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Inviting all the world's crops to the table: supporting traditional crops to supply future needs por Hart, H.

“…It took the drastic simplification of global agriculture with its shrinking basket of agricultural choices and looming population growth figures to get their attention. …”
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Farmers’ perceptions of dairy cattle breeds, breeding and feeding strategies: A case of smallholder dairy farmers in western Kenya por Lukuyu, Margaret N., Gibson, John P., Savage, D.B., Rao, E.J.O., Ndiwa, Nicholas N., Duncan, Alan J.

“…Artificial insemination (AI) was the breeding method of choice, but majority (>68%) of respondents used natural mating, because it was readily available and cheaper. …”
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Sustainable intensification of beef production in Colombia—Chances for product differentiation and price premiums por Charry, Andrés, Narjes, Manuel Ernesto, Enciso, Karen, Peters, Michael, Burkart, Stefan

“…This research attempts to evaluate the consumer’s response to both the environmental and animal welfare aspects of more sustainable food systems by (i) determining the characteristics of a consumer segment for sustainably produced beef using contingent valuation methods and (ii) estimating the marginal willingness to pay (MWTP) for animal welfare compliance and the environmental benefits derived from sustainable intensification within the identified consumer segment, employing a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE). In addition, the study estimates the effect of information on consumer’s MWTP for environmentally friendlier beef. …”
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Smallholder farmers' adoption of vegetable production technologies in Babati District, Tanzania por Ochieng, J., Afari-Sefa, Victor, Lukumay, Philipo J., Muthoni, F., Dominick, I.

“…Based on a sampled survey of 310 farm households from five villages, we used both qualitative and quantitative methods to describe the dynamics of farmers’ adoption of vegetable technologies and analyse factors influencing technology choice in Babati District located in the Manyara region, Tanzania. …”
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AgroFIMS v.2.0 - User manual. por Aubert, Céline, Benites Alfaro, Omar Eduardo, Peréz, Ivan, Laporte, Marie-Angélique, Devare, Medha

“…The AgrAPI blueprint can be implemented in different programming languages, but is currently implemented in the R statistical programming language, allowing you to analyze your data with the R packages and graphics of your choice.…”
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Irrigated farming systems: using the water footprint as an indicator of environmental, social and economic sustainability por Altobelli, F., Cimino, O., Natali, F., Orlandini, S., Gitz, V., Meybeck, A., Dalla Marta, A.

“…Results showed that for certain irrigation volumes and for certain crops, the economic and social impacts are very different and the choice of an irrigated crop rather than another has different repercussions in terms of environmental and socio-economic sustainability. …”
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Gaging consumer demand and preference for peeled, packaged, and labeled cooking bananas in Uganda por Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Asindu, Marsy, Mulumba, Nasser, Mbabazi, Gloria, Ajambo, Susan

“…Our study therefore investigated consumer demand and preference for peeled banana products with varied attribute levels in two major banana consuming cities of Uganda—Kampala and Jinja. A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) was conducted with 360 banana consumers who were randomly picked using a systematic sampling approach from 8 banana retail markets located within the two sample cities. …”
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Reproduction potential of Nigerian Meloidogyne spp. and the response of six commercial watermelon cultivars to predominant species por Bello, T.T., Coyne, D., Fourie, H.

“…The results suggest that cultivars with the lowest Rf and S% for the respective Meloidogyne spp. should be the preferred choice of producers to avoid uncontrolled population build-up of Meloidogyne spp. …”
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Cryopreservation of Potato Shoot Tips for Long-Term Storage por Vollmer, R., Espirilla, J., Villagaray, R., Cárdenas, J.C., Castro, M., Sánchez, J.C., Manrique, N., Ellis, David

“…Specifically, for species with recalcitrant seeds or requiring constant vegetative propagation, it is the method of choice for the long-term conservation of its genetic resources. …”
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Evaluating charcoal producers’ preferences for improved production systems in Marigat sub county, Baringo County por Siko, I., Sola, P., Mulwa, R., Otieno, P.

“…Despite the existence of improved technologies, and the presence of fast-growing Prosopis juliflora, charcoal production remains unsustainable in Baringo County. This study used choice experiments (CE) to determine charcoal producers willingness to pay (WTP) for improved charcoal production system in Marigat sub-county.The attributes measured include charcoal quality, wood quality, P.juliflora growth trend and kiln type. …”
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How to push which button: Understanding the potential of climate games through the lens of social action theories por Moossdorff, Carien, Vervoort, Joost M.

“…Providing a model to assess goals in Climate Games can help overcome the ‘awareness problem’ and allow game designers and -funders to make an informed choice on the validity of the mechanisms they wish to tap into.…”
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Unlocking the potential of agribusiness in Africa through youth participation: an impact evaluation of N-Power Agro Empowerment Program in Nigeria por Ogunmodede, A.M., Ogunsanwo, M.O., Manyong, Victor

“…The result of the logistic regression model shows that age, level of education, years of agribusiness experience, and employment status significantly influenced the choice of creating employment through agribusiness and of participating in the N-Power Agro program. …”
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The effects of safety certification and nutrition messaging on the demand for nutritionally enhanced food in urban Ethiopia por Jada, Kaleb Shiferaw, Melesse, Mequanint B., Berg, Marrit van den

“…To study consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for safety certification and vitamin A fortification, we implemented a stated choice experiment on 996 randomly selected urban consumers to reveal preferences required to calculate WTP. …”
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Gender, caste, and heterogeneous farmer preferences for wheat varietal traits in rural India por Krishna, Vijesh V., Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan

“…We conducted a ranking exercise among 120 individuals, followed by a sex-disaggregated survey with a choice experiment among 420 farm-households in 2019. …”
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Gender Differentiated Preferences for a Community-Based Conservation Initiative por Keane, Aidan, Gurd, Heather, Kaelo, Dickson, Said, Mohammed Y., Leeuw, Jan de, Rowcliffe, J.Marcus, Homewood, Katherine

“…We explore this heterogeneity in the context of Kenya’s conservancies, focussing on the livelihood preferences of men and women living adjacent to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Using a discrete choice experiment we quantify the preferences of local community members for key components of their livelihoods and conservancy design, differentiating between men and women and existing conservancy members and non-members. …”
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The future for wildlife on Kenya’s rangelands: an economic perspective por Norton-Griffiths, M., Said, Mohammed Yahya

“…At the macroeconomic scale both domestic (primarily urban) and international markets are expanding, there are real gains in producer prices, ever-increasing opportunities for off-farm jobs and investment, and a wider availability and choice of goods and services. At the micro-economic level are improved market and transport networks, improved information networks about market conditions, and improved access to financial services. …”
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Maize variety preferences among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia: Implications for demand-led breeding and seed sector development por Marenya, Paswel Phiri, Wanyama, Rosina, Alemu, Solomon, Westengen, Ola T., Debello, Moti Jaleta

“…In this paper we illustrate these issues by measuring the trade-offs farmers may be willing to make for specific traits in the mid-altitude maize markets in Ethiopia. Based on Choice Experiments among 1499 respondents, we estimate the preference for a set of agronomic and consumption traits relative to yield. by capturing farmers’ “willingness to sacrifice yield”. …”
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Prospects for treated wastewater reuse in agriculture in low- and middle-income countries: systematic analysis and decision-making trees for diverse management approaches por Hosney, H., Tawfik, Mohamed Hassan, Duker, A., Steen, P. van der

“…The decision tree proved to be an effective framework in assisting decision-makers in making the optimum choice for wastewater reuse in agriculture. It aided the decision maker in evaluating potential reuse options and selecting between several courses of action.…”
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Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of Triticum-Aegilops species por Zhao, X., Deng, T., Kang, L., Bi, A., Xu, D., Zhang, Z., Jijin, Z.H.G., Yang, X., Xu, J., Xu, S., Song, X., Zhang, M., Li, Y., Kear, P., Wang, J., Yin, C., Liu, Z., Li, W., Lu, F.

“…Opposite to cultivated wheat, wild wheat populations have declined by ∼82% in the past ∼2,000 years due to the food choice shift of humans, and likely continue to drop because of the changing climate. …”
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Community-based conservation of freshwater resources: Learning from a critical review of the literature and case studies por Zhang, Wei, ElDidi, Hagar, Masuda, Yuta J., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Swallow, Kimberly A., Ringler, Claudia, DeMello, Nicole, Aldous, Allison

“…We critically review and synthesize existing research adapting The Nature Conservancy’s Voice, Choice and Action framework, organized around four pillars (Secure rights and fair externality consideration; Strong community capacity; Effective multi-stakeholder platforms; Sustainable livelihood and development opportunities) and two cross-cutting elements (Cultural connections; Equity and power balancing), and provide recommendations on ways to strengthen facilitation and support community empowerment in fCBC. …”
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