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Rice trade liberalization and poverty por Gulati, Ashok, Narayanan, Sudha

“…Trade liberalization would thus result in flows from these poorer Asian countries to East Asia and Europe. This is predicted to have beneficial effects for poverty, through producer price increases and second-round effects (wages, employment, and investment) in exporting countries, and to augment short-term food security in poor importing countries. …”
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Structural adjustment, agriculture, and deforestation in the Sumatera regional economy por San, Nu Nu, Lofgren, Hans, Robinson, Sherman

“…The Asian financial crisis led to a major devaluation of the Indonesian exchange rate, macro instability, and the need for a “structural adjustment” program. …”
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Rice trade liberalization and poverty por Gulati, Ashok, Narayanan, Sudha

“…Trade liberalization would thus result in flows from these poorer Asian countries to East Asia and Europe. This is predicted to have beneficial effects for poverty, through producer price increases and second-round effects (wages, employment, and investment) in exporting countries, and to augment short-term food security in poor importing countries. …”
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Water Management Challenges in Coastal Polders of Bangladesh: Rethinking Institutional & Policy Issues por Huq, Hamidul, Begum, Salma, Salahuddin, Ahmad, Amin, Md. Ruhul

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The 2020 Vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in South Asia: continuing the dialogue por Gunatilleke, Godfrey

“…In June 1998 IFPRI and the Marga Institute organized a 2020 South Asia workshop in Colombo to continue the dialogue begun in a 2020 South Asia workshop in Kathmandu in March 1995. …”
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Agricultural biodiversity and coastal food systems: A socio-ecological and trans-ecosystem case study in Aurora province, Philippines por Alejos, Shan Faye, Pajaro, Marivic, Raquino, Mark, Stuart, Alex, Watts, Paul

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Rodent management and cereal production in Asia: Balancing food security and conservation por Singleton, Grant R., Lorica, Renee P., Htwe, Nyo Me, Stuart, Alexander M.

“…We review here recent developments in the biology and management of rodent pests in cereal cropping systems in Asia. The past decade has seen a strong focus on ecologically‐based rodent management (EBRM), its adoption in field studies significantly increased rice yields (6–15%) and income (>15%) in seven Asian countries. …”
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DNA Sequence Variations of Alleles at Two Chicken Microsatellite Loci of MCW0216 and LEI0234 por Mei-Qing, Wei, Sheng-Cheng, Zeng, Yan-Ming, Wei, Han Jianlin

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Performance of different herbicides in a dry-seeded rice system in Sri Lanka por Chauhan, Bhagirath S., Abeysekara, Anuruddika S.K., Kulatunga, Sakinda D., Wickrama, Upali B.

“…Dry-seeded rice systems are an emerging production technology in many Asian countries. A field study was conducted in 2011 and 2012 at the farm of the Rice Research and Development Institute, Batalagoda, Sri Lanka, to evaluate the performance of different herbicides in a dry-seeded rice system. …”
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Generating a positive energy balance from using rice straw for anaerobic digestion por Nguyen, V.H., Topno, S., Balingbing, C., Nguyen, V.C.N., Röder, M., Quilty, J., Jamieson, C., Thornley, P., Gummert, M.

“…About 150 million metric tons of rice straw is produced in Southeast Asian countries every year. Several barriers impeding the collection of rice straw from the fields as well as the lack of knowledge on alternative uses of rice straw led to the practice of burning which causes air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Integrated use of herbicide and crop mulch in suppressing weed growth in a dry-seeded rice system por Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh, Abugho, Seth Bernard

“…Dry-seeded rice production systems are increasing in many Asian countries because of labor and water scarcities. …”
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Gender, intersectionality and climate smart agriculture in South Asia: a review por Rao, N., Sathe, R., Grist, N.

“…Food systems-based livelihoods are precarious for many of the most vulnerable and marginalised people, with climate variability and change posing a grave threat to food security. South Asia is expected to be one of the three most concentrated regions of hunger in the world by 2050. …”
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L'amenagement forestier au Gabon: historique, bilan, perpectives por Drouineau, S., Nasi, Robert

“…The timber market is affected by the Asian crisis repercussions. Since the 50s the government, as owner, has tried to sustainably manage the forests. …”
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The restoration of forest biodiversity and ecological values por Sayer, Jeffrey A., Chokkalingam, U., Poulsen, J.

“…Several countries in the East and South Asian region, are embarking upon major programs for the restoration of degraded forest ecosystems. …”
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Central control of local resource management: the impacts of devolution por Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Campbell, Bruce M., Shackleton, S., Edmunds, D., Shanley, P.

“…This paper evaluates the impacts of natural resource devolution policies in several Asian and southern African countries from the perspective of local people. …”
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Taro leaf blight - A threat to global food security por Singh, D., Jackson, G., Hunter, D., Fullerton, R., Lebot, V., Taylor, M., Iosefa, T., Okpul, T., Tyson, J.

“…Recently, the Pacific and South-east Asian regional taro networks have made excellent progress in developing cultivars resistant to taro leaf blight through enhanced utilization of taro genetic resources and close collaboration between farmers and researchers in breeding programs. …”
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Developing effective institutions for water resources management: A case study in the Deduru Oya Basin, Sri Lanka por Somaratne, Pallewatte G., Jinapala, K., Perera, L.R., Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith, Bandaragoda, Don Jayatissa, Makin, Ian W.

“…This report is based on a research project financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to conduct a regional study for the development of effective water management institutions (ADBRETA no 5812). …”
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Identifying tree populations for conservation action through geospatial analyses por Jalonen, R., Zonneveld, M. van, Thomas, E., Gaisberger, H., Vinceti, B., Hong, L.T., Loo, J.

“…Insights on initiating collaborative research on diversity and distributions of important Asian tree species are also discussed.…”
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Parasitism of autumnal morphs of the soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) by Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Buckthorn por Asplen, Mark K., Wyckhuys, Kris A.G., Heimpel, George E.

“…Recently, a classical biological control program for this invasive pest has been implemented in North America using the Asian aphidiine braconid wasp Binodoxys communis Gahan. …”
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Food production from livestock in small farm systems for urban populations in South East Asia por Devendra, C.

“…Technological and socio-economic factors are the key determinants that will drive components of the animal industries. The South East Asian region has a diversity of ruminant and non-ruminant animals approximating to between 2-11 percent and 10-25 percent respectively of the total animal resources in Asia. …”
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