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Management of the Root Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne Javanica. Treub) and Sore Shin (Rhizoctonia Solani. Kuhn) Using A Nematicide and Poor Host Crops in Rotations
Mazarura, Upenyu; Chisango, C.; Goss, M. - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 02 (2012) 04
In a long term study the effects of a nematicide and six rotations: root-knot-susceptible tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum L …. cv.„KM10‟ grown continuously (ContKM10), root-knot-resistant tobacco cv. „RK8‟ grown continuously (ContRK8), grass … was ethylene dibromide (EDB) and was applied to each tobacco crop, as is standard practice. Chloris gayana cv. „Rhodes …
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation as Public Health Policy -Lessons from Tobacco
Chaloupka, Frank J.; Powell, Lisa M.; Chriqui, Jamie F. - In: Choices 26 (2011) 3
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Measuring the poverty impact of ACIAR projects: a broad framework
Pearce, David - 2002
This report sets out some broad ideas about how poverty evaluation could be conducted for ACIAR research projects. As with good benefit–cost analysis, there are good practices that need to be observed when undertaking poverty analysis. While poverty is a broad concept, and can be addressed...
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Has Imported Rice Crowded-out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What has Been the Role of Policy?
Asuming-Brempong, Samuel; Osei-Asare, Yaw Bonsu - 2008
Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the...
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2009
Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information
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Creating Scarcity From Abundance: Bumper Harvests, High Prices, And The Role Of State Interventions In Zambian Maize Markets
Kuteya, Auckland N.; Sitko, Nicholas J. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014
From 2010 through 2012 harvest seasons, Zambian farmers produced three consecutive maize bumper harvests. The total maize production during this period was 8.6 million metric tonness, of which 4.6 million metric tonnes was a marketable surplus (CSO/MAL various years). This far exceeded the...
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Competitiveness, Efficiency and Environmental Impact of Protected Agriculture in Zacatecas, Mexico
Padilla-Bernal, Luz E.; Lara-Herrera, Alfredo; … - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) 4
The IFAMR is published quarterly by IFAMA. www.ifama.org
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Ecosystems for water and food security. [Background paper]
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Tropical deltas and coastal zones: food production, communities and environment at the land-water interface
Szuster, Brian W.; Kam, Suan Pheng; Ismail, Abdelbagi M.; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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