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Relationship between microbial functions and community structure following agricultural intensification in South American Chaco by Perez Brandan, Carolina, Huidobro, Dina Jorgelina, Galvan, Marta Zulema, Vargas Gil, Silvina, Meriles, Jose Manuel

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Visita de experto francés en fisiología de bulbos, programa de capacitación

“…Le Nard en Chile se puede advertir que se cumplieron con creces los objetivos previstos, en las charlas referentes a producción, engorde e inducción de flores en bulbos se pudo discutir los momentos más críticos en los procesos de producción, las limitaciones posibles y sus derivaciones. …”
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Gira Tecnológica a Perú y Bolivia, para conocer modelos de gestión, vinculación y promoción de la comercialización de la Quínua, desde la identidad cultural andina”

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Encadenamiento productivo para acceso a nuevos mercados y mejora de la competitividad para enfrentar las nuevas amenazas presentes en el mercado de los arándanos frescos

“…La industria del arándano fresco crece a pasos agigantados y amenaza peligrosamente con cambios estructurales en el negocio para los productores. …”
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Transforming food systems in the Pacific: Stories from the field by Pye-Smith, Charlie

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Improved cassava for inland valley agroecosystems by Ekanayake, I.J., Dixon, A., Asiedu, Robert, Izac, A.M.N.

“…Preliminary results indicate that elite clones TMS 85/00025 (15.9t/ha), TMS 63397 (13.3 t/ha) and TMS 84/00003 (12.6 t/ha) superceded the yield levels of local checks during a 6 month growing period. A scheme for the improvement of cassava targeted for IVS is described. …”
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An onfarm rice variety trial in toposequences of inland valley swamps by Palada, M.C., Walker, P., Masajo, T.M., Jalloh, M.

“…In Bida three improved varieties consistently and significantly yielded higher than the common variety, FARO 15, across toposequence, whereas in Makeru, two improved varieties consistently out yielded the local check across toposequence.…”
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Laboratory and screenhouse assays for evaluating cowpea resistance to the legume pod borer by Jackai, L.E.N.

“…The relative resistance of a given test line when compared with either the susceptible or resistant check or another test line, was determined using a feeding index. …”
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Can strategic environmental and social assessment of REDD+ improve forest governance? by Slunge, D., Ekbom, A., Loayza, F., Guthiga, Paul M., Nyangena, W.

“…Through strengthening constituencies in policy reform SESA can potentially reduce the risk of regulatory capture of REDD+ by vested interests and make institutional checks and balances more effective. An analysis of Kenya's process of preparing a national REDD+ strategy is used to illustrate our case in the paper.…”
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Genetic diversity among early provitamin A quality protein maize inbred lines and the performance of derived hybrids under contrasting nitrogen environments by Obeng-Bio, E., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Ifie, B.E., Danquah, A., Blay, E.T., Dadzie, M.A., Noudifoulè, G.T., Talabi, A.O.

“…Furthermore, 96 hybrids derived from 24 selected inbreds plus four checks were evaluated under low-N and optimal environments in Nigeria during 2016 and 2017. …”
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Conséquences de la COVID-19 sur les chaînes de valeur du bois énergie en RDC: Traiter les risques et les vulnérabilités des opérateurs et des utilisateurs finaux by Schure, J., Kasereka-Muvatsi, L., Cerutti, P.O., Sola, P.

“…En effet, la plupart de ces vulnérabilités ont été déclenchées ou amplifiées par la crise ou par les réponses apportées à cette dernière.…”
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Payoffs to a half century of CGIAR research by Alston, Julian, Pardey, Philip G., Rao, Xudong

“…We transformed these rate of return estimates into standardized benefit–cost ratios (BCRs), and we conducted a statistical meta‐analysis. As a robustness check, we also undertook two complementary assessments. …”
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A comparative analysis of technical efficiency and profitability of agribusiness and non-agribusiness enterprises in eastern DRC by Nyamuhirwa, D.A., Awotide, B.A., Kusinza, D.B., Bishikwabo, K., Mignouna, J., Bamba, Z., Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M.

“…We used data collected on all seven operating cassava community processing centers (CCPCs) and 150 comparable non-agribusiness enterprises in South Kivu province. …”
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Identification of new chickpea genotypes resistant to fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris) by Istanbuli, Tawffiq, Kemal, Seid Ahmed, Tawkaz, Sawsan, Hamwieh, Aladdin

“…The experiment was laid out in an augmented block design (ABD), and the high susceptible check (ILC482) was repeated after each tenth row. …”
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Farmer-friendly delivery of veterinary services: Experimental insights from the Kenyan dairy sector by Maina, Kevin W., Parlasca, M.C., Rao, E.J.O., Qaim, M.

“…Using data from a choice experiment with dairy farmers in Kenya, we evaluate farmers' preferences and willingness to pay for various institutional innovations in vaccine delivery, such as a stronger role of dairy cooperatives, new payment modalities with a check‐off system, vaccination at farmers' homestead, and bundling vaccinations with discounts for livestock insurance. …”
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Household and plot level impact of Sustainable Land and Watershed Management (SLWM) practices in the Blue Nile by Schmidt, Emily, Tadesse, Fanaye

“…Results suggest that households that adopted terraces, bunds, or check dams within the first period of the study period (1992– 2002) experience a 15.2 percent higher value of production in 2010, while late adopters (farmers that adopted SLWM between 2003–2009) have no significant increases in value of production.…”
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Shifting ground: agricultural R&D worldwide by Pardey, Philip G., Alston, Julian M., Piggott, Roley R.

“…The national governments of developing countries can take some initiative, as indicated by the analysis of case studies in the book, in areas of national agricultural research policy such as: (1) enhancing IPR and tailoring the institutional and policy details of intellectual property to best fit local circumstances, (2) increasing the total amount of government funding for their national agricultural research systems, (3) introducing institutional arrangements and incentives for private and joint public–private funding, such as matching grants and check-off funds, and (4) improving the processes by which agricultural research resources are administered and allocated.…”
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Collective action and vulnerability: Burial societies in rural Ethiopia by Dercon, Stefan, Hoddinott, John F., Krishnan, Pramila, Woldehanna, Tassew

“…They find that iddir effectively deal with problems of asymmetric information by restricting membership geographically, imposing a membership fee, and conducting checks on how the funds were spent. The study also finds that while iddir help poor households cope with individual health shocks, but shows that the better-off households belong to more groups and have larger networks. …”
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Estimating sustainable timber production from tropical forests by Vanclay, J.K.

“…Remote sensing and geographic information systems offer several interesting possibilities for yield estimation, particularly for sensitivity testing, but are not without limitations. A check list and extensive references are given.…”
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IRRI and BADC organize crop cafeteria field day to evaluate suitability of rice varieties by Habib, Muhammad Ashraful, Nayak, Swati, Nuruzzaman

“…Fourteen rice varieties, including newly released lines, benchmark, and local checks, were evaluated through field observation, stakeholder discussions, and structured questionnaires. …”
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