Have recent reforms improved market functioning in African economies? This article examines how the raw milk market in western and central Kenya has developed after the dairy sector liberalisation in 1992 by using panel data of 862 rural households. From the late 1990s to 2004, the proportion...
Kijima, Y.
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Yamano, T.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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[Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya]
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Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya
Ethiopian cattle are under threat from uncontrolled mating practices and are at high risk of becoming genetically homogeneous. Therefore, to evaluate genetic diversity, population structure and degree of admixture, 30 microsatellite markers were genotyped using 351 DNA samples from 10 Ethiopian c...
Dadi, H.
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Tibbo, Markos
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Takahashi, Y.
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Nomura, K.
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Hanada, H.
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Amano, T.
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[Microsatellite analysis reveals high genetic diversity but low genetic structure in Ethiopian indigenous cattle populations]
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Microsatellite analysis reveals high genetic diversity but low genetic structure in Ethiopian indigenous cattle populations
The wild yak (Bos grunniens mutus) is considered as one of the endangered species. To provide useful information for conservation and utilization of this species, we investigated the genetic diversity and demographic history of wild yak by analyzing a 637 bp hypervariable fragment of 21 mitochond...
Zhijie, Ma
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Jincheng, Zhong
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Jintao, Xu
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Wenlin, Bai
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Jiye, Li
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Dongzhi, Cairang
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Xinyan, Jin
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Jun, Zhang
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Han Jianlin
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[Genetic diversity and demographic history of wild yak (Bos grunniens mutus) inferred from mtDNA D-loop sequences]
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Genetic diversity and demographic history of wild yak (Bos grunniens mutus) inferred from mtDNA D-loop sequences
We compared cultural practices commonly used in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and other vegetable cropping systems to assess the effect of individual as well as combinations of practices on bean stem maggot (BSM) (Ophiomyia spp. Diptera: Agromyzidae) infestation and subsequent damage to bean plant...
Ampofo, James Kwasi O.
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Massomo, S.M.S.
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[Some cultural strategies for management of bean stem maggots (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on beans in Tanzania]
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Some cultural strategies for management of bean stem maggots (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on beans in Tanzania
Kumar, A.
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Staal, Steven J.
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Singh, N.P.
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Singh, D.K.
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[Livestock sector trade of India: surging momentum in the new liberalised regime]
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Livestock sector trade of India: surging momentum in the new liberalised regime
Water scarcity is already a reality. More food will be required for a growing and wealthier and urbanized population that will put more pressure on water resources. With several water-related limits reached or breached - groundwater decline, shrinking rivers and threatened fisheries - we must ask...
This article demonstrates how conservation agriculture impacts smallholder farmers' livelihoods in Mozambique through increased crop productivity and yields, using primary data on smallholder farmers practicing conservation agriculture and others not using this technology from Nhanguo, Pumbuto, a...
Nkala, P.
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Mango, N.
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Zikhali, Precious
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[Conservation agriculture and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Central Mozambique]
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Conservation agriculture and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Central Mozambique
A 13-mo survey of immature anopheline mosquitoes breeding in surface water habitats was done at Mahameegaswewa village within the Huruluwewa watershed in north central Sri Lanka as part of a multidisciplinary study on malaria epidemiology. The watershed is representative of the ancient small tank...
Amerasinghe, Felix P.
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Konradsen, Flemming
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Fonseka, K.T.
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Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.
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[Anopheline (Dipters: Culicidae) breeding in a traditional tank-based village ecosystem in north central Sri Lanka]
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Anopheline (Dipters: Culicidae) breeding in a traditional tank-based village ecosystem in north central Sri Lanka
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
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[Opening film for the 2nd International Wheat Stripe Rust Symposium, Izmir]
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Opening film for the 2nd International Wheat Stripe Rust Symposium, Izmir