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How Third World rural households adapt to dietary energy stress: the evidence and the issues por Payne, Philip, Lipton, Michael

“…In How Third World Households Adapt to Dietary Energy Stress: The Evidence and the Issues, IFPRI Food Policy Review 2, Philip Payne and Michael Lipton draw upon relevant literature from a range of subjects spanning the biological, behavioral, and social sciences and set out a conceptual framework to identify the current state of knowledge--and the gaps in it.…”
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Conference on agricultural sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation in East and Southeast Asia por Witcover, Julie, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…This first in a series of regional conferences on this subject brought together more than fifty agricultural scientists and policymakers from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and from international agricultural research centers and the Asian Development Bank to discuss how best to promote sustainable agricultural intensification--natural resource management that safeguards productivity of the natural resource base while meeting economic growth and poverty alleviation objectives... …”
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The right to food: widely acknowledged and poorly protected por Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Nygaard, David F., Ratta, Annu

“…If the individual really is the central subject of development, then a concerted shift may be needed in economic development policies to provide each individual with the most rudimentary of human needs: food.…”
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An analysis of trade related international regulations of genetically modified food and their effects on developing countries por Gruère, Guillaume P.

“…We also show that the effects of international and domestic trade related regulations critically depend on the type of traded products and their intended use: food and unprocessed products are subject to more stringent regulations than animal feed and processed products. …”
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Globalization of food and agriculture and the poor por von Braun, Joachim, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…Rather than offering a single policy prescription or simplistic messages about globalization being 'good' or 'bad', the book acknowledges the complexity of the subject by including a variety of policy and research perspectives. …”
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Locating Pleistocene refugia: comparing phylogeographic and ecological niche model predictions por Waltari, Eric, Hijmans, Robert J., Peterson, A. Townsend, Nyári, Árpád S., Perkins, Susan L., Guralnick, Robert P.

“…Our results confirm that ENM scenario exploration can provide a useful complement to molecular studies, offering a less subjective, spatially explicit hypothesis of past geographic patterns of distribution…”
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Selection for Tolerance to Low Temperature-Induced Spikelet Sterility At Anthesis in Rice por Khan, D.R., Mackill, D.J., Vergara, B.S.

“…Cold tolerance was measured as percent spikelet fertility of plants subjected to low day/night temperatures (20/20°C or 21/21°C) for 5 days at anthesis in the phytotron. …”
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Water Deficits and Mineral Uptake in Rice por O'Toole, J.C., Baldia, E.P.

“…Rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) were grown in containers and subjected to water stress. Soil and plant water potential, transpiration rate, leaf area, dry wieght, uptake of N, P and K and atmospheric evaporative demand were monitored over an 18 day drying period. …”
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Space–time analysis of peste des petits ruminants in Mali and identification of risk factors por Zannou, Olivier M., Sow, Ahmadou N., Sissoko, B., Fomba, C.O., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Dione, Michel M.

“…This disease that has an effective vaccine is subjected to a worldwide eradication program. The aim of this study is therefore to develop risk maps and identify the disease’s risk factors to inform national vaccination strategy in Mali. …”
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Household expenditures and wealth among young Guatemalan adults por Maluccio, John, Martorell, Reynaldo, Ramires, Luis Fernando

“…The main difference across birth-year cohorts is that younger subjects tend to live in smaller households, with lower total annual household expenditures (and fewer durable goods), though per capita measures are similar across cohorts. …”
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Terms of Reference: Review of Culture and Engagement in CGIAR por CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

“…Recommendations will be subject to a CGIAR Management Response (MR). In 2017, Evaluation of the Gender at the CGIAR Workplace was conducted with MR available on evaluation function website and summed up in Annex 4. …”
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Plantations for the tropics -- their role, extent and nature por Brown, A.G., Nambiar, E.K.S., Cossalter, C.

“…World demand for the former is increasing, but the rate of increase is slowing and is subject to fluctuations in economic activity. Dependency on fuelwood is very high in many countries, and it is not lessening overall. …”
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Ecological characterization of tree species for guiding forest management decision in seasonally dry forests in Lomerío, Bolivia por Pinard, M.A., Putz, F.E., Rumíz, D., Guzmán, R., Jardim, A.

“…To foster development of such a system in a seasonally dry tropical forest in Lomerío, Bolivia, we classfied tree species according to their relative timber value, importance as food for vertebrate frugivores and vulnerability to population declines when subjected to logging. We used this classification to identify a management system appropriate for the commercial species and to evaluate the compatibility of the system with the regeneration requirements of tree species that produce important food for mammalian wildlife. …”
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Timber management and related policies: a review por Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…A preliminary analysis of these changes shows the timber sector is subject to greater potential pressures than ever before, but that there are also possibilities for important policy improvements.…”
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Porto de moz: o prefeito, "dono do municipio" por Salgado, I., Kaimowitz, D.

“…Land ownership is extremely concentrated, and a large part of the municipal lands are unclaimed and subject to land grabbing by fraudulent and violent means. …”
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Tinjauan atas kebijakan sektor perkayuan dan kebijakan terkait lainnya por Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…A preliminary analysis of these changes shows the timber sector is subject to greater potential pressures than ever before, but that there are also possibilities for important policy improvements.…”
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Site-level rehabilitation strategies for degraded forest lands por Sabogal, C.

“…Thus, degraded areas on farmlands, areas of special ecological value, or areas that have been subjected to intensive extractive uses (such as mining) would all constitute priority areas for restoration. …”
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Shearing strength as an additional selection criterion for quality in Brachiaria ecotypes por Hughes, N.R.G., Valle, Cacilda Borges do, Sabatel, V., Boock, J., Jessop, N.S., Herrero, Mario

“…(three accessions from each of four species) were subjected to tests of shearing strength using a Warner Bratzler meat shear. …”
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The Nile River Basin: Water, agriculture, governance and livelihoods por Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Molden, David J., Peden, Donald G.

“…Water demand modeling, scenario analysis, and tradeoffs that inform future plans and opportunities are included to provide a unique, comprehensive coverage of the subject.…”
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Factors influencing adoption of new wheat techniques in Wolmera and Addis Alem areas of Ethiopia por Yirga, C., Shapiro, Barry I., Demeke, M.

“…A study was conducted in two woredas, Addis Alem and Wolmera, to investigate (1) the level of farmers' awareness and adoption of recommended and demonstrated technologies; (2) the extent and intensity to which farmers have adopted these technologies; and (3) the objective and subjective factors affecting adoption. A total of 156 farmers were randomly selected and interviewed using a pre-tested questionnaire. …”
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