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Don’t tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households by Ambler, Kate

“…Migrants strategically send home less when their choice is not revealed to recipients. Recipients make spending choices closer to migrants' preferences when the migrants' preferences are shared, regardless of whether or not the spending choices are revealed to the migrants, suggesting that recipients' choices are inadvertently affected by imperfect information.…”
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The economics of beer by Swinnen, Johan

“…Beer was the drink of choice in many ancient societies and throughout the past centuries in large parts of the world. …”
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Asset versus consumption poverty and poverty dynamics in rural Ethiopia by Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda, Winter-Nelson, Alex

“…Nonetheless, little work has empirically compared poverty measurement based on assets and expenditures to indicate the practical implications of the choice of poverty measure. This article uses panel data (between 1994 and 2004) from Ethiopia to generate asset- and expenditures-based poverty classifications. …”
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Integrated economic-hydrologic water modeling at the basin scale: the Maipo River Basin by Rosegrant, Mark W., Ringler, Claudia, McKinney, Daene C., Cai, Ximing, Keller, Andrew, Donoso, G.

“…This paper introduces an integrated economic-hydrologic modeling framework that accounts for the interactions between water allocation, farmer input choice, agricultural productivity, nonagricultural water demand, and resource degradation in order to estimate the social and economic gains from improvement in the allocation and efficiency of water use. …”
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Sustainable Farming: A Political Geography by Paarlberg, Robert L.

“…If regional precision is maintained, paralyzing technical arguments between powerful agriculturalists and environmentalists can be minimized, and important reform imperatives that go beyond technical choice can be highlighted as well.…”
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Dialogues: the shaping of biotechnology in Southern Africa by Omamo, Steven Were, von Grebmer, Klaus

“…In selecting topics for the first dialogue, IFPRI and FANRPAN identified five areas in which governments are required to make new and unfamiliar choices in order to regulate agricultural biotechnologies: intellectual property rights, biosafety, trade, food safety and consumer choice, and public research.…”
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Marriage, schooling, and excess mortality in prime-age adults: Evidence from South Africa by Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…Results show that excess mortality is concentrated in unmarried adults aged 20–39 among both men and women (with a larger increase in mortality rate among women than men). Thus, the choice of when and who to marry appears to be related to risk of HIV exposure, leading to the authors to the primary question of this study; to determine the effect that schooling has on AIDS and excess mortality through changes in marriage behavior. …”
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Conditional contracts in indirect local procurement of maize from smallholder farmers in Uganda: A study design to assess impacts by Raghunathan, Kalyani, Abate, Gashaw T., Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Nabwire, Leocardia, Mukangabo, Emerence, Mugabo, Serge, Benin, Samuel

“…Improving smallholder farmers’ access to reliable markets can have significant impacts on their wellbeing, income, poverty reduction, dietary diversity, and rural economic growth. As the choice of marketing channels may influence outcomes differently depending on the context, a key issue is understanding the effectiveness of different marketing instruments. …”
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Dataset for: On-farm testing of 11 pre-released elite clones in five provinces of Mozambique, 2024 by Makunde, G.S., Gonzaga, L., Ssali, R.T., Yada, B., Mtonga, A., Serenje, G., Odiyo, O., Musundire, L.

“…The TRICOT design was the experimental design of choice. Most agricultural actors, including farmers, extension officers and other local government representatives were involved in the setting up of trials and their assessment. …”
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Crowdsourcing initiatives and the diffusion of information: Experimental evidence from livestock keepers in Kenya by Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Lepariyo, Watson Saewua, Baraza, Meshack, Ochenje, Ibrahim

“…We found that the KAZNET initiative improved access to information, increased the adoption of livestock management practices and use of inputs (livestock medicine and insurance), and shaped decisions about the choice of markets for selling livestock. Further, the KAZNET initiative increased livestock income. …”
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Building local research capacity through time, trust and knowledge transfer by Desai, Bina, Olomu, Rukeme

“…Hybrid design is more than a logistical choice, it actively lowers barriers for women, caregivers, and researchers outside capital cities and regional hubs. …”
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Rural labor supply and recall window sensitivity by Ambler, Kate, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Maredia, Mywish K.

“…The study additionally shows that recall window choice can significantly alter estimates of the relationship between labor supply and education. …”
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Mechanism to identify, define and prioritize interdisciplinary forest research themes at national, regional and global levels by Glück, P., Byron, R.N.

“…This paper describes how to sets of factors-the economic characteristics of the benefits of research, and the policy network of diverse actors and their interests-determine not only the priorities for (interdisciplinary) forest research themes but also the choice of mechanisms for the decision-making process itself. …”
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Participatory approaches to investigate breeding objectives of livestock keepers by Duguma, G., Mirkena, T., Haile, Aynalem, Iñiguez, L., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Tibbo, Markos, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Sölkner, Johann, Wurzinger, Maria

“…The reviewed tools were: participatory rural appraisal (PRA), choice experiments, ranking of animals from own flock/herd and ranking of others animals. …”
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Dairy marketing by intra-urban, peri-urban and rural dairy producers near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Debrah, S.K.

“…The range of marketing outlets available to each category of producer was identified, and the relative intensities of outlet use and the factors influencing producer choice of alternative market outlet for the different producer groups were analysed. …”
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Implicit prices of indigenous cattle traits in central Ethiopia: Application of revealed and stated preference approaches by Kassie, Girma T., Abdulai, A., Wollny, C.B.A., Ayalew, W., Dessie, Tadelle, Tibbo, Markos, Haile, Aynalem, Okeyo Mwai, Ally

“…Transaction level data were collected over four seasons in a year and choice experiment survey was done in five markets to generate data on both revealed and stated preferences of cattle buyers. …”
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Pepsee systems: grassroots innovation under groundwater stress by Verma, Shilp, Tsephal, S., Jose, T.

“…In the Maikaal region of Central India, a grassroots innovation called 'Pepsee' has become a popular choice for farmers. At less than half the cost of conventional drip systems, this innovation promises comparable returns. …”
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Dairy marketing in Ethiopia: Markets of first sale and producers' marketing patterns by Debrah, S.K., Anteneh, B.

“…High net profits was identified as an important motive guiding the choice of sales outlet.…”
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Environment and government policies in northern Nigeria by Freeman, H.A.

“…This study explores the effect of selected economic policies on farm-household consumption and production choices in northern Nigeria and evaluates the consequences for environmental degradation at the farm level. …”
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Regional experience with forage Arachis in other tropical areas: Asia, Africa, and the Pacific by Stür, Werner W., Ndikumana, J.

“…Other advantages are easy vegetative establishment, good spread, good shade tolerance, and the choice of seeding or nonseeding accessions. Limitations to adaptation of the currently available forage Arachis germplasm in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific are low rainfall (<1000 mm average annual rainfall), low-fertility acid soils (pH <5), and low-fertility, high-pH soils (pH >8) such as coralline soils in the Pacific. …”
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