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Facing the development challenge in Mozambique: an economywide perspective by Tarp, Finn, Arndt, Channing, Jensen, Henning Tarp, Robinson, Sherman, Heltberg, Rasmus

“…The diagnosis was of an economy that failed to maintain monetary control, consumed beyond its means, focused production excessively on nontraded goods, and relied on inefficient and inflexible microeconomic structures. …”
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Why technologies often fail to scale: Policy and market failures behind limited scaling of alternate wetting and drying in rice in Bangladesh by Pandey, Sushil, Yadav, Sudhir, Hellin, Jon, Balié, Jean, Bhandari, Humnath, Kumar, Arvind, Mondal, Manoranjan K.

“…The divergence between marginal private and social cost of irrigation due to market failures in the presence of these externalities, has resulted in excessive use of groundwater. A combination of policy reforms and improvements in irrigation practices are hence needed to reduce irrigation water use. …”
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Variation in photosynthetic induction between rice accessions and its potential for improving productivity by Acevedo-Siaca, Liana G., Coe, Robert, Wang, Yu, Kromdijk, Johannes, Quick, W. Paul, Long, Stephen P.

“…Variation in nonsteady‐state efficiency greatly exceeded that at steady state, suggesting a new and more promising opportunity for selection of greater crop photosynthetic efficiency in this key food crop.…”
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Groundwater dynamics and quality under intensive cropping systems by Gumtang, R.J., Pampolino, M.F., Tuong, T.P., Bucao, D.

“…EC (700–3000 μmho cm−1) and HCO3− (90–500 ppm) in all wells exceeded the FAO threshold quality for irrigation but were not related to farm management practices. …”
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Characterizing dryland crop-based livelihoods: Insights from surveys in Kenya and Uganda by Narmandakh, Davaatseren, Kirui, Leonard, Marenya, Paswel, Chipindu, Lovemore, Bett, Charles, Opie, Hellen

“…The study reveals high rates of food insecurity (measured as food poverty) among these farmers, 53.2% in Kenya and 78.1% in Uganda, exceeding national averages. Cereals provide the majority of calories and dietary diversity is limited, with about half of the households surveyed consuming fewer than five food groups daily. …”
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[Comment on] Fitzgerald, E.V.K. Private sector investment and savings behavior: the policy implications of capital account disaggregation by Malik, Sohail

“…The second line of dissent from the standard model stresses the deleterious effect of orthodox macroeconomic adjustment packages on output growth itself, both through unnecessarily severe demand reductions on the one hand, and excessive adjustments (upward) to real interest rates and (downward) to public investment levels without taking into account the domestic implications of external debt positions.…”
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Environmental justice and pesticides by Atreya, Kishor, Kattel, Kanchan, Sapkota, Anisha, Gartaula, Hom Nath

“…In the case of Dalits, small farms protect them from excessive exposure to pesticides. We see that conventional methods of extension and awareness raising are insufficient when it comes to addressing pesticide-health dynamics. …”
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Assessment of groundwater quality and suitability for drinking and irrigation using multivariate statistical analyses and GIS in Jhenaidah District, Bangladesh by Nahar, N., Khatun, A., Shaibur, M. R., Hossain, M. S., Khan, A. S.

“…Study results show the concentration of HCO3−, Ca2+, As, Fe, and Mn exceeded Bangladesh drinking quality guidelines in 100, 98, 44, 28, and 63% samples, respectively. …”
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Arsenic contamination of rainfed versus irrigated rice by Ingram, Ben, Habib, Muhammad Ashraful, Johnson-Beebout, Sarah E., Acuin, Cecilia, Corstanje, Ron, Simmons, Robert W., Kirk, Guy J.D.

“…Grain As concentrations increased in the order Aman ≪ Boro < Aus with 2, 25 and 41 % of the sites exceeding permitted thresholds, respectively. The greater concentration in Aus than Boro challenges the accepted wisdom that contaminated irrigation water is the main source of As. …”
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Quantification of diarrhea risk related to wastewater contact in Thailand by Ferrer, A., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Zinsstag, Jakob

“…Infection risk was high in tested scenarios and largely exceeded the acceptable risk given by WHO guidelines.…”
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Simulating the impacts of global warming on wheat in China using a large area crop model by Li S, Wheeler, Tim, Challinor, Andrew J., Erda, Lin, Yinlong X, Hui J

“…When the maximum temperature exceeded 30.5?C, the simulated grain-set fraction declined from 1 at 30.5?…”
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond by Nelson, Gerald C., Rosegrant, Mark W., Palazzo, Amanda, Gray I, Ingersoll C, Robertson, Richard D., Tokgoz S, Zhu, T., Sulser TB, Ringler, Claudia, Msangi S, You, Liangzhi

“…The food-price spike of 2008 led to food riots and political change in several countries. In 2010, the excessive heat and drought in Russia that led to wildfires and a grain embargo, as well as the unprecedented floods in Pakistan, signal more trouble ahead. …”
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options by Nelson, Gerald C., Rosegrant, Mark W., Palazzo, Amanda, Gray, Ian, Ingersoll, Christina, Robertson, Richard D., Tokgoz, Simla, Zhu, Tingju, Sulser, Timothy B., Ringler, Claudia, Msangi, Siwa, You, Liangzhi

“…The food price spike of 2008, with its consequent food riots and resulting political changes in several countries, awoke the world’s leaders to the re-emergence of this threat to human well-being and social harmony. The excessive heat and drought in Russia that led to the 2010 wildfires and grain embargo, as well as the unprecedented floods in Pakistan, signal more trouble ahead. …”
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Assessing health risk due to exposure to arsenic in drinking water in Hanam Province, Vietnam by Tung Bui Huy, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Johnston, R., Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Arsenic daily consumption of 40% of the adults exceeded the level of TDI (Tolerable Daily Intake) at 1 µg/kg/day. …”
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Facteurs institutionnels et developpement de la resistance aux trypanocides dans la zone cotonniere en Afrique de l'Ouest: Evidence empirique dans la province du kenedougou au Burk... by Ouédraogo, D., Kamuanga, M., Savadogo, K., McDermott, John J., Randolph, Thomas F., Diarra, B., Woitag, T., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…Although the direct causes of resistance are biological, socio-economic and institutional factors (market failures, inappropriate use of trypanocidal compounds by producers and untrained persons acting as professionals, including unregulated and excessive use of these compounds) are of crucial importance. …”
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Fallow improvement with forage legumes: Potentials and constraints of an integrative technology for crop-livestock systems in sub-humid West Africa by Muhr, L., Peters, Michael, Tarawali, Shirley A., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

“…Despite dry season forage utilisation, grain yields of subsequently grown maize exceeded those after natural fallow by up to 138 percent (S. guianensis) and 52 percent (Zornia glabra) at the respective sites. …”
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Quantification of human norovirus GII, human adenovirus, and fecal indicator organisms in wastewater used for irrigation in Accra, Ghana by Silverman, A.I., Akrong, M.O., Amoah, Philip, Drechsel, Pay, Nelson, K.L.

“…E. coli concentrations in all samples exceeded limits suggested by the World Health Organization, and human-specific Bacteroidales was found in all but one sample, suggesting human fecal contamination. …”
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Cassava cultivation and starch production in an Andean village by Strobosch, P

“…Present problems in cassava cultivation include the growing scarcity of cassava due to excessive demand and to a decrease in cassava yields (frog skin disease and deterioration of soil fertility), lack of capital and refusal of starch producers to buy fertilized cassava. …”
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Effect of land use change, cropping systems and soil type on earthworm cast production in West and Central Africa by Hauser, S., Norgrove, L., Asawalam, D., Schulz, S.

“…In young fallows, cast production exceeded levels attained in previously un-cropped controls on Alfisols, yet, on Ultisols, it depended on the previous LUS and length of the previous cropping phase. …”
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Training on seasonal forecasting using the IRI Climate Predictability Tool and Data Library by Siebert, Asher, Kagabo, Desire M., Vuguziga, Floribert

“…A particular national forecast for Rwanda along with downscaled results in probability of exceedance format for ten Rwandan districts (those in the first two phases of the project) was developed using the IRI Climate Predictability Tool (CPT). …”
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