This study modeled the introduction of new early cultivars of millet and cowpea, higher cowpea densities, and various fertilization strategies. Model results were then compared with farmer behaviour before and after the availability of these new technologies. The model correctly identified the tw...
Shapiro, Barry I.
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Sanders, J.H.
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Reddy, K.C.
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Baker, T.G.
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[Evaluating and adapting new technologies in a high-risk agricultural system - Niger]
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Evaluating and adapting new technologies in a high-risk agricultural system - Niger
Understanding the factors influencing farmers’adoption decisions of the disseminated Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) control package is critical for successful management of the disease. This paper analysed the determinants of farmers’ decisions to adopt the control package by smallholder banana fa...
Jogo, Wellington
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Karamura, E.B.
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Tinzaara W.
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Kubiriba J.
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Rietveld A.
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[Determinants of farm-level adoption of cultural practices for banana xanthomonas wilt control in Uganda]
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Determinants of farm-level adoption of cultural practices for banana xanthomonas wilt control in Uganda
Salmon, Gareth R.
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Teufel, Nils
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Claessens, Lieven
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Marshall, Karen
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[Trade-offs in livestock development at farm level: Different actors with different objectives]
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Trade-offs in livestock development at farm level: Different actors with different objectives
Increasing attention to watershed management is part of an international policy trend toward integrated water resource management. Integration is multidimensional across sectors, administrative regions, ministerial portfolios and levels of hydrologic structure and socioeconomic organization. Coll...
Swallow, B.M.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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Knox McCulloch, A
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[The challenges of inclusive cross-scale collective action in watersheds]
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The challenges of inclusive cross-scale collective action in watersheds
Recent developments in Environmental Flow (E-flow) frameworks advocate holistic, regional scale, probabilistic E-flow assessments that consider flow and non-flow drivers of change in socio-ecological context as best practice. Regional Scale ecological risk assessments of multiple sources, stresso...
Global discourses have advocated women's empowerment as a means to enhance food security. Our objective was to critically review the causal linkages between women's empowerment and food availability and access. We relied on mixed methods and a cross-country analysis, using household survey data f...
Clement, Floriane
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Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Leder, Stephanie
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Saikia, Panchali
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Karki, Emma
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis]
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From women's empowerment to food security: revisiting global discourses through a cross-country analysis
Double-cropping of soybeans and wheat is often promoted by extension personnel. This paper seeks to explain how the decision to adopt double-cropping is made, using a Tobit regression model. Tobit makes use of more of the information in the data set than do logit or probit and explains not only t...
Provides a brief history of the developmet of IDEAS (the ILCA Data entry and Analysis system) and presents findings from a questionnaire recently used to users to assess the uptake of IDEAS in African Production systems during the first years of its release.
Wissocq, N.M.
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Durkin, J.W.
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Trail, J.C.M.
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Gettinby, G.
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Bell, R.J.
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Berhane, H.
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Light, D.E.
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[Uptake of a microcomputer database package to assist livestock management decisions in Africa]
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Uptake of a microcomputer database package to assist livestock management decisions in Africa
Presents a case study from a group ranch in southeastern Kajiado district in Kenyas Maasailand. Outlines the role of dairy production in the system and examines variations by wealth status in milking strategies and the level of milk offtake for human consumption.
Grandin, B.E.
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[Wealth and pastoral dairy production: A case study from Maasailand]
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Wealth and pastoral dairy production: A case study from Maasailand
Farmers' objectives and the factors affecting them were studied in 91 dairy farms in Costa Rica. Objective's hierarchies were studied using Rokeach's technique with a mixture of personal, economic and familiar goals. A canonical correlation analysis was performed to find out simple and canonical ...
Solano, C.
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León, H.
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Pérez, E.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Characterising objectives profiles of Costa Rican dairy farmers]
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Characterising objectives profiles of Costa Rican dairy farmers