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Skogseken by Svensson, Johan

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Vilka är dagens krav på gårdsverkstaden? by Nilsson, Tobias

“…After been told that an ordinary winter service for our combine should cost more than 20000 SEK, not included spare parts, I decided to write this paper about today's requirement of the workshop on a farm. I think that the lack of proper premises is the reason way not more of the ordinary machinery maintenance or upkeep is performed on the farm. …”
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Veterinär- och läkarstudenters kunskaper och värderingar om storskalig slakt och slaktmetoder – en enkätstudie by von der Burg, Emelie

Robust Trade Integration Indicators by Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David, Traoré, Fousseini

“…These new indicators shed new light in regional integration, particularly in Africa where the level of integration is not as low as one might think.…”
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Análisis de la sostenibilidad de paisajes agropecuarios: aproximación conceptual y metodológica by Bustamante Zamudio, Clarita, Redondo Ortegón, Johan Manuel, Roa Ortiz, Santiago Andrés, Melo León, Sioux Fanny, Márquez Torres, Martha Liliana, Lozano Castro, Nelson Enrique, García García, Jeimy Andrea, Díaz Timoté, Julián, Pereira, María Fernanda, Torres, Mauricio, Andrade Medina, Olga del Pilar, Soto Agudelo, Amanda Lucía

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Understanding of eco-shaming phenomena in Kazakhstan by Kumambetova, Nina

“…Although there have been many studies on how receivers of eco-shaming artifacts react to them, there is a gap in how environmental communication campaign producers use the knowledge about eco-shaming and what language they elaborate on and think about eco-shaming. This study will allow a better understanding of what environmental communication practitioners need in terms of assessment and reflection in order to consider when and how to use eco-shaming to strive for changes and when not. …”
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Synen på kalvar, råmjölkstillförsel och kalvrådgivning hos några svenska lantbrukare, rådgivare och veterinärer by Johansson, Anna

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Improving assessments of the three pillars of Climate Smart Agriculture: Current achievements and ideas for the future by Wijk, Mark T. van, Merbold, Lutz, Hammond, James, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus

“…In this opinion piece we give a concise overview of the most recent developments in measuring key indicators and metrics for the three pillars of CSA (food security, adaptation and mitigation) and give our opinion on how we think this would allow for improvements in the current state of assessing CSA in a smallholder farming context. …”
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Building gender considerations into livestock breeding in low- and middle-income countries by Galiè, Alessandra, Ojango, Julie M.K., Farnworth, C.R., Jumba, Humphrey, Roeven, L., Marshall, Karen

“…In each step, key gender questions are set out to help breeders and gender scientists think through and assemble the gendered information they need. …”
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Using outcome trajectory evaluation to assess HarvestPlus’ contribution to the development of national biofortification breeding programs by Douthwaite, Boru, Johnson, Nancy L., Wyatt, Amanda

“…Such a long-run perspective is rare in development evaluation and it offers important lessons for how to think about and plan for evaluation over the course of a complex agriculture research for development program.…”
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Retirement pension by Rödin, Therese, Samuelson, Josefin

“…In this study the maximum allowable level of significance 0.05 was used. The results from the hypothesis testing show that non-farmer business owners think it is more important to save for their retirement than farmer business owners. …”
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Management of citrus canker in Argentina, a success story by Canteros, Blanca Isabel, Moschini, Ricardo Carlos, Gochez, Alberto Martin

“…This paper presents the main steps in the fight of the disease and the management strategies that have been used to control citrus canker at this time. We think the process might be usefull to other countries with the same situation. …”
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Gruppering av sinkor i stora besättningar by Kinander, Karin, Johansson, Madelene

“…It is also beneficial to mix in some of the lactation feed in this groups feed, to allow the rumen to adjust to the different feeds in the lactation feed. …”
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Assessing Ugandan pork butchers’ practices and their perception of customers’ preferences: A best-worst approach by Heilmann, Martin, Mtimet, Nadhem, Roesel, Kristina, Grace, Delia

“…In July 2014 on-site observations were undertaken and butchers were interviewed what they think is the most and the least important attributes to their clients when buying pork meat. …”
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Can the small-scale cooperatives in Serbia be successful organic producers? by Engman, Lina

Det gröna torget : hur kan vi förbättra biodiversiteten på torg? by Bertilsson, Max

Is it worth to recuperate degraded pasturelands? An evaluation of profits and costs from the perspective of livestock producers and extension agents in Honduras by Holmann, Federico J., Argel M., Pedro J., Rivas Ríos, Libardo, White, D., Estrada, R.D., Burgos, C., Pérez, E., Ramírez, G., Medina, A.

“…Producers argued that the current financial situation does not allow the necessary cash flow to renovate their plots, and the option of credit is not viable since real interest rates are high (ie., 10%). …”
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Identity frames in knowledge co-creation : facilitators for sustainability transformations by Nyström, Maria

“…The goal is to broaden the perspective of existing societal narratives by allowing multiple types of knowledge to participate in the process. …”

Självförvaltningens effekter i vår gemensamma utemiljö by Johansson, Emma

“…Some of the tenets also think that it is very important to be able to influence the design of the yard. …”

Hemlösa katter i Göteborg med omnejd by Jönsson, Anna

“…They are also hesitant to if it is ethical to allow domesticated cats living in the wild. According to them, increased use of TNR method may encourage people to release their cats adrift because they know there are people who feed them. …”
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