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Economic advantage of sourcing certified sweetpotato planting materials from low to high disease pressure areas versus in situ multiplication at the latter by Kwikiriza, N., Namanda, S., Zziwa, S., Kyalo, G., McEwan, M., Low, J.W., Rajendran, S., Mwanga, R.O.M.

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A Case Study Evaluating Economic Implications of Two Grazing Strategies for Cattle Ranches in Northwest Argentina by Quiroga, Raul Emiliano, Blanco, Lisandro Javier, Ferrando, Carlos Alberto

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Environmental resource extraction and poverty: comparative evidence from rural Thailand and Vietnam by Seewald, E., Oetjen, A., Nguyen, T. T.

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Food System Transformations: Brazil, Rwanda, and Vietnam by International Food Policy Research Institute

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Measuring employment and job quality in agrifood systems: Accounting for backward and forward linkages by Corong, Erwin, Gautam, Madhur, Martin, Will, Vos, Rob

“…As the agricultural transformation associated with economic development proceeds, the economic fulcrum of the agrifood system moves from primary production to nonfarm activities, such as input supply, food processing, food services, and wholesale and retail trade. …”
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Changes in Drip IrrigationWater Distribution Patterns Improve Fruit Quality and Economic Water Productivity in Early-Season Lemon Trees by Robles, Juan M., García-García, José, Navarro, Josefa M., Botia, Pablo, Pérez-Pérez, Juan G.

“…The physiological and agronomic responses of two irrigation systems were compared in ‘Fino 490 lemon trees (Citrus limon [L.] …”
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Establishment of crops under minimal soil disturbance and crop residue retention in rice-based cropping system: Yield advantage, soil health improvement, and economic benefit by Salahin, Nazmus, Jahiruddin, Mohammad, Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul, Alam, Md. Khairul, Haque, M. Enamul, Ahmed, Sharif, Baazeem, Alaa, Hadifa, Adel, EL Sabagh, Ayman, Bell, Richard W.

“…-jute (Corchorus culinaris L.) cropping systems on seasonally flooded lowlands of the Eastern Gangetic Plain of South Asia. …”
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The potential contribution of selected forage legume pastures to cereal production in crop-livestock farming systems by Tarawali, Shirley A., Peters, Michael

“…Maize cropping was economically viable for legume plots only with 60 or 120 kgN/ha and not for native pasture. …”
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Household economics of cocoa agroforestry: costs and benefits by Boadi, S.A., Bosselmann, A.S., Owusu, K., Asare, R., Olwig, M.F.

“…There is a paucity of profitability studies of different cocoa agroforestry systems. Only few of them go beyond a narrow focus on cocoa yields to model the entire agroforestry system and thus do not advance our understanding of the socio-economic value of other ecosystem goods. …”
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Breeding objectives and the relative importance of traits in plant and animal breeding: a comparative review by Sölkner, Johann, Grausgruber, H., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Ruckenbauer, P., Wurzinger, Maria

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Economic analysis of alley farming with small ruminants by Sumberg, J.E., McIntire, John M., Okali, C., Atta-Krah, A.N.

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Hydro-geology and water resources of Indus-Gangetic Basin: comparative analysis of issues and opportunities by Sharma, Bharat R.

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Nitrogen Response and Economics for Irrigated Corn in Nebraska by Dobermann, A., Wortmann, C.S., Ferguson, R.B., Hergert, G.W., Shapiro, C.A., Tarkalson, D.D., Walters, D.T.

“…The UNL algorithm, adjusted for mean cropping system EONR gave more accurate prediction of site‐year EONR than alternative N rate predictions for CC and CD with returns to applied nitrogen (RTN) of –$22 and –$13 ha−1 compared with measured site‐year EONR. …”
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The economic impact of wolves on the moose harvest in Sweden by Eggemann, Lea

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Medium-scale livestock farms in Asia’s rapidly transforming food systems by Ebata, Ayako, Belton, Ben

“…In this article, we draw attention to the role and distinct characteristics of medium-scale monogastric livestock farms in the Global South, drawing on an empirically grounded typology of scale that incorporates three linked components: (1) Social and economic organization of production; (2) Technological choice and environmental impacts, and; (3) Food system linkages and spillovers. …”
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Bean production systems in Nicaragua: technology adoption in the face of climate adversity by Reyes, Byron A., Ibarra Medina, Lina Marcela, Labarta, Ricardo Antonio, Gómez, Lorena

“…We documented the bean production systems in Nicaragua, focusing on the adoption of improved bean varieties (IVs) under adverse climatic (rainfall) conditions and its economic effect on adopting households. …”
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Saving of water and labor in a rice-wheat system with no-tillage and direct seeding technologies by Bhushan, Lav, Ladha, Jagdish K., Gupta, Raj K., Singh, S., Tirol-Padre, A., Saharawat, Y.S., Gathala, M., Pathak, H.

“…A field experiment was conducted in the IGP for 2 yr to evaluate various tillage and crop establishment systems for their efficiency in labor, water, and energy use and economic profitability. …”
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Designing agricultural mitigation for smallholders in developing countries: a comparative analysis of projects in East Africa by Lee, J., Newman J

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Lessons learned from the dragon (China) and the elephant (India): Essays from IFPRI's 2004-2005 Annual Report by von Braun, Joachim, Gulati, Ashok, Fan, Shenggen, Ahluwalia, Montek S., Liu, Jian

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Four ways blue foods can help achieve food system ambitions across nations by Crona, Beatrice I., Wassénius, Emmy, Jonell, Malin, Koehn, J. Zachary, Short, Rebecca, Tigchelaar, Michelle, Daw, Tim A., Golden, Christopher D., Gephart, Jessica A., Allison, Edward H., Bush, Simon R., Cao, Ling, Cheung, William W. L., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Fanzo, Jessica, Gelcich, Stefan, Kishore, Avinash, Halpern, Benjamin S., Hicks, Christina C., Leape, James P., Little, David C., Micheli, Fiorenza, Naylor, Rosamond L., Phillips, Michael, Selig, Elizabeth R., Springmann, Marco, Sumaila, U. Rashid, Troell, Max, Thilsted, Shakuntala H., Wabnitz, Colette C.C.

“…The analytical framework we provide also identifes countries with high future risk, for whom climate adaptation of blue food systems will be particularly important. Overall the framework helps decision makers to assess the blue food policy objectives most relevant to their geographies, and to compare and contrast the benefts and trade-ofs associated with pursuing these objectives.…”
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