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Drivers of success in collaborative monitoring in forest landscape restoration: An indicative assessment from Latin America by Evans, K., Meli, P., Zamora-Cristales, R., Schweizer, D., Méndez-Toribio, M., Gómez-Ruiz, P.A., Guariguata, Manuel R.

“…Despite growing global attention on forest landscape restoration (FLR) as an integrated approach to enhancing environmental and human well-being, the potential for leveraging monitoring to catalyze learning and improve management outcomes is not being fully realized. …”
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Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal by Tripathi, Mahendra Prasad, Gautam, Damodar, Koirala, Keshab Babu, Shrestha, Hari Kumar, Issa, Abdurahman Beshir

“…Prevailing vitamin A deficiency is a malnutrition repercussing retarded growth, weak immune system and night-blindness in human beings. Pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids could be a strategy for combating vitamin A deficiency, mostly prevailing in children and women of Nepal. …”
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With and beyond sustainability certification: Exploring inclusive business and solidarity economy strategies in Peru and Switzerland by Oberlack, Christoph, Blare, Trent, Zambrino, Luca, Bruelisauer, Samuel, Solar, Jimena, Villar, Gesabel, Thomas, Evert, Ramírez, Marleni

“…Certification of sustainability standards is an important governance strategy aimed at enhancing the human well-being outcomes of agri-food value chains. …”
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Morocco: ClimBeR Inception Workshop Report by Rose, Sabrina, Valencia, Lina, Hodur, Janet, Govind, Ajit

“…The loss of productive assets and human capital, coupled with the effect of uncertainty on agricultural investments, stymie smallholders’ efforts to improve livelihoods, exacerbating poverty and social tensions. …”
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Improving phosphorus acquisition efficiency through modification of root growth responses to phosphate starvation in legumes by Chen, Zhijian, Wang, Linjie, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Zhu, Shengnan, Liu, Guodao, Rao, Idupulapati M., Lin, Yan

“…Major advances have been made to dissect the mechanisms underlying plant adaptation to P deficiency, especially for legumes, which are considered important dietary sources for humans and livestock. This review aims to describe how legume root growth responds to Pi starvation, such as changes in the growth of primary root, lateral roots, root hairs and cluster roots. …”
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Impacts of small-scale irrigation water use on environmental flow of ungauged rivers in Africa by Geleta, Y., Simane, B., Assefa, E., Haileslassie, Amare

“…Failure in Environmental flow in quantity, timing, and quality leads to failure to support ecosystems, human livelihoods, and well-being. Irrigation water use is one of the main actors in impacting the water flow of rivers in quantity and time but was not well investigated in many ungauged catchments under smallholder irrigation systems. …”
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Strengthening Adaptive Capacity of Extensive Livestock Systems for Food and Nutrition Security and Low-emissions Development in Eastern and Southern Africa by Auma, Joseph, Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…These systems experience environmental (land, water, ecosystem) degradation, economic (low investment, lack of access to inputs, credit, markets) and human and institutional capacity (poor infrastructure, advisory services) related constraints, often exacerbated by extreme weather events and climate change. …”
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Bacteroides microbial source tracking markers perform poorly in predicting Enterobacteriaceae and enteric pathogen contamination of cow milk products and milk-containing infant foo... by Tsai, K., Hoffmann, Vivian, Simiyu, S., Cumming, O., Borsay, G., Baker, K.K.

“…This study tested various milk products collected from vendors in urban Kenyan communities and infant foods made with the milk (n = 394 pairs) using conventional culture methods and TaqMan qPCR for enteric pathogens and human and bovine-sourced MST markers. Detection profiles of various enteric pathogens and Bacteroides MST markers in milk products differed from that of milk-containing infant foods. …”
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Proceedings of a Workshop on Characterizing and Defining the Social and Economic Domains of Sustainable Diets by Comerford, Kevin, Arndt, Channing, Drewnowski, Adam, Ericksen, Polly J., Griffin, Tim, Hendrickson, Mary, Ingram, John, Nicholls, Jill

“…National Dairy Council convened experts in sociology, economics, human nutrition, food systems science, food security, environmental health, and sustainable agriculture for a one-day workshop to define the social and economic domains of sustainability in service of better characterizing food-based dietary guidance that is both healthy and sustainable. …”
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Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap by Jägermeyr, J., Gerten, Dieter, Schaphoff, S., Heinke, Jens, Lucht, W., Rockström, Johan

“…As planetary boundaries are rapidly being approached, humanity has little room for additional expansion and conventional intensification of agriculture, while a growing world population further spreads the food gap. …”
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The eBioKit, a stand-alone educational platform for bioinformatics by Hernández-de-Diego, Rafael, Villiers, Etienne P. de, Klingström, Tomas, Gourlé, Hadrien, Conesa, Ana, Bongcam-Rudloff, Erik

“…As a result, the eBioKit has formed an integral part of training and research performed by a wide variety of universities and organizations such as the Pan African Bioinformatics Network (H3ABioNet) as part of the initiative Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa), the Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SAnBio) initiative, the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) hub, and the International Glossina Genome Initiative.…”
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Nitrogen budgets and nitrogen use efficiency as agricultural performance indicators in Lake Victoria basin by Ntinyari, W., Gweyi-Onyango, J., Giweta, M., Mutegi, J., Mochoge, Benson, Nziguheba, G., Masso, C.

“…NB were calculated using the Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) model approach for field and farm spatial scales. …”
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Efforts of researchers and other stakeholders to manage an unfolding epidemic: Lessons from potato purple top in Ecuador by Navarrete, I., Almekinders, Conny J.M., Andrade-Piedra, J.L., Struik, P.C.

“…We review 108 articles on human, animal, and plant epidemics to derive enabling responses to manage the spread of emergent diseases and pests. …”
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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.

“…Conclusions The study provided insight into how human-originated soil nutrient enhancement has induced forest island establishment in open savanna landscapes.…”
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A 2019 nexus social accounting matrix for Sudan by Randriamamonjy, Josee, Raouf, Mariam, Siddig, Khalid

“…The leading domestic data sources are the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS), the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MFEP) and the Ministry of Human Resources Development and Labor (MHRDL). Like other Nexus SAMs, the Sudan SAM puts a strong emphasis on the household accounts by providing details on both income and expenditure sides as well as savings. …”
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How farm practices and antibiotic use drive disease incidence in smallholder livestock farms: Evidence from a survey in Uganda by Emes, E., Wieland, Barbara, Magnusson, Ulf, Dione, Michel M.

“…Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to human and animal health, and the growth in AMR prevalence globally is thought to be partially driven by non-therapeutic antibiotic use in livestock production. …”
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A Report on Climate Smart Feed and Forages Training Bale Zone, Oromia by Asfaw, Addisu, Mekonnen, Kindu, Gebreyes, Million, Seifu, Haimanot

“…Most grazing lands changed to cultivated lands due to increasing human population. Wheat straw has been the major livestock feed in the area, which is low in palatability and nutritional value. …”
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On the feasibility of an agricultural revolution: Sri Lanka’s move to go 100% organic by Drechsel, Pay, Madhuwanthi, Piumi, Nisansala, Duleesha, Ramamoorthi, Dushiya, Bandara, Thilini

“…The ban was justified by human and environmental health concerns, such as many cases of kidney failure in the central parts of Sri Lanka. …”
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Food safety: The biggest development challenge you’ve never heard of by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

“…As a too common result, the available perishable, and highly nutritious foods, like meat, GLV, eggs, and dairy, often contain pathogens, such as salmonella, that compromise human health--particularly in young children, the elderly population, and the immunosuppressed. …”
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Genetic diversity of Hyalomma marginatum in Tunisia is not influenced by the bio-climate by Ben Yedem, Hayet, Hajji, Tarek, Romdhane, Rihab, OBARA, Isaiah, Mhadhbi, Moez, Sebai, Essia, Elati, Khawla, Chaari, Soufiene, Rekik, Mourad, Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz

“…The low genetic diversity that we observed raises the hypothesis of a bottleneck event occasioned by a reduction in the size of the tick population under the effects of environmental factors and/or human activities. This hypothesis is supported by the population’s demographic history analysis, which revealed a clear deviation from neutrality and supports the occurrence of a bottleneck event followed by a demographic expansion. …”
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