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Effects of maturity and drying method on the nutritive value of tropical grasses in Nicaragua by Hoek, Rein van der, Mena Urbina, Martin A., Lemus, R, Newman, Y.C, Albrecht K.A

“…Tropical grasses are key components for both grazing and conserved forages in sustainable livestock systems (beef and dairy) in Central America. …”
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Shifting perceptions, preferences and practices in the African fruit trade: the case of African plum (Dacryodes edulis) in different cultural and urbanization contexts in Cameroon by Rimlinger, Aurore, Duminil, Jérôme, Lemoine, Taïna, Avana, Marie-Louise, Chakocha, Armel, Gakwavu, Alexis, Mboujda, Franca, Tsogo, Mélanie, Elias, Marlène, Carrière, Stéphanie M.

“…Conclusions: Findings linking perceptions of and preferences for fruit traits to intraspecifc tree diversity, with attention to interethnic and rural–urban diferences, will help design locally specifc measures to conserve the agrobiodiversity of African plum in the context of its ongoing domestication.…”
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Dynamic guardianship of potato landraces by Andean communities and the genebank of the International Potato Center by Luttringhaus, S., Pradel, W., Suarez, V., Manrique, N., Anglin, Noelle L., Ellis, David, Hareau, G., Jamora, Nelissa, Smale, Melinda, Gómez, R.

“…Repatriated potatoes enabled farmers to conserve potato diversity, and hence, re-establish and broaden culinary diversity and traditions. …”
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Thirty years of water management research for rice in Sub-Saharan Africa: achievement and perspectives by Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Devkota, Krishna Prasad, Akpoti, Komlavi, Danvi, A., Duku, C., Zwart, Sander J.

“…In the rainfed uplands, supplemental irrigation, mulching, and conservation agriculture mitigated the effects of drought on rice yield. …”
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Concentration and quantification of Tilapia tilapinevirus from water using a simple iron flocculation coupled with probe-based RT-qPCR by Taengphu, S., Kayansamruaj, P., Kawato, Y., Delamare-Deboutteville, Jerome, Mohan, Chadag V., Dong, H.T., Senapin, S.

“…Results The RT-qPCR method designed to target a conserved region of the TiLV genome segment 9 has a detection limit of 10 viral copies per µL of template. …”
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Layering smart management practices to sustainably maintain rice yields and improve water use efficiency in eastern India by Chaurasiya, Asheesh, Dutta, S.K., Singh, Ajoy Kumar, Kumar, Sanjay, Kohli, Anshuman, Homa, Fozia, Kumar, Arun, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Laing, Alison M.

“…Rice in eastern India is widely cultivated using conventional management practices, including puddled transplanting (PTR) for crop establishment, which are water and energy intensive. To conserve water and maximise its efficient use, improved crop management practices must be identified which are feasible and attractive to farmers. …”
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Climate-smart agricultural practices influence the fungal communities and soil properties under major agri-food systems by Choudhary, Madhu, Jat, Hanuman Sahay, Jat, Mangi Lal, Sharma, Parbodh Chander

“…The study comprised different climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-based management scenarios (Sc) established on the principles of conservation agriculture (CA), namely, ScI is conventional tillage-based rice–wheat rotation, ScII is partial CA-based rice–wheat–mungbean, ScIII is partial CSA-based rice–wheat–mungbean, ScIV is partial CSA-based maize–wheat–mungbean, and ScV and ScVI are CSA-based scenarios and similar to ScIII and ScIV, respectively, except for fertigation method. …”
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Assessment of structure and governance of amenity trees in the premises of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria by Owoeye, Y.T.

“…Many people also have some negative view and attitude towards trees as a result of their belief thereby making it difficult for them to embrace the practice of tree management and conservation within working and living premises. This study assessed the structure and governance of amenity trees on IITA, Ibadan premises. …”
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TpUB05, a Homologue of the Immunodominant Plasmodium falciparum Protein UB05, Is a Marker of Protective Immune Responses in Cattle Experimentally Vaccinated against East Coast Feve... by Dinga, Jerome Nyhalah, Wamalwa, Mark, Njimoh, Dieudonné Lemuh, Njahira, Moses N., Djikeng, Appolinaire, Skilton, Robert A., Titanji, Vincent Pryde Kehdingha, Pellé, Roger

“…Recently it was shown that the P. falciparum immunodominant protein UB05 is highly conserved in T. parva, the causative agent of East Coast fever. …”
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Evaluation des impacts du programme ECOFAC sur les écosystèmes forestiers d’Afrique centrale au cours des 30 dernières années: Rapport final préparé par ADE et CIFOR by Leszczynska, N., Tchamba, M., Rouge, J-C., Eba’a Atyi, R.

“…Il est attendu que les conclusions et recommandations de cette évaluation permettront d’enrichir et contribuer a de nouvelles initiatives qui iront au-delà de la protection et de la conservation de la biodiversité en Afrique subsaharienne et oeuvreront en faveur du développement durable et de la relance verte des aires protégées.…”
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High-Temperature and Drought Stress Effects on Growth, Yield and Nutritional Quality with Transpiration Response to Vapor Pressure Deficit in Lentil by El Haddad, Noureddine, Choukri, Hasnae, Ghanem, Michel Edmond, Smouni, Abdelaziz, Mentag, Rachid, Rajendran, Karthika, Hejjaoui, Kamal, Maalouf, Fouad, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar

“…Genotypes with low breakpoints had the ability to conserve water, allowing it to be used at later stages for increased yield. …”
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Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on Climate Smart Nutrient and Water Management in Crop Production Course Module by Kalinda, Thompson, Phiri, Elijah, Mweetwa, Alice Mutiti

“…The Sessions included: (i) Official opening and setting of the scene; (ii) Concepts and principles of soil health and nutrient management in crop production; (iii) Soil: plant-water interrelations; (iv) Challenges of climate change to soils and soil fertility management; (v) Water management for crop production; (vi) Climate smart crop production and nutrient management Systems; (vii) Nutrient management for climate change adaptation and crop production; and, a field visit to two Conservation Agriculture (CA) practicing farms. The following issues and recommendations emerged from the ToT: (i) There is need to scale-up the training to cover additional institutions and farmers for enhancement of CSA practices; (ii) There is need to contextualize the module to suit the different stakeholders and environments; (iii) There is need to develop a toolkit translating scientific terms into the major local languages of Zambia; and, (iv) based on the success of the training workshop, the Department of Soil Science has since received requests to organise similar training to targeting seed companies in climate smart agriculture. …”
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Spatio-temporal variability of streamflow in major and medium rivers of Nepal by Aryal, Anil, Shrestha, M., Aryal, S., Upadhyay, S., Maharjan, M.

“…For this, we used a set of 33 indicators from the indicator of hydrologic alteration (IHA) developed by The Nature Conservancy for the pre and post-impact period. The pre and post-impact period is defined here as the time before and after which the substantial alteration occurred, possibly due to multiple reasons. …”
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Análisis financiero del potencial de mercados de carbono para sistemas de producción de cacao en Caquetá y Cesar by Blanco, Javier Tomás, Quintana, Angélica, García, María Claudia, Navarrete, Manuela, Borda, Carlos, Vanegas, Martha

“…If the investment costs associated with the establishment of agroforestry systems and conservation actions are included, the mechanism is not viable. …”
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Digital innovation in citizen science to enhance water quality monitoring in developing countries by Pattinson, N. B., Taylor, J., Dickens, Chris W. S., Graham, P. M.

“…The effective and efficient water resource conservation and management necessary to mitigate the crisis requires monitoring data, especially on water quality. …”
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Enhancing irrigated forage crop production through water and nutrient management in the Ethiopian sub-humid highlands by Abidela, Misbah, Haileslassie, Amare, Bezabih, Melkamu, Assefa, T., Tessema, Fikadu, Adie, Aberra, Kassie, A., Jones, Christopher S., Tilahun, Seifu A.

“…These results indicate that a moderate level of deficient irrigation such as IR80 could be a viable water management strategy for irrigated forage, especially in water-scarce areas. The conserved water saved from the deficit irrigation can thus be used to irrigate additional land, contributing to a more sustainable and efficient water usage approach.…”
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Nitrogen and phosphorus mineralization and their corresponding monetary values under long‐term integrated soil fertility management practices by Bolo, Peter, Mucheru‐Muna, Monicah, Kinyua, Michael, Ayaga, George, Nyawira, Sylvia, Kihara, Job

“…Materials and Methods This study used in situ resin core method to explore the extent of N and P nutrient mineralisation and monetary equivalents under select integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) practices in two long‐term (17 years) trials namely Conservation Tillage (CT1) and Integrated Nutrient Management (INM3). …”
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Comparison of test performance of a conventional PCR and two field-friendly tests to detect Coxiella burnetii DNA in ticks using Bayesian latent class analysis by Kamau, M.W., Witte, C., Goosen, W., Mutinda, M., Villinger, J., Getange, D., Khogali, R., Fricken, M.E. von, Fèvre, Eric M., Zimmerman, D., Linton, Y.-M., Miller, M.

“…Methods: In total, 169 ticks from wild animals and cattle in wildlife conservancies in northern Kenya were screened for <i>C. burnetii</i> DNA using a conventional PCR (cPCR) and two field-friendly techniques: Biomeme’s <i>C. burnetii</i> qPCR Go-strips (Biomeme) and a new <i>C. burnetii</i> PCR high-resolution melt (PCR-HRM) analysis assay. …”
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Biomass and nutrient flow dynamics and sustainability practices to de-risk environmental challenges in the Sub-Saharan Africa farming system by Guindo, M., Traore, B., Zemadim, Birhanu

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, productivity risks stem from weather variability, while environmental risks include soil nutrient depletion due to unsustainable farming practices that include monoculture, inadequate or lack of soil and water conservation measures, and low-nutrient application. …”
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Building policy coherence into Nigeria’s agri-food system: options for more effective coordination and integration by Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Appiah, Sarah, Nicol, Alan, Balana, Bedru

“…This situation threatens economic growth and development, particularly, the achievement of key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals related to SDG 1 (eliminate all forms of poverty), SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 6 (Clean water and sanitation), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 14 (Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development) and 15 (life on land). …”
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