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Ingestion volontaire et productivite du betail dans diverses zones ecologiques de l'Afrique por Dicko, M.S., Lambourne, L.J., Leeuw, P.N. de, Haan, Cees de

“…Describes methods used to determine the voluntary intake, grazing behaviour & productivity of livestock in sedentary or semi-transhumant grazing systems of the Malian Sahel, defining relations between intake & some environmental factors, & relating some of the results obtained to other ecological zones in Tropical Africa; with particular reference to weight changes of cattle & their relation to intake, forage availability & implications of the value of protein content for animal production improvement.…”
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Voluntary intake and livestock productivity in different ecological zones of Africa por Dicko, M.S., Lambourne, L.J., Leeuw, P.N. de, Haan, Cees de

“…Describes methods used to determine the voluntary intake, grazing behaviour & productivity of livestock in sedentary or semi-transhumant grazing systems of the Malian Sahel, defining relations between intake & some environmental factors, & relating some of the results obtained to other ecological zones in Tropical Africa; with particular reference to weight changes of cattle & their relation to intake, forage availability & implications of the value of protein content for animal production improvement.…”
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Integrating gender and social inclusion into behavior change frameworks in agri-food systems: The case of agroecological transformation por Voss, Rachel C., Freed, Sarah, Rietveld, Anne M., Falk, Thomas, Adam, Rahma

“…However, behaviorchange frameworks rarely account for wider social and relational structures that govern individual and collective behaviors, and are thus relatively gender blind. …”
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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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Connecting to nature in pre-school por Guimarães Gabriel, Amanda

“…The result highlighted how natural environments in the schoolyard related to children's agency during active play, social interactions, and self-learning activities. …”
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Fertilizer policy in India: Evolution and reform initiatives por Gupta, Surupa

“…This chapter describes the political processes related to reforming the policy framework for fertilizer production as well as those related to determining the farmgate price of urea.…”
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A new approach for cost-benefit analysis of innovations to enhance smallholder farmers' resilience por Kramer, Berber, Timu, Anne G

“…Cost-benefit analyses (CBA) of such innovations are essential in guiding future investments in agricultural development, but existing CBA methods often face challenges embedding non-monetary outcomes related to resilience. Resilience-enhancing innovations typically not only increase average incomes, but may also affect the variance of that income, and related welfare benefits depend on a beneficiary’s risk preferences. …”
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Intellectual Property in Agricultural Biotechnology: Issues for Developing Countries por Crespi, Stephen

“…These rights are the subject of specific laws (statutes) enacted by Parliaments or other State Authority. Patents relate to inventions, designs relate to shapes and configurations, trade marks relate to words or symbols applied to products or services, plant varieties have their own special form of right, and copyright relates to works of literary or artistic craftsmanship. …”
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Assessing deforestation from biofuels: methodological challenges por Gao, Y., Skutsch, M., Drigo, R., Pacheco, P., Masera, O.

“…In this article, we attempt to find the spatial relations between deforestation and biofuel production at global level by analyzing available global deforestation and biofuels data, and find that, for a variety of reasons relating to data availability and its characteristics, and the way biofuels are produced, this task is extremely difficult if not virtually impossible. …”
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Research Ethics and the CGIAR por CGIAR Science Council, Adair, Linda S., Dias, Clarence, Sandoe, Peter

“…The present study is concerned with ethical issues relating to the process involved in the CGIAR mission: scientific research and research-related activities. …”
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Feminist approaches to situated knowledge production: Urban flood management in Can Tho City, Vietnam por Ly Quoc Dang, Kawarazuka, Nozomi

“…The last experience was related to their role in household financial management. …”
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Participatory evaluation of cattle fattening innovations of smallholder farmers in Gamogofa zone of southern Ethiopia por Mekasha, Yoseph, Tegegne, Azage, Dubale, T.

“…The major challenges and constraints identified are; a) feed and feeding related - lack of improved fodder and poor utilisation, lack of fodder conservation practices, poor natural grazing lands management and energy loss due to long distance grazing; lack of access for concentrate feed; b) cattle related - inappropriate cattle type for fattening; c) production related - long cycle fattening (> 8 months), poor housing and poor cattle management; d) market related - unorganised cattle marking, dominance of local markets with brokers which makes producers price takers, lack of market linkage; e) capacity related - lack of knowledge and skill on improved cattle fattening by producers, input providers and livestock extension staff. …”
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The happy families of social learning – mapping the complex domains of learning and social change por Le Borgne, Ewen, Jackson, Carl, Schuetz, Tonya, Förch, Wiebke, Cranston, Pete

“…Various broad fields are connected with social learning and are effectively playing as related families. This Learning Brief outlines research fields related to social learning.…”
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Wild Beans (Phaseolus L.) of North America por Dohle, Sarah, Berny Mier y Teran, Jorge Carlos, Egan, Ashley, Kisha, Theodore, Khoury, Colin K.

“…The progenitors and close relatives of all five domesticates are also concentrated in this region. …”
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Gender Integration in Climate Change and Agricultural Policies: The Case of Nepal por Paudyal, Bimala Rai, Chanana, Nitya, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Sherpa, Lakpa, Kadariya, Ishwari, Aggarwal, Pramod K.

“…Eleven of the 15 agriculture related documents acknowledge the need to focus on women farmers, with nine of them also defining provisions for women-related issues in agriculture. …”
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Gender norms and their implications for banana production and recovery in west Africa por Nkengla-Asi, L., Olaosebikan, O.D., Che, V.S., Ngatat, S., Zandjanakou-Tachin, Martine, Hanna, R., Kumar, P. Lava

“…This study uses the social relations framework to explore gender norms and relations surrounding banana production and banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) containment in six pilot communities in Cameroon and Nigeria. …”
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Food access and diet quality are associated with quality of life outcomes among HIV-infected individuals in Uganda por Palermo, Tia, Rawat, Rahul, Weiser, Sheri D., Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…Few studies investigate the link between food insecurity, dietary diversity and health-related quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS. …”
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Poverty and forests: multi-country analysis of spatial association and proposed policy solutions por Sunderlin, William D., Dewi, S., Puntodewo, A.

“…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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Morphological, chemical and in vitro traits for prediction of stover quality in pearl millet for use in multidimensional crop improvement por Ravi, D., Samireddypalle, A., Khan, A.A., Bidinger, F.R., Nepolean, T., Hash, C.T., Blümmel, Michael

“…Plant height and stem diameter were consistently significantly (at least P=0.0002) inversely related to OMD, OMI, DOMI and N balance. Except for OMD (P=0.16) stover nitrogen content was significantly (at least P=0.0005) positively related to OMI, DOMI and N balance. …”
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Assessment of the relationship between soil properties, Striga hermonthica infestation and the on-farm yields of maize in the dry Savannas of Nigeria por Ekeleme, F., Jibrin, J. M., Kamara, A.Y., Oluoch, M., Samndi, A.M., Fagge, A.A.

“…In Bauchi State, Striga was negatively related to clay, exchangeable K, and Ca, and was positively related to pH and latitude. …”
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