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Agriculture and food security por Badiane, Ousmane

“…After two decades of economic decline and stagnation, Africa has witnessed a remarkable overall economic and agricultural recovery over the last decade. …”
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When the “Strong Arms” Leave the Farms—Migration, Gender Roles and Risk Reduction in Vietnam por Simelton, Elisabeth, Tuan, M.D., Houzer, E.

“…Remittances invested into agriculture contributed to shortening the recovery period after disasters and, in some cases, diversifying farming systems. …”
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Climate change, urbanization, and optimal long-term floodplain protection por Zhu, Tingju, Lund, Jay R., Jenkins, Marion W., Marques, G. F., Ritzema, Randall S.

“…The lower American River floodplain in the Sacramento, California, metropolitan area is used as an illustration to explore the course of optimal floodplain protection decisions over long periods. A dynamic programming model is developed and suggests economically desirable adaptations for floodplain levee systems given simultaneous changes in flood climate and urban land values. …”
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Dairy-draught cows performance and implications for adoption por Zerbini, E., Shapiro, Barry I., Larsen, C.E.S., Gebre-Wold, A.

“…On-station results over a three-year period indicated that when dairy-draught cows were adequately fed, milk production was not significantly affected. …”
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Water scarcity and the role of storage in development por Keller, A., Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy, Seckler, D.

“…the first is possible only for relatively short periods of time. In this paper, the authors concentrate on the three kinds of long-term technologies, and compare the hydrological, operational, economic and environmental aspects of each.…”
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Exploring the agriculture-nutrition disconnect in India por Gillespie, Stuart, Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…At the same time, India is the second-fastest-growing economy in the world. Its economic growth, however, has been far less “pro-poor” than growth in other Asian countries such as China, Thailand, and Vietnam, where major strides to reduce child undernutrition have been made during similar periods of economic growth. …”
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Livestock production and sustainable agricultural Development in semi-arid West Africa por Williams, Timothy O., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Fernández Rivera, S., Turner, M.

“…Increasing population pressure and climatic changes have combined to render long-fallow periods less feasible and effective. Transhumant pastoralism, a productive and historically important pattern of livestock production in the Sahel, is under severe stress due to periodic droughts and extension of cropped lands into range-lands. …”
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Cost implications of agricultural land degradation in Ghana por Diao, Xinshen, Sarpong, Daniel Bruce

“…The present findings indicate that through the adoption of conventional SLM practices, the declining trend in land productivity can be reversed, and that use of a combination of conventional and modern SLM practices would generate an aggregate economic benefit of US$6.4 billion over the period 2006–2015. …”
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Review of input and output policies for cereals production in Pakistan por Salam, Abdul

“…This report reviews the input and output policies for cereals implemented in Pakistan during the period 1996–2010. Pakistan has a long and varied history of intervening in farm input and output markets, going back decades before the period under review. …”
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Review of input and output policies for cereals production in Pakistan por Salam, Abdul

“…This report reviews the input and output policies for cereals implemented in Pakistan during the period 1996–2010. Pakistan has a long and varied history of intervening in farm input and output markets, going back decades before the period under review. …”
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Chapter 13: Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal [Nourishing Millions] por Cunningham, Kenda, Singh, Akriti, Headey, Derek D., Rana, Pooja Pandey, Karmacharya, Chandni

“…However, Nepal’s recent experience presents yet another enigma: a rapid reduction in maternal and child undernutrition during a period of civil war and prolonged political and economic instability. …”
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Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal por Cunningham, Kenda, Singh, Akriti, Headey, Derek D., Pandey Rana, Pooja, Karmacharya, Chandni

“…However, Nepal’s recent experience presents yet another enigma: a rapid reduction in maternal and child undernutrition during a period of civil war and prolonged political and economic instability. …”
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Planering av väginvesteringar por Myhrman, Joakim

“…The optimizations shows, in this context, a very low improvement-cost ranging between 5,6-9,7 kr/m³fub for the planning-period depending on the length of the thaw period. …”

Fertilizer policy reforms in the midst of crisis: Evidence from Rwanda por Spielman, David J., Mugabo, Serge, Rosenbach, Gracie, Ndikumana, Sosthene, Benimana, Gilberthe Uwera, Ingabire, Chantal

“…This paper explores both the economic analysis and policy process that shaped decision-making around Rwanda’s fertilizer subsidy system during the period 2020–23. …”
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The curious case of C-88: impacts of a potato variety on farmers in Yunnan, China por Myrick, S., Pradel, W., Li, C., Suarez, V., Hareau, Guy, Larochelle, Catherine, Norton, G.W., Alwang, J.

“…Farmers, however, appreciate the ease of marketing, the 15% higher yields, and late-blight resistance associated with C88 suggesting that seed constraints are countervailing the economic benefts of the variety. Total impact on Yunnan potato farmers of the variety was estimated to be around $2.5 billion for the 1996–2015 period. …”
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Priorities in Biotechnology Research in Vietnam por Quy, Tran Duy, Vinh, Do Nang

“…In the same period, foreign investment in Vietnam increased by 50% each year. …”
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Synopsis: Agricultural growth and poverty in Mozambique: Technical analysis in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) por Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James, Uaiene, Rafael, Mazunda, John

“…In any economy there are important economic linkages and trade-offs to be considered when designing policies or assessing their impacts. …”
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Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss por Wunder, Sven

“…What policy lessons derive from the half-century of banana expansion in the coastal region? For that whole period bananas had a catalytic role in promoting coastal deforestation. …”
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How to ensure effective government responses as COVID-19 spreads to rural areas por Kosec, Katrina, Ragasa, Catherine

“…In low-income countries, rural health systems have been overloaded and periodic lockdowns and other restrictions have driven down incomes. …”
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Senegal’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia

“…Senegal experienced annual economic growth of 4.8 percent during the 2009 to 2019 period (World Bank 2023a). …”
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