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Agricultural intensification in Ghana: Evaluating the optimist’s case for a Green Revolution by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, McBride, Linden

“…In particular, we analyze whether fertilizer use in Ghana is associated with high population density and intensive cereal production and whether land-intensive innovations are associated with more efficient production practices. …”
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Can modern input use be promoted without subsidies?: An analysis of fertilizer in Ethiopia by Rashid, Shahidur, Tefera, Nigussie, Minot, Nicholas, Ayele, Gezahegn

“…Results suggest that (a) irrespective of the methods of calculation, fertilizer use in major cereal is profitable; (b) while there is no official subsidy program, fertilizer promotion has involved large fiscal costs—estimated at US$40 million per year since 2008; and (c) there has been a mismatch between government's policy targets and the effective fertilizer demand, resulting in large carryover stock with estimated implicit costs of US$30 million per year during 2008–2011. …”
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Agriculture Water Management Solutions by Ag Water Solutions, Inc., International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Given limited market access in much of sub-Saharan Africa, we simulate local, national and international crop markets for this region, for vegetable, root and cereal crops, respectively.…”
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Prevalent races of wheat rust pathogens in Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia in 2024 by Nazari, Kumarse, El Amil, Rola, Al-Jaboobi, Muamar, Maafa, Ilyass, Kemal, Seid Ahmed, SBAI, Ibtihel, Ramdhane, Nasraoui, Bouslimi, Abdelsattar

“…The Turkiye-ICARDA Regional Cereal Rust Research Center in Izmir received a total of 595 samples, with 88 from these three countries: 21 from Lebanon, 49 from Morocco, and 18 leaf rust samples from Tunisia. …”
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Water resources development in Africa: a review and synthesis of issues, potentials, and strategies for the future by Rosegrant, Mark W., Perez, Nicostrato D.

“…Irrigation development will not be the main source of food production growth in Africa, but increased investment in irrigation could have an important role in reducing projected cereal import demands. Rehabilitation and improvement of existing irrigation systems can be an attractive option, but projects must be selected carefully.…”
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Genetic effects of Wx allele combinations on apparent amylose content in tropical hybrid rice by Wang, Kai, Zhou, Qunfeng, Liu, Junyu, Qiu, Fulin, dela Paz, Madonna Angelita, Larazo, Wenceslao, Yang, Yuanzhu, Xie, Fangming

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Improving crop competitive ability using allelopathy- an example from rice by Olofsdotter, M., Jensen, L.B., Courtois, B.

“…For rice and most probably also for other cereal crops, the findings presented can explain the limited success in previous breeding programmes for weed competition, as allelopathy has never before been acknowledged as an important factor. …”
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How effective are adaptation practices on offsetting sorghum and millet yield reductions under climate change? A Protocol for a Systematic Map by Akponikpe, P.B.I., Allakonon, M.G.B., Zakari, Sissou, Orou, B.Z.S.

“…Nonetheless, while the benefits of adaptation practices on offsetting yield reduction caused by climate change in cereal crops such as maize, rice and wheat, are well known through systematic reviews, this knowledge remain limited for sorghum and millet crops. …”
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Chapter 7. Plant parasitic nematodes of wheat by Yavuzaslanoglu, Elif, Hekimhan, Hakan, Nicol, Julie, Dababat, Abdelfattah Amer

“…The most common and important plant parasitic nematodes on wheat are Heterodera spp. (cereal cyst nematodes) and Pratylenchus spp. (root lesion nematodes). …”
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Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: September 2025 by Siddig, Khalid, Rakhy, Tarig, Abushama, Hala, Mohamed, Shima, Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw

“…In September 2025, Sudan’s markets showed relative stability despite conflict, inflation, and weather related disruptions. Cereal and vegetable prices remained broadly stable, while meat, oilseeds, and fuel saw moderate fluctuations. …”
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Evidence that abscisic acid mediates gene activation under dehydrating conditions in pearl millet by Qazi, Maimuna, Kota, Kambara, Gupta, Shashi K., Takano, Tetsuo, Tsugama, Daisuke

“…Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus) is a drought-tolerant cereal crop. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were previously identified from multiple independent RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) analyses of transcriptomes in dehydrated pearl millet plants. …”
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Profitability of forage production in smallholder peri-urban dairy production systems by Agyemang, K., Dogoo, D.L., Makun, H.J.

“…The opportunity cost of using the land for forage production rather than for cultivating sorghum, a highly favoured cereal crop, was only 67 percent of the accrued benefits from milk yields produced by cows supplemented with the forage hays. …”
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Integrated crop-livestock systems—A key to sustainable intensification in Africa by Duncan, Alan J., Tarawali, Shirley A., Thorne, Peter J., Valbuena, Diego, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine

“…Mixed crop-livestock systems provide livelihoods for a billion people and produce half the world’s cereal and around a third of its beef and milk. Market orientation and strong and growing demand for food provide powerful incentives for sustainable intensification of both crop and livestock enterprises in smallholders’ mixed systems in Africa. …”
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Physico-chemical characterization of starches extracted from potatoes of the group Phureja by Caceres, M, Mestres, C., Pons, B, Gilbert, O., Amoros, W., Salas, E., Dufour, Dominique, Bonierbale, Merideth W., Pallet, D

“…Phureja thus appears to be a promising new source of starch with specific physico-chemical and functional properties intermediate between industrial potato and cereal starches.…”
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Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia by Pender, J.L., Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…The comparative advantage of people in the Tigray highlands is not in input-intensive cereal crop production but more in such low-input approaches and in alternative livelihood activities. …”
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La yuca: una fuente básica de energía en los trópicos by Cock, James H.

“…The markets for cassava as a substitute for cereal flours in bakery products and as an energy source in animal feed rations are likely to expand. …”
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Crop diversification and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe: adaptive management for environmental change by Makate, Clifton, Wang, Rongchang, Makate, Marshall, Mango, Nelson

“…This paper demonstrates how crop diversification impacts on two outcomes of climate smart agriculture; increased productivity (legume and cereal crop productivity) and enhanced resilience (household income, food security, and nutrition) in rural Zimbabwe. …”
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Breeding tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) trotter]: conventional and molecular approaches by Assefa, K., Yu, J.K., Zeid, M., Belay, G., Tefera, H., Sorrells, M.E.

“…Trotter] is an important food staple cereal crop in Ethiopia. Despite its importance in the Ethiopian agriculture, there are constraints that need to be addressed through scientific research. …”
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Manure marketing in the savannas of Nigeria: implications for sustainable food security by Olayide, O., Alene, A., Ikpi, A., Nziguheba, Generose

“…Using data from a sample of 320 farm households and manure agents, the study aimed at bridging the knowledge gap on the importance, nature, structure and performance of manure market in northern Nigeria. Results show that cereal-legume-based cropping systems accounted for major use of total manure applied on the farm; maize-based cropping systems received the highest amount of the total manure applied. …”
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Physiological suitability of six West African gramineous borers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Pyralidae) for development of Cotesia species complex (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) by Hailemichael, Y., Schulthess, F., Smith, Jimmy W., Overholt, W.A.

“…It was concluded that because of its host specificity, the old association parasitoid C. sesamiae would have the highest chance of establishment in cereal systems in West Africa.…”
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