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Physical properties of soils with low activity clays by Lal, R., Greenland, D.J

“…Alfisols and Ultisols have low available water holding capacity, are easily compacted, and, in spite of low soil erodibility, may suffer accelerated soil erosion under the high erosivity of the climate of the humid tropics. …”
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Physical properties of three soils in southern Nigeria by Mbagwu, J., Lal, R., Scott, T.W.

“…Moisture retained at saturation, 0.1, and 0.3 bar suctions was significantly correlated with available water-holding capacities. The regression models depicting the relationships between moisture equilibria and the sand, clay, and organic carbon contents had high and significant coefficients of determination and indicate that variations in soil particle size fractions and organic carbon contents accounted for over 70 percent of the variability in moisture retanined at different suctions. …”
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Workshops Report: Climate Resilient Rangelands in the Northern Territory of Australia by Sircely, Jason A, Hennig, J., Penrose, B.

“…The 2025 XII International Rangeland Congress held in Adelaide, Australia, in June 2025 provided an opportunity for researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the University of Arizona (UAZ) to join Charles Darwin University (CDU) in holding workshops on Climate Resilient Rangelands in the Northern Territory of Australia. …”
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Est-il possible de determiner des criteres et indicateurs de gestion durable des forets tropicales? by Karsenty, A., Lescuyer, G., Nasi, Robert

“…Due to the need for forest certification, the criteria and indicators for sustainable management of tropical forests have tended to operate more and more as standards, with criteria holding pride of place as compared to indicators. …”
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Participation in the Ngozi goat crossbreeding project (Burundi) and associated changes in the farming systems by Rey, B., Jacob, U.

“…In contrast recently selected `breeders' had larger flocks and land holding than average participating farmers.…”
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Physical properties and moisture retention characteristics of some Nigerian soils by Lal, R.

“…The textural analysis may therefore be used to estimate moisture holding capacity at different suctions for these and similar soils with a predominantly uniform clay mineralogy, dominated by kaolinite and sesquioxides. …”
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Pasting characteristics of fresh yams (Dioscorea spp.) as indicators of textural quality in a major food product: pounded yam by Otegbayo, B., Aina, J., Asiedu, Robert, Bokanga, M.

“…Good textural quality of pounded yam was associated with high peak viscosity, breakdown, final viscosity, holding strength and setback viscosity but with low pasting temperature in the fresh yam.…”
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Balance de humedad del suelo bajo dos tipos de cobertura vegetal relacionado con la evapotranspiración by LOJAN, L.

“…Grass used more water than forest from the compared depth (0–18 inches) mainly for two reasons: 1) the higher water holding capacity found under grass, and 2) the root distribution of each association, being deeper than 18 inches for the forest.…”
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Applying Swedish programmes projecting forest development to Polish forestry conditions : a study made on data from Gostynin forest district in Poland by Skreta, Magdalena

“…The study was made on data from the Lucien forest sub-district in the Gostynin forest district (Regional Board of State Forests-National Forest Holding in Lodz). The data was applied to three programmes: Forest Time Machine, ProdMod and SFanalys with the matrix model. …”

Gender related differences in rabbit meat quality by Skoglund, Jonna Linnéa

“…Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the rabbit meat quality including colour, ultimate pH, cooking loss, tenderness, total fat content, water-holding capacity and some slaugh-ter traits. Additionally, the possible effect of genders was evaluated. …”
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Soil carbon in small-holder plantain farms, Uganda : a comparison between agroforestry and non-agroforestry by Björsell, Pia

“…Soils which are high in carbon have many advantages, for example better water holding capacity, which can reduce stress on crops during drought. …”

CCAFS impact assessment of national policy engagement in Kenya and livelihood impact of uptake of climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices - 2021 by Okumu, Boscow

“…At the household level the study assessed the factors influencing uptake of CSA practices among smallholder farmers and the subsequent impact of the CSA practices on household dietary diversity, value of household livestock holding and household assets and per capita monthly expenditure as well as GHG emission. …”
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Does bottom-up monitoring improve public services? What we found in Uganda by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Miehe, Caroline

“…In response to this, the government of Uganda, under the stewardship of the Office of the Prime Minister, initiated community based monitoring and accountability meetings — popularly known as barazas — with the general objective of enhancing public involvement in holding the government accountable for service delivery in relation to the resources spent. …”
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Rural youth: Determinants of migration throughout the world by de Brauw, Alan

“…Furthermore, there is little evidence that credit constraints or relative deprivation are correlated with migration at a nationally representative level, holding other things constant.…”
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The quiet revolution in agri-food distribution (wholesale, logistics, retail) in Sub-Saharan Africa by Reardon, Thomas, Awosuke, Titus, Haggblade, Steven, Minten, Bart, Vos, Rob

“…The chapter: (1) discusses the myths about traders and logistics, and the lack of systematic data, that are holding back sufficient useful policy debate; (2) presents findings from important new survey-based studies in several African countries to illustrate the dynamic changes occurring in the wholesale/logistics segment, and aspects of their relations with farmers; and (3) summarizes findings and presents recommendations to the public sector integrated with an enumeration of constraints facing in particular traders and logistics firms.…”
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Determinants of migration among rural youth throughout the world by de Brauw, Alan

“…Further, it finds little evidence that credit constraints or relative deprivation are correlated with migration, holding other things constant. The difference between this result and those found in the literature regarding credit constraints implies credit constraints are geographically concentrated. …”
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Africa’s agricultural research pool by Beintema, Nienke M., Stads, Gert-Jan, Flaherty, Kathleen

“…In contrast, 11 countries employed fewer than 100 FTE researchers each.1 Despite recent challenges, many western African countries have maintained relatively large pools of well-qualified researchers (those holding PhD and MSc degrees) (Map 2). In contrast, less than half of researchers in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe hold graduate degrees.…”
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Understanding Agency Within Context: The Case of Breeding Cooperatives Program for Transforming Small Ruminant Value Chain in Ethiopia by Kinati, Wole, Temple, Elizabeth C., Baker, A. Derek, Najjar, Dina, Hailu, Reta

“…The agency-enabling resources such as years of schooling, land holding, sheep flock size, number of women in the leadership committee, along with location and distance to extension services variables were associated with the ability to effectively participate. …”
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Factors affecting the choices of coping strategies for climate extremes: The case of farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia by Deressa, Temesgen T., Ringler, Claudia, Hassan, Rashid

“…Thus, to increase coping with covariate shocks, such as climate extreme events, policies should encourage income generation and asset holding (especially livestock), both of which will support consumption smoothing during and immediately after harsh climatic events. …”
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Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali by Christiaensen, Luc, Hoddinott, John F., Bergeron, Gilles

“…Pairwise comparison of the survey techniques, holding the households constant, shows that the community map leads, on average, to higher estimates of household size and lower estimates of wealth.…”
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