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Sustainable intensification?: Implications for the emergence of diseases by Grace, Delia, Bett, Bernard K., Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“… • Countries most at risk for disease emergence from livestock intensification were India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China. Priorities identified for better understanding and managing the risks of agricultural intensification and disease emergence included: targeting hotspots and increasing surveillance in these areas; identification of risk factors and disease drivers in order to mitigate them; generating evidence on the costs of emerging disease and its prevention.…”
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Contrasting evolution of diversity at two disease-associated chicken genes by Downing, T., Lynn, D.J., Connell, S., Lloyd, A.T., Bhuiyan, A.K.F.H., Silva, P., Naqvi, A.N., Sanfo, R., Sow, R.S., Overseas Development Institute, O'Farrelly, C.O., Hanotte, Olivier H., Bradley, D.G.

“…Two genes involved in the immune response (interferon-γ and interleukin 1-β) were selected for sequencing in diverse chicken populations from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Kenya, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Botswana, as well as six outgroup samples (grey, green, red and Ceylon jungle fowl and grey francolin and bamboo partridge). …”
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Multitraits evaluation of Pakistani ecotypes of berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) under full-irrigation and water restriction conditions by Hussain, M.M., Rauf, S., Paderewski, J., Ulhaq, I., Sienkiewicz-Paderewska, D., Monneveux, P.

“…Berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) is an important forage crop in Pakistan and many ecotypes are grown across the country. …”
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Effect of irrigation application on soil and land productivity of wheat under semi-arid environment by Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif, Sarwar, M.K, Tahir, A.A., Yar, M.

“…A study was conducted in Sargodha, Pakistan during the year 2011 to testify irrigation practices as a method for reclaiming salt affected soil. …”
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Loquat (Eriobotrya L.) by Badenes, María L., Lin, S. Q., Liu, C., Huang, X.

“…Loquats are now distributed in many Asian countries, for example, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, and Vietnam; in Armenia, Azerbaiian and Georgia; and in the Americas, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the mountains of Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Venezuela. …”
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Diagnóstico in situ del HLB en cítricos by Morán, Félix, Marco-Noales, Ester

“…La enfermedad también se ha extendido hacia el oeste desde Pakistán hasta Irán y está amenazando zonas colindantes.…”
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Guía para el establecimiento y cultivo del marango (Moringa Oleifera) by Reyes Sánchez, Nadir, Mendieta Araica , Bryan

“…Aspectos generales 1.1 Origen y distribución Moringa oleifera Lam (sinónimo de Moringa pterygosperma Gaertner), comúnmente llamado “Marango”, es un árbol miembro de la familia Moringaceae que crece en el trópico y es originaria del sur del Himalaya, noreste de India, Pakistán, Bangladesh y Afganistán. En América Latina y Centroamérica el Marango se introdujo y naturalizó en los años ́20 del siglo pasado como un árbol ornamental y fue utilizado en cercas vivas y cortinas rompevientos. …”
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Fusarium wilt of banana: Current knowledge on epidemiology and research needs toward sustainable disease management by Dita, M., Barquero, M., Heck, D., Mizubuti, E., Staver, Charles

“…Foc TR4 has been restricted to East and parts of Southeast Asia for more than 20 years, but since 2010 the disease has spread westward into five additional countries in Southeast and South Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, and Pakistan) and at the transcontinental level into the Middle East (Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, and Israel) and Africa (Mozambique). …”
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Understanding local food systems in South Asia: An assessment approach and design by Gupta, Manavi, Kishore, Avinash, Scott, Samuel P., Chakraborty, Shreya, Chellattan, Prakashan Veettil, Choudhury, Samira, Krupnik, Timothy J., Kumar, Neha, Neupane, Sumanta, Patwardhan, Sharvari, Sununtnasuk, Celeste, Urfels, Anton, Menon, Purnima

“…The TAFSSA food systems assessment aims to provide a reliable, accessible and integrated evidence base that links farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is intended to be a multi-year assessment.…”
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Quantifying future water-saving potential under climate change and groundwater recharge scenarios in Lower Chenab Canal, Indus River Basin by Shafeeque, Muhammad, Hafeez, Mohsin, Sarwar, A., Arshad, A., Khurshid, T., Asim, M. I., Ali, S., Dilawar, A.

“…This study is aimed at quantifying WSP in the Lower Chenab Canal (LCC) command area of the Indus River Basin, Pakistan, under various scenarios of future climate change and groundwater recharge. …”
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Heat-tolerant maize for rainfed hot, dry environments in the lowland tropics: from breeding to improved seed delivery by Zaidi, Pervez Haider, Vinayan, Madhumal Thayil, Nair, Sudha K., Kuchanur, Prakash H., Kumar, Ramesh, Singh, Shyam Bir, Tripathi, Mahendra Prasad, Patil, Ayyanagouda, Ahmed, Salahuddin, Hussain, Aamir, Kulkarni, Atul Prabhakar, Wangmo, Passang, Tuinstra, Mitchell R., Prasanna, Boddupalli M.

“…Via public–private partnerships, eight hybrids are presently being deployed on over 50,000 ha in South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.…”
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Research for a new world: Critical thinking for the water–energy–food–ecosystems nexus (work packages) by McCartney, Matthew P., Ringler, Claudia

“…Following our launch in April, we undertook baseline surveys in India, Nepal and Pakistan, reviewed trade-off analysis and foresight tools, and kicked off water productivity and storage analyses. …”
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How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea by Kosec, Katrina, Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung, Schmidt, Emily, Song, Jie

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La banca para los pobres: como liberar los beneficios de las microfinanzas by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…It is based on a five-year IFPRI research program that examined, among other issues, the roles government should play in providing financial services to meet the needs of the poor, through a series of detailed household surveys conducted in nine countries of Africa and Asia: Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, and Pakistan.... [The brief asks us to consider these questions:] What kinds of financial services do the poor value? …”
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From parastatals to private trade: Lessons from Asian agriculture by Rashid, Shahidur, Gulati, Ashok, Cummings, Jr., Ralph

“…Experts in agricultural policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam) to answer these questions; and a concluding chapter synthesizes these countries' experiences with price stabilization programs. …”
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Harnessing the hidden genetic diversity for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Ali, Jauhar, Xu, Jianlong, Gao, Yong-Ming, Ma, Xiu-Fang, Meng, Lijun, Wang, Ying, Pang, Yunlong, Guan, Yong-Sheng, Xu, Mei-Rong, Revilleza, Jastin E., Franje, Neil J., Zhou, Shao-Chuan, Li, Zhikang

“…Six new varieties were released in the Philippines and Pakistan and many more are being evaluated in multi-location yield trials for releasing in several countries. …”
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D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 3b: Examining linkages between climate change and food systems by Nihal, Saif, Salman, Verda, Bakshi, Bhawani, Makhijani, Drishti, Shrestha, Aroja M., Ali, Hazrat, Khondker, Murshed-e-Jahan, Shakya, Prakriti, Sharma, Anjali, Babu, Swati Sinha

“…Saif Nihal, PhD scholar, International Institute for Population Sciences Climate Change and Food Security Across Agro-Ecological Zones of Pakistan Verda Salman, Associate Professor, National University of Sciences and Technology Climate Change, Food Systems, and Nutrition: A One Health Rapid Review Bhawani Bakshi, Independent Consultant Integrating Climate and Nutrition Action in India: A Comprehensive Assessment of Policy and Programmatic Pathways Drishti Makhijani, Consultant, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Drought-Induced Food Insecurity in Nepal: The Role of ‘Emergency Loan’ as an Adaptation Strategy Aroja Masal Shrestha, Researcher, Inclusive Development Partners Rapid-fire presentations Evaluating the impact of climate change on agrifood production and dietary diversity in southern Bangladesh Hazrat Ali, Research Fellow, WorldFish Impact of Temperature on Children’s Nutrition: A Study of Three Ecological Regions of Nepal Prakriti Shakya, Research Associate, University of Notre Dame Spatial Heterogeneities in the impact of climate change on child health and nutrition in India: An Agroecological approach Anjali Sharma, Ph.D. …”
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Assessing disease resistance and yield components in advanced breeding lines of common bean in different locations of northern Tanzania by Kadege, Edith L, B Venkataramana, Pavithravani, Assefa, Teshale, Ndunguru, Joseph C, Rubyogo, Jean Claude, Mbega, Ernest R

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Assessment of Vitamin D status and association with inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project by Young, Melissa F., Ou, Jiangda, Duong, Cam, Luo, Hanqi, Beyh, Yara S., Meng, Jiawei, Gernand, Alison D., Roth, Daniel E., Suchdev, Parminder S.

“…Methods We analyzed cross-sectional data from 6 nationally representative nutrition surveys (Afghanistan, Cambodia, Pakistan, UK, USA, and Vietnam) conducted among PSC (n = 9880) and FRA (n = 14,749) from the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia project. …”
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Effect of alternating canal and marginal groundwater irrigation on banana yield, water use efficiency, and soil salinity under furrow plantation by Gul, N., Salam, H. A., Ashraf, Muhammad, Semiromi, M. T.

“…Banana is one of the most important cash crops in Sindh, Pakistan; however, its production is increasingly compromised due to declining freshwater availability. …”
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