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Exploring cacao business models and agroecological transitions in Ucayali, Peru by Blanco, Maria, Mosquera, Leslie Estefany, Crisostomo, Diego, Díaz Casana, César, Ritter, Thea, Mockshell, Jonathan

“…The Netherlands is the primary destination for Peruvian cacao, followed by Indonesia, Mexico, and other countries. Cacao holds paramount economic importance in Ucayali, Peru. …”
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The enabling environment for large-scale food fortification in Madagascar by Resnick, Danielle

“…These and other lessons hold policy relevance for other low-income and fragile settings where LSFF is being considered as an option to address micronutrient deficiencies.…”
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Smallholder mechanization induced by yield-enhancing biological technologies: Evidence from Nepal and Ghana by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Liu, Yanyan

“…In general, these effects are particularly strong among smaller farms, and the effect holds for the adoption of mechanization both at extensive margins (whether to adopt) and at intensive margins (how much to adopt). …”
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Fertilizer Microdosing by World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…Fertilizer micro dosing involves application of small doses of fertilizer 5-6 kg P/ha (2-4g/hill as NPK) at sowing or shortly after germination to improve uptake or use efficiency and crops yields. The technique also holds high potential to reduce inputs costs because the amount of fertilizer is reduced substantially compared to recommended rate. …”
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Evaluating the welfare effects of nonfarm enterprises on rural households in Papua New Guinea by Schmidt, Emily, Rosenbach, Gracie, Mueller, Valerie

“…In addition, PNG is affected by El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climatic events that in severe years cause significant food insecurity due to failed agricultural production. Shrinking land holdings for agricultural production due to the growing population together with climate risk motivates many rural households to explore off-farm income generating opportunities. …”
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Promiscuous potato: elucidating genetic identity and the complex genetic relationships of a cultivated potato germplasm collection by Anglin, N.L., Chavez, O., Torres, J.S., Gomez, R., Panta, A., Vollmer, R., Durand, M., Meza, C., Azevedo, V.C.R., Manrique, N., Kauth, P., Coombs, J.J., Douches, D.S., Ellis, D.

“…SNP genotyping was also carried out on 745 accessions from the Seed Savers potato collection which confirmed no genetic duplication between the two potato collections, suggesting that the collections hold very different genetic resources of potato. …”
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Insights into maydis leaf blight resistance in maize: a comprehensive genome-wide association study in sub-tropics of India by Wajhat Un Nisa, Sandhu, Surinder, Nair, Sudha Krishnan, Kaur, Harleen, Kumar, Ashok, Rashid, Zerka, Gajanan Saykhedkar, Vikal, Yogesh

“…Conclusion: The identified SNPs/ haplotypes associated with the trait of interest contribute to the enrichment of allelic diversity and hold direct applicability in Genomics Assisted Breeding for enhancing MLB resistance in maize.…”
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Responding to the world food crisis-- Getting on the Right Track: IFPRI 2007-2008 Annual Report Essay by von Braun, Joachim

“…But because no one actually knows what the future holds, it is important that responses to this crisis help build the kind of food and agriculture system that can cope with a variety of possible outcomes, ranging from even higher food and energy prices to a possible short-term glut of low-priced food emerging from the current high-price environment and a world in which demand collapses due to recession. …”
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Crop and residue management improves productivity and profitability of rice-maize system in salt-affected rainfed lowlands of East India by Sarangi, Sukanta K., Singh, Sudhanshu, Srivastava, Ashish K., Choudhary, Madhu, Mandal, Uttam K., Lama, Tashi D., Mahanta, Kshirendra K., Kumar, Virender, Sharma, Parbodh C., Ismail, Abdelbagi M.

“…The results of the study hold promise for increasing cropping intensity and farmers’ incomes, with broader implications for increasing productivity on about 2.95 million hectares currently under a rice–fallow system in eastern India, and in coastal areas affected by similar conditions in South and Southeast Asia.…”
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Evaluation of germination and early seedling growth of different grasses irrigated with treated mine water by Mangwane, M., Madakadze, I.C., Nherera-Chokuda, F.V., Dube, Sikhalazo, Mndela, M., Letsoalo, N., Tjelele, T.J.

“…Of these, treatment of acid mine drainage using calcium sulfate dihydrate, which is subsequently used for irrigation during phytoremediation, holds great promise for restoration of open-cast mines. …”
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The impact of the African continental Free Trade Agreement: A continentwide macroeconomic assessment and distributional analysis in Nigeria and Rwanda by Traoré, Fousseini, Mamboundou, Pierre, Diop, Insa, Sy, Abdourahmane

“…A gender bias is present in the results: Female-headed house-holds benefit less from the agreement than male-headed households. …”
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Fostering Kalanamak rice farmer’s resilience and profitability in India by integrating local knowledge into the seed system and markets by Nayak, Swati, Nath, Anirban, Shukla, Sarvesh, Hossain, S.K. Mosharaf, Badoni, Saurabh, Singh, Vivek Kumar

“…Like other aromatic landraces in India, Kalanamak holds deep socio-economic value, prized for its agroecological resilience, cultural identity, culinary heritage, and role in rural livelihoods. …”
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Deforestation and the social impacts of soy for biodiesel: Perspectives of farmers in the South Brazilian Amazon by Lima, M., Skutsch, M., Medeiros Costa, G. de

“…Moreover, the companies are selective in their choice of agrarian settlement, and were not operating in those in which land holdings are very small or where the terrain is too broken up for large-scale mechanization.…”
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Assessment of effect of management practices and agro-ecology on water productivity of major crops in Meja Watershed, Jeldu District, Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Asfaw, A.

“…The research work mainly depends upon house hold survey and field measurement conducted from July 2011 to February 2012. …”
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Trypanotolerance, an option for sustainable livestock production in areas at risk from trypanosomiasis by D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Authié, Edith, Wissocq, N.M., Murray, M.

“…Selective breeding will require the integration of the traits that farmers hold important for their production systems.…”
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Beyond climate-smart agriculture: toward safe operating spaces for global food systems by Neufeldt, Henry, Jahn, Molly M., Campbell, Bruce M., Beddington, J.R., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Pinto, Alex de, Gulledge, J, Hellin, Jonathan, Herrero, Mario, Jarvis, Andy, LeZaks, D, Meinke, Holger, Rosenstock, Todd S., Scholes, M, Scholes, Robert J., Vermeulen, Sonja J., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…From the understanding that we must hold ourselves accountable to demonstrably better meet human needs in the short and long term within foreseeable local and planetary limits, we develop a conceptualization of climate-smart agriculture as agriculture that can be shown to bring us closer to safe operating spaces for agricultural and food systems across spatial and temporal scales. …”
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Transhumance livestock production in the Northern Areas of Pakistan: Nutritional inputs and productive outputs by Duncan, Alan J., Rahman, D.A., Miller, D.W., Frutos, P., Gordon, I.J., Atiq-ur Rehman, Baig, A., Ali, F., Wright, Iain A.

“…The results indicate a typical system of smallholder livestock production with heavy reliance on cereal by-products, a mix of livestock species and a relative scarcity of stored feed resources relative to overall livestock holdings. This study also suggests that proximity to the main highway running through the Northern Areas is associated with a reduced but more feed-efficient livestock production system.…”
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Mitigating the effects of hydrologic variability in Ethiopia: an assessment of investments in agricultural and transportation infrastructure, energy and hydroclimatic forecasting by Block, Paul J.

“…The Blue nile basin also holds possibility for improvement in rain-fed agricultural pro- duction through precipitation forecasting. one-season lead predictors for forecasting of the Kiremt season precipitation are identified from the large scale ocean-atmosphere- land system. …”
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Recent progress in cassava agronomy research in Indonesia by Wargiono, J., Guritno, Bambang, Sugito, Yogi, Widodo, Yudi

“…Intercropping of cassava with other food crops or relay planting gave a higher gross return than that of monoculture cassava and therefore the intercropping system is more suitable for farmers with small land holdings, lack of capital and labor. Under intercropping systems, plant height of cassava was positively correlated with the yield of cassava and was negatively correlated with the yield of interplanted crops. …”
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Isolation, characterization and selection of indigenous Bradyrhizobium strains with outstanding symbiotic performance to increase soybean yields in Mozambique by Chibeba, A.M., Boahen, S., Fátima Guimarães, M. de, Nogueira, M.A., Hungria, M.

“…The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize indigenous rhizobia and to identify strains that hold potential to be included in inoculant formulations for soybean production, with both promiscuous and non-promiscuous soybean cultivars, in Mozambican agro-climatic conditions. …”
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