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Consideration of the Environment in Water-Energy-Food Nexus Research in the Aral Sea Basin por Mayar, Mohammad, Hamidov, Ahmad, Akramkhanov, Akmal, Helming, Katharina

“…Therefore, to achieve precise and sustainable outcomes, this study recommends the inclusion of environmental concerns along with basin-wide coverage in future WEF analyses. Finally, the WEF concept should be downscaled to the national and local levels in order to facilitate its implementation.…”
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Assessing travel time and transportation costs in sub-Saharan Africa: A case study in Malawi por Guo, Zhe, Hawkins, James

“…The purpose of this technical brief is to describe the procedure taken for the estimation of transportation costs for use in the development of a spatially disaggregated, market level model of the Malawian agricultural sector, which is being done as part of BioSight’s ongoing work on the sustainable intensi-fication of agriculture in Africa, south of the Sahara. …”
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Agriculture and household nutrition security: Development practice and research needs por McDermott, John, Aït-Aïssa, Myriam, Morel, Julien, Rapando, Nancy

“…Gender, local empowerment and other key issues are discussed, as are the opportunities for cost-effective approaches to be implemented and expanded. Finally, research gaps, approaches and priorities to improve practice and anticipate and respond to dynamic changes in biological and social systems are discussed. …”
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Food insecurity in the context of HIV/AIDS: A framework for a new era of programming por Frega, Romeo, Duffy, Francesca, Rawat, Rahul, Grede, Nils

“…It is hoped that the model, albeit simplified as is any framework, will help to structure research, policy, and programming in the field of HIV/AIDS and food insecurity. Finally, the paper intends to widen the lens to regard food not just as a means to provide calories or an income transfer but also as a carrier of adequate nutrition in the context of HIV.An adequate response to HIV/AIDS and food insecurity must be tailored to specific settings. …”
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How far do shocks move across borders? Examining volatility transmission in major agricultural futures markets por Hernandez, Manuel A., Ibarra, Raul, Trupkin, Danilo R.

“…For soybeans, both China and Japan also exhibit important cross-volatility spillovers. Finally, the level of interdependence between exchanges has not necessarily increased in recent years for all commodities. …”
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Sierra Leone: Recent developments in agricultural research por Stads, Gert-Jan, Momoh, John

“…Several researchers were killed by rebels, research facilities and equipment were destroyed or severely damaged, and many research stations were abandoned as staff took refuge in Freetown (Asenso-Okyere et al. 2009). When peace was finally declared in 2002, Sierra Leone embarked on what will be a long road toward reconstructing its agricultural research infrastructure and capacity. …”
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Child labor and school decisions in urban and rural areas: cross country evidence por Ersado, Lire

“…On the other hand, the availability of alternative childcare options appears to considerably decrease child labor and create conditions for higher school attendance rates in urban than in rural areas. Finally, evidence from all three countries indicates that efforts to bolster adult educational levels and wages will help curb the prevalence and intensity of child labor and improve the likelihood that children stay in school. " -- Author's Abstract…”
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The effect of WTO and FTAA on agriculture and the rural sector in Latin America por Morley, Samuel, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…As a result we found that in general, trade liberalizationreduced skill differentials, both within the urban sector, and where we had the information, between the rural and urban unskilled. Finally, the poverty microsimulation exercise showed that the poor are helped by either WTO or FTAA. …”
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Food security and trade negotiations in the World Trade Organization: a cluster analysis of country groups por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Thomas, Marcelle, Robinson, Sherman, Cattaneo, Andrea

“…Also, the general category of “developing countries” is very heterogeneous and is not very useful if the focus is on issues of food security. Finally, our typology shows that all developed countries are included in food secure categories.…”
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Child labor and school decisions in urban and rural areas: cross country evidence por Ersado, Lire

“…On the other hand, the availability of alternative childcare options appears to considerably decrease child labor and create conditions for higher school attendance rates in urban than in rural areas. Finally, evidence from all three countries indicates that efforts to bolster adult educational levels and wages will help curb the prevalence and intensity of child labor and improve the likelihood that children stay in school. -- Author's Abstract…”
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Spatial analysis of sustainable livelihood enterprises of Uganda cotton production por You, Liangzhi, Chamberlin, Jordan

“…Key ecosystems and protected areas are considered in conjunction with the CDDs in defining feasible areas for expansion of production. Finally, the Dynamic Research Evaluation for Management (DREAM) model is used to estimate benefits that accrue from the three development strategies considered." -- Authors' Abstract…”
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WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries por Hoda, Anwarul, Gulati, Ashok

“…We give a detailed account of the negotiations until the breakdown of talks in the last week of July 2006, discussing the issues that remained outstanding at that time. Finally, we outline the elements of the approach that would be the most beneficial for the developing countries to adopt in future negotiations. …”
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Poverty and inequality in Vietnam: spatial patterns and geographic determinants por Minot, Nicholas, Baulch, Bob, Epprecht, Michael

“…Just one-third of the inequality is found between districts and two-thirds within them, suggesting that district-level targeting of anti-poverty programs may not be very effective... Finally, the study notes that the small area estimation method is not very useful for annual poverty mapping because it relies on census data, but it could be used to show detailed spatial patterns in other variables of interest to policymakers, such as income diversification, agricultural market surplus, and vulnerability. …”
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HIV disclosure in South Africa: Enabling the gateway to effective response por Norman, Amy, Chopra, Mickey, Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…The sheer scale of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has finally led to an expanded global response. South Africa, a nation where more than 5 million people are estimated to be HIV infected, has established large scale prevention and treatment programmes. …”
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Multi-model genome-wide association studies for appearance quality in rice por Sachdeva, Supriya, Singh, Rakesh, Maurya, Avantika, Singh, Vikas Kumar, Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Kumar, Arvind, Singh, Gyanendra Pratap

“…Additionally, 70 quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) detected by the ML-GWAS models were strongly associated with grain aroma (AR), head rice recovery (HRR, %), and percentage of grains with chalkiness (PGC, %). Finally, 39 QTNs were identified using single- and multi-locus GWAS methods. …”
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Marker assisted foreground selection for identification of aromatic rice genotype to develop a modern aromatic line por Salam, M.A., Islam, M.R., Diba, Sk. F., Hossain, Md. M.

“…A total of 134 heterozygous BC1F1 Plant were selected finally, which have alleles of both of the parents. …”
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Dry matter yield and nodulation of common bean as influenced by phosphorus, lime and compost application at Southern Ethiopia por Shanka, Dereje, Dechassa, Nigussie, Gebeyehu, Setegn, Elias, Eyasu

“…Similarly, application of the highest rates of compost along with the highest rates of lime increased the aboveground dry biomass yield significantly over the control during both seasons. Finally, it can be concluded that the application of compost, lime and phosphorus can boost biomass accumulation and nodulation of common bean in acid soils.…”
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Small farmers’ preferences for weather index insurance: insights from Kenya por Sibiko, Kenneth W., Veettil, Prakashan C., Qaim, Matin

“…Mechanisms to reduce basis risk are also positively valued by farmers, although not to the same extent as higher levels of transparency. Finally, offering contracts to small groups rather than individual farmers could increase insurance uptake Better training on WII and regular communication are needed. …”
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Training in data collection using spatial sampling approach: Training description and evaluation por Faculty Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation-University of Twente (ITC-UoT)

“…Reference data such as villages, sub-districts and roads were also added. Finally, participants collected mock data on the field (an area that mimics conditions similar to those they might encounter in reality). …”
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Optimizando el mejoramiento del Arroz: Plataforma de avance generacional rápido en el HIAAL por Torres, Juanita, Carabali, Silvio James, Alvarez, Maria Fernanda

“…The Rapid Generation Advancement (RGA) Platform has been established with the primary purpose of accelerating the fixation process of improved lines for subsequent selection in breeding programs. …”
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