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100 years of ecology: what are our concepts and are they useful por Reiners, William A., Lockwood, Jeffrey A., Reiners, Derek S., Prager, Steven D.

“…The 10 lowest ranked concepts (in descending order) for utility were Lotka‐Volterra predator–prey/competition models, Allee effect, nutrient spiraling, character displacement, doubling time, climax, Hardy‐Weinberg equation, red queen hypothesis, chemoautotroph/chemoautotrophy, and mimicry. …”
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Novel sources of resistance to Fusarium stalk rot of maize in tropical Africa por Afolabi, C.G., Ojiambo, P.S., Ekpo, E.J., Menkir, A., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…Based on the results from rank-sum analysis, inbred lines were separated into highly resistant, resistant, moderately resistant, moderately susceptible, susceptible, and highly susceptible groups. …”
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ACLED Conflict Index G5 Sahel (2018-2023) por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset contains the ACLED conflict index, its classification, and related underlying dimensions and rankings of deadliness, danger, diffusion, and fragmentation for the 279 second-level administrative areas of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad between 2018 and 2023. …”
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Competitiveness of African agricultural exports por Odjo, Sunday P., Badiane, Ousmane

“…The chapter aims to shed light on the factors behind recent improvements in trade performance in order to further accelerate gains and reduce trade deficits. The study ranks countries and commodities according to their competitiveness in export markets at the global, continental, and REC levels. …”
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Intersections of climate, security and human mobility in Honduras por Higuera Florez, Julian, Madurga Lopez, Ignacio

“…High rates of poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and economic inequality as well as unequal access to natural resources are among the main challenges faced by a country ranked as one of the three least peaceful in Latin America and the Caribbean.…”
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Analysis of yam yields using the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) model por Egesi, Chiedozie N., Asiedu, Robert

“…Within environments, AMMI1 estimates ranked genotypes differently from the unadjusted means, and in six out of nine cases AMMI1 estimates changed the top-yielding entry. …”
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Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) por Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…By using MCA the members don’t have to agree on the relative importance of the Criteria or the rankings of the alternatives. Each member enters his or her own judgements, and makes a distinct, identifiable contribution to a jointly reached conclusion.…”
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Food policy in 2016-2017: Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world por Fan, Shenggen

“…Addressing the needs of growing ranks of urban dwellers and improving the livelihoods of smallholder producers while promoting agricultural productivity will be essential to global food security and nutrition and to moving ahead with the new sustainable development agenda.…”
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On the fast track: Driving down stunting in Vietnam [Nourishing Millions] por Keefe, Meagan

“…From one of the five poorest countries in the world in 1984, Vietnam rose to a rank of 167 out of 206 by 1999. As the country transitioned to a market-oriented economy, rapid economic growth was accompanied by a similarly dramatic decline in the poverty rate, which fell from nearly 75 percent of the population in 1984, to 58 percent in 1993, and down to 37 percent by 1998. …”
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The impact of Bioversity International’s African leafy vegetables programme in Kenya por Gotor, Elisabetta, Irungu, C.

“…An impact assessment study showed that nearly two-thirds of households growing ALVs increased their income from ALVs, while nearly half had increased their consumption of ALVs. Bioversity was ranked as the most influential partner in promoting production and use of ALVs and in raising awareness of the value of ALVs.…”
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Factors affecting adoption of improved haricot bean varieties and associated agronomic practices in Dale Woreda, SNNPRS por Mulugeta, A.

“…Based on these criteria Nasir variety ranks first and dimtu variety ranks second. In addition, majority of farmers in the study area used seed and fertilizer rates below research and extension recommendations. …”
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AWARE Platform: early warning and action platform for flood resilience in Nigeria por Oke, Adebayo, Amarnath, Giriraj, Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…Nigeria is recognized as vulnerable to climate change impacts and ranked 160 out of 181 countries due to a combination of political, geographic, and social factors in the 2020 ND-GAIN Indexii . …”
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Why are toilets not used? Using system effects modelling to understand stakeholder perceptions on the impacts and barriers to Taenia solium control in Eastern and Western Uganda por Ngwili, Nicholas, Ahimbisibwe, Salaviriuse, Sentamu, D.N., Craven, L., Thomas, Lian F., Roesel, Kristina

“…For women, lack of knowledge on the mode of transmission and lack of a toilet in the compound ranked highly as important barriers with a weighted degree of 31 and 21, respectively, meaning they were identified by more participants unlike men who ranked lack of a toilet first with a weighted degree of 39, followed by lack of knowledge at 24. …”
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Ecological and economic factors affecting the sustainable production of camedor palm (Chamaedorea elegans Mart) in Petén, Guatemala and Veracruz, México por Sol Sánchez, Angel

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CACCI country profile Papua New Guinea por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Papua New Guinea ranks among the countries most at risk to natural disasters and climate change (World Bank, 2021). …”
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Financial feasibility analysis of the fortifer business model in the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana por Aboah, J., Gebrezgabher, Solomie A., Meuwissen, M.P.M.

“…The NPV and IRR were used as decision criteria for Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Private Scenarios. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient was used to identify input parameters which had most impact on NPV. …”
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Säsongspåverkan i trädgårdsföretag por Stridsberg, Nathalie

“…The study is trying to identify and rank factors that are contributing to the problem, and propose solutions that means work opportunities for companies in the horticulture industry as well as for their employees, during twelve months of the year.…”
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The effectiveness of the volunteer farmer trainer approach vis-à-vis other information sources in dissemination of livestock feed technologies in Uganda por Kimaiyo, Joan, Kiptot, Evelyne, Mwambi, Mercy, Kugonza, Jane, Franzel, Steven

“…PO extension assistants were ranked first while NAADS and NGOs were ranked third by male and female farmers. x Female farmers, both in male- and female-headed households accessed approximately similar feed technologies from the different sources with the exception of mucuna and setaria species. …”
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Breeding practices of Red Maasai sheep in Maasai pastoralist communities por Liljestrand, Josefina

“…Although the Red Maasai sheep was ranked highly with regard to traits important for adaptation and social purposes, the population was considered to decline in numbers of pure bred Red Maasai. …”

Evaluating Returns to Agricultural Research: A Review por Norton, George W., Davis, J. S.

“…Ex ante studies fall into four groups: (a) those using scoring models to rank research activities, (b) those employing benefit‐cost analysis to establish rates of return to research, (c) those using simulation models, and (d) those using mathematical programming to select an optimal mix of research activities.…”
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