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Unlocking the potential of smallholder livestock production - using managed forages as an entry point
Unlocking the potential of smallholder livestock production- using managed forages as an entry point
Werner Stür1, John Connell1, Phonepaseuth Phengsavanh2 and Truong Tan Khanh3
1: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), PO Box 783, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Email: w.stur@cgiar.org.
2: National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Vientiane, Lao PDR.
3: Tay Nguyen University (TNU), Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Viet Nam.
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LINKING FODDER TO LIVESTOCK MARKETS IN VIETNAM - EAKAR EXPERIENCES
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ĐÁNH GIÁ CHẤT LƯỢNG NGUỒN NƯỚC PHỤC VỤ CHĂN NUÔI HEO TẬP TRUNG TRÊN ĐỊA BÀN THÀNH PHỐ BUÔN MA THUỘT, TỈNH ĐẮK LẮK
ĐÁNH GIÁ CHẤT LƯỢNG NGUỒN NƯỚC PHỤC VỤ CHĂN NUÔI HEO TẬP TRUNG TRÊN ĐỊA BÀN THÀNH PHỐ BUÔN MA THUỘT, TỈNH ĐẮK LẮK
Đinh Nam Lâm 1, Nguyễn Ngọc Đỉnh1, Trương Tấn Khanh1, Nguyễn Thị Vân Anh1
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ĐÁNH GIÁ MỘT SỐ CHỈ TIÊU NĂNG SUẤT VÀ CHẤT LƯỢNG CỦA MỘT SỐ GIỐNG CỎ TRỒNG TRÊN ĐẤT BẠC MÀU HUYỆN ĐẮK LẤP, ĐẮK NÔNG
ĐÁNH GIÁ MỘT SỐ CHỈ TIÊU NĂNG SUẤT VÀ CHẤT LƯỢNG CỦA MỘT SỐ GIỐNG CỎ TRỒNG TRÊN ĐẤT BẠC MÀU HUYỆN ĐẮK LẤP, ĐẮK NÔNG
Trương Tấn Khanh
Khoa Chăn nuôi Thú y, Trường Đại học Tây Nguyên
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SỬ DỤNG BÃ SẮN CÔNG NGHIỆP TRONG VỖ BÉO BÒ THỊT
Trương Tấn Khanh
Khoa Chăn nuôi Thú y, Trường Đại học Tây Nguyên
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USING CASSAVA BAGASSE FROM INDUSTRIAL STARCH PROCESSING FOR FATTENING CATTLE
Truong Tan Khanh
The research was designed for evaluating effect of replacement of cassava meal by the dried cassava bagasse from starch processing factory in concentrate feed diet for fattening cattle and supply cassava bagasse silage for fattened cattle with the basic feed was ad libitum of young Panicum maximum grass. The result of research was show 1) the replacement up to 100% of cassava meal by dried cassava bagasse was not significant affect to the feed intake, growth rate of fattened cattle, while the benefit of cattle fattening was significant higher; 2) the supplication of cassava bagasse silage for cattle, that was ad libitum grasses, was significant improvement of feed intake, growth rate and benefit of fattening cattle.
Key words: Cassava bagasse, fattening, laisind cattle.
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Ảnh hưởng của bổ sung các nguồn Protein khác nhau trong thức ăn hỗn hợp của khẩu phần đến tăng khối lượng và hiệu quả kinh tế nuôi bò vỗ béo tại Ea Kar, Đắk Lắk
Ảnh hưởng của bổ sung các nguồn Protein khác nhau trong thức ăn hỗn hợp của khẩu phần đến tăng khối lượng và hiệu quả kinh tế nuôi bò vỗ béo tại Ea Kar, Đắk Lắk
Trương Tấn Khanh
Khoa Chăn nuôi thú y, Trường Đại học Tây Nguyên
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Nghiên cứu này được bố trí nhằm đánh giá ảnh hưởng của việc thay thế nguồn thức ăn giàu protein trong khẩu phần thức ăn hỗn hợp 15,5% protein thô sử dụng để nuôi bò vỗ béo hai nhóm Laisind và F1 (LS x Br) là bột cá và bột lá cây họ đậu. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy 1) thay thế hoàn toàn thức ăn giàu protein là bột cá bằng bột lá cây keo dậu không ảnh hưởng đáng kể đến lượng ăn vào và tốc độ tăng trọng của bò vỗ béo; 2) Vỗ béo bò thịt băng phương pháp cho ăn tự do cỏ hòa thảo và bổ sung thức ăn hỗn hợp có chứa 15,5% protein thô (cả hai khẩu phần bột cá và bột lá cây keo dậu) cho kết quả tăng trọng khá cao: bò Laisind đạt 795,22 – 801,33 gam/ngày và bò lai F1 (LS x Br) tăng từ 870,11 đến 882,33 gam/ngày; trong cả hai phương thức nuôi bò lai F1 (LS x Br) luôn có tăng trọng cao hơn so với bò Laisind hiệu quả kinh tế của hai lô sai khác không đáng kể.
Từ khóa: Ảnh hưởng, nguồn protein, bột cá, bột lá cây keo dậu, vỗ béo, Laisind, F1(LS x Br).
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Ảnh hưởng của bổ sung cỏ Stylo vào khẩu phần cỏ sả đến khả năng sinh trưởng và hiệu quả sử dụng thức ăn của bò thịt tơ
Ảnh hưởng của bổ sung cỏ Stylo vào khẩu phần cỏ sả đến khả năng sinh trưởng và hiệu quả sử dụng thức ăn của bò thịt tơ
Trương Tấn Khanh
Khoa Chăn nuôi Thú y - Trường Đại học Tây Nguyên
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Nghiên cứu được tiến hành nhằm đánh giá ảnh hưởng của việc cho ăn tự do (ad libitum) hỗn hợp cỏ stylo 184 và cỏ sả theo tỷ lệ 3:1 đến sinh trưởng của 2 nhóm bò: Laisind và bò F1 (LS x Br) so với việc chỉ nuôi bò bằng cỏ sả. Kết quả cho thấy 1) bổ sung cỏ stylo vào khẩu phần cỏ sả theo tỷ lệ 1:3 cải thiện một cách đáng kể lượng ăn vào của bò nuôi sinh trưởng ở cả 2 nhóm, lượng ăn vào tăng 22 – 23% so với khẩu phần chỉ có cỏ sả; 2) Bò Laisind nuôi dưỡng bằng cỏ sả tự do có tốc độ sinh trưởng khá cao (648,11 gam/ngày) và cao hơn đáng kể so với bò lai F1 (LS x Br), trong khi đó ở lô cho ăn tự do hỗn hợp cỏ stylo và cỏ sả theo tỷ lệ 1:3 thì bò lai cho tăng khối lượng cao hơn; 3) Tốc độ tăng khối lượng của cả hai nhóm bò ở lô cho ăn tự do cỏ hỗn hợp cao hơn so với lô chỉ cho ăn cỏ sả (765,22gam/ngày so với 648,11 gam/ngày ở bò Laisind và 789,11 gam/ngày so với 570 gam/ngày đối với F1(Br x LS); 4) Giá thành để sản xuất một kg thịt bò hơi bằng cách cho ăn tự do cỏ hòa thảo hoặc hỗn hợp cỏ hòa thảo và cỏ stylo khá thấp (14.000 đến 16.900 đồng so với so với giá cả thị trường cùng lúc ( 35.000 đến 40.000 đồng)
Từ khóa: Ảnh hưởng, Stylo184, cỏ sả, bò sinh trưởng, Laisind, F1(LS x Br)
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ĐÁNH GIÁ TÌNH HÌNH PHÁT TRIỂN VÀ KHẢO SÁT NĂNG SUẤT CHẤT LƯỢNG MỘT SỐ GIỐNG CỎ TRỒNG TRONG NÔNG HỘ TẠI HUYỆN EA KAR
ĐÁNH GIÁ TÌNH HÌNH PHÁT TRIỂN VÀ KHẢO SÁT NĂNG SUẤT CHẤT LƯỢNG MỘT SỐ GIỐNG CỎ TRỒNG TRONG NÔNG HỘ TẠI HUYỆN EA KAR
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INDIGENOUS PIG BREEDS ALONG TRUONG SON MOUNTAIN CHAIN, VIETNAM
TRUONG TAN KHANH1, TRAN VAN DO2
1:Tay Nguyen University, Vietnam; 2: Quang Tri College, Vietnam
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4.2.2 A survey of adoption of improved forages in Southeast Asia
Contributors: Werner Stür (CIAT), Phonepaseuth Phengsavanh (CIAT / NAFRI), Francisco Gabunada(CIAT/Leyte State University), Peter Horne (previously CIAT), Truong Tan Khanh (Tay Nguyen
University), Viengsavanh Phimphachanhvongsod (NAFRI), John Connell (CIAT), and Federico Holmann
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Developing innovation capacity through effective research and development partnerships: A case study of moving from subsistence cattle raising to market-oriented beef production in Ea Kar, Daklak, Vietnam
Developing innovation capacity through effective research and development partnerships:
A case study of moving from subsistence cattle raising to market-oriented beef production in Ea Kar, Daklak, Vietnam
Truong Tan Khanh1, Werner Stür2, Nguyen Van Ha3 and Alan Duncan4
1: Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. Email: tankhanh@dng.vnn.vn2: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), P.O. Box 783, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Email:
w.stur@cgiar.org
3: District Extension Office, Ea Kar, Daklak, Vietnam
4: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Email:
a.duncan@cgiar.org
Electronic proceeding of Innovation Asia-Pacific Symposium, 4-7 May 2009 • Katmandu, Nepal
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Successful forage development for smallholders in Daklak, Central Highlands, Vietnam: The contribution of forages to livestock development and livelihoods of upland farmers
Successful forage development for smallholders in Daklak, Central Highlands, Vietnam: The contribution of forages to livestock development and livelihoods of upland farmers
T. T. Khanh1 and N. V. Ha2
1: Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam.
2: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ea Kar, Daklak, Vietnam.
Forages – A Pathway to rosperity for Smallholder Farmers Proceedings of a orage Symposium, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand 5-7, March, 2007.
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PLANTED FORAGES – ENABLING IMPROVED SMALLHOLDER CATTLE PRODUCTION IN EA KAR, DAKLAK, VIETNAM
Truong Tan Khanh1, Werner Stür2, Nguyen Van Ha3
1: Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam, Email: tankhanh@dng.vnn.vn
2: InternationalCenter for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), PO Box 783, Vientiane, Lao PDR
3: District Extension Office, Ea Kar, Daklak, Vietnam
Proceeding of “The 13th Animal Science Congress of the Asian - Australasian Association of Animal Production.
Theme: Animal Agriculture and the role of small holder farmers in a global economy”. Hanoi - Vietnam September 22-26, 2008.
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The contribution of livestock systems to livelihood sustainability in the central highlands of Vietnam
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PROCESS OF UPSCALING FODDER DEVELOPMENT: Viet Nam case
Trương Tấn Khanh1, Nguyễn Ngọc Anh2, Werner Stur3
1: Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam.
2: National Institute of Animal Science, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
3: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), P.O. Box 783, Vientiane, Lao PDR
TAN 853 CIAT1
TECHNICAL ADVISORY NOTE FOR IFAD
2011-07-25
ABSTRACT
Farmers in Ea Kar district, Daklak province have shown that it is possible for smallholders to transform their cattle production from a low-output grazing system („cattle keepers‟) to a high-quality, efficient beef cattle production system („cattle producers‟) based on farm-grown fodders and stall-feeding. This change enabled traders to access city meat markets with high demand for quality beef. The process and lessons learnt while assisting smallholders with this transition is described in a separate Technical Advisory Note (TAN). In this TAN we describe the process and lessons learnt during up-scaling of fodder and cattle development in Ea Kar between 2007 and 2010. The up-scaling was designed to (i) reach more farmers in Ea Kar, (ii) facilitate fodder and cattle fattening in other districts in Daklak Province, and (iii) link with an IFAD investment project in another province and introduce fodder production and cattle fattening to a district in their project area:
(i) Reaching more farmers in Ea Kar: By 2010, more than 3000 smallholder farms had adopted fodder production to improve feed supply for their cattle; 540 farms practiced stall-fed cattle fattening and supplied city markets with high-quality cattle; and approximately 800 farms practiced stall-fed cow-calf production and supplied Laisind and cross-bred calves for fattening by smallholders in Ea Kar.
(ii) Facilitating fodder and cattle fattening in other districts in Daklak Province: In 2009, smallholder cattle fattening was introduced to two neighbouring districts adjacent to EaKar. Within a year, 50 smallholder farms had adopted fodder production and 5 farmer groups had started to fatten cattle in pens.
(iii) Linking with an IFAD investment project: The IFAD-investment project „Improving Market Participation of the Poor‟ (IMPP) in Ha Tinh Province was selected as a partner in up-scaling fodder and cattle fattening. By the end
of the project, 485 smallholder farms had adopted fodder production in four communes in Ky Anh district, the site selected as a pilot district in the IMPP project area. In addition, IMPP had commenced to up-scale fodder development to a further two districts, Can Loc and Huong Son, in Ha Tinh.
The key to successful up-scaling was to (i) have a convincing example in Ea Kar that showed that it was possible for comparable smallholder farm families to produce high-quality cattle competitively, (ii) build local coalitions for development which facilitated the adoption and development process, (iii) strengthen the capacity of local stakeholders in facilitating the fodder and cattle development process, supporting farmers in technical issues, and developing market access, and (iv) support stakeholders at new sites by linking them with experienced counterparts in Ea Kar and as well as linking them with other project participants in an informal network of professionals.
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Enhancing Livelihoods of Poor Livestock Keepers through Increased Use of Fodder: Credit through traders – enabling the poorest to engage in cattle fattening
CREDIT THROUGH TRADERS- ENABLING THE POOREST TO ENGAGE IN CATTLE FATTENING
Trương Tấn Khanh1, Nguyễn Ngọc Anh2, Werner Stur3
1: Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam.2: National Institute of Animal Science, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
3: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), P.O. Box 783, Vientiane, Lao PDR
TAN 853 CIAT:
TECHNICAL ADVISORY NOTE FOR IFAD
(2011-07-25)
ABSTRACT
The transition of smallholder farmers from cattle keepers to cattle producers in Ea Kar, Daklak, Viet Nam and the process of upscaling fodder development have been described in separate TANs1. Using farm-grown fodder, farmers were able to save time and improve the growth of their animals. A short-term cattle fattening system, „buy thin – sell fat‟, emerged and was adopted by more than 500 households.
Unfortunately, very poor households without cattle and cash reserves could not easily participate in cattle fattening unless credit facilities were available to them. In Ea Kar, 26% of all households were classified as „poor‟ but only 6% of the households who had adopted fodder production and cattle fattening were in the poor category. Adoption was particularly low among indigenous E De and other ethnic minority groups.
In consultation with community groups, local government, traders, banks and other key stakeholders the project discussed the reasons for low adoption by very poor households and agreed on finding ways to enable them to engage in and benefit from cattle fattening. In a test case, the local government arranged a low-interest loan for one local trader to buy 10 thin cattle for fattening. The trader entered into a contract with five poor households from the indigenous E De group. Each household agreed to fatten two animals for three months (and repeated for a second cycle with new animals). Technical training and support was provided by the extension office. The farmers successfully fattened cattle, achieving high growth rates, and received a payment of USD 107 for each animal fattened. The return to labour was USD 1.08 per hour, which was more than double
the prevailing labour rate in the district.
Both the trader and farmers were very enthusiastic about the scheme and the local government is exploring ways of upscaling the test case. Three of the five poor farmers managed to accumulate sufficient capital to continue cattle fattening by themselves.
Credit for short-term cattle fattening is a novel scheme which has great potential. Often, credit for cattle production has been provided for cow-calf production which requires many years of investment, entails considerable risk and only provides benefits to farmers after several years. Credit for cattle fattening, on the other hand, is a low-risk short-term investment with immediate financial benefits to poor farmers.
Website: http://mahider.ilri.org/handle/10568/4748
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Assessment of cattle production and marketing in Ea Kar, Daklak
Truong Tan Khanh1 and Werner Stür2
1 Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam
2 International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Vientiane, Lao PDR
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This paper discusses the results of a Cattle Market Study conducted in Ea Kar, Daklak in 2008. The objectives were to (1) describe the current cattle market environment and assess its influence on cattle production in the area, and (2) analyse constraints and opportunities for improving cattle production and trading systems in Ea Kar to meet the requirement of the changing market environment. The study team explored the market chain and held group discussions and individual interviews with market chain participants including farmer representatives, small and large cattle traders, slaughterhouse and destination market personnel and government authorities. Since 2000, the Center for International Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Tay Nguyen University (TNU) and the National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS), in partnership with the Ea Kar Extension Service and District Government, have worked in Ea Kar to introduce the concept of cultivating forage grasses and legumes on farmers’ land for improved smallholder beef cattle production. By 2007, more than 2400 smallholder farmers had adopted cultivated forages to feed to their animals. This new feed resource has enabled farmers to change their cattle production system. They have intensified their production systems from grazing to pen-fed cattle using planted forages as the main feed for fattening, and by changing from local breeds to raising Laisind and cross-bred cattle.
This intensification has resulted in much higher productivity and higher beef quality, and has enabled local traders to develop access to city beef markets which have higher quality criteria than local markets. Prior to 2004, all cattle produced in Ea Kar were sold for markets in Ea Kar and in the provincial capital Buon Ma Thuot. By 2008, 50% of all cattle produced in Ea Kar were sold to city markets in Nha Trang, Da Lat and Ho Chi Minh City. Market demand for high-quality beef is strong and there are opportunities to expand production of cattle that meet the demands of exacting city markets.
The Ea Kar example has shown that smallholder farmers can successfully and rapidly change from traditional cattle raising system to a productive market-oriented production system that can compete in city markets with imports from other countries.
Key worlds: Cattle production system, market chains, constraints, opportunities, smallholders.
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Enhancing Livelihoods of Poor Livestock Keepers through Increased Use of Fodder: Smallholder cattle fattening in Viet Nam
ABSTRACT
This Technical Advisory Note (TAN) describes the transition of smallholder farmers in Ea Kar, whose livelihood was based on small, diversified crop-livestock farms, from traditional „cattle keepers. to market-oriented „cattle producers.. Many smallholder farm families keep 1-3 cattle as part of a diversified smallholder livelihood. They graze cattle on grass, herbs and shrubs growing along road sides, fields and waterways, and in nearby forests. In intensively cropped lowland area, farmers supplement grazing with freshly cut native grasses and crop residues. Almost invariably, there are two main issues with this type of production system:
1) Feed supply is insufficient for good animal growth as animals are unable to find enough fodder on heavily grazed land, and
2) Cattle management is very labour
intensive as grazing needs to be supervised in cropping areas and cut- and-carry of low-growing, native grasses is very time consuming.
This situation has resulted in thin animals with a low meat yield at slaughter and poor reproductive performance; these animals can only be sold on local markets for local consumption. The purpose of keeping cattle has, usually, been related to preserving capital which can be liquidated easily rather than producing cattle which command good prices as meat animals. There are now opportunities for smallholders to benefit from the increasing demand for higher-quality beef in larger towns and cities but smallholders cannot access these markets unless they change the way they raise, produce and market cattle.
This TAN describes the successful transition of smallholder farmers from cattle keepers to cattle producers in Ea Kar district, Daklak, and analyses the key factors that were instrumental in enabling this transition.
The key to success was the combination of a convincing technology – farm-grown fodder – and an innovation process that was participatory, actor-oriented, and both production and market focused. The immediate benefits of easy access to fodder stimulated stakeholders’ interest and provided an entry point for innovation. As cattle production improved and stakeholders realised that they could produce high-quality animals, market opportunities became the key driver for chang.
To see the original paper please access the website:
http://mahider.ilri.org/handle/10568/4750
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Enhancing innovation in livestock value chains through networks: Lessons from fodder innovation case studies in developing countries
Science and Public Policy Advance Access published April 23, 2012
Science and Public Policy (2012) pp. 1–14 doi:10.1093/scipol/scs022
Enhancing innovation in livestockvalue chains through networks:Lessons from fodder innovationcase studies in developingcountries
Seife Ayele1,2,*, Alan Duncan3, Asamoah Larbi4 and Truong Tan Khanh5
1: 53 St Mary St, New Bradwell, Milton Keynes MK13 0BD, UK.
2: Visiting Research Fellow, The Open University, United Kingdom.
3: International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
4: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, PMB L56, University of Ghana,
Legon, Accra, Ghana.
5: Faculty of Animal Science and Health, Tay Nguyen University, 567 Le Duan Street,
Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam.
*Corresponding author. Email: seife.ayele@gmail.com.
Abstract
Fodder scarcity is a perennial problem for many smallholder farmers in developing countries. This paper discusses how fodder technologies and knowledge have been introduced and integrated in diverse livestock production systems in Ethiopia, Syria and Vietnam. A synthesis of lessons learnt shows that fodder innovation is triggered and diffused by actors interacting and learning in networks, and on farms. Fodder innovation, being only one element of livestock value chains, is sustainably enhanced when linked to other innovations and market-oriented activities that optimize productivity gains. Yet innovating smallholder farmers face systemic constraints to access markets, and need to organize in groups to exploit opportunities. The paper concludes that rather than treating innovation systems and value chain approaches to agricultural development as separate tools, the integration of their complementary features enhances smallholders’ innovation and market success.
Key words: fodder networks value chain Ethiopia Syria Vietnam
fodder networks value chain Ethiopia Syria Vietnam
To see the original paper please acceess website:
http://spp.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/scs022 or
http://spp.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/scs022?
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