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Between structural change and local agency in the palm oil sector: Interactions, heterogeneities and landscape transformations in the Brazilian Amazon por Brandão, F., Castro, F. de, Futemma, C.

“…Based on quantitative and qualitative data deriving from interviews with key stakeholders, focus groups and surveys with smallholders and migrant workers, contextualized and cross-checked with observations between 2011 and 2017 and secondary sources, we discuss the processes and outcomes of Brazil's Sustainable Oil Palm Production Program (SPOPP). …”
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Qualitative research on women’s empowerment and participation in agricultural value chains in Bangladesh por Rubin, Deborah, Ferdousi, Shammi, Parvin, Aklima, Rahaman, S.M. Tahsin, Rahman, Shuchita, Rahman, Waziha, Redoy, Md.

“…In Bangladesh, IFPRI has received support from USAID through its Policy Research and Strategy Support Program in Bangladesh (PRSSP) to work in the geographic areas targeted by Feed the Future interventions (known as the Zone of Influence) to construct this new WEAI4VC module. The qualitative research study, conducted by IFPRI field officers, complements a 1,200 household quantitative survey, looking in greater depth at the individual, household, and community level experiences of men and women to understand the consequences of value chain participation on them as producers, entrepreneurs, and wage workers on women’s empowerment. …”
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Agriculture and climate change: Agricultural science and technology needs for climate change adaptation and mitigation por Rabbinge, R.

“…Adapting to these changes, while continuing to feed a world of 9 billion people, requires the formation of a global partnership in science, technology development, and dissemination of results to millions of smallholder farmers, bringing together research workers and resource managers from many fields. To take an international approach to climate change, new partnerships must be forged, linking the agricultural research and climate science communities.…”
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Plant disease diagnostic capabilities and networks por Miller, S.A., Beed, Fenton D., Harmon, C.L.

“…Early and accurate diagnoses and pathogen surveillance onlocal, regional, and global scales are necessary to predict outbreaks andallow time for development and application of mitigation strategies.Plant disease diagnostic networks have developed worldwide to addressthe problems of efficient and effective disease diagnosis and pathogendetection, engendering cooperation of institutions and experts withincountries and across national borders. Networking maximizes impact inthe face of shrinking government investments in agriculture and dimin-ishing human resource capacity in diagnostics and applied pathology.New technologies promise to improve the speed and accuracy of diseasediagnostics and pathogen detection. …”
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Cotton-textile-apparel sectors of India por Bedi, Jatinder S., Cororaton, Caesar B.

“…In terms of future prospects for the Indian processing, textile, and apparel industries, our analysis emphasizes three dimensions of reform: the need for further investments in human resource development to improve industry productivity and reduce poverty among workers in these sectors, the emergence of modern domestic retail marketing chains, and the potentially vibrant prospects for the industry that arise from a growing domestic fabric demand and new opportunities in world markets if appropriate policies and investments are undertaken.…”
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Belajar beradaptasi: bersama-sama mengelola hutan di Indonesia por Kusumanto, T., Yuliani, L., Macoun, P., Indriatmoko, Y., Adnan, H.

“…The book aims to support community workers, field-based staff of organisations like non-governmental organisations (NGOs), government extension workers and project staff, and trainers. …”
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The role of relationships in lending to farmers : a study from the loan officer’s perspective por Eriksson , Sofia, Olsson, Tina, Servin, Rebecca

“…This study consists of a theoretical framework where data was collected in order to obtain a general understanding about relationships and the problems and solutions associated with lending relationships. …”

'Över stock och sten' : ett gestaltningsförslag till en naturlekplats i Skrylle friluftsområde por Peterson, Ylva

Aggression hos hundar : orsaker, förekomst och träningsmetoder por Örting, Tova

Angiostrongylus vasorum,differentialdiagnos att ha i åtanke vid respiratoriska symptom hos hund por Eklund, Sanna Linnea Eleonora

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Applied genomics in the improvement of crops grown in Africa por Crouch, J.H., Ortíz, R.

“…In this way, indirect selection with co-dominant molecular markers tightly linked to the gene(s) controlling the characteristic(s) of interest improves response to selection, because heritability for co-dominant markers equals to 1. …”
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Report on sampling leaf tissue, DNA extraction and prepare for shipment for genotyping of two biparental populations to identify QTLs associated with Spittlebug resistance por Espitia, Paula A., Hernández, Luis Miguel, Villegas, Daniel Mauricio, Arango, Jacobo, Castiblanco, Valheria

“…Incorporate host-plant resistance to new hybrids is the most cost-effective and sustainable solution to overcome the great losses caused by this key pest. …”
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Chrysopidae family and flower strips as habitat management practices for the control of cabbage insect pests por Alcala Herrera, Rafael, Cotes, Belen, Porcel Vilchez, Mario

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Plats för pollinatörer por Björkman, Ingrid

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Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period por Gabriel, Sherwin, van Seventer, Dirk, Arndt, Channing, Davies, Robert J., Harris, Laurence, Robinson, Sherman, Wilf, Jenna

“…Since the onset of economic downturns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have struggled with uneven recoveries across sectors, as some types of workers and industries were better able to resume their activities than others. …”
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Paper park performance: Mexico’s natural protected areas in the 1990s por Blackman, Allen, Pfaff, Alexander, Robalino, Juan

“…Our broad finding is that Mexico’s paper parks had heterogeneous effects both inside and outside their borders. More specifically, at the national-level, we cannot reject the null hypothesis that NPAs had zero average effect on clearing inside their borders, nor can we reject a similar hypothesis for spillover clearing outside their borders. …”
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Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy in Musa: the African plantains (Musa spp. AAB group) por Langhe, E. de, Pillay, M., Tenkouano, A., Swennen, Rony L.

“…Initially they were classified on the basis of morphological characters. New molecular techniques are now being used to explain plantain diversity. …”
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Assessing the conservation status of wild banana genetic resources by means of population genetics and distribution modelling por Mertens, A.

“…Decreasing suitable habitat and genetic diversity through anthropogenic pressure and the need to find new germplasm for breeding purposes stresses the need for additional conservation efforts. …”
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Discovering gender-related uncommon practices for improved nutrition of mothers and children through the Positive Deviance approach in rural Madhya Pradesh, India por Bader, Nadine, Verma, Avani, Milcher, Susanne

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Chișinău : the green structure of a city in transition por Hagberg, Johanna, Winroth, Karin

“…It is a rather small country and its borders are not more than 20 years old. As a former part of the Soviet Union it is a country in transition. …”