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Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: A Case Study of Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Limited
Sugarcane-based agro-industry in India is spread over 5.2 million hectare and employs around 12 million people. It has immense potential to create...
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An assessment of using eco-friendly crop production practices by the project beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in Bangladesh
The purposes of this study were to determine the present state of use of eco-friendly crop production practices by the beneficiaries of “safe crop...
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Seventy-Five Years of Research and Development in Seed Spices
The present chapter presents a bird’s eye view of the seed spices research in India during the past seven decades since independence. The research on...
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Incentive Mechanisms, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Communication of the CORIGAP Project
In this chapter, we propose a framework of market-based incentive mechanisms for the adoption and scaling of sustainable production standards...
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Can results-based prizes to private sector incentivize technology adoption by farmers? Evidence from the AgResults Nigeria project that uses prizes to incentivize adoption of AflasafeTM
BackgroundThe AgResults initiative tests the efficacy of results-based prizes to scale-up smallholder technology adoption. In Nigeria the project...
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Thirty-five-year timber harvesting disturbance effects on composition and biomass of tupelo-cypress (Nyssa-Taxodium) forested wetlands, southwest Alabama, USA
Thirty-five years post-harvest, effects of harvest disturbances upon tree composition and aboveground biomass were evaluated in a water-tupelo (Nyssa...
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The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action
The ocean is a dominant feature of our planet, covering 70% of its surface and driving its climate and biosphere. The ocean sustains life on earth...
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Regulatory ecosystem services through large-scale commercial farming of Kappaphycus alvarezii: Pan-India potential estimates
For more than a billion years, seaweeds have been a segment of marine primary productivity this fact must be contemplated while considering emerging...
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Future perspectives of Brazilian beef production: what is the role of Silvopastoral systems?
Against the backdrop of changing production conditions and market requirements, it seems time has come to rethink Brazil’s beef production systems....
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Silvopastoral Systems in Colombia: From Pilot Farms to NDCs
This chapter analyzes the process of adoption of silvopastoral systems in Colombia from pilot farms where silvopastoral models were developed, to...
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Sugarcane Breeding, Germplasm Development and Supporting Genetics Research in Thailand
Thailand is currently ranked as the world’s fourth largest sugarcane producer after Brazil, India and China and the world’s second largest sugar...
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How many sparrows are there in a city of million people? Understanding the population of sympatric sparrows in the urban gradient of a tropical city in Southeast Asia
In cities, species have to endure severe biotic and abiotic changes in their surroundings, along with various anthropogenic pressures. In recent...
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Effects of saline water irrigation on winter wheat and its safe utilization under a subsurface drainage system in coastal saline-alkali land of Hebei Province, China
Fresh water shortages are severally restricting sustainable agriculture development in coastal saline-alkali land in Hebei Province, China. Saline...
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Maize and Millets
Maize is an important cereal crop in India, which has the highest production and productivity in the world after rice and wheat. In India,...
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Individual tree extraction from terrestrial laser scanning data via graph pathing
BackgroundIndividual tree extraction from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data is a prerequisite for tree-scale estimations of forest biophysical...
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Operational Efficiency and Influencing Factors in Sugar Industry: From the Perspective of Chinese Sugar Companies Listed on the Stock Market
Sugar, an important commodity, is strategic for almost all countries in the world. The present study analyzed the operational data of seven sugar...
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Sport Tourism, Sport Recreation, and Sustainable Development in Singapore
The city-state, with its 719 km2 and 5.6 million inhabitants, has become a major global player. Tourism plays a key role in strengthening Singapore...
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History and Current Status of Sugarcane Breeding, Germplasm Development and Molecular Approaches in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the sugarcane-producing countries in the South Asian region. The present sugar production accounts for approximately 4.5%, and...
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Farmers’ willingness to adopt silvopastoral systems: investigating cattle producers’ compensation claims and attitudes using a contingent valuation approach
Intensive cattle production systems are currently a major contributor to CO 2 emissions and biodiversity loss. Silvopastoral systems that combine...
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Effects of intra row setts spacing on yield and yield components of some promising sugarcane varieties (Saccharum sp. hybrid) at Finchaa sugar factory, Oromia, Ethiopia
To solve the problem, regarding to intra row setts spacing, research findings should be taken. However, research outputs concerning this aspect is...