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AgriTech4Morocco Innovation Challenge Bootcamp Report by Menza, Gianpiero, Zaccari, Claudia

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Training and low-cost tech cut aflatoxin by 53 per cent by Hoffmann, Vivian

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AgriTech4Morocco Innovation Challenge Acceleration welcome pack and training materials by Menza, Gianpiero, Zaccari, Claudia

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AgriTech4Morocco Innovation Challenge Acceleration workbook for one-on-one tutorial sessions by Menza, Gianpiero, Zaccari, Claudia

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Developing global soil health metrics: Is SOM the key to grassland soil health? by Horrocks, Claire, Arango, Jacobo, Nunez, J., Arévalo, Ashly, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Dungait, Jennifer

“…Grasslands for livestock production cover 26 % of total global ice free land 2, improvement of grassland soil health is essential for global food security. We aimed to combine a range of ‘low-tech’ and ‘hi-tech’ methods to understand the effect of different forage varieties and management techniques on soil health in both temperate (UK) and tropical (Colombia) grasslands and to develop a scientifically ratified soil health assessment protocol for use by farmers globally.…”
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ROLE OF THE AICCRA ACCELERATOR PLAYBOOK IN SHAPING THE WORLD BANK SOIL HEALTH INNOVATION PROGRAM AGENDA by Hauke, Dahl, Peterson, Nathanial Richard

“…The report highlights lessons that guided the design of the World Bank’s Soil Health Innovation Challenge, the Kenya AgTech Facility, and the technical sprints supporting nine early-stage innovators. …”
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The double burden of malnutrition: Need for urgent policy action by Swaminathan, Soumya, Menon, Purnima

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Social perspectives on the effective management of wastewater by Saad, D., Byrne, D., Drechsel, Pay

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More than 12,000 farmers in Kenya provided access to zoonotic disease information though mobile phones by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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Information, technology, and market rewards: Incentivizing aflatoxin control in Ghana by Magnan, Nicholas, Hoffmann, Vivian, Garrido, Gissele, Kanyam, Faniel Akwasi, Opoku, Nelson

“…Food safety hazards threaten the health and market access of smallholder farming households. …”
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A Review of the Trade-Offs across Different Cocoa Production Systems in Ghana by Wainaina, P., Minang, Peter A., Duguma, L.A., Muthee, K.

“…The high pesticide use in Ghana′s high-tech cocoa systems is also strongly linked to water and soil pollution, as well as adverse effects on human health. …”
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Development of nanobody-displayed whole-cell biosensors for the colorimetric detection of SARS-CoV‑2 by He, Yawen, Xu, Zhiyuan, Kasputis, Tom, Zhao, Xue, Ibañez, Itati, Pavan, Florencia, Bok, Marina, Malito, Juan Pablo, Parreño, Gladys Viviana, Yuan, Lijuan, Wright, R. Clay, Chen, Juhong

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Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective by Bayer, W., Wanyama, J.

“…Looking at the main characteristics of the predominantly small-scale animal farming in Africa, the potentials and limitations for biotechnological applications in food processing, forage improvement, animal breeding and animal health are discussed. Indigenous biotechnology under the control of livestock farmers can be beneficial, whereas—with the exception of some animal health technologies—large-scale and ‘high-tech’ applications of biotechnology have shown little potential to alleviate poverty. …”
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CGIAR researchfordevelopment program on mycotoxins by Ortíz, R., Ban, T., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Bänziger, Marianne, Bergvinson, David, Hell, K., James, B., Jeffers, D., Kumar, L., Menkir, A., Murakami, J., Nigam, S., Upadhyaya, Hari D., Waliyar, Farid

“…A holistic approach should be pursued to deal with mycotoxins that includes the following elements: i) an integrated crop management package that combines mycotoxin-resistant germplasm, bio-logical control, habitat control and soil-amendments; ii) low-cost mycotoxin detection tech-nology for rapid appraisal that also should facilitate trade; iii) a participatory process for my-cotoxin assessment in commercially important crops; and iv) a high-level panel composed of scientists, NGOs, farmers, traders, consumers, health officers and policy makers to monitor mycotoxin intervention strategies and to organize awareness campaigns.…”
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Morphology, Phylogeny and Culture Characteristics of Ganoderma gibbosum Collected from Kunming, Yunnan Province, China by Luangharn, T., Karunarathna, Samantha C, Mortimer, P.E., Hyde, Kevin D., Xu, J.C.

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Systems approaches to support transitions towards resilient and sustainable farm and food systems by Kumar, Shalander

“…Systems approaches enable multi-dimensional optimization across economic viability, human health, and environmental sustainability through integrated analytical tools including vulnerability assessment, whole-farm bio-economic modeling, and value chain dynamics analysis. …”
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Optimization, Reproducibility, and Scalability of High-Yield Production of Virus-Like Particles for a Next-Generation Vaccine by Mignaqui, Ana Clara, Ferella, Alejandra, Cass, Brian, Mukankurayija, Larissa, L’Abbé, Denis, Bisson, Louis, Sánchez, Cintia, Scian, Romina, Cardillo, Sabrina Beatriz, Durocher, Yves, Wigdorovitz, Andres

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Reducing risks of human exposure to antimicrobial resistance originating from livestock supply chains by Roskam, J.L., Gocsik, E., Lansink, A.O., Schut, Marc, Saatkamp, H.W.

“…Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest health threats for both humans and animals. This justifies the need for a conceptual framework that provides an integrated assessment of the measures and strategies that can be applied within livestock supply chains to reduce the risks of human exposure to resistant pathogens. …”
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Building inclusive and empowering agrifood systems for resilience by Malapit, Hazel J., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Zseleczky, Laura

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A study of household food security and adoption of biofortified crop varieties in Tanzania: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato by Okello, J.J., Sindi, K., Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, McEwan, M., Low, Jan W.

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