Resultados de búsqueda - "subjectivity"

Bioversity and domestication of yams in West Africa: Traditional practices leading to Dioscorea rotundata Poir. por Dumont, R., Dansi, A., Vernier, Philippe, Zoundjihékpon, J.

“…This book aims to fill the gap by pooling existing knowledge on the subject. This original field offers a wealth of prospects for scientific progress at a time when scientists are becoming increasingly aware of the fact that local farmers' knowledge and practices relating to genetic resource management substantially enhances the potential for technical progress and adaptation to environmental change. …”
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Exposure to cyanide following a meal of cassava food por Oluwole, O.S., Onabolu, A.O., Sowunmi, A.

“…Gari (150 g) containing cyanohydrin, from which 128 μmol of cyanide ions could be released, was dissolved in 500 ml of cold water for each of the 12 healthy subjects to drink. Concentrations of cyanide in plasma and erythrocytes were determined at baseline and following the meal at 30 min, 1 h, hourly for 4 h and two hourly for 12 h. …”
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Land speculation and conservation policy leakage in Brazil por Miranda, J., Borner, J., Kalkuhl, M., Soares Filho, B.

“…The Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado biomes have been subject to strong pressure from agricultural expansion over the past two decades. …”
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Skewness in the literature on infectious livestock diseases in an emerging economy - the case of Vietnam por Rajala, E., Hu Suk Lee, Nguyen Hoai Nam, Chu Thi Thanh Huong, Hoang Minh Son, Wieland, Barbara, Magnusson, Ulf

“…More science-based data on such diseases would help policymakers to prioritize which livestock diseases should be subject to animal health programs aimed to support rural livelihoods and economic development.…”
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Quantifying leaf litter production, decomposition, and nutrient release in cacao plantations in southwest Nigeria por Oyedele, O.

“…The results of this study revealed that litterfall production in the study sites was subject to seasonal variation. Total annual litterfall production in the study sites ranged from 3.50 to 7.71 Mg DM ha-1 yr-1. …”
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Evaluation of the CGIAR Research Program: Forests Trees, and Agroforestry por Coccia, Federica, Deisenrieder, Andrea, Katila, Marko, Montagnini, Florencia, Palenberg, Markus, Robledo, Carmenza

“…The evaluation team was led by Markus Palenberg who was supported by a core team of subject-matter specialists. The first meeting of the evaluation team took place from 17-19 June in Rome. …”
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The global effort to eradicate rinderpest por Roeder, Peter, Rich, Karl M.

“…As for the financial benefits of rinderpest eradication, describing them is constrained because of a general lack of studies on the subject, and the fact that programs covering multiple issues often did not clearly discern the rinderpest problem. …”
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Improving Nutritional Content of Bakery Products by Using Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Puree por Hossain, M.M., Rahaman, E.H.M.S., Heck, S., Mahmood, S.

“…The bakery products thereafter subjected to nutrient analysis and sensatory evaluation. …”
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Sex ratios, damage and distribution of Myrianthus holstii Engl.: a dioecious afromontane forest tree por Kissa, D.O., Ssali, F., Sheil, D.

“…Male and female dioecious tropical trees are subjected to distinct demands that may influence their ecology. …”
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Screening for aroma in rice genotypes with African and Asian backgrounds por Ndikuryayo, Cyprien, Ndayiragije, Alexis, Kilasi, Newton, Kusolwa, Paul

“…Two hundred fifteen genotypes were subjected to kompetitive allele-specific PCR genotyping and sensory evaluation methods. …”
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Managing Scientific Information to Meet the Changing Needs of Agricultural Research in Trinidad and Tobago por Hee Houng, Maritza, Ballantyne, Peter G.

“…The most influential characteristic of demand Is the need for the research system to respond to rapidly changing agricultural production priorities and interests—information services in the country must remain abreast of changing priorities and they must develop resources and services that are flexible enough to cope with rapid changes in subject focus. Libraries, information centers, research seminars, and information networks are the only mechanisms in which the research system has consciously invested. …”
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Satellite-based approach for seasonal rice area and start of season monitoring por Mathieu, Renaud, Murugesan, Deiveegan, Maunahan, Aileen, Quicho, Emma, Sataphaty, Sushree, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Salif, Doumba, Akpoffo, Marius, Gatti, Luca

“…The RIICE tool provides an efficient alternative to conventional terrestrial methods that are not only time-consuming and expensive but also often subject to inquiries regarding the accuracy of area and start-of-growing-season statistics.…”
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When values inform approaches to climate security: The case of Zambia’s Southern Province por Tarusarira, Joram, Caroli, Giulia, Medina, Leonardo, Maviza, Gracsious

“…Climate security interventions should prioritise a climate-security values assessment to understand the subjective and differential impacts of and responses to climate security risks, as well as the opportunities and barriers to peace and security that arise from the values.…”
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Quantifying the extent of climate inequality in China por Tan-Soo, Jie-Sheng, Chen, Shuai, Ye, Hai-Jian

“…Using individual-level panel data representative of Chinese residents, this study examines in detail the relationship between temperature and subjective well-being (SWB). We first find that a 1 °C increase in temperature anomalies (difference between current and historical temperature) causes a 0.02 decrease in SWB (2% of 1 S.D.). …”
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Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia por Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Abate, Gashaw T., Yimam, Seid

“…The startling divergence between irrigation potential and utilization has been the subject of policy discussions in the recent decade, which results in a significant impetus towards irrigation development in the country both in expressed commitments and actual investments. …”
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A chat about insurance: Experimental results from rural Bangladesh por Clarke, Daniel J., de Nicola, Francesca, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Kumar, Neha, Mehta, Parendi

“…However, because farmers are subject to a variety of risks, they do not focus on only one type of insurance; instead, they evenly split their endowment between life and disability insurance and agricultural insurance. …”
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Supply- and demand-side management of water in Gujarat, India: What can we learn? por Kishore, Avinash

“…Other programmes like the initiative to spread micro-irrigation have not received the attention they deserve from the research community in spite of their apparent success. This paper subjects the biggest on-going supply- and demand-side initiatives for water management in Gujarat to critical scrutiny in light of the recent data and tries to draw lessons for the state and other parts of India facing sustainable water management challenges.…”
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Economic analysis of animal genetic resources and the use of rural appraisal methods: lessons from Southeast Mexico por Drucker, Adam G., Anderson, S.

“…Despite the importance of the economics of AnGR conservation, the subject has received limited attention. Reasons include: methodological difficulties inherent in valuing genetic resources; limited knowledge about appropriate analytical techniques; and lack of data regarding local breeds. …”
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Climatic variability and cooperation in rangeland management: a case study from Niger por McCarthy, Nancy, Vanderlinden, Jean-Paul

“…In this paper, we develop an empirical model of an agro-pastoral system subject to high climatic risk to test the impact of rainfall variability on livestock densities, land allocation patterns and herd mobility observed at the community level. …”
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Food aid for market development in Sub-Saharan Africa por Abdulai, Awudu, Barrett, Christopher B., Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…Food aid remains a contentious subject, however, and there have been many recent pleas for more effective use of the resource. …”
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