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Validating a novel genetic technology for hybrid maize seed production under management practices associated with resource‐poor farmers in Zimbabwe

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
A hybrid maize seed production technology has the potential to reduce the complexity of hybrid seed production and increase seed quality. Here, we investigate the potential impact of this technology on yields when hybrid maize is recycled. Hybrid maize recycling is a practice used by resource‐poor farmers as a coping mechanism during drought years ...
Esnath Tatenda Hamadziripi, Sarah Collinson, Rachel C. Voss, Frédéric Baudron, Maryke T. Labuschagne, Angelinus C. Franke, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Mike S. Olsen, Juan Burgueño, Jill E. Cairns   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Social Planning Problem with Costly Information Processing: Towards Understanding Production Decisions in Centralized Economies

Economica, Volume 90, Issue 357, Page 285-314, January 2023., 2023
It has long been argued that market economies feature an inherent advantage over centralized economies because they are subject to fewer information processing needs. However, very little work has investigated the role of these needs in explaining differences in optimal production decisions between centralized and market economies.
Dominik Naeher
wiley   +1 more source

Intraoperative Mortality in Malawi

Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2019
BACKGROUND: Surgical care is essential to improving population health, but metrics to monitor and evaluate the continuum of surgical care delivery have rarely been applied in low-resource settings, and improved efforts at benchmarking progress are needed.
Stephanie Pan, Meghan Prin, Godfrey Phiri, Guohua Li, Anthony G. Charles, Janey R. Phelps   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Towards the sustainability of African sandalwood: Understanding the distribution and environmental requirements

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
African sandalwood (Osyris lanceolata) leaves, roots, barks, fruits, and woods are used for multiple purposes throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe. The species is threatened in several eastern African countries. To improve the species' management and conservation, a habitat suitability study was undertaken in its at‐risk region in eastern Africa and ...
Jane Gachambi Mwangi, Salisu Mohammed, Kabir Mustapha Umar, Jeremy Haggar, Truly Santika   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world

, 2022
Australian Journal of Rural Health, Volume 30, Issue 6, Page 836-838, December 2022.
Lukoye Atwoli, Gregory E. Erhabor, Aiah A. Gbakima, Abraham Haileamlak, Jean‐Marie Kayembe Ntumba, James Kigera, Laurie Laybourn‐Langton, Bob Mash, Joy Muhia, Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi, David Ofori‐Adjei, Friday Okonofua, Arash Rashidian, Maha El‐Adawy, Siaka Sidibé, Abdelmadjid Snouber, James Tumwine, Mohammad Sahar Yassien, Paul Yonga, Lilia Zakhama, Chris Zielinski   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

The difference in clinical knowledge between staff employed at faith-based and public facilities in Malawi

Christian Journal for Global Health
Empirical evidence concerning differences in the quality of service offered by faith-based and public healthcare facilities in low-and middle-income countries is limited.
Wiktoria Tafesse, Martin Chalkley
doaj   +1 more source

Criminal Justice In Malawi [PDF]

, 1967
Colin Baker
openalex   +1 more source

Using Missing Types to Improve Partial Identification with Application to a Study of HIV Prevalence in Malawi [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
Frequently, empirical studies are plagued with missing data. When the data are missing not at random, the parameter of interest is not identifiable in general. Without additional assumptions, we can derive bounds of the parameters of interest, which, unfortunately, are often too wide to be informative.
arxiv  

Pleistocene Fossiliferous Lake Beds of the Malawi (Nyasa) Rift: A Preliminary Report [PDF]

, 1966
J. Desmond Clark, E. A. STEPHENS, S. C. CORYNDON, J. Desmond Clark   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Evaluating the Sustainability of Local Women's Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Durban, South Africa: A Feminist Political Ecology and Intersectionality Perspective

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper employs a feminist political ecology and an intersectionality framework to examine the multiple dimensions of local women's vulnerability and adaptation to climate change impacts in selected locations in Durban, KwaZulu‐Natal Province, South Africa.
Fidelis Udo, Johannes Bhanye, Balkissa Daouda Diallo, Maheshvari Naidu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source