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Smärtbedömning av häst utifrån ansiktsuttryck by Johansson, Emelie

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Den obesa fettvävnadens roll vid inflammation med ekvint metabolt syndrom som modellsjukdom by Kellerman, Cecilia

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Effect of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae on the adult African rice gall midge (AfRGM – Orseolia oryzivora) by Oyetunji, O.E., Odebode, C., Nwilene, F., Togola, A., Tamo, Manuele

“…Use of synthetic insecticides has fostered environmental and human health concern that initiates a search for alternative control measures such as Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) – Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. …”
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Changing demand for animal source foods and their effects on the provision of ecosystem services by Enahoro, Dolapo K., Kozicka, M., Pfeifer, Catherine, Jones, S., Tran, N., Chan, C.Y., Sulser, Timothy B., Gotor, Elisabetta, Rich, Karl M.

“…The purpose of the project was to explore current and future meat and fish consumption patterns, assess implications for sustainable development goals (SDGs) related to human nutrition and management of environmental and ecosystem services and derive policy implications for livestock and fish sector development in a case study country.…”
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Rolling out climate smart Cocoa through public-private partnership in Ghana: A Framework highlighting the step-by-step procedure towards climate smart cocoa finance in Ghana by Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Kofituo, Rich Kofi, Asare, Richard

“…Climate change is a phenomenon that has been taking place throughout history but over the last century it has accelerated and scientists believe it is increasingly due to human activities (Cook et al, 2016). The climate in Ghana has likewise been affected and it is having an impact on agricultural production and therefore cocoa. …”
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Diversity analysis of 80,000 wheat accessions reveals consequences and opportunities of selection footprints by Sansaloni, Carolina P., Franco, Jorge, Santos, Bruno, Percival-Alwyn, Lawrence, Singh, Sukhwinder, Petroli, Cesar, Campos, Jaime, Dreher, Kate, Payne, Thomas S., Marshall, David, Kilian, Benjamin, Milne, Iain, Raubach, Sebastian, Shaw, Paul D., Stephen, Gordon, Carling, Jason, Pierre, Carolina Saint, Burgueño, Juan, Crosa, José, Li, HuiHui, Guzmán García, Carlos, Kehel, Zakaria, Amri, Ahmed, Kilian, Andrzej, Wenzl, Peter, Uauy, Cristobal, Banziger, Marianne, Caccamo, Mario Jose, Pixley, Kevin

“…Undomesticated wild species, crop wild relatives, and landraces represent sources of variation for wheat improvement to address challenges from climate change and the growing human population. Here, we study 56,342 domesticated hexaploid, 18,946 domesticated tetraploid and 3,903 crop wild relatives in a massive-scale genotyping and diversity analysis. …”
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Utilizing Mathenge (Prosopis Juliflora) for Charcoal: The Other Side of an Invasive Species by Koech, G., Wanjira, E.O., Kirimi, M., Siko, I., Sola, P., Bourne, M., Muriuki, J., Njenga, M.

“…Analysis from the project has showed that the species has potential to provide communities with 14 different products and services with charcoal ranking highest and food for humans the lowest. In terms of contribution to livelihoods, both men and women rank charcoal among the top three livelihood sources after farming and livestock keeping. …”
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Opportunities for implementing improved tree seed sourcing for forest landscape restoration, agroforestry and wider tree planting at the project design stage: Findings of a survey... by Carsan, S., Dawson, Ian K., Kindt, R., Lillesø, Jens-Peter B., Pedercini, F., Chege, J., Jamnadass, Ramni, Graudal, L.

“…Current tree-planting initiatives are not always successful in achieving their stated targets of biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and human livelihood improvement. This is in part due to a lack of attention to the proper sourcing of the tree seeds and seedlings that are used. …”
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Maximising societal benefit from the control of neglected zoonoses: Identifying synergies and trade-offs in the control of Taenia solium by Soare, C., Garcia-Ara, A., Seguino, A., Uys, M., Thomas, Lian F.

“…The benefits of control, however, accrue across the human, animal, and environmental spaces and enhance both public and private interests. …”
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Wood-based solutions for forests and people: An editorial to this Special Issue by Kim, Y.-S., Baral, H., Rhee, H., Pagdee, A., Gautam, A., Saxena, A.

“…Tress in or outside forests have been essential in human health and well-being since the beginning of time as ecosystem goods, such as food, timber, energy, water, and other services such as climate regulation and watershed conservation. …”
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Diagnosing the performance of food systems to increase accountability toward healthy diets and environmental sustainability by Herforth, Anna, Bellows, Alexandra L., Marshall, Quinn, McLaren, Rebecca, Beal, Ty, Nordhagen, Stella, Remans, Roseline, Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, Fanzo, Jessica

“…This information can be used to generate actions and decisions on where and how to intervene in food systems to improve human and planetary health. A global assessment and two country case studies—Greece and Tanzania—illustrate how the diagnostics could spur decision options available to countries.…”
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Seasonal variations and its impacts on livestock production systems with a special reference to dairy animals: An appraisal by Biswal, Jyotsnarani, Kennady, Vijayalakshmy, Rahman, Habibar

“…The livestock sector, which has been the source of animal protein for ever-increasing human masses, is subjected to the increased environmental temperature and higher frequency of extreme events. …”
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Analysis of water reuse potential for irrigation in Lebanon by Eid-Sabbagh, K., Roukoz, S., Nassif, Marie-Helene, Velpuri, Naga Manohar, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier

“…Water scarcity and pollution are major threats for human development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and Lebanon is no exception. …”
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The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system by Tigchelaar, Michelle, Leape, Jim, Micheli, Fiorenza, Allison, Edward H., Basurto, Xavier, Bennett, Abigail, Bush, Simon, Cao, Ling, Cheung, William, Crona, Beatrice I., DeClerck, Fabrice, Fanzo, Jessica, Gelcich, Stefan, Gephart, Jessica, Golden, Christopher, Halpern, Benjamin, Hicks, Christina, Jonell, Malin, Kishore, Avinash, Koehn, Zachary, Little, David, Naylor, Rosamond, Phillips, Michael, Selig, Elizabeth, Short, Rebecca, Sumaila, Ussif Rashid, Thilsted, Shakuntala H., Troell, Max, Wabnitz, Colette

“…Capture fisheries constitute the largest wild-food resource for human extraction that would be challenging to replace. …”
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Integrated modeling to achieve global goals: lessons from the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-use, and Energy (FABLE) initiative by Jones, Sarah K., Monjeau, Adrian, Perez Guzman, Katya, Harrison, Paula A.

“…Humanity is challenged with making progress toward global biodiversity, freshwater, and climate goals, while providing food and nutritional security for everyone. …”
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Multidimensional impacts from international agricultural research: Implications for research priorities by Fuglie, Keith, Wiebe, Keith D., Sulser, Timothy B., Cenacchi, Nicola, Willenbockel, Dirk

“…We compare potential impacts of productivity growth in different commodities and regions and assess implications along several impact dimensions, including economic and income growth, the population at risk of hunger, adequacy of protein and micronutrients in human diets, land and water use, and greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Hidden benefits and risks of partial protection for coral reef fisheries by Smallhorn-West, Patrick, Cohen, Philippa, Morais, Renato, Januchowski-Hartley, F., Ceccarelli, Daniela, Malimali, Siola'a, Stone, Karen, Warren, Regon, Cinner, Joshua

“…Partially protected areas are now the dominant global form of spatial management aimed at preserving ecosystem integrity and managing human use. However, most evaluations of their efficacy use only a narrow set of conservation indicators that reflect a fraction of ways in which protection can succeed or fail. …”
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A glance into traditional pig slaughtering practices in Vietnam and opportunities for zoonotic disease prevention by Ting, N.I., Sinh Dang-Xuan, Gilbert, Jeffrey, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Lam, S., Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Introduction: African swine fever in Vietnam is contributing to existing concerns over zoonotic disease transmission from sick pigs to humans. While slaughterhouses are key sites of occupational hazards to workers and contamination of meat, the specific slaughtering practices contributing to zoonotic occupational and foodborne disease risks remain under-researched. …”
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Pastoralists' perceptions on the impact of Rift valley fever disease following an outbreak in North Eastern Kenya by Mburu, Caroline M., Bukachi, Salome A., Bett, Bernard K.

“…Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease which leads to livestock losses and human fatalities, thus impoverishing pastoralists who largely depend on livestock for their livelihood. …”
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Impact of improved hermetic storage on food insecurity and poverty of smallholder cowpea farmers in northwestern Nigeria by Adomi, A.A., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Mohammed, A.B., Abdu, Z., Musa, S.A., Baributsa, D.

“…In a bid to protect their cowpea grains, farmers’ indiscriminate use of insecticides (often misused and overused) has had a negative impact on human health and the environment. Efforts to promote the use of non-chemical hermetic storage have sought to address the issue. …”
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