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Low carbon technologies for agriculture: a study on rice and wheat production systems in the Indo-Gangetic plains by Pathak, Himanshu, Aggarwal, Pramod K.

“…Therefore, it is highly pertinent to develop such technologies that help in reducing GHGs emission from agriculture. …”
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Simulation of resource-conserving technologies on productivity, income and greenhouse gas GHG emission in rice-wheat system by Saharawat, Yashpal S., Ladha, Jagdish Kumar, Pathak, Himanshu, Gathala M, Chaudhary, N., Jat, Mangi Lal

“…In the present study, InfoRCT (Information on Use of Resource Conserving Technologies), a excel based model integrating biophysical, agronomic, and socioeconomic data to establish input-output relationships related to water, fertilizer, labor, and biocide uses; greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; biocide residue in soil; and Nitrogen (N) fluxes in the rice-wheat system has been validated for farmer participatory practices. …”
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Conflicts management, social capital and adoption of agroforestry technologies : Empirical findings from the highlands of southwestern Uganda by Sanginga, Pascal C., Kamugisha, R.N., Martin, A.M.

“…This paper examines the hypothesis that conflicts constrain the adoption of agroforestry technologies. Using empirical data from 243 households in Kabale-Uganda, the study identified over 780 different cases of conflicts, and found positive relationships between certain types of conflicts and adoption of agroforestry technologies. …”
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Improving technology delivery mechanisms: Lessons from bean seed systems research in eastern and central Africa by David, S., Sperling, L.

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LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa by Freeman, H.A., Jabbar, M.A., Ehui, Simeon K.

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From plot to watershed management: Experience in farmer participatory Vertisol technology generation and adoption in highland Ethiopia by Jabbar, M.A., Mamo, T., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

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From component technology to integrated resource management: Evolution toward trandisciplinary research in a project in Ethiopia by Jabbar, M.A., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Li Pun, H.H.

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Intermediate technology for increased food and feed production from deep black clay soils in the Ethiopian highlands by Jutzi, S.C., Asamenew, G., Tedla, A., Astatke, A.

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Virtual crop modeling for technology impact assessment - lessons from a potato crop growth model by Kleinwechter, U., Asseng, Senthold, Gastelo, M., Ritchie, J., Nelson, J.

“…Efforts are under way in the agricultural research for development community to employ crop growth simulation models for the ex"=ante assessment of the impacts of agricultural technologies, in particular improved crop varieties. …”
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Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers: how to select the best varieties to offer farmers in Southeast Asia by Horne, P., Stür, Werner W.

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Development of low-cost technologies for pyramiding useful genes from wild relatives of cassava into elite progenitors by Bellotti, Anthony C., Fregene, Martin A., Alves, A.A.C., Ceballos, H., Álvarez, E., Okay, E, Egesi, Chiedozie N., Bua, A., Alicai, Titus, Baguma, Yona K.

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Development of low-cost technologies for pyramiding useful genes from wild relatives of cassava into elite progenitors by Bellotti, Anthony C., Fregene, Martin A., Alves, A.A.C., Ceballos, H., Álvarez, E., Okay, E, Egesi, Chiedozie N., Bua, A., Alicai, Titus, Baguma, Yona K.

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Marker assisted selection of apomixis in Brachiaria breeding through SCAR-N14 and FTA DNA technology by García, J., Bernal, D., Giraldo, M., Quintero, C., Chacón Pinilla, Juliana, Miles, John W., Tohme, Joseph M.

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L'Association francophone pour l'avancement des technologies en transformation des aliments (AFATTA) by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…L'Association francophone pour l'avancement des technologies en transformation des aliments (AFATTA)Cette association a été créée en 1993…”
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Dry season resource use efficiency of cattle farms in Olancho, Honduras and implications of forage technology adoption by Lentes, P, Holmann, Federico J., Peters, Michael, White, D., Cruz, H.

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Impact of different market types on investment in soil management technologies: a case study of Ugandan cotton by Muzira, RN, Rwakaikara, SM, Basamba, T.A.A., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Tittonell, Pablo A., Sanginga, Pascal C.

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Ex-post Impact Assessment of Fertilizer Microdosing as a Climate-Smart Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa by Murendo, C, Wollni, M

“…Microdosing has been identified as a climate smart technology (The Montpellier Panel, 2013). Apart from being a climate smart technology, microdosing can be considered a pathway for the intensification of agricultural systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Gender dimensions of social networks and technology adoption: Evidence from a field experiment in Uttar Pradesh by Spielman, David J., Magnan, Nicholas

“…This project focused on how gendered social networks affect how men and women within the same household acquire information about agricutural technologies, using the technology of laser land leveling (LLL) as an example.…”
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Do hydrologic rigor and technological advance tell us more or less about transboundary water management? by Giordano, Mark, Suhardiman, Diana, Peterson-Perlman, J.

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Conservation agriculture and drought-tolerant germplasm: Reaping the benefits of climate-smart agriculture technologies in central Mozambique by Thierfelder, Christian L., Rusinamhodzi, Leonard, Setimela, Peter, Walker, Forbes, Eash, Neal S.

“…New initiatives were started in 2007 in Mozambique to test the two climate-smart agriculture technologies on farmers' fields. Long-term trends showed that direct seeded manual CA treatments outyielded conventional tillage treatments in up to 89% of cases on maize and in 90% of cases on legume in direct yield comparisons. …”
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