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Physicochemical, rheological and consumer acceptability of cassava starch salad cream by Adebayo, A.O., Lateef, S.O., Elizabeth, A.B.

“…Commercial salad and cassava starch salad cream were evaluated for physical (colour), chemical (titratable acidity, pH, total solids, protein, sugar, starch, fat, ash, moisture content and dry matter) and rheological (viscosity). …”
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Animal sourced foods and child stunting by Headey, Derek D., Hirvonen, Kalle, Hoddinott, John F.

“…We find evidence of strong associations between stunting and a generic ASF consumption indicator, as well as dairy, meat/fish, and egg consumption indicators, and evidence that consuming multiple ASFs is more advantageous than any single ASF. …”
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Animal sourced foods and child stunting by Headey, Derek D., Hirvonen, Kalle, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Surprisingly, however, very little economic research has focused on ASFs and child growth. …”
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Intensification of agriculture on Vertisols to minimize land degradation in parts of the Ethiopian highlands by El Wakeel, A., Astatke, A.

“…Adoption of the broad bed and furrow land-management system would facilitate early planting and increase the yield of both grain and straw from the major crops relative to the yield from traditional cultivation in flat beds. …”
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Environmental impacts of large-scale oil palm enterprises exceed that of smallholdings in Indonesia by Lee, J.S.H., Ghazoul, J., Barus, B, Obidzinski, K., Koh, L.P., Abood, S.

“…During 2000–2010, oil palm development accounted for the loss of 4,744 ha of mangrove, 383,518 ha of peat swamp forest, 289, 406 ha of lowland forest, and 1,000 ha of lower montane forest. …”
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Animal welfare in Mexican dual-purpose cattle herds in the tropics : with focus on feeding and housing by Eriksson, Sofie

“…The animals are kept on extensive pastures most of the time and a better way of assessing this kind of housing would be needed to get a better understanding of the actual welfare. …”

Inverkan av β-agonister (ractopamine) på grisars tillväxt och köttansättning by Lindkvist, Sofia

“…This report will summarize whether the addition of RAC in the diet has effects on fattening pig’s physiological effects, affecting their meat quality and if it does lead to unwanted side effects. …”
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The case of Ethiopia’s enjera markets: Synopsis: Food processing, transformation and job creation by Minten, Bart, Assefa, Thomas, Abebe, Girum, Tamru, Seneshaw, Engida, Ermias

“…However, the way in which Ethiopia’s food processing industry is changing and how it functions is little understood. We study the markets in urban Ethiopia for commercial ready-to-eat enjera, the traditional staple pancake of the country. …”
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After all, land belongs to the state: examining the benefits of land registration for smallholders in Ethiopia by Yami, Mastewal, Snyder, Katherine A.

“…The role of land registration in reducing rural poverty has been debated for several decades. This article analyses the impacts of land registration on land rentals, security of land tenure, disputes over land, use of credit facilities from formal financial institutions and gender access and control over land. …”
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Behavioural fever in the Senegalese grasshopper, Oedaleus senegalensis, and its implications for biological control using pathogens by Blanford, S., Thomas, M.B., Langewald, J.

“…Thermoregulatory behaviour of the Senegalese grasshopper, Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss), was investigated in the field following a spray application of an oil-based formulation of Metarhizium flavoviride Gams and Rozsypal in Niger, West Africa. 2. Measurements of environmental temperature, wind speed and solar radiation were made in conjunction with measurements of internal body temperatures of grasshoppers from a control (unsprayed) and treated plot using microthermocouples and hand-held thermometers. …”
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Evapotranspiration and carbon exchange in a citrus orchard using eddy covariance by Maestre-Valero, José F., Testi, Luca, Jiménez-Bello, Miguel Ángel, Castel, Juan R., Intrigliolo, Diego S.

“…Average ETe-ec for the whole experiment was 1.74 mm/day. Kc-ec showed great variation throughout the year (from 0.40 to 1.20) which was mainly associated with rainfall events. …”
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Village chickens can strengthen community resilience in the face of insecurity and climate change in Burkina Faso by Dione, Michel M., Ilboudo, Guy S., Ouedraogo, Brice, Ima, S.A., Kagambèga, A., Ganser, C., Boz, Z., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Alders, R.

“…Indigenous chickens are well-adapted to local conditions due to their heat tolerance, ability to scavenge when access to feed is limited, and the relative ease of transport to market or to relocate during instability. …”
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Nomadic pastoralism in southern Iran by Ansari-Renani, Hamid R., Rischkowsky, Barbara, Mueller, Joaquin Pablo, Seyed Momen, S.M., Moradi, Sepehr

“…Adult breeding females constituted the largest group within the goat herds. …”
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Climate change in Argentina: trends, projections, impacts and adaptation by Barros, Vicente Ricardo, Boninsegna, Jose Armando, Camilloni, Ines Angela, Chidiak, Martina, Magrin, Graciela Odilia, Rusticucci, Matilde Monica

“…In most of Argentina, the warming since 1901 was a little lower than the global average, although with strong trends in temperature extremes and in heat waves during the most recent decades. …”
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Characteristics and dietary management of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis in horses by Freed, Ylva

“…The expression of both MH and PSSM as tying-up can be managed with regular exercise and a balanced diet, composed of as little starch and sugars as possible. To meet the high energy need in e.g. thoroughbred racehorses, fat can be added to the diet instead of sugar and starch (Geor, 2005).…”

Nutrition och nutritionsrelaterade komplikationer för fjällreptiler by Nilsson, Sara

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Production systems, genetic diversity and genes associated with prolificacy and milk production in indigenous goats of sub-Saharan Africa: A Review by Baenyi, S.P., Junga, J.O., Tiambo, Christian K., Birindwa, A.B., Karume, K., Mekuriaw, Getinet, Ochieng, J.W.

“…However, haplogroup G and B can be found in some goat populations in some countries in east (Kenya and Ethiopia) and south parts of Africa. …”
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Scaling Workshop Report: Bundled solutions with seed systems, index insurance and climate information to manage agricultural risks (BICSA) by International Water Management Institute, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…Lack of education and technical skills, poverty, and risks inherent to agricultural investments as well as little access to financial capital are the main reasons for low investments in adaptive capacity enhancements. …”
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The evolving livestock sector in Ethiopia: Growth by heads, not by productivity by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Minten, Bart, Tadesse, Fanaye, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…However, the number of livestock lost to deaths is still more than twice the number sold for meat production, indicating important challenges remaining for the development of the livestock sector in Ethiopia.…”
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A program needs-driven approach to selecting dietary assessment methods for decision-making in food fortification programs by Coates, Jennifer, Colaiezzi, Brooke, Fiedler, John L., Wirth, James, Lividini, Keith, Rogers, Beatrice L.

“…Planners and managers must understand the validity, usefulness, and cost tradeoffs of employing alternative dietary assessment methods, but little guidance exists.To identify and apply criteria to assess the tradeoffs of using alternative dietary methods for meeting fortification programming needs.Twenty-five semistructured expert interviews were conducted and literature was reviewed for information on the validity, usefulness, and cost of using 24-hour recalls, Food Frequency Questionnaires/ Fortification Rapid Assessment Tool (FFQ/FRAT), Food Balance Sheets (FBS), and Household Consumption and Expenditures Surveys (HCES) for program stage-specific information needs. …”
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