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Potential adoption and diffusion of improved dual-purpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria: an evaluation using a combination of participatory and structured approaches by Okike, Iheanacho, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Tarawali, Shirley A., Singh, B.B., Kruska, Russell L., Mounyong, V.M.

“…When compared to existing figures (about four million ha for all Nigeria) it could be concluded that the .area under cowpea in Nigeria is being underestimated along with the contributions of cowpea to food security and livelihoods. …”
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Exotic dairy breed turns into exhausted dairy breed when forced to reproduce, lactate and perform work at the same time: On-farm testing of multipurpose breed, experience from Hole... by Larsen, C.E.S., Kumsa, T., Tegegne, Azage

“…The reasons for low uptake of draught part of the technology were numerous, the most important being: Unwillingness to use the cows for ploughing, inadequate feeding, no alternative investment opportunities, land scarcity not perceived as a prevailing problem in the area and the chosen research approach. …”
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Impact of market-oriented dairy production on women and children: Evidence from the Ethiopian highlands by Shapiro, Barry I., Haider, J., Gebre-Wold, A., Misgina, A., Alemayehu, M.

“…These technologies are being tested on-farm in a collaborative dairy technology project involving the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organisation (Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization) (previously IAR), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). …”
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Understanding the purposes for keeping cattle and their perceived traits by farmers in Oromiya Regional State, Ethiopia by Dorland, H.A. van, Ayalew, W., Tolessa, A., Rowlands, G.J., Rege, J.E.O.

“…In contrast, less than half of the farmers, in particular those managing crop/livestock systems, rated adaptability traits as `good', with the proportion of farmers rating disease and drought tolerance to be `good' being particularly low. Pastoralists showed the highest satisfaction levels in terms of cattle productivity but were less satisfied than agropastoralists in terms of adaptability of their cattle to the environment.…”
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Advances in improving tolerance to waterlogging in Brachiaria grasses by Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Jiménez, Juan, Rincón, Joisse D., Guevara, Edward D., Hoek, Rein van der, Jarvis, Andy, Peters, Michael, Miles, John W., Ayarza, Miguel Angel, Cajas, Socorro, Rincón, Álvaro, Mateus, Henry, Quiceno, Jaime, Barragán, Wilson, Lascano Aguilar, Carlos Eduardo, Argel M., Pedro J., Mena Urbina, Martin A., Hertentains, Luis, Rao, Idupulapati M.

“…These hybrids together with previously selected hybrids and germplasm accessions are being field-tested for waterlogging tolerance in collaboration with National Agricultural Research Institutions and farmers from Colombia, Nicaragua, and Panama.…”
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Nitrogen management in grasslands and forage-based production systems – Role of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) by Subbaraoa, Guntur V., Rao, Idupulapati M., Nakahara, K., Ando, Yasuo, Sahrawat, Kanwar Lal, Tsefamarium T, Lata, Jean-Christophe, Boudsocq, S., Miles, John W., Ishitani, Manabu, Peters, Michael

“…Nitrogen (N), being the most critical and essential nutrient for plant growth, largely determines the productivity in both extensive- and intensive- grassland systems. …”
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Representative agricultural pathways and scenarios: a trans-disciplinary approach to agricultural model inter-comparison, improvement and climate impact assessment by Valdivia RO, Antle, John M., Claessens, Lieven, Nelson, Gerald C., Rosenzweig, Cynthia, Ruane, Alex C., Vervoort, Joost M.

“…For impact and vulnerability assessment, new socio-economic pathway and scenario concepts are being developed. Representative Agricultural Pathways (RAPs) are designed to extend global pathways to provide the detail needed for global and regional assessment of agricultural systems. …”
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Crop simulation analysis of phenological adaptation of chickpea to different latitudes of India by Vadez, Vincent, Soltani A, Sinclair, Thomas R.

“…However, predicted yields of these two sets of genotypes were similar when simulated for each of the two environments, yields being overall higher at Hisar. Results for the combined set of genotypes at each location predicted a similar optimum EMR1 to achieve maximum yield at each location: 44.3 biological days at Hisar and 43.5 biological days at ICRISAT. …”
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Seed system security assessment: eastern and coastal Kenya by International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Catholic Relief Services, CARITAS, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, World Vision, University of East Anglia

“…Here, we focus on the across-site results as these may have broader relevance to drought-prone areas in Eastern and Coastal Kenya where seed security responses are being planned in the short (1-2 seasons) and medium-term (3-5 seasons).…”
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Scaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: Recent evidence and insights by Greatrex, Helen, Hansen, James, Garvin S, Diro, R., Le Guen M, Blakeley S, Rao, Kolli, Osgood, D.

“…The rapid progress observed in recent years suggests that index insurance has the potential to benefit smallholder farmers at a meaningful scale, and suggests the need to reassess arguments that lack of demand and practical implementation challenges prevent index-based insurance from being a useful tool to reduce rural poverty.…”
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European - Southeast Asian experts' One Health in action workshop: From One Health theory to reality: Practical challenges, impacts of One Health initiatives and gaps in research by Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, International Livestock Research Institute, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, National Institute for Veterinary Research

“…With 70% of emerging diseases being of animal origins, this has become a crucial issue for Southeast Asia due to increasingly high urbanization rate and dramatic expansion of livestock production. …”
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Effect of temperature on the life history parameters of noctuid lepidopteran stem borers, Busseola fusca and Sesamia calamistis by Khadioli, N., Tonnang, Henri E.Z., Ong'amo, G., Achia, Thomas, Kipchirchir, I., Kroschel, Jürgen, Le Ru, B.

“…The lower lower thermal threshold found for B. fusca than for S. calamistis and the higher upper thermal threshold found for S. calamistis than for B. fusca explain in part the observed distribution of both species in sub‐Saharan Africa with S. calamistis occurring in all the agro‐ecological zones but being usually more common than B. fusca in savannah lowland and B. fusca reported mainly from mid and high altitude areas.…”
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Development of late blight resistant potato biotech varieties for Sub-Saharan Africa. by Ghislain, M., Rivera, C., Roman, M., Orbegozo, Jeanette P., Tovar, J., Magembe, J., Gamboa, S., Forbes, G., Kreuze, Jan F.

“…The RB, Rpi-blb2 (isolated from Solanum bulbocastanum) and the Rpi-vnt1.1 (isolated from S. venturii) genes are being transferred into the susceptible variety Desiree and other varieties grown in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …”
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Constraints to commercializing potato in Kenya. by Ng'ang'a, N., Otieno, S., Mbiu, M., Lung'aho, C., Wasilwa, L.

“…There was uniformity in variety choice with Changi being predominant in three out of the four Counties. …”
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Seroepidemiological study of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection among persons with intense ruminant exposure in Madagascar and Kenya by Gray, G.C., Anderson, B.D., LaBeaud, D., Heraud, J.M., Fèvre, Eric M., Andriamandimby, S.F., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Dahir, S., Glanville, William A. de, Heil, G.L., Khan, S.U., Muiruri, S., Olive, M.M., Thomas, Lian F., Merrill, H.R., Merrill, M.L.M., Richt, J.A.

“…Multivariate modeling in this study revealed that being seminomadic (odds ratio [OR] = 6.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.1–15.4) was most strongly associated with antibodies against RVFV. …”
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The role of food systems in improving maternal and child nutrition in challenging African low-income settings by Domínguez Salas, Paula, Alarcón, Pablo, Häsler, Barbara, Grace, Delia, Alonso, Silvia, Ferguson, E., Cornelsen, L., Fèvre, Eric M., Rushton, Jonathan

“…Relevance Nutrition sensitive agriculture being key to fight malnutrition, we will show the importance of the value chain approach to assess feasibility and upscaling of safe ASF food system-based interventions.…”
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Multi-locus genotyping reveals absence of genetic structure in field populations of the brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) in Kenya by Kanduma, Esther G., Mwacharo, Joram M., Mwaura, S., Njuguna, J.N., Nzuki, I., Kinyanjui, P.W., Githaka, Naftaly W., Heyne, H., Hanotte, Olivier H., Skilton, Robert A., Bishop, Richard P.

“…Some laboratory bred populations diverged markedly from their field counterparts in spite of originally being sampled from the same geographic locations. …”
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Are dormancy management and physiological age the achilles' heel of aeroponic minituber production in seed potato value chains in SSA? by Lung'aho, C., Mbiyu, M., Nyongesa, M., Otieno, S., Onditi, J., Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar

“…The proposed approaches include the strategic application of dormancy inhibiting and dormancy promoting substances at various stages of aeroponic minituber production combined with the use of low cost storage systems such as the diffused light storage technology depending on the dormancy period of the variety (ies) being grown.…”
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Perception and practices of farmers on the utilization of sweetpotato, and other root tubers, and banana for pig feeding in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Uganda by Dione, Michel M., Pezo, P., Kyalo, Gerald, Mayega, L., Nadiope, G., Lukuyu, Ben A.

“…During the rainy season, farmers scored high the utilization of SP crop residues, with the latter being the leading contributor to the pig diet especially in the rural area. …”
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Endoparasites in pigs raised in smallholder farms in Hung Yen province of Vietnam by Duong Van Nhiem, Pham Hong Ngan, Vu Thi Thu Tra, Dinh Phuong Nam, Unger, Fred

“…As being part of an ongoing project, assessing animal health and food safety risks in smallholder pig value chains in Hung Yen province of Vietnam, the presence of endoparasites was investigated in a repeated study. …”
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