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Understanding households’ choice of cooking fuels: evidence from urban households in Pakistan
(MIT Press Journals, 2020)
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Agricultural innovation and inclusive value-chain development: a review
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to take stock of the current state of knowledge about inclusive value-chain development (VCD) in the context of international agricultural research; and second, to draw ...
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Comparison of genetic diversity between Chinese and American soybean (Glycine max (L.)) accessions revealed by high-density SNPs
(Frontiers, 2017)
Soybean is one of the most important economic crops for both China and the United States (US). The exchange of germplasm between these two countries has long been active. In order to investigate genetic relationships between ...
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Options for pro-poor maize seed market segmentation in Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011)
New agricultural technologies have to be affordable to make a difference in poor farmers? livelihoods. Their cost to the poor can be reduced through subsidies by the public sector or humanitarian use exemption from ...
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Assessing the potential economic impact of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize in Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2011)
The Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) project is currently developing Bt maize for Kenya. So far, Bt genes with resistance to Chilo partellus, Chilo orichalcociliellus, Eldana sacharina, and Sesamia calamistis, four ...
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Meteorological drought assessment in north east highlands of Ethiopia
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the patterns and trends of drought incidence in north east highlands of Ethiopia using monthly rainfall record for the period 1984-2014. Design/methodology/approach Standard ...
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Genomic prediction of genotype x environment interaction kernel regression models
(Crop Science Society of America, 2016)
In genomic selection (GS), genotype × environment interaction (G × E) can be modeled by a marker × environment interaction (M × E). The G × E may be modeled through a linear kernel or a nonlinear (Gaussian) kernel. In this ...
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Climate variability and change in Bihar, India: challenges and opportunities for sustainable crop production
(MDPI, 2017)
Climate change and associated uncertainties have serious direct and indirect consequences for crop production and food security in agriculture-based developing regions. Long-term climate data analysis can identify climate ...
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Growing the service economy for sustainable wheat intensification in the Eastern Indo - Gangetic Plains: lessons from custom hiring services for zero-tillage
(Springer Verlag, 2016)
Zero-tillage (ZT) is a proven technology for enhancing wheat productivity and, hence, food security in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, while reducing production costs. However, very few farmers possess their own tractors much ...
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Ambition meets reality: lessons from the taro boom in Nicaragua
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)
Between 2006 and 2011, Nicaragua shipped an average of US$9.4 million per year of smallholder-produced fresh taro (Colocasia esculenta) to the USA; however, by 2016, the US market for Nicaraguan taro had effectively ...