Food security entails having sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet dietary needs. The need to optimise nitrogen (N) use for nutrition security while minimising environmental risks in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is overdue. Challenges related to managing N use in SSA can be associated with bo...
Masso, C.
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Baijukya, Frederick P.
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Ebanyat, Peter
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Bouaziz, S.
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Wendt, J.
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Bekunda, Mateete A.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Dilemma of nitrogen management for future food security in sub-Saharan Africa – a review]
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Dilemma of nitrogen management for future food security in sub-Saharan Africa – a review
Background
Maize is the most important staple crop for food security and livelihood of smallholder farmers in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, but it alone cannot ensure food security. Cropping patterns must be diversified to ensure an adequate supply and economic access to greater variety of fo...
Rajendran, S.
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Afari-Sefa, Victor
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Shee, Apurba
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Bocher, T.
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Bekunda, Mateete A.
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Dominick, I.
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Lukumay, Philipo J.
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[Does crop diversity contribute to dietary diversity? evidence from integration of vegetables into maize‑based farming systems]
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Does crop diversity contribute to dietary diversity? evidence from integration of vegetables into maize‑based farming systems
Background:
Wildlife has been traditionally used by forest communities as a source of protein, and the Peruvian Amazon is no exception. The articulation of colonist and indigenous communities to urban centers and markets results in changes in livelihood strategies and impacts on wildlife populati...
Francesconi, Wendy
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Bax, Vincent
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Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
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Willcock, Simon P.
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Cuadros, Sandra
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Vanegas, Martha
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Quintero, Marcela
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Torres Vitolas, Carlos A.
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[Hunters and hunting across indigenous and colonist communities at the forestagriculture interface: an ethnozoological study from the Peruvian Amazon]
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Hunters and hunting across indigenous and colonist communities at the forestagriculture interface: an ethnozoological study from the Peruvian Amazon
Climate information is recognized as a powerful tool to reduce the effect of climate
risk and uncertainty on crop production and increase the resilience and the adaptive capacity of
farmers in semi-arid zones. This paper estimates farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for climate
information within c...
Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Barry, Silamana
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Partey, Samuel T.
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Somé, Léopold
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Baki, Gregoire
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[Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Climate Information Services: Evidence from Cowpea and Sesame Producers in Northern Burkina Faso]
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Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Climate Information Services: Evidence from Cowpea and Sesame Producers in Northern Burkina Faso
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how credit access affects the welfare of households and sheds light on how household characteristics influence the decision to take credit and the efficiency in credit use. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from the fourth round of the Et...
Bocher, T.
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Alemu, B.A.
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Kelbore, Z.G.
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[Does access to credit improve household welfare? Evidence from Ethiopia using endogenous regime switching regression.]
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Does access to credit improve household welfare? Evidence from Ethiopia using endogenous regime switching regression.
Desde hace algunos años se viene generalizando la adopción de enfoques de intervenciones en la agricultura como estrategia para mejorar el estado nutricional de las poblaciones rurales (Haddad, 20002; Pinstrup-Andersen y Pandya-Lorch, 20013 ). El marco conceptual y teórico en que éstas se desarro...
Ordinola, M.
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[Agricultura, nutricion y seguridad alimentaria: Un enfoque diferente.]
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Agricultura, nutricion y seguridad alimentaria: Un enfoque diferente.
Fraval, Simon
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Hammond, James
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Lannerstad, Mats
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Oosting, Simon J.
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Sayula, G.
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Teufel, Nils
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Silvestri, Silvia
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Poole, Elizabeth J.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Livelihoods and food security in an urban linked, high potential region of Tanzania: Changes over a three year period]
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Livelihoods and food security in an urban linked, high potential region of Tanzania: Changes over a three year period
Vliet, N. van
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Fa, J.E.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Managing hunting under uncertainty: from one-off ecological indicators to resilience approaches in assessing the sustainability of bushmeat hunting]
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Managing hunting under uncertainty: from one-off ecological indicators to resilience approaches in assessing the sustainability of bushmeat hunting
Vliet, N. van
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Quiceno-Mesa, M.P.
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Cruz Antia, D.
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Tellez, L.
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Martins, C.
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Haiden, E.
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Ribeiro Oliveira, M.
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Adams, C.
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Morsello, C.
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Valencia, L.
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Bonnila, T.
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Yagüe, B.
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Nasi, Robert
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[From fish and bushmeat to chicken nuggets: the nutrition transition in a continuum from rural to urban settings in the Colombian Amazon region]
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From fish and bushmeat to chicken nuggets: the nutrition transition in a continuum from rural to urban settings in the Colombian Amazon region
Rahman, S.A
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Baldauf, C.
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Molle, E.M
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Abdullah-Al-Pavel, M.
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Abdullah-Al-Mamun, M.
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Toy, M.M.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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[Cultivated plants in the diversified homegardens of local communities in Ganges Valley, Bangladesh]
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Cultivated plants in the diversified homegardens of local communities in Ganges Valley, Bangladesh