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Canopy Temperature as a Key Physiological Trait to Improve Yield Prediction under Water Restrictions in Potato by Ninanya, Johan, Ramírez, David A., Rinza, Javier, Silva-Díaz, Cecilia, Cervantes, Marcelo, García, Jerónimo, Quíroz, Roberto

“…In the future, the incorporation of CT combining low-cost infrared devices/sensors with spatial crop models, satellite image information, and telemetry technologies, an adequate decision support system could be implemented for water requirement determination and yield prediction in potatoes.…”
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Multidimensional tropical forest recovery by Pooter, Lourens, Craven, Dylan, Jakovac, Catarina C, van der Sander, Masha T, Amissah, Lucy, Bongers, Frans, Chazdon, Robin L, Farrior, Caroline E, Kambach, Stephan, Meave, Jorge A, Muñoz, Rodrigo, Norden, Natalia, Rüger, Nadja, van Breugel, Michiel, Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica María, Amani, Bienvenu, Andrade, José Luis, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Broadbent, Eben N, Foresta, Hubert de, Dent, Daisy H, Derroire, Géraldine, DeWalt, Saara J, Dupuy, Juan M., Durán, Sandra M, Fantini, Alfredo C, Finegan, Bryan, 63 autores más

“…Secondary forests should be embraced as a low-cost, natural solution for ecosystem restoration, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity conservation.…”
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Quantifying soil carbon stocks and humification through spectroscopic methods: A scoping assessment in EMBU-Kenya by Segnini, Aline, Posadas, Adolfo, Lopes Silva, Wilson T. da, Milori, Débora M.B.P., Gavilan, Carla, Claessens, Lieven, Quiroz, Roberto

“…In addition, Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) was tested for the quantitative analysis of soil carbon, showing that it is a reproducible and low-cost method that provided satisfactory results under the processing conditions of the samples. …”
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A proposed decision support tool for wood procurement planning based on stereo-matching of aerial images by Viklund, Johan

“…Aerial images are an appropriate data source in the proposed DST, mainly because of the readily availability and low cost.…”

A GIS-based methodological framework to identify superficial water sources and their corresponding conduction paths for gravity-driven irrigation systems in developing countries by Valencia Gómez, Jefferson, Monserrate Rojas, Fredy Alexander, Casteleyn, Sven, Bax, Vincent, Francesconi, Wendy, Quintero, Marcela

“…These results demonstrate AGRI’s potential to reduce time, costs and risk of failure associated with the development of low-cost irrigation systems, which becomes increasingly needed to support the livelihoods of some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.…”
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Spatial Comparison and Quality Check of Farmer-recorded Daily Rainfall Data; A Case of Nyakach and Soin-sigowett, Kenya by Mwakudisa, Mawora Thomas, Otumba, Edgar Ouko, Otieno, Joyce Akinyi

“…In 2014, a CCAFS project empowered 100 farmers from the region with low cost rain gauges to collect and record their own data for use in decision support tools. …”
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Maize-Pigeonpea Intercropping Outperforms Monocultures Under Drought by Renwick, Leah, Kimaro, Anthony A., Hafner, Johannes M., Rosenstock, Todd S., Gaudin, Amelie

“…We developed and tested a novel low-cost, above-canopy rainout shelter design for drought experiments made with locally-sourced materials that successfully reduced soil moisture without creating sizeable artifacts for the crop microenvironment. …”
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Developing small-scale bamboo enterprises for livelihoods and environmental restoration in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia by Boissière, M., Atmadja, S., Benmakhlouf, S., Beyessa, M., Kassa, H., Hunde, T., Assefa, F.

“…There needs to be more clarity on how to secure land use rights over bamboo forests, accessible financing, market linkages, business training, and low-tech/low-cost technologies to encourage the development of bamboo SSEs.…”
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Trade-offs and synergies of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review by Akinyi, Devinia Princess, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

“…The development and promotion of low-cost adaptation strategies and complementary climate adaptation options that minimize the trade-offs and maximize the synergies are suggested. …”
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Canopy Temperature as a Key Physiological Trait to Improve Yield Prediction under Water Restrictions in Potato by Ninanya, J., Ramírez, D., Rinza, J., Silva Díaz, C., Cervantes, M., García, J., Quiróz, R.

“…In the future, the incorporation of CT combining low-cost infrared devices/sensors with spatial crop models, satellite image information, and telemetry technologies, an adequate decision support system could be implemented for water requirement determination and yield prediction in potatoes.…”
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Genome sequence of the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its symbionts by Mathers, T.C., Mugford, S.T., Hogenhout, S.A., Tripathi, L.

“…Furthermore, our approach using low cost, high-quality, Illumina short-reads to generate complete genome assemblies of understudied aphid species will help to fill in genomic black spots in the diverse aphid tree of life.…”
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Farm typology for planning targeted farming systems interventions for smallholders in Indo-Gangetic Plains of India by Kaur, Jashanjot, Prusty, AK, Ravisankar, N, Panwar, AS, Shamim, M, Walia, SS, Chatterjee, S, Pasha, ML, Babu, Subhash, Jat, Mangi Lal, López Ridaura, Santiago, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Toorop, Roos A, Barba-Escoto, Luis, Noopur, Kohima, Kashyap, Poonam

“…Based on the constraints identified for different components of farming systems, low-cost interventions were planned for each farm type. …”
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Circular economy solutions to close water, energy and food loops in West Africa by International Water Management Institute

“…Additionally, a briquette plant converts sawdust and rice husks into low-cost fuel for households and small industries. …”
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Picture-based insurance project: Stakeholder perspectives from India by Rajeesh, Sangeetha

“…The aim of PBI is to provide smallholder farmers with low cost, timely and accurate crop insurance by using the novelty of smartphone and remote sensing technologies, sometimes bundled with agricultural credit and advisories. …”
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Food waste to livestock feed: prospects and challenges for swine farming in peri-urban Sri Lanka by Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., Drechsel, Pay

“…As FW is collected daily, the restaurants appreciate the reliable service, the farmers the low-cost feed, and the municipality the reduced FW volumes to be collected. …”
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Development and validation of diagnostic SNP markers for quality control genotyping in a collection of four rice (Oryza) species by Gouda, A.C., Warburton, Marilyn L., Djedatin, G.L., Kpeki, S.B., Wambugu, P.W., Gnikoua, K., Ndjiondjop, M.N.

“…Here, we present the DArTseq-based diagnostic SNPs converted into Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASPar or KASP) assays and validation data for a subset of them; these can be used for low-cost routine genotyping quality control (QC) analysis. …”
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EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation by Kiala, Z., Jewitt, G., Senzanje, A., Mutanga, O., Dube, T., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Earth observations (EOs) have a huge offering of data sets that can provide data for most of the components of a nexus at a relatively low cost and various temporal and spatial resolutions. …”
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Jessour for diversified and resilient agroecological systems to ensure food security and sustainable livelihoods in arid ecosystems by Louhaichi, Mounir, Gamoun, Mouldi

“…Québec, Canada, July 17-20, 2022: For agricultural production, exploiting mountain slopes for rainwater runoff collection is a low-cost practice that supports sustainable agroecological systems and increases yield. …”
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Cassava root crown phenotyping using three-dimension (3D) multi-view stereo reconstruction by Sunvittayakul, Pongsakorn, Kittipadakul, Piya, Wonnapinij, Passorn, Chanchay, Pornchanan, Wannitikul, Pitchapor, Sathitnaitham, Sukhita, Phanthanong, Phongnapha, Changwitchukarn, Kanokphu, Suttangkakul, Anongpat, Ceballos, Hernan, Vuttipongchaikij, Supachai

“…The state of the art is a low cost and easy to set up 3D acquisition requiring only a background sheet, a reference object and a camera, compatible with feld experiments in remote areas. …”
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Climate change, income sources, crop mix, and input use decisions: Evidence from Nigeria by Amare, Mulubrhan, Balana, Bedru

“…We also propose targeted pro-poor interventions, such as low-cost financing options for improving smallholders' access to climate-proof agricultural inputs and technologies, and policy measures to reduce the inequality of access to livelihood capital such as land and other productive assets.…”
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