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Natural oak regeneration in response to selective cutting by Keith, Samuel

“…Both species are key components of unique biodiversity niches, but have been supressed under modern forestry and land use practices. During the last century, large areas of semi-natural mixed forests have re-established on agricultural land abandoned from traditional farming, however these forests are often overgrown and form dark environments. …”
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Blandstadens utemiljö by Stålhandske, Isa

“…Blandstaden är ett begrepp som förekommer inom modern svensk stadsplanering och omfattar teman som delvis beror av utemiljön. …”
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Organic matter cycling along geochemical, geomorphic and disturbance gradients in forests and cropland of the African Tropics - project TropSOC database version 1.0 by Doetterl, S., Asifiwe, R.K., Baert, G., Bamba, F., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Bukombe, B., Cadisch, Georg, Cooper, M., Cizungu-Ntaboba, L., Hoyt, A., Kabaseke, C., Kalbitz, K., Kidinda, L., Maier, A., Mainka, M., Mayrock, J., Muhindo, D., Mujinya, B.B., Mukotanyi, S.M., Nabahungu, N.L., Reichenbach, M., Rewald, B., Six, Johan, Stegmann, A., Summerauer, L., Unseld, R., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Oost, K. van, Verheyen, K., Vogel, C., Wilken, F., Fiener, P.

“…The African Tropics are hotspots of modern-day land-use change and are, at the same time, of great relevance for the cycling of carbon (C) and nutrients between plants, soils and the atmosphere. …”
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Weed management in upland rice in sub-Saharan Africa: impact on labor and crop productivity by Ogwuike, P., Rodenburg, J., Diagne, A., Agboh-Noameshie, A.R., Amovin-Assagba, E.

“…The counterfactual outcomes framework of modern evaluation theory was used to estimate the Average Treatment Effect (ATE) of the number of times a farm is weeded on weeding labor efficiency, as measured by the average number of hours spent per hectare at each weeding, and on crop productivity expressed as rice grain yield per hectare. …”
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Genetic trends estimation in IRRIs rice drought breeding program and identification of high yielding drought-tolerant lines by Khanna, Apurva, Anumalla, Mahender, Catolos, Margaret, Bartholomé, Jérôme, Fritsche-Neto, Roberto, Platten, John Damien, Pisano, Daniel Joseph, Gulles, Alaine, Sta. Cruz, Ma Teresa, Ramos, Joie M., Faustino, Gem, Bhosale, Sankalp, Hussain, Waseem

“…We propose a recurrent selection breeding strategy within the elite population with the integration of modern tools and technologies to boost the genetic gains in IRRI's drought breeding program. …”
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Business models for early generation seed production and marketing by Opie, Hellen, Akpo, Essegbemon, Desmae, Haile, Okori, Patrick, Ininda, Jane, Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng

“…Improvement and enforcement of quality assurance and control systems by breeding programmes, including modern technological methods should be considered. …”
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Sewage sludge: a review of business models for resource recovery and reuse by Taron, Avinandan, Singh, S., Drechsel, Pay, Ravishankar, C., Ulrich, Andreas

“…In developed countries, water utilities, municipalities and the private sector are increasingly engaged in utilizing and innovating modern resource recovery technologies to capture biosolids, nutrients or energy from sewage sludge and reducing disposal. …”
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Radio Communication for the Dissemination of Improved Livestock Production Technologies in Ethiopia by Wamatu, Jane, Zeleke, Muluken, Derseh, Anagaw, Ephrem, Nahom, Abiso, Tesfaye, Haile, Aynalem

“…This implies that the radio lessons need to incorporate topics related to the adaptation and use of modern livestock technologies, taking into account the socio-economic conditions of the study participants. …”
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Effectiveness of current and alternative procurement modalities: An evaluation of the effectiveness of current and potential alternative grain procurement modalities, and developme... by Rashid, Shahidur, Mustafa, Shoumi, Kabir, Razin, Shaima, Nabila Afrin

“…This report has been prepared as one of the deliverables of the Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research Program (BIFPRP) implemented by the Ministry of Food, Government of Bangladesh under a World Investment for Modernizing Food Storages Facilities in the country. …”
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Linking types of East Javanese rice farming systems to farmers' perceptions of complex rice systems by Khumairoh, Uma, Teixeira, Heitor Mancini, Yadav, Sudhir, Schulte, Rogier P.O., Batas, Mary Ann, Asmara, Degi Harja, Flor, Rica Joy, Agustina, Rohmatin, Setiawan, Adi, Nurlaelih, Euis E., Purnomo, Mangku, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Complex rice systems (CRS) are polycultures in which rice is grown together with one or more plant or animal species using combined methods of practices from indigenous knowledge and modern science in augmenting ecological processes to foster ecosystem services in rice agroecosystems. …”
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Global whole-genome comparison and analysis to classify subpopulations and identify resistance genes in weedy rice relevant for improving crops by Han, Zhenyun, Li, Fei, Qiao, Weihua, Zheng, Xiaoming, Cheng, Yunlian, Zhang, Lifang, Huang, Jingfen, Wang, Yanyan, Lou, Danjing, Xing, Meng, Fan, Weiya, Nie, Yamin, Guo, Wenlong, Wang, Shizhuang, Liu, Ziran, Yang, Qingwen

“…Common weedy rice plants are important genetic resources for modern breeding programs because they are the closest relatives to rice cultivars and their genomes contain elite genes. …”
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Identification of an elite core panel as a key breeding resource to accelerate the rate of genetic improvement for irrigated rice by Juma, Roselyne U., Bartholomé, Jérôme, Thathapalli Prakash, Parthiban, Hussain, Waseem, Platten, John D., Lopena, Vitaliano, Verdeprado, Holden, Murori, Rosemary, Ndayiragije, Alexis, Katiyar, Sanjay Kumar, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Biswas, Partha S., Rutkoski, Jessica E., Arbelaez, Juan D., Mbute, Felister N., Miano, Douglas W., Cobb, Joshua N.

“…The ECP closely aligns with the indica 1B sub-group ofOryza sativathat includes most modern varieties for irrigated systems. Agronomic performance of the ECP under multiple environments in Asia and Africa confirmed its high yield potential. …”
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Integrating Multidimensional Sustainability Assessment into Decisions and Policies for Promoting Sustainable Farming in India by Kumar, Shalander, Soumitra, Pramanik, Garg, Kaushal, Anantha, kanugod H., Singh, Ramesh, Jat, Mangi L.

“…Localized solutions should address unique challenges in each district, such as providing better access to modern tools in Solapur and enhancing access to institutional credit in both regions. …”
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Market outlook for improved forage seed varieties in Northern Lao PDR by Bravo, Aura, Philp, Joshua, Enciso, Valentina, Pazos, Mateo, Mponela, Powell, López, Santiago, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Otieno, Mary Atieno, Peters, Michael, Burkart, Stefan

“…The Laotian livestock sector is transitioning from subsistence-based systems to modern, commercialised models, driven by the potential to integrate into growing regional markets. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure of a core collection of Mediterranean durum wheat accessions using DArTseq markers by Laribi, Marwa, Ben M’Barek, Sarrah, Velasco-Cuervo, Sandra M., Hwang, Sheau-Fang, Yahyaoui, Amor H., Strelkov, Stephen E.

“…However, landraces continue to play an important role in broadening genetic diversity and contributing valuable traits to modern wheat, particularly in the Mediterranean region, which accounts for 45% of global durum wheat production. …”
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Integrating climate intelligence into digital agroadvisory systems: A scalable multi model framework for AgWise Engine by Tibebe, Degefie, Seid, Jemal, Abera, Wuletawu, Saito, Kazuki, Mkuhlani, Siyabusa, Leroux, Louise, Mabilangan, Abigail, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Kihara, Job

“…This static, "blanket" recommendations fail to account for the crucial spatial heterogeneity of soils and the immense temporal variability inherent in modern seasonal rainfall patterns (AFR-2314, 2023) The resulting disconnect undermines farmer resilience and resource efficiency. …”
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Technical report: Advancing national-scale site-specific fertilizer advisories in Ethiopia: Evidence generation, governance, and delivery readiness by Mesfin, Tewodros, Ebrahim, Mohammed, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Ethiopia’s extension and agricultural advisory landscape is undergoing a major modernization, shifting from generalized, “blanket” fertilizer packages toward precision, site-specific, data-driven fertilizer and agronomy advisories that reflect the country’s diverse agroecologies, soils, climates, and production systems. …”
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Poverty impacts of agricultural water management technologies in Ethiopia by Hagos, Fitsum, Jayasinghe, Gayathree, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Loulseged, Makonnen, Yilma, Aster Denekew

“…decisions to use yieldenhancing modern inputs, exacerbating the vulnerability of households to poverty and food insecurity. …”
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The need for awareness raising on the causes and treatment of mastitis in livestock among pastoralists in southern Ethiopia by Amenu, K., Grace, Delia, Szonyi, Barbara, Wieland, Barbara

“…The pastoralists often treat mastitis by combining both modern and traditional methods. Hand removal and acarcide application were the preferred methods for limiting tick infestation while swelling and ‘evil eye’ cases were treated with antibiotics (e.g. oxytetracycline). …”
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Tropical maize (Zea mays L.) by Edmeades, G.O., Trevisan, W., Boddupalli, P.M., Campos, Hugo

“…Diverse microclimates in its center of origin in Mexico resulted in a great diversity of landraces, and early improvement focused on identifying and compositing the most productive of these into genetically diverse populations that have subsequently formed the basis of modern inbred line extraction and pedigree breeding. …”
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