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CGIAR Scientometrics Data for 2000-2016 by International Food Policy Research Institute, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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‘One nation one ration card’ can transform lives by Pradhan, Mamata, Roy, Devesh

“…The system, once introduced, would enable beneficiaries to get their quota of grains from any ration shop of their own choice across the country. The ONORC system is of considerable utility to migrants. …”
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Using elicitation mechanisms to estimate the demand for nutritious maize: Evidence from experiments in rural Ghana by Chowdhury, Shyamal, De Groote, Hugo, Meenakshi, Jonnalagadda V., Haleegoah, Joyce, Ewool, Manfred, Banerji, Abhijit

“…The mechanisms that we used for elicitation are the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism, kth price auction, and choice experiment. The basic design of the experiment involved random allocation of consumers to one of three elicitation methods. …”
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Farmer preferences for drought tolerance in hybrid versus inbred rice: Evidence from Bihar, India by Ward, Patrick S., Ortega, David L., Spielman, David J., Singh, Vartika

“…This paper addresses the previously unanswered question of whether the private sector might play a future role in developing similar strains through applications of advanced biotechnology, and whether their research and development efforts would benefit poor and vulnerable farmers in hazard-prone ecosystems. We employ discrete choice experiments to examine farmers’ preferences for DT traits and explore heterogeneity in these preferences using primary data collected in rural Bihar, India. …”
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Spot-check observations for assessing hygiene practices: review of experience and implications for programs by Ruel, Marie T., Arimond, Mary

“…Structured observations, considered to be the method of choice for assessing hygiene practices, are time-consuming and expensive and are subject o reactivity (households modifying their behaviours in he presence of an observer).Hygiene practices also vary from day to day. …”
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The economics of GM food labels: An evaluation of mandatory labeling proposals in India by Bansal, Sangeeta, Ramaswami, Bharat

“…Mandatory labeling aims to provide greater information and correspondingly more informed consumer choice. However, even without such laws, markets have incentives to supply labeling. …”
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To trade or not to trade: non-separable farm household models in partial and general equilibrium. by Lofgren, Hans, Robinson, Sherman

“…First, we develop a non-separable farm household model with transaction costs and endogenous choice of market "regime" (surplus, self-sufficiency, or deficit) for production-consumption items (commodities and factors that are both demanded and supplied by the household). …”
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Farmer preferences for milpa diversity and genetically modified maize in Mexico: A latent class approach by Birol, Ekin, Villalba, Eric Rayn, Smale, Melinda

“…This ancient mode of production is practiced today in ways that vary by cultural context and agro-environment. We use a choice experiment to estimate farmers' valuation of three components of agrobiodiversity (crop species richness, maize variety richness, and maize landraces) in themilpasystem, and examine their interest in cultivating genetically modified (GM) maize. …”
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Explaining international differences in genetically modified food labeling policies by Gruère, Guillaume P., Carter, Colin A., Farzin, Y. Hossein

“…This conclusion is validated by an empirical analysis of GM food labeling policy choices. We find that countries producing GM crops are more likely to have less stringent labeling policies. …”
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Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on women farmers: a case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India by Paris, Thelma R., SINGH, ABHA, CUENO, AMELIA D., SINGH, V.N.

“…It further assesses the impact on the decision-making authority (or women's empowerment) on rice varietal choice, seed acquisition and disposal, and crop management after participating in PVS trials. …”
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Estimates of the willingness to pay for locally grown tree fruits in Cusco, Peru by Blare, Trent, Donovan, Jason, del Pozo, Cesar

“…This paper presents a choice experiment of the preference of locally grown apples, avocados and pears vis-à-vis nonlocal equivalents with 300 consumers in a traditional market in Cusco, Peru. …”
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Non-separable farm household models in a computable general equilibrium model by Lofgren, Hans, Robinson, Sherman

“…First, we develop a non-separable farm household model with transaction costs and endogenous choice of market "regime" (surplus, self-sufficiency, or deficit) for production-consumption items (commodities and factors that are both demanded and supplied by the household). …”
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A review of international labeling policies of genetically modified food to evaluate India’s proposed rule by Gruère, Guillaume P. P., Rao, S. R.

“…Existing evidence from developed countries shows that mandatory labeling regulations have resulted in no additional consumer choice or information. Among the few developing countries with labeling policies, most have not effectively implemented their regulations. …”
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Fighting for the right to use wastewater: what drives the use of untreated wastewater in a peri-urban village of Faisalabad, Pakistan? by Weckenbrock, P., Evans, Alexandra E.V., Majeed, M.Q., Ahmad, Waqas, Bashir, N.

“…It shows that while the initial motivation for wastewater use was water scarcity and a lack of choice, farmers soon realized there were benefits associated with this alternative water supply. …”
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The management and husbandry of male and female draught animals: Research achievements and needs by Matthewman, R.W., Dijkman, J.T., Zerbini, E.

“…Topics considered include the choice between cows and oxen and effects of work on physiology, metabolism, health, food intake, digestion, bodyweight change and lactation and reproductive physiology in draught cows. …”
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The joint project on Vertisols management retrospect and prospects by Abebe, M., Jutzi, S.C.

“…This has led to the two dimension strategy of choice or prioritisation: 1) issues related to research of the high-rainfall, low temperature and thus highly waterlogged Vertisols of the Ethiopian highlands, thereby providing a common denominator to collaborators for subsequent stages of research and development activities; and 2) high disciplinary priority to soil management related research; waterlogging and soil fertility being the most important constraints for Vertisols use high rainfall areas. …”
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Cross-species amplification and polymorphism of microsatellite loci in Asian bovidae by Hishida, O., Hanotte, Olivier H., Verjee, Y., Tanka, K., Namikawa, T., Teale, A.J., Rege, J.E.O.

“…They are now the markers of choice for genome mapping, pedigree analysis and the study of genetic diversity of livestock. …”
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Groundwater spatial dynamics and endogenous well location by Katic, Pamela G.

“…This paper develops a theoretical model to estimate welfare gains from optimal groundwater management when the choice variable set is expanded to include well location decisions as well as optimal groundwater extraction paths. …”
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Improving Goat productivity in the humid zone of the tropics by Omeke, B.C.O.

“…Feed supplementation and health care significantly improved performance within and between management systems, including mean weight gain per year for does; confined stall-feeding is the management system of choice, although Scavanging and confined stall-feeding systems could be combinely practiced. …”
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Kenyan awareness of aflatoxin: An analysis of processed milk consumers by Mtimet, Nadhem, Walke, M., Baker, Derek, Lindahl, Johanna F., Hartmann, M., Grace, Delia

“…This study examines Kenyan milk consumers’ behaviour toward aflatoxin by way of choice experiments. Further, the willingness to pay for different types of milk and aflatoxin status awareness was assessed. …”
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