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"Green revolution" and cassava breeding por Kawano, Kazuo

“…It soon became clear that genetic improvement of yield in this crop would be a slow process because a multi-genic scheme controlled the yielding ability, as opposed to the basically single-gene scheme in rice and wheat. …”
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Organisational Baseline Study: Overview report for Tra Hat CSV, Vietnam (VN03) por Truc, Ngo Thi Thanh, Duong, Le Minh, Chi, Truong Thi Ngoc, Phong, Ngo Dang

“…During October 2014 interviews were conducted with local stakeholders at ten organisations who are working or collaborating with farmers and/or the community in Vinh Loi district, Bac Lieu province. …”
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Toward a nitrogen footprint calculator for Tanzania por Hutton, M.O., Leach, A., Leip, A., Galloway, J.N., Bekunda, Mateete A., Sullivan, C., Lesschen, Jan Peter

“…In a developing country like Tanzania, the main audiences for the N footprint tool are community leaders, planners, and developers who can impact decision-making and use the calculator to plan positive changes for nitrogen sustainability in the developing world.…”
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Awareness and adoption of land,soil and water conservation practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa por Mango, Nelson, Makate, Clifton, Tamene, Lulseged D., Mponela, Powell, Ndengu, Gift

“…While the household head's age, education, agricultural advice reception, farmer group membership, pieces of land owned or used in production and land-to-man ratio influenced adoption decisions. The study, therefore, concludes that in order to improve land productivity in the Chinyanja Triangle, there is a need to consider farmers’ heterogeneity in terms of household head's age, level of education, extension services outreach, and socio-economic characteristics. …”
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Resource management by west African farmers and the economics of shifting cultivation por Dvorak, K.A.

“…Clearing and weeding operations are central to the decision to mechanize (Pingali, Bigot, and Binswanger). …”
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Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions por Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F., Wanyoike, Francis N., Bett, Bernard K., Randolph, Thomas F., Rich, Karl M.

“…We illustrate this with an example of how a system dynamics model can help optimize responses to Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Kenya by giving decision makers real-time access to the costs of the delay in vaccinating. …”
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Farmers' participation in cassava technology transfer in the Philippines por Gundaya, Editha A., Evangelio, Fernando A.

“…Results of some of these extension activities shows that farmers. involvement in technology testing and modification and in the over-all decision making process of a project, led to the development of technologies that are better suited to the needs of the clienteles and helps to build up their capacity to manage the project on their own. …”
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Creating water user associations for improved agricultural productivity in Tajikistan: opportunities and challenges por Balasubramanya, Soumya, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Aslamy, Sohrob, MacDonald, Katherine, Saikia, Panchali, Mitra, A.

“…Can these institutions serve well as cropping decisions change? Are these institutions likely to represent the needs of female farmers? …”
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Households’ willingness-to-pay for fish product attributes and implications for market feasibility of wastewater-based aquaculture businesses in Hanoi, Vietnam por Danso, George K., Otoo, Miriam, Duy Linh, N., Madurangi, Ganesha

“…The study showed that households’ purchasing decisions are in uenced by their access to information of food product attributes and ascribe an economic value to it. …”
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Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: baseline intra-househol... por Crichton, R., Ainembabazi, John H., Caron, Cynthia M., Bergh, Inge van den

“… • Inform the ongoing adaptive management of the project activities to ensure fair participation and decision-making by people in the affected communities…”
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Proceso de formulación de la Estrategia Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima para la región del Sistema de Integración Centroamericano (EASAC) por Veeger, Marieke, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Jiménez, Manuel

“…El proceso de construcción de la Estrategia nace en el seno del Consejo de Ministros del CAC, en septiembre de 2015 mediante la propuesta sobre productividad y clima, y la decisión de elaborar una declaración conjunta de los países del SICA en la COP21 sobre la agricultura climáticamente inteligente. …”
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Factors influencing risk aversion among maize farmers in the Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria: implications for sustainable crop development programmes por Olarinde, L.O., Manyong, Victor M., Akintola, J.O.

“…The attitudes of farmers towards risks influence their decision to invest into farming. Understanding the factors that influence these attitudes is important for crop development. …”
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Economic performance of community based bean seed production and marketing in the central rift valley of Ethiopia por Tebeka, Y.A., Katungi, Enid M., Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Sserunkuuma, D., Kidane, T.

“…The objective of this study was to assess the profitability of CBSME as an enterprise for seed production and analyse factors that influence farmers’ decisions to participate in it as seed producers or buyers of seed. …”
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Assessing ecosystem-based farm management practices in the Kassena-Nankana area: a Study of government and community managed irrigation schemes. por Agula, C.

“…The study therefore recommends that policy implementers and development partners should revise their “yield emphasis” and intensify their extension activities to educate farmers on the use of EBFMPs. …”
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Application of a flood inundation model to analyze the potential impacts of a flood control plan in Mundeni Aru River Basin, Sri Lanka por Yoshimoto, Shuhei, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…Capturing inundation extent by floods is indispensable for decision making for mitigating hazard. Satellite images have commonly been used for flood mapping, but there are limitations such as unavailability due to satellite’s orbital period or cloud cover. …”
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Adoption of improved cassava varieties in Uganda: implications for agricultural research and technology dissemination por Abele, S., Twine, Edgar E., Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Baguma, Yona K., Kanobe, C., Bua, A.

“…Farmers consider disease resistance, maturity period, taste, dry matter content, cyanide content, inground storability and diversity in forms of utilization in their decision to adopt new cassava varieties. From the Negative Binomial model, speed of adoption of NASE 3 was positively and significantly influenced by age of household head, household size and access to extension services. …”
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Ecosystem-based interventions and farm household welfare in degraded areas: comparative evidence from Ethiopia por Getnet, Kindie, Mekuria, Wolde, Langan, Simon J., Rivington, M., Novo, P., Black, H.

“…Agricultural productivity and farm household welfare in areas of severe land degradation can be improved through ecosystem-based interventions. Decisions on the possible types of practices and investments can be informed using evidence of potential benefits. …”
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Use of climate forecast information to manage lowland rice-based cropping systems in Jakenan, Central Java, Indonesia por Dewi, E.R., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…Results: Results showed that in Jakenan, Central Java, farmers were influenced by several factors such as management practices, knowledge of climate forecasts and the process of decision making for farming practices with regard to the use of climate forecast. …”
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Ploidy versus gender effects on inheritance of quantitative traits in Musa species por Oselebe, H.O., Tenkouano, A.

“…Gender and ploidy determined the inheritance of characters in Musa, but with a preponderance of ploidy. The decision on the ploidy of individuals to serve as female or male parents in crosses is therefore critical.…”
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Integrating participatory data acquisition and modelling of irrigation strategies to enhance water productivity in a small-scale irrigation scheme in Tigray, Ethiopia por Habtu, S., Erkossa, Teklu, Froebrich, J., Tquabo, F., Fissehaye, D., Kidanemariam, T., Xueliang Cai

“…It is essential to interact with farmers on a basis of mutual comprehension to increase their trust and to lay a base for discussion, awareness raising and decision making. The transdisciplinary approach, Community of Practice (CoP) and Learning Practice Alliance (LPA) were appropriate platforms for participation. …”
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