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Introduction by Colfer, C.J.P., Yuliani, L.

“…This special section of Volume 41 of the Borneo Research Bulletin has been compiled in honor of Dr. …”
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Livelihood diversification opportunities for pastoralists in Turkana, Kenya by Watson, D.J., Binsbergen, J. van

“…The report also highlights both constraints and opportunities associated with the future expansion of these activities. This section is comprised of two parts. The first part, based on a literature review and two extremely knowledgeable key informants (Ann Kirya and Margret Nabuin-both belong to the Turkana District Chamber of Commerce), briefly outlines the range of diversification opportunities currently being exploited in Turkana. …”
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ILRI Learning and Development Directory 2014 by International Livestock Research Institute

“…The directory has several sections and users may choose to go directly to the section that is most relevant to them. …”
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Climate change, climate variability and adaptation options by Neufeldt, Henry, Sand, Isabel van de, Dietz, Johannes, Minh HH, Yatich, T., Lasco, Rodel, Noordwijk, Meine van

“…This section introduces some basic concepts surrounding the climate system, climate change and climate variability. …”
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Trypanotolerant livestock in West and Central Africa. Volume 3. A decade's results by Hoste, Christian H., Chalon, E., D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Trail, J.C.M.

“…Countries are discussed in the same order in both volumes. An additional section on major developments occuring during the study period has been included at the end of each country study.…”
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Rural livelihoods in changing, multifunctional landscapes by Noordwijk, Meine van, Onyango, Leah, Kalinganire, Antoine, Joshi, Laxman, Hoang, Minh Ha, Ndichu, Nestry, Jamnadass, Ramni H.

“…The main argument in this section is that changing (or 'transforming') landscapes and lives are mutually dependent on each other, as they are closely linked in time and space. …”
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The implications of spontaneous range enclosure for African livestock development policy by Behnke, R.H.

“…Drawing on case material from Sudan and Somalia, the opening section of the paper discusses some of the spontaneous range enclosure. …”
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Potential economic impacts by Swallow, B.M.

“…Most analysis have simply applied ex post methods and have thus ignored a fundamental difference between ex post and ex ante analysis: the past is known with certainity while the future is fraught with uncertainities. This section presents a model of potential economic impacts under uncertainity that is appropriate for ex ante analysis. …”
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Spatial statistics and geographical information systems in epidemiology and public health by Robinson, Timothy P.

“…In the last section I discuss some of the ways in which these techniques have been applied to assist decision making for disease intervention, and conclude by discussing future Developments in the field. and some of the issues surrounding the integration of spatial statistics and GIS.…”
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Sources of technical inefficiency of smallholder farmers in milk production in Ethiopia by Adane, Z., Shiferaw, K., Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…The analysis utilizes cross-section data collected from 1277 farmers. The result indicates a mean technical efficiency of 55%, suggesting sizeable technical inefficiency in milk production. …”
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Descriptors for hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) by Bioversity International, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies

“…A full list of the names and addresses of those involved is given in the 'Contributors' Section.…”
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Sources of technical inefficiency of smallholder farmers in milk production in Ethiopia by Adane, Z., Shiferaw, K., Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…The analysis utilizes a cross-section data collected from 1,277 farm households. …”
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Maize genetic improvement for enhanced productivity gains in West and Central Africa by Ajala, S., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Menkir, A.

“…These have led to dramatic increases in the production of cassava, maize, soybean, cowpea, and yam in sub-Saharan Africa that have directly contributed to increases in food availability and indirectly to improvements in national economies. This section presents the status, progress, and achievements, and also outlines future work on crop improvement by genetic enhancement in IITA's six crops.…”
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Flexuous, threadlike particles in leaf cells of Echinocloa colonum infected with rice hoja blanca virus by Kitajima, Elliot W., Gálvez E., Guillermo E.

“…Electron microscopic examination of thin section from rice hoja blanca virus (RHBV)-infected barnyard [Echinocloa colonum (L.) …”
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Women's rights to land and communal forest tenure: A way forward for research and policy agenda in Latin America by Bose, P., Larson, A.M., Lastarria-Cornhiel, S., Radel, C., Schmink, M., Schmook, B., Vázquez García, V.

“…In this synthesis paper, the authors of this Special Section contribute towards a collective research and policy agenda on rural and indigenous women's forest and land rights in Latin America. …”
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Phaseolus angucianae (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae), a new bean species from Fila cruces of Southeastern Costa Rica by Debouck, Daniel G., Araya Villalobos, Rodolfo, Chaves-Barrantes, Néstor Felipe

“…The differences (slender curved racemes, small oval acuminate primary and pedicelar bracts, lilac inner face of standard, white wings) are presented with closely related species such as P. hygrophilus and P. oligospermus of the section Brevilegumeni to which it may belong.…”
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Hundens kommunikationssignaler by Johansson, Philippa

“…The signals are divided into olfactory, visual, auditory and tactile and every section starts with a short anatomic and physiologic description of the sense organ that is used to register the current signal type. …”
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En dokumentation av AB Karl Hedins föryngringar efter skogsbranden 2014 by Ljunggren Skogfors, Gustav

“…The purpose of this project was to document the regeneration that has been performed during the summer of 2015 at AB Karl Hedin’s section of the burned- over area. Approximately 500 hectares were regenerated during the 2015 season and the regeneration methods used were manual and mechanized sowing, planting and scarification under seed trees. …”

Report to AGM 2004 from the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the Science Council by CGIAR Science Council

“…This report to AGM ’04 includes, in addition to the usual progress report on SPIA activities and outputs since the last AGM, a draft strategy and operational plan (Section 2) that has been developed over the past year as SPIA’s role in the new Science Council (SC)has been focused in consultation with the SC. …”
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TAC Quinquennial Review of CIMMYT, 1976 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The main issues addressed related to breeding for wide scale adaptation, selection in high input conditions, the role of basic research, training, regional and national activities, forward planning and the role of the economic section.The report was discussed by TAC at its Thirteenth and Fourteenth meetings in May and October 1976, and was on the agenda at the CGIAR meeting in October 1976.…”
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