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Nutritional quality, digestibility and growth performance of sheep fed fodder obtained from early-or-late-maturing groundnuts cultivars by Asare-Agyapong, E., Abdul Rahman, Nurudeen, Addah, W., Ayantunde, Augustine A.

“…Each of the composited haulms was then dried and chopped to a theoretical length of 3–4 cm before being used to formulate two diets that were fed to twenty-two West African Dwarf sheep (14.75±2.52 kg) in a 45-d feeding trial. …”
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Spatiotemporal variation in urban wastewater pollution impacts on river microbiomes and associated hazards in the Akaki Catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Hiruy, A.M., Mohammed, J., Haileselassie, M. M., Acharya, K., Butte, G., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Walsh, C., Werner, D.

“…In conclusion, multiple bacterial hazards were of concern for river water users in the Akaki catchment, and elevated in the dry season, when the river water is being used for irrigation of vegetable fields that supply the markets of Addis Ababa. …”
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Cost-effective cassava processing: case study of small-scale flash-fryer reengineering by Tran, Thierry, Abass, A., Taborda Andrade, Luis Alejandro, Chapuis, Arnaud, Precoppe, Marcelo, Adinsi, Laurent, Bouniol, Alexandre, Ojide, Makuachukwu, Adegbite, Suraju Adeyemi, Lukombo, Simon Singi, Sartas, Murat, Teeken, Béla, Kuate, Apollin Fotso, Ndjouenkeu, Robert, Moreno, Martín, Belalcázar, John Eiver, Becerra López-Lavalle, Luis Augusto, Dufou, Dominique

“…As a result, improved small-scale fash dryers are now being scaled out to the private sector in various countries, using the Scaling Readiness framework and achieving 10–15% gains in productivity and incomes. …”
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Suitability of large-scale tree plantation models in Africa, Asia and Latin America for forest landscape restoration objectives by Péroches, A., Baral, H., Chesnes, M., López Sampson, A., Lescuyer, G.

“…For these reasons, large-scale tree plantations are being encouraged in Africa, Asia and Latin America. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of drought and rainfall in Pakistan via Standardized Precipitation Index: homogeneous regions, trend, wavelet, and influence of El Nino-southern oscillation by Oliveira-Junior, J.F. de, Shah, M., Abbas, A., Iqbal, Muhammad Shahid, Shahzad, R., Gois, G. de, Silva, M.V. da, Rosa Ferraz Jardim, A.M. da, Souza, A. de

“…Using the cophenetic correlation coefficient (CCC) and a significance level of 5%, seven methods were applied to the rainfall series, with the complete method (CCC > 0.9082) being the best. According to the CA method, Pakistan has four groups of homogeneous rainfall (G1, G2, G3, and G4). …”
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Indigenous African orphan legumes: potential for food and nutrition security in SSA by Abberton, Michael T., Paliwal, R., Faloye, B., Tchamba, Marimagne, Azeez, M., Oyatomi, Olaniyi

“…In the Genetic Resources Center of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, the collections of orphan legumes, particularly the Bambara groundnut, African yambean, and Kersting's groundnut, have been characterized and evaluated for their key traits, and new collections are being undertaken to fill gaps and to widen the genetic diversity available to underpin breeding that can be further utilized with GAB tools to develop faster and cost-effective climate-resilient cultivars with a high nutrition value for SSA farmers. …”
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Regional drivers of diversification in the late Quaternary in a widely distributed generalist species, the common pheasant Phasianus colchicus by Liu, S., Liu, Y., Jelen, E., Alibadian, M., Yao, C.-T., Li, X., Kayvanfar, N., Wang, Y., Vahidi, F.S.M., Han Jianlin, Sundev, G., Zhang, Z., Schweizer, M.

“…The evolutionary history of the common pheasant is best reflected by its being split into three species.…”
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Molecular screening reveals non-uniform malaria transmission in western Kenya and absence of Rickettsia africae and selected arboviruses in hospital patients by Chiuya, T., Villinger, J., Falzon, Laura C., Alumasa, Lorren, Amanya, Fredrick, Bastos, A.D.S., Fèvre, Eric M., Masiga, D.K.

“…Patients living in Busia (OR 5.2; 95% CI 2.46–11.79; p < 0.001) and Bungoma counties (OR 2.7; 95% CI 1.27–6.16; p = 0.013) had higher odds of being infected with malaria, compared to those living in Kakamega County. …”
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Agronomic evaluation of 25 accessions of Clitoria ternatea in time of maximum and minimum rainfall in Colombia by Sotelo, Mauricio E., Peters, Michael, Arango, Jacobo, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés

“…In Colombia there are around 33.8 million hectares under grazing with a livestock inventory of around 29.3 million head of cattle and a stocking rate of 0.86 animals/ha; being necessary to introduce new forage materials adapted to the conditions of the American tropics in order to increase the forage supply available for animals in critical times and that, in turn, it is of excellent nutritional quality. …”
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Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in broiler farms in peri-urban Wakiso, Uganda by Mbatidde, Irene, Ndoboli, Dickson, Ayebare, Dreck, Biryomumaisho, S., Roesel, Kristina, Dione, Michel M., Muloi, Dishon M., Tenhagen, B.-A., Wampande, E., Olsen, J.E., Moodley, Arshnee

“…The information on antimicrobial use is being analyzed for descriptive statistics. The faecal samples were cultured in the laboratory for Isolation of Salmonella, E. coli and Enterococci. …”
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Potential economic benefits of integrating silvopastoral arrangements in Latin American cattle systems by Enciso, Karen, Sotelo, Mauricio E., Peters, Michael, Flórez, Fernando, Burkart, Stefan

“…The Benefit-Cost Ratio indicates that for every US$ spent on the investment, US$ 1.5 are being obtained in T2 and US$ 2.7 in T1. The results suggest that the integration of Leucaena leucocephala is economically and financially viable for the cattle producer and surpasses the traditional system. …”
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Effects of adopting improved forages on poverty alleviation in cattle systems: Evidence from Colombia by Enciso, Karen, Bravo, Aura, Álvarez, Diego A., Burkart, Stefan

“…Our results show that the expected probability of falling under the different poverty lines is being reduced by 2 to 7% among the adopters of improved forages. …”
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Mapping the spatial distribution of underutilised crop species under climate change using the MaxEnt model: a case of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Mugiyo, H., Chimonyo, Vimbayi Grace Petrova, Kunz, R., Sibanda, M., Nhamo, L., Masemola, C. R., Modi, Albert Thembinkosi, Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…The jack-knife tests of the MaxEnt model performed efficiently, with areas under the curve being more significant than 0.8. The study identified annual precipitation, length of the growing period, and minimum and maximum temperature as variables contributing significantly to model predictions. …”
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Caracterización de híbridos interespecíficos de papa diploide (Solanum spp.) para su uso en cruzamientos 4x – 2x by Quispe, J.L.

“…Finally, we evaluated the pollen's fertility and ability to produce unreduced pollen of these hybrids. Being that the aim of the breeding scheme was to transfer the resistance from diploid wild potatoes to the tetraploid gene pool, production of unreduced pollen was one of the major factors in selecting the best hybrids for breeding. …”
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Participatory land use planning in pastoral areas: IPSR Innovation Profile by Flintan, Fiona E., Kalenzi, Deus, Nindi, Stephen, Gebremeskel, Tigistu, Terefe, Bogale, Robinson, Lance W., Otieno, Ken, Luambano, Isaac, Faustin, Zacharia, Asimwe, Lovince, Dioniz, Boniphace, Akilimali, Abraham

“…Pastoral communities traditionally marginalized from village PLUP process benefit particularly from the approach due to it being more inclusive of all land users in the planning and decision-making processes. …”
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Multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in abattoir workers in Busia, Kenya by Obanda, B.A., Gibbons, C.L., Fèvre, Eric M., Bebora, L., Gitao, G., Ogara, W., Wang, S.-H., Gebreyes, W., Ngetich, R., Blane, B., Coll, F., Harrison, E.M., Kariuki, S., Peacock, S.J., Cook, Elizabeth A.J.

“…S. aureus in abattoir workers were representative of major sequence types in Africa, with a high proportion being toxigenic isolates. HIV-positive individuals were more frequently colonized by antimicrobial resistant S. aureus which may be explained by prophylactic antimicrobial use.…”
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The pork value chain in Vietnam: Emerging trends and implications for smallholder competitiveness by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Toan, N.N., Staal, Steven J., Que, N.N., Tuan, N.D.A.

“…Key findings indicate that smallholder pig producers have the comparative advantage to supply pork with the preferred attributes of being fresh and unchilled. Pig traders are the dominant players in the chain in terms of their strong influence on prices and the coordination role they perform in directing supply of pigs and carcass according to market demand. …”
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Experience-sharing Workshop to Support Co-development of National Framework for Weather, Water and Climate Services (NFWWCS) for Eastern and Southern Africa by Mamadi, Mabu

“…Mirroring the functioning of the GFCS, NFWWCS provides for an enhancement and expansion of the NFCS, which its function is now being expanded to include weather and hydrological services, based on the experiences and lesson learned during the development and implementation of the NFCS across few WMO member states that have embarked on the framework development process.…”
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Understanding trade-offs and synergies among soil functions to support decision-making for sustainable cultivated land use by Zhao, Rui, Gabriel, Jose Luis, Martin, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Feng, Zhe, Wu, Kening

“…Understanding the trade-offs and synergies among soil functions is foundational for effective soil ecosystem management and human well-being. In contrast, the long-term pursuit of solely productive functions in cultivated land use has resulted in soil degradation and weakened other ecological functions. …”
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Impact of climate change on water resources and crop production in Western Nepal: Implications and adaptation strategies by Risal, Avay, Urfels, Anton, Srinivasan, Raghavan, Bayissa, Yared, Shrestha, Nirman, Paudel, Gokul Prasad, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…Irrigation-led farming system intensification and efficient use of ground and surface water resources are currently being championed as a crucial ingredient for achieving food security and reducing poverty in Nepal. …”
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