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Identification and potential use of RAPD markers linked to yam mosaic virus resistance in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) by Mignouna, Hodeba D., Abang, Mathew M., Onasanya, A., Agindotan, B., Asiedu, Robert

“…The F1 progeny segregated 1:1 (resistant: susceptible) when inoculated with a Nigerian isolate of YMV, confirming that resistance to YMV in TDr 89/01444 was dominantly inherited. …”
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A simple fruit and vegetable score is a valid tool to assess actual fruit and vegetable intake by Pastori, Giulia, Brouwer, Inge D., Feskens, Edith J.M., Huong, Le Thi, Samuel, Folake O., Le, Xuan Thi Thanh, Shittu, Oluyemisi F., Eyinla, Toluwalope E., Talsma, Elise F.

“…We investigated the relative validity of FV-GDR collected with the DQQ to measure fruit and vegetable intake by comparison with a 24-h recall (24hR) as a reference collected from 620 Vietnamese and 630 Nigerian adults in 2021. We found proportional differences in the prevalence of intake of vitamin A-rich vegetables, other vegetables and other fruits in Vietnam and all vegetable food groups in Nigeria. …”
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Baseline analysis for an impact evaluation of a home-grown school feeding program in Osun State, Nigeria to support smallholder farmers by Andam, Kwaw S., Amare, Mulubrhan, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Gelli, Aulo, Kosec, Katrina, Abay, Kibrom A., Fasoranti, Adetunji

“…Osun State is currently the only Nigerian state that implements the program—and considered one of the more successful states for implementing it. …”
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Drivers of Biodiversity Conservation in Sacred Groves: A Comparative Study of Three Sacred Groves in Southwest Nigeria by Adeyanju, S., Bulkan, J., Onyekwelu, J., Peterson St-Laurent, G., Kozak, R., Sunderland, T.C.H., Stimm, B.

“…Our paper investigates the effects of different governance arrangements on three sacred groves in southwest Nigeria⎯Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove (UNESCO World Heritage Site); Idanre Hills (Nigerian National Monument) and Igbo-Olodumare (local cultural site)⎯on their socio-economic and religio-cultural benefits and contribution to biodiversity conservation. …”
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A Qualitative Exploratory Study of the Political Commitment for Nutrition Programming: A Case Study of Anambra and Kebbi States of Nigeria by Ezekannagha, O., Drimie, S., Von Fintel, D., Maziya-Dixon, B., Mbhenyane, X.

“…This article presents a case study on two Nigerian states with varying malnutrition profiles to explore the political economy of nutrition. …”
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COVID‑19, food insecurity and dietary diversity of households: Survey evidence from Nigeria by Balana, Bedru, Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo, Fasoranti, Adetunji, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Andam, Kwaw S.

“…Primary data obtained from a telephone survey of 1,031 Nigerian households were analyzed using ordered logit and negative binomial models. …”
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Agriculture and youth in Nigeria: Aspirations, challenges, constraints, and resilience by ElDidi, Hagar, Bidoli, Thomas, Ringler, Claudia

“…Using qualitative focus group discussions and individual interviews with youth in four communities in two Nigerian states, the paper reflects on nuanced differences in perceptions of opportunities, coping mechanisms and overall resilience of youth in rural Nigeria, as well as differential access to information, inputs and irrigation based on age, gender and community. …”
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Youth inclusion in value chain development: a case of the aquaculture in Nigeria by Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Minh, Thai Thi, Senaratna Sellamuttu, S.

“…Inclusive agricultural value chain development (VCD) is being used to address youth unemployment in the region. The Nigerian government and its partners have invested in aquaculture VCD to create employment opportunities for young men and women, but the participation rate is low, at around 2%. …”
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Distributional effects of higher cassava yields in Nigeria: An ex ante analysis by Minot, Nicholas, Huang, Rachel

“…Cassava growers who have net sales (11 percent of Nigerian households) would experience a reduction in income and an uptick in poverty due to the lower price. …”
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Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy by Aberman, Noora-Lisa, Schiffer, Eva, Johnson, Michael E., Oboh, Victor

“…A key challenge for IFPRI, and other research organizations in the country, is how to better integrate research results into policy and communicate research results to Nigerian policymakers. To gain some useful insights into how research does, or does not, influence policy in Nigeria, we examined a case involving the process leading up to the adoption of the National Fertilizer Policy for Nigeria in 2006. …”
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Consumption patterns and perceived health benefits of underutilized legumes among women in selected local government areas of Niger State, Nigeria by Udofia, F.A., Adepoju, O.T., Chata, D.M., Oyatomi, O.A., Abberton, M.T.

“…Despite their favorable nutrient profiles for underutilized legumes especially Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea), African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa), and lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) are rarely consumed in Nigerian diets. This study assessed socio-economic determinants, awareness, perceived benefits, and consumption patterns of these legumes among women in Niger State. …”
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Relative severity of fumonisin contamination of cereal crops in West Africa by Vismer, H., Shephard, G.S., Rheeder, J.P., Westhuizen, L. van der, Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…Traditional and improved varieties of maize, pearl millet and sorghum were planted by small-scale farmers under the direction of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in two Nigerian agro-ecological zones: the Sudan Savanna and the Northern Guinea Savanna. …”
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Physicochemical, rheological and consumer acceptability of cassava starch salad cream by Adebayo, A.O., Lateef, S.O., Elizabeth, A.B.

“…This work was aimed to evaluate the physicochemical, rheological and consumer acceptability of cassava starch salad cream from three Nigerian low cyanide cassava varieties (96/01632, 98/0505 and TME419). …”
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Prospects for Genomic Selection in Cassava Breeding by Wolfe, M.D., Carpio, D.P. del, Alabi, O., Ezenwaka, L.C., Ikeogu, Ugochukwu N., Kayondo, I.S., Lozano, R., Okeke, U.G., Ozimati, A.A., Williams, E., Egesi, Chiedozie N., Kawuki, Robert S., Kulakow, Peter A., Rabbi, Ismail Y., Jannink, Jean-Luc

“…Cross-population accuracy was generally low (mean = 0.18) but prediction of cassava mosaic disease increased up to 57% in one Nigerian population when data from another related population were combined. …”
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Farmers’ perceptions of crop pest severity in Nigeria are associated with landscape, agronomic and socio-economic factors by Zhang, Wei, Kato, Edward, Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Bhandary, Prapti, Gort, Gerrit, Werf, Wopke van der

“…Insect pests are a major cause of crop yield losses around the world and pest management plays a critical role in providing food security and farming income. This study links Nigerian farmers’ perceptions of pest severity to the landscape, agronomic, biophysical, and socio-economic context in which agricultural production takes place. …”
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Assessment of farmers' crop management practices influencing Striga hermonthiea infestation and grain yield of sorghum (Sorghum hieolor) by Dugje, I.Y., Kamara, A.Y., Omoigui, L.O.

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AFLP and AFLPderived SCAR markers associated with Striga gesnerioides resistance in cowpea by Boukar, O., Kong, L., Singh, B.B., Murdock, L., Ohm, H.W.

“…Four amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers, designated E-ACT/M-CTC115, E-ACT/M-CAC115, E-ACA/M-CAG108 and E-AAG/E-CTA190, were identified and mapped 3.2, 4.8, 13.5 and 23.0 cM, respectively, from Rsg1, a gene in IT93K-693-2 that gives resistance to race 3 (or Nigerian strain) of S. gesnerioides The first two markers were validated in a second F2 population developed from crossing the same resistant parent with ‘Kamboinse local’, a different susceptible cultivar. …”
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Identification of promiscuous nodulating soybeans efficient in N2 fixation by Pulver, Edward L., Kueneman, E.A., Ranga-Rao, V.

“…Twenty-two isolates from nodules collected from profusely nodulated soybean plants and three other isolates prepared from cowpea nodules, were used to inoculate the 10 most compatible selections from the previous trial and two U.S. varieties, ‘Bossier’ and TGm 294. ‘Malayan’, a local Nigerian cultivar, formed an effective symbiosis with 21 of 22 soybean isolates; nodule and shoot weights in each case being greater than or equal to inoculation with Nitragin multistrain inoculant. …”
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The role of extension services for the successful introduction of new Musa cultivars in southeastern Nigeria by Akele, S.E., Isirimah, N., Brisibe, A.A., Ortíz, R.

“…This experience with cooking bananas may provide means for a successful and fast distribution to the Nigerian farmers of new plantain or banana hybrid cultivars when they become available.…”
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Effect of soil type and crop cycle on root development and distribution pattern of a commercial sugarcane cultivar under normal irrigation and field conditions at Bacita estate, Ni... by Abayomi, Y.A

“…El estudio se hizo en la plantación de caña de azúcar de la Nigerian Sugar Company, en Bacita, Nigeria (latitud 9° N), en las cosechas 1984-85. …”
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