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Women, irrigation and social norms in Egypt: ‘The more things change, the more they stay the same?’ by Najjar, Dina, Baruah, Bipasha, El Garhi, Aman

“…Women participated in irrigation activities in 78% of the 402 households surveyed, suggesting that women are far more actively engaged in irrigation efforts in Egypt, and possibly in the wider MENA region, than is generally assumed. The diffusion of certain irrigation technologies such as drip, sprinkler and tatweer in recent years has made irrigation more socially acceptable for women to perform although some women had also been irrigating land long before these technologies became available. …”
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The influence of vegetation pattern on the productivity, diversity and stability of vegetation: The case of 'brousse tigree' in the Sahel by Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Gerard, Bruno G.

“…There was no clear superiority in total plant production of 'brousse tigree' when compared to neighbouring site with diffuse vegetation. However, the pattern of 'brousse tigree' tended to favour woody plant yield to the detriment of herbage yield. …”
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Dairy-draught cows performance and implications for adoption by Zerbini, E., Shapiro, Barry I., Larsen, C.E.S., Gebre-Wold, A.

“…While in the medium term the technical feasibility as well as social factors will affect the acceptance of cow traction technologies, in the long run the diffusion of dairy-draught cows will depend on the public support for dairy Development. …”
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Achievements and perspectives in the breeding of tropical grasses and legumes by Miles, John W.

“…Until responsibility for tropical pasture plant breeding is assumed by the private sector (as it largely has been in the temperate zone) the single factor that would most improve chances of success (or at least avoid many of the failures) is intimate contact and constant communication between the public sector plant breeder and the seed industry that is the vehicle for diffusion of his new bred cultivars.…”
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Maintaining the edge: the case of cassava technology transfer in Thailand by Henry, Guy, Klakhaeng, Kaival I., Gottret, María Verónica

“…Results show that both the government and the private cassava sector have played a key role in the technology diffusion process. Hence, this will help to maintain the competitiveness of cassava for export markets.…”
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Les trypanosomoses du betail en Amerique latine, etude speciale dans le Plateau des Guyanes. by Desquesnes, M.

“…Des enquêtes épidémiologiques ont été réalisées au Guyana, au Suriname et en Guyane Française, pour déterminer la prévalence des infectins à T. vivax ches les bovins, collecter et diffuser des informations, éprouver diverses techniques de diagnostic, et établir que l'importance relative de T. evansi dans les Guyanes est négligeable. …”
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Adoption and impact of dryseason dualpurpose cowpea in the semiarid zone of Nigeria by Inaizumi, H., Singh, B., Sanginga, P., Manyong, Victor M., Adesina, A.A., Tarawali, Shirley A.

“…This paper examines the patterns, levels, rate of adoption, and the impact of one of the most promising varieties (IT89KD-288) introduced to farmers in Kano State, Nigeria. The diffusion and uptake of this variety had been very impressive as it reached over 1500 farmers in 1997, only 4 years after its accidental release to one farmer. …”
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The economics of cowpea in West Africa by Coulibaly, O., Lowenberg-Deboer, J.

“…While some attention has been given to genetics, agronomy, and pest control, such economic issues as access to input, marketing, and consumer preferences are key research areas which contribute to the adoption and wide diffusion of improved cowpea technologies among small farmers. …”
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Description of the airflow produced by an air-assisted sprayer during pesticide applications to citrus by Salcedo, Ramón, Garcerá, Cruz, Granell, Rafael, Moltó, Enrique, Chueca, Patricia

“…Both may have an important influence on the trajectories of the sprayed droplets and, as a consequence, on the way in which plant protection products are diffused into the atmosphere. Observed turbulence intensities were higher than in similar experiments conducted in other tree crops, which may be attributable to the higher air volume generated by the machinery used for citrus protection and to the higher foliage density of citrus orchards.…”
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, wish that I could rent it all : a case study on consumer adoption to fashion-rental services on the Swedish market by Norr, Ylva, Ondiege, Gabriella

“…The findings indicate that how fashion consumption is perceived by Swedish consumers determines whether a fashion-rental service is adopted and thereby diffused on the Swedish market. These findings further reflect the challenges of combining fashion consumption and sustainable development.…”

Speciation of metals in contaminated sediments in the Kalmar County, Sweden : an initial approach toward sediment mining by Fathollahzadeh, Homayoun

“…Moreover, total digestion results turn out that Oskarshamn in comparing to Malmfjärden sediments tended to result in larger contents of total extractable heavy metals (except Al), which is strongly attributed to factories, wastewater treatment plants, and ships traffic in Oskarshamn basin and diffusive sources in Malmfjärden. Despite the smaller magnitude of pollution in Malmfjärden relative to Oskarshamn, besides dredging and removal of sediments, in situ remediation techniques such as capping, using amendments and phytoremediation could be suggested. …”

Integrated livestock management using participatory methodology: The example of livestock farmer field schools by Minjauw, B., Romney, Dannie L.

“…Farmer field schools (FFS) are based on an innovative, participatory and interactive learning approach. …”
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Réseaux sociaux et échange d'informations vétérinaires: cas de la trypanosomose animale chez les éleveurs de Solenzo dans la province des Banwa, Burkina Faso by Dabiré, D., Affognon, Hippolyte D., Sidibe, I.

“…[IN ENGLISH] In Africa and elsewhere, the role and influence of communication in diffusion of technological innovations, as well as in the success of development projects, are well known and documented. …”
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iSAT: Collecter les retours clés des agriculteurs bénéficiaires des services d’agro-conseil via le système Jokalante (IVR), afin de proposer des améliorations concrètes by Thiaw, Moussa, Diouf, Abdoul Mouhamed, Worou, Nadine, Houessionon, Prosper, Joseph, Jacob Emanuel, Wane, Abdrahmane, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…Les recommandations pour améliorer le dispositif incluent le renforcement de la couverture de diffusion, la simplification des messages, l'optimisation de la logistique pour la distribution des intrants à temps et en quantité, l’élargissement des conseils pour inclure la gestion phytosanitaire et post-récolte, ainsi que la mise en place d’un système de rétroaction pour mieux adapter les services aux besoins locaux.…”
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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 need to establish proper diffusion channels was suggested as an important component before full deployment of this technology. …”
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Caracterización microbiológica de biopreparados utilizados en el territorio hortícola de Salta y Jujuy by Torres, Nancy Alejandra, Sanchez Allendes, Maria Virginia, Del Castillo, Lourdes, Orosco, Silvia Marisol

“…Los biopreparados, son productos obtenidos por métodos de fermentación, maceración, cocción o infusión de especies vegetales y de estiércoles. En la actualidad estos productos se elaboran, comercializan y se aplican en cultivos que luego son alimentos. …”
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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis: evaluación de la sensibilidad antibiótica in vitro by Gallardo, Adriana Alicia, Toledo, Rocío Andrea, Gonzalez Pasayo, Ramón Alejandro, de Carvalho Azevedo, Vasco Ariston, Robles, Carlos Alejandro, Paolicchi, Fernando, Estevao Belchior, Silvia Graciela

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Bringing sustainable agricultural intensification practices and technologies to scale through campaign-based extension approaches: lessons from Africa Soil Health Consortium by Kansiime, M., Njunge, R., Okuku, I., Baars, E., Alokit, C., Duah, S., Gakuo, S., Karanja, L., Mchana, A., Mibei, H., Musebe, R., Romney, Dannie L., Rware, H., Silvestri, Silvia, Sones, D., Watiti, J.

“…Success factors associated with ASHC campaigns were; the deployment of multiple and complementary information channels; harnessing public-private partnerships to establish sustainable input supply chains; and development of localized content and fit-for-purpose information materials to facilitate information diffusion.…”
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Determinants for smallholder farmers’ adoption of improved forages in dairy production systems: The case of Tanga region, Tanzania by Tim Ndah, Hycenth, Schuler, Johannes, Nkwain, Vandoline N., Nzogela, Beatus, Mangesho, Walter E., Mollel, Richard, Loina, Rose, Zander, Peter, Paul, Birthe K.

“…By applying a qualitative mixed-method approach, including farm visits, interviews and a multi-stakeholder workshop guided by the Qualitative Assessment Tool for Forage Technologies (QATo-FT), we systematically identify and analyse the roles of the (i) institutional and political, (ii) socio-economic and (iii) cultural factors influencing the adoption and diffusion of improved forage technologies. The findings reveal the unsuitable cool climate and unfavourable socioeconomic conditions, including low labour opportunity costs in the dry season as critical reasons for the low current adoption rate. …”
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Status of One Health implementation in Botswana by Kgosimore, Moatlhodi, Mokhondo, N., Pfukenyi, D.M., Tlale, L., Sebolai, B., Segopolo, I., Mmopi, K., Ntshiamisang, K., Tselaesele, N.M., Baikitse, G., Babayani, N., Phokoje, S., Ntshebe, O., Malambane, G., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Caron, Alexandre, Richards, Shauna, Pule-Meulenberg, Flora

“…Furthermore, it was found that institutions of higher learning in the country do not have deliberate OH programmes to spur traction of OH approaches but rather snippets of OH content infused in certain taught programmes. It is recommended from this study that there is an urgent need to adopt and adapt OH approaches in the country and institutionalize OH platforms for operational purposes through enaction and promulgation of relevant statutory instruments in the affected sectors of the economy, like health, education, environment and research.…”
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