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Financial and environmental benefits from fruit trees in Myanmar’s central dry zone: Case Study from Htee Pu Climate Smart Village by Manilay, Alessandro A., Barbon, Wilson John, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Myae, Chan, Thant, Phyu Sin, Gummadi, Sridhar, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…In addition, the fruit trees would be able to provide a regulating ecosystem service by being able to potentially sequester 5,682 tCO2 per year with an estimated value of USD 47,725. …”
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Evidence of exposure to C. burnetii among slaughterhouse workers in western Kenya by Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Glanville, William A. de, Thomas, Lian F., Kiyong'a, Alice, Kivali, Velma, Kariuki, S., Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Fèvre, Eric M.

“…In addition, specific roles in the slaughterhouse were associated with increased odds of being seropositive, including cleaning the slaughterhouse, OR 3.98 (95% CI 1.39–11.43); cleaning the intestines, OR 3.24 (95% CI 1.36–7.73); and flaying the carcass OR 2.63 (95% CI 1.46–4.75) compared to being the slaughterman or foreman. …”
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The fall armyworm strain associated with most rice, millet, and pasture infestations in the Western Hemisphere is rare or absent in Ghana and Togo by Nagoshi, R.N., Koffi, D., Agboka, K., Adjevi, A.K.M., Meagher, R.L., Goergen, Georg E.

“…However, this could reflect a bias in monitoring intensity, with the R-strain perhaps being more prevalent in other crop systems that have not been as routinely examined for the pest. …”
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Climate change, land cover change, and overharvesting threaten a widely used medicinal plant in South Africa by Groner, V. P., Nicholas, O., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Slotow, R., Akcakaya, H. R., Mace, Georgina M., Pearson, R. G.

“…Medicinal plants contribute substantially to the well-being of people in large parts of the world, providing traditional medicine and supporting livelihoods from trading plant parts, which is especially significant for women in low-income communities. …”
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Water-energy-food nexus tools in theory and practice: a systematic review by Taguta, C., Senzanje, A., Kiala, Z., Malota, M., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…It was found that the WEF nexus tools are being developed increasingly, with a current cumulative number of at least 46 tools and models. …”
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Aflatoxin exposure among children of age 12-59 months in Butajira District, South-Central Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study by Ayele, M., Haile, D., Alonso, Silvia, Sime, H., Abera, A., Balcha, K.H., Roba, K.T., Guma, G.T., Endris, B.S.

“…Children living in lowland agro-ecological zone had [AOR = 2.11 (95% CI; 1.15, 3.88] odds of being exposed to aflatoxin as compared to children living in highland agro-ecological zone. …”
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Prevalence of gross lesions and handling practices in pigs and their association with pork quality, Kiambu, Kenya by Sentamu, Derrick N., Onono, J.O., Muinde, P., Bor, Nicholas, Chepyatich, Dorcas, Thomas, Lian F.

“…There is a need to educate key stakeholders on its importance of being put into practice both from economic and welfare perspectives.…”
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Gender inequalities in the Colombian cattle sector: An econometric analysis by Pirela Rios, Ana Milagros, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…Our results bring to consideration how gender gaps in agriculture, and particularly in the cattle sector, have the potential to affect national agricultural production, and with it the well-being of rural families that depend on it, highlighting the importance of policy decisions that feature a gender approach. …”
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Assessing food security among young farmers in Africa: Evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda by Adeyanju, Dolapo, Mburu, John, Gituro, Wainaina, Chumo, Chepchumba, Mignouna, Djana B., Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Akomolafe, John Kehinde, Ejima, Joseph

“…Also, the majority of the respondents had an unacceptable food consumption score, suggesting that despite being food producers, young farmers are still food insecure. …”
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GWAS identifies genetic loci underlying nitrogen responsiveness in the climate resilient C4 model Setaria italica (L.) by Bandyopadhyay, Tirthankar, Swarbreck, Stéphanie M., Jaiswal, Vandana, Maurya, Jyoti, Gupta, Rajeev, Bentley, Alison R., Griffiths, Howard, Prasad, Manoj

“…This trait has many advantages in being more meaningful in commercial/environmental context, facilitating in-season N management and not being inversely correlated with N availability over processes regulating NUE. …”
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Climate change, transformative adaptation options, multiscale polycentric governance, and rural welfare in Oum Er-Rbia River Basin, Morocco: an empirical evaluation with policy imp... by Saleth, R. M., Ait El Mekki, A., Amarasinghe, Upali A., Amarnath, Giriraj, Brouziyne, Youssef

“…Such an equation system can represent a mathematical analogue of the analytical framework, which is capable of being empirically estimated with appropriate data.…”
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Can dairy help solve the malnutrition crisis in developing countries? An economic analysis by Headey, Derek D.

“…Agricultural policies are increasingly being asked to do more to address the extensive global burden of undernutrition (Ruel and Alderman, 2013). …”
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Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity in Zimbabwe: Contribution of food and water insecurity by Koyratty, Nadia, Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N., Jones, Andrew D., Schuster, Roseanne C., Kordas, Katarzyna, Majo, Florence D.

“…Poor water quality was positively associated with implementation (OR = 1.25; 1.08, 1.44), but inconsistently associated with maintenance, with higher odds of infants being in group C (OR = 1.39; 1.08, 1.79), and lower odds of being in group B (OR = 0.80; 0.66, 0.96). …”
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Africa RISING- Integrated Livestock and Crop Management (Shelterbelt) by Sokoine University of Agriculture, University of Dodoma

“…Local browse tree species have been screened for fodder quality and best species identified in a recently published journal article. Additional data is being collected to estimate fodder and fuelwood production from planted tree species on-farm. …”
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Africa RISING Tanzania- Intensifying Maize-Based Cropping Systems Through Pigeonpea Integrations by World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…The scope of activities being implemented include: packaging of new legume and cereal varieties with over 120% yield advantage, packaging and validation of integrated productivity enhancing technologies for cereals, legumes, legume trees and soil health technologies, food safety primarily to reduce aflatoxin contamination and integration of livestock into the cropping systems. …”
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Gender Strategy: Strengthening Adaptive Capacity of Extensive Livestock Systems for Food and Nutrition Security and Low-emissions Development in Eastern and Southern Africa Project by Gondwe, Therese, Huyer, Sophia, Radeny, Maren A.O., Sibanda, Simbarashe, Odhong, Charles, Solomon, Dawit

“…The project Is committed to being gender-responsive and attaining social inclusion in all interventions. …”
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Rationale, design, methodology and sample characteristics for the Vietnam pre-conceptual micronutrient supplementation trial (PRECONCEPT): A randomized controlled study by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Lowe, Alyssa E., Martorell, Reynaldo, Nguyen, Hieu, Pham, Hoa, Nguyen, Son, Harding, Kimberly B., Neufeld, Lynnette M., Reinhart, Gregory A., Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…Women who become pregnant receive daily IFA, and are being followed through pregnancy, delivery, and up to three months post-partum. …”
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Biofortification: Future challenges for a newly emerging technology to improve nutrition security sustainably by Bouis, Howarth E., Foley, Jennifer, Lividini, Keith, Jumrani, Jaya, Reinke, Russell, Van Der Straeten, Dominique, Zagado, Ronan, Boy, Erick, Brown, Lynn R., Mudyahoto, Bho, Alioma, Richard, Hussain, Munawar, Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H.

“…Biofortification piggybacks on the agronomically-superior varieties being developed at agricultural research centers. …”
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Exploring the genetic diversity within traditional Philippine pigmented Rice by Mbanjo, Edwige Gaby Nkouaya, Jones, Huw, Caguiat, Xavier Greg Isaguirre, Carandang, Socorro, Ignacio, John Carlos, Ferrer, Marilyn Cruz, Boyd, Lesley Ann, Kretzschmar, Tobias

“…The wild ancestors of domesticated rice had red seed, white rice being the result of a mutation in the rice domestication gene Rc. …”
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Performance and survival of perennial rice derivatives (Oryza sativa L./Oryza longistaminata) in Lao PDR by Samson, Benjamin K., VORADETH, SINGTTY, Zhang, Shilai, Tao, Dayun, Xayavong, Sisavanh, KHAMMONE, THIRAVONG, DOUANGBOUPHA, KHAMSOUK, SIHATHEP, VORACHITH, Sengxua, Pheng, PHIMPHACHANHVONGSOD, VIENGSAVANH, BOUAHOM, BOUNTHONG, JACKSON, TAMARA, Harnpichitvitaya, Dome, Hu, Fengyi, Wade, Len J.

“…G6 (Line 213, 240 and RD23) was widely adapted to all environments, with G5 (Line 248) being especially adapted to the 2012 environments. …”
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