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Natural regeneration of severely degraded terrestrial arid ecosystems needs more than just removing the cause of the degradation by Louhaichi, Mounir, Gamoun, Mouldi, AL Hashash, Nouf, Al-Ameer, Fatima, ALRashedi, Dala, Redha, Amal, Alkandari, Fatemah, Niane, Abdoul Aziz

“…This therophytization demonstrates an imbalance in the rangeland ecosystem and desertification due to the high anthropozoogene pressure. Under such a severely degraded ecosystem, natural restoration cannot restore vegetation. …”
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Fertilizer subsidies in Malawi: From past to present by Benson, Todd, De Weerdt, Joachim, Duchoslav, Jan, Masanjala, Winford

“…We show how donor support for the program has wavered and how external pressure to remove the subsidy has repeatedly been unsuccessful. …”
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Extensive genotypic diversity in a recombining population of the apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva by Katzer, F., Ngugi, D., Oura, C., Bishop, Richard P., Taracha, E.L.N., Walker, A.R., McKeever, Declan J.

“…Selected marker analysis of genomic DNA from these stabilates and the two preceding generations of the isolate, each derived from distinct tick colonies, revealed shifts in population structure with each generation, suggesting that the tick vector may impose nonrandom selective pressure on the parasite.…”
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100 high burden districts of undernutrition among children and women, in India, in 2019-21 by Gune, Soyra, Christopher, Anita, Singh, Sudhir K., Sarwal, Rakesh, Bhatia, Neena, Menon, Purnima, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), micronutrient deficiencies, overweight, obesity, and diet-related non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure (WHO 2021). This Data Note describes trends in key nutritional outcomes for children and women at the national- and state-levels. …”
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Expanding social protection coverage with humanitarian aid: Lessons on targeting and transfer values from Ethiopia by Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel, Hirvonen, Kalle, Lind, Jeremy, Hoddinott, John F.

“…One reason for this may be due to the social pressure on local officials to distribute support more widely across a drought-affected population when faced with acute needs.…”
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Plot size and sustainable input intensification in smallholder irrigated agriculture: Evidence from Egypt by Abay, Kibrom A., Abdelfattah, Lina Alaaeldin, El-Enbaby, Hoda, Mahmoud, Mai, Breisinger, Clemens

“…Increasing population pressure and population density in many African countries are inducing land scarcity and land constraints. …”
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UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Promise of the commons for sustainable and equitable food systems by International Food Policy Research Institute, Foundation for Ecological Security, University of South Australia, Azim Premji University

“…Yet the commons are under pressure from encroachment and overuse. This side event presented evidence from a new study of the value of ecosystem services from the commons in India, as well as how strengthening governance of the commons can support equitable food systems. …”
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Cities and dominance: Urban strategies for political settlement maintenance and change: Zambia case study by Hinfelaar, Marja, Resnick, Danielle, Sishuwa, Sishuwa

“…Consequently, it is anticipated the party will continue to exert repressive pressure on sources of countervailing power and opposition and co-opt poorer but numerically large support bases (e.g. marketeers and vendors)…”
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Expanding social protection coverage with humanitarian aid: Lessons on targeting and transfer values from Ethiopia by Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel, Hirvonen, Kalle, Lind, Jeremy, Hoddinott, John F.

“…One reason for this may be due to social pressure on local officials to distribute support more widely across a drought- affected population when faced with acute needs.…”
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2012 Global Hunger Index Data by von Grebmer, Klaus, Ringler, Claudia, Rosegrant, Mark W., Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Wiesmann, Doris, Fritschel, Heidi, Badiane, Ousmane, Torero, Maximo, Yohannes, Yisehac, Thompson, Jennifer, von Oppeln, Constanze, Rahall, Joseph

“…Demographic changes, rising incomes and associated consumption patterns, and climate change, alongside persistent poverty and inadequate policies and institutions, are all placing serious pressure on natural resources. In this report, IFPRI describes the evidence on land, water, and energy scarcity in developing countries and offers two visions of a future global food system—an unsustainable scenario in which current trends in resource use continue, and a sustainable scenario in which access to food, modern energy, and clean water improves significantly and ecosystem degradation is halted or reversed. …”
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Migration: Tightening borders and threats to food security by de Brauw, Alan, Ambler, Kate

“…Models of climate change suggest that environmental displacement will increase pressure for migration from environmentally threatened areas of developing countries. …”
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A quantitative analysis of trade policy responses to higher world agricultural commodity prices by Yu, T. Edward, Tokgoz, Simla, Wailes, Eric, Chavez, Eddie C.

“…From 2007 through mid-2008, world prices of major agricultural commodities, such as cereals, oilseeds, and their by-products, experienced unprecedented surges since World War II (Baffes and Haniotis 2010).1 The world food price indexes produced by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations increased by 56 percent between 2006 and 2008, while cereals and vegetable oils price indexes doubled during the same period (FAO 2010). Although price pressure for these commodities was temporarily relieved in late 2008 and 2009, the world price indexes for food, grains, and vegetable oils have rebounded in 2011 to their former high levels again (Figure 11.1). …”
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Empowerment and agricultural production: Evidence from rural households in Niger by Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie

“…One example is the patrilineal tenure system, which under increased population pressure has led to the exclusion of women and youth from agriculture in some areas. …”
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Making market information services work better for the poor in Uganda by Ferris, Shaun, Engoru, Patrick, Kaganzi, Elly

“…There is growing pressure for farmers in countries such as Uganda to accelerate their efforts to commercialize production in the face of increasing market competition from neighboring countries and across the world. …”
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Transmission of world food price changes to African markets and its effect on household welfare by Minot, Nicholas

“…At the national level, food importing countries faced balance of payment pressure as the cost of food imports rose. In addition, the cost of operating food and nutrition programs at the national and international level rose steeply. …”
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Performance of different herbicides in a dry-seeded rice system in Sri Lanka by Chauhan, Bhagirath S., Abeysekara, Anuruddika S.K., Kulatunga, Sakinda D., Wickrama, Upali B.

“…The results of our study suggest that different herbicides provided similar weed control and therefore different herbicides can be rotated in different seasons to reduce selection pressure on weeds.…”
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Drought Response Of Grain Legumes Under Irrigation Gradient .2. Plant Water Status And Canopy Temperature by Pandey, R.K., Herrera, W. A. T., Pendleton, J.W.

“…Plant water status was determined with a pressure chamber and canopy temperature with an infrared thermometer. …”
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Mapping emission sources and conflict hotspots for integrated solutions in Kenya by Gutierrez Zapata, Diana Maria, Sosa, Chrystian Camilo, Ewell, Hanna, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Ochenje, Ibrahim, Cramer, Laura K., Sylvester, Janelle, Castro Nunez, Augusto

“…The sector's vulnerability to climate shocks and long-term changes places additional pressure on Kenya's food security, pushing already vulnerable lands into crisis. …”
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Multiobjective optimization of the trade-offs in smallholder dairy farming intensification by Mulinge, W.M., Oluoch-Kosura,Willis, Staal, Steven J., Mbogoh, S.

“…As farm sizes decline due to population pressure in the central highlands, smallholder farmers find it difficult to intensify dairying due to competition for resources by alternative crop and other enterprise. …”
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Examining the drivers of ecological footprint components: is pursuing food security environmentally costly for Nigeria? by Obekpa, H. O., Alola, A. A., Adejo, A. M., Echebiri, C.

“…The result of the investigation provides insight and measures for improving food security without necessarily increasing ecological pressure. The study suggests that policy measures that directly target recycling, preservation, and conservation of agricultural activities and products be encouraged to reduce the demand on the ecological components.…”
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