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Redesigning crop varieties to win the race between climate change and food security by Pixley, Kevin V., Cairns, Jill E., López Ridaura, Santiago, Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng, Abba Dawud, Maryam, Drabo, Inoussa, Mindaye, Taye, Nebie, Baloua, Asea, Godfrey, Das, Biswanath, Daudi, Happy, Desmae, Haile, Batieno, Benoit Joseph, Boukar, Ousmane, Mukankusi, Clare T.M., Nkalubo, Stanley T., Hearne, Sarah Jane, Dhugga, Kanwarpal S., Gandhi, Harish, Snapp, Sieglinde, Zepeda Villarreal, Ernesto Adair

“…We surveyed 588 expert stakeholders to predict current and novel traits that may be essential for future pearl millet, sorghum, maize, groundnut, cowpea, and common bean varieties, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Assessment of the use, intensity and adoption of Climate Information Services (CIS) and Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies in Ghana. by Damba, Osman T., Mponela, Powell, Mahama, Obed K., Dagunga, Gilbert, Anang, Benjamin T.

“…Specifically, this study assessed the sex desegregated technologies used and the level of use along the various maize, cowpea, yam, sweet potato and tomato value chains. …”
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Mulch application as the overarching factor explaining increase in soil organic carbon stocks under conservation agriculture in two 8-year-old experiments in Zimbabwe by Shumba, Armwell, Chikowo, Regis, Thierfelder, Christian, Corbeels, Marc, Six, Johan, Cardinael, Rémi

“…Maize (Zea mays L.) was the main crop, and treatments with rotation included cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.). The soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration and soil bulk density were determined for samples taken from depths of 0–5, 5–10, 10–15, 15–20, 20–30, 30–40, 40–50, 50–75 and 75–100 cm. …”
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Genomic resources in plant breeding for sustainable agriculture by Thudi, Mahendar, Palakurthi, Ramesh, Schnable, James C., Chitikineni, Annapurna, Dreisigacker, Susanne, Mace, Emma, Srivastava, Rakesh K., Satyavathi, C. Tara, Odeny, Damaris, Tiwari, Vijay K., Lam, Hon-Ming, Hong, Yan Bin, Singh, Vikas K., Li, Guowei, Xu, Yunbi, Chen, Xiaoping, Kaila, Sanjay, Nguyen, Henry, Sivasankar, Sobhana, Jackson, Scott A., Close, Timothy J., Shubo, Wan, Varshney, Rajeev K.

“…In this review we focus on genomic resources, genome and germplasm sequencing, sequencing-based trait mapping, and genomics-assisted breeding approaches aimed at developing biotic stress resistant, abiotic stress tolerant and high nutrition varieties in six major cereals (rice, maize, wheat, barley, sorghum and pearl millet), and six major legumes (soybean, groundnut, cowpea, common bean, chickpea and pigeonpea). We further provide a perspective and way forward to use genomic breeding approaches including marker-assisted selection, marker-assisted backcrossing, haplotype based breeding and genomic prediction approaches coupled with machine learning and artificial intelligence, to speed breeding approaches. …”
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Bundling climate smart agriculture and climate information services: the CSA Bundler Application by Tepa Yotto, Ghislain, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Obeng Adomaa, Faustina

“…Five priority value chains were selected including maize, rice, cowpea, yam, and vegetables. To achieve inclusiveness, soybean, groundnut, cocoa, poultry and goat were added as strategic value chains with high value addition potential. …”
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Evidence for genotypic differences among elite lines of common bean in the ability to remobilize photosynthate to increase yield under drought by Rao, Idupulapati M., Beebe, Stephen E., Polanía Perdomo, José A., Grajales Bedoya, Miguel Angel, Cajiao V., César Hernando, Ricaurte Oyola, José Jaumer

“…A set of 36 genotypes, including 33 common bean, two wild bean and one cowpea were evaluated using a 6 × 6 lattice design under irrigated and rainfed field conditions. …”
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Crop ontology: integration of standard variables by Valette, L., Pietragalla, J., Laporte, Marie-Angélique, Afolabi, A., Boukar, O., Cannon, Steven B., Diers, D.W., Dreher, K.A., Gaur, Pooran M., Guerrero, Alberto F., Hash, C.T., Hualla, V., Inoussa, D., Kalberer, S.R., Kondombo-Barro, C.P., Kumar, S., López Montes, Antonio José, Menda, N., Nelson, R., Ofodile, S., Patil, S., Prasad, P., Rajendran, K., Rami, J.F., Rathore, A., Sackville-Hamilton, N. Ruaraidh, Reinhard Simon, Guvener Selim, Teme, N., Weltzien, Eva, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Shrestha, R.

“…Along with the partners, the CO and IBP team have been working on formatting and curating the TD of pigeonpea (ICRISAT), cowpea (IITA), wheat (CIMMYT), groundnut (ICRISAT/USDA), yam (IITA), chickpea (ICRISAT), lentil (ICARDA), cassava (IITA), soybean (IITA/USDA), common bean (CIAT), rice (IRRI), pearl millet (ICRISAT), sorghum (CIRAD/ICRISAT), and maize (CIMMYT).…”
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Shoot and Root Traits Contribute to Drought Resistance in Recombinant Inbred Lines of MD 23–24 × SEA 5 of Common Bean by Polanía Perdomo, José A., Rao, Idupulapati M., Cajiao V., César Hernando, Grajales Bedoya, Miguel Angel, Rivera Peña, Mariela, Velásquez, Federico, Raatz, Bodo, Beebe, Stephen E.

“…A set of 121 bean genotypes (111 RILs, 2 parents, 8 checks) belonging to the Mesoamerican gene pool and one cowpea variety were evaluated under field conditions with two levels of water supply (irrigated and rainfed) over three seasons. …”
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Recent progress in cassava agronomy research in the Philippines by Evangelio, Fernando A., Ladera, Julieta C.

“…In an intercropping trial in Bohol, even after three cropping cycles, cassava yields were not significantly affected by interplanting of either soybean, mungbean, cowpea, peanut or pole sitao (yard-long bean). However, row spacing significantly affected the yields of cassava and intercrops. …”
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Replication Data for: Application of secondary nutrients and micronutrients increases crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa by Kihara, Job Maguta, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Nziguheba, Generose, Zingore, Shamie, Sommer, Rolf

“…Of the two sources, most yield data are for maize (73.6%), followed by sorghum (6.7%) and wheat (6.1%) while rice, cowpea, faba bean, tef, and soybean each accounted for less than 5%. …”
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Long term integrated soil fertility management in southwestern Nigeria: crop performance and impact on the soil fertility status by Vanlauwe, Bernard, Diels, J., Sanginga, Nteranya, Merckx, Roel

“…The systems included two alley cropping systems with Leucaena leucocephala and Senna siamea on the one hand and a control (no-trees) system on the other hand, all cropped annually with a maize–cowpea rotation. All systems had a plus and minus fertilizer treatment. …”
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Longterm soil organic carbon dynamics in a subhumid tropical climate: 13C data in mixed C3/C4 cropping and modeling with ROTHC by Diels, J., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Meersch, M.K. van der, Sanginga, N., Merckx, Roel

“…The decline was most pronounced in the no-tree control treatments with continuous maize and cowpea cropping, where SOC levels dropped from the initial 15.4 to 7.3–8.0 Mg C ha−1 in the 0–12 cm topsoil in 16 years. …”
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Grain Legumes for soil productivity improvement in the Northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria by Odunze, A.C., Tarawali, Shirley A., Haan, Nicoline C. de, Iwuafor, E.N.O., Katung, P.D., Akoueguon, G.E., Amadji, A.F., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Atala, T.K., Ahmed, B., Adamu, A., Babalola, A.O., Ogunwole, J.O., Alimi, A., Ewansiha, S.U., Adediran, S.A.

“…Comparing between maize grain yields in 2001 and 2002, maize grain improved by 20.1% under sole maize, 95.0% under maize in sole groundnut, 92.8% under maize in soybean, and 98.4% under maize in cowpea. This would confirm that the sole legume planting for two years restored fertility status of the soils and enhanced the soil organic carbon and total nitrogen, to have resulted in greater maize grain yield than under the sole maize despite the 120 kg N fertilizer applied to the sole maize.…”
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Potential Uses of Wild Germplasms of Grain Legumes for Crop Improvement by Muñoz, Nacira Belen, Ailin, Liu, Leo, Kan, Man-Wah, Li, Hon-Ming, Lam

“…In this review, we focused on nine important grain legumes (soybean, peanut, pea, chickpea, common bean, lentil, cowpea, lupin, and pigeonpea) to discuss the potential uses of their wild relatives as genetic resources for crop breeding and improvement, and summarized the various genetic/genomic approaches adopted for these purposes.…”
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Price and quality of livestock feeds in suburban markets of West Africa's Sahel: Case study from Bamako, Mali by Ayantunde, Augustine A., Blümmel, Michael, Grings, Elaine E., Duncan, Alan J.

“…Results showed that the prices of cowpea hay and groundnut haulm were consistently higher than those of other feeds throughout the year. …”
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Availability and utilization of feed resources in small ruminant production among smallholder farmers in northern Ghana by Konlan, Solomon Pigangsoa

“…Four categories of feedstuffs: crop residues, agro-industrial by-products (AIBPs), fresh grasses and leaves of local browse plants were found in all the three feed markets surveyed. Price of cowpea haulm was highest (P<0.05) at GHȻ 1.00 /kg DM whereas rice bran was the lowest at GHȻ 0.12 /kg DM. …”
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Combined effects of cover crops, mulch, zero-tillage and resistant varieties on Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze in rice-maize rotation systems by Randrianjafizanaka, M.T., Autfray, P., Andrianaivo, A.P., RatsimialaRamonta, I., Rodenburg, J.

“…A 4-season factorial experiment compared the current farmer practice of rice − maize rotation, involving seasonal tillage and crop residue removal (CONV), with three rice − maize rotation systems following CA with different cover crops, i.e. Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) and Mucuna pruriens (CACM), Vigna umbellata (ricebean) (CARB), and Stylosanthes guianensis (CAST). …”
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AICCRA-Senegal: Preparing for the 2024 agricultural campaign by Folorunso, M. Akinseye, Faye, Aliou, Diouf, Doudou, Zagré, Inoussa, Thiaw, Moussa

“…The training included (i) key achievements of AICCRA through participatory demonstration and extension, (ii) impacts of climate-smart management practices on pearl millet groundnut productivity and cowpea in Senegal, (iii) 2024 growing season demonstration and innovation, and (iv) dissemination of advice and climate information services in AICCRA project sites. …”
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Evaluation of long-term conservation agriculture and crop intensification in rice-wheat rotation of Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia: Carbon dynamics and productivity by Samal, S.K., Rao, K.K., Poonia, S.P., Kumar, Rakesh, Mishra, J.S., Prakash, Ved, Mondal, S., Dwivedi, S.K., Bhatt, B.P., Naik, Sushanta Kumar, Choubey, Anup Kumar, Kumar, V., Malik, R.K., McDonald, Andrew

“…Conventional RWCS was replaced with rice-potato + maize- cowpea cropping system with partial CA in scenario 4 (S4). …”
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The characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Ragasa, Catherine, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Andam, Kwaw S., Spielman, David J., Omoigui, Lucky

“…METHODS Using primary survey data of seed producers of key grains (maize, rice, and sorghum) and legumes (cowpea and soybean) from 380 CSS in Kano state in northern Nigeria, we qualitatively assess seed production characteristics, financial structures of their seed production, aspects of quality assurance measures they engage, and potential roles of external support like training on their implementation of these quality assurance measures. …”
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