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Typical patterns of smallholder vulnerability to weather extremes with regard to food security in the Peruvian Altiplano por Sietz, D., Mamani Choque, S.E., Ludeke, M.K.B.

“…In particular, the validation strengthens the credibility and suitability of our findings for decision-making pertaining to the reduction of vulnerability.…”
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Typology of smallholder production systems in small East-African wetlands por Sakane, N., Becker, M., Langensiepen, M., Wijk, Mark T. van

“…The household typology captured various dimensions in values, attitudes, and goals of farmers and determined their influence on land use decisions. The wetland field: farm size ratio differed significantly between farm types. …”
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Livestock drought management tool por Ericksen, Polly J., Leeuw, Jan de, Quirós, Carlos F.

“…In August 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sub-Regional Emergency Office for Eastern and Central Africa (REOA) contracted the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to develop a proto-type “Livestock Drought Management” (LDM) decision support tool for use by a range of emergency and relief planners and practitioners throughout the region. …”
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Social learning in practice: A review of lessons, impacts and tools for climate change por Harvey, Blane, Ensor, Jonathan, Garside, Ben, Woodend, John, Naess, Lars Otto, Carlile, Liz

“…This paper has sought to contribute to reflections on the role that social learning might play and the impacts it might have in supporting decision making on climate change, agriculture and food security. …”
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Impact of homestead farming system on rural economy: A study in South 24 Pargana district of West Bengal por Bhattacharya, A., Deo, Ashutosh D., Sundaray, J.K., Ponniah, A.G.

“…In order to understand the contribution of HFS to household income and to devise ways to maximise returns from HFS, a survey was conducted covering 480 households in three blocks (Kakdwip, Namkhana and Sagar) of South 24 parganas district of West Bengal.…”
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Agriculture, water use in southern Africa: applying the concept of integrated water resources management por McCartney, Matthew P., Sally, Hilmy, Senzanje, Aidan

“…Benefits for the agricultural sector include reduced vulnerability to climatic variability, improved productivity and a more rational and transparent approach to decision-making. However, there remain many constraints to the application of IWRM including lack of quantitativc information pertaining to water use and a wide range of institutional and other socioeconomic harriers. …”
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Market and other factors affecting farm-specific production efficiency in poultry production in Vietnam por Jabbar, M.A., Akter, S.

“…Therefore, opportunities exist for improving average efficiency through interventions in a number of product and input market domains and household characteristics that may improve access to information, technology and management decisions.…”
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Gender in irrigated farming: a case study in the Zerafshan River Basin, Uzbekistan por Gunchinmaa, Tumur, Hamdamova, D., van Koppen, Barbara

“…Despite this, womens decision-making power within their farms is limited.…”
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Education and agricultural inputs use by female farmers in Zimbabwe por Matshe, I., Zikhali, Precious, Chilonda, Pius

“…This estimation strategy allows for interdependency between the input use decisions. Our results suggest that education significantly raises the probability of female farmers' use of both chemical fertilisers and hired labour. …”
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Cities vs. agriculture: a review of intersectoral water re-allocation por Molle, Francois, Berkoff, J.

“…This paper revisits this commonly-accepted wisdom and examines the nature of urban water scarcity, showing the importance of economic and political factors, shaped by incentives to decision-makers, and sometimes compounded by climatic conditions. …”
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Agriculture-urban water transfers: a case study of Hyderabad, South-India por Celio, Mattia, Giordano, Mark

“…The Hyderabad case study clearly highlights the advantages for devising and implementing arrangements to regulate the transfer of water from agriculture to cities, allowing a move from sectoral competition for water to efficient management of a scarce resource.…”
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Potential for biofuel feedstock in Kenya por Ndegwa G, Moraa V, Jamnadass, Ramni H., Mowo J, Nyabenge, M., Iiyama, Miyuki

“…It is expected that this study will play a significant role in guiding the policy makers in making important decisions to drive the biofuels sector forward.…”
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A participatory soil quality assessment in Northern Ethiopia's Mai-Negus catchment por Brhane Tesfahunegn, Gebrayesus, Tamene, Lulseged D., Vlek, Paul L.G.

“…This paper presents experiences of local communities in diagnosis of SQ and assesses the contribution of local knowledge as a strategy for sustainable development decision making within the Mai-Negus catchment of northern Ethiopia. …”
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Extent and structure of genetic diversity in a collection of the tropical multipurpose shrub legume Cratylia argentea (Desv.) O. kuntze as revealed by RAPD markers por Andersson, Meike S., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Peters, Michael, Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Gallego Sánchez, Gerardo J.

“…This might also support any decision on whether accessions should be bulked rather than maintaining them individually.…”
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Early adoption of Arachis pintoi in the humid tropics: The case of dual-purpose livestock systems in Caquetá, Colombia por Rivas Ríos, Libardo, Holmann, Federico J.

“…Two-thirds of farmers who had adopted Arachis said they would double, in the next year, the average area sown (9.6 ha/farm). Adopters tended to have larger farms and to have invested twice the capital than did non-adopters. …”
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Empowering communities through participatory monitoring and evaluation in Tororo district por Pali, Pamela N., Nalukwago, G, Kaaria, Susan K., Sanginga, Pascal C., Kankwatsa, P

“…This participatory process has empowered farmers to make production and marketing decisions on their enterprises and social lives with the ultimate goal of improving their livelihoods.…”
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Evaluating soil quality in tropical agroecosystems of Colombia using NIRS por Velásquez, E., Lavelle, Patrick M., Barrios, E., Joffre, R, Reversat, F

“…These results show the high potential of the NIRS for evaluating soil quality in large areas, rapidly, reliably and economically, thereby facilitating decision-making with respect to soil management and conservation.…”
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RTB Maps por International Center for Tropical Agriculture, International Potato Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Bioversity International, CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas

“…The application uses weighted overlay analysis within a multi-criteria decision analysis framework to rate the importance of factors when establishing geographic priorities for research and development. …”
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Soil bio-functioning under Acacia nilotica var. tormentosa protected from forest along the Senegal river por Faye, A, Sall, S.N., Chotte, Jean-Luc, Lesueur, Didier

“…Surprisingly, no nodules on the trees root systems were found, whereas under laboratory conditions the presence of indigenous rhizobia nodulating A. nilotica var. tomentosa was demonstrated in the analyzed soils (90% of the nodules harvested on the trapped plants were occupied by the same Inter-Genic Spacer (IGS) group, IGS1). There was no significant influence of trees and/or depth on total microbial biomass and potentials of nitrogen mineralization. …”
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Parasite control and assessment of trypanotolerance por D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Wissocq, N.M., Trail, J.C.M., Nantulya, V.M., Masake, R.

“…The objectives of our field-based research represent a series of logical steps in the process of developing support systems for on-farm selection decisions. This paper is more specifically focusing on the identification and use of aspects of trypanosome Development control capability in N'Dama cattle as criteria for assessment of trypanotolerance levels in individual animals.…”
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