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Should Sri Lanka attempt to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses? by Natarajan, Kiruthika, Thibbotuwawa, Manoj, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Agriculture is the mainstay of Sri Lanka’s rural economy and employs about 26.5 percent of the country’s total employed population, rural and urban (Department of Census and Statistics [DCS] 2023a). …”
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Spatial Market Segmentation: A data-driven approach to identifying priority rice market segments in the Philippines by Paguirigan, Neale Marvin, Maunahan, Aileen, Laborte, Alice

“…These were overlaid with rice area statistics resulting in a map of distinct rice market segments. …”
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Impacts of co-management on western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) habitat and conservation in Nialama Classified Forest, Republic of Guinea: A satellite perspective by Sunderland-Groves, J., Slayback, D., Balinga, M., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…Degradation statistics show that land cover change within areas delimited as critical chimpanzee habitat inside of the Classified Forest was far less compared to the Classified Forest as a whole, or within a 5 km buffer zone. …”
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Semi-parametric generalized estimating equations for repeated measurements in cross-over designs by Cruz, N. A., Melo, O.O., Martinez, C.A.

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Characterizing Ethiopian cattle production systems for disease burden analysis by Li, Y., Mayberry, D., Jemberu, Wudu T., Schrobback, P., Herrero, Maria, Chaters, G., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Rushton, J.

“…This paper addresses knowledge gaps in the biomass, productivity and value of livestock for the pastoral, mixed crop-livestock and specialized dairy systems in Ethiopia. Population size, reproductive performance, mortality, offtake and productivity of cattle were calculated from official statistics and a meta-analysis of data available in the published literature. …”
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Exploring genetic diversity and selection signatures in indigenous African cattle breeds by Friedrich, J., Bailey, R., Talenti, A., Marshall, Karen, Prendergast, J., Wiener, P.

“…We analysed whole-genome sequence data of over 100 African cattle comprising 9 breeds and calculated within- and between-breed population statistics to characterise genetic diversity and identify selection signatures. …”
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Grönskans plats i den växande staden : en studie av centrala Karlstad by Alverbrink, Linnea

D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – THEMATIC SESSION 5a: Food access: constraints and facilitators by Khalid, Sidra, Safna, L. M. F., Hossain, Md. Mokbul, Rahman, Md. Mahbubur, Anowar, Md Sadat, Mishra, Punit, Islam, Nazia, Khanal, Binod, Das, Namita

“…Safna, Graduate, University of Peradeniya Predictors of changes in household food insecurity in rural, non-slum urban and slum areas of Bangladesh: Evidence from a longitudinal study Md Mokbul Hossain, Senior Analyst (Statistics), BRAC University An assessment of a food-based social protection program and its impact on food and nutrition security in the targeted households in Bangladesh Md Mahbubur Rahman, Research Director, Food Planning and Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Food, Government of Bangladesh Rapid-fire presentations Determinants of Household Dietary Diversity in Bangladesh: Role of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Md Sadat Anowar, Research Analyst, International Food Policy Research Institute Unequal Plates: Dietary Diversity and Nutritional Inequality among Population with Limited Resources Punit Mishra, Lead, Research and Partnerships, Population Council Exploring Food Insecurity and Support in Slum Areas of Bangladesh during COVID-19: Lessons for Future Emergencies in Light of “Right to Food” Nazia Islam, Learning, Evaluation and Documentation Specialist, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Food and nutritional diversity by ethnicity in Nepal Binod Khanal, Post doctoral researcher, Prairie View A&M University Strengthening Urban Food Security through Enhanced Food Safety Practices in West Bengal Namita Das, PhD Scholar, Natural Science Research Center, Belda College, Vidyasagar University & Project Manager, Samposhyam Foundation…”
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Cell size regulation and proliferation fluctuations in single-cell derived colonies by Nieto, César, Vargas García, César, Pedraza, Juan Manuel, Singh, Abhyudai

“…We observe how the statistics of these three approaches are different at low numbers and how the Single Colony perspective tends to Population Snapshots at high numbers. …”
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Kenya Food Security Simulator (KFSS): Analyzing household data for food security insights by Mbuthia, Juneweenex, Omune, Lensa

“…It is in this view that Kenya Food Security Simulator (KFSS) has been jointly developed by Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) under the CGIAR initiative on National Policies and Strategies. …”
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Spatial analysis of sustainable livelihood enterprises of Uganda cotton production by You, Liangzhi, Chamberlin, Jordan

“…Household-level production data from the 2000 Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) are used to estimate the current spatial distribution of cotton production (called the cotton production area, or CPA), based on the association of household cotton production with ranges in mapped variables (altitude, length of growing period, and population density), district cotton production statistics and expert knowledge of local production patterns. …”
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An assessment of the likely impact on Ugandan households of rising global food prices by Benson, Todd, Mugarura, Samuel, Wanda, Kelly

“…However, the main sources of calories for the population come from crops that are not extensively traded - matooke (cooking banana), cassava, and sweet potato. …”
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Below the radar: the boom of groundwater use in the central part of the Nile Delta in Egypt by El-Agha, Doaa E., Closas, Alvar, Molle, Francois

“…The Nile Delta of Egypt is known for its large irrigated area supplied with water diverted from the Nile River, with a limited use of groundwater, largely for domestic and industrial use. Official statistics for the whole delta indicate that there are a few thousand individual wells used for agriculture by a population of over 2 million farmers. …”
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Parasitismo y desarrollo de Trichogramma exiguum Pinto & Platner y Telenomus sphingis (Ashm) sobre Erinnyis ello (L.) by Urias López, Mario Alfonso, Bellotti, Anthony C.

“…The parasitism, development, and thermal requirements of Trichogramma exiguum and Telenomus sphingis, common parasitoids of Erinnyis ello eggs, were studied. Life statistics were also determined for each specie and temp. (20, 25, and 30 degrees C for both species; for T. sphingis 32.5 degrees C was also used). …”
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Technical Report: Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health and Nutrition by Duante, Charmaine A., Austria, Rovea Ernazelle G., Borigas, John Michael E., Acuin, Cecilia S.

“…Exposure data came from the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) for typhoons and floods, the Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for drought, and from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics- Philippine Statistics Authority (BAS-PSA) for palay production. …”
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Hypoadrenokorticism hos storpudel by Stafström, Åsa

“…The purpose of this study was to give a review of canine hypoadrenocorticism as described in literature, and to characterise Addison´s disease in a population of standard poodles in Sweden. Statistics on incidenceproportions by breed for hypoadrenocorticism from the database of the Swedish insurance company Agria are presented. …”

Global drivers of food system (un)sustainability: A multi-country correlation analysis by Béné, Christophe, Fanzo, Jessica, Prager, Steven D., Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Mapes, Brendan Robert, Álvarez Toro, Patricia, Bonilla Cedrez, Camila

“…The two metrics highlight the important data gap that characterizes national systems’ statistics—in particular in relation to transformation, transport, retail and distribution. …”
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Sustainable livestock development in Sudan: Challenges, opportunities, and policy priorities by Alfadul, Hanan, Siddig, Khalid, Ahmed, Mosab O. M., Abushama, Hala, Kirui, Oliver K.

“…However, discrepancies between official statistics and field data show the need for updated and accurate livestock data. …”
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Stunted child - overweight mother pairs: an emerging policy concern? by Garrett, James L., Ruel, Marie T.

“…Stunting was defined as height-for-age < - 2 SD of the reference population and maternal overweight as a body mass index (BMI) of > 25 kg/m 2 . …”
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Stunted child - overweight mother pairs: an emerging policy concern? by Garrett, James L., Ruel, Marie T.

“…Stunting was defined as height-for-age < −2 SD of the reference population, and maternal overweight as a body-mass index > 25 kg/m2. …”
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