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Multistakeholder networks in Mexico and Guatemala for scaling co-validated bundles of regenerative agriculture technologies by García Santiago, Jorge Octavio, Diaz Espinosa, Anabell Guadalupe, Ovando, Rausel, Jiménez, Benancio, May Tzun, Vladimir Nikolai, Van Loon, Jelle

“…Through systematic network mapping and analysis exercises, the interinstitutional structures, levels of connectivity, patterns of centralization, and the strategic roles of key actors in each territory were characterized. The results show that the networks analyzed generally exhibit low levels of density and varying degrees of centralization. …”
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Assessing long-term management options for the villages in the Korup National Park: an evaluation of all options by Diaw, C., Tiani, A.M., Jum, C.N., Milol, A., Wandji, D.N.

“…Legal alternatives to the resettlement such as degazettment of part of the KNP to allow for certain villages to stay where they are while exercising freely their activities; the adaptation of the management plan, with the justification that such enclaves fall within the fundamental objectives of the management of the park; and a special regulatory amendment, by Decree of the Prime Minister or by ordinance of the President of the Republic with regulatory power.…”
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Tropical Deforestation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest by Bray, D.B., Durán, E., Ramos, V.H., Mas, J.F., Velásquez, A., McNab, R.B., Barry, D.M., Radachowsky, J.

“…Distance to human settlements, seasonal wetlands, and degree and length of human residence were significant in Guatemala, and distance to previous deforestation and tropical semideciduous forest were significant in Mexico. …”
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Genetic variability of tropical maize stover quality and the potential for genetic improvement of food-feed value in India by Zaidi, Pervez Haider, Vinayan, M.T., Blümmel, Michael

“…Grain and stover traits showed a considerable degree of independency. Grain and stover yield were significantly positively correlated (r = 0.53; P = 0.003), however, grain yields at around 7.0 t/ha showed varied stover yields ranges from 3.5 to 6 t/ha. …”
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An in vitro assay for drug sensitivity of Trypanosoma congolense using in vitro-derived metacyclic trypanosomes by Gray, M.A., Peregrine, A.S.

“…The trypanosomes were incubated at 35 degree centigrade for 48 hours with various drug concentrations (0.5 ng-50 ug/ml) and then transferred to cultures containing bovine endothelial-cell monolayers, to assess their viability over the following 5 days as compared to control trypanosomes that had been incubated without drug. …”
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Dialogue on Ethiopian Agricultural Development: Report of a conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12 November 2009 by International Livestock Research Institute

“…This was followed by a panel discussion in which valuable remarks were made by personalities from different renowned institutions and universities.…”
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Enhancing effects of anti-CD40 treatment on the immune response of SCID-bovine mice to Trypanosoma congolense infection by Haas, K.M., Taylor, K.A., MacHugh, Niall D., Kreeger, J.M., Estes, D.M.

“…SCID-bo mice infected with T. congolense were treated with an agonistic anti-CD40 antibody and monitored for the development of parasitemia and survival. …”
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Selection of provenances to adapt tropical pine forestry to climate change on the basis of climate analogs by Leibing, C., Signer, J., Zonneveld, M. van, Jarvis, Andy, Dvorak, W.

“…The provenance-specific models were used to predict provenance performance under different climate change scenarios. …”
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Livestock in mixed farming systems in South Asia by Parthasarathy Rao, P., Birthal, P.S.

“…Further, recent decades have seen significant changes in mixed systems in terms of livestock demography, increased commercialization (degree of integration with markets), etc. Factors contributing to this change include growing human population, mechanization of cultivation and rural transportation, use of inorganic fertilizers and government programs to promote animal production. …”
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Biología comparada de tres especies de salivazo de los pastos del género Zulia (Homoptera: Cercopidae) by Rodríguez Chalarca, Jairo, Peck, DC, Canal, NA

“…Finally, oviposition sites were determined by simulating field conditions in the screenhouse in pots planted with B. ruziziensis. …”
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Sero-epidemiology of Peste des petits ruminants virus infection in Turkana County, Kenya by Kihu, S.M., Gachohi, John M., Ndungu, E.K., Gitao, G.C., Bebora, L.C., Njenga, J.M., Wairire, G.G., Maingi, N., Wahome, R.G., Ireri, R.

“…Intra-cluster correlation coefficients (ρ) that described the degree of similarity among sero-positive responses for each species in each of the six administrative divisions were estimated. …”
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Creating long-term weather data from thin air for crop simulation modeling by Wart, Justin van, Grassini, Patricio, Yang, Haishun, Claessens, Lieven, Jarvis, Andy, Cassman, Kenneth G.

“…The distributions of simulated yields of maize, rice, or wheat with propagated data were compared with simulated yields using observed weather data at 18 sites in North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. …”
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Phenotypic characteristics and trypanosome prevalence of Mursi cattle breed in the Bodi and Mursi districts of South Omo Zone, southwest Ethiopia by Terefe, E., Haile, Aynalem, Mulatu, W., Dessie, Tadelle, Okeyo Mwai, Ally

“…Cattle body description and measurements were made on 201 matured animals. Blood samples were collected from 409 animals into heparin-treated capillary tubes and were centrifuged to 12,000 rpm for 5 min to identify trypanosome species from the wet smeared buffy coat and to estimate the degree of anemia (PCV). …”
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Value chain analysis of movable frame hive honey: The case of Ahferom Woreda, Tigray, Ethiopia by Mehari, A.

“…The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. …”
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Influence of acacia tortilis trees on the distribution of panicum maximum and digitaria macroblephara in South Central Kenya. by Maranga, E.K.

“…Change in temperature increases were higher for Panicum maximum than Digitaria macroblephara. …”
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Influence of browse availability of goats diets in an Acacia senegal savannah of South- Central Kenya. by Kamau, P.N.

“…Three mature esophageally fistulated East-African goats were used in the study on a one day graze, 28-30 day rest cycle. …”
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100 years of ecology: what are our concepts and are they useful by Reiners, William A., Lockwood, Jeffrey A., Reiners, Derek S., Prager, Steven D.

“…Fifteen percent (1324) of the ESA membership participated in the survey. Of these, 89% were addressed in North America, 62% were male, 77% held Ph.D. degrees, 67% were involved in academia through employment or as students, and about one‐half of the total were divided between community and ecosystem ecology domains of interest. …”
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Distribution, genetic diversity and potential spatiotemporal scale of alien gene flow in crop wild relatives of rice (Oryza spp.) in Colombia by Thomas, E., Tovar, E., Villafane, C., Bocanegra, J.L., Moreno, R.

“…Furthermore, we estimated the degree of overlap between areas with suitable habitat for cultivated and wild rice, both under current and predicted future climate conditions to assess the potential spatiotemporal scale of potential gene flow from GM rice to its CWRs. …”
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GIS based gap analysis as a tool for biodiversity conservation optimisation: the IITA cowpea collection by Rysavy, A., Dumet, D., Sonder, Kai, Sauerborn, J.

“…Then Eco geographical site descriptors (temperature, precipitation, length of growing period, altitude) were extracted to deter-mine areas with environmental conditions favoured by cowpea. …”
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Integrated assessment of crop–livestock production systems beyond biophysical methods: role of systems simulation models by Masikati, Patricia, Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Sisito, G., Senda, Trinity S., Crespo, Olivier, Nhamo, N.

“…However, impacts will be varied, the three farm categories studied for Nkayi district will not be affected to the same degree due to agricultural management practices and wealth status. …”
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