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World production of cereals, 1966-90 by Agcaoili-Sombilla, Mercedita C., Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…Paddy rice, 90 percent of which came from Asia, accounted for most of this gain. The shares of many other developing countries rose slightly, except Sub-Saharan African countries, which maintained a 3 percent share throughout the period. …”
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Contrasting carbon and water flux dynamics in an East African rangeland and cropland by Odongo, Vincent O., Leitner, Sonja, Dowling, T.P.F., Gluecks, Ilona V., Jackowicz-Korczynski, M., Rinne, J., Wooster, M.J., Merbold, Lutz

“…The cropland initially acted as a C sink, and when lateral C export from chickpea harvest were accounted for, the overall C balance shifted to a net source. …”
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Prices of vegetables and fruits in Ethiopia: Trends and implications for consumption and nutrition by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Minten, Bart

“…Second, part of the rise in prices is explained by increased marketing margins. To understand what accounts for these increases in the marketing margins for fruits and vegetables requires more research, as they contrast with stable or declining margins seen for other food crops over the study period. …”
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Resource management by west African farmers and the economics of shifting cultivation by Dvorak, K.A.

“…"Shifting cultivation" - the alternation of periods of cropping with relatively long periods of fallow-encompasses many indigenous agricultural systems, developed in a remarkable diversity of environments throughout the tropics. …”
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Voluntary cow traffic in AMR : with or without teaser feed at milking by Ratcovich, Elin

“…To examine this, four treatments were implemented: No teaser feed – 1 week adjustment period, Teaser feed – 1 week adjustment period, Teaser feed – 3 weeks adjustment period and No teaser feed – 3 weeks adjustment period. …”

The impact of alternative input subsidy exit strategies on Malawi’s maize commodity market by Mapila, Mariam A.T.J.

“…Despite higher maize prices, domestic maize consumption remains fairly stable, with a slow but increasing trend over the simulation period.…”
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Agricultural and industrial development in Taiwan by Yu-Kang, Mao, Schive, Chi

“…At the outset of this period, Taiwan was just recovering from the ravages of World War II, and the economy was heavily dominated by the agricultural sector, which accounted for one-third of the net domestic product, more than half (56 percent) of total employment, and 92 percent of total exports. …”
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Dynamics of structural transformation: An empirical characterization in the case of China, Malaysia, and Ghana by Badibanga, Thaddée, Diao, Xinshen, Roe, Terry L., Somwaru, Agapi

“…The paper develops a metric of structural transformation that can account for the production of new varieties of goods embodying advancements in technological know-how and design. …”
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Factores agronomicos en el manejo de ensayos de rendimiento en frijol by Thung, M., Erazo, O, Ortega, J.

“…The agronomic factors that should be taken into account in the management of bean yield trials are described. …”
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Root‐zone soil moisture variability across African savannas: From pulsed rainfall to landcover switches by Räsänen, M., Merbold, Lutz, Vakkari, V., Aurela, M., Laakso, L., Beukes, J.P., Zyl, P.G. van, Josipovic, M., Feig, G., Pellikka, P., Rinne, J., Katul, G.G.

“…The model comparisons demonstrate that dry persistence and mean annual dry periods must account for seasonal and interannual changes in maximum ET represented by NDVI and to a lesser extent PET. …”
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Pre-weaning mortality rates of Sudanese sheep under farm condition by Sulieman, A.H, El-Neew, W.M, El-Amin, E.R.

“…On average, these losses accounted for 40.5% of the lamb crop, but for the separate ecotypes these figures were 44.3 and 36.7%, respectively, for the Shugor and Dubasi. …”
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Understanding the impacts of climate change in the Tana River Basin, Kenya by Muthuwatta, Lal P.

“…Four hydrological characteristics – water yield, groundwater recharge, base flow and flow regulation – were determined and mapped throughout the basin for three 30-year time periods: 2020–2049, 2040–2069 and 2070–2099. Results were compared with a baseline period, 1983–2011. …”
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Outmigration and labor mobility issues and policies in Nepal by Kharel, A., Sugden, F., Gupta, S.

“…Nepal’s labor migration history dates back to the colonial period in India when Nepali youths were recruited in the army of the East India Company in the early 19th century, and even prior to this period, Nepali men served in the army of Shikh ruler Ranjit Singh in Punjab (included territories of present-day India and Pakistan). …”
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Review of input and output policies for cereals production in Pakistan by Salam, Abdul

“…This report reviews the input and output policies for cereals implemented in Pakistan during the period 1996–2010. Pakistan has a long and varied history of intervening in farm input and output markets, going back decades before the period under review. …”
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Review of input and output policies for cereals production in Pakistan by Salam, Abdul

“…This report reviews the input and output policies for cereals implemented in Pakistan during the period 1996–2010. Pakistan has a long and varied history of intervening in farm input and output markets, going back decades before the period under review. …”
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Development in Costa Rica: The key role of agriculture by Celis, Rafael, Lizano, Eduardo

“…Demographic and economic growth during the period after World War II was extremely rapid: between the periods 1950-52 and 1975-77 its population doubled, as did real per capita income. …”
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Genetic evaluation of birth and weaning weight of Gudali and two-breed synthetic Wakwa beef cattle populations under selection in Cameroon: Genetic and phenotypic trends by Tawah, C.L., Rege, J.E.O., Mbah, D.A., Oumate, H.

“…Trends in sire ETAs and dam EBVs for WWT jointly accounted for estiamted genetic gains of 8.60 kg in Gudali and 20.4 kg in Wakwa over the study period. …”
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Replication Data for: The impact of climate change on cacao production in Central America and the Caribbean by Bunn, Christian, Lundy, Mark M., Castro-Llanos, Fabio Alexander

“…This analysis was done with a machine learning approach: Random Forest model, which took into account climatic variables, such as precipitation, temperature and evapotranspiration. …”
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Returns to public sector plant breeding in the presence of spill-ins and private goods: The case of bean research in Michigan by Maredia, Mywish K., Bernsten, Richard, Ragasa, Catherine

“…The estimated benefit/cost ratios reported in this study are lower‐bound estimates, as they do not account for potential benefits from area planted to MSU varieties outside of Michigan (spillover effects), which was 1.5 times greater than the area planted to MSU‐bred varieties within Michigan in the period 1998–2002. …”
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Integrating Sustainable Development Goals into the nexus approach by Canamary, E. A., Paiva, A. C. de E., Martins, M. A., Silva, D. de M., Marchezini, V., Tomasella, J.

“…To analyze these challenges, the nexus approach was proposed as an alternative to integrated resources management by simultaneously taking into account synergies and trade-offs on water, energy, and food security. …”
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