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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge and social beliefs of malaria and prevention strategies among itinerant Nomadic Arabs, Fulanis and Dagazada groups in Chad: a mixed method study

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Nomadic populations in Chad are at increased risk of contracting malaria because of their lifestyle. Being highly mobile they are often excluded from disease control programmes, and access to preventive measures and treatment is more difficult.
Azoukalné Moukénet, Beackgoubé Honoré, Helen Smith, Kebféné Moundiné, Wang-Mbe Djonkamla, Sol Richardson, Makido Dormbaye, Ngarkodje Ngarasta, Ibrahima Seck   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for Off-Grid Applications in Chad

International Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 2022
In this study, a techno-economic feasibility analysis of hybrid renewable energy systems for four household categories in rural areas of Chad was studied based on the multi-criteria assessment technique.
Abdelhamid Issa Hassane, Djamal Hissein Didane, Abakar Mahamat Tahir, Ruben Martin Mouangue, Jean Gaston Tamba, Jean-Marie Hauglustaine   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Megachad to Microchad - environmental changes during the Holocene [PDF]

, 2006
The investigations carried out within the project in NE-Nigeria since 1989 have been focussing on the late Pleistocene and Holocene landscape development of the south eastern Chad basin. Areas of interest include palaeodune fields, clay plains and former
Thiemeyer, Heinrich
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chad

IMF Staff Country Reports
This paper presents Chad’s Request for a Four-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility. The 48-month financing package will support the objectives of the authorities’ National Development Plan 2025-2030 by ensuring fiscal sustainability, creating fiscal space for key development projects, increasing targeted social spending, and improving ...
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Re-emphasizing the importance of Lake Chad fisheries in Nigerian economy: Borno State experience [PDF]

, 2003
Nigeria with an estimated population of about 120 million people requires about 2.3 million metric tonnes of fish and fisheries product for good health at the recommended 19 kg/caput/year by FAO.
Odogbo, D.
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Is Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption Persistently Overestimated?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is sometimes assumed to diffuse steadily over time, and industry planning frequently extrapolates early adoption trends forward. This study evaluates the accuracy of such expectations by comparing agricultural input dealers' forecasts of future service offerings with the actual levels of offerings that dealerships ...
Trey Malone, Chad Fiechter, Zanliang Meng, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer, Bruce Erickson, Jay Akridge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

CHAD 60: Child Development Course Redesign [PDF]

, 2014
Poster summarizing course redesign activities for CHAD 60: Child Development.https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/davinci_itcr2014/1014/thumbnail ...
Slusser, Emily, Waterman, Muffie
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Differences in predominant collagen fiber orientation between dorsal and plantar trabecular bone tracts of adult mule deer calcanei suggest strain‐mode‐specific adaptation

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Polarized microscopic images of the outer bone cortex (a and b) and deeper trabecular bone (c and d) of the deer calcaneus in thin cross‐sections. The brighter gray levels reflect more oblique‐to‐transverse collagen fibers in the compression/dorsal bone (a, c) and the darker gray levels reflect more longitudinal collagen in the tension/plantar bone (b,
John G. Skedros, John T. Cronin, Chad S. Mears, Brett W. Richards   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source