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Kenyah forest use in East Kalimantan: responses to El Nino, transmigration and HTI by Colfer, C.J.P., Salim, A.

“…Women's traditionally dominant role in rice production seems to be holding its own (contrary to previous predictions), with slightly more agriculturally active a men per household, but a greater impact of women's input on rice production. …”
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Small ruminant production in coffee-based mixed crop-livestock system of Western Ethiopian Highlands: Status and prospectus for improvement by Shenkute, S., Legasse, G., Tegegne, Azage, Hassen, A.

“…The study district was stratified into three groups based on flock distribution as: sheep dominating, goat dominating and mixed flock sites. The average land holding per household was 1.93 ha. In Goma where coffee and chat are the major cash sources for farmers, small ruminant are also primarily kept for cash generation as reported by 94% of the sampled households. …”
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Comparison of landuse and landcover changes, drivers and impacts for a moisture-sufficient and drought-prone region in the Ethiopian highlands by Ali, H., Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Steenhuis, Tammo S., Pandey, S.

“…At the same time land holding size and cattle numbers decreased in Lenche Dima while they remained the same in Kuhar Michael, although overall land holdings remained larger in Lenche Dima than in Kuhar Michael. …”
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Adaptation of the CROPGRO growth model to velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens). II. Cultivar evaluation and model testing by Hartkamp, A.D., Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Gilbert, R.A., Benson, T., Tarawali, Shirley A., Gijsman, A.J., Bowen, W., White, Jeffrey W.

“…Sensitivity analyses evaluating the ability of the crop to provide ground cover, intercept light and develop adequate growth for soil protection and weed suppression indicated that a mean temperature of over 22 °C and a soil moisture holding capacity of at least 100 mm are required. …”
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Smallholder livestock production system in Dandi district, Oromia Regional State, central Ethiopia by Duguma, B., Tegegne, Azage, Hegde, B.P.

“…The average livestock holding per household was 4.53±0.4 cattle, 1.08±0.2 sheep, 0.54±0.2 goats, 0.1±0.04 horses, 0.1±0.04 mules, 0.6±0.09 donkeys and 3.04 poultry, respectively. …”
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Adapting to climate change by improving water productivity of soils in dry areas by Qadir, Manzoor, Noble, A.D., Chartres, Colin J.

“…This paper focuses on the following three case studies as examples: (1) low productivity soils affected by high levels of magnesium in soil solution and on the cation exchange complex; (2) degraded sandy soils under rainfed conditions characterized by low water-holding capacity, organic matter and clay content and (3) abandoned irrigated soils with elevated levels of salts inhibiting growth of income generating crops. …”
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Expansion of eucalypt farm forestry and its determinants in Arsi Negelle District, South Central Ethiopia by Jenbere, D., Lemenih, Mulugeta, Kassa, H.

“…Proximity to Arsi-Forest Enterprise (P\0.01) and area of land holding (P\0.01) positively and significantly affected both decision to plant and land area allocated to eucalypts plantings. …”
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Analysis of threats to South American flora and its implications for conservation by Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Jarvis, Andy, Trouval, Jerry

“…The expansion, monitoring and strengthening of 24 existing protected areas holding up to 70% of South American plant diversity is suggested; as is the revision of seven additional sites where up to 200 species not currently conserved are present. …”
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Development of mixed forage and crop production systems for coastal semi-arid Kenya by Mureithi, J.G., Thorpe, W.R.

“…They have little organic matter and poor water holding capacity. Use of fertilizer is minimal and crop yields are low. …”
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Variability in maize yield due to differences in soil texture and the effect of water and nitrogen by Chaves, B., Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Thornton, Philip K.

“…Soil texture is frequently measured to estimate characteristics related to water holding parameters and plant available water. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between maize yield and soil textural classes and the effects of water and nitrogen. …”
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Farmers’ willingness to pay for improved forage seed in LIVES Districts of west Shewa Zone, Ethiopia by Gonfa, L.

“…The results of the model revealed that on-farm income, land holding, total livestock in TLU, access to credit, family size and contact with extension agents had positive and significant effects on WTP. …”
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Bioinformatics resources for application of molecular breeding in orphan root crops by Gedil, Melaku A

“…Modern breeding of root and tuber staple food crops is the most practical strategy to address the challenges of small holding farmers in developing nations. The rapid advance of genomics technologies can enable breeders to design cost effective and efficient breeding strategies by exploiting the ability of molecular plant breeding to increase favorable gene action and efficiency of selection. …”
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Importance of soil NO emissions for the total atmospheric NOx budget of Saxony, Germany by Molina Herrera, S., Haas, E., Grote, R., Kiese, Ralf, Klatt, Steffen, Kraus, David, Kampffmeyer, t., Friedrich, R., Andreae, H., Loubet, B., Ammann, C., Horváth, L., Larsen, K., Gruening, C., Frumau, A., Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus

“…After evaluation, we linked the LandscapeDNDC model to a GIS database holding spatially explicit data on climate, land use, soil and management to quantify the contribution of soil biogenic NO emissions to the total NOx budget for the State of Saxony, Germany. …”
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Traditional agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation in Benin (West Africa) by Fifanou, V.G., Ousmane, C., Gauthier, B., Brice, S.

“…Species richness varied with the size of household where households with small land holding conserve more tree species in their field than households with large land holdings. 64% of households surveyed were making deliberate efforts to plant tree species on their farmlands. …”
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Prevalence and mitigation of aflatoxins in Kenya (1960-to date) by Mutegi, C., Cotty, P.J., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…These include: sparse documented information on human exposure; few robust tools to accurately measure economic impact in widely unstructured value chains; lack of long-term impact studies on benefits of aflatoxins mitigation; inadequate sampling mechanisms in smallholder farms and grain holding stores/containers; overlooking social learning networks in technology uptake and lack of in-depth studies on an array of aflatoxins control measures followed in households. …”
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Effect of salt addition on the thermal behavior of proteins of bovine meat from Argentina by Pighin, Darío Gabriel, Sancho, Ana Maria, Gonzalez, Claudia Beatriz

“…Research was undertaken to investigate how the addition of sodium chloride (NaCl) and/or sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) to sous vide cooked meat pieces produces an increase in water holding capacity (WHC). Semitendinosus muscles were injected to obtain tissue final concentrations of 0.70% NaCl, 0.25% TPP, 0.70% NaCl + 0.25% TPP, and 1.20% NaCl + 0.25% TPP. …”
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A new methodology to assess the maximum irrigation rates at catchment scale using geostatistics and GIS by De-Paz, José M., Albert, C., Visconti, Fernando, Jimenez, M. G., Ingelmo, Florencio, Molina, María J.

“…This study focuses on the development of a new methodology to assess the spatial distribution of the maximum irrigation rate depending on the available soil water holding capacity (ASWHC). This methodology combines geostatistical techniques with geographical information system (GIS) tools. …”
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Distribution and community composition of mammals in relation to land use in Botswana by Gustafsson, Malin

“…In this study woody vegetation of all heights are positively correlated to the areas holding large herds of domestic livestock. Land use types are shown to be the most influential environmental variables in both study areas, independent of season or patterns of precipitation. …”
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Biodiversity in assisted migration trials : a study comparing the arthropod diversity between different populations of cottonwood (Populus Fremontii) translocated to new areas by Noro Larsson, Maria

“…The results were non-significant but there were signs of some cottonwood populations holding a higher diversity of arthropods. The result was inconclusive although there were signs of some populations supporting higher diversities than the rest. …”

The effect of spent mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) compost on the indigenous rhizosphere microbiota in strawberry cultivation by Elaamer, Hani

“…Spent mushroom compost (SMC) is a by-product of mushroom cultivation with the potential to be used in the cultivation system to suppress plant pathogens, enhance water holding capacity, increase soil water aeration and to improve the soil structure through the input of organic matter and additional nutrients. …”