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Formal water rights in rural Tanzania: deepening the dichotomy? by van Koppen, Barbara, Sokile, C.S., Hatibu, N., Lankford, B.A., Mahoo, H.F., Yanda, P.Z.

“…In this area, the l11<l:iority of water users are small-scale irrigators and livestock keepers who develop and manage water according to customary arrangements, without much state support. …”
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Evaluación y mejoramiento de prácticas económicas. Economía by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…To assess the distribution of benefits of alternative technologies biased towards small or towards large farmers, both among producer groups as well as among consumers of different income strata, a demand and supply model of beans was constructed for Brazil. …”
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Evaluation and improvement of agronomic practices. Economics by International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…To assess the distribution of benefits of alternative technologies biased towards small or towards large farmers, both among producer groups as well as among consumers of different income strata, a demand and supply model of beans was constructed for Brazil. …”
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Diversity and biological traits of bees visiting flowers of Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito differ between biodiversity-based and conventional management practices by Dalmazzo, Maria de los Milagros, Zumoffen, Leticia, Ghiglione, Carla, Roig-Alsina, Arturo, Chacoff, Natacha Paola

“…Functional groups of bees are determined by traits, such as body size, nesting site, and social behavior. …”
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Network of networks: Time series clustering of ameriflux sites by Reed, David E., Chu, Housen, Peter, Brad G., Chen, Jiquan, Abraha, Michael, Amiro, Brian, Anderson, Ray G., Arain, M. Altaf, Arruda, Paulo, Barron-Gafford, Greg A., Bernacchi, Carl, Beverly, Daniel P., Biraud, Sebastien C., Black, T. Andrew, Blanken, Peter D., Bohrer, Gil, Bowler, Rebecca, Bowling, David R., Forsythe, Brandon R., Posse Beaulieu, Gabriela, Zona, Donatella

“…While net radiation and temperature showed latitudinal clus­ tering as expected, flux variables revealed a more uneven clustering with many small (number of sites < 5), unique groups and a few large (> 100) to intermediate (15–70) groups, highlighting the significant ecological regulations of ecosystem fluxes. …”
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Vad påverkar skogsägarnas naturhänsyn vid föryngringsavverkning i region Mellannorrland? by Lindström, Elisabeth

“…The wood-buyers were organised into two groups, large buyers (39 answers) and small buyers (16 answers). …”
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Making index-based flood insurance socially inclusive in Bangladesh: challenges and options by Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., de Silva, Sanjiv, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

“…At stake are the livelihoods of millions of small and marginal farmer households that are at risk of becoming further entrenched in poverty. …”
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End-term Evaluation Study for the Aquaculture Technical, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Training (AQ TEVET) by Kwaku, Arhin-Sam, Kakwasha, Keagan, Mudege, Netsayi

“…Primary data collection instruments were Key Informants Interviews (KII), Focus Group Discussions (FGD), and survey questionnaires. …”
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Statistics of public expenditure for economic development (SPEED) 2010 [Archived version] by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…An efficient public sector serves an important role in a country 's economic development by promoting adequate and appropriate allocation of resources. Even small steps toward prudent fiscal management can benefit the poor and other disadvantaged groups by allowing the provision of effective and targeted public services. …”
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From "best practice" to "best fit": A framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services by Birner, Regina, Davis, Kristin E., Pender, John L., Nkonya, Ephraim M., Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah, Ekboir, Javier, Mbabu, Adiel, Spielman, David J., Horna, Daniela, Benin, Samuel, Kisamba-Mugerwa, Wilberforce

“…How can we ensure that female farmers, the poor, and other marginalized groups have access to agricultural advisory services?…”
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Impacts in Uganda of rising global food prices: The role of diversified staples and limited price transmission by Benson, Todd, Mugarura, Samuel, Wanda, Kelly

“…Only a relatively small group of Ugandan households will benefit directly and immediately from rising food prices—the significant net sellers of food crops constituting between 12% and 27% of the population. …”
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Senegal scaling week: Workshop report by Ewell, Hanna, Atadokpede, Marine, Siagbe, Golli, Diedhiou, Lamine, Ouedraogo, Mathieu

“…In terms of methodological approaches, presentations were used to explain principles, with small groups' work and plenary discussions in a participative atmosphere used. …”
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Estimation of individual and maternal additive genetic and heterotic effects for preweaning traits of crosses of Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Sahiwal cattle in the lowland tropics of... by Kahi, A.K., Mackinnon, M.J., Thorpe, W.R., Baker, R.L., Njubi, D.

“…Similarly, the individual heterotic effect of Bos taurus-B. indicus heterozygosity was not significant for calf performance. A small effect of AS individual heterosis on preweaning average daily gain (DG) was found. …”
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Genetics driven interventions for ex situ conservation of Red Jungle fowl (Gallus gallus murghi) populations in India by Mukesh, Fernandes, M., Han Jianlin, Sathyakumar, S.

“…Genetics driven interventions (GDI) are imperative for ex situ conservation to exhort long-term sustenance of small and isolated populations in captivity as they are more prone to an increased extinction risk due to inbreeding and genetic drift. …”
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Natural resource conservation with peoples' participation in the uplands of the Maribios Volcanic Ranges of Nicaragua. I. Appropriate land use and rural social diversity by Sharma, P.N

“…Almost 95% of the rural-based families are either small farmers (50%) owning 1.47 ha or landless share croppers/farm laborers (45%). …”
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Second Meeting of the Executive Council, April 16-17, 2002, London: Summary Record of Proceedings by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The representation within the Executive Council of civil society organizations (small farmers' groups in particular) and of regional development banks was considered as well, while larger farmers would be represented within the Private Sector Committee. …”
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Evaluation of linkage disequilibrium, population structure, and genetic diversity in the U.S. peanut mini core collection by Otyama, P.I., Wilkey, A., Kulkarni, R., Assefa, T., Chu, Y., Clevenger, J., O’Connor, D.J., Wright, G.C., Dezern, S.W., MacDonald, G.E., Anglin, Noelle L., Cannon, Ethalinda K.S., Ozias-Akins, P., Cannon, Steven B.

“…Phylogenetic network analysis also clustered accessions into approximately five groups based on their genotypes, with loose correspondence to subspecies and market type. …”
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Can Science Contribute to Smallholder Management of Complex Systems? Lessons from Agroecological Intensification of Multi-Strata Coffee with Banana by Staver, Charles, Siles, P., Bustamante, O., Castellon, N., Cerdan, C., Garming, H., Burkhardt, J.

“…Second, complementary frameworks drawn from agroecosystems, gender- and generational-based livelihoods, and small business should be integrated into the experimentation process. …”
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Uptake of insurance-embedded credit in presence of credit rationing: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Kenya by Ndegwa, Michael K., Shee, Apurba, Turvey, Calum G., You, Liangzhi

“…The study results also imply that credit demand is inelastic although relatively small sample size for RCC premium subsidy groups may be a limiting factor to the authors’ estimation.By implementing a multi-arm RCT, the authors estimate the factors affecting the uptake of insurance bundled agricultural credits along with eliciting credit rationing among rural smallholders in Eastern Kenya. …”
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The political ecology of tropical forests in Southeast Asia: historical perspectives by Tuk-Po, L., Jong, W. de, Ken-Ichi, Abe

“…A simplistic explanation of why tropical forests degrade or disappear all together is, because loggers take out too many trees, companies convert forest for plantations, and small farmers slash forest to make agricultural fields. …”
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