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Analysis of factors influencing the adoption of dairy technologies in Western Kenya. by Makokha, S.N.

“…The study area consisted of seven districts: Bungoma, Kakamega, Vihiga, Nandi, Kisii, Rachuonyo, and Nyamira. Descriptive statistics and discrete choice were the methods used for analysis. …”
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Socio-Economic analysis of market oriented beekeeping in Atsbi Wemberta District of Eastern Zone, Tigray Region by Gebreyohannes, M.

“…To analyze the process of beekeeping development and diffusion of improved beekeeping management and to evaluate the impact of improved beekeeping on household descriptive statistics and matching estimation methods were used respectively. …”
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Hur uppfattas pcSKOG AB och pcSKOG-gård av privata skogsägare? : en undersökning av en programvara för privatskogsbruket by Svedberg, Peter

“…The first phase used the method of a questionnaire sent to a random selection of forest owners drawn from the company's customer directory. …”

Control de mastitis en hatos lecheros: eficacia de dos tratamientos para el manejo de Streptococcus agalactiae by Keefe, Gregory, Reyes V., Julián, Chaffer, Marcelo, Sánchez, Javier, Torres L., Giovanni, Jaramillo V., Manuel, Macías P., Diana, Duque M., Paulo C., Ceballos M., Alejandro

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Skyfallshantering med blågrön infrastruktur : gestaltningsarbete avseende skyfallshantering för Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset by Fogelberg, Siri, Gissén, Frida

Impact assessment of rainwater harvesting ponds: the case of Alaba Woreda, Ethiopia by Amha, R.

“…Results of Probit analysis on the determinants of adoption of rainwater harvesting ponds shows that household size, education status of household head, ownership of livestock (cattle, oxen and pack animals), homestead plots and type of pond explained adoption statistically significantly. …”
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Problems and prospects of farmers training centers: the case of Ada’a Woreda, East Shewa, Oromia Region by Teshome, F.M.

“…Agricultural change and development require the mobilization and development of human resource through such means as education and technical training. Realizing the importance of educating and training the rural community the government has formulated rural development policies and strategies. …”
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Adjustment and Scale-Up Strategy of Pilot Liquid Fermentation Process of Azotobacter sp. by Quiroga Cubides, G., Díaz, A., Gómez, M.

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Factors affecting crop insurance decision by Brånstrand, Filip, Wester, Fredrik

“…The social factors, age, education and years of farming as well the farmers’ risk preferences do not indicate any statistically significance for the crop insurance decision.…”
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Accidents in farming in Santa Fe province, Argentina by Molineri, Ana Inés, Tarabla, Hector Dante, Amoril, José Gabriel, Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro

“…Data was collected by personal interviews using a structured questionnaire. Statistical analysis included χ2, Spearman rank correlation and logistic regression. …”
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Gender analysis in grain maize value chain in Northern and Central Benin by Adetonah, S., Coulibaly, O., Satoguina, H., Sangare, A., Dossavi-yovo, N.H.

“…Data have been collected at random in a stratified method including 90 producers, 33 processors and 33 corn traders. …”
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Farmer perceptions of Imazapyr Resistant (IR) maize on the control of Striga in Western Kenya by Manyong, Victor M., Nindi, S.J., Alene, Arega D., Odhiambo, G.D., Omanya, G., Mignouna, Hodeba D., Bokanga, M.

“…The stratified random sampling method was used to select 10 districts, 16 sub- locations, 32 villages and 834 households. …”
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Revisiting the labor demand curve: The wage effects of immigration and women’s entry into the US labor force, 1960–2010 by de Brauw, Alan, Russell, Joseph R. D

“…We both find a much lower wage elasticity than Borjas to immigration (-0.2) and estimate a positive, statistically significant relationship between men’s wages and women’s entry into education-experience cells when wages are annualized. …”
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Household characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria by Ojiako, I.A., Tarawali, G., Okechukwu, R.U., Chianu, Jonas N.

“…Average mean values were found to be higher for the high market participants compared with the low participants for the age, farming experiences, education, farm size, gender, marital status, household size, training, season of harvesting and fertilizer use, but lower for use of credit, improved cassava variety, harvesting method, farming time devotion, and road access. …”
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The effect of crop insurance in Ecuadorian rice farming: a technical efficiency approach by Castro, Marcelo, Reyes Duarte, Alvaro, Villegas, Andrés, Chanci, Luis

“…In other results, when exploring the influence of additional variables on efficiency, the authors find that parameters related to transplanting, high education, farm size and some locations are positive and statistically significant.The results of this work are relevant for policymakers interested in evaluating technology performance, risk management instruments and farm efficiency in an industry in a developing country such as rice production in Ecuador.This paper is the first attempt to estimate farm-level technical efficiency employing the double bootstrap approach to assess the efficiency and its determinants of Ecuadorian rice producers.…”
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Identification and distribution of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in tomato crops (Solanum lycopersicum) in Cundinamarca (Colombia) by Ángel D., Jorge E., Martínez H., Julián, Santamaria G., Maikol, Parada P., Sandra, Ebratt R., Everth

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Gender perspectives in economic assessment of East Coast Fever vaccination on household welfare among smallholder dairy cattle farmers in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya by Jumba, H.

“…Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) is considered to be the best method for ECF control. …”
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Role of digital platforms in maintaining the value chains of vegetable, root and tuber crops functional in the face of Covid-19. Research Report by Ayuya, O.I., Adongo, S., Wanjohi, L., Rajendran, S.

“…The study adopted mixed method approach with concurrent nested option. Both Quantitative and qualitative data were collected. …”
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Life cycle and morphometric analysis of nymphs of Cynodonmiris corpoicanus Ferreira & Barreto, 2013 (Hemiptera: Miridae) by Ferreira, Paulo Sergio, Barreto Triana, Nancy del Carmen, Osorio Mejía, Pablo Andrés, Souza, Fagner de, Ferreira, Luciano Santana Fiuza

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Value chain opportunities for women and young people in livestock production in Ethiopia: Lessons learned by Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Tesema, E., Tegegne, Azage, Hoekstra, Dirk, Nicola, S.

“…Both young people and women contribute significantly to agricultural production in the African continent, although these contributions are not usually explicitly recognized in official statistics and documents. In Ethiopia, women traditionally have been subject to sociocultural and economic discrimination that resulted in fewer economic, educational and social opportunities than men. …”
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