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Productivity of sodic soils can be enhanced through the use of salt tolerant rice varieties and proper agronomic practices by Singh, Y.P., Mishra, V.K., Singh, Sudhanshu, Sharma, D.K., Singh, D., Singh, U.S., Singh, R.K., Haefele, S.M., Ismail, Abdelbagi M.

“…Evaluation of breeding lines through on-station and on-farm farmers’ participatory varietal selection (FPVS) resulted in the identification of a short duration (110–115 days), high yielding and disease resistant salt-tolerant rice genotype ‘CSR-89IR-8’, which was later released as ‘CSR43’ in 2011. …”
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Temperature and low-stakes cognitive performance by Zhang, Xin, Chen, Xi, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…This paper offers one of the first evidence in a developing country context that transitory exposure to high temperatures may disrupt low-stakes cognitive activities across a range of age cohorts. By matching eight years of repeated cognitive tests among all the participants in a nationally representative longitudinal survey in China with weather data according to the exact time and geographic location of their assessment, we show that exposure to a temperature above 32 °C on the test date, relative to a moderate day within 22–24 °C, leads to a sizable decline in their math scores by 0.066 standard deviations (equivalent to 0.23 years of education). …”
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Double-booked: Effects of overlap between school and farming calendars on education and child labor by Allen IV, James

“…Using shift-share estimation, I study an exogenous shift to overlap between school and crop calendars in Malawi, weighted and aggregated by communities’ pre-policy crop shares, matched to panel data on school-aged children. From pre- to post-policy, a five-day (i.e., one school-week) increase in overlap during peak farming periods decreases children’s school advancement by 0.14 grades—one lost grade for every seven children—while only resulting in 3.9 percent fewer children working on the household-farm. …”
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Utilización de nitrógeno no proteico de liberación controlada en dietas a base de ensilaje de maíz: aspectos digestivos y metabólico by Jankovic, Veronica Vanina

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Sambandet mellan fysisk aktivitet och hull hos hund : en jämförelse av enkätsvar, kroppshull och registrerad fysisk aktivitet med accelerometer samt pedometer by Lindehag Oja, Beatrice

First report of Nattrassia mangiferae as a postharvest fungal pathogen of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) in Nigeria by Sangoyomi, T., Ekpo, E., Asiedu, Robert

“…The fungus grows rapidly on PDA and is able to attain a radial diameter of 90 mm by the fourth day after inoculation. Cultures reisolated from the inoculated tubers matched those used for inoculation. …”
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Monitoring of spatiotemporal dynamics of rabi rice fallows in South asia using remote sensing by Gumma, Murali K., Thenkabail, Prasad S., Teluguntla, P., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…MODIS 16 day normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) at 250 m spatial resolution and season-wise-intensive ground survey data were used to map rice systems and the fallows thereafter ( rabi fallows) in South Asia. …”
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Report of a Working Group on Beta and the World Beta Network: Fourth Joint Meeting, 20-22 June 2012, Cappelle-en-Pévèle, France by Maggioni, L., Frese, L., Lipman, E., Bioversity International

“…To allow sorting out accessions on the basis of their taxonomy, it was agreed that the VIR and GRIN taxonomies should be compared and a list of matching taxonomies compiled. Regarding genebank standards, the WG agreed to check the validity of the existing protocols for regeneration and to seek collaboration of USDA-ARS for the development of guidelines for the multiplication of B. nana.…”
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Bias correction of daily chirps-V2 rainfall estimates in Ghana by Johnson, R.

“…At the station level the Linear Scaling method produced the best results, although after correction no significant changes were observed especially on a daily scale, using the day to compute seasonal indices yielded improved results. …”
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Fruit and Non-Starchy Vegetable Acquisition and Supply in Solomon Islands: Identifying Opportunities for Improved Food System Outcomes by Farrell, Penny, Sharp, Michael, Reeve, Erica, Brewer, Tom, Farmery, Anna, Wate, Jillian Tutuo, Bogard, Jessica, Kanamoli, Samson, Thow, Anne

“…The Pacific Guidelines for Healthy Living recommend consuming a minimum of five servings of fruit and/or non-starchy vegetables each day, however, diets in Solomon Islands stray from the regional and global trend of healthy diets high in fresh fruit and vegetables. …”
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Trypanosoma congolense: High erythropoietic potential in infected yearling cattle during the acute phase of the anemia by Andrianarivo, A.G., Muiya, P., Logan-Henfrey, L.L.

“…To expore the basis for this resistance, the erythropoietic response was evaluated in four naive yearling N'Dama calves and four age-matched Boran calves which developed anemia over a 140-day primary infection with Trypanosoma congolense clone IL 13E3. …”
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Quality and safety improvements in informal milk markets and implications for food safety policy by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Deka, Ram Pratim, Lindahl, Johanna F., Grace, Delia

“…The impact of the program on milk value chain actors was assessed through a prospective matched cohort study using a double difference design. …”
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Temporal change in land use by irrigation source in Tamil Nadu and management implications by Gumma, Murali K., Kajisa, K., Mohammed, I.A., Whitbread, Anthony M., Nelson, A., Rala, A., Kuppannan, Palanisami

“…This paper investigates the temporal variation in irrigated area between 2000–2001 and 2010–2011 due to rainfall variation at the state and sub-basin level by mapping and classifying Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 8-day composite satellite imagery using spectral matching techniques. …”
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Remote sensing based change analysis of rice environments in Odisha, India by Gumma, Murali K., Mohanty, Samarendu, Andrew, N., Rala, A, Irshad, A.M., Das, S.R.

“…The spatial distribution of rice areas was mapped using MODIS (MOD09Q1) 250-m 8-day time-series data (2000?2010) and spectral matching techniques. …”
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Dietary diversity among smallholder households in Bukoba district, Tanzania and Kiboga district, Uganda by Nabuuma, D., Ekesa, B., Kennedy, G.

“…High consumption of a food group and absence of a food group by the whole household was matched by the consumption of the children. Only 48% and 35% of caregivers in Kiboga and Bukoba, respectively reported preparing special meals for the child. …”
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Integrating family farmers’ perceptions with meteorological records and national climate change projections to enhance site-specific adaptation knowledge by Enriquez, Andrea Soledad, Fernandez, Manuela Teresa, Aramayo, Maria Valeria Del Lu, De Pascuale Bovi, Juan Alberto, Ocariz, María Paula, Tittonell, Pablo Adrian

“…Despite this focus, results showed that temperature (T) had greater predictability from farmers than precipitation (P): perceptions were better associated with past and future T variable trends (T mean, T min, and T max), than with P ones (average rainfall and number of days with rainfall events>10 mm). We discussed social and technical causes of matches or mismatches among the views. …”
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Rift Valley fever decision support framework for eastern Africa by Bett, Bernard K.

“…The framework breaks the RVF epidemic cycle into five explicit steps and matches them with appropriate actions. These steps identified in the framework include: (i) inter-epidemic period, (ii) pre-outbreak period (classified into early warning, localised rain, flooding and mosquito swarms), (iii) outbreak period (classified into suspected and confirmed outbreak sub-phases), (iv) recovery phase including a 45-day period when no further livestock cases are observed, and (v) post-outbreak recovery and reflection. …”
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Quality and safety improvements in informal milk markets and implications for food safety policy by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Deka, Ram Pratim, Lindahl, Johanna F., Grace, Delia

“…The impact of the program on milk value chain actors was assessed through a prospective matched cohort study using a double difference design. …”
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Socio-economic impact of forage development on farm households livelihood in Mieso District, West Hararghe Zone, Oromia National Regional State by Ahmed, I.

“…Also market-oriented livestock product sold Milk, Butter, Cattle, and Shoat affects at 1% level, while Honey and Camel at 5% and 10% percent level. Propensity score matching analysis also show that adoption of improved forage technology have significantly and positively affected by active labor force, information accesses, fattening experience, demonstration day, and livestock holding while age, family size and market distances have a significant negative effect. …”
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ß-Cryptoxanthin from supplements or carotenoid-enhanced maize maintains liver vitamin A in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) better than or equal to ß-carotene supplements by Davies, Christopher, Jing, Hua, Howe, Julie, Rocheford, Torbert R., Tanumihardjo, Sherry A.

“…Other groups were given equivalent β-carotene or VA supplements based on prior-day intake from the biofortified maize or oil only for 4 weeks. …”
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