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The 2020 Vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in South Asia: continuing the dialogue by Gunatilleke, Godfrey

“…With these concerns in mind, workshop participants addressed the following issues: The realistic goals that countries should set to eradicate food insecurity, poverty, and malnutrition and ensure a reasonably high quality of life by 2020; The combination of strategies that would enable countries to manage their natural resources on a sustainable basis while achieving the goals set for 2020; The improvements and changes in policy that should have high priority for the purpose of achieving these goals; and The main areas of regional cooperation for realizing the goals.…”
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Poverty and forests: multi-country analysis of spatial association and proposed policy solutions

“…It is assumed that three key frames of reference must be borne in mind in order to produce the best possible policies: (1) the location of the rural poor and types and levels of poverty in relation to forest resources; (2) variations in the density of forest cover in relation to distance from urban areas (the von Thünen scale); and (3) variations in forest cover over time (high, low, then partial restoration) in relation to a country’s forest transition experience. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance in South East Asia: Time to ask the right questions by Kakkar, M., Chatterjee, P., Chauhan, A.S., Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F., Beeche, A., Jing, F., Chotinan, S.

“…That makes one-size-fits-all policies, framed with the developed country context in mind, inappropriate for developing countries. Many countries in the South East Asian Region have some policy structures in place to deal with AMR, but most of them lack detailed implementation plans or monitoring structures. …”
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Lejonangrepp på boskap : kartläggning och analysering av riskfaktorer som förebyggande åtgärd by Widell, Maja

“…However, there are many aspects to have in mind when evaluating the risk of lion predation on livestock. …”

Sketching in VR for landscape architects by Wahlström, Johanna

“…In this study the environment is VR and the activity being performed and observed is sketching in VR. An open mind to all sorts of results was kept to make the most out of the methodology. …”
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Möjligheter och problem med organiserat avelsarbete inom renskötseln by Andersson, Emelie

“…Reindeer husbandry cannot be directly compared to the intensive systems of other meat producing animals and there are some additional factors to keep in mind when making a selection program for reindeer. …”
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Undersökning av parkers funktion idag kopplat till kulturhistorisk värdering by Stengård, Catrin

“…They were designed between 1926-1955 with similar ideas in mind. Nowadays they are used in other ways than the architects planned for. …”

The practice of blogging by Naess, Camilla

“…However, green consumption is seldom straightforward and finding slow fashion and evaluating a product’s ecological footprint requires time, energy and mind work from consumers. Therefore consumers turn to for example fashion blogs for guidance since blogs offers advice and guidance in this complex arena. …”
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Importance of grazing management in improving water use efficiency of pastures with tropical forage grasses by Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Jiménez, Juan, Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Rao, Idupulapati M., Peters, Michael

“…Furthermore, genetic improvement leading to greater WUE is likely to result in smaller plants that produce less than the required forage biomass to sustain good animal performance. Bearing that in mind, other alternatives for improving WUE must be taken into consideration. …”
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Genotypic variation in drought resistance among Urochloa Hybrids (population Br15) by Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés

“…The ability to uptake water in drying soil is associated with a larger and deeper root system in Urochloa grasses (Cardoso et al., 2015). Bearing that into mind, drought resistance in Urochloa grasses has been defined as the ability to produce more biomass under water-limiting conditions. …”
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Gendered dimensions of improved agricultural practices in farm households in a coastal polder of southwest Bangladesh by Haque, Sadika, Aktar, Nasiba, Khan, M. Sahed

“…Gender disparities persist in farm households in the climate-vulnerable coastal Bangladesh. Keeping this view in mind, this study explored the intrahousehold gendered dimensions in some coastal polders of southwest Bangladesh. …”
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Agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Alternative supply models for tractor hiring services by Diao, Xinshen, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…Still, policymakers are concerned that mechanization should be proceeding at a faster rate and worry that supply-side issues may be constraining its uptake, especially among smallholders. With this in mind, the government recently started to directly re-engage the promotion of mechanization, devoting public resources to directly subsidize machinery imports and to establish a network of subsidized agricultural mechanization service centers around the country (Diao et al. 2014). …”
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A review of the Ghana Planting for Food and Jobs program: 2017-2020: Implementation, impact, and further analysis by Pauw, Karl

“…With this drawback in mind, these simulations show that PFJ contributed substantially to crop output growth, a result which is not implausible considering the quantities of inputs provided, but one that requires further on-farm validation. …”
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[Introduction] Stop stunting: improving child feeding, women’s nutrition and household sanitation in South Asia by Aguayo, Victor M., Menon, Purnima

“…With this evidence in mind, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia convened the Regional Conference: Stop Stunting: Improving Child Feeding, Women's Nutrition, and Household Sanitation in South Asia (New Delhi, November 10–12, 2014). …”
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Can the whole actually be greater than the sum of its parts? Lessons from India’s growing economy and its evolving structure by Ashad, Reshad N., Mitra, Devashish

“…At the sectoral level, we see that, unlike emerging economies like China and South Korea, the big push in India has come from an expanding services sector, rather than an expanding (labor-intensive) manufacturing sector. Keep in mind that in the early 1960s, India and South Korea had similar growth rates. …”
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Synopsis: How should rural financial cooperatives be best organized? Evidence from Ethiopia by Abay, Kibrom A., Koru, Bethlehem, Abate, Gashaw T., Berhane, Guush

“…With this broad question in mind, we characterize alternative formations of RFCs and the implications of each in improving the access of rural households to financial services, including savings, credit, and insurance services. …”
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Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension for Ethiopia Facilitators' Guide: 2nd edition by Grossi, Amanda, Dinku, Tufa, Hansen, James, Trzaska, Sylwia, Nsengiyumva, Gloriose, Siebert, Asher, Han, Eunjin, Mangen, Ofelia, Lemma, Esayas, Denboba, Tolessa, Demissie, Teferi, Solomon, Dawit

“…Some effective tips for facilitation and the roles to keep in mind as you prepare to facilitate the course are summarized below.…”
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Factors affecting consumption patterns of neglected and underutilized species in Atacora, Northern Benin by Bankole, Bissola Malikath, Bodjrenou, Sam, Bodecker, Julia, Termote, Celine, Chadare, Flora Josiane, Hounkpatin, Waliou Amoussa

“…Many recent efforts focus on promoting neglected and underutilized species (NUS) for improved nutrition, but consumption depends on various factors.With this in mind, this study aims to understand the factors associated with the consumption patterns of Adansonia digitata, Ocimum gratissimum, Vigna radiata, and Moringa oleifera by households in Atacora, northern Benin.To achieve this, a food consumption survey was carried out in 3 communes. …”
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Dry matter, starch content, reducing sugar, color and crispiness are key parameters of potatoes required for chip processing by Islam, Md Mazadul, Naznin, Sauda, Naznin, Afroz, Uddin, Md Nasir, Amin, Md. Nurul, Rahman, Md. Mushfiqur, Tipu, Mohammad Monirul Hasan, Alsuhaibani, Amnah Mohammed, Gaber, Ahmed, Ahmed, Sharif

“…This study was designed to find suitable potato varieties with satisfactory attributes for processing chips, in comparison with other processing potato varieties. Keeping this in mind, the study was performed during the winter season of 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 in Bangladesh. …”
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Animal indicators: a tool to assess biotic integrity after logging tropical forests? by Azevedo-Ramos, C., Carvalho, O. de, Nasi, Robert

“…However, it is good to keep in mind that in management systems, where changes are usually inevitable and most of time desirable, proposed indicators would actually be doing their role of early warning when facilitating the assessment of the acceptable degree of habitat modification. …”
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