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Plant health testing of herbaceous legumes (Mucuna pruriens varieties and Canavalia ensiformis) in the Republic of Benin by Ayodele, M., Etèka, A.C., Carsky, R.J.

“…Also the effect of cover crop can be reduced by disease pressure. Therefore, to ensure that pathogens are not disseminated to other countries, CIEPCA established a health certification program for its major cover crops. …”
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The value of climate-resilient seeds for smallholder adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa by Cacho, Oscar J, Moss, Jonathan, Thornton, Philip K., Herrero, Mario, Henderson, Benjamin B., Bodirsky, Benjamin L., Humpenöder, Florian, Popp, Alexander, Lipper, Leslie

“…However, little quantitative information is available to guide investment or policy choices at a time when countries and development agencies are under pressure to implement policies that can help achieve Sustainable Development Goals while coping with climate change. …”
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Land speculation and conservation policy leakage in Brazil by Miranda, J., Borner, J., Kalkuhl, M., Soares Filho, B.

“…The Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado biomes have been subject to strong pressure from agricultural expansion over the past two decades. …”
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Drivers of transgression: What pushes people to enter protected areas by Ponta, N., Cornioley, T., Waeber, Patrick O., Dray, A., Vliet, N. van, Quiceno Mesa, M.P., Garcia, C.A.

“…One core reason for their failure is human pressure. Protected area transgression has tremendous impacts on biodiversity, but also on persecuted rule-breakers whose necessities are often ignored. …”
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Evolution and status of Oecophylla smaragdina as a pest control agent in citrus in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam by Van-Mel, P., Cuc, N.T.T.

“…In 1998, ca 75% of the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) and 25% of the Tieu mandarin (C. reticulata) orchards had large O. smaragdina populations, due to lower pesticide pressure in the first crop. In orchards with O. smaragdina, farmers sprayed less frequently and used fewer highly hazardous insecticides. …”
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Phages for Africa: The potential benefit and challenges of phage therapy for the livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa by Makumi, Angela, Mhone, Amos L., Odaba, Josiah, Guantai, Linda, Svitek, Nicholas

“…The constant use of antibiotics causes a selective pressure to build resistant bacteria resulting in the emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) organisms in the environment. …”
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Climate change impacts on water sustainability of South African crop production by Bonetti, S., Sutanudjaja, E. H., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Slotow, R., Dalin, C.

“…Climate change scenarios suggest an intensification of such pressure on water resources, especially in regions already vulnerable, with a country-scale increase in irrigation demand of between 6.5% and 32% by 2090. …”
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Research for the future: Investments for efficiency, sustainability, and equity by Stads, Gert-Jan, Wiebe, Keith D., Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Sulser, Timothy B., Benfica, Rui, Reda, Fasil, Khetarpal, Ravi

“…Shocks caused by COVID-19 have currently seized our attention, but the pandemic has also accentuated persistent problems of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, population growth, and pressure on natural resources, notably land, water, and biodiversity. …”
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Exploring genetic diversity and selection signatures in indigenous African cattle breeds by Friedrich, J., Bailey, R., Talenti, A., Marshall, Karen, Prendergast, J., Wiener, P.

“…As a consequence of taurine and indicine ancestries and selection pressure from various environments as well as from humans, over 150 African cattle breeds exist today with remarkable genotypic and phenotypic diversity. …”
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Prediction of genetic gains in sweet potato genotypes by polycross by Mariano, G.G., Pavan, B.E., Otoboni, M.E.F., Andrade, M.I., Vargas, P.F.

“…The data were analyzed through mixed modeling (REML/BLUP), and the selection index proposed by Mulamba & Mock was applied using a selection pressure of 17.3% for the selection of superior clones. …”
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Indigenous Peoples’ lands are threatened by industrial development; conversion risk assessment reveals need to support Indigenous stewardship by Kennedy, C.M., Fariss, B., Oakleaf, J.R., Garnett, S.T., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Fa, J.E., Baruch-Mordo, S., Kiesecker, J.

“…Here we combine global datasets of Indigenous Peoples’ lands, their current ecological condition, and future industrial development pressure to assess conversion threats. To assess vulnerability and risk of conversion, we create an index based on indicators of the strength and security of Indigenous Peoples’ rights to their territories and resources, their representation and engagement in decisions impacting them, and the capital available to support conservation and sustainable development. …”
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Natural regeneration of severely degraded terrestrial arid ecosystems needs more than just removing the cause of degradation by Louhaichi, Mounir, Gamoun, Mouldi, AL Hashash, Nouf, Al-Ameer, Fatima, ALRashedi, Dala, Redha, Amal, Alkandari, Fatemah, Niane, Abdoul Aziz

“…The study identified a disturbance index of 100%, highlighting the prevalence of therophytes and signaling an ecological imbalance and desertification due to high anthropogenic pressure. The conclusion emphasized the limitations of natural restoration alone in such severely degraded ecosystems, proposing the reintroduction of native species to restore the ecosystem, support the growth of annual palatable species, and enhance overall flora diversity.…”
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The political economy of food system transformation in the European Union by Matthews, Alan, Candel, Jeroen, de Mûelenaere, Nel, Scheelbeek, Pauline

“…The European Union (EU)’s food system is under pressure for reform. Agriculture production alone is responsible for 10 percent of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, while the EU’s food system as a whole contributes about three times as much emissions when measured on a territorial basis. …”
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The political economy of agricultural and food policies by Swinnen, Johan

“…Food and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and developed countries.1 Political considerations are crucial to understand these policies since almost all agricultural and food policies have redistributive effects and are therefore subject to lobbying and pressure from interest groups and used by decision-makers to influence society for both economic and political reasons. …”
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The role of water in supporting food security: Where we are and where we need to go by Ringler, Claudia, Perez, Nicostrato D., Xie, Hua

“…Higher temperatures, less certain precipitation patterns, as well as shorter, more concentrated rains together with prolonged dry seasons are putting further pressure on available water supplies (Bates et al. 2008; Fishman, Jain, and Kishore 2013; WWAP 2016). …”
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Measuring the impacts of repurposing agricultural support on global agriculture by Gautam, Madhur, Laborde Debucquet, David, Mamun, Abdullah, Martin, Will, Piñeiro, Valeria, Vos, Rob

“…Approaches that use conditionality to move producers to lower-emission production approaches can also play a role, although, if these involve lower productivity, they may put greater pressure on land use change and its associated emissions.…”
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The “normal” normal: Supply and demand drivers over the next 10 years by Meyer, Seth, Glauber, Joseph W.

“…The run-up in prices in the early 1970s—and the associated brief jump in farm income—originated in oil price shocks and inflationary pressure that set the stage for economic turmoil in the agricultural sector in the first half of the 1980s. …”
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The role of agriculture in the structural transformation of Indonesia by Morley, Samuel, Kennedy, Adam, Pradesha, Angga, Hadiwidjaja, Gracia

“…First, export-oriented agriculture, particularly palm oil and rubber contributed to rising foreign exchange receipts and helped make compatible rapid growth without balance of payments pressure on the macro economy. Second, through the release of workers from low productivity agriculture to more productive nonagricultural activities, structural change contributed between 25 and 50 percent of the rise in national labor productivity depending on the period. …”
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Analyzing Water-Based Livelihoods in the Mekong River Basin: A Livelihood Framework of the Tonle Sap by Sithirith, Mak, Doma, Dok, Sok, Sao, Bunthoeurn, Mak

“…This study examines the water-based livelihood system and how it has been affected by increased development pressure and climate change. In answering this question, the study undertakes the reviews of literature and the case studies of livelihoods in Tonle Sap Lake (TSL). …”
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The transformation of commons in the Afar region in Ethiopia by CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…However, the traditional land use system is changing because of pressures from both governmental policy and natural events such as drought. …”
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