Search Results - "holding"

More extension work needed by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Koulangar Ngartoubam, of the ONDR in Chad is musing about a strange rumour which is holding back the growth of soya in his region. 'In this day and age, soya is a very important crop all over the world, as a source of protein and vegetable...…”
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English-speaking countries: a different picture by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Unlike their French counterparts, English colonialists did not seek to impose the concept of private ownership, and adopted a policy of each individual holding the land where he was. Thus the land was divided between the natives and the...…”
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Analysis of deficit irrigation strategies for corn using crop growth simulation by Stockle, CO, James, LG

“…Different irrigation levels were obtained by holding the application depth constant and allowing the irrigation interval to vary from 1 to 5 days. …”
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Workshop on implementation strategies for piloting flood index insurance for agricultural development in Bangladesh by International Water Management Institute

“…IWMI along with the its partners has now developed an innovative Index-based flood insurance1 (IBFI) scheme to be piloted in two countries Bangladesh and India to increase the short term coping capacity of small holding farmers against flood risk. Sirajganj in Bangladesh and Muzzafarpur district in India are selected for IBFI pilot. …”
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Adoption of dual-purpose groundnut varieties in Odisha by Teufel, Nils, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Swain, Braja

“…These data contain one round cross section, details about the 450 villages those includes landholding, livestock holding, demographic structure, cropping pattern, information of groundnut varieties and adoption collected between 2019 and 2020.…”
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Gait screening using a mobile phone application by Martinsson, Jonna

“…The runs that generated a “holding” decision (n =5), had the median score of 2.1 for total asymmetry at the first horse inspection. …”
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Investigating the reward cycle for play in young pigs by Farhadi, Negar

“…Play pigs were observed (instantaneously at 30 s intervals and continuously within each 30 s) 3 min. in the holding pen and 15 min. in the play arena. Non-play pigs were only taken to the holding pen (3 min.) and brought back to their home pen. …”

Le programme de recherche du CIPEA sur les petits ruminants by International Livestock Centre for Africa

“…Description of the ILCA Research Programme on small ruminants, with reference to the humid zone of West Africa, particularly Nigeria; data on sheep and goat flocks, livestock ownership and its distribution by size of holding, farming systems in ILCA research areas in Nigeria; mortality rates in animals, and fecundity rates of ewes and does derived from herd composition. …”
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The ILCA research programme on small ruminants by International Livestock Centre for Africa

“…Description of the ILCA Research Programme on small ruminants, with reference to the humid zone of West Africa, particularly Nigeria; data on sheep and goat flocks, livestock ownership and its distribution by size of holding, farming systems in ILCA research areas in Nigeria; mortality rates in animals, and fecundity rates of ewes and does derived from herd composition. …”
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Draught power and smallholder grain production in the Ethiopian highlands by Gryseels, Guido, Anderson, F.M., Durkin, J.W., Asamenew, G.

“…Investigates the impact of draft power availability on grain production on smallholder farms in the Ethiopian highlands based on analysis of data collected by ILCA around Debre Berhan and Debre Zeit, especially on effects of ox holding on area cultivated and on net cereal production.…”
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The crucial centres: Water production and well efficiency in Borana by Cossins, N.J.

“…Presents results of a study on existing water production methods, the rate & amount of production and inefficiencies & production losses; importance of "okoles" (leather buckets) in relation to output rates & okole sizes and their supply; influence of "tetchana" (holding pond after shaft) and "Maninga" (watering trough) on output rates & well efficiency; and energy expenditure of well workers, and labour demand & availability in group wells in the Borana plateau in the southern rangelands of Ethiopia.…”
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Tensions and coalitions: A new trade agreement affects the policy space for nutrition in Vietnam by Harris, Jody, Hrynick, Tabitha, Thien, Mai Thi My, Huynh, Tuyen, Huynh, Phuong, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Thow, Anne Marie

“…We identified two advocacy coalitions working very separately on issues affecting nutrition policy space: a trade coalition holding the policy position that free trade improves nutrition by default; and a nutrition coalition holding the policy position that nutrition should be explicitly considered in trade policy. …”
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Assessment of feed resources in Welayta Sodo by Tolera, Adugna, Said, A.N.

“…Shortage of grazing land and inadequate feed supply was the major constraints of livestock production in the area. The size of land holding per house-hold was 0.96 ha. About 23 percent of the total holding, 0.23 ha, was used for grazing. …”
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Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for improved forage seeds: The case of eastern Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia by Emuru, D.

“…The bivariate probit econometric model results of determinants revealed education level, livestock holding, access to credit, initial bid and follow up bids as the significate determining factors of the WTP for improved forage seed. …”
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Reducing the time rabbit sperm are held at 5 degrees C negatively affects their fertilizing ability after cryopreservation by Mocé, Eva, Blanch, Eva, Talavan, Amparo, Viudes-De-Castro, María P.

“…Currently, it is not known if holding rabbit sperm at 5 degrees C for less than 45 minutes will affect sperm fertilizing ability. …”
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Wanted - women's empowerment guidelines to fight food crisis by Haan, Nicoline C. de

“…This lack of progress is holding back food systems and contributing to the current food crisis. …”
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Accelerating Africa’s climate action agenda through supporting soil health by Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa, African Union Commission Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy Directorate

“…The Earth’s soils are a vast reservoir of carbon, holding approximately 2,400 - 2,500 gigatons (Gt) of carbon. …”
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Smallholder dairy production and dairy technology adoption in the mixed farming system in Arsi highland, Ethiopia by Bulale, A.I.

“…Cultivated area was, however, significantly influenced by farm size, cattle holding and sheep holding. Herd size per household was significantly influenced by household size, cultivated area and grazing area. …”
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A rapid appraisal of goat and sheep flock demography in East and West Africa: Method, results and application to livestock research and development by Peacock, C.P.

“…Examines flock structure; i,e. holding or group size and flock demography; reproduction with particular reference to seasonality, age at first parturition, lambing interval, multiple births, annual reproductive rate & number of births per breeding female; and mortality and offtake.…”
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Land reclamation potential of four forage legumes along an environmental gradient in Cauca, Colombia by Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Vivas Quila, Nelson J., Barahona Rosales, Rolando, Cardoso, Juan Andrés, Peters, Michael

“…Among tested legumes, S. guianensis showed greater impact on soil physical (greater water holding retention and reduction of soil bulk density), chemical (greater organic matter content and phosphorus availability), and biological (greater diversity and abundance of macro fauna in the soil) properties. …”
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