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FR1.3: Coping with Stressors along the Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria: Evidence to Strengthen Gender-Responsive Breeding and Inform Resilience by Teeken, Béla, Olamide, Olaosebikan, Abolore, Bello, Utoblo, Obaiya, Okoye, Benjamin, Olutegbe, Nathaniel, Garner, Elisabeth L.P., Cole, Steven M., Forsythe, Lora, Kulakow, Peter A., Egesi, Chiedozie N., Tufan, Hale Ann, Madu, Tessy

“…Research Question(s): A State of Knowledge review identified the need to inquire into coping strategies and the preferred stressor-related cassava traits by specifically asking, "In what ways do gender roles and norms influence these". …”
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A scoping review on the health effects of smoke haze from vegetation and peatland fires in Southeast Asia: Issues with study approaches and interpretation by Phung, V.L.H., Uttajug, A., Ueda, K., Yulianti, N., Latif, M.T., Naito, D.

“…Although smoke haze is a regional issue in Southeast Asia, studies on its related health effects have only been reported from several countries in the region. …”
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Effects of intercropping desho grass with vetch on forage yield, nutritional quality and soil fertility in Lemo District of Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Berhanu, Melkamu

“…Data on biomass yield; plant height and chemical compositions were recorded and analyzed using the General Linear Model procedures of SAS. Relative yield, relative yield total, and aggressivity index were calculated for biological compatibility and yield advantages of desho and vetch (V.villosa). …”
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Spatial modelling indicates Striga seedbank density dependence on rainfall and soil traits in the savannas of northern Nigeria by Aliyu, K.T., Lado, A., Hussaini, M.A., Kamara, A., Musa, S.A., Dawaki, M.U., Suleiman, M.S., Bello, T.T., Fagge, A.A., Isa, H.M., Ibrahim, H.

“…Minimum and maximum temperatures, and relative humidity were accessed from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA POWER). …”
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New technologies reduce greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogenous fertilizer in China by Zhang, Wei-Feng, Dou, Zheng-Xia, He, Pan, Ju, Xiao-Tang, Powlson, David, Chadwick, Dave, Norse, David, Lu, Yue-Lai, Zhang, Ying, Wu, Liang, Chen, Xin-Ping, Cassman, Kenneth G., Zhang, Fu-Suo

“…China’s participation is essential to global efforts in reducing N-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions because China is the largest producer and consumer of fertilizer N. …”
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Ochratoxin A induces abnormal tryptophan metabolism in the intestine and liver to activate AMPK signaling pathway by Ma, W., Fu, Y., Zhu, S., Xia, D., Zhai, S., Xiao, D., Zhu, Y., Dione, Michel M., Lukuyu, Ben A., Yang, L., Wang, W.

“…However, whether OTA or B. plebeius alteration leads to abnormal tryptophan-related metabolism in the intestine and liver is largely unknown. …”
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EncontrAR: Informe Situacional de la Plataforma de Aprendizaje Colaborativo by Mercado, P., Angulo, L., Haan, Stef de, Ochoa, J., Castellanos, A., Pradel, W.

“…One of the options for the development of family farming is to promote access to different markets (national or international). Related to this, various contributions in relation to the analysis of the development problems of rural markets highlight two fundamental aspects that must be faced: the few opportunities in local markets and the limited access to more dynamic markets with competitive products. …”
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Nutrition-sensitive food distribution amidst inflationary shock: Evidence from a randomized intervention in Egypt by Abay, Kibrom A., Abdelfattah, Lina Alaaeldin, Elkaramany, Mohamed, Elsabbagh, Dalia, Kurdi, Sikandra

“…Besides evaluating the relative and absolute impacts of these interventions on household food and nutrition security, we also examine their impacts on households’ preferences for in-kind versus cash transfers. …”
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Maize ZmBES1/BZR1-1 transcription factor negatively regulates drought tolerance by Wenqi Feng, Hongwanjun Zhang, Yang Cao, Yuan Liu, Yiran Zhao, Fuai Sun, Qingqing Yang, Xuecai Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yingge Wang, Wanchen Li, Yanli Lu, Fengling Fu, Haoqiang Yu

“…Exploring maize stress-related genes and their regulatory mechanisms is crucial for ensuring agricultural productivity and food security. …”
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COVID-19, nutrition, and gender: An evidence-informed approach to gender-responsive policies and programs by Kalbarczyk, Anna, Aberman, Noora-Lisa, van Asperen, Bregje S. M., Morgan, Rosemary, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Carducci, Bianca, Heidkamp, Rebecca, Osendarp, Saskia, Kumar, Neha, Lartey, Anna, Malapit, Hazel J., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Fabrizio, Cecilia

“…As data was identified to support the visualization of pathways, additions were made to codify the complex interrelations between the COVID-19 related crises and underlying gender relations. Our analysis and resultant evidence map illustrate how underlying inequitable norms such as gendered unprotected jobs, reduced access to economic resources, decreased decision-making power, and unequal gendered division of labor, were exacerbated by the pandemic's secondary containment efforts. …”
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Potential contribution of agronomic practices and conservation agriculture towards narrowing smallholders' yield gaps in Southern Africa: Lessons from the field by Nyagumbo, Isaiah, Nyamayevu, Donald, Chipindu, Lovemore, Siyeni, Donald, Dias, Domingos, Silva, João Vasco

“…This study sought to analyze and isolate the relative contribution of agronomic practices to maize yields obtained by smallholders in Malawi and Mozambique using data generated from on-farm trials testing the performance of conservation agriculture cropping systems. …”
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Affordability of nutritious diets in rural India by Raghunathan, Kalyani, Headey, Derek D., Herforth, Anna

“…However, in absolute terms nutritious diets in 2011 were still expensive relative to unskilled wages, constituting approximately 50-60% of male and about 70-80% of female daily wages, and were often even higher relative to minimum wages earned from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). …”
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional outcomes: Evidence from six countries in Africa and Asia by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Sproule, Kathryn, Martinez, Elena M., Malapit, Hazel J.

“…We examine the relationship between women’s empowerment and household-level food security and dietary diversity; women’s dietary diversity and BMI; and child-related outcomes, controlling for woman, child, and household characteristics. …”
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Implications of bulk water transfer on local water management institutions: A case study of the Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal by Pant, Dhruba, Bhattarai, Madhusudan, Basnet, Govinda

“…This paper analyzes some of the major changes related to local water management and socioeconomics brought about by the Project and in particular the changes in the local water management institutions in the Melamchi basin. …”
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Off-grid cooling: Experimental evaluation of solar powered cold storage and evaporative coolant by Salaudeen, Kamaldeen Oladimeji, Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…Temperature drop and relative humidity (RH) increase were used to assess the performance of cooling systems. …”
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Preliminary report on the comparative weed suppressibility of Bangladeshi Wheat varieties by Islam, A. K. M. Mominul, Uddin, Md. Nasir, Yeasmin, Sabina, Kheya, Sinthia Afsana, Islam, Md. Shafiqul, Ahmed, Sharif, Hossain, Akbar, Anwar, Md. Parvez

“…Although BARI Gom 33 was the best yielder in weedy condition and had the lowest relative yield loss, its interference against weed was moderate. …”
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Variation in seed longevity among diverse Indica rice varieties by Lee, Jae-Sung, Velasco-Punzalan, Marlina, Pacleb, Myrish, Valdez, Rocel, Kretzschmar, Tobias, McNally, Kenneth L., Ismail, Abdel M., Sta. Cruz, Pompe C., Hamilton, Ruaraidh Sackville, Hay, Fiona R.

“…We therefore set out to determine the relative seed longevity of diverse Indica rice accessions through storage experiments. …”
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Specific detection of Bradyrhizobium and Rhizobium strains colonizing rice (Oryza sativa) roots by 16S-23S ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer-targeted PCR. by Tan, Zhiyuan, Hurek, Thomas, Vinuesa, Pablo, Müller, Peter, Ladha, Jagdish K., Reinhold-Hurek, Barbara

“…In addition to analyzing their phylogenetic positions, we assessed the suitability of the 16S-23S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) intergenic spacer (IGS) sequences for the differentiation of closely related rhizobial taxa and for the development of PCR protocols allowing the specific detection of strains in the environment. 16S rDNA sequence analysis (sequence identity, 99%) and phylogenetic analysis of IGS sequences showed that strain IRBG271 was related to but distinct from Bradyrhizobium elkanii . …”
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Nitrogen potassium fertilization and soil-moisture effects on growth and development of drip-irrigated sugarcane by Ingram, K.T., Hilton, H.W.

“…Soil moisture was directly related to number of green leaves per stalk and inversely related to number of chlorotic leaves per stalk. …”
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Weather risks, crop losses, and risk proneness: An examination of evolving risk preferences of rice farmers in Bangladesh by Parker Wheatley, W., Khanam, Taznoore, Pede, Valerien O., Yamano, Takashi

“…Changing climate poses significant challenges for smallholder rice farmers. Weather-related deviations from longer-term patterns and crop losses due to abiotic hazards can affect farmer risk preferences and drive adaptive responses. …”
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