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Cultivating nutrition: a survey of viewpoints on integrating agriculture and nutrition por Levin, Carol E., Long, Jennifer, Simler, Kenneth R., Johnson-Welch, Charlotte

“…The viewpoints differ, however, on the relative importance of nutrition education, the strategic use of nutrient supplementation and food fortification, and the degree to which agriculture-based approaches have an impact on nutrition. …”
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Spatial integration of maize markets in post-liberalized Uganda por Rashid, Shahidur

“…For each time period, the extent of integration, causality among spatial locations, and relative importance of spatial locations in price formation are examined. …”
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Impact of PROGRESA on achievement test scores in the first year: final report por Behrman, Jere R., Sengupta, Piyali, Todd, Petra E.

“…PROGRESA might have impact on children’s cognitive achievement through a number of channels, some of which are relatively short run and others are relatively longer run. …”
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The effect of environmental variability on livestock and land-use management: the Borana Plateau, Southern Ethiopia por McCarthy, Nancy, Kamara, Abdul, Kirk, Michael

“…Results indicate that cooperation is positively related to factors that increase the profitability of livestock, but negatively related to the total number of households, the use of community pastures by non-community members, and heterogeneity of wealth within the community.…”
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Gender and breeding in tropical forages: A literature review por Pazos Cardenas, Mateo, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…However, sociocultural differences in women’s activities related to livestock and forage systems and useful methodologies to identify relevant traits for them and other marginalized groups are yet to be deepened. …”
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CIAT and grupo papalotla: A 25-year collaboration shaping a tropical forages culture por Pazos Cardenas, Mateo, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…The methodology used for the collection of information is based on (i) a documentary review of the CGSpace digital repository focused on bibliographic production on the relationship between both institutions, but also on the various scientific innovations related to the field of tropical forages and forage hybrids developed in the midst of the alliance; and (ii) semi-structured interviews with different key agents related to the institutional, scientific, and commercial history of Grupo Papalotla and CIAT, both in Colombia and Mexico. …”
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Must conditional cash transfer programs be conditioned to be effective?: The impact of conditioning transfers on school enrollment in Mexico por de Brauw, Alan, Hoddinott, John F.

“…We provide substantial evidence that these findings are not driven by unobservable characteristics related to households or localities.…”
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A hedonic approach to estimating the supply of variety attributes of a subsistence crop por Edmeades, Svetlana

“…Whether variety improvement will pay-off at the market level requires a more detailed examination of the relative worth of banana attributes within the structure of consumer preferences and production technologies related to bananas in Uganda. …”
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Biofuels, international food prices, and the poor por von Braun, Joachim

“…The total quantity used globally this year (95 Mill. Tons) is large, relative to total world trade of corn (100 Mill. Tons) and relative to total world corn production (777 Mill. …”
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Changing fish trade and demand patterns in developing countries and their significance for policy research por Delgado, Christopher L., Courbois, Claude

“…Current evidence suggests a 15 percent relative strengthening of fish prices to beef through 2020.…”
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Is poverty or wealth driving HIV transmission? por Gillespie, Stuart, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Greener, Robert

“…In most countries, relatively rich and better educated men and women have higher rates of partner change because they have greater personal autonomy and spatial mobility. …”
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Local impacts of a global crisis: Food price transmission and poverty impacts in Ghana por Cudjoe, Godsway, Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen

“…The welfare effect for households as consumers appears relatively modest at the aggregate national level due to relatively diverse consumption patterns. …”
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Human capital accumulation, migration, and the transition from urban poverty: Evidence from Nairobi slums por Yamauchi, Futoshi, Faye, Ousmane, Zulu, Eliya

“…Second, our empirical analysis shows that children who lost their parent(s) tend to be trapped in slums, in contrast to the conventional view that orphans move back to rural origins for cares provided by their relatives (e.g., grandparents). Loss of parental human capital most likely due to AIDS-related prime-age mortality results in poverty trap among orphans in urban slums, which potentially causes long-term negative consequences in human capital formation in the next generation (i.e., intergenerational transmission of poverty).…”
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Impacts in Uganda of rising global food prices: The role of diversified staples and limited price transmission por Benson, Todd, Mugarura, Samuel, Wanda, Kelly

“…Although the majority of Ugandans are net food buyers, the adverse impact at household‐level of rising global prices is moderated by the relatively large quantity and range of staples consumed that come from home production. …”
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Subsoil acidity in sub-Saharan Africa: What relevance for the soil health investment agenda? por Silva, João Vasco, Sida, Tesfaye S., Chamberlin, Jordan

“…While addressing topsoil acidity is a logical starting point for most cropping systems affected by acidity-related production constraints, the potential importance of addressing subsoil acidity remains unclear. …”
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Development and verification of a simulation model for paddy drying with different flatbed dryers por Van Hung, Nguyen, Martinez, Romualdo, Tuan, Tran Van, Gummert, Martin

“…The developed software has the ability of simulating the paddy moisture content and temperature based on the input parameters of ambient (temperature and relative humidity) and drying air (temperature and airflow rate), dimensions of the dryers, and input grain properties and weight. …”
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Conservation agriculture in Morocco: review and analysis for the resilience of the cereal system on 1 million hectares by 2030 por Moussadek, Rachid, Laghrour, Malika, Kadiri, Kenza, Mrabet, Rachid

“…This chapter summarizes (i) the main research findings on this system in relation to soil health and water management, (ii) the major advantages in relation to crop diversification and productivity, (iii) ) the challenges to be raised to ensure its dissemination among farmers in Morocco and (iv) finally present the vision of the national program to promote direct seeding on 1 Million Ha by 2030.…”
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Gender inclusivity through maize breeding in Africa: A review of the issues and options for future engagement por Voss, Rachel C., Donovan, Jason, Rutsaert, Pieter, Cairns, Jill

“…Drawing on literature on gender and maize seed adoption, variety preferences, and seed system constraints, we take stock of knowns and unknowns related to gender-responsive and gender-intentional maize breeding. …”
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Balancing agricultural and environmental water needs in China: Alternative scenarios and policy options por Cai, Ximing, Ringler, Claudia

“…The last two decades have been marked by a dramatic increase in global attention to the concept of governance, especially in relation to the effective and sustainable management of natural resources. …”
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Household expenditures and wealth among young Guatemalan adults por Maluccio, John, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramires, Luis Fernando

“…Lastly, the study sample is relatively well off compared with their compatriots, with a poverty rate of 35% and an extreme poverty rate of only 3%, against national averages of 56% and 15%, respectively.…”
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