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This paper illustrates the potential negative effects of increasing the scope of plant breeders' rights (PBR) protection, as has been proposed for Europe by leading plant breeding firms. Such a policy could increase the costs for varietal development for breeding companies, particularly if their...
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This policy brief aims to inform policy makers in the Government of Viet Nam and development partners involved in developing the water and irrigation subsector about the irrigation service fee waiver and related issues. This is intended to stimulate debate and plan for rational solutions to...
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The research analyzed the land tenure system among rice farmers in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria … farmers title to land should be enforced by government in consideration of the fact that rice production need to improve to …. Two hundred and forty (240) farmers were sampled by a multi stage sampling procedure and used as respondents for the study …
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Due to lack of sufficient technical knowledge and training on improved rice-fish culture which is expanding every day …, many farmers are not getting optimum results in production. World Fish Center, from the start of the CSISA-BD project took … the initiative to develop guideline for improved system for rice-fish culture. It was felt that there is a lack of …
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Efforts to develop rice cultivars with drought tolerance (DT) traits have resulted in several varieties that … demonstrate significant resilience to drought stresses. We employ discrete choice experiments to examine farmers’ preferences for … farmers value reductions in yield variability offered by DT paddy, but are willing to pay even more for seeds that offer yield …
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independently and in a bundled package. Findings indicate that farmers are generally unwilling to pay for drought-tolerant rice …€™ valuation of the rice increases. Farmers value insurance on its own, but even more so when bundled with the drought …-tolerant rice variety. The results provide evidence that farmers value the complementarities inherent in a well-calibrated bundle of …
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This paper estimates country-specific costs and benefits of scaling up key nutrition investments in Nigeria. Building on the methodology established in the global report scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? Authors first estimate the costs and benefits of a nationwide scale up of ten...
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This paper builds on the global experience and Mali?s context to identify an effective nutrition approach as well as costs and benefits of key nutrition programs, as part of a resilience agenda after the crisis. It is intended to help guide the selection of the most cost-effective interventions...
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