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Fertilizer use and management practices among maize and cowpea smallholder farmers in Ghana by Okebalama, C.B., Safo, E.Y., Yeboah, E., Abaidoo, Robert C., Logah, V.

“…Consequently, only 32% maize farmers and 19% cowpea farmers were fertilizer users. In addition, the choice of fertilizer type to use was depended on the type available on the market. …”
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Evaluating fire severity in Sudanian ecosystems of Burkina Faso using Landsat 8 satellite images by Musyimi, Z., Said, Mohammed Yahya, Zida, D., Rosenstock, Todd S., Udelhoven, T., Savadogo, P., Leeuw, Jan de, Aynekulu, Ermias

“…Highly severely burned areas were mapped with the highest accuracy (user's accuracy 77%, producer's accuracy 86%). The severity of the burn varied across phyto-geographical zones, protected status, land cover regimes, and forest management practices. …”
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Case Story 8: Multi-stakeholder Prioritization Approach for Climate-Smart Agriculture Planning and Investment in Vietnam. by Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin, Nowak, Andreea C., Lizarazo, Miguel, Parker, Louis, Van Trinh, Mai, Nghia, Tran Dai

“…All previous analyses will be utilized to prioritize and discuss strategies for minimizing trade-offs, increasing synergies between practices, avoiding or overcoming barriers to adoption, and linking with end user priorities.…”
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Genetic Diversity in Maintainer and Restorer Lines of Pearl Millet by Nepolean, T., Gupta, S.K., Dwivedi, S.L., Bhattacharjee, Ranjana, Rai, Kedar N., Hash, C.T.

“…The SSR alleles of each of the parental lines along with distinctness, uniformity, and stability (DUS) characterization may enable ICRISAT to protect these lines from any kind of infringement by the multiple users who have received these lines for hybrid development.…”
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An assessment of willingness to pay by maize and groundnut farmers for aflatoxin biocontrol product in northern Nigeria by Ayedun, B., Okpachu, G., Manyong, Victor M., Atehnkeng, J., Akinola, Adebayo A., Abu, G.A., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…A market strategy promoting a premium price for aflatoxin-safe produce and creating awareness and explaining the availability of Aflasafe to potential users should increase Aflasafe usage.…”
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How farmer videos trigger social learning to enhance innovation among smallholder rice farmers in Uganda by Karubanga, G., Kibwika, P., Okry, F., Sseguya, H.

“…However, the potential of videos in influencing farmer knowledge and behavioral change can be further exploited if the users can produce contextualized videos of farmer practices and innovations for dissemination. …”
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Economic performance of community based bean seed production and marketing in the central rift valley of Ethiopia by Tebeka, Y.A., Katungi, Enid M., Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Sserunkuuma, D., Kidane, T.

“…These three seed production and delivery models competed at farm level, but complemented each other in terms of reaching users in different social groups and locations. Community based seed multiplication enterprises as sources of seed were used by farmers located in rural areas and those in farmer organisations/cooperatives. …”
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Current situation of rapid multiplication techniques for early generation seed potato production in Sub-Saharan Africa by Harahagazwe, D., Andrade-Piedra, J.L., Parker, M., Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar

“…We also provide an overview on the germplasm used in seed systems, with a special focus on end-users' preferences. The paper also provides contextualized suggestions on how to improve the efficiency of the seed systems analyzed.…”
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Asssesing the effectiveness and impact of agricultural water management interventions: the case of small reservoirs in northern Ghana by Acheampong, D., Balana, Bedru, Nimoh, F., Abaidoo, Robert C.

“…The current low level effectiveness and impact of SRs could be enhanced by improving their management, for example, through the provision of incentive mechanisms such as subsidies to the private sector involvement in rehabilitation, management and irrigation service provision and strengthening the capacity of existing water users associations. Furthermore, small reserviors should be recognized not only as water sources for small scale irrigation but also as providers of multiple livelihood benefits to local communities and consequently should attract due attention in public resource allocation in their rehabilitation and management/institutional capacity building.…”
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Farm-level and community aggregate economic impacts of adopting climate smart agricultural practices in three mega environments by Lan, Le, Sain, Gustavo, Czaplicki, Stanislaw, Guerten, Nora, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Grosjean, Godefroy, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…This study contributes to enhancing the prioritization process of CSA practices and provides practical guidance for research and policy to tailor the investment to appropriate end-users to assure the greatest impact for the community.…”
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Agronomic Linked Data (AgroLD): A knowledge-based system to enable integrative biology in agronomy by Venkatesan, A., Tagny Ngompe, G., El Hassouni, N., Chentli, I., Guignon, Valentin, Jonquet, C., Ruíz, M., Larmande, Pierre

“…Our evaluation results show users appreciate the multiple query modes which support different use cases. …”
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A simple model for water table fluctuations for agronomic decision making in the Argentinian Pampas by Videla Mensegue, Horacio Rogelio, Magra, Maria Sofia, Macchiavello, Alejandra, Alvarez, Cristian, Noellemeyer, Elke, Caviglia, Octavio

“…This study explores the intricate interplay between water table fluctuations, soil type, potential evapotranspiration and rainfall in order to develop a user-friendly model for predicting water table dynamics. …”
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Modelling spatial trends in sorghum breeding field trials using a two-dimensional P-spline mixed model by Velazco, Julio Gabriel, Rodríguez-Álvarez, María Xosé, Boer, Martin P., Jordan, David R., Eilers, Paul H. C., Malosetti, Marcos, Van Eeuwijk, Fred A.

“…A flexible and user-friendly spatial method called SpATS performed comparably to more elaborate and trial-specific spatial models in a series of sorghum breeding trials. …”
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Materialdistribution i ett tillverkningsföretag by Hjärpe, Pär

“…Virum and Persson define logistics as: "Logistics is the approach and principles founding the process of planning, development, coordination, organisation, management, and control of material distribution from supplier to user". This definition will serve as a starting point for this project. …”
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Parkkaraktärer by Nordh, Helena

“…The tool operated by the user answering different statements that will ultimately lead to the right park characteristic.…”
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Rum i förändring by Alvarson, Karolina

“…My method for investigating and analysing the park and its social dimensions has included investigations of the spot, interviews, and studying of data concerning the users. A big part of the time for this thesis has also been applied to study youth culture in public places and how gender can be implemented in physical planning. …”
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Slitundersökning för jordbearbetning och sådd by Rehn, Claes, Staaf, Niklas

“…This could be the result of the different weight of the machines. Our users lay a bit over the producers recommendations when in comes to power requirement. …”
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Teknikskydd - hur medvetna är ryttarna? : en pilotstudie om medvetenheten kring dess verkan och hur de används by Ström, Julia, Østrem, Dina

“…The aim of the study was to see how much knowledge there is about the effects of the technical hind limb boots in local 100 cm classes and regional 130 cm classes on shows in Skåne, how many riders that are using them, what kind of riders who are using them the most and also if there is a difference between the numbers of users in 100 cm classes compared to 130 cm classes. …”

Consumer Technology for Sustainable Food Practices : the impact of mobile applications on consumer food behaviour by Pflaum, Nathan

“…Through triangulation data collection comprising of a literature review, corporate material, and corporate interviews, mobile applications which aim to track user carbon emissions and behaviours are evaluated for their ability to influence consumers toward more sustainable food habits. …”

Local variations in sawlog- and sawn product quality : sawing study of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) at a sawmill in central Sweden by Shimizu Nilsson, Megumi

“…The results of this study will be used to help making decisions about future utilization of raw materials from the end user’s point of view.…”