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Circulation of Japanese encephalitis virus in pigs and mosquito vectors within Can Tho City, Vietnam by Lindahl, Johanna F., Stahl, K., Chirico, J., Boqvist, Sofia, Ho Thi Viet Thu, Magnusson, Ulf

“…Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne, zoonotic flavivirus causing encephalitis in humans and reproductive disorder in pigs. JEV is present in large parts of Asia, where urbanization is high. …”
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Reflexions on Agro-pastoralists in the WANA region: challenges and future priorities by Ates, S., Louhaichi, Mounir

“…The insufficient feed supply has been in decline with widespread degradation of rangelands arising from overgrazing, loss of biodiversity, and human induced global warming. Moreover, the feed gap today is more pronounced as the livestock population has increased substantially as a result of growing demand for animal products in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. …”
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Climate change and micro-organism genetic resources for food and agriculture: state of knowledge, risks and opportunities by Beed, Fenton D., Benedetti, A., Cardinali, G., Chakraborty, S., Dubois, T., Garrett, K.A., Halewood, Michael

“…It excludes micro-organism genetic resources associated with livestock, fish and non-food-borne human pathogens. The study encompasses micro-organisms in five functional domains: soil inhabitants, plant and rhizosphere inhabitants, plant pathogens, biological control agents and food production systems. …”
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Tortillas on the roaster: Central America’s maize–bean systems and the changing climate by Eitzinger, Anton, Läderach, Peter R.D., Sonder, Kai, Schmidt, A., Sain, Gustavo, Beebe, Stephen E., Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz, Fisher M, Hicks P, Navarrete-Frías, C, Nowak, Andreea C.

“…Maize and beans are a vital component of human diets and culture in Central America. More than a million smallholder families grow these crops for subsistence, producing 70% of the maize and 100% of the beans consumed locally. …”
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Harmonizing the agricultural biotechnology debate for the benefit of African farmers by Kelemu, Segenet, Mahuku, George S., Fregene, Martin A., Pachico, Douglas H., Johnson, Nancy L., Calvert, Lee A., Rao, Idupulapati M., Buruchara, Robin Arani, Amede, Tilahun, Kimani, P.M., Kirkby, Roger A., Kaaria, Susan K., Ampofo, James Kwasi O.

“…Food and its availability are basic human rights issues—for people without food, everything else is insignificant. …”
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Response of cassava to water stress by El-Sharkawy, Mabrouk A., Cock, James H.

“…Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a staple food for a large sector of human population in the tropics. It is widely produced for its starchy roots by small farmers over a range of environments on poor infertile soils with virtually no inputs. …”
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The role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to address poverty in Africa: Opportunities and challenges. Proceedings of the 4th all Africa conference on animal agriculture and t... by Tanzania Society for Animal Production

“…These are - "Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services"; "Spatial Patterns of Poverty and Human Well-Being", "Water" (water supply and demand, water based ecosystem services, and water as a hazard - flooding); "Food" (Food and livelihoods, food crops: major supply areas, livestock products, and food from the wild); "Biodiversity" (Selected indicators of biodiversity, how people affect Kenya's biodiversity, and losing and gaining); "Tourism (Links between ecosystem services and tourism, key ecosystem assets for the tourism sector, and nature-based tourism: infrastructure, visitor and revenue trends, and spatial diversification); "Wood" (Overall distribution of woody biomass, and key supply areas for firewood and charcoal); and "The Upper Tana: Patterns of Ecosystem Services and Poverty".…”
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Qualitative risk assessment on the transmission of HPAI (H5N1) virus from backyard and medium-scale commercial farms to household free-range poultry in Nigeria by Abdu, P.A., Costard, Solenne, Ahmed, G.M., Duarte, P., Métras, Raphaëlle

“…Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Nigeria has resulted in one known human fatality and a risk of contamination of underground drinking water where depopulated poultry have been buried.…”
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The role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to address poverty in Africa: The need for appropriate policies by Nyange, N.E., Kingamkono, R.R.

“…The livestock sector in Africa, characterised by low productivity, is struggling to keep up with the demand for food from animal sources by the expanding human population. Conventional methods of livestock improvement and agricultural research and development have in the past served the purpose of increasing livestock productivity. …”
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Cassava genetic resources: a global approach for conservation and use by Iglesias, C.A., Iwanaga, Masaru

“…Other important subjects discussed during the meeting were: the development of data bases for cassava germplasm, human resource development, and the integration of the germplasm network with other networks (i.e. …”
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Bridging climate science to adaptation action in data sparse Tanzania by Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Gray, Elizabeth, Tear, Timothy H, Brown, Matthew A

“…Working with local stakeholders in the western Tanzanian Greater Mahale and Greater Gombe Ecosystems, future climate projections produced using Climate Wizard and analyses of literature provided an understanding of the climate vulnerabilities of local ecosystems and human livelihoods. Facilitated workshops enabled local stakeholders to use this information to develop conceptual models and hypotheses of change for these systems, and to identify possible modifications to conservation plans. …”
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Shrinking a large dataset to identify variables associated with increased risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection in Western Kenya by Tremblay, M., Dahm, J.S., Wamae, C.N., Glanville, William A. de, Fèvre, Eric M., Dopfer, D.

“…We extracted predictors for Plasmodium falciparum infection, from a large covariate dataset while facing limited numbers of observations, using data from the People, Animals, and their Zoonoses (PAZ) project to demonstrate these techniques: data collected from 415 homesteads in western Kenya, contained over 1500 variables that describe the health, environment, and social factors of the humans, livestock, and the homesteads in which they reside. …”
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Analisis agroeconomico del proceso de produccion de frijol en una zona altamente tecnificada: Valle del Cauca, Colombia by Infante O, M, Pinstrup-Andersen, Per

“…Factors involved in the process are described: land and capital; soil availability and characteristics; agrobiological aspects of pests, diseases and weeds; availability of human, credit, and technical assistance resources; and marketing facilities. …”
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Ebola virus surveillance in pigs presenting for slaughter in Uganda by Atherstone, Christine, Alonso, Silvia, Grace, Delia, Ward, M., Dhand, Navneet, Mor, Siobhan M.

“…Methods being used include repeated cross-sectional sampling of pigs presenting for slaughter during months when previous human Ebola outbreaks occurred in the country and when pig slaughter is known to increase. …”
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Environmental flow in Sri Lanka: ancient anicuts versus modern dams by Silva, E.I.L., Manthrithilake, Herath, Pitigala, D., Silva, E.N.S.

“…Environmental flow describes the stream flow (quantity and regime) required to sustain upstream and downstream habitats, riparian vegetation, human livelihoods and wildlife. When natural rivers or tributaries are held back by weirs, anicuts, barrages or dams, for a variety of purposes such as diversion for irrigation, hydropower generation or flood control often the downstream flow requirement is ignored or neglected. …”
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Proyectos integrados. Estado actual e implicaciones para el diagnóstico by Cardona Arango, A.

“…Two other projects currently underway have resulted in the production of high-quality CF for human consumption (bread, macaroni, porridges) by associations of small-scale cassava producers/processors and in the conservation and commercialization of fresh cassava in bags. …”
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Suitability of existing Musa morphological descriptors to characterize East African highland ‘matooke’ bananas by Batte, M., Mukiibi, A., Swennen, Rony L., Uwimana, Brigitte, Pocasangre, L., Hovmalm, H.P., Geleta, M., Ortíz, R.

“…Germplasm characterization should be based on distinctly identifiable, stable and heritable traits that are expressed consistently and are easy to distinguish by the human eye. Characterization and documentation of a representative sample of East African highland bananas (Lujugira–Mutika subgroup) was carried out following an internationally accepted standard protocol for bananas. …”
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Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land by Thomas, Richard J., Reed, M., Clifton, K., Appadurai, Arivudai Nambi, Mills, A. J., Zucca, Claudio, Kodsi, E., Sircely, Jason A., Haddad, F., Hagen, C. von, Mapedza, Everisto D., Wolderegay, K., Shalander, K., Bellon, M., Le, Q. B., Mabikke, Samuel, Alexander, S., Leu, S., Schlingloff, Stefan, Lala-Pritchard, Tana, Mares, V., Quiróz, R.

“…With current rates of land degradation reaching ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an urgent need to scale up and out successful, profitable and resource-efficient sustainable land management practices to maintain the health and resilience of the land that humans depend on. As much as 500 million out of two billion ha of degraded land, mainly in developing countries, have restoration potential, offering an immediate target for restoration and rehabilitation initiatives.1 In the past, piecemeal approaches to achieving sustainable land management have had limited impact. …”
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Postharvest processes of edible insects in Africa: a review of processing methods, and the implications for nutrition, safety and new products development by Mutungi, C., Irungu, F.G., Nduko, J., Mutua, Florence K., Affognon, Hippolyte D., Nakimbugwe, D., Ekesi, S., Fiaboe, K.K.M.

“…In many African cultures, insects are part of the diet of humans and domesticated animals. Compared to conventional food and feed sources, insects have been associated with a low ecological foot print because fewer natural resources are required for their production. …”
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Diversity and interaction of common bacterial blight disease-causing bacteria (Xanthomonas spp.) with Phaseolus vulgaris L. by Tugume, Joab K., Tusiime, Geoffrey, Sekamate, Allan Male, Buruchara, Robin Arani, Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha

“…Common bacterial blight (CBB) is associated with common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), an important grain legume for human consumption worldwide. The disease, caused by Xanthomonas spp. is spread mainly through seed. …”
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