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An Alliance for Accelerated Change: Food system solutions at the nexus of agriculture, environment, and nutrition - Strategy 2020–2025 por Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

“…This, the Alliance’s first unified strategy, combines the strengths of the two organizations – including genebanks, use and conservation of agricultural and tree biodiversity, climate-smart agriculture, nutrition, digital agriculture, crop improvement, and participatory research approaches – to develop solutions to these crises, through a clear focus on working at the nexus of agriculture, environment, and nutrition. …”
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Los árboles fuera del bosque en la NAMA forestal de Colombia. Elementos conceptuales para su contabilización por Suber, Marta, Yepes Quintero, Adriana Patricia, Bohórquez Lozano, Viviana, Robiglio, Valentina

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Scaling land and water technologies in Tanzania: Opportunities, challenges and policy implications por Mwongera, Caroline, Odhiambo Ageyo, Collins, Kimani, Peter

“…An integrated systems approach is needed to address the multi-faceted challenges in sustainable land and water management, and a focus on the entire value chain activities; from input supply to output market.…”
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Towards a better understanding of breeding objectives and production performance of dairy cattle in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis por Chawala, A.R., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Peters, A., Banos, Giorgios, Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.

“…In conclusion, the present study suggests that (i) improvement of dairy cattle has focused on reproduction, production and disease resistance traits, reflecting the breeding objectives of farmers, scientists and institutions involved in dairy production; (ii) genetics plays a large role in increased dairy productivity in SSA and (iii) future dairy research should emphasise on the interactions between improved feeding, disease control and genetics at a production level to inform profitable combinations of dairy traits.…”
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Effect of organic amendment on soil carbon dynamics in agricultural ecosystems por Hamamoto, Toru

“…Finally, the third experiment focused on the influence of the organic amendments on C dynamics and soil microbes in C depleted agricultural soils in Zambia (same treatments of second experiments). …”
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Poultry health services in Ethiopia: Availability of diagnostic, clinical and vaccination services por Asfaw, Yohannes T., Ameni, G., Medhin, G., Gumi, B., Wieland, Barbara

“…Hence, availability of diagnostic, vaccination and clinical services for poultry in Ethiopia were assessed. Focus group discussions and household questionnaire survey were conducted with poultry keepers in 10 districts across four regions and one city administration. …”
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The effects on public health of climate change adaptation responses: a systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries por Scheelbeek, Pauline F.D., Dangour, Alan D., Jarmul, Stephanie, Turner, Grace, Sietsma, Anne J, Minx, Jan C., Callaghan, Max W., Ajibade, Idowu, Austin, Stephanie E, Biesbroek, Robbert, Bowen, Kathryn J, Chen, Tara, Davis, Katy, Ensor, Tim, Ford, James D, Galappaththi, Eranga K, Joe, Elphin T, Musah-Surugu, Issah J, Alverio, Gabriela Nagle, Schwerdtle, Patricia N, Pokharel, Pratik, Salubi, Eunice A, Scarpa, Giulia, Segnon, Alcade C, Siña, Mariella, Templeman, Sienna, Xu, Jiren, Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol, Berrang-Ford, Lea

“…There is an urgent need for greater focus on the funding, design, evaluation and standardised reporting of the effects on health of climate change adaptation responses to enable evidence-based policy action.…”
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Assessing smallholder sustainable intensification in the Ethiopian highlands por Hammond, James, Wijk, Mark T. van, Teufel, Nils, Mekonnen, Kindu, Thorne, Peter J.

“…This is one of very few studies of multiple sustainable intensification technologies implemented concurrently at the household to community level. Most studies focus on individual technologies or practices within specific niches of the farming system. …”
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Affordability and Willingness to Pay for Hybrid Drought Tolerant Maize Seed: Anchoring and Learning por Nakanwagi, Josephine

“…Proposed solutions to the affordability constraints tend to focus on offering inputs in smaller packages and/or to improve access to credit. …”
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FTA Highlight No.2 – Tree Seed and Seedling Systems for Resilience and Productivity por Graudal, L., Lillesø, Jens-Peter B., Dawson, Ian K., Abiyu, A., Roshetko, J.M., Nyoka, I., Tsobeng, A., Kindt, R., Pedercini, F., Moestrup, S., Jalonen, R., Thomas, E., McMullin, S., Carsan, S., Hendre, P., Kettle, Christopher J., Li, Y.X., Jamnadass, Ramni

“…It supports climate change mitigation and adaptation, restores landscapes and conserves biodiversity, and provides healthy foods and other products for local and global communities. This publication focuses on FTA’s work in these areas. Future directions for work identified include a closer analysis of the relative importance of supply side versus demand-side measures for mainstreaming improved tree genetic materials by growers; working with investors to improve tree seed quality at the project design stage of tree-planting programmes; and scaling up existing tree seed systems experience to burgeoning forest landscape restoration and broader tree planting initiatives. …”
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Gender equality and social inclusion in community-led multiple use water services in Nepal por van Koppen, Barbara, Raut, Manita, Rajouria, Alok, Khadka, Manohara, Pradhan, P., GC, Raj K., Colavito, L., O’Hara, C., Rautanen, S.-L., Nepal, P. R., Shrestha, P. K.

“…The present literature review of these processes complemented by field research supported by the Water for Women Fund focuses on women in vulnerable households. Overcoming sectoral silos, these organizations support what is often seen as the sole responsibility of the WASH sector: targeting infrastructure development to bring sufficient water near and at homesteads of those left behind. …”
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The future of food: domestication and commercialization of indigenous food crops in Africa over the third decade (2012–2021) por Leakey, R.R.B., Tientcheu Avana, M.-L., Awazi, N. P., Assogbadjo, A. E., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Hendre, P. S., Degrande, A., Hlahla, S., Manda, L.

“…From its advent in the 1990s, the domestication of indigenous food and non-food tree species has become a global programme with a strong African focus. This review of progress in the third decade is restricted to progress in Africa, where multi-disciplinary research on over 59 species has been reported in 759 research papers in 318 science publications by scientists from over 833 research teams in 70 countries around the world (532 in Africa). …”
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A biosystematic analysis of Solanum acaule por Kardolus, J.P.

“…Together with the hexaplold S. albicans it forms the polyploid taxonomic series Acaulia . This study focuses on the hybrid speciation of series Acaulia . …”
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Effects of gender roles on legume production, utilization and complementary feeding in Dedza and Ntcheu districts of Malawi por Mulenga, Haswel

“…The research targeted 291 households with children 6-23 months. Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) for in-depth qualitative data were conducted to understand the social, economic and cultural aspects of gender roles in infant and young child feeding. …”
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Rank-based data synthesis of common bean on-farm trials across four Central American countries por Brown, David, Bruin, Sytze de, Sousa, Kauê de, Aguilar, Amílcar, Barrios, Mirna, Chaves, Néstor, Gómez, Marvin, Hernández, Juan Carlos, Machida, Lewis, Madriz, Brandon, Mejía, Pablo, Mercado, Leida, Pavón, Mainor, Rosas, Juan Carlos, Steinke, Jonathan, Suchini, José Gabriel, Zelaya, Verónica, Etten, Jacob van

“…Crop Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Crop Science Society of America.2246wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/csc2Crop Science.2022;62:2246–2266.BROWNET AL.2247Crop Scienceto generate location-specific information supporting decision making in crop varietymanagement. Our study focuses on tricot data from 14 trials of common bean (Phase-olus vulgarisL.) performed between 2015 and 2018 across four countries in CentralAmerica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua). …”
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Epidemiology of Q-fever in domestic ruminants and humans in Africa: A systematic review por Bwatota, S.F., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Wheelhouse, N., Hernandez-Castro, L.E., Shirima, G.M.

“…Further studies should focus on concurrent studies of human and livestock populations.…”
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Yield stability of East African Highland cooking banana ‘Matooke’ hybrids por Madalla, Noel A., Swennen, Rony L., Brown, Allan, Massawe, Cornel, Mpoki, Shimwela, Mbongo, Daud Batson, Kindimba, Grace, Kubiriba, Jerome, Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Okurut, Asher Wilson, Carpentier, Sebastien C., Bergh, Inge van den, Crichton, Rhiannon, Machida, Lewis, Weltzien, Eva, Ortíz, Rodomiro

“…East African banana (Musa sp.) breeding efforts have focused mainly on enhancing ‘Matooke’ productivity through the development of high-yielding, pathogen-resistant cultivars with adequate stability to contribute to regional food security. …”
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Adapted conservation agriculture practices can increase energy productivity and lower yield-scaled greenhouse gas emissions in coastal Bangladesh por Krupnik, Timothy J., Hossain, Mohammed Khaled, Timsina, Jagadish, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Sapkota, Tek Bahadur, Yasmin, Samina, Shahjahan, Md., Hossain, Farhad, Kurishi, Alanuzzaman, Miah, Azahar Al, Saidur Rahman, B.M., McDonald, Andrew J.

“…While numerous studies have documented the benefits of conservation agriculture (CA) in South Asia, most focus on favorable environments where farmers have reliable access to energy supporting irrigation and inputs. …”
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Validation of a high-confidence regulatory network for gene-to-NUE phenotype in field-grown rice por Shanks, Carly M., Huang, Ji, Cheng, Chia-Yi, Shih, Hung-Jui S., Brooks, Matthew D., Álvarez, José M., Araus, Viviana, Swift, Joseph, Henry, Amelia, Coruzzi, Gloria M.

“…This identified two network modules ("skyblue" & "grey60") highly correlated with NUE grain yield (NUEg). Next, we focused on 90 TFs contained in these two NUEg modules and predicted their genome-wide targets using the N-and/or-W response datasets using a random forest network inference approach (GENIE3). …”
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Banana market segmentation & value chain analysis for Rwanda: study report por Mugambi, S., Konlambigue, Matieyedou, Gaidashova, S., Nyirahabimana, H.

“…A study was conducted in Rwanda to identify and characterize different banana market segments, with a focus on cooking and dessert bananas. The goal was to generate production and market-related information to inform the development of banana target product profiles (TPPs) for Rwanda, which can support crop development programs and other actors in meeting the needs of different end-users such as farmers, processors, and consumers. …”
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