This analysis provides new estimates of chronic kidney disease (CKD) prevalence – including CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu) – across ten districts most affected by CKD in Sri Lanka, including an examination of rural households' historical reliance on groundwater consumption. A carefully designed h...
Kafle, Kashi
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Horbulyk, Ted
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[Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a profile of affected districts reliant on groundwater]
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka: a profile of affected districts reliant on groundwater
We examine factors affecting the adoption of improved cassava varieties of 217 households in the Cauca Department in southwest Colombia. Using DNA fingerprinting through Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), we identified different cultivars in farmers fields. We also used this information to r...
Floro IV, Victorino O.
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Labarta, R.A.
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Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto
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Martínez, Jose M.
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Ovalle Rivera, Tatiana M.
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[Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia]
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Household Determinants of the Adoption of Improved Cassava Varieties using DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Varieties in Farmer Fields: A Case Study in Colombia
This paper analyses factors that influence Ethiopian households’ decisions to produce and market
small ruminants using a triple-hurdle econometric model. The model integrates production, market
position and volume of sales, allowing us to make inferences relating to the study population. The
resu...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Shiferaw, K.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[A triple-hurdle model of small-ruminant production and marketing in the highlands of Ethiopia: Implications for commercial transformation]
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A triple-hurdle model of small-ruminant production and marketing in the highlands of Ethiopia: Implications for commercial transformation
Jensen, Nathaniel D.
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[Basis risk, uptake and impacts of index based livestock insurance in northern Kenya]
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Basis risk, uptake and impacts of index based livestock insurance in northern Kenya
Tafere, Kibrom
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Barrett, Christopher B.
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Lentz, Erin
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[Insuring Well‐Being? Buyer's remorse and peace of mind effects from insurance]
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Insuring Well‐Being? Buyer's remorse and peace of mind effects from insurance
Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Onyezili, F.
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Oguntona, E.B.
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Harris, E.
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Sanusi, R.
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Nokoe, S.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Almustafa, D.
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Akinyele, I.
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[Nigeria food consumption and nutrition survey 2001-2003 interviewers manual]
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Nigeria food consumption and nutrition survey 2001-2003 interviewers manual
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Gockowski, J.
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[Study of root and tuber consumption in rural households of the forest zone of Cameroon]
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Study of root and tuber consumption in rural households of the forest zone of Cameroon
The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91 summarises results from work conducted by 40 people in the southern Ethiopian rangelands between 1980 and 1991. The first chapter reviews rangelands and rangeland development in Ethiopia. The ...
Coppock, D.L.
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[The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91. Executive summary]
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The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91. Executive summary
Presents findings of research conducted to identify how the Maasai manage their livestock to achieve their subsistence food requirements and production goals; to determine the casual relations within the production system, and to elucidate the constraints on livestock production and evaluate pote...
Nestel, P.
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[A society in transition: Developmental and seasonal influences on the nutrition of Maasai women and children]
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A society in transition: Developmental and seasonal influences on the nutrition of Maasai women and children
Provides a brief outline of the theory and practice of livestock systems research, and presents the fruits of both ILCA's own long experience of livestock systems research and of expertise and efforts of others in the field. The manual may be of use to a wide audience, including those who need to...