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The role of market outlet in determining terms for milk sales by smallholders in Kenya by Ngigi, M., Delgado, Christopher L., Staal, Steven J., Mbogoh, S.

“…Risks of credit default are illustrated by predicted weekly credit prices that are 5 % lower than monthly credit prices. …”
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Food Systems, Environments, Nutrition: a Structured Evidence Framework (FoodSENSE Framework) Application in Masaka District, Central Uganda by Caulfield, Mark, Achandi, Esther, Hammond, James, Omosa, Esther, Ahumuza, Ronnie, Spray, Andrea, Dominguez-Salas, Paula, Ouma, Emily A.

“…The main issues contained within the framework are illustrated in Figure S1. Information is collected from secondary sources such as household surveys and from primary sources including focus group discussions, key informant interviews; and from stakeholder evaluations during a workshop. …”
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Climate Extremes Walking Together: Evidence from Recent Compounding Climate Hazards after Remal by Ghosh, Surajit, Dawn, Arpan, Kour, Sneha, Mallick, Archita, Chowdhury, Anuva, Kundu, Kaushiki, De Sarkar, Kounik, Rahman, Md. Rayhanur, Sharma, Prashanti, Rajakaruna, Punsisi, Rahman, Md. Munsur, Nath, Arun Jyoti, Shaw, Rajib

“…The sequence of devastating events began with prevailing heatwaves, followed by the cyclone’s landfall and subsequent heavy rainfall coupled with early onset of monsoon led to floods, landslides, and the resurgence of hot spells. It illustrates the complexity of managing such cascading effects of compound climate hazards. …”
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Power with: conceptualizing and measuring women’s collective agency by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., ElDidi, Hagar, Pereira, Audrey, Heckert, Jessica, Kosec, Katrina, Nchanji, Eileen, Seymour, Greg, Doss, Cheryl

“…We discuss the importance of considering these key concepts at the individual and at the collective levels. We illustrate potential methods and challenges of operationalizing these concepts through four case study projects in India, Guatemala, Uganda and Nigeria, and discuss the challenges of developing a common instrument to measure collective agency, in theory and in practice. …”
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Modeling multiple phenotypes in wheat using data-driven genomic exploratory factor analysis and Bayesian network learning by Momen, Mehdi, Bhatta, Madhav, Hussain, Waseem, Yu, Haipeng, Morota, Gota

“…The objectives of this study were to illustrate the manner in which data‐driven exploratory factor analysis can map observed phenotypes into a smaller number of latent variables and infer a genomic latent factor network using 45 agro‐morphological, disease, and grain mineral phenotypes measured in synthetic hexaploid wheat lines (Triticum aestivum L.). …”
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Marker assisted introgression of bacterial blight resistant gene into submergence tolerance rice variety BRRI dhan52 by Kabir, M. E., Iftekharuddaula, K. M., Khan, M. A. I., Mian, M. A. K., Ivy, N. A.

“…Eventually this work illustrates the successful application of marker-assisted breeding for introgression of bacterial blight resistant gene into a rice variety of Bangladesh.Bangladesh J. …”
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Interoperability for ecosystem service assessments: why, how, who, and for whom? by Bagstad, K. J., Balbi, S., Adamo, G., Athanasiadis, I. N., Affinito, F., Willcock, S., Magrach, A., Hayashi, K., Harmackova, Z. V., Niamir, A., Smets, B., Buchhorn, M., Drakou, E. G., Alfieri, A., Edens, B., Morales, L. G., Vari, A., Sanz, M.-J., Villa, F.

“…Building on recent examples from major international initiatives for ES (IPBES, SEEA, GEO BON), we illustrate strategies to address interoperability, discuss their importance, and describe potential gains for individual researchers and practitioners and the field of ES. …”
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Effects of drought on livestock production, market dynamics, and pastoralists’ adaptation strategies in semi-arid Ethiopia by Dejene, Sintayehu Workeneh, Alemayehu, Sintayehu, Terefe, Tadesse, Tegegne, Getachew, Engdaw, Mastawesha Misganaw, Gebre, Liyuneh, Tesfaye, Lidya, Doyo, Jaldesa, Reddy R., Uttama, Girvetz, Evan

“…A line graph was used to illustrate the relationship between the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and livestock market prices. …”
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Advancing Gender Equity in Digital Agro-advisory through Inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI): Bias Analysis and Strategic Recommendations from the iShamba Platform Based on Five... by Nganga, Kevin Gitau, Grossi, Amanda, Wanjau, Agnes Njambi

“…In Findings, we quantify each bias and visualize, illustrating how women farmers are underserved or mis-served. …”
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Leveraging prior biological knowledge improves prediction of tocochromanols in maize grain by Tanaka, Ryokei, Wu, Di, Li, Xiaowei, Tibbs-Cortes, Laura E., Wood, Joshua C., Magallanes-Lundback, Maria, Bornowski, Nolan, Hamilton, John P., Vaillancourt, Brieanne, Li, Xianran, Deason, Nicholas T., Schoenbaum, Gregory R., Buell, Robin C., DellaPenna, Dean, Yu, Jianming, Gore, Michael A.

“…Taken together, our study illustrates the enhancement of prediction models when informed by existing biological knowledge pertaining to QTL and candidate causal genes.…”
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Impact of referral guideline enforcement on orthopedic and trauma admissions at Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya: A pre-post test design by Omondi, M.P., Korir, Max, Owiti, O.J.

“…Measures of central tendencies and Chi-squared tests were applied, and density plots were generated using Geographic Information System (QGIS 2.18.19) to illustrate the spatial distribution of admissions. …”
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Food Security, Environments, Nutrition: Structured Evidence (FoodSENSE) Framework application in Mpigi District, Central Uganda by Caulfield, Mark, Omosa, Esther, Hammond, Jim, Achandi, Esther, L., Ahumuza, Ronnie, Spray, Andrea, Dominguez-Salas, Paula, Ouma, Emily A.

“…The main issues contained within the framework are illustrated in Figure 1 Information is collected from secondary sources such as household surveys and from primary sources including focus group discussions, key informant interviews and from stakeholder evaluations during a workshop. …”
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Machine learning reveals drivers of yield sustainability in five decades of continuous rice cropping by Yamaguchi, Tomoaki, Angeles, Olivyn, Iizumi, Toshichika, Dobermann, Achim, Katsura, Keisuke, Saito, Kazuki

“…These findings demonstrate the value of combining long-term yield data with weather information to assess sustainability in intensive rice systems under increasing climatic and biotic pressures. They also illustrate the need for seasonally tailored and integrated crop, nutrient, and pest management practices, including more frequent variety replacement and rotating varieties between seasons. …”
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Food systems in conflict-prone and climate-affected areas of Northern Nigeria: Humanitarian and development challenges by Balana, Bedru, Omamo, Steven Were, Amare, Mulubrhan, Popoola, Olufemi, Nwagboso, Chibuzo, Iraoya, Augustine Okhale, Loum, Serigne, Jawed, Khusro, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…Two investment cases—on-farm storage and localized wheat milling—illustrate how targeted actions can reduce losses, enhance resilience, and create co-benefits for humanitarian operations and market recovery. …”
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Integrated natural resource management research in the CGIAR: a brief report on the INRM Workshop held in Penang, Malaysia, 21-25 August 2000

“…Several case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America were presented at the meeting to illustrate how INRM research has successfully addressed real-life problems..…”
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Refleksi empat tahun reformasi: mengembangkan sosial forestri di era desentralisasi: intisari lokakarya nasional sosial forestri, Cimacan, 10-12 September 2002

“…Around 100 field experiences illustrating different levels of people's participation in forest management were discussed during small group sessions. …”
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Environmental and social Impacts from palm based biofuel development in Indonesia by Andriani, R., Andrianto, A., Komarudin, Heru, Obidzinski, K.

“…Three plantation study sites were selected in West Papua (Manokwari), West Kalimantan (Kubu Raya) and Papua (Boven Digoel) and used as case studies to illustrate likely impacts of biofuel plantations. These plantations are being developed or expanded in the aftermath of the 2006 National Energy Policy and managed by companies with supply connections to biodiesel industry. …”
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Towards sustainable biofuel development: Assessing the local impacts of large-scale foreign land acquisitions in Ghana by Schoneveld, George C., German, L., Nutakor, E.

“…Three plantation study sites were selected in West Papua (Manokwari), West Kalimantan (Kubu Raya) and Papua (Boven Digoel) and used as case studies to illustrate likely impacts of biofuel plantations. These plantations are being developed or expanded in the aftermath of the 2006 National Energy Policy and managed by companies with supply connections to biodiesel industry. …”
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Genetic diversity and differentiation of Ankole cattle populations in Uganda inferred from microsatellite data by Kugonza, Donald R., Nabasirye, M., Mpairwe, D.R., Kiwuwa, G.H., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Hanotte, Olivier H., Han Jianlin

“…Relationship analysis showed populations from the same geographical counties group together. These results illustrate at the molecular level the fairly wide genetic variation found within the Ankole breed and therefore the potential for genetic improvement.…”
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Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI)—A novel strategy to regulate nitrification in agricultural systems by Subbaraoa, Guntur V., Sahrawat, Kanwar Lal, Nakahara, K., Ishikawa, T., Kudo, N., Kishii, M., Rao, Idupulapati M., Hash, C.T., George, T.S., Rao, P.S., Nardi, P., Bonnett, D., Berry, W., Suenaga, K., Lata, Jean-Christophe

“…Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) is an active plant-mediated natural function, where nitrification inhibitors released from plant roots suppress soil-nitrifying activity, thereby forcing N into other pathways. This review illustrates the presence of detection methods for variation in physiological regulation of BNI-function in field crops and pasture grasses and analyzes the potential for its genetic manipulation. …”
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