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Inter-species embryo transfer in South American camelids by Winblad von Walter, Amanda

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Sjukdomsfrekvens och utslagningsorsaker hos kor med 12 respektive 15 månaders kalvningsintervall by Edvardsson, Anna

“…It is possible that the current breeding strategy with 12 month calving intervals increases the risk for disease in dairy cattle, which is problematic concerning both animal welfare and for economic reasons. The economic incentives behind a calving interval of 12 to 13 months have mainly been based on milk- and feed- costs and no costs due to diseases or fertility disturbances have been included. …”

Post-farmgate food businesses of India: The enterprises, the entrepreneurs, and the employees by Gupta, Manavi, Kishore, Avinash, Roy, Devesh, Saroj, Sunil

“…We show that despite rapid economic growth in the country, micro-enterprises with less than 5 employees continue to dominate India's food economy. …”
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Income diversification in Zimbabwe: welfare implications from urban and rural areas by Ersado, Lire

“…The fact that relatively better-off households have a more diversified income base following the shocks implies that the poor are more vulnerable to economic changes unaccompanied by well-designed safety nets. -- Author's Abstract…”
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Spatial analysis of sustainable livelihood enterprises of Uganda cotton production by You, Liangzhi, Chamberlin, Jordan

“…This paper addresses spatially varying characteristics in an evaluation of the potential economic benefits of three cotton development strategies for Uganda: area expansion, productivity improvement, and domestic consumption increase. …”
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Income diversification in Zimbabwe: welfare implications from urban and rural areas by Ersado, Lire

“…The fact that relatively better-off households have a more diversified income base following the shocks implies that the poor are more vulnerable to economic changes unaccompanied by well-designed safety nets.…”
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Läkning av sockerbetor i fält efter frost : en fallstudie på Hviderup 2016 by Mårtensson, Anders

Net benefits of smallholder dairy cattle farms in Senegal can be significantly increased through the use of better dairy cattle breeds and improved management practices by Marshall, Karen, Salmon, Gareth R., Tebug, Stanly Fon, Juga, J., MacLeod, M., Poole, Elizabeth J., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Missohou, A.

“…The current work fills this evidence gap by performing a farm-level economic study comparing the keeping of different breed and cross-breed types of dairy cattle under different management levels. …”
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Industrialized watersheds have elevated water risk and limited opportunities to mitigate risk through water trading by Reddy, Sheila MW, McDonald, Robert I, Maas, Alexander S, Rogers, Anthony, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Molnar, Jennifer, Finley, Tim, Leathers, Gená, DiMuro, Johnathan L.

“…Previous water risk assessments have failed to sufficiently capture these economic aspects of water risk. We illustrate how hydro-economic modeling can be used to improve water risk assessments at a basin scale and we apply the methodology to the industrialized Brazos River Basin (85% municipal and industrial withdrawals) and consider implications for The Dow Chemical Company׳s Freeport Operations in Texas, US. …”
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Epidemiology of Plum pox virus in Japanese plums in Spain by Cambra, Mariano, Gorris, María T., Capote, Nieves, Asensio, M., Martínez, M. Carmen, Bertolini, Edson, Collado, C., Hermoso-De-Mendoza, Alfonso, Mataix-Gato, Emilio, Lopez, A.

“…The Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) industry is economically important in Spain and in other countries with Mediterranean climate. …”
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Ex-ante evaluation of forage technologies in Peru, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua by Holmann, Federico J.

“…The objective was to perform an ex-ante economic evaluation of new, legume-based forage alternatives available to farmers in Latin American tropical lowlands. …”
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The dawn of a legume revolution in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and implications by Ngoma, Hambulo, Chiduwa, Mazvita S., Subakanya Mitelo, Mulenga, Brian P., Setimela, Peter S., Schulthess, Urs, Chikowo, Regis, Mhlanga, Blessing, Silva, João Vasco, Chamberlin, Jordan, Stewart, Zachary, Innocent Pangapanga-Phiri, Nagarajan, Latha, Odhong, Jonathan A., Marenya, Paswel, Snapp, Sieglinde

“…African agriculture faces multiple challenges, dampening its contribution to economic development, food and nutrition security, poverty reduction and resilience. …”
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Ex-ante analysis of new forage alternatives for farms with dual-purpose cattle in Peru, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua by Holmann, Federico J.

“…The objective was to perform an ex-ante economic evaluation of new, legume-based forage alternatives available to farmers in Latin American tropical lowlands. …”
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Livmoderinflammation hos mjölkkor efter kalvning by Anderholm, Fanny

När skyarna faller : publika platser med hållbar skyfallshantering i den förtätade staden by Skogsmyr, Millicent

Buxbomssjuka by Rosander, Charlotte

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The effects of trace elements on the microbial communities of thermophilic biogas production by Hagblom, Robin

“…Surveillance parameters were tracked over the 184 day experiment period with microbiological analysis performed on 9 digester liquid samples taken during three key periods: startup, 3 hydraulic retention times after startup and 3 hydraulic retention times after an increase in OLR. …”
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Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia by Abate, Gashaw T., de Brauw, Alan, Gibson, John P., Hirvonen, Kalle, Wolle, Abdulazize

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Improving water security to mediate impacts of climate change in the Ganges Basin by Sharma, Bharat, Pavelic, Paul, Amarasinghe, Upali

“…The demonstrated managed aquifer recharge interventions are technically feasible, operationally acceptable and economically viable.…”
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Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report by El-Enbaby, Hoda, Elsabbagh, Dalia, Gilligan, Daniel O., Karachiwalla, Naureen, Koch, Bastien, Kurdi, Sikandra

“…In 2018, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) completed the first round of impact evaluation of TKP, based on household survey data collected after the first 15 months of the program. In the period between the first-round evaluation and the data collection for this report in January 2022, Egypt faced an enormous economic shock in the COVID-19 pandemic with a complete loss of tourism, which before the crisis was responsible for 12% of GDP and 10% of employment (IMF, 2021). …”
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