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Agricultural policies for sustainable management and use of natural resources in Africa by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“…Since the vast majority of the poor in Africa depend on agriculture, increasing food production is among the principal means of combating poverty and malnutrition in Africa. The need to rapidly transform agriculture in Africa is understood by the fact that Africa's population growth rate of about 3% per year threatens to reduce the availability of natural resources per capita. …”
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Eficacia de spirotetramat sobre los diversos estadios de desarrollo de Aonidiella aurantii by Tena, Alejandro, Catalán, José, Planes, Laura, Izquierdo, Jordi, Urbaneja, Alberto

“…Por lo general, esta plaga se combate realizando una aplicación insecticida en primera generación y, si es necesario, otra en segunda generación alternando el insecticida organofosforado clorpirifos y/o el análogo de la hormona juvenil, piriproxifén. …”
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Nemátodos asociados a cultivos agrícolas en El Salvador: su importancia y manejo by Pinochet, J, Guzmán, R

“…La rotación de cultivos y el uso de nematocidas son las formas de combate más utilizadas. Se comenta acerca del daño potencial de los nematodos y de las prácticas para su manejo que pueden ser implementadas en El Salvador, en los cultivos de mayor importancia económica.…”
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Opciones al uso unilateral de plaguicidas en Costa Rica: pasado - presente - futuro. Volumen II by García, Jorge, Fuentes, G., Monge N., J.

“…Aquella era una recopilación rica y minuciosa de las prácticas empleadas en Costa Rica para el combate natural de las plagas. La naturaleza de ésta es diferente y complementa adecuadamente a la primera. …”
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Water-use accounts in CPWF basins: Simple water-use accounting of the Yellow River Basin by Mainuddin, M., Eastham, Judy, Kirby, M., Thomas, M.

“…The Yellow River rises in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, and empties into the Bohai Sea. A unique feature of the river is the large amount of silt it carries. …”
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Pongamia: A Possible Option for Degraded Land Restoration and Bioenergy Production in Indonesia by Leksono, B., Rahman, S.A., Larjavaara, M., Purbaya, D.A., Arpiwi, N.L., Samsudin, Y.B., Artati, Y., Windyarini, E., Sudrajat, D.J., Aminah, A., Maulana, A.M., Bhatta, K.P., Kwon, J., Baral, H.

“…As a multipurpose species, pongamia holds great potential for combating Indonesia’s energy demand and restoring much of the degraded land. …”
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FTA Highlight No.8 – Biomass, Bioenergy and Biomaterials by Baral, H., Sears, R.R., Brady, M.A., Meybeck, A., Gitz, V., Njenga, M., Li, Y., Duguma, L.A., López, A., Martius, C.

“…Modern, efficient and sustainable forms of bioenergy and biomaterial production and use can play a key role in combating climate change while providing social, economic and environmental benefits to rural communities and critical industries, but these forms are not available to everyone. …”
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Pongamia: A possible option for degraded land restoration and bioenergy production in Indonesia by Leksono, B., Rahman, S.A., Larjavaara, M., Purbaya, D.A., Arpiwi, N.L., Samsudin, Y.B., Artati, Y., Windyarini, E., Sudrajat, D.J., Aminah, A., Maulana, A.M., Bhatta, K.P., Kwon, J., Baral, H.

“…As a multipurpose species, pongamia holds great potential for combating Indonesia’s energy demand and restoring much of the country’s degraded land. …”
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Do farmers’ socioeconomic status determine the adoption of conservation agriculture? An empirical evidence from Eastern and Southern Regions of Cameroon by Ngaiwi, Mary Eyeniyeh, Molua, Ernest Lytia, Sonwa, Denis J., Meliko, Majory O., Bomdzele, Eric J., Ayuk, Justine E., Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos, Latala, Mathunin M.

“…The African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Malabo Declaration recognize agricultural development as one of the most effective means of combating extreme poverty. Conservation Agriculture Practices (CAP) have been asserted to have the potential to boost agricultural output, improve livelihood and contribute to the conservation of natural resources. …”
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Range-wide differential adaptation and genomic vulnerability in critically endangered Asian rosewoods by Hung, Tin Hang, So, Thea, Thammavong, Bansa, Chamchumroon, Voradol, Theilade, Ida, Phourin, Chhang, Bouamanivong, Somsanith, Hartvig, Ida, Gaisberger, Hannes, Jalonen, Riina, Boshier, David H., MacKay, John J.

“…Our ecological genomic research uncovering contrasting selection forces acting in sympatric rosewoods is of relevance to conserving tropical trees globally and combating risks from climate change.…”
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2014-2015 Global food policy report by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Significant commitments to combating climate change were made, particularly by China and the United States. …”
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Identification of potential areas in México for intervention with biofortified high-zinc maize by Ramírez Jaspeado, Rocío, Palacios Rojas, Natalia, Funes, José, Pérez, Salomón, Donnet, M. Laura

“…Biofortifying crops such as maize (Zea maysL.) with zinc is a way of combating zinc deficiency, particularly in states with important maize production and high per capita consumption of the grain (almost 200 kg per year). …”
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Manejo de la colmena para la producción de apitoxina

“…Dicha sustancia es utilizada como defensa contra predadores y para el combate entre abejas. En esta especie (A. mellifera) la estructura ovipositora de las hembras se ha modificado para transformarse en un aguijón. …”
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Biomass, Bioenergy and Biomaterials. FTA Highlights of a Decade 2011–2021 by Baral, Himlal, Sears, Robin R, Brandy, Michael, Meybeck, Alexandre, Gitz, Vincent, Njenga, Mary, Li X Yanxia, Duguma, Lalisa A, López, Arlene, Martius, Cristopher

“…Modern, efficient and sustainable forms of bioenergy and biomaterial production and use can play a key role in combating climate change while providing social, economic and environmental benefits to rural communities and critical industries, but these forms are not available to everyone. …”
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Herbivores effect on coral reefs by Fridén, Linnéa

“…For each survey, a new place was randomly chosen in the channel to get a broader understanding of the area between the islands Nosy Be and Nosy Komba. The results were used for statistical analysis in R. …”
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Dried small fish provide nutrient densities important for the first 1000 days by Byrd, K.A., Pincus, L., Pasqualino, M.M., Muzofa, F., Cole, Steven M.

“…Consuming dried small fish as part of a daily meal can be a viable strategy for combatting nutrient deficiencies in the first 1000 days.…”
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FR1.3: Gendered Impacts of Covid-19 in 4 Countries: Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, and Uganda by Bryan, Elizabeth, Mawia, Harriet, Ringler, Claudia

“…Most gender-sensitive measures and responses were geared towards combating the increased incidence of gender-based violence, while far fewer aimed to secure women's livelihoods to help them rebound from pandemic-related income losses. …”
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Are farmers’ climate change adaptation strategies understated? Evidence from two communities in northern Ethiopian highlands by Adamseged, Muluken Elias, Kebede, S.W.

“…The result showed that rural households have broader options both in farm and non-farm strategies for combating adverse climate condition than previously reported. …”
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Assessment of consumers’ preference for orange-fleshed sweet potato puree chapati: a case of rural and urban consumers in Kenya by Owuor, Antonate Akinyi, Otieno, David Jakinda, Okello, J.J., Oluoch-Kosura, Willis, Dufour, D.

“…Background Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is bio-fortified with vitamin A precursors through breeding and is thus ideal for combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD). One of the potential mechanisms to promote the consumption of OFSP is to enhance its availability through processing into products with a longer shelf life and more desirable to consumers. …”
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Banana bunchy top disease in Africa – Predicting continent‐wide disease risks by combining survey data and expert knowledge by Bouwmeester, Hein, Blomme, Guy, Omondi, Bonaventure Aman Oduor, Ocimati, Walter

“…We combined these maps to create a priority map that highlights the areas that need most attention in combating BBTD through surveillance and measures to prevent its spread. …”
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