The Country Opinion Survey in Republic of Congo assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Republic of Congo perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, media,...

The Country Opinion Survey in Serbia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Serbia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and...

The Country Opinion Survey in Guinea assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Guinea perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and...

Zinc deficiency persists in global food systems causing hidden hunger and disease burdens to vulnerable populations. Past research has demonstrated that agronomic bio-fortification could play a key role in averting the global disease burden associated with insufficient Zn intake. This study was...

The Country Opinion Survey in Albania assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Albania perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector,...

Pulses are important in global agriculture not only for its nutritive value as a major source of protein, but also plays an important role in making agriculture sustainable. On the sustainability front, pulses need less water, less input intensive and also fixes atmospheric nitrogen (N)....

The paper attempts to fill a knowledge gap by examining India’s pulse complex, consisting of production, consumption, and trade policies. India’s pulse policies are anchored in a cereal-centric farming system and prioritize national self-sufficiency as well as the mitigation of relative...

Based on the pulse shaping technique, filamentation of double femtosecond pulses in fused silica is studied experimentally and theoretically. It is shown in experiments that the filamentation onset and length, as well as the intensity can be continuously changed with the delay time. Theoretical...

In extending fast digital clock synchronization to the bounded-delay model, the expected constant time Byzantine pulse resynchronization problem is investigated.In this problem, the synchronized state of the system should not only be deterministically maintained but be reached from arbitrary...

Based on the electroplasticity effect and dynamic strain aging interpretations, serrated flow under the influence of electroplasticity in medium Mn steel is investigated. With the decrease of dislocation waiting time and the increase of critical strain, the continuity of plastic deformation...

Although pesticides are often discharged into surface waters in pulses as opposed to a sustained release, the effect of episodic pollution events on aquatic invertebrates is largely unknown. We monitored change in heart rate and distance moved to assess the immediate response of signal crayfish...

In this research, pulse electrodeposition of partially reduced graphene oxide/zirconia (PRGO/ZrO2) has been reported to improve the corrosion resistance of API-X65 steel. The PRGO/ZrO2 nanocomposite was synthesized through a green hydrothermal method from the ZrOCl2 and graphene oxide (GO)...

The aim of this book is to determine the financial crime community pulse in Romania. For this purpose, a survey questionnaire was distributed to 1,856 respondents between May 27th - June 6th, 2022.The first objective of our book consists in finding the main patterns that characterize the...

African economies are facing a series of challenges to their post-pandemic recovery. Economic activity in the region is slowing to 3.3 percent amid global headwinds, including weak global growth and tightening global financial conditions. Elevated inflation rates and resulting policy tightening,...

Seeds of black grams, lentils, Bengal grams and green peas were soaked separately in aqueous solutions of Triflumuron at doses of 0.0 (control), 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 ppm. Three day-old adults of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) were allowed to oviposit on air-dried, treated...

Pulses are an important part of Indian daily diets. Pulses are a key commodity category of crops that supply high quantity protein to the country's mainly vegetarian population, supplementary grains proteins. India is the world's leading producer and consumer of pulses. India imports a...

In order to assess the yield gap in major pulse crops and factors causing yield gap in Bihar, plot level data of Cost of Cultivation Scheme, Govt. of India were used for the year 2015-16.Simple regression model was applied to identify the factors. Results of the study pointed out that yield...

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to have decelerated from 2.5 percent in 2017 to 2.3 percent in 2018, below the rate of growth of population for a fourth consecutive year. Regional growth in 2018 is below the pace projected in 2018 October issue of Africa's Pulse {0.4...

Introduction -- An Overview of Pulses Economy -- Pulses Production and Food security -- Consumption of Pulses and Food Security -- National Food Security Mission and Pulses Production -- Socio-Economic Profile of the Sample Households -- Pulses Production, Trade and Government Policies --...

Sub-Saharan Africa's recovery from the pandemic is expected to decelerate in 2022 amid a slowdown in global economic activity, continued supply constraints, outbreaks of new coronavirus variants, climatic shocks, high inflation, and rising financial risks due to high and increasingly vulnerable...

The study attempts to assess the farmers' perceptions regarding the impact of NFSM-pulses on rainfed agriculture in Maharashtra since pulse crops are mainly cultivated under unirrigated condition in the State. The impact assessment is done with respect to awareness of the farmers regarding NFSM...

The present study attempts to assess the impact of NFSM-pulses on rain fed agriculture in Maharashtra since pulse crops are mainly cultivated under irrigated condition in the State. The study also assesses the effectiveness of NFSM-Pulses on the pulse production in Maharashtra, aside from...

On-farm production diversity of smallholder farmers can improve the nutrition security of the household. The objective is to determine the significance and relevance of this relationship by considering the different degrees of separability between both the commercial and consumptive production...

Pulses are major source of protein and an integral part to Indian's diet. But, there has been consistent demand-supply gap. Barring last 5 years, total production of pulses remained stagnant at 12-14 million tonnes over past five decades. Over the last 20 years, more than 550 improved varieties...

Africa's Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macroeconomic outlook for the region. Each issue also includes a section focusing upon a topic that represents a particular development challenge for the continent. It is produced by the Office of the Chief...