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The role of contracts in improving access to credit in the smallholder livestock sector of Swaziland by Mamba, T.X.

“…Two sets of structured questionnaires were designed to capture the required data for farmers, finishers and traders. …”
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Value chain analysis and sanitary risks of the camel milk system supplying Nairobi city, Kenya by Muloi, Dishon M., Alarcón, P., Ombui, J., Ngeiywa, K.J., Abdullahi, B., Muinde, P., Karani, Maurice K., Rushton, Jonathan, Fèvre, Eric M.

“…The camel milk trade in Kenya has evolved significantly from a small-scale business undertaken in local villages to its current status involving a large number of different stakeholders supplying urban towns, particularly Nairobi City. …”
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Development of an open-source thermal image processing software for improving irrigation management in potato crops (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Cucho Padin, Gonzalo, Rinza, Javier, Ninanya, Johan, Loayza, Hildo, Quiroz, Roberto, Ramirez, David A.

“…Accurate determination of plant water status is mandatory to optimize irrigation scheduling and thus maximize yield. …”
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Evolution of soil fertility research and development in Ethiopia: From reconnaissance to data-mining approaches by Erkossa, Teklu, Laekemariam, Fanuel, Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…Despite the above efforts, the data sets generated through the soil surveys conducted at different times during the last half-century and the agronomic research during the same period have never been fully exploited. …”
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Catalogo de variedades de papa nativa de Chugay, La Libertad - Peru Catalog of ancestral potato varieties from Chugay, La Libertad - Peru by International Potato Center, Asociación Pataz, Peru, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria

“…Yet, this new catalog is the first for a single district in North Peru. It sets a new benchmark for future inventories and clearly recognizes the role of farmers. …”
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Pathways out of poverty in western Kenya and the role of livestock by Kristjanson, Patricia M., Krishna, A., Radeny, Maren A.O., Nindo, W.

“…The striking importance of health and health-related problems and expenses in poverty status is also seen in India and in other areas of western Kenya and Tanzania. …”
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Diversidad genética de diaphorina citri en cultivos cítricos del Valle del Cauca y Quindío (Colombia) by Moncayo Donoso, Miguel Angel, Almanza Pinzón, Martha Isabel, Caicedovallejo, Na Milena, Muñoz Flórez, Jaime Eduardo, Montoya Lerma, James, Carabalí Muñoz, Arturo

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Phone surveillance, from scratch: Novel sample design features of the nationally representative Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS) by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…First, we used a quota-based sampling strategy by setting survey quotas for respondents’ geography, education, farming status, gender, and rural/urban residence. …”
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Nutrition profiles of farm households across different farming systems in Ethiopia: Unpacking the determinants and implications for nutrition-sensitive interventions by Desalegn, B.B., Biazin, B., Amede, T., Low, Jan W.

“…However, the effects of household socioeconomic characteristics, production diversity, and household incomes on nutrition profiles in distinct settings have been inadequately understood. Therefore, this study was undertaken to examine the association of farming system type, sources of income, and household wealth status with household nutrition profiles in three remote locations such as Mennisa, Welmel Tiqa, and Agam Wuha that represent root crops-based farming, maize-based semi-pastoral farming, and teff-based cereal farming systems, respectively. …”
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Disaster risk management of land and water-related natural hazards for Africa’s central highlands: Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo - a review report by Lundh, A., Barron, J., Cofie, Olufunke O., Tilahun, Seifu A.

“…In this process, the risks and the current status of disaster risk management, early warning systems, soil and land conservation practices, and risk mapping were investigated for the three countries. …”
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Effect of azithromycin on post-discharge growth in Kenyan children by Atlas, Hannah E, Mogeni, Polycarp, Shawon, Riffat Ara, Tickell, Kirkby D, Bunyige, Lucy, Monchari, Irene, Oongo, Susan, Diakhate, Mame M, Brander, Rebecca L., Liru, Meshack, Bogonko, George, Nduati, Ruth, Richardson, Barbra A, John-Stewart, Grace, Walson, Judd L, Singa, Benson O, Pavlinac, Patricia B, McGrath, Christine J

“…Introduction: Children discharged following hospitalisation for acute illnesses in low- and middle-income settings are at increased risk of poor growth, particularly linear growth faltering. …”
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Ash decline in Jönköping and Östergötland conunties by Strandberg, Sara

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Monitoring Aedes populations for arboviruses, Wolbachia, insecticide resistance and its mechanisms in various agroecosystems in Benin by Ateutchia-Ngouanet, S., Nanfack-Minkeu, F., Mavridis, K., Wanji, S., Demanou, M., Vontas, J., Djouaka, R.

“…The massive use of certain insecticides in agricultural settings has probably contributed to insecticide resistance in these vectors. …”
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Climate-smart rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes identification using stability analysis, multi-trait selection index, and genotype-environment interaction at different irrigation re... by Habib, Muhammad Ashraful, Azam, Mohammad Golam, Haque, Md. Ashraful, Hassan, Lutful, Khatun, Mst. Suhana, Nayak, Swati, Abdullah, Hasan Muhammad, Ali, Essam A., Hossain, Nazmul, Ullah, Riaz, Sarker, Umakanta, Ercisli, Sezai

“…Utilizing the web-based warehouse inventory search tool (WIST), the water status was determined. To evaluate yield performance for stability and adaptability, AMMI and GGE biplots were used. …”
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Assessing smallholder sustainable intensification in the Ethiopian highlands by Hammond, James, Wijk, Mark T. van, Teufel, Nils, Mekonnen, Kindu, Thorne, Peter J.

“…We applied an expert-led threshold setting exercise to re-scale indicators, permitting aggregated and dis-aggregated visualisation onto a common axis. …”
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Standard minimum dietary diversity indicators for women or infants and young children are good predictors of adequate micronutrient intakes in 24–59-month-old children and their no... by Diop, Loty, Becquey, Elodie, Turowska, Zuzanna, Huybregts, Lieven, Ruel, Marie T., Gelli, Aulo

“…FGS-10 performed better than FGS-7 to predict MPA in children (Spearman rank correlation = 0.59 compared with 0.50) and women of all 3 physiological statuses (Spearman rank correlation = 0.53–0.55 compared with 0.42–0.52). …”
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Menarche and pubertal progression: A cross-sectional analysis of timing and influencing factors in North-Eastern Ghana by Alatiah, Gabriel Ajediwe, Azupogo, Fusta, Atosona, Ambrose, Vuvor, Frederick, Steiner-Asiedu, Matilda, Brouwer, Inge D.

“…Menarche and pubertal onset vary across populations but understanding age-at-menarche (AAM) and pubertal growth tempo is limited in low-income settings. Identifying factors influencing pubertal development is vital for creating targeted health and education programmes supporting adolescent girls’ well-being. …”
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“We should be able to decide”: Obesogenic factors influencing dietary behaviours of women and adolescents in Ethiopia by Trübswasser, Ursula

“…The two studies described in Chapters 3 and 4 focus on specific settings in urban Ethiopia, both in terms of quantitative mapping of the food environment (Chapter 4) as well as qualitative assessment of adolescents’ perceptions, applying the Photovoice method, which is a community-based participatory method (Chapter 3). …”
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A&T Bangladesh Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2015: Households - Pregnant Women by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This included data on caregiver knowledge and perceptions about maternal nutrition, caregiver resources (such as education, physical and mental health, decisionmaking power and domestic violence) and household resources (such as household composition, socioeconomic status, and food security).…”
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A&T Bangladesh Maternal Nutrition Baseline Survey 2015: Households - Recently Delivered Women by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…A&T is a global initiative that supports the scaling up of nutrition interventions to save lives, prevent illnesses, and contribute to healthy growth and development through improved maternal nutrition, breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. In setting its country program goal for Bangladesh in this phase of its study, A&T decided to focus on demonstrating the feasibility of integrating a package of maternal nutrition interventions in a large-scale Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) program. …”
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