Search Results - "systematics"

Priority research topics to improve streamflow data availability in data-scarce countries: the case for Ethiopia by Taye, Meron Teferi, Zimale, Fasikaw A., Woldesenbet, T. A., Kebede, M. G., Amare, S. D., Tegegne, G., Mekonnen, K., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru

“…The experts’ views were supported by a systematic review of more than 300 published articles. …”
Get full text

A global-temporal analysis on Phytophthora sojae resistance-gene efficacy by McCoy, Austin, Belange, Richard, Bradley, Carl, Cerritos-Garcia, Daniel, Garnica, Vinicius, Giesler, Loren, Grijalba, Pablo Enrique, Guillin, Eduardo Alejandro, Henriquez, Maria, Kim, Yong Min, Malvick, Dean, Matthiesen, Rashelle, Mideros, Santiago, Noel, Zachary, Robertson, Alison, Roth, Mitchell, Schmidt, Clarice, Smith, Damon, Sparks, Adam, Telenko, Darcy, Tremblay, Vanessa, Wally, Owen, Chilvers, Martin

“…Pathotype data was collected from 5121 isolates of P. sojae, derived from 29 surveys conducted between 1990 and 2019 across the United States, Argentina, Canada, and China. This systematic review shows a loss of efficacy of specific Rps genes utilized for disease management and a significant increase in the pathotype diversity of isolates over time. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Novel endophytes of rice form a taxonomically distinct sub-group of Serratia marcescens by Tan, Zhiyuan, Hurek, Thomas, Gyaneshwar, Prasad, Ladha, Jagdish K., Reinhold-Hurek, Barbara

Get full text

The development and use of geographic information systems to assist Trypanosomiasis control by Perry, Brian D., Kruska, Russell L., Reid, Robin S.

Get full text

Indigenous knowledge for seasonal weather and climate forecasting across East Africa by Radeny, Maren A.O., Desalegn, Ayal, Mubiru, Drake, Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Mahoo, Henry, Recha, John W.M., Kimeli, Philip, Solomon, Dawit

“…While IK-based forecasting is inbuilt and established in many communities in East Africa, coordinated research and systematic documentation of IK for weather forecasting, including accuracy and reliability of IK is largely lacking. …”
Get full text

A Climate Smartness Index (CSI) Based on Greenhouse Gas Intensity and Water Productivity: Application to Irrigated Rice by Arenas Calle, Laura N., Whitfield, Stephen, Challinor, Andrew J.

“…The process of developing the index follows four steps: (1) defining system specific climate smartness; (2) selecting relevant indicators; (3) normalizing against reference values from a systematic literature review; and (4) aggregating and weighting. …”
Get full text

Descriptors for Documenting Innovations and their Contributions to Impact by Sartas, Murat, Zervas, P., Konstantinidis, S., Sarfatti, P., Schut, Marc, Bonaiuti, Enrico, Naziri, D., Clarke, V.

“…Building on its experience in developing innovation management tools and practices, RTB has recently commissioned an interdisciplinary team, the RTB Catalog Team, to develop prototypes of a novel, systematic, innovation documentation framework and an online portal featuring key innovations generated by the program since 2015. …”
Get full text

A Review of Global Policy Mechanisms Designed for Tropical Forests Conservation and Climate Risks Management by Muthee, K., Duguma, L., Wainaina, P., Minang, Peter A., Nzyoka, J.

“…This study employed a systematic review of articles published between 1992 and 2020 to establish how various policy mechanisms have been developed and evolved to bridge forests and climate change discourse in tropical forests while highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. …”
Get full text

Entry Points to Improve Livestock Water Productivity in Selected Forage Based Livestock Systems by Haileslassie, Amare, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Blümmel, Michael, Craufurd, Peter Q., Ergano, Kebebe

“…This paper synthesizes LWP-knowledge generated across different FLPS over time and systematically identifies entry points to enhance productive uses of fresh water resources. …”
Get full text

Indifferent to difference? Understanding the unequal impacts of farming technologies among smallholders. A review by Thuijsman, E.S., Braber, Harmen den, Andersson, J.A., Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Baudron, Frederic, López Ridaura, Santiago, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…By contrast, in this literature study, we critically review how technology evaluation studies assess differentiated impacts in smallholder farming communities. We searched systematically for studies which present agricultural technology impacts disaggregated for poor and relatively better-off users (adopters). …”
Get full text

Conservation agriculture improves agronomic, economic, and soil fertility indicators for a clay soil in a rainfed Mediterranean climate in Morocco by Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari, Devkota, Krishna, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar

“…OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to systematically evaluate agronomic, economic, and soil fertility indicators under CA and conventional tillage (CT) using field experimentation (medium-term) and simulation modeling (long-term) for a clay soil of a rainfed Mediterranean environment. …”
Get full text

Assessing recall bias and measurement error in high-frequency social data collection for human-environment research by Bell, Andrew R., Ward, Patrick S., Tamal, Md. Ehsanul Haque, Killilea, Mary E.

“…We present results from, to our knowledge, the first systematic evaluation of recall bias in components of a household survey, using the Open Data Kit (ODK) platform on Android smartphones. …”
Get full text

Gender vulnerability assessment to inform gender-sensitive adaptation action: a case study in semi-arid areas of Mali by Segnon, Alcade C., Magassa, Mariame, Rêmilokoun Obossou, Esdras Abréwa, Partey, Samuel T., Houessionon, Prosper, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…In this study we combined semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with a systematic literature review to analyze gendered household vulnerability to climate change in Cinzana, a semi-arid area of Mali, and identify entry points for gender-transformative adaptation actions. …”
Get full text

Women's empowerment and child nutritional status in South Asia: A synthesis of the literature by Cunningham, Kenda, Ruel, Marie T., Ferguson, Elaine, Uauy, Ricardo

“…We systematically searched Global Health, Embase (classic and Ovid), MEDLINE, Campbell Collaboration, Popline, Eldis, Web of Science, EconLit and Scopus. …”
Get full text

Framing Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystem (WEFE) nexus interactions in the Tana-Beles Sub-Basin of Ethiopia by Abera, Wuletawu, Getaneh, Yonas, Balcha, Yodit, Assefa, Tewodros, Mulatu, Chalachew A., Ebrahim, Girma Yimer, Tesfaye, Megersa, Dawit, Meseret, Abebe, Wubneh Belete, Taye, Meron Teferi

“…Additionally, the systematic review is complemented by spatial data analysis to identify synergies and trade-offs among the WEFE nexus indicators. …”
Get full text

CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology: Stakeholder inception workshop report on mapping organic resources in Kiambu and Makueni Counties by Awiti, Alex, Kuria, Anne, Onyango, Kevin, Korir, Hezekiah, Wanyama, Rosina, Bolo, Peter Omondi, Ndiwa, Aurillia, Sakha, Michael, Mbelwa, Machio, Adoyo, Beatrice, Anyango, Edith

“…We propose systematically mapping organic resources within agricultural landscapes, emphasizing animal manure, crop residues, and purpose-produced organic resources from agroforestry. …”
Get full text

CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology: Technical report on the types, availability, quantities and spatial distribution of organic resources in Kiambu and Makueni Counties by Kuria, Anne, Wamaitha, Mercy, Mwangi, Victor, Onyango, Kevin, Bolo, Peter, Wanyama, Rosina, Adoyo, Beatrice, Fuchs, Lisa Elena, Korir, Hezekiah, Lelei, David, Awiti, Alex

“…We propose a systematic mapping of organic resources within agricultural landscapes, emphasizing animal manure, crop residues, and purpose-produced organic resources from agroforestry. …”
Get full text

How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Can nudging and direct counting improve the quality of livestock asset data? by Abay, Kibrom A., Ayalew, Hailemariam, Terfa, Zelalem, Karguia, Joseph, Breisinger, Clemens

“…We finally show that underreporting in self-reported livestock data is systematic and hence consequential for statistical inferences. …”
Get full text

Anthelmintic resistance in livestock in Africa: review of the current status by Gatitu, Lucy, Kasudi, Mitchelle R., Githigia, S., Moodley, Arshnee, Muloi, Dishon M.

“…Methods: We conducted a comprehensive scoping review to evaluate the current status of AHR in African livestock. Results: Our systematic search yielded 357 original studies, 28 met the eligibility criteria, covering nine countries and spanning from 1996 to 2024. …”
Get full text

Current state of knowledge on characterisation of farm animal genetic resources in Ethiopia by Ayalew, W., Getahun, E., Tibbo, Markos, Mamo, Y., Rege, J.E.O.

“…The national effort in Ethiopia towards systematic characterisation and documentation of livestock biodiversity has been negligible let alone planned interventions to curb the continuing threat of loss of genetic diversity. …”
Get full text