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Evidence of expanded diversity in weeds as reservoir host of viruses in pepper fields across southwestern Nigeria by Arogundade, O., Matthew, J.O., Olatunji, O., Aliyu, T.H., Kumar, P. Lava

“…Results showed that the Weed species collected contain 17 families, 33 genera and 36 plant species of which 83.33% of the plant species tested positive to one or more plant viruses. …”
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Sheep fattening: A manual for livestock farmers and extension workers in the Ethiopia by Wamatu, Jane, Zeleke, Muluken, Abiso, Tesfaye

“…This manual provides simple and tested practical guidelines for sheep fattener and extension workers in Ethiopia. It contains information on feeds and feeding management options that can be applied by small-scale producers.…”
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High throughput sequencing for the detection and characterization of new virus found in arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza) by Souza, J. de, Fuentes, S., Muller, G., Gamarra, H., Guzmán, M., Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose, Kreuze, Jan F.

“…The commercial product, which is the storage root, has multiple nutritional properties: its fine starch makes it easily digestible, and it contains high levels of calcium and vitamin A. High throughput sequencing (HTS) technology has been applied successfully for virus discovery in different agricultural crops, and it has been proposed to apply it in routine pathogen detection. …”
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Set up from the beginning: the origin and early development of cassava storage roots by Carluccio, A., David, L.C., Claußen, J., Sulley, M., Adeoti, S.R., Abdulsalam, T., Gerth, S., Zeeman, S.C., Gisel, A., Stavolone, L.

“…Finally, using non-destructive computed tomography measurements, we show that SR (but not FR) contain, since their emergence from the stem, an inner channel structure in continuity with the stem secondary xylem, indicating that SR derive from a distinct rhizogenic process compared with FR.…”
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International agreements and the plant genetics research community: A guide to practice by Marden, Emily, Hamilton, Ruaraidh S., Halewood, Michael, McCouch, Susan

“…Yet, there is a general lack of awareness in the research community about the rules and treaties that govern the use of PGR, about access and benefit sharing obligations contained in international treaties and/or national laws, and about how best to comply with potentially applicable requirements. …”
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Data for Tropical Legumes Cluster Evaluation by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, CGIAR, Mathematica

“…The TL project invested $67 million in modernizing legume breeding, seed production and distribution, and variety promotion systems throughout sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This file contains cleaned and coded survey data from TL surveys in four segments: (1) common bean in Tanzania, (2) groundnut in Tanzania, (3) groundnut in Nigeria, and (4) cowpea in Nigeria. …”
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Climate change and transboundary risks in African rangelands by Baker, Derek

“…However, the research contains limited probability-based analysis that aligns with formal risk pathways that link risk triggers to impact by way of interacting and cascading systemic risk. …”
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Testing a new seed-dressing fungicide formulation as an alternative to the banned chemicals by Bouanba, Fatima Zahra, El Miziani, Inaam, Kumari, Safaa

“…Since 2018, the European Union and several other countries have decided to ban the sale and use of many pesticides containing thiram and thiamethoxam molecules, which led preventing shipments of seeds treated with these chemicals from entering these countries (Gautier, 2004). …”
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Land Reform and Child Health in the Kyrgyz Republic by Kosec, Katrina, Shemyakina, Olga N.

“…We exploit a natural experiment in the Kyrgyz Republic following the collapse of socialism, whereby the government rapidly liquidated state and collective farms containing 75 percent of agricultural land and distributed it to individuals, providing 99-year transferable use rights. …”
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Designing dioscorea genomes for improved nutritional and pharmaceutical properties by Bhattacharjee, Ranjana

“…Yams are known for the presence of secondary metabolites such as steroid saponin, allantoin, quinones, cyanidins, phenolics, and nitrogen-containing compounds as well as diosgenin representing different properties including antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, antimicrobial, inflammatory, antiproliferative, androgenic, estrogenic, and contraceptive properties. …”
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Philippines, Bukidnon Panel Survey, 2003-2004 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This data set contains the 2003 and 2004 rounds of the Bukidnon Panel Survey, a survey spanning 19 years. …”
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Egypt Integrated Household Survey, 1997-1999 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In addition to the household level data, data were collected on the overall characteristics of the community/villages containing the surveyed households. The EIHS 1999 survey was conducted on a sub-sample (348 households) of the EIHS 1997. …”
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Biophysical and Socio-Economic Benefits of Contour Farming by World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…In addition, it produces fodder and fuelwood from vegetation grown on the banks to diverse production and income sources as a risk mitigation and climate adaptation strategy. This dataset contains data collected to validate this technology with farmers.…”
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Replication Data for "Development of the Project-Level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI)" by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Pro-WEAI is an adaptation of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), originally developed in 2012 by IFPRI, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and OPHI. This data package contains baseline data from five GAAP2 projects and Stata .do files necessary for replicating the results of Malapit et al. (2019). …”
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Introduction to special issue on regional growth opportunities by Arndt, Channing, Roberts, Simon J.

“…This issue contains seven articles addressing the major changes underway in the integration of economies in southern Africa. …”
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Land reform and child health in the Kyrgyz Republic by Kosec, Katrina, Shemyakina, Olga

“…We exploit a natural experiment in The Kyrgyz Republic following the collapse of socialism whereby the government rapidly liquidated state and collective farms containing 75 percent of agricultural land and distributed it to individuals, providing 99-year transferrable use rights. …”
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Does an inorganic fertilizer subsidy promote the use of organic fertilizers in Nigeria? by Alabi, Reuben Adeolu, Adams, Oshobugie Ojor, Abu, Godwin

“…The study made use of the Nigeria General Household Survey (GHS) dataset from 2010-2011, which contains 5,000 farmers. We estimate the probability and intensity of organic and inorganic fertilizer use conditioned on the amount of fertilizer subsidy accessed by the farmers using Probit and Tobit IV methodologies. …”
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Probiotic and cyanide degrading potentials of pediococcus pentosaceus and pichia exigua isolated from cassava products effluent by Banwo, K., Ojetunde, J.T., Falade, T.

“…Cassava tubers contain high levels of cyanogenic glucosides that are toxic when consumed. …”
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Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens by Birol, Ekin, Smale, Melinda, Gyovai, Agnes

“…Home gardens contribute to the preservation of rural settlements and cultural heritage, and they contain relatively high levels of several components of agricultural biodiversity. …”
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Land rights for African development: from knowledge to action by Mwangi, Esther

“…A wide range of issues are captured and reiterated in the 12 briefs contained in this collection. These include: the prevalence and importance of customary tenure; the prevalence and importance of common property arrangements; constraints to women’s access under both customary and statutory tenure; the need to secure common property and other forms of tenure; and the importance of broad based participation to secure broad consensus among multiple actors in order to enhance the efficiency, equity and sustainability objectives of land tenure reforms. …”
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