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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agroecological practices of ethnic minority farmers in Vietnam's northern uplands are being reshaped by intersecting pressures of land‐use reform, market integration, and state‐backed crop promotion. Among Hmong communities in the south of Lào Cai Province (former Yên Bái Province) cinnamon was once valued primarily for its medicinal ...
Mélie Monnerat, Sarah Turner
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Water for Forest: Potential impact of alternative land setaside programs at village and farm levels in the mountainous areas of Vietnam [PDF]
, 2010 The uplands of Northern Vietnam, often having low agricultural productivity, are home to the poorest of the rural poor. The ecosystem services such as food production for marginalized populations, biodiversity reservoirs, and watershed regulating ...
Boere, Esther +5 more
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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
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Controlling cassava mosaic virus and cassava mealybug in Sub-Saharan Africa: [PDF]
millions fed, Cassava, mosaic virus, mealybug,
Nweke, Felix
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Forage legumes as feed for pigs in smallholder production systems in the North of Lao PDR [PDF]
, 2013 This thesis sought to characterise and understand existing smallholder pig production systems in the North of Lao PDR and to investigate the role of forage legumes as alternative protein sources for pigs in smallholder production systems.
Phengsavanh, Phonepaseuth
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Viral vectors can be useful tools for expressing recombinant proteins as well as delivering gene‐editing machinery. Despite their utility, the development and subsequent optimisation of these tools is often a difficult and tedious process.
Matthew Neubauer +6 more
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Biofuels and economic development in Tanzania [PDF]
Biofuels provide a new opportunity to enhance economic development in Tanzania. Drawing on detailed cost estimates, we develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium model to estimate the impact of different biofuel production scenarios on growth and ...
Arndt, Channing +2 more
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Labour Input Productivity among Cassava Farmers in Osun State, Nigeria
Nigeria Agricultural Journal, 2023 This study was carried out to estimate labour input and productivity among cassava farmers in the Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State. A Multistage sampling technique was employed in the selection of the respondents and a well-structured questionnaire was used to gather information on labour input and productivity.
Egbetokun, O. A. +2 more
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Enhancing both starch and protein accumulation is a key strategy for improving maize yield and quality. Achieving this goal requires an in‐depth understanding of the regulatory mechanisms that integrate these pathways. Here, we demonstrate that functionally redundant subclass III SNF1‐related protein kinase 2s (SnRK2s) act as central ...
Yayun Wang +16 more
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Jatropha curcas is a promising feedstock for biodiesel and bio‐jet fuels production; however, its seed yield is constrained by limited inflorescences. SPL9 is a member of the SBP‐box gene family that promotes the juvenile‐to‐adult phase transition.
Mingyong Tang +4 more
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