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Silage- and forage-based diets compared to commercial diets in Ugandan pig growth by Carter, N., Dewey, Catherine E., Grace, Delia, Lange, K. de

“…Well-balanced cost-effective diets are needed to improve pig performance in east Africa. Fresh and ensiled locally available feedstuffs can be used in diets that meet the nutrient requirements of pigs. …”
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Institutions for irrigation water management in Ethiopia: Assessing diversity and service delivery by Haileslassie, Amare, Hagos, Fitsum, Agide, Z., Tesema, E., Hoekstra, Dirk, Langan, Simon J.

“…We clustered the study schemes as modern, semi-modern and traditional, using selected criteria (operation and maintenance service delivery, managing financial service delivery, level of inequity) to generate empirical evidence for evaluation of their performances. The results found two forms of irrigation institutions: irrigation water users associations (IWUA) and irrigation cooperatives or water committee. …”
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Effects of prostaglandin administration frequency, artificial insemination timing and breed on fertility of cows and heifers in eastern Zone of Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Gugssa, T.

“…Refreshment trainings should be given to AI technicians on rectal palpation to improve detection of CL and subsequently improve reproductive performance of cattle in the region.…”
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Value chain analysis of poultry in Adwa Wereda, Central Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia by Gebremedhin, G.

“…To evaluate poultry market performance cost, profit and marketing margins were calculated for the group of market players in different channels. …”
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Consuming Iron Biofortified Beans Increases Iron Status in Rwandan Women after 128 Days in a Randomized Controlled Feeding Trial by Haas, Jere D., Luna, Sarah V., Lung'aho, Mercy G., Wenger, Michael J., Murray-Kolb, Laura E., Beebe, Stephen E., Gahutu, Jean-Bosco, Egli, Ines M.

“…Anthropometric measurements were performed at baseline and at end line. Random weekly serial sampling was used to collect blood during the middle 8wk of the feeding trial. …”
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Using Apsim-Model as a decision-support-tool for long-term integrated-nitrogen-management and maize productivity under semi-arid conditions in Kenya by Kisaka, M. Oscar, Mucheru-Muna, M., Ngetich, Felix K., Mugwe, J.N., Mugendi, D.N., Mairura, Franklin S., Muriuki, J.

“…This study evaluated the performance of the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) model. …”
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Co-inoculation effect of rhizobia and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on common bean growth in a low phosphorus soil by Korir, H., Mungai, N.W., Thuita, Moses N., Hamba, Y., Masso, C.

“…Growing evidence indicates that other soil beneficial bacteria can positively affect symbiotic performance of rhizobia. Nodule endophytic plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) were isolated from common bean nodules from Nakuru County in Kenya and characterized 16S rDNA partial gene sequencing. …”
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Scale insects on yams in Benin: diversity, incidence and farmers' knowledge and perceptions by Goergen, Georg E., Dossou, R., Asiedu, Robert, Hanna, R.

“…Structured questionnaires performed at every site showed that almost all farmers and traders were able to recognize yam scales and mealybugs and ranked both groups equally in importance as pests. …”
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Varietal improvement and dissemination by Ksatsart University, the Thai Tapioca Development Institute and the Dept. of Agricultural Extension by Rojanaridpiched, Chareinsuk, Phongvutipraphan, Somporn, Poolsanguan, Piyawuth, Klakhaeng, Kaival I., Vichukit, Vichan, Sarobol, Ed

“…Subsequently, in 1995, farmers who planted Kasetsart 50 indicated very satisfactorily performance of this new variety. An average yield of 26.47 t/ha was obtained by 26 surveyed fanners who planted Kasetsart 50, as compared with the national average yield of 14.6 t/ha.…”
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Groundwater development through sprinkler irrigation: consequences of a lack of a governance structure in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka by Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., Manthrithilake, Herath, Pathmarajah, S., Makin, Ian W.

“…The Government of Sri Lanka has made repeated attempts to promote micro-irrigation as a means of improving irrigation performance to minimize water scarcity in areas of the Dry Zone. …”
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Characterization of Phaseolus coccineus interspecific germplasm accessions for disease resistance, grain market class and yield attributes by Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Amongi, Winnyfred, Sebuliba, Sulaiman, Musoke, Stephen, Acam, Catherine

“…The morphological (seed type and growth habit) and agronomic attributes (plant vigour, days to physiological maturity; DPM and days to 50% flowering; DF), reaction to occurring diseases and yield performance were monitored. The lines including root rot resistant and susceptible checks; MLB-49-89A, RWR 719 and CAL 96, were also subjected to inoculum of two major root rot pathogens; Fusarium solani f.sp. phaseoli (isolate FSP3) and Pythium ultimum (isolate MS61) under screen house conditions to select for root rot resistance. …”
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Management matters: Testing a mitigation strategy for nitrous oxide emissions using legumes on intensively managed grassland by Fuchs, K., Hörtnagl, L., Buchmann, Nina, Eugster, W., Snow, V., Merbold, Lutz

“…In order to assess the overall effect of this mitigation strategy on permanent grassland, we performed an in situ experiment and quantified net N2O fluxes and biomass yields in two differently managed grass–clover mixtures. …”
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Morphological and molecular characterization of an Elaeis oleifera (H.B.K) Cortes germplasm collection located in Ucayali, Peru by Camacho Villalobos, Alina Alexandra, Serna Chumbes, Manuel Fernando, Flores Jaramillo, Jhoffre David, Flores, Hector, Manrique, Paulo, Bendezu, Jorge

“…Based on the yield and morphological traits, a clustering analysis was performed and three phenotypic groups were identified (1, 2 and 3) in which groups 1 and 3 showed high scores associated primarily with yield traits. …”
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Diversity of the peruvian andean maize (zea mays L.) race Cabanita: Polyphenols, carotenoids, in vitro antioxidant capacity, and physical characteristics by Fuentes Cardenas, Iraida Sara, Cuba Puma, Rody, Marcilla Truyenque, Shaneri, Begazo Gutiérrez, Huber Juan, Zolla, Gastón, Fuentealba, Claudia, Shetty, Kalidas, Gálvez Ranilla, Lena

“…Maize landraces with variable kernel pigmentation were collected from two provinces (Caylloma and Castilla) within the Arequipa region (among ten Andean sites) and the phytochemical profile was evaluated by Ultra High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with diode array detector (UHPLC-DAD). …”
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Desempenho e valor nutricional da forragem hidropônica de cevada verde na alimentação de porquinhos-da-índia by Taboada Mitma, Víctor Hugo, Sarria Bardales, José Antonio, Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro, Huamaní Bedoya, Daniel, Buendía Molina, Marilyn Aurora

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Evaluación económica de las pérdidas por granizo en los oasis de la provincia de Mendoza e identificación de eventos extremos by Van Den Bosch, María Eugenia

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Relevant loci for milk production in dairy cattle, obtained by machine learning algorithms by Raschia, Maria Agustina, Ríos, Pablo J., Maizon, Daniel Omar, Demitrio, Daniel Arturo, Poli, Mario Andres

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Determinación del Costo Ambiental Asociado a los Balances de Nitrógeno y Fósforo en Sistemas Agropecuarios del Partido de Pergamino by Cano, Priscila Belén, Cabrini, Silvina Marí­a

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Wine talks ¿Cómo son las conversaciones en la red de extensionistas vitícolas más grande de Argentina? by Riera, Felix Sebastián, Hunecke, Claudia, Novello, Jose Raul, Kelleher, William Patrick

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Influence of Variations of Experimental Conditions and Methods on the Quantification of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions in Sugarcane: a Meta-Analysis by Valencia Molina, Manuel C., Chalco Vera, Jorge Elías

“…For this purpose, a meta-analysis of quantitative information on this topic, and published-online up to December 2020 was performed. The average daily N2O emission rate calculated in this research was higher than similar studies and the differences were attributed to methodological differences with these references. …”
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