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Carotenoid diversity in tropicaladapted yellow maize inbred lines by Menkir, A., Liu, W., White, W.S., Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Rocheford, T.

“…Yellow maize contains both pro-vitamin A and nonprovitamin A carotenoids with potential health benefits to humans. An improvement in the concentration of these compounds can have a positive impact on dietary intakes in areas where yellow maize is consumed. …”
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Economic impact of aflatoxin contamination in SubSaharan Africa by Coulibaly, O., Hell, K., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Hounkponou, S., Leslie, John F.

“…Negative impacts on human health and househol d include mortality, loss of productivity and reduced income due to lower productive capacity, and related health costs. …”
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Effect of cassava leaf harvesting on root yield and quality by Sandifolo, V.S., Mahungu, N.M., Mkumbira, J., Moyo, C.C., Mhone, A., Benesi, I.R.M.

“…Cassava leaves are increasingly becoming an important source of nutrition for both human beings and livestock. A study was conducted at Chitedze Research Station, Malawi, to determine the effects of leaf harvesting on root yield and quality from 2003/04 to 2005/06 season. …”
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Flood mapping tools for disaster preparedness and emergency response using satellite data and hydrodynamic models: a case study of Bagmathi Basin, India by Amarnath, Giriraj, Matheswaran, Karthikeyan, Pandey, Pooja, Alahacoon, Niranga, Yoshimoto, Shuhei

“…Northern Bihar is one of the major flood prone region in India affecting thousands of human lives and livelihoods during the recurrent floods occurring due to the monsoonal rains. …”
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Relative drought tolerance of important herbaceous legumes and cereals in the moist and semiarid regions of West Africa by Ewansiha, S.U., Singh, B.

“…Herbaceous legumes are becoming increasingly important for the crop-livestock farming systems in the moist and semi-arid regions of West Africa as these crops cover the ground quickly, check erosion, contribute to soil fertility and provide nutritious food and fodder to human beings and livestock. However, one of the major constraints in this region is the long dry season, which limits the productivity and duration of crop growth. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA variation reveals maternal origins and demographic dynamics of Ethiopian indigenous goats by Mekuriaw, Getinet, Tesfaye, K., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Dessie, Tadelle, Birungi, Josephine, Osama, S., Zergaw, N., Alemu, A., Achieng, G., Tutah, J., Mutai, C., Njuguna, J., Mwacharo, Joram M.

“…While providing new mtDNA data from a historically important region, our results suggest extensive intermixing of goats mediated by human socio-cultural and economic interactions. These have led to the coexistence of the two haplogroups in different geographic regions in Ethiopia resulting in a large caprine genetic diversity that can be exploited for genetic improvement.…”
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Diversification and intensification of agricultural adaptation from global to local scales by Chen, Minjie, Wichmann, Bruno, Luckert, Marty, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Förch, Wiebke, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…Aspects of adaptive capacity that are found to increase intensification of adaptation globally include variables associated with access to information and human capital, financial considerations, assets, household infrastructure and experience. …”
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Minerals content of extruded fish feeds containing cricket (Acheta domesticus) and black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) fractions by Irungu, F.G., Mutungi, C.M., Faraj, A.K., Affognon, Hippolyte D., Tanga, C., Ekesi, S., Nakimbugwe, D., Fiaboe, K.K.M.

“…Animal food sources provide human beings with minerals considerably in adequate quantities. …”
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Genetic loci controlling carotenoid biosynthesis in diverse tropical maize lines by Azmach, G., Menkir, A., Spilane, C., Gedil, Melaku A

“…Provitamin A carotenoids are classes of carotenoids that are precursors of vitamin A, an essential micronutrient in humans. Vitamin A deficiency is a global public health problem affecting millions of people, especially in developing countries. …”
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Does the Establishment of Sustainable Use Reserves Affect Fire Management in the Humid Tropics? by Carmenta, R., Blackburn, G.A., Davies, G., Sassi, Claudio de, Lima, A., Parry, L., Tych, W., Barlow, J.

“…We show that reserve creation had no discernible impact on fire density, and that fires were less prevalent in SURs due to their characteristics of sparser human settlement and remoteness, rather than their status de jure. …”
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Anthropogenic Decline of Ecosystem Services Threatens the Integrity of the Unique Hyrcanian (Caspian) Forests in Northern Iran by Zarandian, A., Baral, H., Yavari, A.R., Jafari, H.R., Stork, N.E., Ling, M.A., Amirnejad, H.

“…This is a mountainous forested area that is valuable for both conservation and multiple human uses including recreation and farming. It contains globally significant natural habitats for in situ conservation of biological diversity. …”
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Carbon accrual rates, vegetation and nutrient dynamics in a regularly burned coppice woodland in Germany by Borchard, Nils, Adolphs, T., Beulshausen, F., Ladd, Brenton, Gießelmann, U.C., Hegenberg, D., Möseler, B.M., Amelung, Wulf

“…Mature beech and spruce forests (i.e., >60 years) were also sampled as reference sites: to provide a hint of what might occur in the absence of human intervention. We measured stocks of SOC, BC, NO3‐N, P, K, Mg, as well as cation exchange and water‐holding capacity, and we mapped plant composition to calculate species richness and evenness. …”
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Postweaning exposure to aflatoxin results in impaired child growth: a longitudinal study in Benin, West Africa by Gong, Y., Hounsa, A., Egal, S., Turner, P.C., Sutcliffe, A.E., Hall, A.J., Cardwell, K., Wild, C.P.

“…Aflatoxins are dietary contaminants that are hepatocarcinogenic and immunotoxic and cause growth retardation in animals, but there is little evidence concerning the latter two parameters in exposed human populations. Aflatoxin exposure of West African children is known to be high, so we conducted a longitudinal study over an 8-month period in Benin to assess the effects of exposure on growth. …”
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Social impact of soybean in Nigerias southern Guinea savanna by Sanginga, P., Adesina, A.A., Manyong, Victor M., Otite, O., Dashiell, Kenton E.

“…The adoption of soybean has had a clear positive impact on household income generation and distribution, material welfare, human capital development, gender relations, resource use, social equity, and other social processes in the community. …”
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Determinants of crop–livestock diversification in the mixed farming systems: Evidence from central highlands of Ethiopia by Mekuria, Wuletaw, Mekonnen, Kindu

“…Barley, wheat and faba bean are the most dominant crops that have immense contribution for human nutrition and crop residue mainly used to feed livestock. …”
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Competition for land resources: Driving forces and consequences in crop-livestock production systems of the Ethiopian highlands by Mekuria, Wuletaw, Mekonnen, Kindu, Thorne, Peter J., Bezabih, Melkamu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Abera, Wuletawu

“…Cropland increased (0.4% year−1) while grazing land reduced (3.5% year−1) under contrasting dynamics and competitive changes. An increase in human and livestock populations and farm expansion were major drivers of land conversion that adversely affected household livelihoods and the natural ecosystem. …”
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A risk assessment of aflatoxin M1 exposure in low and mid-income dairy consumers in Kenya by Ahlberg, Sara H., Grace, Delia, Kiarie, G., Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), a human carcinogen, is found in milk products and may have potentially severe health impacts on milk consumers. …”
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Occurrence of aflatoxin in agricultural produce from local markets in Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Udomkun, Patchimaporn, Mutegi, C., Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal, Atehnkeng, J., Nabahungu, N.L., Njukwe, E., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…Aflatoxins can also pose human health risks and represent a barrier to the development of trade, in both domestic and international markets. …”
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Stratification and synthesis of crop–livestock production systems using GIS by Jagtap, S.S., Amissah-Arthur, A.A.

“…Population increases, land-use changes and marketing opportunities are important factors affecting crop-livestock integra- tion particularly with respect to their effect on soil fertility and feed supply for ruminant livestock. As the human population density rises, crop farmers and grazers are finding it profitable to establish contracts for paddocking, and they are reaching agreement on equitable ways to make use of crop residues and take care of livestocks. …”
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Variant antigen repertoires in Trypanosoma congolense populations and experimental infections can be profiled from deep sequence data using universal protein motifs by Silva Pereira, S., Casas-Sánchez, A., Haines, L.R., Ogugo, Moses W., Kihara, Absolomon, Sanders, M., Kemp, Stephen J., Acosta-Serrano, Á., Noyes, H., Berriman, M., Jackson, A.P.

“…African trypanosomes are vector-borne hemoparasites of humans and animals. In the mammal, parasites evade the immune response through antigenic variation. …”
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