Reducing both hunger and high expenditure on food imports is a priority for most developing African countries. Countries that hitherto have relied heavily on food imports are seeking new approaches to increase the utilization of locally grown crops. This review uses the case of cassava to propose...
Abass, A.
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Awoyale, W.
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Alenkhe, B.
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Ndavi, M.
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Asiru, B.W.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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[Can food technology innovation change the status of a food security crop? A review of cassava transformation into "Bread" in Africa]
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Can food technology innovation change the status of a food security crop? A review of cassava transformation into "Bread" in Africa
Land grabbing has transformed rural environments across the global South, generating resistance or political reactions “from below”. In authoritarian countries like Laos, where resource investments are coercively developed and insulated from political dissent, resistance appears absent at first g...
Miles, K.-L.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Dwyer, M.B.
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[State spaces of resistance: industrial tree plantations and the struggle for land in Laos]
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State spaces of resistance: industrial tree plantations and the struggle for land in Laos
Land degradation is a major environmental problem in Ethiopia posing serious threats to agricultural productivity and livelihoods. The interactions of numerous socio-economic, demographic, natural, and institutional factors constitute the underlying causes of soil degradation in Ethiopia. However...
Tarfasa, S.
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Balana, Bedru B.
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Tefera, T.
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Woldeamanuel, T.
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Moges, A.
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Dinato, M.
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Black, H.
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[Modeling smallholder farmers' preferences for soil management measures: a case study from South Ethiopia]
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Modeling smallholder farmers' preferences for soil management measures: a case study from South Ethiopia
This study was conducted in Tigray, northern Ethiopia to determine the yield and farm profitability impact of stone terraces. Seventy terraced and 70 non-conserved plots were equally divided between wheat (Triticum aestivum) and faba beans (Vicia faba). Two quadrates each 8 m (86 ft2) were marked...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Swinton, S.M.
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Tilahun, Y.
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[Effects of stone terraces on crop yields and farm profitability: Results of on-farm research in Tigray, northern Ethiopia]
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Effects of stone terraces on crop yields and farm profitability: Results of on-farm research in Tigray, northern Ethiopia
Pig production is one of the fastest growing livestock sectors. Development of this sector is hampered by rapidly increasing costs of fishmeal (FM), which is a common protein source in animal feeds. Here, we explored the potential of substituting FM with black soldier fly larval meal (BSFLM) on g...
Chia, S.Y.
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Tanga, C.M.
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Osuga, I.M.
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Alaru, A.O.
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Mwangi, D.M.
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Githinji, M.
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Subramanian, S.
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Fiaboe, K.K.M.
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Ekesi, S.
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Loon, J.J.A. van
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Dicke, M.
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[Effect of dietary replacement of fishmeal by insect meal on growth performance, blood profiles and economics of growing pigs in Kenya]
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Effect of dietary replacement of fishmeal by insect meal on growth performance, blood profiles and economics of growing pigs in Kenya
The Chinese government is aggressively promoting development of a domestic wood pulp industry, integrated with a plantation-based fiber supply and downstream paper production. It is doing so by providing discounted loans from state banks, fiscal incentives, and capital subsidies for establishment...
Barr, C.
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Cossalter, C.
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[China's development of a plantation-based wood pulp industry: government policies, financial incentives, and investment trends]
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China's development of a plantation-based wood pulp industry: government policies, financial incentives, and investment trends
For many years, farmers in remote upland areas of northern Laos just produced rice for self consumption. The production surpluses were bartered against other consumption goods or sold in the market to get some cash. Beside, farmers traditionally planted secondary crops on sloping land such as cas...
Keophosay, Anousith
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Viau, J.
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Jobard, E.
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Castella, J.C.
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[Impact of maize expansion on household economy and production systems in northern Lao PDR]
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Impact of maize expansion on household economy and production systems in northern Lao PDR
The government of Laos long term policy is aiming at reducing rural poverty and stabilize shifting cultivation by creating permanent job for local people, in order to increase forest cover while avoiding negative impacts on deforestation. The overnment of Laos promotes foreign investment in devel...
Bouahom, B.
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Alberny, E.
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Douangsavanh, L.
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Castella, J.C.
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[Dynamics of rubber expansion in Lao PDR: policy making under uncertainty]
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Dynamics of rubber expansion in Lao PDR: policy making under uncertainty
Jintao Xu
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Bull, G.Q.
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Nilsson, S.
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White, A.
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Pottinger, A.J.
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[Forestry in China - policy, consumption and production in forestry's newest superpower]
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Forestry in China - policy, consumption and production in forestry's newest superpower
The 2000s decade has seen a lot of changes in the northern uplands of Lao PDR that where driven by three main drivers or agents of change: government policies, foreign private investors and development assistance led by bilateral or multilateral organizations or international NGOs. These three sp...
Douangsavanh, L.
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Laddavong, P.
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Bouahom, B.
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Castella, J.C.
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[Policy implications of land use changes in the uplands of northern Lao PDR]
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Policy implications of land use changes in the uplands of northern Lao PDR