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Effect of male bud removal on the yield of Musa genotypes in a humid forest zone of West Africa by Okoro, J., Vuylsteke, D.R., Ortíz, R.

“…Plantains and bananas are economically important crops in many African countries where they are cultivated in compound gardens by small holders primarily for domestic consumption. …”
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Exploring Local Perspectives for Conservation Planning: A Case Study from a Remote Forest Community in Indonesian Papua by Heist, M. van, Liswanti, N., Boissiere, M., Padmanaba, M., Basuki, I., Sheil, D.

“…Views and priorities were explored through interviews, scoring exercises, community mapping and a field survey. Whereas small gardens provided most staple food, culture and livelihoods were linked to the forest. …”
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Understanding socioeconomic aspects influencing CSA adoption by Howland, Fanny C., Andrieu, Nadine, Bonilla Findji, Osana

“…Results show that home gardens were the most commonly adopted practice, followed by compost preparation and water harvesting. …”
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Investigating germplasm collection and development potential of organic cowpea in Portugal by Wallman, Dylan

“…This work discusses different development directions such as intercropping, sole cropping and home gardens as well as organic plant breeding of the cowpea crop. …”
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Stationsutveckling i stad och på landsbygd : exempel från Gagnef by Andersson, Andrea

“…One of the proposals is historical and inspired by the 1930s and 1940s, a period of greatness for gardening at the Swedish railway stations. The second proposal is inspired by the contemporary large scale redevelopments of former industrial sites in Germany and New York. …”

Naturen som katalysator by Åhman, Karin

“…This by offering recovery, natural environments and activities where forest walks and gardening activities are mixed and adapted to the participant's needs and choice. …”
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Balance entre la producción de una huerta agroecológica y la demanda nutricional de una familia tipo en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires by Pescio, Francisco Jose

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Diversity of agroforestry practices in Viet Nam by Mulia, R., Nguyen, M.P.

“…However, rural people still maintain agroforestry for different purposes, including as subsistence and income-generating farming system in home gardens, as part of their livelihood strategies. To respond to global challenge of food insecurity and climate change, research and development communities worldwide have put significant attention to agroforestry as potential solution to reconcile economic and ecological pressure, and to achieve sustainable development. …”
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Underutilised Indigenous Vegetables for Household Dietary Diversity in Southwest Nigeria by Tanimonure, V.A., Naziri, D., Codjoe, S.N., Ayanwale, A.B.

“…The study concluded that the inclusionof diverse underutilised indigenous vegetables into cropping systems in rural areas and vegetablehome gardening practices in the rural and urban areas of developing countries could alleviate thechallenge of nutrition insecurity.…”
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Status of yam (Dioscorea spp.) in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Adejumobi, I.I., Agre, A.P., Adeyinka, A.S., Cipriano, I.M., Adheka, J.G., Onautshu, O.D.

“…Diversity has however been maintained mainly through ennoblement efforts in house gardens and small farmlands using traditional farming methods. …”
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Situational Analysis of Climate Change-Agriculture-Gender Inequality Hotspots in Bangladesh by Akhter, Sadika

“…Women primarily engage in homestead gardening and livestock rearing, while men have better access to agricultural resources and market opportunities. …”
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Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework by Adato, Michelle, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…It provides an overview of the sustainable livelihoods approach, how it can be applied to agricultural research, and describes detailed methods and results from five case studies: (1) modern rice varieties in Bangladesh; (2) polyculture fishponds and vegetable gardens in Bangladesh; (3) soil fertility management practices in Kenya; (4) hybrid maize in Zimbabwe; and (5) creolized maize varieties in Mexico.…”
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Agricultural land expansion and deforestation in Malawi by Mindle, I.J., Kowero, G.S., Ngugi, D., Luhanga, J.

“…Villagers living around the forest resources were identified as being key agents of deforestation, mainly through careless cutting of trees, opening up of gardens, grazing livestock and charcoal burning. These four activities constitute 84% of the reasons given by farmers for the increasing environmental degradation. …”
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Decentralisation, local communities and forest management in Barito Selatan district, Central Kalimantan by McCarthy, J.F.

“…It examines the fate of village communities dependent on rattan gardens, the circumstances of an isolated and impoverished community living in the middle of a logging concession area, and a hamlet where eleven unlicensed sawmills had opened operations over the previous twelve months. …”
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Dynamics and sustainability of urban agriculture: examples from Sub-Saharan Africa by Drechsel, Pay, Dongus, S.

“…Urban agriculture can have many different expressions, varying from backyard gardening to poultry and livestock farming. This article focuses on crop production on larger open spaces in cities of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and investigates the sustainability and dynamics of this type of land use, which is common on undeveloped plots particularly in lowlands, such as in inland valleys, or along urban streams or drains. …”
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Plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana and plantain in eastern and western Democratic Republic of Congo by Kamira, M., Hauser, S., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Coyne, Danny L., Talwana, Herbert A.L.

“…Plant-parasitic nematode incidence, population densities and associated damage were determined from 153 smallholder banana and plantain gardens in Bas Congo (9 – 646 meters above sea level, m.a.s.l) and South Kivu (1043 – 2005 m.a.s.l), Democratic Republic of Congo, during 2010. …”
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Natural occurrence and pathogenicity of Xanthomonas bacteria on selected plants by Chala, A., Kebede, T., Blomme, Guy

“…The bacterial genus Xanthomonas consists of several species of economic importance, among which Xanthomonas campestris pv.musacearum (Xcm), the cause of enset and banana wilt is the most important in tropical Africa.However, the natural occurrence and host range of this species is yet to be clarified.The objectives of this study were to verify the presence of Xanthomonas bacteria on plants growing in and around enset gardens in South and Southwest Ethiopia, and to elucidate the pathogenicity of Xcm strains to cultivated and wild plants.Several economical and ornamental plants were assessed for wilting in South and Southwest Ethiopia.Wilting was visible on Canna spp. with 9.8% incidence and 30% prevalence, while reddish streak symptoms (typical of Xanthomonas bacteria) were observed on the leaves of sugarcane, sorghum and wild sorghum with disease incidence ranging from 20 to 80%, and prevalence varying from 30 to 100%.The pathogenicity of three Xcm isolates to five plant species was tested in a factorial experiment arranged in CRD with five replications.All the tested Xcm isolates were found to be pathogenic to banana, cultivated and wild enset, Canna indica, Canna orchoides, maize, sorghum and finger millet.The analysis of variance for incubation period and disease incidence revealed significant differences (p<0.05)among test plants and isolates.Results suggest marked variations among test plants' ability to resist the bacterium.Variations were also evident in the aggressiveness of the bacterial isolates.On the other hand, enset and banana did not show any symptom after being inoculated with four Xanthomonas isolates from other crops.…”
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Caracterización y alternativas productivas para fincas ganaderas establecidas en la Amazonía Colombiana by Ramírez Pava, Bertha Leonor

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Vegetation för regnbäddar : aspekter att tänka på by Danielsson Ahumada, Nicole

A Road Map for Conservation, Use, and Public Engagement around North America’s Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Utilized Plants by Khoury, Colin K., Greene, Stephanie L., Krishnan, Sarada, Miller, Allison J., Moreau, Tara

“…Many of these species are threatened in their natural habitats, and most are underrepresented in plant genebanks and botanical gardens. These conservation gaps limit the portfolio of useful plant diversity available to present and future generations. …”
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