources, iii) Morbidity, iv) Food frequency and v) Anthropometric measurements of child and mother/caretaker. …”
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Realising the Carbon Benefits of Sustainable Land Management Practices: Guidelines for Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon in the Context of Land Degradation Neutrality Planning and... by Chotte, J.L., Aynekulu, Ermias, Cowie, A., Campbell, E., Vlek, P., Lal, R., Kapović-Solomun, M., Maltitz, G. von, Kust, G., Barger, N., Vargas, R., Gastrow, S.

“…It addresses the choice of SLM practices suited to the local socio-economic and biophysical context; methods for measurement and monitoring of SOC; and the use of tools/ models for SOC assessment to estimate SOC and map SOC, and how to choose an appropriate tool/model according to the purpose. …”
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The future of food: domestication and commercialization of indigenous food crops in Africa over the third decade (2012–2021) by Leakey, R.R.B., Tientcheu Avana, M.-L., Awazi, N. P., Assogbadjo, A. E., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Hendre, P. S., Degrande, A., Hlahla, S., Manda, L.

“…It progresses on to the integration of these indigenous trees as new crops within diversified farming systems for multiple social, economic and environmental benefits. From its advent in the 1990s, the domestication of indigenous food and non-food tree species has become a global programme with a strong African focus. …”
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Rural income diversification in Ethiopia: Patterns, trends, and welfare impacts by Abate, Gashaw T., Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Regassa, Mekdim D., Minot, Nicholas

“…Increased diversification of rural households into the rural non-farm economy is an important driver of economic growth and structural transformation in countries like Ethiopia where the vast majority of people live in rural areas and are largely dependent on seasonal agriculture. …”
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COVID-19 impacts, opportunities and challenges for wildlife farms in Binh Duong and Ba Ria Vung Tau, Vietnam by Pham, T.T., Tang, H.T.K., Nguyen, N.T.K., Dang, P.H., Nguyen, Anh T.V., Nguyen, A.T.T., Tran, H.N.M., Hoang, L.T., Tran, Duyen N.L., Nguyen, Quang N.

“…While the COVID-19 pandemic sparked public interest in eliminating the wildlife trade, a better understanding is needed of the economic repercussions of COVID-19 on those who rely on wildlife farming for their livelihoods. …”
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Land cover changes in the Upper Great Ruaha (Tanzania) and the Upper Awash (Ethiopia) river basins and their potential implications for groundwater resources by Chandrasekharan, Kiran M., Villholth, Karen G., Kashaigili, J. J., Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria, Mandela, P. J.

“…Over the past century, the world has experienced an unprecedented surge in population growth, accompanied by a significant increase in economic activity and fuelled by an intensive utilization of natural resources, including water. …”
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Perspectives on aquaculture's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals for improved human and planetary health by Troell, Max, Costa-Pierce, Barry, Stead, Selina, Cottrell, Richard, Brugere, Cecile, Farmery, Anna, Little, David, Strand, Åsa, Pullin, Roger, Soto, Doris, Beveridge, Malcolm, Salie, Khalid, Dresdner, Jorge, Moraes-Valenti, Patricia, Blanchard, Julia, James, Philip, Yossa, Rodrigue, Allison, Edward (Eddie), Devaney, Christopher, Barg, Uwe

“…Understanding environmental, social, and economic characteristics of the multifaceted nature of aquaculture provides for more context-specific solutions for addressing both opportunities and challenges for its future development. …”
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Landscape and micronutrient fertilizer effect on agro-fortified wheat and teff grain nutrient concentration in Western Amhara by Manzeke-Kangara, Muneta G., Amede, Tilahun, Broadley, Martin R., Lark, R. Murray, Haefele, Stephan M., Alemayehu, Beamlaku, Amare, Tadele, Desta, Gizaw, Sida, Tesfaye S., Agegnehu, Getachew, Asrat, Tadesse G., Desta, Mesfin K., Tirfessa, Dereje, Mossa, Abdul W., Bailey, Elizabeth H., Wilson, Lolita, Gameda, Sam

“…The complexity of smallholder environmental settings and different farmer socio-economic opportunities calls for the optimization of nutritional agronomy landscape trials. …”
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Landscape-based nutrient application in wheat and teff mixed farming systems of Ethiopia: Farmer and extension agent demand driven approach by Desta, G., Legesse, G., Agegnehu, G., Tigabie, A., Nagaraji, S., Gashaw, T., Degefu, T., Ayalew, B., Addis, A., Getachew, T., Managido, D., Bazie, Z., Abathun, T., Abera, A., Dache, A., Adissie, S., Sebnie, W., Feyisa, T., Yakob, G., Amede, T., Rooyen, A. Van, Jat, M.L., Harawa, R.

“…As a result, applying digital advisory to optimize landscape-targeted fertilizer management gives agronomic, economic, and environmental benefits. The outcomes results of the innovation also contribute to overcoming site-specific yield gaps and low nutrient use efficiency, they have the potential to be scaled if complementing innovations and scaling factors are integrated.…”
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Poverty measurement by phone: Developing and testing alternative poverty metrics from the nationally representative Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 1 (December 2021-... by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Phone surveys instead typically resorted to qualitative questions on income losses and other welfare impacts of economic shocks. Here we use the new nationally representative Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS) to experiment with three kinds of poverty measures: (1) Asset poverty (10 questions); (2) Income poverty (a maximum of 17 questions); and (3) Food expenditure poverty (based on 4 questions). …”
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Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges by Schmidt, Emily, Fang, Peixun, Mahrt, Kristi

“…High-level government dialogue and learning should aim to encourage greater coordination between local and federal government officials and across government departments to ensure improved nutrition outcomes for greater agricultural productivity and economic growth. Finally, PNG (both government and development partners) must invest in more timely data collection of key welfare indicators to inform nutrition targets and assistance programming.…”
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Impacts of landscape and household climate-smart water management practices in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia by Mekuria, Wolde, Hagos, Fitsum, Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Admasu, W., Bitew, A.

“…Government and non-government organizations recognize the needs of women and marginalized social groups in designing and implementing landscape management initiatives by prioritizing their participation in initiatives to empower them economically (e.g., involving them in income-generating activities) and socially (e.g., building social capital). …”
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Did a microfinance ‘plus’ programme empower female farmers and pastoralists and improve intrahousehold equality in rural Ethiopia? Evidence from an impact evaluation using a Projec... by Hillesland, Marya, Kaaria, Susan, Mane, Erdgin, Alemu, Mihret, Slavchevska, Vanya

“…Using the project-Women’s Empowerment in Agricultural Index (pro-WEAI) survey tool developed by GAAP2, this study aims to estimate the impact of a microfinance ‘plus’ programme on women’s economic empowerment in communities in Oromia and Afar, Ethiopia. …”
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Are the metrics that companies use effective for monitoring supply chain sustainability? A closer look at cocoa and rice by Jones, Sarah, Sanchez, Andrea, Wickramaratne, Chaturangi, Wakaabu, Dirisa, Ivanova, Yovita, Minh, Thai Thi, Mockshell, Jonathan, Sánchez Choy, José G., Steinke, Jonathan

“…Certification remains a market niche in part due to the high costs, and has its limitations since no single certification scheme addresses social, environmental and economic sustainability dimensions. For this reason, companies seek to demonstrate their sustainability commitments using company-determined targets and monitoring systems. …”
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Advancing common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) disease detection with YOLO driven deep learning to enhance agricultural AI by Gomez, Daniela, Selvaraj, Michael Gomez, Casas, Jorge, Mathiyazhagan, Kavino, Rodriguez, Michael, Assefa, Teshale, Mlaki, Anna, Nyakunga, Goodluck, Kato, Fred, Mukankusi, Clare, Girma, Ellena, Mosquera, Gloria, Arredondo, Victoria, Espitia, Ernesto

“…Common beans (CB), a vital source for high protein content, plays a crucial role in ensuring both nutrition and economic stability in diverse communities, particularly in Africa and Latin America. …”
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