A whole farm simulation model, Technology Impact Evaluation System (TIES), was used to assess ex-ante financial and economic impacts of immunization of dairy cattle against East Coast fever (ECF) by the infection and treatment method (ITM) on smallholder farms from two sites in Kenya. Four altern...
Nyangito, H.O.
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Richardson, J.W.
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Mundy, D.S.
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Mukhebi, A.W.
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Zimmel, P.
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Namken, J.
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[Economic impacts of East Coast fever immunization on smallholder farms, Kenya: A simulation analysis]
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Economic impacts of East Coast fever immunization on smallholder farms, Kenya: A simulation analysis
A survey of two rural markets in southwest Nigeria over 14 months showed that supplies, sales and prices of sheep and goats varied widely during the period with a sharp peak during the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Kabir and a smaller peak during the Christmas-New Year period. Local West African Dwar...
Jabbar, M.A.
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[Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis]
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Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis
This paper undertakes an ex ante economic analysis of research on how resistance to trypanosomosis - a dominant livestock disease in Africa - can be maintained and enhanced while retaining and reinforcing characteristics of economic importance to farmers, and on how 'trypanotolerance' can be impa...
Falconi, C.A.
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Omamo, S.W.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Iraqi, F.A.
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[An ex ante economic and policy analysis of research on genetic resistance to livestock disease: Trypanosomiasis in Africa]
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An ex ante economic and policy analysis of research on genetic resistance to livestock disease: Trypanosomiasis in Africa
The paper reviews the available data and current activities on agronomic aspects of cassava in Thailand. These activities were carried out by various national research programs in collaboration with CIAT during 1990-1993. The review shows that the inherent fertility of cassava soils has been depl...
Sittibusaya, C.
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Tiraporn, C.
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Tongglum, Anuchit
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Cenpukdee, U.
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Vichukit, Vichan
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Jantawat, Somjate
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Howeler, Reinhardt H.
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[Recent progress in cassava agronomy research in Thailand]
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Recent progress in cassava agronomy research in Thailand
Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Hoyos Garcés, Phanor
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Amézquita Collazos, Edgar
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Molina López, Diego Luis
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[Manejo y uso de los suelos de la altillanura colombiana : Análisis económico de una estrategia para su conservación y mejoramiento: Construcción de la capa arable [en línea]]
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Manejo y uso de los suelos de la altillanura colombiana : Análisis económico de una estrategia para su conservación y mejoramiento: Construcción de la capa arable [en línea]
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Reducing pesticide use through the development and implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems form small bean farmers in the Andean zone. Second phase]
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Reducing pesticide use through the development and implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems form small bean farmers in the Andean zone. Second phase
The critical period of rice-weed competition was studied for the rice varieties Oryzica 1 and CICA 8, in 1989 and 1990. Weed species were: Eleusine indica, Echinochloa crus-galli, Echinochloa colonum, Cyperus difformis, Cyperus esculentus, Cyperus iria, Leptochloa filiformis, and Eclipta alba. Co...
Fischer, Albert J.
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Lozano, J.C.
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Ramírez Suárez, A.
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Sanint, Luis Roberto
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[Yield loss prediction for integrated weed management in direct-seeded rice]
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Yield loss prediction for integrated weed management in direct-seeded rice
Burkart, Stefan
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Enciso, Karen
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Karwat, Hannes
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Moreta, Danilo
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Arango, Jacobo
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Cadisch, Georg
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Peters, Michael
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[Economic analysis of maize production and nitrogen use efficiency in rotation with Brachiaria humidicola]
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Economic analysis of maize production and nitrogen use efficiency in rotation with Brachiaria humidicola
This document aims to assess the financial viability of two new forage options to be released in Colombia, as a result of different evaluation and selection processes conducted by AGROSAVIA and its partners. The following varieties were evaluated from an economic perspective: (i) Brachiaria briza...
Enciso, Karen
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Burkart, Stefan
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[Economic evaluation of forage materials in Colombia]
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[Evaluación económica de materiales forrajeros en Colombia]
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Evaluación económica de materiales forrajeros en Colombia