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Mitochondrial DNA diversity and origin of indigenous pigs in South China and their contribution to western modern pig breeds por Chen Wang, Yao-sheng Chen, Han Jianlin, De-lin Mo, Xiu-jin Li, Xiao-hong Liu

“…Among the western modern breeds, Berkshire and Yorkshire had significant Asian matrilineal footprints from indigenous pigs in South China, especially the Spotted pigs distributed in Guangdong and Guangxi. …”
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Climate Services for Resilient Development in South Asia Annual Report: January to December 2019 por Krupnik, Timothy J., Hussain, Ghulam, Montes, Carlo, Schulthess, Christoph, Siddiquee, Ansar Ahammed, Rahman, Syed, Khan, Mohammad Shahidul Haque, Khanam, Fahmida, Miah, Azahar Ali, Hasan, Alfi, Kamal, Mustafa, Hossain, Khaled, Haque, Anarul, Kurishi, Alanuzzaman, Rokon, Golam Morshed, Uddin, M. Shahab, Billah, Mutasim, Tasnim, Tasfia, Fernandes, José Maurício Cunha

“…CSRD addresses the climate challenges faced by smallholder farmers in South Asia. The partnership is led by the United States Government and supported by the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID), the UK Meteorological Office, ESRI, Google, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the American Red Cross. …”
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Potential of Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation Practices for the Mitigation of GHG Emissions from Rice Fields: Two Cases in Central Luzon (Philippines) por Sander, Björn Ole, Schneider, Pia, Romasanta, Ryan R., Samoy-Pascual, Kristine, Sibayan, Evangeline B., Asis, Constancio A., Wassmann, Reiner

“…Reducing methane (CH4) emission from paddy rice production is an important target for many Asian countries in order to comply with their climate policy commitments. …”
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System thinking and citizen participation is still missing in One Health initiatives – Lessons from fifteen evaluations por Hitziger, M., Berezowski, J., Dürr, S., Falzon, Laura C., Léchenne, M., Lushasi, K., Markosyan, T., Mbilo, C., Momanyi, Kelvin N., Özçelik, R., Prejit, N., Zinsstag, Jakob, Rüegg, S.R.

“…This paper assesses 15 OH initiatives in 16 African, Asian and European countries to identify opportunities to improve knowledge integration and to investigate geographic influences on knowledge integration capacities. …”
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Factors associated with food safety compliance among street food vendors in Can Tho city, Vietnam: Implications for intervention activity design and implementation por Ba Huynh-Van, Vy Vuong-Thao, Tuyen Huynh-Thi-Thanh, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Tung Huynh-Van, Loan Tran-To, Nguyen Nguyen-Thi-Thao, Cuc Huynh-Bach, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Background Street food plays a valuable role in several Asian countries including Vietnam. Improving the safety of street food is an important responsibility for many local food authorities. …”
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Human arsenic exposure risk via crop consumption and global trade from groundwater-irrigated areas por Alam, Mohammad Faiz, Villholth, Karen G., Podgorski, J.

“…More than 25% of RWM consumed in the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, where both arsenic hazard and degree of groundwater irrigation are high, originate from arsenic hazard areas. …”
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Viewpoint: irrigation water management in a space age por Hafeez, Mohsin, Awan, Usman Khalid

“…However, the diverted water in irrigation systems is often not utilized efficiently because of poor water management at different spatial scales, resulting in a system efficiency of only 30–50% in most Asian countries. Typically, improving water management in irrigated areas requires accurate information on various water balance parameters while also considering a changing climate across different spatial scales. …”
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Contribution of root system architecture and function in the performance of tropical maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes under different moisture regimes por Zaidi, Pervez Haider, Seetharam, Kaliyamoorthy, Vinayan, Madhumal Thayil, Rashid, Zerka, Krishnamurthy, Lakshmanan, Vivek, Bindiganavile Sampath

“…Understanding how roots respond to increasing rate of evapotranspiration in warmer days and exposure to dry spells is crucial for saving productivity of rainfed crops, including maize, grown in Asian tropics. In a semi-automatic root phenotyping facility (lysimetric system) a set of 100 elite and diverse tropical maize inbred lines were phenotyped under managed drought stress (DT) and well-watered (WW) conditions. …”
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Pathobiological analysis of African swine fever virus contact-exposed pigs and estimation of the basic reproduction number of the virus in Vietnam por Sang-Ik Oh, Ngoc Anh Bui, Vuong Nghia Bui, Duy Tung Dao, Ara Cho, Han Gyu Lee, Young-Hun Jung, Yoon Jung Do, Eunju Kim, Eun-Yeong Bok, Tai-Young Hur, Hu Suk Lee

“…Since China reported the first ASF outbreak in August 2018, ASFV has swept over the neighbouring Asian countries. However, studies involving experimental pig-to-pig ASFV transmission in Vietnam are lacking. …”
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Enhancing individual animal resilience to environmental disturbances to address low productivity in dairy cattle performing in sub-Saharan Africa por Oloo, Richard Dooso, Ojango, Julie M.K., Ekine-Dzivenu, Chinyere C., Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher, Mrode, Raphael A., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.

“…Through this study, we propose frequently collected data on milk production traits, body fat-related traits, and activity patterns as suitable in the sub-Saharan Africa context. The African Asian Dairy Genetic Gains Project by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) offers a valuable opportunity to collate data from diverse dairy systems in SSA for testing the potential of these indicators. …”
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Research protocol: On farm field trials to improve mungbean productivity through fertilizer management por Hossain, Md Khaled, Saleh Mohammad Shahriar, Atikuzzamman, Md, Gathala, Mahesh K., Laing, Alison M.

“…Under Work Package 1 of the CGIAR Asian Mega Deltas Initiative, CIMMYT is conducting on-farm trials in southern Bangladesh over two years to improve mungbean yields through improved fertilizer management practices and thus to improve the productivity and profitability of ricemungbean cropping systems. …”
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A Regional Perspective of Socio-Ecological Predictors for Fruit and Nut Tree Varietal Diversity Maintained by Farmer Communities in Central Asia por Turdieva, Muhabbat, Bernis-Fonteneau, Agnès, Esenalieva, Maira, Kayimov, Abdihalil, Saparmyradov, Ashirmuhammed, Safaraliev, Khursandi, Shalpykov, Kairkul, Colangelo, Paolo, Jarvis, Devra

“…The five independent countries of Central Asia, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, contain one of the richest areas in the world for the specific and intraspecific diversity of temperate fruit and nut tree species. …”
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An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia? por Diao, Xinshen, Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…Agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara — especially for small farms and businesses — requires a new paradigm to meet the needs of the continent’s evolving farming systems. Can Asia, with its recent success in adopting mechanization, offer a model for Africa? …”
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Women’s empowerment in agriculture and nutritional outcomes: Evidence from six countries in Africa and Asia por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Sproule, Kathryn, Martinez, Elena M., Malapit, Hazel J.

“…Overall empowerment scores are more strongly associated with nutritional outcomes in the South Asian countries in our sample compared to the African ones. …”
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Overview of the agricultural modernization in Southeast Asia por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…The growth of vegetable oils and aquaculture production have been considerable, and contrast with South Asia (SA)where similar patterns have been observed for vegetables and milk production. …”
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Land plot size, machine use and agricultural intensification in China por Liu, Yanyan, Zhou, Yuan

“…China's farming system, like that of many Asian Countries, is characterized by small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and high intensification at both the intensive and extensive margin. …”
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Current knowledge and breeding strategies for management of aphid-transmitted viruses of pepper (Capsicum spp.) in Africa por Zohoungbogbo, Herbaud P. F., Vihou, Fabrice, Achigan-Dako, Enoch G., Barchenger, Derek W.

“…In addition, a limited number of QTLs associated with resistance to the aphid-transmitted virus have been reported and QTL data are only available for PVY, ChiVMV and CMV mainly against European and Asian strains, although PVMV is likely the most important aphid-transmitted viral disease in Africa. …”
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Agricultural R&D in the Philippines: Policy, investments, and institutional profile por Stads, Gert-Jan, Faylon, Patricio S., Buendia, Leah J.

“…With a total of close to 4,000 full-time equivalent researchers in 2002, the Philippines has one of the largest agricultural research systems in Asia. But in terms of total agricultural research spending, the Philippines ranks behind more economically advanced Asian countries such as Malaysia and South Korea. …”
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Agricultural R&D in the Philippines: Policy, investments, and institutional profile por Stads, Gert-Jan, Faylon, Patricio S., Buendia, Leah J.

“…With a total of close to 4,000 full-time equivalent researchers in 2002, the Philippines has one of the largest agricultural research systems in Asia. But in terms of total agricultural research spending, the Philippines ranks behind more economically advanced Asian countries such as Malaysia and South Korea. …”
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Grain marketing parastatals in Asia: why do they have to change now? por Rashid, Shahidur, Cummings, Jr., Ralph, Gulati, Ashok

“…Using case studies from six Asian countries, this paper (a) assesses the relevance of underlying rationales for public intervention in foodgrain markets, (b) documents the existing policies and regulations that support operation of grain parastatals, (c) provides estimates of benefits and costs of parastatals, and (d) compares experiences of countries that liberalized (or reduced intervention) with the ones that continue to have significant presence of parastatals. …”
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