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Coppicing ability of teak (Tectona grandis) after thinning by Thaiutsa, B., Puangchit, L., Yarwudhi, C., Wacharinrat, C., Kobayashi, S.

“…The research was carried out at the Forest Industry Organization’s Thongphaphum Plantation in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand. …”
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From tree to tea to CO2 in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a framework for analyzing the market chain of fuelwood around Kinshasa and Kisangani by Schure, J., Ingram, V.J., Awono, A., Binzangi, K.

“…This chain starts at the location of the tree where the wood is harvested, transformation, simply drying, chopping or making charcoal, to the consumption of the wood for energy by industry and households - for example cooking of water for tea or critically, food. …”
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Environmental and social Impacts from palm based biofuel development in Indonesia by Andriani, R., Andrianto, A., Komarudin, Heru, Obidzinski, K.

“…These plantations are being developed or expanded in the aftermath of the 2006 National Energy Policy and managed by companies with supply connections to biodiesel industry. Household surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews were employed to gauge respondent perceptions about social, economic and environmental impacts. …”
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Towards sustainable biofuel development: Assessing the local impacts of large-scale foreign land acquisitions in Ghana by Schoneveld, George C., German, L., Nutakor, E.

“…These plantations are being developed or expanded in the aftermath of the 2006 National Energy Policy and managed by companies with supply connections to biodiesel industry. Household surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews were employed to gauge respondent perceptions about social, economic and environmental impacts. …”
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A transport model for the spread of bird flu by Hansen, Frank, Sonder, Kai, Okike, Iheanacho, Bett, Bernard K., Randolph, Thomas F., Mariner, Jeffrey C., Pfeiffer, Dirk U.

“…Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is a major threat to the poultry industry worldwide. In developing countries backyard poultry production is often an important livelihood activity for women who use the additional income for unexpected household expenses. …”
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Impact assessment of input and output market development interventions by IPMS Project: The case of Gomma Woreda by Tolemariam, A.

“…The qualitative assessment shows that the main changes were the private sector (including agro-industry) involvement in supplying inputs by opening alternative village shops as well as the development of community based input supply system, linking the farmers/private traders to the input importer and potential buyers and innovative credit provision specifically meant to enhance input and output marketing interventions. …”
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The dynamics and impact of foot and mouth disease in smallholder farming systems in South-East Asia: A case study in Laos by Perry, Brian D., Gleeson, L.J., Khounsey, S., Bounma, P., Blacksell, Stuart D.

“…This will require the involvement of all the stakeholders of the livestock industry, including traders and veterinary authorities. …”
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Environment flows: moving from concepts to application, a case study from India by Bharati, Luna, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Eriyagama, Nishadi, Anand, B.K.

“…Allocation of river water to cities, industries and agriculture has been a common practice but now there is an increasing recognition of the need to also allocate water for environmental purposes. …”
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Adapting to intersectoral transfers in the Zhanghe Irrigation System, China: Part I - In-system storage characteristics by Roost Nicolas, Xueliang Cai, David, S., Yuanlai Cui

“…The Zhanghe Irrigation System (ZIS), in Central China, has drawn attention internationally because it managed to sustain its rice production in the face of a dramatic reallocation of water to cities, industries and hydropower uses. Ponds, the small reservoirs ubiquitous in the area, are hypothesized to have been instrumental in this. …”
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The challenges of inclusive cross-scale collective action in watersheds by Swallow, B.M., Johnson, Nancy L., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Knox McCulloch, A

“…Individuals need to work effectively together to share common water points; upstream land users and downstream water consumers need to manage and resolve potential conflicts over water quantity and quality, while all the industries, farming communities, urban residents and public agencies that have interests in resource use and environmental quality need to agree on development and conservation objectives and approaches at the basin level. …”
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Opportunités d'investissement dans le forage manuel de puits en Éthiopie by Weight, Elizabeth, Yoder, R., Keller, A.

“…Les auteurs de cet article suggerent que l’investissement dans la creation d’une base de donnees spatiales des zones favorables sur le plan hydrogeologique et dans des formations en forage, ainsi que des investissements connexes dans la dynamisation des activites de forage, pourraient catalyser l’industrie du forage manuel de puits et ameliorer considerablement les possibilites d’un acces abordable des petits exploitants agricoles aux eaux souterraines peu profondes.…”
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Assessment of hides and skins marketing in Tigrai Region: the case of Atsbi Wemberta Wereda, Eastern Tigrai by Arkebe, B.N.

“…Hides and skins have a wide importance mainly as a source of foreign currency of the leather industry to the country. The consumption of these products is low for reasons of low quality and market imperfection. …”
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Assessment of milk handling practices and bacterial contaminations along the dairy value chain in Lushoto and Handeni districts, Tanzania by Shija, F.

“…Public education should be given to all stakeholders in dairy industry on milking and post harvest handling of milk to curtail the likely losses due to rejection of spoiled milk and milk-borne pathogens resulting from contamination of milk.…”
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Synthesis and review: tackling the nitrogen management challenge: from global to local scales by Reis, S., Bekunda, Mateete A., Howard, C., Karanja, N., Winiwarter, W., Yan, X., Bleeker, A., Sutton, M.A.

“…The specific messages conveyed in the Kampala Statement focus on improving nitrogen management (I), including the reduction of nitrogen losses from agriculture, industry, transport and energy sectors, as well as improving waste treatment and informing individuals and institutions (II). …”
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Using steam to dry food: introducing the (UPoCA) dryer by Nonie, S.E.B., James, B.D., Alpha, S.J.

“…The drying process is one of the major bottlenecks to expanding the economic value of the crop. The industry looks for fast drying systems with high flour production capacity to meet market demands. …”
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Processor linkages and farm household productivity: Evidence from dairy hubs in East Africa by Omondi, Immaculate A., Rao, E.J.O., Karimov, A.A., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…They enable farmers to supply milk to large dairy processors who are emerging key players in the East African dairy industry. In addition to the different forms of linkages with large processors, these hubs also differ in their level of growth toward sustainability. …”
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Creating impact oriented bean seed delivery systems for the poor in Mozambique: a baseline study by Chirwa, Rowland, Amane, Manuel, Adelino, Manuel, Tembo, Frank, Magreta, Ruth

“…In Mozambique, farmers experience severe constraints in accessing quality bean seed at planting time, because the seed industry hardly supplies seed of legume crops. To address this issue, a project on bean seed production and delivery systems was launched in the country to improve farmers’ access to seeds of improved bean varieties. …”
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Regulating forestry: experience with compliance and enforcement over the 25 years of Tasmania's forest practices system by Wilkinson, G.R, Schofield, M, Kanowski, P.

“…Tasmania's forest practices system, one of the most prescriptive globally and the most comprehensive in Australia, has evolved over the last 25 years in response to public demands for high standards of governance, accountability and transparency of forest regulation on both public and private lands.The system was developed in the context of strong contestation, in Tasmanian and Australian civil society and politics, about appropriate forest policies and practices in Tasmania.The system is governed by a Forest Practices Act, which provides for a co-regulatory approach administered by an independent statutory body, the Forest Practices Authority.All forest operations must be undertaken in accordance with a certified forest practices plan, prepared and certified by accredited Forest Practices Officers employed by forest managers.These co-regulatory components of the system are supported by independent monitoring and enforcement by the Forest Practices Authority.This paper describes the genesis and evolution of the Tasmanian forest practices system, and summarises the range of measures employed to foster high levels of compliance, with an emphasis on training and education, self-monitoring and reporting by the industry, independent monitoring by the Forest Practices Authority, and corrective actions, backed by enforcement provisions.Compliance monitoring over 27 years demonstrates rapid improvement in the decade following establishment of the system, with consistently high levels of achievement subsequently.However, larger corporate forest managers consistently achieve higher rates of compliance than do small-scale forest owners, and redressing this imbalance has been a recurrent theme in Tasmania's forest practices system.Experience of implementation of Tasmania's forest practices system suggests that well-designed and implemented co-regulatory approaches, with high levels of transparency, can be effective in delivery of good technical standards of forest practices and high levels of compliance.However, these will not in themselves mitigate public concern about forest management practices unless the policies governing those practices have broad support in civil society.…”
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Carbon accrual rates, vegetation and nutrient dynamics in a regularly burned coppice woodland in Germany by Borchard, Nils, Adolphs, T., Beulshausen, F., Ladd, Brenton, Gießelmann, U.C., Hegenberg, D., Möseler, B.M., Amelung, Wulf

“…Historically, large areas of forest in Europe were managed as coppice woodland to produce wood‐based fuel for the smelting industry. We hypothesized that this practice produced a legacy effect on current forest ecosystem properties. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure of Urochloa grass accessions from Tanzania using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers by Kuwi, S.O., Kyallo, Martina M., Mutai Collins, K., Mwilawa, A., Hanson, Jean, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Ghimire, Sita R.

“…—Brachiaria s.s.) is one of the most important tropical forages that transformed livestock industries in Australia and South America. Farmers in Africa are increasingly interested in growing Urochloa to support the burgeoning livestock business, but the lack of cultivars adapted to African environments has been a major challenge. …”
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