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Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa: The road to healthier diets and optimal nutrition by Covic, Namukolo, Hendriks, Sheryl L.

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Optimizing food assistance programs: Multisectoral program improves child growth in Guatemala by Olney, Deanna K., Leroy, Jef L., Ruel, Marie T., Brown, Tracy

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Optimizing food-assistance programs: Food assistance improves child growth in Burundi by Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Ruel, Marie T., Brown, Tracy

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Application of energy optimization models to design sustainable energy system: A review by Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam, Mezher, Toufic

“…This paper reviews different energy models and presents application of some energy optimization models with consideration of innovated clean technologies in the energy supply-mix in order to achieve a sustainable energy system for a society.…”
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Optimal provision of information about consumption choices in the presence of a cognitive constraint by Saak, Alexander E.

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Leveraging browse and grazing forage estimates to optimize index-based livestock insurance by Kahiu, Njoki, Anchang, J., Alulu, Vincent, Fava, Francesco P., Jensen, Nathaniel D., Hanan, N.P.

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Optimal tariffs with smuggling: A spatial analysis of Nigerian rice policy options by Johnson, Michael E., Dorosh, Paul A.

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Optimal tariffs with smuggling: A spatial analysis of Nigerian rice policy options by Johnson, Michael E., Dorosh, Paul A.

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Optimizing genomic parental selection for categorical and continuous-categorical multi-trait mixtures by Villar-Hernandez, Bartolo de Jesús, Perez-Rodriguez, Paulino, Vitale, Paolo, Gerard, Guillermo S., Montesinos-Lopez, Osval A., Saint Pierre, Carolina, Crossa, José, Dreisigacker, Susanne

“…This study presents a novel approach for the optimization of genomic parental selection in breeding programs involving categorical and continuous-categorical multi-trait mixtures (CMs and CCMMs). …”
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Extent of losses and possibilities to optimize pest management in potato cropping systems in Kenya by Syndikus, K.

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Economic consequences of optimized water management for a prolonged, severe drought in California by Harou, Julien J., Medellín-Azuara, Josué, Zhu, Tingju, Tanaka, Stacy K., Lund, Jay R., Stine, Scott, Olivares, Marcelo A., Jenkins, Marion W.

“…Economic effects and potential adaptation of California's water supply system in 2020 to this drought is explored using a hydroeconomic optimization model. The model considers how California could respond to such an extreme drought using water trading and provides best‐case estimates of economic costs and effects on water operations and demands. …”
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Improving nutrition outcomes through optimizing agricultural investment: Household training manual by Geremew, Kumlachew

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Using artificial odors to optimize attractiveness of host decoy traps to malaria vectors by Akoton, R., Sawadogo, S.P., Tossou, E., Nikiema, A.S., Tchigossou, G., Sovegnon, P.M., Djogbenou, L., Zeukeng, F., Hawkes, F.M., Dabire, R.K., Djouaka, R., Gibson, G.

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Optimizing the capture of neophobic rice field rats in lowland Asian rice ecosystems by Lorica, Renee P., Stuart, Alexander M., Singleton, Grant R., Sudarmaji, Belmain, Steven R.

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Optimal nitrogen fertilization timing and rate in dry-seeded rice in Northwest India by Mahajan, G., Chauhan, B.S., Gill, M.S.

“…Very limited research has been done in this region on optimizing nutrient management to produce high yield in DSR. …”
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Leaf area index simulation in soybean grown under near-optimal conditions by Setiyono, T.D., Weiss, A., Specht, J.E., Cassman, K.G., Dobermann, A.

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Determination of optimal nitrogen rate for rice varieties using a chlorophyll meter by Huang, Jianliang, He, Fan, Cui, Kehui, Buresh, Roland J., Xu, Bo, Gong, Weihua, Peng, Shaobing

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Determining optimal dose of chemical fertilizer on biofortified bean in Sud-Kivu highlands by Clerisse, C, Ghislain, H, Legrand, C

“…This study aimed at determining the optimal dose of chemical fertilizer to apply on two biofortified bean varieties used in the community in order to maximize their yield. …”
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Ordering of high-density markers by the k-optimal algorithm for the traveling-salesman problem by Zhang, Luyan, Li, Huihui, Meng, Lei, Wang, Jiankang

“…For TSP, different initial routes resulted in different optimal solutions. The most optimal solution could be found only by use of as many initial routes as possible. …”
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Optimizing genomic prediction with transfer learning under a ridge regression framework by Montesinos-Lopez, Osval A., Barajas-Ramirez, Eduardo A., Salinas Ruiz, Josafhat, Montesinos-López, Abelardo, Gerard, Guillermo S., Vitale, Paolo, Dreisigacker, Susanne, Saint Pierre, Carolina, Crossa, José

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