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The potential benefits and challenges of agricultural animal biotechnology to pastoralists by Loquang, T.M., Köhler-Rollefson, Ilse

“…Considerable human and financial resources have already been devoted to exploring this option. …”
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Applying User Centred Design to Improve the Design of Genomic User Interfaces by García S., Alberto, Iniguez-Jarrín, Carlos, Pastor-López, Óscar, González-Ibeas, Daniel, Pérez-Román, Estela, Borredá, Carles, Terol, Javier, Ibanez, Victoria, Talón, Manuel

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Biotechnology in African Agricultural Research: Opportunities for Donor Organizations by Komen, John, Mignouna, J., Webber, H.

“…Agricultural research in Africa is generally very dependent on financial support from donor agencies and international lending organizations such as the World Bank. …”
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Do wealthy politicians underreport their income? Evidence from general election data by Ray, Soumyajit, Singh, Ram

“…We argue that the missing income of the wealth groups is a result of the creative accounting and financial engineering used by them to avoid paying taxes.…”
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Global experiences in water reuse: summary and recommendations for the USEPA 2012 water reuse guidelines by Silva, A. da, Drechsel, Pay, Keraita, Bernard N., Lautze, Jonathan F., Stander, E.

“…This applies to planned reuse schemes, with an emphasis on engineering practices for wastewater treatment, as well as unplanned systems, with an exploration of so-called post- or non-treatment options for reducing health risks. …”
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Public investment in agri-food system innovation for sustainable development by Stads, Gert-Jan, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Wiebe, Keith D., Sulser, Timothy B., Benfica, Rui

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Strengthening the biogas sector of Ethiopia through international collaboration: the case of Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) by Bogale, Wondwossen, Misikir, Maya F., Sewnet, Bruck, Laere, Ann-Kathrin van, Sagala, Saut, Ma, Chuan, Hilbert, Jorge Antonio, Mohammed, Mutala, Salie, Yaseen

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Climate Knowledge Products Revamped in the Undergraduate Agriculture Curricula: Alternative option to ensure the dynamic nature of curricula in Ethiopia by Belay, Berhanu, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Amha, Yosef, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Solomon, Dawit

“…The lesson in revamping to update the curricula in climate-related courses in agriculture could be taken to update other programs (e.g., Health, Engineering, etc.) with climate knowledge products. …”
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Futures of tropical forests (sensu lato) by Putz, F.E., Romero, C.

“…Celebrations when a country passes this ‘forest transition’ will then be tempered by realization that what has been accepted as ‘forest’ spans the gamut from short‐rotation mono‐clonal stands of genetically engineered trees to fully protected old growth natural forest. …”
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Sågverksbranschens kostnads- och intäktsstruktur : undersökning, analys och trender inom svensk sågverksnäring by Lindholm, Gustav

“…Sandvik Group is a global engineering corporation within materials technology and produces, among other things, band sawsteel. …”

Humanurin till åkermark och grönytor by Degaardt, Susanna

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Trädgårdsergonomi by Lundqvist, Nora

“…In Sweden the garden industry is small compared to other private industries, something, which also explain the little interests in society and within the engineering industry for the above mentioned problems. …”
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Profitability analysis by agricultural subsector in Colombia and its business features for the 2009-2013 term by Arias Robles, Milena Esther, Mercado Fernández, Teobaldis, Feria Díaz, Jhon J.

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Mechanized direct- seeding and best management practices for rice in Cambodia : how and why are they complementary? by Aravindakshan, Sreejith, Krupnik, Timothy J., Laing, Alison M., Sokornthea Pin, Rica, Flor Joy, Saito, Kazuki

“…Support from the Cambodian government in the form of low-interest financing and technical assistance could significantly advance agricultural mechanization business development, benefiting private companies, cooperatives, agri-startups and service providers (SPs). Financial incentives for laser land leveling (LLL) can address high land preparation costs and labor shortages, making mDSR adoption more feasible. …”
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Towards a managed aquifer recharge strategy for Gujarat, India: an economist’s dialogue with hydro-geologists by Shah, Tushaar

“…Major consequences are: secular decline in groundwater levels, deterioration of groundwater quality, rising energy cost of pumping, soaring carbon footprint of agriculture and growing financial burden of energy subsidies. In 2009, Government of Gujarat asked the present author, an economist, to chair a Taskforce of senior hydro-geologists and civil engineers to develop and recommend a Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) strategy for the state. …”
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Opportunities in agriculture and forestry to mitigate greenhouse gases: results of a scientific consultation by Dumanski, Julian, von Grebmer, Klaus, Pieri, Christian J.

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Capital market operations in an emerging economy: the case of Nigeria by Ojo, M.O.

“…Everyone faces the challenge of funds generation for executing their developmental projects and generally keeping the engine of their businesses running. The government, in a bid to solve this problem, established the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a reliable financial institution where companies could be listed and secure funds to enable them pursue their business plans without going through the banking rituals of looking for collateral securities to get banking loans. …”
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Investment Action Plan for Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Processed Products Using Manual Equipment in Rwanda by Mwizerwa, H., Ojwang, S.O., Low, Jan W., Sartas, M.

“…It also provides a detailed financial analysis and identifies potential funding sources. …”
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Food safety: The biggest development challenge you’ve never heard of by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

“…She stresses that consumer demand for safe food must be the engine that gives the momentum to the work toward safer food in traditional markets.…”
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Global Burden of Animal Diseases: A novel approach to understanding and managing disease in livestock and aquaculture by Huntington, B., Bernardo, T.M., Bruce, M., Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Gilbert, W., Havelaar, A., Herrero, Mario, Marsh, T.L., Mesenhowski, S., Pendell, Dustin L., Pigott, D., Grace, Delia, Bondad-Reantaso, M., Shaw, A.P., Stacey, D., Stone, M., Torgerson, Paul R., Watkins, K., Wieland, Barbara, Rushton, Jonathan

“…GBADs will produce a cloud-based knowledge engine and data portal through which users will access burden metrics and associated visualisations, decision support in the form of future animal health scenarios and the outputs of wider economic modelling. …”
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