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GM food crops ? no evidence that they bring benefits by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…She is very concerned about modern biotechnology, specifically genetic engineering and GM feed crops…”
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EMBRAPA by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…L'EMBRAPA (entreprise brésilienne de recherche agropastorale), créée le 26 avril 1973, dispose de laboratoires modernes et de champs expérimentaux et agit grâce…”
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Institutions for irrigation water management in Ethiopia: Assessing diversity and service delivery by Haileslassie, Amare, Hagos, Fitsum, Agide, Z., Tesema, E., Hoekstra, Dirk, Langan, Simon J.

“…Membership in the irrigation institution for traditional schemes was 100%, while the average membership both in modern and semi-modern schemes was about 70% of the respondents. …”
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Conserving livestock genetic resources for people by International Livestock Research Institute

“…People and domesticated animals have relied on each other for thousands of years. But modern life is wiping out ancient breeds. New approaches are needed to ensure the survival of these vital animal genetic resources.…”
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Conserving livestock genetic resources for people (summary) by International Livestock Research Institute

“…People and domesticated animals have relied on each other for thousands of years. But modern life is wiping out ancient breeds. New approaches are needed to ensure the survival of these vital animal genetic resources.…”
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Banking on African values by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Combining African tradition with modern banking management: that is the challenge that Community Banks of Growth better known by their French acronym MC2 (Mutuelles Communautaires de Croissance) have taken on and won in Cameroon...…”
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Low-cost beekeeping by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…It is very different to imported modern hives but is no less effective....…”
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Farmers’ variety naming and crop varietal diversity of two cereal and three legume species in the Moroccan High Atlas, using DATAR by Bernis-Fonteneau, Agnès, Aakairi, Meryem, Saadani-Hassani, Omar, Castangia, Giandaniele, Ait Babahmad, Rachid, Colangelo, Paolo, D’Ambrosio, Ugo, Jarvis, Devra

“…Larger areas are still planted with landraces compared to areas planted with modern varieties, although the levels of richness (number) of both landraces and modern varieties are equivalent overall. …”
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Does greater food safety consciousness benefit smallholder dairy farmers? Evidence from Nepal by Thapa, Ganesh B., Kumar, Anjani, Roy, Devesh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Furthermore, we found that an increase in food safety consciousness by 1% is associated with a 37% higher probability of selecting a modern milk outlet. At higher levels of food safety consciousness, female-headed households are significantly more likely to purchase milk from modern outlets in comparison to male-headed households. …”
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Assessment of genetic improvements in wheat yield and nitrogen use efficiency under different nitrogen input levels: A global perspective by Huang, Tiantian, Sun, Ruiqi, Wu, Qianxiang, Zhang, Xintong, Li, Jiaquan, Zhou, Bowei, Liao, Yuncheng, Qin, Xiaoliang, Reynolds, Matthew P., Siddique, Kadambot H.M.

“…Wheat breeding programs have enhanced yield and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). However, modern breeding—often conducted under optimal growth conditions such as high nitrogen fertility—may reduce the adaptability of new cultivars to less favorable environments. …”
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A risk-minimizing argument for traditional crop varietal diversity use to reduce pest and disease damage in agricultural ecosystem of Uganda by Mulumba, J.V., Nankya, R., Adokorach, Joyce, Kiwuka, C., Fadda, Carlo, Santis, P. de, Jarvis, Devra I.

“…Resistance of traditional and modern varieties of *P. vulgaris* to anthracnose, angular leaf spot, and bean fly and of traditional and modern varieties of *Musa* spp. to black sigatoka, banana weevils and nematodes was assessed from participatory diagnostics of farmer knowledge and cross-site on-farm and on-station trials. …”
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Summer rainfall variability and the use of rice (Oryza sativa L.) varietal diversity for adaptation : farmers’ perceptions and responses in Nepal by Bhandari, Bharat

“…Farmers cautiously selected less vulnerable varieties whether landraces or modern for use on large areas, often considering their adaptation and production potential. …”
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Observing Ghana’s food system transformation through an assessment of processed food retail in four major cities by Andam, Kwaw S., Tschirley, David, Asante, Seth, Al-Hassan, Ramatu M., Diao, Xinshen

“…Yet, remarkably, import shares are lower (63 percent) in Accra, the principal city, compared to more than 70 percent in three smaller cities, and imported products have higher shares in traditional retail outlets than in modern retail outlets.…”
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Towards understanding economic growth in Africa: A reinterpretation of the Lewis Model by Diao, Xinshen, McMillan, Margaret S.

“…Our framework incorporates the coexistence of a closed and an open modern economy and takes into account the diversity and heterogeneity of the activities that characterize modern African economies.…”
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Fertilizer consumption, pricing, and foodgrain production in Bangladesh by Hossain, Mahabub

“…Obviously any food production growth strategy in Bangladesh must focus on increasing the use of modern inputs and technology.…”
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New information on the genetic cost of chicken domestication in Africa and Asia by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…The research conducted reveals a new landscape of demographic history and genomic changes associated with chicken domestication and provides insight into the evolutionary genomic profiles of domesticated animals managed under modern human selection.…”
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Technical and economic study of three methods of reproduction in Sahel sheep at Dahra, Senegal by Sow, R.S., Diallo, I., Ndiage, K., Ngom, A.

“…Compares the different modern technologies with natural breeding to find out the profitability of increased reproductive rates.…”
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La fabrication des « ruches à rayons mobiles » et le choix du site apicole by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…En apiculture moderne, quel que soit le type de ruche, il faut se plier à certaines normes de fabrication et savoir choisir un site approprié.…”
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Support Pacific neighbours by strengthening indigenous food systems by Mohammed, Essam Yassin

“…But building on the foundations of traditional food practices offers a credible and sustainable pathway to modern island food systems that achieves better health outcomes, climate change resilience, and greater stability across the region.…”
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Credit a question of confidence by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Because it is used to pay for the necessary seeds, fertilizer and equipment, money ranks as the most important input for agricultural modernization. And no maffer how you look at it, money often means credit and credit means confidence - mutual...…”
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