Search Results - "Chang’an"

Exploring the composition and structure of milk and meat value chains, food safety risks and governance in the Addis Ababa and Oromia regions of Ethiopia by Nyokabi, N.S., Lindahl, Johanna F., Phelan, L.T., Berg, S., Gemechu, G., Mihret, A., Wood, J.L.N., Moore, H.L.

“…Demand for animal-source foods (ASF) is increasing globally, driven by population growth and changing dietary preferences. In global south countries, low compliance with good agricultural practices (GAPs) and food safety standards in the production of ASF is a major public health concern due to the high prevalence of foodborne diseases. …”
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Water use by short rotation Eucalyptus woodlots in southern Rwanda by Mugunga, C.P., Kool, D., Wijk, Mark T. van, Mohren, G.M.J., Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Dry month water deficit observed could be covered by reductions in leaf area, stomatal closure and changes in soil water storage. A sensitivity analysis showed that 50 % leaf area reduction corresponded to potential tree transpiration decline of 32.8 mm. …”
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Tnfa andIl-10 deficiencies have contrasting effects on lung tumor susceptibility: Gender-dependent modulation of IL-10 haploin sufficiency by Bernert, Heike, Sekikawa, Kenji, Radcliffe, Richard A., Iraqi, Fuad, You, Ming, Malkinson, Alvin M.

“…Male Il‐10+/+ mice developed more tumors than did female mice (P < 0.001), absence of one copy of Il‐10 raised tumor number in female mice to that observed in +/+ males, but no change in multiplicity occurred in Il‐10 hemizygous males. …”
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Role of the interaction space in shaping innovation for sustainable agriculture: Empirical insights from African case studies by Hermans, T.D.G., Smith, H.E., Whitfield, S., Sallu, S.M., Recha, John W.M., Dougill, Andrew J., Thierfelder, Christian L., Gama, M., Bunderson, W.T., Museka, R., Doggart, N., Meshack, C.

“…The challenges of climate change, food insecurity and land degradation have all led to a push for ‘scaling’ innovation for sustainable agriculture. …”
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Remote sensing grassland productivity attributes: a systematic review by Bangira, T., Mutanga, O., Sibanda, M., Dube, T., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Much effort is being conducted to develop tools to estimate grassland productivity (GP) at different extents, concentrating on spatial and seasonal variability pertaining to climate change. GP is a reliable indicator of how well an ecosystem works because of its close connection to the ecological system equilibrium. …”
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Identifying priority sites for the on-farm conservation of landraces and systematic diversity monitoring through an integrated multi-level hotspot analysis: the case of potatoes in... by Dawson, T., Juarez, H., Maxted, N., Haan, Stef de

“…Introduction: Effective monitoring of the in situ conservation status and change dynamics of landrace populations in their centers of origin ideally requires the identification of sites that are complementary in terms of the richness, uniqueness and coverage of genetic diversity. …”
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Maintenance of UK bread baking quality: Trends in wheat quality traits over 50 years of breeding and potential for future application of genomic-assisted selection by Fradgley, Nick, Bentley, Alison R., Gardner, Keith A., Swarbreck, Stéphanie M., Kerton, Matthew

“…Genome-wide association analysis identified 24 quantitative trait loci (QTL) across all quality traits, many of which had pleiotropic effects. Changes in the frequency of positive alleles of QTL over recent decades reflected trends in trait variation and reveal where progress has historically been made for improved baking quality traits. …”
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Strategies for better integrating nutrient supplementation and dietary diversity approaches for stunting reduction and improved nutrition outcomes: A Rwandan case study by Warner, James, Marivoet, Wim, Covic, Namukolo M., Umugwaneza, M.

“…The first entails a set of six nutrient supplementation interventions; the second involves dietary diversification.Whereas both intervention types yield comparable results with respect to short‐term cost effectiveness, the diet diversity approach clearly outperforms nutrient supplementation interventions when aspects of behavioural change, fiscal dependency, and broader economic spillovers are considered in the longer term. …”
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Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: performance and lessons. Eswatini by Fakudze, Bhekiwe, Matchaya, Greenwell C., Greffiths, Ikhothatseng Jacob, Mbuyisa, H.

“…It also reviews policy, programmatic, and investment changes in Eswatini induced by the 2017, 2019, and 2021 BR cycles, highlighting policy actions and programmatic measures Eswatini must take to meet its Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025. …”
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Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: performance and lessons. Zambia by Kuteya, A., Matchaya, Greenwell C., Nyirenda, Y.

“…The brief takes a look at challenges and lessons from the third BR, reviews policy, programmatic, and investment changes in Zambia resulting from the three BRs and concludes by highlighting the measures Zambia needs to take if it is to meet all seven Malabo commitments by 2025. …”
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Soil mineralogical and nutrient characteristics of forest islands and surrounding ecosystem types in West Africa suggest anthropogenic soil improvement by Mesele, S.A., Melenya, C., Bougma, A., Azeez, J., Ajiboye, G.A., Dubbin, W., Logah, V., Compaore, H., Veenendaal, E.M., Lloyd, J.

“…Aims Ecosystem changes in the mesic savannas of West Africa are resulting in the formation of patches of ‘forest islands’ around local communities in an otherwise open savanna landscape. …”
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The role of power relationships, trust and social networks in shaping milk quality in Kenya by Nyokabi, N.S., Boer, I.J.M. de, Bijman, J., Bebe, B., Aguilar-Gallegos, N., Phelan, L., Lindahl, Johanna F., Bett, Bernard K., Oosting, S.J.

“…Poor milk quality management in the informal DVC underscores the need for powerful actors, e.g. regulatory agencies, and buyers such as processors, to influence other DVC actors’ behavioural change. Understanding and leveraging DVC social networks and actors’ power and addressing power asymmetries and enhancing trust between actors will increase compliance with milk quality standards. …”
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Gender roles and masculinities in leveraging milk for household nutrition: Evidence from two districts in Rwanda by Farnworth, Cathy Rozel, Jumba, Humphrey, Otieno, P.E., Galiè, Alessandra, Ouma, Emily A., Flax, Valerie L., Colverson, Kathleen E., Schreiner, M.-A.

“…We recommend working with male behavioural change frameworks at multiple levels.…”
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Citizen science for water quality monitoring in the Meki River, Ethiopia: quality assurance and comparison with conventional methods by Babiso, W. Z., Ayano, K. K., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Keche, D. D., Acharya, K., Werner, D.

“…A lack of water quality information for many water bodies around the world makes it difficult to identify global change and discover early signs of myriad threats to freshwater resources. …”
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Candidate signatures of positive selection for environmental adaptation in indigenous African cattle: A review by Kambal, Sumaya, Tijjani, Abdulfatai, Ibrahim, Sabah A.E., Ahmed, Mohamed-Khair A., Mwacharo, Joram M., Hanotte, Olivier H.

“…Environmental adaptation traits of indigenous African cattle are increasingly being investigated to respond to the need for sustainable livestock production in the context of unpredictable climatic changes. Several studies have highlighted genomic regions under positive selection probably associated with adaptation to environmental challenges (e.g. heat stress, trypanosomiasis, tick and tick-borne diseases). …”
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Forage lignocellulose is an important factor in driving the seasonal dynamics of rumen anaerobic fungi in grazing yak and cattle by Zeyi Liang, Jianbo Zhang, Ahmad, A.A., Han Jianlin, Gharechahi, J., Mei Du, Juanshan Zheng, Peng Wang, Ping Yan, Salekdeh, G.H., Xuezhi Ding

“…Null model analysis revealed that the dynamic changes of rumen AF community structure were mainly affected by deterministic factors. …”
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Seed credit model in Uganda: Participation and empowerment dynamics among smallholder women and men farmers by Nanyonjo, Grace, Nchanji, Eileen

“…While it increased productivity, income and enhanced food and nutrition security needs of the family, it also changed power dynamics within the household as women become more empowered. …”
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A critical analysis of soil (and water) conservation practices in the Ethiopian Highlands: implications for future research and modeling by Fenta, H. M., Aynalem, D. W., Malmquist, L., Haileslassie, Amare, Tilahun, Seifu A., Barron, Jennie, Adem, Anwar A., Adimassu, Zenebe, Zimale, Fasikaw A., Steenhuis, T. S.

“…Despite massive efforts to implement modern soil and water conservation practices (SWCPs) in the Ethiopian Highlands, soil erosion increased after the 1970s when social and political events led to a remarkable change in land use. This review aims to critically analyze the impact of conservation practices on soil loss and crop yield and highlight research and modeling gaps. …”
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Harnessing Genetic Variation in Physiological and Molecular Traits to Improve Heat Tolerance in Food Legumes by Devi, Poonam, Chaudhary, Shikha, Bhardwaj, Anjali, Priya, Manu, Jha, Uday, Pratap, Aditya, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar, Bindumadahva, HanumanthaRao, Singh, Inderjit, Singh, Sarvjeet, Vara Prasad, V. P., Siddique, Kadambot H M, Nayyar, Harsh

“…Nowadays, such characteristic traits among the population can be used to develop various heat-resilient crop varieties and have a profound effect on restoring the balance between climate change and agriculture. Genetic variations in physiological and molecular traits proved to be the major components for breeding programs to augment the gene pool. …”
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Genome-wide association analysis provides insights into the genetic basis of photosynthetic responses to low-temperature stress in spring barley by Elakhdar, Ammar, J. Slask, Jan, Kubo, Takahiko, Hamwieh, Aladdin, Hernandez Ramirez, Guillermo, D. Beattie, Aaron, Chichi, Ludovic J.A. Capo

“…To that end, we investigated the ability of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters (FVFM, and FVF0) to respond to changes in the maximum quantum yield of Photosystem II photochemistry as an indicator of photosynthetic energy. …”
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