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Environmental controls on peak carbon uptake across four Kenyan dryland ecosystems by Odongo, Vincent O., Leitner, Sonja, Räsänen, M., Omondi, J.O., Pellikka, P., Vesala, T., Heiskanen, J., Rinne, J., Dowling, T.P.F., Korczynski, J., Wooster, M.J., Mauder, M., Merbold, Lutz

“…Specifically, we assessed how rainfall and soil moisture regulate uptake, how temperature and vapor pressure deficit (VPD) constrain uptake under high light, and how land cover and management mediate water-carbon coupling. …”
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A decision support system for sustainable and resilient water-energy-food management by Sikka, Alok, Sena, Dipaka Ranjan, Alam, Mohammad Faiz, Behera, Abhijit, Chaudhary, Shivam, Sharma, Ruchi, Chandu, Navya

“…The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus is increasingly recognized as a vital framework for addressing sustainability challenges, especially in regions facing growing pressure on natural resources and climate change. This paper introduces a Decision Support System (DSS) developed under the CGIAR Nexus Gains Initiative to support integrated WEF planning in India. …”
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Does trade with multinationals induce greener production? Evidence from the Bangladesh fashion industry by Iqbal, Kazi, Mahzab, Moogdho, Motohashi, Kazuki, Takayama, Haruka

“…Policy recommendations include strengthening environmental regulation enforcement, introducing a pollution monitoring and warning system, harmonising environmental certification requirements, encouraging multinationals to support green production, and exerting global pressure on non-brand buyers to adhere to higher environmental standards.…”
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2025 SFP Prioritization Tool Prototype by Youngberg, Brayden, Ghosh, Aniruddha, Steward, Peter Richard, Rosenstock, Todd Stuart, Schmitter, Petra

“…The analysis classifies risk-related variables into exposure and vulnerability components, normalizes them for comparability, and combines them into a single urgency index highlighting countries where agricultural systems face the greatest combined pressure. In parallel, complementary indices of need and capacity are constructed to indicate where support is most required and where delivery is most feasible. …”
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Research priorities: Strengthening Gender Intentionality and Accelerating Broad, Equitable Impacts of Genetic Innovations by Ragasa, Catherine, Tenneti, Suchaita, Bomuhangi, Allan, Mulwa, Chalmers, Najjar, Dina, Pazos, Mateo, Polar, Vivian, Teeken, Bela, Yila, Jummai

“…Genetic innovations hold immense potential to address many global challenges and contribute to income generation opportunities, food and nutrition security, reduced environmental pressure, and climate resilience. However, the current rates of genetic innovation take-up, scaling, and impacts are slow and uneven (Walker et al. 2015; Fuglie and Rada 2016; He and Li 2020; Wollburg et al. 2024). …”
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L'amenagement forestier au Gabon: historique, bilan, perpectives by Drouineau, S., Nasi, Robert

“…There are internal incentives (better forecast of harvest, rationalisation of forest road network, guarantee of access to managed forests), as well as international incentives, such as pressure for ecocertification and assistance to forest management. …”
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Impact of grazing on soil physical properties in the east African highlands by Taddese, G., Peden, Donald G., Ayalneh, W., Jobre, Y.

“…Soil bulk density and total porosity did not show significant differences among different grazing pressures. At both sites the soil water content was high in heavily grazed plots as compared to the rest of the treatments. …”
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Assessing the impacts of livestock production on biodiversity in rangeland ecosystems by Alkemade, R., Reid, Robin S., Berg, M. van den, Leeuw, Jan de, Jeuken, M.

“…Policies fostering agricultural intensification can reduce the overall pressure on rangeland biodiversity, but additional measures, addressing factors such as climate change and infrastructural development, are necessary to totally halt biodiversity loss.…”
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Livestock water productivity in a water stressed environment in northern Ethiopia by Mekonnen, S., Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Tolera, Adugna, Amede, Tilahun

“…Agricultural systems of Northern Ethiopia are under pressure from demographic expansion leading to land degradation and increasing water scarcity. …”
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The use of herders' accounts to map livestock activities across agropastoral landscapes in Semi-Arid Africa by Turner, M.D., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.

“…Grazing and nongrazing times spent in land units are not spatially correlated and the seasonality of grazing pressure is spatially variable. Therefore, the ecological impacts of livestock grazing are spatially variable at fine scales and there is a significant potential for livestock-mediated nutrient transfers across agropastoral landscapes. …”
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Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by Peters, Michael, Herrero, Mario, Fisher, M., Erb, Karlheinz, Rao, Idupulapati M., Subbaraoa, Guntur V., Castro, A., Arango, Jacobo, Chara, J., Murgueitio, E., Hoek, Rein van der, Läderach, Peter R.D., Hyman, Glenn G., Tapasco, Jeimar, Strassburg, B., Paul, Birthe K., Rincón, A., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Fonte, Steven J., Searchinger, Tim

“…While demand for livestock products is predicted to increase, there is political and societal pressure both to reduce environmental impacts and to convert some of the pasture area to alternative uses, such as crop production and environmental conservation. …”
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Resettlement and woodland management problems and options: A case study from north-western ethiopia by Lemenih, Mulugeta, Kassa, H., Kassie, Girma T., Abebaw, D., Teka, W.

“…The most important drivers were land use change, excessive wood harvest, grazing pressure and forest fire following immigration. The continuous influx of people with different origins, cultures, religions and lengths of residence in the district underscores absence of social bonds for collective action to regulate access. …”
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National adaptation policy adopted in Nicaragua and resulting investments in coffee and cocoa sector by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…CIAT’s research showed that coffee production is highly sensitive to climate change and that by 2050 coffee growing areas will move approximately 300 meters up the altitudinal gradient and push farmers at lower altitudes out of coffee production, increase pressure on forests and natural resources in higher altitudes and jeopardize the actors along the coffee supply chain. …”
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Urban and industrial water use in the Krishna Basin, India by Rooijen, Daniel J. van, Turral, Hugh, Biggs, Trent W.

“…Regional urbanization and industrial development require water that may put additional pressure on available water resources and threaten water quality in developing countries. …”
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Analysis of deficit irrigation strategies for corn using crop growth simulation by Stockle, CO, James, LG

“…Situations where deficit irrigation is a more effective way of reducing energy cost than reducing system operating pressure were ob served.…”
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Breeding for resistance to bean golden mosaic virus in an interracial population of Phaseolus vulgaris L by Morales, Francisco José, Singh, Shree P.

“…Gains from selection (at 20% selection pressure) for these traits were 49.5%, 31.6%, 24%, 0%, and 20%, respectively, over the mean value of all RILs. …”
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Land management, crop production, and household income in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia: An econometric analysis by Pender, J.L., Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…The third section, key findings and implications examines population pressure, access to roads and markets, income strategies, irrigation, agricultural extension and credit, and endowments of physical, human, and social capital. …”
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis by Waithaka, Michael, Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S., Kyotalimye, Miriam

“…Both will put increased pressure on the natural resources needed to produce food, and climate change makes the challenges greater. …”
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Susceptibility of soil to wind erosion in arid area of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia by Biyensa, Gurmessa, Demissie, Ambachew, Lemma, Bekele

“…In Central Rift Valley (CRV) of Ethiopia, renewable land resources are under pressure. Acacia woodland clearance, frequent cultivation, crop residue removal and mono-cropping are among the major land mis-management practices in the area. …”
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Pesticide resistance in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) populations from Togo and Benin by Agboyi, L.K., Ketoh, G.K., Martin, T., Glitho, I.A., Tamo, Manuele

“…These results are discussed in the light of developing an integrated pest management strategy for reducing the selection pressure of spinosad.…”
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