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Response of upland rice cultivars to nitrogen fertilizer in the savannas of Nigeria by Kamara, A.Y., Ekeleme, F., Omoigui, L.O., Oikeh, S.O., Chikoye, David, Tegbaru, A.

“…The present study evaluated the response of four NERICA rice cultivars, their parents (WAB 56-104 (O. sativa, tropical japonica type), CG 14 [O. glaberrima]) to four rates of N (0, 30, 60, and 90 kg ha−1) at Sabon-Gari (Sudan savanna, SS) and Tilla (northern Guinea savanna, NGS) in 2007 and 2008. …”
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Influence of insect infestation on aflatoxin contamination of stored maize in four agroecological regions in Benin by Hell, K., Cardwell, K., Sétamou, M., Schulthess, F.

“…Six months later, damage levels due to insects were significantly lower in the Sudan Savanna than in the other ecozones. The infestation level of the most common storage pest, Sitophilus zeamais Motschuisky (Coleoptera: Curcilionidae) decreased from the south to the north. …”
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Methodological approach for predicting and mapping the phenological adaptation of tropical maize (Zea mays L.) using multi‑environment trials by Tonnang, Henri E.Z., Makumbi, Dan, Craufurd, Peter Q.

“…Multi-environment trial data of 22 maize varieties from 16 trials in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan was analyzed and the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm combined with statistical criteria was applied to determine the best temperature-dependent model. …”
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Diversity and conservation of traditional African vegetables: Priorities for action by Zonneveld, M. van, Kindt, R., Solberg, S.Ø., N'Danikou, S., Dawson, Ian K.

“…High levels of observed and modelled species richness were found in: (a) West Tropical Africa in Ghana, Togo and Benin; (b) West‐Central Tropical Africa in South Cameroon; (c) Northeast and East Tropical Africa in Ethiopia and Tanzania; and (d) Southern Africa in Eswatini. South Sudan, Angola and DR Congo are potential areas of high species richness that require further exploration. …”
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Entry Points to Improve Livestock Water Productivity in Selected Forage Based Livestock Systems by Haileslassie, Amare, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Blümmel, Michael, Craufurd, Peter Q., Ergano, Kebebe

“…It draws on examples of grazing systems in Uganda (Nile basin), mixed-rainfed systems in Ethiopia (Nile basin), mixed-irrigated systems in Sudan (Nile basin), and mixed-irrigated systems in India (Indio-Gangana basin). …”
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The Russia-Ukraine crisis: Implications for global and regional food security and potential policy responses by Abay, Kibrom A., Breisinger, Clemens, Glauber, Joseph W., Kurdi, Sikandra, Laborde Debucquet, David, Siddig, Khalid

“…Thus, we provide descriptive evidence characterizing how food systems and policies impact vulnerability to the price shock in selected MENA countries: Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen. Within these countries, we show that the crisis will differentially impact poor and non-poor households as well as rural and urban households. …”
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Strategic Research Trials on Genotype × Environment × Management in Major Cropping Systems using Advance Generation Genotypes and Mega-varieties by Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari, Abdulraman, Rehab, El Amil, Rola, Idris, Amani A. M., Moussadek, Rachid, Attaher, Samar, Omar, Mohie, Devkota, Krishna, Juraev, Diyor, Elmarzak, Mohcin, Slimani, Mohammed

“…In this response, in collaboration with the national research centers and F2-R CWANA WP3, strategic G × E × M experimentation has been designed and established in 2022 in different wheat-based production systems in five CWANA countries, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, and Uzbekistan. The objective of this collaborative research is to generate standard data set for developing the bundled agronomic solution of diverse production environments through different analytical methods; and help to develop a breeding product profile to inform breeders for developing breeding strategy.…”
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The Russia-Ukraine war: Implications for global and regional food security and potential policy responses by Abay, Kibrom A., Breisinger, Clemens, Glauber, Joseph W., Kurdi, Sikandra, Laborde Debucquet, David, Siddig, Khalid

“…Thus, we provide descriptive evidence characterizing how food systems and policies impact vulnerability to the price shock in selected MENA countries: Egypt, Sudan, and Yemen. Within these countries, we show that the crisis will differentially impact poor and non-poor households as well as rural and urban households. …”
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Potential forage hybrid markets for enhancing sustainability and food security in East Africa by Junca Paredes, Jhon Jairo, Flórez, Fernando, Enciso, Karen, Hernández, Luis Miguel, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Kenya hold a market share of 70% for Urochloa, and South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Tanzania a 67% market share for Megathyrsus maximus. …”
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Effect of urbanization on East African climate as simulated by coupled urban-climate model by Zeleke, Tadesse T, Giorgi, Flippo, Diro, Gulilat T, Zaitchik, Benjamin, Giuliani, Graziano, Ayal, Desalegn, Ture, Kassahun, Workneh, Sintayehu, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…The temperature trend showed significant warming in the simulated field, except in central East Sudan, where there has been a significant decline. …”
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Potential markets for forage hybrids in East Africa by Junca Paredes, Jhon Jairo, Flórez, Jesús Fernando, Enciso, Karen, Hernández, Luis Miguel, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…The analysis includes several countries in eastern and western Africa, namely Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, and Mali. Results shows that there is a potential market with a value of US$174,665,945 for new interspecific Urochloa and Megathyrsus maximus hybrids in the analyzed countries. …”
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Perspectives on The Piloting of Climate Information Services and Climate Smart Agricultural Innovations Under The AICCRA Project in Five Selected Agro-Ecological Zones of Ghana by Honger, Joseph, Gariba, Awudu Amadu, Osae, Michael, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain

“…Stakeholders unanimously suggested that the climate information services introduced by the project must be sustained and that tractor services and the improved seeds introduced by the project must be made available to the farmers and that they were ready to acquire these at a fee. In the Guinea and Sudan Savannah zones, stakeholders suggested that groundnut, must be introduced in subsequent years to improve the participation of women.…”
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Water-energy-food planning and operations framework for river basins with a case study on the Blue Nile by Basheer, Mohammed, Siddig, Khalid, Ringler, Claudia

“…Our results identify efficient operation plans for large dams on the Blue Nile for alternative cropping patterns in expanded irrigation areas in Sudan that minimize tradeoffs across water, energy, and food objectives.…”
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Rising commodities prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine crisis threaten to undermine Kenya’s economy, increase poverty by Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen, Dorosh, Paul A., Mbuthia, Juneweenex, Omune, Lensa, Oseko, Edwin Ombui, Pradesha, Angga, Thurlow, James

“…Given the important role that wheat products play in the diets of people in Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, and other countries, the interruption in Black Sea wheat trade and high prices have raised serious concerns about rising levels of food insecurity, poverty, and instability around the world. …”
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2017 Global Hunger Index: The inequalities of hunger by von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, Hossain, Naomi, Brown, Tracy, Prasai, Nilam, Yohannes, Yisehac, Patterson, Fraser, Sonntag, Andrea, Zimmerman, Sophia-Maria, Towey, Olive, Foley, Connell

“…In addition, 9 of the 13 countries that lack sufficient data for calculating 2017 GHI score << - including Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria - raise >> significant concern, and in fact may have some of the highest levels of hunger. …”
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2020 Global report on food crises: Joint analysis for better decisions by Food Security Information Network, Vos, Rob, Rice, Brendan, Minot, Nicholas

“…This reflected worsening acute food insecurity in key conflict-driven crises, notably the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan and the growing severity of drought and economic shocks as drivers in countries such as Haiti, Pakistan and Zimbabwe. …”
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Research guide for water-energy-food nexus analysis by Ringler, Claudia, Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam, Paulos, Helen Berga, Mirzabaev, Alisher, Breisinger, Clemens, Wiebelt, Manfred, Siddig, Khalid, Villamor, Grace, Zhu, Tingju, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…The project set out to develop research methodologies and insights globally as well as for the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Organization (ENTRO) of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) and Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to support efforts for enhanced water, energy and food security and environmental sustainability. …”
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Evaluation and large-scale dissemination of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in SubSaharan Africa by Kapinga, R., Zhang, D., Andrade, M.I., Lemaga, B., Mwanga, R.O.M., Tumwegamire, S., Laurie, S., Ndolo, P.J.

“…Distribution of more than twenty promising clones has been done to Madagascar, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Zanzibar, Malawi, D.R. Congo and Sudan. Over 10 million cuttings of planting material of improved varieties were multiplied and distributed in East African region, covering over 360 hectares of farmers’ fields.…”
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Analysis of potential market segments for new hybrid forage seeds in East Africa by Junca Paredes, John Jairo, Florez, Jesus Fernando, Enciso, Karen, Hernández Mahecha, Luis Miguel, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…The potential market of Megathyrsus maximus hybrids is 494,471 ha with a value of US$ 94,648,595. Here, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Tanzania hold a market share of 71.63%. …”
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The impact of expanding eucalyptus plantations on the hydrology of a humid highland watershed in Ethiopia by Fenta, H. M., Steenhuis, T. S., Negatu, T. A., Zimale, F. A., Cornelis, W., Tilahun, Seifu A.

“…Quantifying these effects in the Ethiopian Highlands is crucial, as 85% of the transboundary water in Egypt and Sudan originates from these highlands. While the impact of climate change on water availability has been widely studied, few experimental studies have examined how it is affected by eucalyptus reforestation. …”
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