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Tropical medicine in and out of the tropics

open access: yesThe Lancet, 1996
D.J. Weatherall   +20 more
openaire   +2 more sources

France and the American tropics to 1700 : tropics of discontent? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Output Type: Book ...
Marsh, Benjamin John
core  

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Intensification of Maize-Legume Based Systems in the Semi-Arid Areas of Tanzania

open access: yes, 2019
This dataset is from the research study that aims to diversify the production environment to de-risk production in these semi-arid ecologies. In this study, two approaches were used , i.e.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
core   +1 more source

Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Future of agriculture in the semi-arid tropics: proceedings of an International Symposium on Future of Agriculture in Semi-Arid Tropics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India, 14 Nov 2000 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Poverty, food insecurity, rapid population growth, and environmental degradation are problems hounding the semi-arid tropics (SAT) today. A long-term strategy is needed to overcome these intractable problems in the fragile SAT ecosystems.
Bantilan, M C S, Padmaja, R, Rao, P P
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Climate change issues and impacts in the Wet Tropics NRM cluster region

open access: yes, 2014
{Extract] Rationale and scope: Stream 2 of the Regional NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund supports the project "Knowledge to manage land and sea: A framework for the future" run by a consortium of scientists from James Cook University (JCU) and CSIRO.
Turton, Stephen M.   +30 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Valorization of peanut shells through biochar production using slow and fast pyrolysis and its detailed physicochemical characterization

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability
Valorization of peanut shells has recently gained prominence in the context of thermally converting agricultural waste into biochar, a carbon-rich byproduct with significant potential as a soil amendment.
Gajanan Sawargaonkar   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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