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Impacts of land use and land cover dynamics on ecosystem services in the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, southwestern Ethiopia by Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D., Kassawmar, Tibebu, Mulatu, Kalkidan Ayele, Kassa, Habtemariam, Verchot, Louis V., Quintero, Marcela

“…The result shows that the existing ES pairs are far from the Pareto efficient combination(s), confirming that landscape optimization for ES bundles are rarely possible on the ground due to many reasons and indicating the need for well thought land restoration strategies and land management practices that are forest type and context specific.…”
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What Is the Evidence Base Linking Gender with Access to Forests and Use of Forest Resources for Food Security in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Systematic Evidence Map by Kimanzu, N., Schulte-Herbrüggen, B., Clendenning, J., Chiwona-Karltun, L., Krogseng, K., Petrokofsky, G.

“…Gender is considered one of the most important determinants of access and control over forests. It is thought that women and men within households and communities have different opportunities and different roles and responsibilities in relation to forest use. …”
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Understanding gendered trait preferences: Implications for client-responsive breeding programs by McDougall, Cynthia, Kariuki, Juliet, Lenjiso, Birhanu Mergesa, Marimo, Pricilla, Mehar, Mamta, Murphy, Seamus, Teeken, Béla, Akester, Michael J., Benzie, John A.H., Galiè, Alessandra, Kulakow, Peter A., Mekkawy, Wagdy, Nkengla-Asi, Lilian, Ojango, Julie M.K., Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Uwimana, Brigitte, Orr, Alastair

“…It also reveals that these differences are more complex than previously thought. In doing so, it challenges binary or homogenous models of preferences, suggesting instead that preferences are likely to be overlapping and nuanced. …”
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Quantitative analysis of knowledge, attitude and practice of workers in chicken slaughter slabs toward food safety and hygiene in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso by Assefa, Ayalew, Dione, Michel M., Ilboudo, Guy S., Lallogo, Valérie R., Gemeda, Biruk A., Grace, Delia, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.

“…Most respondents (49%) thought that plucking and evisceration were the major cause of contamination of carcasses with foodborne pathogens. …”
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Online Course on Potato Production for Georgia: Final Technical Report (FTR) by Bentley, J.W., Andrade-Piedra, J.L.

“…The six units were: Unit 1: Integrated management of late blight - Wilmer Pérez Unit 2: Integrated management of viral diseases - Segundo Fuentes Unit 3: Plant nutrition and fertilizer management – Elke Vandamme Unit 4: Postharvest and seed potato storage – André Devaux Unit 5: Production of seed potato - Jorge Andrade-Piedra Unit 6: Irrigation and water management – David Ramírez and Javier Rinza At the end of week 6, the participants evaluated the course, suggesting that they thought that the content, instructors and format were of high quality.…”
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Knowledge and practices related to antibiotics among poultry producers and veterinarians in two Indian states by Sharma, Garima, Dey, Tushar, Hazarika, R.A., Shome, B.R., Shome, R., Singh, V.P., Deka, Ram P., Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…Most poultry farmers had heard about antibiotics, and 62.9% thought they cured all diseases. If one chicken is sick, 72.6% said others should be given antibiotics to prevent the disease. …”
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Medium and large-scale farmers and agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Survey results by Chapoto, Antony, Houssou, Nazaire, Mabiso, Athur, Cossar, Frances

“…Successful commercialization of farming enterprises and farmer entrepreneurship are thought to embody the key features of structural transformation and provide a pathway out of poverty and subsistence agriculture for the rural farm households. …”
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Genome characterization of Rift Valley fever virus isolated from cattle, goats and sheep during interepidemic periods in Kenya by Onwong'a, A.A., Oyola, Samuel O., Juma, John, Konongoi, S., Nyamota, Richard, Mwangi, Reuben, Muli, Collins, Dobi, Paul, Bett, Bernard K., Ongus, J.R.

“…In nature, the virus exists as a single serotype that is responsible for outbreaks of Rift Valley fever (RVF), a zoonotic disease that often occurs in Africa and the Middle East. RVFV genomes are thought to undergo both recombination and reassortment and investigations of these events is important for monitoring the emergence of virulent strains and understanding the evolutionary characteristics of this virus. …”
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Designing methods for the monitoring and evaluation of household food security in IFAD-funded rural development projects: Technical Guide: Strengthening the Household Food Security... by Carletto, Calogero, Morris, Saul Sutkover

“…We argue that two of the key features of a good impact evaluation study are the availability of accurate baseline information and a properly thought-out control group, respectively allowing for before-after and with-without comparisons. …”
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Scholarly publishing initiatives at the International Rice Research Institute: linking users to public goods via open access by Borrero, Albert, Ramos, Mila, Arsenal, Anna, Lopez, Katherine, Hettel, Gene

“…This paper discusses this dilemma and hopes to encourage further research and thought on open access publishing.…”
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A new precipitation technique provides evidence for the permeability of Casparian bands to ions in young roots of corn (Zea mays L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Ranathunge, Kosala, Steudle, Ernst, Lafitte, Renee

“…CBs do not represent a perfect barrier for ions, as is usually thought. The permeability of CBs may vary depending on growth conditions which are known to affect the intensity of formation of bands.…”
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Most Significant Change Stories from the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) by León, C. de, Douthwaite, Boru, Álvarez, S.

“…CPWF Theme Leaders selected the first round story or stories they thought most significant and gave their reasons. The selection decisions and criteria are given as feedback to the projects as a way for the CPWF to focus innovation towards explicitly valued directions and away from less valued ones. …”
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Advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in agri-food systems: Research-based recommendations by CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, Indian Council for Agricultural Research

“…The event brought together thought leaders from renowned academic and research institutes, National Agricultural Research and Education Systems (NARES), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), donors, policymakers and the private sector from 52 countries to deliberate on innovations and solutions that can contribute to achieving just and resilient agri-food systems.…”
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Empowering regions and countries to scale demand-driven, evidence-based agri-food system solutions by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Bailey, Arwen, Ewell, Hanna, Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah, Liani, Millicent L., Nortje, Karen, Mulinganya, Noel, Sylla, Almamy, Munoz, Gutierrez Odette, Mukhopadhyay, Prama

“…Researchers often give little thought to scaling an innovation until it has already been designed or, in most cases, piloted. …”
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No Paragonimus in high-risk groups in Cote d'Ivoire, but considerable prevalence of helminths and intestinal protozoon infections by Traoré, S.G., Odermatt, P., Bonfoh, Bassirou, Utzinger, J., Aka, N.D., Adoubryn, K.D., Assoumou, A., Dreyfuss, G., Koussemon, M.

“…The disease is often confused with tuberculosis. Paragonimiasis is thought to be endemic in south-western Côte d’Ivoire. …”
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Structure of genetic diversity among common bean landraces of middle American origin based on correspondence analysis of RAPD by Beebe, Stephen E., Skroch, Paul W., Tohme, Joseph M., Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Pedraza García, Fabio, Nienhuis, James

“…Thus, Middle American germplasm of common bean is more complex than previously thought, and contains diversity that remains to be explored for its practical value.…”
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Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project by Matthews RB, Noordwijk, Meine van, Lambin, E.F., Meyfroidt, Patrick, Gupta J, Verchot, Louis V., Hergoualc'h, Kristell, Veldkamp, E.

“…There are indications that there is only a short and relatively small window of opportunity of making REDD+ work—these included the fact that forest-related emissions as a fraction of total global GHG emissions have been decreasing over time due to the increase in fossil fuel emissions, and that the cost efficiency of REDD+ may be much less than originally thought due to the need to factor in safeguard costs, transaction costs and monitoring costs. …”
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Understanding the food safety and zoonosis risk practices of the beef, sheep and goat Nairobi food systems using value chain analysis by Alarcón, Pablo, Muinde, P., Karani, M., Akoko, James M., Fèvre, Eric M., Domínguez Salas, Paula, Kiambi, S., Häsler, Barbara, Rushton, Jonathan

“…Purpose Beef, sheep and goat food systems are thought to be important sources of pathogens in Nairobi. …”
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Soil organic carbon stocks and fractionation under different land uses in the Peruvian high-Andean Puna by Rolando, J.L., Dubeux, J.C., Pérez, W., Ramírez, D., Turin, C., Ruíz Moreno, M., Comerford, N., Mares, V., García, S., Quiróz, R.

“…In the Andean Puna, agricultural expansion is thought to be jeopardizing the large SOC stock sequestered in its soils. …”
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Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review of the distribution in southern and eastern Africa by Dermauw, Veronique, Dorny, P., Braae, U.C., Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Robertson, L.J., Saratsis, A., Thomas, Lian F.

“…The beef tapeworm, Taenia saginata, causing cysticercosis in bovines and taeniosis in humans, is thought to have a global distribution. In eastern and southern Africa, cattle production plays a crucial role in the economy, but a clear overview of the prevalence of T. saginata in the region is still lacking. …”
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