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Peoples on the move introducing the nomads of the world
, 2001 "This is the most comprehesive source of information on all the nomadic peoples of the world. Maps help you to locate these nomadic people groups, many of them unevangelized; black and white photographs enable you to visualize them, and people profiles ...
Phillips, David J.
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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, 1993 Metadata only recordThe book offers an ethnographic and historical examination of several nomadic pastoral societies. Each chapter follows basic themes, allowing comparison across cultures and historical periods.
Barfield, T. J.
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava +2 more
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Sexual and reproductive health of nomadic peoples in East Africa
, 2012 [Extract] In the year that the global population reached 7 billion, several studies were conducted which examined the health of people who live in remote areas and who lead nomadic lives in Eastern Africa. This book presents some of the findings of those
Plummer, David +5 more
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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Kobi Peled, Words Like Daggers: The Political Poetry of the Negev Bedouin
Nomadic PeoplesDawn Chatty, Linda Pappagallo
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, 2004 Bibliography: leaves 190-217.The thesis presented here is about traditional semi-nomadic pastoralism and the conservation of biodiversity in a semi-arid South African National Park.
Hendricks, Howard H
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AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Through HPLC–MS/MS analysis and multivariate statistics, raphani semen (RS) varieties with high functional components were screened. The white raphani semen “Xuebawang” was identified as ideal for further study due to its high bioactive content: glucoraphenin (9010.27 mg/100 g), glucoraphanin (1027.76 mg/100 g), sulforaphane (66.14 mg/100 g), and ...
Yonghua Li +10 more
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