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Data collection and analysis for personnel detection at a border crossing [[electronic resource] /] / Thyagaraju Damarla, Tom Walker, and Ronald Sartain
| Data collection and analysis for personnel detection at a border crossing [[electronic resource] /] / Thyagaraju Damarla, Tom Walker, and Ronald Sartain |
| Autore | Damarla Thyagaraju |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Adelphi, MD : , : Army Research Laboratory, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 34 pages) : color illustrations |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
WalkerTom
SartainRonald |
| Collana | ARL-TR |
| Soggetto topico |
Border crossing - United States
Border security - Technological innovations - United States Security systems - Technological innovations - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699913303321 |
Damarla Thyagaraju
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| Adelphi, MD : , : Army Research Laboratory, , [2011] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Improved crop productivity for Africa's drylands / / Tom Walker [and three others]
| Improved crop productivity for Africa's drylands / / Tom Walker [and three others] |
| Autore | Walker T. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (139 p.) |
| Disciplina | 630.915/40967 |
| Collana | A World Bank Study |
| Soggetto topico |
Arid regions agriculture - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Crop yields - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0897-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Notes; Chapter 2 Dry Spells, Poor Soils, and Dryland Zones; Drought; Low Soil Fertility; Defining Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa; Notes; Chapter 3 Prospects for Genetic Improvement; Maintaining and Accelerating the Pace of Varietal Change; Prospects for New Varieties Well-adapted to the Drylands; Cereal Hybrids in West Africa; Notes; Chapter 4 Prospects for Improved Crop Management; Intensification of Input Use; Conservation Agriculture; Microdosing Fertilizer
Seed TreatmentsChapter 5 Prospects for Improved Land Management; Improved Intercropping Systems; Agroforestry Innovations Appropriate for the Drylands; Animal Traction; Response Farming; Chapter 6 Crop and Rainfall Insurance; Chapter 7 Climate Change; Chapter 8 Technology Diffusion Prospects by 2030; Prospects in the Arid Zone; Prospects in the Dry Semi-Arid Zone; Prospects in the Wet Semi-arid Zone; Prospects in the Dry Sub-humid Zone; Research and Technology Transfer Costs; Note; Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions; References; Boxes 2.1 Extensification versus Intensification in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa2.2 Planting is Risky in the Drylands; 2.3 Intensive Cases Studies versus Large-scale Surveys in Analyzing Coping Strategies; 2.4 Historical Incidence and Severity of Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.5 Institutional Response to Recurring Drought in Niger; 3.1 Release of First Striga-resistant Sorghum Varieties Developed Using Marker-Assisted Selection; 3.2 Possibility of Producing Irrigated Pearl Millet During the Dry Hot Season in the Sahel; 3.3 Pearl Millet and Sorghum Hybrids in India 4.1 Risk and Expected Profitability in Dryland Agriculture5.1 Tank Irrigation: Water Harvesting and Storage in Peninsular India; 6.1 Risk Benefits from Crop Insurance; Figures ; 2.1 Relationship between Cereal Production and Rainfall, 1960 to 2000, Burkina Faso; 2.2 Distribution of Countries by Cropped Area Across the Dryland Zones and Total; 2.3 Share of Area (%) by Crop Category by Dryland Zone; 3.1 Adoption of Modern Varieties by Crop, 2010 (% of area harvested); 3.2 Adoption of Maize and Cassava Improved Cultivars, 1997/98 versus 2009/10 4.1 Area-weighted Dryland Maize Yield Distributions by Agro-ecologyTables ; 2.1 Composition of Rainfed Crop Area, circa 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.2 Characteristics of Dryland Crop Zones in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa); 2.3 Relative Importance of Crops in Dryland Areas, circa 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.4 Relative Importance of Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa; 3.1 Weighted Average Percent Adoption by Crop Across AI Zones, 2010; 7.1 Effect of Warming and CO2 Increase on Crop Yields to 2050 8.1 Most Promising Crop Productivity Improvement Technologies for Arid Zones, 2030 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466082803321 |
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Walker T. S.
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| Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Improved crop productivity for Africa's drylands / / Tom Walker, with Tom Hash, Fred Rattunde, and Eva Weltzien
| Improved crop productivity for Africa's drylands / / Tom Walker, with Tom Hash, Fred Rattunde, and Eva Weltzien |
| Autore | Walker T. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 110 pages) : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 630.915/40967 |
| Collana | A World Bank study |
| Soggetto topico |
Arid regions agriculture - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Crop yields - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0897-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Notes; Chapter 2 Dry Spells, Poor Soils, and Dryland Zones; Drought; Low Soil Fertility; Defining Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa; Notes; Chapter 3 Prospects for Genetic Improvement; Maintaining and Accelerating the Pace of Varietal Change; Prospects for New Varieties Well-adapted to the Drylands; Cereal Hybrids in West Africa; Notes; Chapter 4 Prospects for Improved Crop Management; Intensification of Input Use; Conservation Agriculture; Microdosing Fertilizer
Seed TreatmentsChapter 5 Prospects for Improved Land Management; Improved Intercropping Systems; Agroforestry Innovations Appropriate for the Drylands; Animal Traction; Response Farming; Chapter 6 Crop and Rainfall Insurance; Chapter 7 Climate Change; Chapter 8 Technology Diffusion Prospects by 2030; Prospects in the Arid Zone; Prospects in the Dry Semi-Arid Zone; Prospects in the Wet Semi-arid Zone; Prospects in the Dry Sub-humid Zone; Research and Technology Transfer Costs; Note; Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions; References; Boxes 2.1 Extensification versus Intensification in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa2.2 Planting is Risky in the Drylands; 2.3 Intensive Cases Studies versus Large-scale Surveys in Analyzing Coping Strategies; 2.4 Historical Incidence and Severity of Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.5 Institutional Response to Recurring Drought in Niger; 3.1 Release of First Striga-resistant Sorghum Varieties Developed Using Marker-Assisted Selection; 3.2 Possibility of Producing Irrigated Pearl Millet During the Dry Hot Season in the Sahel; 3.3 Pearl Millet and Sorghum Hybrids in India 4.1 Risk and Expected Profitability in Dryland Agriculture5.1 Tank Irrigation: Water Harvesting and Storage in Peninsular India; 6.1 Risk Benefits from Crop Insurance; Figures ; 2.1 Relationship between Cereal Production and Rainfall, 1960 to 2000, Burkina Faso; 2.2 Distribution of Countries by Cropped Area Across the Dryland Zones and Total; 2.3 Share of Area (%) by Crop Category by Dryland Zone; 3.1 Adoption of Modern Varieties by Crop, 2010 (% of area harvested); 3.2 Adoption of Maize and Cassava Improved Cultivars, 1997/98 versus 2009/10 4.1 Area-weighted Dryland Maize Yield Distributions by Agro-ecologyTables ; 2.1 Composition of Rainfed Crop Area, circa 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.2 Characteristics of Dryland Crop Zones in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa); 2.3 Relative Importance of Crops in Dryland Areas, circa 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.4 Relative Importance of Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa; 3.1 Weighted Average Percent Adoption by Crop Across AI Zones, 2010; 7.1 Effect of Warming and CO2 Increase on Crop Yields to 2050 8.1 Most Promising Crop Productivity Improvement Technologies for Arid Zones, 2030 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798791003321 |
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Walker T. S.
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Improved crop productivity for Africa's drylands / / Tom Walker, with Tom Hash, Fred Rattunde, and Eva Weltzien
| Improved crop productivity for Africa's drylands / / Tom Walker, with Tom Hash, Fred Rattunde, and Eva Weltzien |
| Autore | Walker T. S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 110 pages) : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 630.915/40967 |
| Collana | A World Bank study |
| Soggetto topico |
Arid regions agriculture - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Crop yields - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| ISBN | 1-4648-0897-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Notes; Chapter 2 Dry Spells, Poor Soils, and Dryland Zones; Drought; Low Soil Fertility; Defining Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa; Notes; Chapter 3 Prospects for Genetic Improvement; Maintaining and Accelerating the Pace of Varietal Change; Prospects for New Varieties Well-adapted to the Drylands; Cereal Hybrids in West Africa; Notes; Chapter 4 Prospects for Improved Crop Management; Intensification of Input Use; Conservation Agriculture; Microdosing Fertilizer
Seed TreatmentsChapter 5 Prospects for Improved Land Management; Improved Intercropping Systems; Agroforestry Innovations Appropriate for the Drylands; Animal Traction; Response Farming; Chapter 6 Crop and Rainfall Insurance; Chapter 7 Climate Change; Chapter 8 Technology Diffusion Prospects by 2030; Prospects in the Arid Zone; Prospects in the Dry Semi-Arid Zone; Prospects in the Wet Semi-arid Zone; Prospects in the Dry Sub-humid Zone; Research and Technology Transfer Costs; Note; Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions; References; Boxes 2.1 Extensification versus Intensification in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa2.2 Planting is Risky in the Drylands; 2.3 Intensive Cases Studies versus Large-scale Surveys in Analyzing Coping Strategies; 2.4 Historical Incidence and Severity of Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.5 Institutional Response to Recurring Drought in Niger; 3.1 Release of First Striga-resistant Sorghum Varieties Developed Using Marker-Assisted Selection; 3.2 Possibility of Producing Irrigated Pearl Millet During the Dry Hot Season in the Sahel; 3.3 Pearl Millet and Sorghum Hybrids in India 4.1 Risk and Expected Profitability in Dryland Agriculture5.1 Tank Irrigation: Water Harvesting and Storage in Peninsular India; 6.1 Risk Benefits from Crop Insurance; Figures ; 2.1 Relationship between Cereal Production and Rainfall, 1960 to 2000, Burkina Faso; 2.2 Distribution of Countries by Cropped Area Across the Dryland Zones and Total; 2.3 Share of Area (%) by Crop Category by Dryland Zone; 3.1 Adoption of Modern Varieties by Crop, 2010 (% of area harvested); 3.2 Adoption of Maize and Cassava Improved Cultivars, 1997/98 versus 2009/10 4.1 Area-weighted Dryland Maize Yield Distributions by Agro-ecologyTables ; 2.1 Composition of Rainfed Crop Area, circa 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.2 Characteristics of Dryland Crop Zones in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa); 2.3 Relative Importance of Crops in Dryland Areas, circa 2000, Sub-Saharan Africa; 2.4 Relative Importance of Dryland Cropping in Sub-Saharan Africa; 3.1 Weighted Average Percent Adoption by Crop Across AI Zones, 2010; 7.1 Effect of Warming and CO2 Increase on Crop Yields to 2050 8.1 Most Promising Crop Productivity Improvement Technologies for Arid Zones, 2030 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818752703321 |
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Walker T. S.
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| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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