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Energy transition in Knivsta: nothing but hot air? by Welling, Sebastian

“…The energy system solution A that includes electricity generation by solar cells is optimal from a cost-perspective. Variations in system costs due to changes in tem-perature data are recognized. …”
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Analysis and Fate of Toxic Glycoalkaloids from Solanum tuberosum in the Terrestrial Environment by Jensen, P.H.

“…The development included optimization of a new HPLC method and optimization of the response by the TOF-MS. …”
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Fading opportunities for mitigating agriculture-environment trade-offs in a south American deforestation hotspot by Law, Elizabeth A., Macchi, Leandro, Baumann, Mathias, Decarre, Julieta, Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio, Levers, Christian, Mastrangelo, Matías Enrique, Murray, Francisco, Müller, Daniel, Piquer‐Rodriguez, María, Torres, Ricardo, Wilson, Kerrie A., Kuemmerle, Tobias

“…More broadly, we show how multi-criteria optimization can describe dynamic trade-offs between agriculture and the environment at landscape and regional scales. …”
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Flytande sågklassläggning på Iggesunds sågverk by Olsson, Moa

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Exploring solution spaces for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Kenya and Vietnam by Timler, Carl J., Álvarez, Stéphanie, DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Remans, Roseline, Raneri, Jessica Evelyn, Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, Mashingaidze, Nester, Abe Chatterjee, Shantonu, Chiang, Tsai Wei, Termote, Céline, Yang, Ray-Yu, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Brouwer, Inge D., Kennedy, Gina, Tittonell, Pablo A., Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Using a multi-objective optimization algorithm, we generated ‘solution spaces’ comprising crop compositions and management configurations that would satisfy household dietary needs and allowed income gains. …”
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Evaluation of some quality parameters of cassava starch and soy protein isolate matrices during deep fat frying in soybean oil by Omidiran, A.T., Sobukola, O.P., Sanni, S.A., Sanni, L.O., Adebowale, A.A., Shajobi, A.O., Kulakow, Peter A.

“…Evaluation of sensory attributes of the optimized sample was carried out to determine its level of desirability. …”
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Impacts of land use and land cover dynamics on ecosystem services in the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, southwestern Ethiopia by Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Kassawmar, Tibebu, Mulatu, Kalkidan Ayele, Kassa, Habtemariam, Verchot, Louis V., Quintero, Marcela

“…The production efficient frontier is used to identify the optimal combination of ESs and to suggest where an increase of one ES is possible without decreasing the others. …”
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Nutritional evaluation of tropical forage grass alone and grass-legume diets to reduce in vitro methane production by Quintero Anzueta, Stiven, Molina Botero, Isabel Cristina, Ramírez Navas, Juan Sebastian, Rao, Idupulapati M., Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Barahona Rosales, Rolando, Moorby, Jon M., Arango, Jacobo

“…This study evaluated the nutritional quality, in vitro enteric CH4 emission potential, and optimization of diets based on two widely grown tropical forage grasses either alone or mixed with legumes. …”
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Inferring CO2 fertilization effect based on global monitoring land-atmosphere exchange with a theoretical model by Ueyama, M., Ichii, Kazuhito, Kobayashi, H., Kumagai, T., Beringer, J., Merbold, Lutz, Euskirchen, E., Hirano, T., Belelli, M.L., Baldocchi, D., Taku, S., Mizoguchi, Y., Ono, K., Joon, K., Varlagin, Andrej, Kang, M., Shimizu, T., Kosugi, Y., Bret-Harte, M., Machimura, T., Matsuura, Y., Ohta, T., Takagi, K., Takanashi, S., Yasuda, Y.

“…Here, we evaluate the magnitude of this effect from 2000 to 2014 globally based on constraint optimization of gross primary productivity (GPP) and evapotranspiration in a canopy photosynthesis model over 104 global eddy-covariance stations. …”
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Modelling crop-livestock systems for achieving food security and increasing production efficiencies in the Ethiopian highlands by Amede, Tilahun, Delve, Robert J.

“…Using a linear programming optimization model, it was possible to fulfil the RDA of Group I by reallocating the cropping area of maize, sweet potato, coffee and wheat to potato, enset and kale in proportions of 50, 29 and 15%, respectively. …”
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Carbon sequestration potential, challenges, and strategies towards climate action in smallholder agricultural systems of South Asia by Jat, Mangi Lal, Chakraborty, Debashis, Ladha, Jagdish K., Parihar, Chiter Mal, Datta, Ashim, Mandal, Biswapati, Nayak, Harisankar, Maity, Pragati, Rana, Dharamvir Singh, Chaudhari, Suresh K., Gerard, Bruno G.

“…This review discusses the potential of soil and crop management practices such as minimum/reduced/no-tillage, use of organic manure, balanced and integrated plant nutrient application, precision land levelling, precision water and pest management, residue management, and cropping system optimization to maintain the C-equilibrium between soil and atmosphere and to enhance the C-sequestration in the long run. …”
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Multi-trait ensemble genomic prediction and simulations of recurrent selection highlight importance of complex trait genetic architecture for long-term genetic gains in wheat by Fradgley, Nick S., Gardner, Keith A., Bentley, Alison R., Howell, Phil, Mackay, Ian, Scott, Michael F., Mott, Richard, Cockram, James

“…Simulations of recurrent genomic selection then showed that sustained greater forward prediction accuracy optimized long-term genetic gains. Simulations of selection on grain yield found indirect responses in related traits, involving optimized antagonistic trait relationships. …”
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WHEAT AND TEFF GRAIN MINERAL MICRONUTRIENT CONCENTRATION AND FIELD DATA FROM GEONUTRITION ON-FARM FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN WESTERN AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA by Manzeke-Kangara, M.G, Amede, T., Bailey, E.H., Wilson, L., Mossa, A.W., Tirfessa, D., Kebede-Desta, M., Gashaw-Asrat, T., Agegnehu, G., Sida, T.S., Desta, G., Amare, T., Alemayehu, B., Haefele, S. M., Broadley, M., Lark, R. M., Gameda, S.

“…The complexity of smallholder environmental settings and different farmer socio-economic opportunities calls for the optimization of nutritional agronomy landscape trials, with targeted application of micronutrient fertilizers across a landscape gradient required as an additional factor for consideration in ongoing agronomic biofortification interventions.…”
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Exploring and analysing practices and pathways to improve resource use efficiency of crop-livestock farming systems in North-western Bangladesh by Yifan Wang, Groot, Jeroen C.J., López Ridaura, Santiago, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…A total of 32 decision variables were established for the multi-objective optimization of three farms, enabling the visualization and analysis of trade-offs and synergies. …”
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Revealing Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions on Sustainable Intensification in Malawi by Meijer, Sanderijn, Cossu, Alessandra, Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Mponela, Powell, López Ridaura, Santiago, Timler, Carl, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…The primary goal of this study was to examine possible scenarios for farm redesign using the FarmDESIGN optimization model. This approach aimed to generate new configurations of farms, starting from the current situation. …”
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Cracking the code of hatchery-based mass production of mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) seed for nutritionsensitive aquaculture by Rajts, Francois, Dubey, Sourabh Kumar, Gogoi, Kalpajit, Das, Rashmi Ranjan, Biswal, Saurava Kumar, Padiyar, Arun Panemangalore, Rajendran, Suresh, Thilsted, Shakuntala H., Mohan, Chadag Vishnumurthy, Belton, Ben

“…Discussion: This article makes a unique contribution to the literature by documenting the entire process of hatchery-based mass mola seed production, including broodfish collection and maintenance, hormone dose optimization, breeding arrangements, breeder characteristics, breeding behavior and performance fecundity, larval rearing, and seed sales to farmers. …”
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Exploring genetic diversity and variation of Ovar-DRB1 gene in Sudan Desert Sheep using targeted next-generation sequencing by Salim, B., Nakao, R., Chatanga, E., Marcuzzi, O., Eissawi, M.A., Almathen, A., Hanotte, Olivier H., Giovambattista, G.

“…Insights into the genetic factors governing immune responses and disease resistance emerge, promising for optimization of breeding strategies for enhanced livestock health in Sudan’s unique environment.…”
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Projecting the contribution of provitamin A maize biofortification and other nutrition interventions to the nutritional adequacy and cost of diets in rural Zimbabwe by Baudron, Frédéric, Cairns, Jill E., Haefele, Stephan M., Hassall, Kirsty L., Thokozile Ndhlela, Nyagumbo, Isaiah, Manzeke-Kangara, Muneta G., Joy, Edward J.M.

“…The estimated daily costs of current diets (mean ± standard deviation) were USD 1.43 ± 0.59 in the wet season and USD 0.96 ± 0.40 in the dry season. By comparison, optimization models suggest that diets adequate in vitamin A could be achieved at daily costs of USD 0.97 and USD 0.79 in the wet and dry seasons, respectively. …”
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Multi-trait genomic prediction models enhance the predictive ability of grain trace elements in rice by Muvunyi, Blaise Pascal, Zou, Wenli, Zhan, Junhui, He, Sang, Ye, Guoyou

“…The predictive ability of the haplotype-based model was not improved after optimizing the marker panel by only considering the markers associated with the traits. …”
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Exploring natural genetic diversity in a bread wheat multi-founder population: dual imaging of photosynthesis and stomatal kinetics by Faralli, Michele, Mellers, Greg, Wall, Shellie, Vialet-Chabrand, Silvere, Forget, Guillaume, Galle, Alexander, Van Rie, Jeron, Gardner, Keith A., Ober, Eric S., Cockram, James, Lawson, Tracy

“…Recent research has shown that optimizing photosynthetic and stomatal traits holds promise for improved crop performance. …”
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