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Breeding schemes: what are they, how to formalize them, and how to improve them? by Covarrubias Pazaran, Giovanny Eduardo, Gebeyehu, Z., Gemenet, D., Werner, Christian R., Labroo, Marlee Rose, Sirak, S., Coaldrake, Peter, Rabbi, I.Y., Kayondo, S.I., Parkes, Elizabeth Y., Kanju, E., Mbanjo, E., Agbona, A ., Kulakow, Peter A., Quinn, Michael, Debaene, J.

“…Formalized breeding schemes are a key component of breeding program design and a gateway to conducting plant breeding as a quantitative process. …”
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Editorial: Agile data-oriented research tools to support smallholder farm system transformation by Hammond, James, Pagella, Tim, Etten, Jacob van, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Wijk, Mark T. van

“…The term “agile” is used to refer to an emerging but not yet clearly defined methodological style, which tends to be enabled by the digital revolution, attempts to deal with problems of infobesity, and attempts to deal with the challenge of conducting outcome-oriented science in complex and uncertain situations. …”
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Applying Citizens' Juries to the Global South: Facilitation guidelines using the case study of agricultural food system transformation in Colombia by Nilgen, Marco, Untermayer, Lena, Vollan, Björn

“…CJs have been used in many countries around the world in a variety of different policy contexts and have proven to be an effective way to engage citizens in decision-making when implemented well (Aldred & Jacobs, 2000; Coote & Lenaghan, 1997; Fishkin et al., 2017; Kenyon et al., 2010; Kuper, 2007; Wakeford et al., 2015). However, conducting CJs in the Global South poses unique challenges that require careful consideration (Fishkin et al., 2017; Humphreys et al., 2006; Pimbert et al., 2001, 2010, 2017). …”
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Crop mapping in smallholder farms using unmanned aerial vehicle imagery and geospatial cloud computing infrastructure by Gokool, S., Mahomed, M., Brewer, K., Naiken, V., Clulow, A., Sibanda, M., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Overall, we found GEE to be an extremely useful platform for conducting advanced image analysis on UAV imagery and rapid communication of results. …”
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Tracking key CAADP indicators and implementation processes [In the 2022 ATOR] by Collins, Julia, Makombe, Tsitsi, Tefera, Wondwosen, Yamdjeu, Augustin Wambo

“…They also pledged to increase investment in agriculture, end hunger and halve poverty by 2025, boost intra-African agricultural trade, enhance resilience to climate variability, and strengthen mutual accountability for actions and results by conducting a continental Biennial Review (BR) of progress made in achieving the commitments (AUC 2014).…”
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Applying Citizens' Juries to the global South: Survey measures to elicit the transformative potential of Citizens' Juries by Nilgen, Marco, Burger, Max, Vollan, Björn

“…The scientific goal of conducting the Citizens' Jury is threefold: First, we rigorously evaluate whether participation in the Citizens’ Jury improves aspects important for civic engagement in the political process via changes in personal capabilities and perception (RQ1). …”
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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Rice millers - August 2020 survey round by Goeb, Joseph, Zone, Phoo Pye, Tang, Yulu

“…Interviews have been conducted every 30 days starting in July 2020, continuing through the monsoon harvests and ending in November. …”
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In-season crop-type mapping in Kenya using Sentinel-2 imagery by Li, Hui, Guo, Zhe, Di, Liping, Guo, Liying, Zhang, Chen, Lin, Li

“…They engaged in training a random forest classifier, conducting crop-type classifying in Nandi, Vihiga, and Kisumu Counties of Kenya. …”
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Expert elicitation database capturing diversity and cultural drivers of food choice and nutritional implications in eastern India by Custodio, Marie Claire, Ynion, Jhoanne, Cuevas, Rosa Paula, Samaddar, Arindam, Ray (Chakravarti), Anindita, Mohanty, Suva Kanta, Demont, Matty

“…Two expert elicitation workshops were conducted in 2017 to capture the diversity and cultural drivers of food choice of low- and middle- income households in the states of West Bengal and Odisha in eastern India. …”
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Workflows for spatial ex ante economic analysis of agronomy interventions : Version 0.1 by Mkondiwa, Maxwell, Chamberlin, Jordan, Oyakhilomen Oyinbo

“…This manual provides workflows for conducting spatial ex ante economic analysis of agronomic interventions. …”
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Mahogany and Kadam planting farmers in South Kalimantan: the link between Silvicultural activity and stand quality by Kallio, M.H., Krisnawati, H., Rohadi, D., Kanninen, M.

“…Most of the farmers conducted the recommended silvicultural practices, but just conducting them did not of itself cause the variation in the quality of stands. …”
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Modifying DSSAT crop models for low-input agricultural systems using a soil organic matter-residue module from Century by Gijsman, A.J., Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Parton, WJ, Kerridge, Peter C.

“…By incorporating the CENTURY SOM residue module, DSSAT crop simulation models have become more suitable for simulating low-input systems and conducting long-term sustainability analyses.…”
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Whole farm quantification of GHG emissions within smallholder farms in developing countries by Seebauer, M

“…In order to evaluate existing GHG quantification tools to comprehensively quantify GHG emissions and removals in smallholder conditions, farm scale quantification was tested with farm data from Western Kenya. After conducting a cluster analysis to identify different farm typologies GHG quantification was exercised using the VCS SALM methodology complemented with IPCC livestock emission factors and the cool farm tool. …”
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Challenges to sustainable potato production in a changing climate: A research perspective by Quiróz, R., Posadas, A., Yarleque, C., Heidinger, Haline, Barreda, C., Raymundo, R., Carbajal, M., Tonnang, Henri E.Z., Kroschel, Jürgen, Forbes, G., Haan, Stef de

“…The presentation will highlight some of the research the International Potato Center is conducting in developing countries, mainly on the development of tools and methods to better assess the challenges to sustainable potato production.…”
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Root and tuber crops in Montserrat by Fletcher, R.E.

“…The recommendations given include that of conducting more studies on cassava to improve its production and introduce small-scale processing. …”
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Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: Community wealth rankin... by Crichton, R., Ajambo, S., Bergh, Inge van den

“…Within the framework of the IITA-led project “Improvement of banana for smallholder farmers in the Great Lakes region of Africa” (also known as the “Breeding Better Bananas” project, http://breedingbetterbananas.org), Bioversity International and partners conducted baseline research in the target regions of Luwero and Mbarara in Uganda, and Bukoba, Meru, Moshi and Rungwe in Tanzania during 2015-2016, prior to conducting on-station and on-farm evaluations of the new NARITA banana cultivars. …”
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Manganese Deficiency is Associated with Histological Changes in Date Palm Fronds Showing Brittle Leaf Disease Symptoms by Abassi, R., Namsi, A., Bennasri, M., Ben Abdalah, H., Ben Maachia, S., Ouerghi, Z., Durán-Vila, Núria

“…Results showed that in old healthy fronds the major tissue is schlerenchyma, which is characterized by very thick lignified cell walls and is often associated with conducting tissue. Indeed, large vessels are surrounded by schlerenchyma fibers that are strongly lignified when compared with those of young fronds. …”
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Evapotranspiration and carbon exchange in a citrus orchard using eddy covariance by Maestre-Valero, José F., Testi, Luca, Jiménez-Bello, Miguel Ángel, Castel, Juan R., Intrigliolo, Diego S.

“…The results complement previous studies in large lysimeters and provide quantitative information for conducting carbon balance in citrus orchards under Mediterranean conditions.…”
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Pride and prejudice : extra-group paternity in lions and the effects of marker density on kinship and relatedness estimates by Jansson, Julia

“…Thus, future studies conducting parentage analyses should not simply use as many markers as possible, but instead consider the optimal number markers in the context of their data.…”

Genetic mapping on local Swedish chicken breeds by Gebeyehu, Samrawit Tsehay

“…The current study on genetic diversity may help to strengthen the genetic conservation program, such as, eliminating inbreeding and conducting additional molecular-based studies. Further research into plumage color variability should be done, by including many more individuals.…”
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