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Children's exposure to herbicides in Jalisco, Mexico-a public health concern perspective. [PDF]

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de Jesús Lozano-Kasten F   +5 more
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Mathematical programming in subsistence agriculture

European Journal of Operational Research, 1982
Abstract This paper examines the use of mathematical programming models in subsistence agriculture as an example of the use of operational research in developing countries. Differences from developed agriculture are described, and five mathematical programming formulations to cater for the major differences are given.
Mina Montazemi, David J. Wright
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Energy and subsistence Nepalese agriculture

Bioresource Technology, 1991
Abstract Methods used to estimate total energy input requirements and outputs of the subsistence agriculture in the rural areas of Nepal are described and the availability and usage pattern of animate energy along with associated biomass energy output and its subsequent use in Nepalese subsistence agriculture examined.
Kamal Rijal, N.K. Bansal, P.D. Grover
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Subsistence Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods

2002
Agriculture is the cornerstone of human life. Farming feeds agricultural workers, other rural dwellers and those living and working in urban areas. Agriculture accounts for only 4% of value added to global domestic product, in contrast to industry’s 32% and the 62% contributed by services (World Bank, 2000b, p. 189).
Tony Barnett, Alan Whiteside
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Subsistence agriculture and technological options

Food Policy, 1978
Abstract This is a modified version of a paper presented to the ‘Seminario Internacional sobre Tecnologia para el Pequeno Agricultor’, held under the auspices of the IICA-lnstituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas da OEA, Asuncion, Paraguay, 2–6 May 1977. The author wishes to thank Denisard C.O. Alves and Fernando B.
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On Pigs in Subsistence Agriculture

Current Anthropology, 1995
Compte-rendu d'un article qui se penchait sur le role des porcins dans l'agriculture chinoise depuis le ...
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