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Yield prediction of four bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cultivars using vegetation indices based on multispectral images from UAV in an arid zone of Peru by Saravia Navarro, David, Valqui Valqui, Lamberto, Salazar Coronal, Wilian, Quille Mamani, Javier Alvaro, Barboza Castillo, Elgar, Porras Jorge, Zenaida Rossana, Injante Silva, Pedro Hugo, Arbizu Berrocal, Carlos Irvin

“…However, this technology has not been widely adopted in the Peruvian agricultural system, causing a lack of information and precision data on this crop. …”
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Reconciling food security and bioenergy : priorities for action by Kline, Keith L., Msangi, Siwa, Dale, Virginia H., Woods, Jeremy, Souza, Glaucia M., Osseweijer, Patricia, Clancy, Joy S., Hilbert, Jorge Antonio, Johnson, Francis X., McDonnell, Patrick C., Mugera, Harriet K.

“…Priorities for achieving successful synergies between bioenergy and food security include the following: (1) clarifying communications with clear and consistent terms, (2) recognizing that food and bioenergy need not compete for land and, instead, should be integrated to improve resource management, (3) investing in technology, rural extension, and innovations to build capacity and infrastructure, (4) promoting stable prices that incentivize local production, (5) adopting flex crops that can provide food along with other products and services to society, and (6) engaging stakeholders to identify and assess specific opportunities for biofuels to improve food security. …”
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Short-term plant community response to grassland management intended to improve forage quality for the endangered Pampas deer by Carro, Mariana Emilia, Casal, Alejandra Veronica, Coria, Juan Daniel, Fernández, Gustavo Javier, Beade, Mario S.

“…The management of natural pastures to improve forage quality is one of the policies adopted by authorities at this site for the conservation of this cervid species. …”
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En jämförelse av Sveriges och Storbritanniens producentansvar för förpackningar by Larsson, Maja

“…Sweden and Great Britain introduced different systems systems after an EU directive was adopted in 1994 (94/62/EC), and they have resulted in entirely different recycling levels in the two countries. …”
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Våtmarker för näringsretention i Lillån : var bör de ligga och vilken effekt kan vi förvänta by Pettersson, Malin

“…However, size and location turned out to be less important for phosphorus retention (40 % with one large wetland compared to 38 % with several small wetlands) based on adopted assumptions. These included that retention of phosphorus in the stream was more or less negligible compared to the retention in wetlands. …”

Erosionsskydd i strandzoner by Axberg, Charlotta

“…There are no perfect solutions, you have to adopt the design from one place to another, because of the different conditions.…”
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Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indication by Sparf, Bitota

“…Interestingly, EU rules concerning PDO do not seem to encourage the Swedish government to adopt the system all the way.…”
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The WooDestress index: a tool to evaluate the destressing potential of urban woodlands, through the assessment of their naturalness : a case study in Malmö by Rizzetto, Riccardo

“…The result is the WooDestress index (WDI), a tool that considers five features already adopted to assess the naturalness in forest ecology. …”

Gira tecnología para el reconocimiento de potenciales amenazas y oportunidades a la producción de kiwi en Chile debido al cambio climático

“…Como resultado se busca que en el corto plazo nuestro país aumente su diversificación varietal de kiwi y adopte prácticas de manejo que permitan prevenir y controlar la Moria.…”
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Virus detection by high-throughput sequencing of small RNAs: large-scale performance testing of sequence analysis strategies by Massart, S., Chiumenti, M., Jonghe, K., Glover, R., Haegeman, A., Koloniuk, I., Kominek, P., Kreuze, Jan F., Kutnjak, D., Lotos, L., Maclot, F., Maliogka, V., Maree, Hans J.

“…However, the reliability of HTS-based virus detection protocols must be evaluated before adopting them for diagnostics. Many different bioinformatics algorithms aimed at detecting viruses in HTS data have been reported but little attention has been paid thus far to their sensitivity and reliability for diagnostic purposes. …”
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Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale by Hansen, James, Vaughan, Catherine, Kagabo, Desire M., Dinku, Tufa, Carr, Edward R., Körner, Jana, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Scalable innovations for producing more locally relevant historical and forecast climate information for farm decision-making are beginning to be adopted. Structured participatory communication processes help farmers relate complex climate information to their experience, and integrate it into their management decisions. …”
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Residual β-carotene and cyanide levels in gari produced from unfermented yellow cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) using local processing method by Osagie, V.E., Onimawo, I.A., Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji

“…Conclusion: On the basis of the result, it is suggested that yellow cassava should be fermented before being roasted into gari and adequate method of storage be adopted to reduce loss of β-carotene while in storage.…”
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Agro-ecological options for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) management: Providing low-cost, smallholder friendly solutions to an invasive pest by Harrison, R., Thierfelder, Christian L., Baudron, Frédéric, Chinwada, P., Midega, C., Schaffner, U., Berg, J. van den

“…The evidence indicates that several measures can be adopted immediately. These include (i) sustainable soil fertility management, especially measures that maintain or restore soil organic carbon; (ii) intercropping with appropriately selected companion plants; and (iii) diversifying the farm environment through management of (semi)natural habitats at multiple spatial scales. …”
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Report of a Working Group on Prunus: Eighth meeting, 7-9 September 2010, Forlì, Italy by Maggioni, L., Lateur, M., Balsemin, E., Lipman, E., Bioversity International, European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources

“…The EPDB model tool will be tested and possibly adopted for the ECPGR Pyrus Database. A portal providing access to six distinct databases (Almond, Apricot, Cherry, Peach, Plum and Inter-specific hybrids) will soon be available.The WG agreed on minimum passport and C&E descriptors and on the need to define crop-specific lists of SSR markers to be used when fingerprinting cherry, apple and pear accessions of European collections. …”
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Lessons Learned from Initial Piloting of Farmer-Orientated Value Chain Training in the Pacific by Francis, Judith Ann, Shepherd, A., Dietershagen, Jana

“…These included: • The beginnings of a change in the mind-set of the actors in the value chain –particularly farmers • The incorporation of the value chain ‘way of thinking’ into normal extension activities of farmer organisations • Improvements in relationships and better collaboration • Increased supply of produce • Value chain training materials being translated/adapted/adopted into training programmes…”
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Interseeding timing of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) living mulch on weed diversity, physical soil properties and performance of maize (Zea mays L.) by Berdjour, A.

“…Alternatively, those face with labour scarcity could adopt maize with cowpea interseeded at 1 WAPM.…”
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Brachiaria grass for climate resilient and sustainable livestock production in Kenya by Njarui, D.M.G., Gatheru, M., Ghimire, Sita R.

“…Farmer participatory approach was adopted to evaluate and promote four Brachiaria grass (Brachiaria decumbens cv. …”
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Actual evapotranspiration and crop coefficients of irrigated lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.) under semiarid climate by Djaman, K., Rudnick, D.R., Moukoumbi, Y.D., Sow, A., Irmak, S.

“…The Senegal River is shared by Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, and Guinea, and serves as the main source of irrigation water for the adopted double rice cropping system. Developing appropriate resource management strategies might be the key factor for the sustainability of rice production in the region. …”
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Agricultural credit’s role in overcoming barriers to sustainable intensification of bovine livestock production in Colombia by Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Hurtado, Angie, Enciso, Karen, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…This study attempts to analyze the role of agricultural credit in the upscaling and consolidation of sustainable intensification options for bovine livestock production systems. For this, the study adopts a qualitative approach, based on semi-structured interviews and focus groups discussions with key stakeholders (e.g. representatives of financial institutions, policy makers, producer associations), as well as a meta-analysis of recent impact evaluation studies of agricultural credit. …”
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Unlocking maize crop productivity through improved management practices in Northern Tanzania by Kihara, Job Maguta, Kizito, Fred, Jumbo, M., Kinyua, M., Bekunda, Mateete A.

“…Technologies from community-driven research in development are easily adopted by a large number of farmers and could result in quick, yet lasting productivity gains.…”
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