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Rural water for thirsty cities: a systematic review of water reallocation from rural to urban regions by Garrick, D., Stefano, L. de, Yu, Winston, Jorgensen, I., O’Donnell, E., Turley, L., Aguilar-Barajas, I., Dai, X., Souza Leao, R. de, Punjabi, B., Schreiner, B., Svensson, J., Wight, C.

“…Documented water reallocation dyads are concentrated in North America and Asia with the latter constituting the majority of dyads implemented since 2000. …”
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Improving data quality for the CAADP biennial review: a partnership initiative piloted in five countries by Benin, Samuel, Karugia, Joseph T., Matchaya, Greenwell C., Yade, Mbaye

“…The capacity-strengthening activities focused on working with the country Biennial Review (BR) team to: assess the inaugural or 2018 BR process and identify the data gaps; constitute and train members of data clusters to compile and check the data for the 2020 BR; and then validate and submit the data. …”
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Milk quality along dairy farming systems and associated value chains in Kenya: An analysis of composition, contamination and adulteration by Nyokabi, S.N., Boer, Imke J.M. de, Luning, P.A., Korir, Luke, Lindahl, Johanna F., Bett, Bernard K., Oosting, S.J.

“…Poor milk safety constitutes a persistent public health risk in Kenya. …”
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Multifunctional retention pond for stormwater management: a decision-support model using Analytical Network Process (ANP) and Global Sensitivity Analysis (GSA) by Keyvanfar, A., Shafaghat, A., Ismail, N., Mohamad, S., Ahmad, H.

“…This research has developed the Urban Retention Pond Index (URPI) assessment model, a universal multi-layered decision-support tool that constitutes three criteria (C1. Geotechnical functions, C2. …”
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Agro-morphological characterization of lentil germplasm of Indian National Genebank and Development of a core set for efficient utilization in lentil improvement programs by Tripathi, Kuldeep, Kumari, Jyoti, Gore, Padmavati G., Mishra, Dwijesh C., Singh, Amit Kumar, Mishra, Gyan Prakash, Gayacharan, C., Dikshit, H.K., Singh, Neeta, Semwal, D.P., Mehra, Reena, Bhardwaj, Rakesh, Bansal, Ruchi, Rana, Jai Chand, Kumar, Ashok, Gupta, Veena, Singh, Kuldeep, Sarker, Ashutosh

“…Based on the results, this core set is believed to represent the entire collection, completely. Therefore, it constitutes a potential set of germplasm that can be used in the genetic enhancement of lentils.…”
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Common lands in India: Spatial distribution and overlay with socioeconomic and environmental indicators by ElDidi, Hagar, Khurana, Ritika, Zhang, Wei, Jadav, Maheshkumar Kalidas, Guha, Chiranjit, Priyadarshini, Pratiti, Guo, Zhe, Sandhu, Harpinder, Nagendra, Harini, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…In India, common lands constitute around a quarter of the country’s landmass, help meet the subsistence and livelihood needs of at least 350 million people and are of social and cultural significance to rural communities, as well as providing ecosystem services that benefit wider society. …”
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Welfare and vulnerability in Tajikistan: Evidence from twelve districts in Khatlon Province, 2015 - 2023 by Lambrecht, Isabel B., Mardonova Tolibkhonovna, Mohru, Akramov, Kamiljon T.

“…In February-March 2023, 2,000 households were interviewed about their socio-economic conditions in twelve districts of Khatlon Province which constitute USAID’s Zone of Influence (ZOI). Based on these recent survey data as well as former survey data from 2015 and 2012, we present findings here related to changes in poverty over the past eight to ten years. …”
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Identification of an elite core panel as a key breeding resource to accelerate the rate of genetic improvement for irrigated rice by Juma, Roselyne U., Bartholomé, Jérôme, Thathapalli Prakash, Parthiban, Hussain, Waseem, Platten, John D., Lopena, Vitaliano, Verdeprado, Holden, Murori, Rosemary, Ndayiragije, Alexis, Katiyar, Sanjay Kumar, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Biswas, Partha S., Rutkoski, Jessica E., Arbelaez, Juan D., Mbute, Felister N., Miano, Douglas W., Cobb, Joshua N.

“…In this context, the ECP constitutes an important resource for IRRI and NAREs breeders to carefully characterize and manage that elite diversity.…”
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Contributions of adaptive plant architecture to transgressive salinity tolerance in recombinant inbred lines of rice: Molecular mechanisms based on transcriptional networks by Pabuayon, Isaiah Catalino M., Kitazumi, Ai, Gregorio, Glenn B., Singh, Rakesh Kumar, de los Reyes, Benildo G.

“…Genes that were steadily upregulated in FL510 comprised a putative cytokinin-regulated genetic network that appeared to maintain robust growth under salt stress through well-orchestrated cell wall biogenesis and cell expansion, likely through major regulatory (OsRR23, OsHK5) and biosynthetic (OsIPT9) genes in the cytokinin signaling pathway. Meanwhile, a constitutively expressed cluster in FL510 prominently featured two transcription factors (OsIBH1, TAC3) that control tiller angle and growth habit through the brassinosteroid signaling pathway. …”
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Documentary on towards inclusive canal water management for resilient agri-food systems in coastal Bangladesh by Rahman, M. Mokhlesur, Sarker, Mou Rani

“…Canals – through which water flows from the rivers to the sea are in principle state-owned resources – the ownership and use of which needs to be, by constitution – public. In practice, these canals are often classified as water resources that do not flow and have over the past two decades been leased out – officially – to small groups of elite individuals who mostly practice mixed water shrimp culture. …”
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Zinc biofortified rice varieties: Challenges, possibilities, and progress in India by Sanjeeva Rao, D., Neeraja, C. N., Madhu Babu, P., Nirmala, B., Surman, K., Subba Rao, L. V., Surekha, K., Raghu, P., Longvah, T., Surendra, P., Kumar, Rajesh, Ravindra Babu, V., Voleti, S. R.

“…Through AICRIP biofortification trial constituted since 2013, 170 test entries were nominated by various national institutions until 2017, and four biofortified rice varieties were released. …”
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Agricultural biotechnology for poverty alleviation: one more arrow in the quiver! by Seré Rabé, Carlos, Rege, J.E.O.

“…And yet agriculture constitutes, for the majority of these poor, the primary means of survival and livelihood sustenance. …”
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Emerging REDD+: a preliminary survey of demonstration and readiness activities by Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Shiela, Kongphan-apirak, M.

“…Another limitation of the survey is the ongoing lack of any clear definition of what constitutes a REDD+ demonstration activity. Despite these shortcomings, this survey offers insights on current trends to inform future REDD+ investments. …”
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Feed resources and nutritional management of dairy herds in urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in Ethiopia by Mekasha, Yoseph, Tegegne, Azage, Yami, A., Umunna, N.N.

“…Three sub dairy production systems, i.e. intra-urban, large peri urban and urban farms in secondary towns, constituted the study proper. A total of 41 farms (15 from intra-urban, 6 from large peri-urban and 20 from secondary towns) were used. …”
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The potential to control Haemonchus contortus in indigenous South African goats with copper oxide wire particles by Vatta, A.F., Waller, P.J., Githiori, J.B., Medley, G.F.

“…A further 20 goats constituted a “developing” infection group (DEVGRP). …”
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Deep sequencing of virus derived small interfering RNAs and RNA from viral particles shows highly similar mutational landscape of a plant virus population by Kutnjak, D., Rupar, M., Gutiérrez Aguirre, I., Curk, T., Kreuze, Jan F., Ravnikar, M.

“…Within a host, sequences of RNA viruses constitute several distinct but interconnected pools, such as RNA packed in viral particles, double-stranded RNA, and virus-derived small interfering RNAs. …”
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Agricultural intensification and livelihood strategies of female farmers in Babati District, Tanzania: A minor field study by Bengtsson, M., Klerfelt, M.

“…Other livelihood strategies constitute a part the socio-economically poorest households. …”
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Biosecurity measures in meat and milk value chains: A study in Bura Sub-county, Kenya by Nyokabi, S., Birner, Regina, Lindahl, Johanna F., Bett, Bernard K.

“…Biosecurity measures constitute a cheap, integrated approach and affordable way of disease control from farm to fork as advocated in the concept of one health. …”
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Husbandry Practices and Productivity of Sheep in Lallo-Mama Mider Woreda of Central Highlands of Ethiopia by Abebe, M.

“…In this woreda, sheep were kept at marginal situations as far as housing, lamb rearing, feeding and feed management and disease control practices were concerned. Sheep constituted 80% of the total livestock mix. The mean numbers of sheep in small, medium and large flocks were 11.7, 26.8 and 34.1 heads respectively. …”
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Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: Socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey by Domínguez Salas, Paula, Alarcón, Pablo, Häsler, Barbara, Dohoo, I.R., Colverson, Kathleen E., Kimani-Murage, E.W., Alonso, Silvia, Ferguson, E., Fèvre, Eric M., Rushton, Jonathan, Grace, Delia

“…Background In sub-Saharan Africa, urban informal settlements are rapidly expanding, leading to overcrowding and constituting challenging environments for food and water supplies, health and nutrition. …”
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