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Enhancing Agricultural Resilience: A WEFE nexus workshop on Conservation Practices and Scenario Design by Kertolli, Emirjona, Belhouchette, Hatem

“…By simulating various farm-level scenarios, we aim to identify the key economic, social, and technical barriers that may affect their decision to convert.…”
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Scaling Roadmap: Advancing User-centric Bundled Climate Information (CIS) and Digital Agro-Advisory Services (CSA) in Ethiopia by Ewell, Hanna, Rettie, Fasil, Ndour, Adama, Makonnen, Brook T., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Solomon, Dawit, Girvetz, Evan

“…Key messages - Bundled CIS+CSA converts forecasts into timely, actionable advisories, inputs, and services—reducing climate risk, improving decisions, and raising productivity and incomes for diverse Ethiopian smallholders nationwide. - Lersha–CIMMYT model delivers biweekly voice/SMS advisories; links mechanization, inputs, credit, insurance, and markets; leverages agents, cooperatives, and meteorological services to reach women, youth, and non-literate farmers. - Responsible scaling: strengthen forecasts and localization; integrate with extension, finance, policy; diversify revenues; embed inclusion safeguards—building resilient, sustainable CSA/CIS ecosystems nationwide.…”
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Climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia by Kim, U., Kaluarachchi, Jagath J., Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…It starts from the construction of the climate change scenarios based on the outcomes of several general circulation models (GCMs), uses a simple hydrological model to convert theses scenarios into runoff, and examines the impacts by means of a set of indices. …”
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Application of the ChlorOut concept in a waste wood fired CFB boiler by Carlberg, Mårten

“…Boilers converting from sulphur rich fossil fuels to alkali and chlorine rich bio fuels often experience an increased super heater corrosion. …”

Why does nutrition deteriorate rapidly among children under 2 years of age? Using qualitative methods to understand community perspectives on complementary feeding practices in Ban... by Rasheed, S, Rukhsana, H, Hassan, N, Pachón, Helena, Islam, S., Chowdhury, SBJ, Sanghvi, TG

“…There was a gap in knowledge about appropriate complementary foods in terms of quality and quantity and strategies to convert family foods to make them suitable for children. …”
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Obtención de péptidos con actividad antihipertensiva in vitro a partir de un subproducto bovino. by Chamorro, Verónica Celeste, Martinez, Fernanda Gabriela, Pazos, Adriana Alejandra, Szerman, Natalia, Ambrosi, Vanina A.

“…All the hydrolysates showed antihypertensive activity, inhibiting the action of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in values greater than 80%. …”
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The response of a radiation-induced dwarf bean mutant to gibberellic acid by Moh, C.C., Alan, J.J.

“…Weekly applications of aqueous solutions of GA from 1 to 32 ppm were able to convert the dwarf mutant to a normal phenotype. It appears that this dwarf is a GA-deficient mutant. …”
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Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development by Williams, Brooke A., Grantham, Hedley S., Watson, James E.M., Álvarez, Silvia J., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Rogéliz, Carlos A., Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da, Forero-Medina, Germán, Etter, Andrés, Nogales, Jonathan, Walschburger, Tomas, Hyman, Glenn G., Beyer, Hawthorne L.

“…We show that while negative environmental impacts can be reduced through planning, the total area of land converted to agriculture is the unavoidable principal driver of biodiversity and ecosystem service loss. …”
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Elephants or onions? Paying for nature in Amboseli, Kenya by Bulte, E., Boone, R., Stringer, R., Thornton, Philip K.

“…Traditional grazing grounds near Amboseli National Park (Kenya) are being rapidly converted to cropland – a process that closes important wildlife corridors. …”
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Population pressure, land tenure, and tree resource management in Uganda by Place, Frank, Otsuka, Keijiro

“…Private ownership of converted land promotes greater integration of trees and crops and leads to the highest density of trees on agricultural land. …”
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An Ethiopian FABLE: Making integrated water–energy–food–ecosystems futures visible by CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains

“…A dashboard, developed with support from NEXUS Gains, converts the data from the model into eye-opening visual demonstrations of on-the-ground-impacts of different policy decisions.…”
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Will livestock intensification help save Latin America's tropical forest? by Kaimowitz, D., Angelsen, A.

“…In many contexts improved technologies—by making cattle production more profitable—will result in more forest being converted to pasture. Silvopastoral systems and other labor-intensive practices can restrain pasture expansion, at least in the short-run. …”
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Bioconversión de las Ellagitanninas melas tropical de montaña (Rubus adenotrichos) y relación con la ecología del microbiomo intestinal by García Muñoz, María Cristina

“…Nonetheless, ETs are not bioavailable as such; therefore, after being partially converted into ellagic acid (EA) in the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, they undergo sequential bioconversion in the colon by gut microbiota into urolithins, a more bioavailable and bioactive group of molecules that persist up to 4 days at relatively high concentrations in urine. …”
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Antinutrients and heavy metals in new Nigerian Musa hybrid peels with emphasis on utilization in livestock production by Adeniji, T.A., Barimalaa, I.S., Tenkouano, A., Sanni, Lateef O., Hart, A.D.

“…Our aim was to provide information on plantain and banana peels that may circumvent huge losses during fruit processing by converting waste into wealth and health. Materials and methods. …”
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Guiding the sustainable management of rice landscapes in the uplands by Pandey, S.

“…Helping farmers produce rice more productively is a key entry point for converting the vicious cycle of law poverty-environmental degradation into a virtuous cycle that raises productivity, increases income and protects and the environment.…”
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Climate finance can unlock the full potential of circular bioeconomy by Bodach, Susanne, Perera, Thinuri

“…This approach reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through methods like converting organic waste into bioenergy and fertilizers. …”
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Changes in the Pathway of Ethylene Production Following Citrus Exocortis Viroid Infection in Tomato Plants by Belles, Jose M., Durán-Vila, Núria, Conejero, Vicente

“…Moreover, the capacity to convert ACC into ethylene (ethylene forming enzyme activity) in CEV-infected leaves also increased. …”
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Uncertainties in the value and opportunity costs of pollination services by Magrach, A., Champetier, A., Krishnan, S., Boreux, Virginie, Ghazoul, J.

“…We find the value of pollination services provided by one hectare of forest to be 25% lower than the profits obtained from converting that same surface to coffee production using average values for all parameters. …”
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Sustainable green tea production through agroecological management and land conversion practices for restoring soil health, crop productivity and economic efficiency: Evidence from... by Viet San Le, Laetitia Herrmann, Lambert Brau, Lesueur, Didier

“…At the same time, as tea production may provide a better net income compared with other annual crops such as rice and vegetables, farmers have been converting parts of their allocated land to cultivate tea plants. …”
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The future of forests and orangutans (Pongo abelii) in Sumatra: predicting impacts of oil palm plantations, road construction, and mechanisms for reducing carbon emissions from def... by Gaveau, D.L.A., Wich, S., Epting, J., Juhn, D., Kanninen, M., Leader-Williams, N.

“…Meanwhile, new roads are currently under construction, while companies are converting lowland forests into oil palm plantations. …”
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