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Technical note: Hydrology of the Bahi Wetland, Tanzania [PDF]
Wetlands / Rivers / Flow / Hydrology / Climate / Water budget / Irrigated farming / Rice / Tanzania / Bahi Wetland / Bubu ...
McCartney, Matthew
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Technique for validating remote sensing products of water quality [PDF]
, 2008 Remote sensing of water quality is initiated as an additional part of the on going activities of the EAGLE2006 project. Within this context intensive in-situ and airborne measurements campaigns were carried out over the Wolderwijd and Veluwemeer ...
Abouali, M. +6 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Panel Data Analysis of Japanese Residential Water Demand Using a Discrete/Continuous Choice Approach [PDF]
Block rate pricing is often applied to income taxation, telecommunication services, and brand marketing in addition to its best-known application in public utility services. Under block rate pricing, consumers face piecewise-linear budget constraints.
Akira Hibiki +2 more
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A comparison of methods to evaluate energy expenditure of incubating wandering albatrosses [PDF]
, 2001 Measurements of incubation energetics can vary depending on the method used to measure metabolism of an incubating bird. Therefore, we evaluated the energy expenditure of six male and four female wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans Linnaeus) using ...
Costa, D P +2 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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External Evaluation of the NCA WASH Programme in Darfur: With Special Focus on IDP Camps in Zalingei [PDF]
, 2010 This paper aims to evaluate the impact and appropriateness of Norwegian Church Aid's WASH program in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps of South and West Darfur, and to provide recommendations for operating the program with a reduced budget in the ...
Martin van de Rijdt
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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Information revelation through irrigation water pricing using volume reservations [PDF]
We study the properties of a pricing rule for irrigation water with two variables:the volume consumed by the farmer and the volume he/she reserves before the plantation.
Jean-Philippe Terreaux, Mabel Tidball
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Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
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