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Using growth and transpiration phenotyping under controlled conditions to select water efficient banana genotypes by Wesemael, Jelle van, Kissel, E., Eyland, D., Lawson, T., Swennen, Rony L., Carpentier, Sebastien C.

“…The International Transit Center of Bioversity International holds the world’s biggest collection of banana biodiversity (>1,500 accessions). …”
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Report of a Working Group on Prunus: Eighth meeting, 7-9 September 2010, Forlì, Italy by Maggioni, L., Lateur, M., Balsemin, E., Lipman, E., Bioversity International, European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources

“…The status of the Prunus collections in Europe was reviewed, based on the answers to a survey received from 52 Europeans institutions representing 15 countries. These hold a total number of accessions of more than 15 700, including more than 10 700 of national origin. …”
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Formative research for the development of a theory-based social behavior change communication plan for the More Milk in Tanzania (MoreMilkIT) project by Kelly, J.

“…Malnutrition is a problem throughout the world, disproportionately affecting impoverished, rural, and vulnerable populations.1 Tanzania is not spared the effects of malnutrition, as almost 90% of the population is located in rural regions2 and 30% of the population is classified as food insecure.3,4 Rural Tanzania relies heavily on livestock for nutritional and economic security.5 Research suggests that livestock keeping in East Africa holds potential for economic growth,6 that can be environmentally and culturally sensitive,7 with specific benefits to highly vulnerable populations such as women and children.8 The More Milk in Tanzania project seeks to use advanced value-chain development to improve livelihoods through focused livestock and dairy production and sale.9 This research was conducted as the formative research for a social behavior change communication (SBCC) plan to supplement the More Milk project implementation, specifically to improve maternal and child nutrition through animal sourced foods. …”
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The importance of the light spectrum in a high-throughput phenotyping lab concept: evaluating transpiration and biomass growth of different banana cultivars under different blue/re... by Wesemael, Jelle van, Swennen, Rony L., Roux, N., Carpentier, Sebastien C.

“…The Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Center holds the world's biggest collection of banana biodiversity (>1500 accessions). …”
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Spatial and temporal contrasts in the distribution of crops and pastures across Amazonia: A new agricultural land use data set from census data since 1950: Crops and pastures acros... by Imbach, Pablo, Manrow, M., Barona, Elizabeth, Barretto, Alberto, Hyman, Glenn G.

“…Amazonia holds the largest continuous area of tropical forests with intense land use change dynamics inducing water, carbon, and energy feedbacks with regional and global impacts. …”
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Policy Brief: The impact of mechanization in smallholder rice production in Nigeria: Promising business cases for rice smallholders for income increasing and climate smart interven... by Axmann, Heike

“…Frequently, mechanization is mentioned as a potentially loss-reducing intervention, but has so far not taken hold to any great extent in Sub-Saharan Africa (Sims & Kienzle, 2016). …”
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Strategies to upgrade animal health delivery in village poultry systems: Perspectives of stakeholders from northern Ghana and central zones in Tanzania by Enahoro, Dolapo K., Galiè, Alessandra, Abukari, Y., Chiwanga, G.H., Kelly, T.R., Kahamba, J., Massawe, F.A., Mapunda, F., Jumba, Humphrey, Weber, Christoph, Dione, Michel M., Kayang, B., Ouma, Emily A.

“…Village chicken production holds much potential for the alleviation of malnutrition and poverty in rural communities in Africa. …”
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Priority interventions for transformational change in the Sahel by Abberton, Michael T., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Ademonla, Djalal A, Asiedu, R., Ayantunde, A.A., Bayala, Jules, Cofie, Olufunke O., Kane Potaka, Joanna, Zwart, Sander J., Tabo, Ramadjita, Tenkouano, A., Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain T., Togola, A., Whitbread, Anthony M., Worou, Omonlola N., Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The Sahel region holds both challenges and opportunities for smallholder agriculture/agropastoralism. …”
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A cross-sectional survey of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of antimicrobial users and providers in an area of high-density livestock-human population in western Kenya by Kemp, S.A., Pinchbeck, G.L., Fèvre, Eric M., Williams, N.J.

“…Results: The majority of antimicrobials were accessed through informal means, purchased from agroveterinary shops; more than half of staff did not hold nationally mandated qualifications to advise on or sell veterinary antimicrobials. …”
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Report on partnerships for co-designing system architecture and co-creation of sustainable ag-data hub in Ethiopia by Tamene, Lulseged D., Ali, Ashenafi, Sewnet, Habtamu, Tilaye, Amsalu, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Even when willing to share their data holdings, organizations often encounter difficulties because of lack of clear guidelines and policies. …”
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Guidance note for CGIAR Genebanks on improving accession management by CGIAR Genebank Platform

“…The CGIAR’s biannual reports to the Plant Treaty’s Governing Body and FAO CGRFA will include aggregate data, for each Center, concerning genebank holdings, and movements of accessions among the four curation classes. …”
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Baseline characterization of aquaculture systems and livelihoods in Nigeria by Lozano, Denise, Manyise, Timothy, Siriwardena, Sunil, Subasinghe, Rohana, Olaniyi, Ajibola, Ghazali, Saadiah, Rossignoli, Cristiano

“…These studies, conducted in areas that hold great potential for aquaculture, are expected to contribute to the sustainable and inclusive development of this sector in the country. …”
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Automatization and evaluation of a remote sensing-based indicator for wetland health assessment in East Africa on national and local scales by Steinbach, S., Hentschel, E., Hentze, K., Rienow, A., Umulisa, V., Zwart, Sander J., Nelson, A.

“…To avoid wetland degradation and promote sustainable wetlands use, decision-makers and managing institutions need quantified and spatially explicit information on wetland ecosystem condition for policy development and wetland management. Remote sensing holds a significant potential for wetland mapping, inventorying, and monitoring. …”
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Generation mean analysis reveals the predominant gene effects for grain iron and zinc contents in Pearl Millet by Pujar, Mahesh, Govindaraj, Mahalingam, Gangaprasad, S., Kanatti, Anand, Gowda, T.H., Dushyantha Kumar, B.M., Satish, K.M.

“…However, interaction effects contributed minimally with respect to most of the crosses for the grain Zn content and hence we assume that a simple digenic inheritance pattern holds true for it. Furthermore, we established that narrow-sense heritability was high for the grain Fe content (>61.78%), whereas it was low to moderate for the grain Zn content (30.60–59.04%). …”
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Uneven transmission of traditional knowledge and skills in a changing wildmeat system: Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo by Shephard, S., Muhindo, J., Nyumu, J., Mbangale, E., Nziavake, S., Cerutti, P.O., Vliet, N. van

“…Indigenous communities typically hold diverse traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of their socialecological system. …”
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Baseline Survey and Needs Assessment of Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana by Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Tepa-Yoto, Ghislain, Mkomwa, Saidi, Yeboah, Stephen, Kyere, Reginald, Obeng, Faustina, Adabah, Richard, Waldmann, Kaja, Mwika, Perseverance, Kariuki, Philip Wanjohi, Bourarach, El Hassane, Kienzle, Josef

“…Sustainable agricultural mechanization holds great potential for addressing food security, poverty reduction and rural development challenges. …”
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Genomic predictions to leverage phenotypic data across genebanks by El-Hanafi, Samira, Jiang, Yong, Kehel, Zakaria, Schulthess, Albert W, Zhao, Yusheng, Mascher, Martin, Haupt, Max, Himmelbach, Axel, Stein, Nils, Amri, Ahmed, Reif, Jochen Christoph

“…Therefore, across-genebank predictions hold the promise to improve the curation of the world’s genebank collections and contribute significantly to the long-term development of traditional genebanks toward biodigital resource centers.…”
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Gender differentiated adaptation strategies considering climate risk perceptions, impacts and socio-technical conditions in Senegal’s dry regions by Kumar, Shalander, Pramanik, Soumitra, Yessofou, Adjani Nourou-Dine, Das, Abhishek, Singaraju, Niyati, Puskur, Ranjitha, Gondwe, Therese, Worou, Omonlola Nadine, Huyer, Sophia

“…Through several interactions with key stakeholders, it became evident that while both men and women hold similar perceptions regarding climate risk and its impact on farming systems, women possess significantly less access to Climate Information Services (CIS) and Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies. …”
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Baseline Survey and Needs Assessment of Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana by Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Dalaa, Mustapha A., Tepa-Yoto, Ghislain, Mkomwa, Saidi, Yeboah, Stephen, Kyere, Reginald, Obeng, Faustina, Adabah, Richard, Waldmann, Kaja, Mwika, Chiwimbo Perseverance, Kariuki, Philip Wanjohi, Bourarach, El Hassane, Kienzle, Josef

“…Sustainable agricultural mechanization holds great potential for addressing food security, poverty reduction and rural development challenges. …”
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Mitigating drought in drylands: Quantifying the potential for strengthening crop- and livestock-based livelihoods by Carfagna, Federica, Cervigni, Raffaello, Fallavier, Pierre, de Haan, Cornelis, Koo, Jawoo, Morris, Michael, Place, Frank, Syroka, Joanna, Xie, Hua

“…Drylands account for three-quarters of Sub-Saharan Africa's cropland, two-thirds of cereal production, and four-fifths of livestock holdings. Today frequent and severe shocks, especially droughts, limit the livelihood opportunities available to millions of households and undermine efforts to eradicate poverty in the drylands. …”
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