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improvement of the grain yield potential of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) using modern plant breeding, along with associated … grain yield potential to be realised and demonstrated. Prior to the ACIAR projects the University of Queensland team was …
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Two Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) projects in the mid-1980s (Projects 8328 and 8804) funded research at the University of New England to help better understand and improve phosphorus and sulfur management in tropical agricultural systems. As tropical...
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Technology and innovation play an increasingly important role in the economic development of both developed and developing countries. We investigate how policy and market factors influence firms’ (or other potential innovators’) decisions on innovation or imitation by developing a conceptual...
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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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Paper accepted for presentation at the 27th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Beijing China, August 16-22, 2009, (Ref 690)
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Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information
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Global food commodity price inflation beginning in 2006 and continuing through mid-2008 became a priority concern for … policy responses did major global traders with relatively large domestic food commodity price vulnerabilities choose?; b … face of future global price surges unless sufficient feedback is received from trading partners. Looking at India’s and …
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The IFAMR is published quarterly by IFAMA. www.ifama.org
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The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. More info: www.ifama.org
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The impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on the poor in developing countries is still the subject of controversy. While previous studies have examined direct productivity effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton and other GM crops, little is known about wider socioeconomic outcomes. We...
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