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Beyond climate-smart agriculture: toward safe operating spaces for global food systems
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Agriculture is considered to be "climate-smart" when it contributes to increasing food security, adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way. This new concept now dominates current discussions in agricultural development ...
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Maize seed marketing chains and marketing efficiency along supply chains of the hills in Nepal
(Premier Publishers, 2015)
Remoteness, poor infrastructures, labor shortages, small quantities of seed at the producer level and few private seed traders are inherent problems in maize seed production and marketing in the hills of Nepal. Farm-saved ...
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Impact pathways of trade liberalization on rural livelihoods: A case study of smallholder maize farmers in Mexico
(Universidad de Zaragoza. Cátedra de Cooperación para el Desarrollo; Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo, 2012)
Research assessing the impacts of trade liberalization on poor rural populations can be divided into two categories: more quantitative research, assessing relationships between specific, measurable variables (such as changes ...
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Trend and variability of rainfall in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: Analysis of meteorological data and farmers' perception
(Academia Publishing, 2013)
Rainfall is the most important but variable climatic parameter in the semiarid tropics. In this study, the trend and variability of rainfall were compared with the perception of farmers in northern Ethiopia. Daily rainfall ...
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Valuation of traits of indigenous sheep using hedonic pricing in Central Ethiopia
(SpringerOpen; Springer Verlag; Società Italiana di Economia Agraria, 2013)
This study estimates the implicit prices of indigenous sheep traits based on revealed preferences. A hedonic pricing model is fitted to examine the determinants of observed sheep prices. Transaction data were generated ...
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Translating the impact of quality protein maize into improved nutritional status for Ethiopian children: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2016)
Linear growth failure is the most common form of undernutrition. Childhood stunting impairs human development and health and productivity in adulthood. Ethiopia has a high prevalence of stunting, with diets reliant on ...
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Impact of direct rice-sowing technology on rice producers' earnings: empirical evidence from Pakistan
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
Using the comprehensive data set collected from 238 rice producers during 2011, this study estimates the impact of direct seeding of rice-sowing technology on rice and wheat crop yields and farmers' earnings in Pakistan. ...
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How to write a great paper in agricultural development and get it published
(African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2011)