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Breeding for High Oleate Oilseed Crops: Opportunities, Constraints, and Prospects by Gangurde, Sunil S., Bhat, Ramesh S., Shirasawa, Kenta, Varshney, Rajeev K., Pandey, Manish K.

“…Traditional breeding techniques are complemented by marker-assisted breeding, enhancing the precision and efficiency of developing high oleate cultivars. …”
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Genetic advances in adapting rice to a rapidly changing climate by Jagadish, Krishna S.V., Septiningsih, E.M., Kohli A, Thomson, M.J., Ye C, Redoña E, Kumar, Arvind, Gregorio, G.B., Wassmann, Reiner, Ismail, A.M., Singh, RK

“…Rapid advances in the use of molecular tools, including a plethora of SNP markers, are expected to facilitate the development of major abiotic stress-tolerant rice. In response to the actual farmer field situation, progress achieved in understanding and developing independent abiotic stress tolerance is being exploited to combine tolerances (for example, heat and drought; salinity and submergence) to address emerging environmental problems across a wide range of rice ecosystems.…”
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Classification and description of the major farming systems incorporating ruminant livestock in West Africa by Fernández Rivera, S., Okike, Iheanacho, Manyong, Victor M., Williams, Timothy O., Kruska, Russell L., Tarawali, Shirley A.

“…The proposed typology offers a framework for identifying Development priorities and research opportunities. It can assist in targeting efforts to develop animal agriculture into more intensive forms of production with stronger linkages to markets, in ways that the increasing demand for food is met and opportunities for improving the livelihoods of small-scale livestock and crop-livestock producers are exploited.…”
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A sequence-independent strategy for amplification and characterisation of episomal badnavirus sequences reveals three previously uncharacterised yam badnaviruses by Bömer, M., Turaki, A.A., Silva, G., Kumar, P. Lava, Seal, S.E.

“…These new yam badnavirus genomes expand our understanding of the diversity and genomic organisation of DBVs, and assist the development of improved diagnostic tools. …”
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Emergence and spread of Tobacco streak virus menace in India and control strategies by Kumar, L., Prasada Rao, R.D., Reddy, A.S., Madhavi, K.J., Anitha, K., Waliyar, Farid

“…Major efforts are on-going to develop transgenic varieties using TSV coat protein gene. …”
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Breeding for Disease Resistance in Cacao by Gutiérrez, Osman A., Campbell, Alina S., Phillips Mora, Wilbert

“…Researchers will use these markers in genomics-assisted breeding programs to screen young cacao plants and select those with desirable traits.…”
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Technical Advisory Committee Eleventh Meeting, 27-28 October 1975: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…CIMMYT's activities were appraised, as were the work of FAO, the World Bank, and a Rockefeller Foundation proposal for an International Agricultural Development Service (IADS). Among the functions considered were determining national level priorities, identifying and assisting with organizational and programmatic weaknesses, training, cooperative research, and institutional backup. …”
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Mapping and monitoring peatland conditions from global to field scale by Minasny, B., Adetsu, D.V., Aitkenhead, M., Artz, R.R.E., Baggaley, N., Barthelmes, A., Beucher, A., Caron, J., Conchedda, Giulia, Connolly, J., Deragon, R., Evans, C., Fadnes, K., Fiantis, D., Gagkas, Z., Gilet, L., Gimona, A., Glatzel, S., Greve, M.H., Habib, W., Hergoualc'h, Kristell, Hermansen, C., Kidd, D.B., Koganti, T., Kopansky, D., Large, D.J., Larmola, T., Lilly, A., Liu, H., Marcus, M., Middleton, M., Morrison, K., Petersen, R.J., Quaife, T., Rochefort, L., Rudiyanto, Toca, L., Tubiello, F.N., Weber, P.L., Weldon, S., Widyatmanti, W., Williamson, J., Zak, D.

“…However, a lack of information on the extent and condition of peatlands has hindered the development of national policies and restoration efforts. …”
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Agricultural intensification scenarios, household food availability and greenhouse gas emissions in Rwanda: Ex-ante impacts and trade-offs by Paul, Birthe K., Frelat, Romain, Birnholz, Celine A., Ebong, Cyprian, Gahigi, A., Groot, Jeroen C.J., Herrero, Mario, Kagabo, Desire M., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Wijk, Mark T. van

“…Quick calculations like the ones presented in this study can assist in policy dialogue and stakeholder engagement to better select and prioritize policies and development programs, despite the complexity of its impacts and trade-offs.…”
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What do we know about the future of crop pests and diseases in relation to food systems? by Petsakos, Athanasios, Montes, Carlo, Pequeno, Diego, Schiek, Benjamin, Sonder, Kai

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) and related methods can assist in the development of robust and adaptable models to capture the impacts of P&D on food systems.…”
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Global agricultural intensification during climate change: a role for genomics by Abberton, Michael T., Batley, J., Bentley, A., Bryant, J., Cai, H., Cockram, J., Costa de Oliveira, A., Cseke, L.J., Dempewolf, Hannes, Pace, C. de, Edwards, D., Gepts, Paul L., Greenland, A., Hall, A.E., Henry, R., Hori, K., Howe, G.T., Hughes, S., Humphreys, M.W., Lightfoot, D., Marshall, A., Mayes, S., Nguyen, H.T., Ogbonnaya, F.C., Ortíz, R., Paterson, A.H, Tuberosa, R., Valliyodan, B., Varshney, Rajeev K., Yano, M.

“…Here we review the state of the art of genomic‐assisted breeding for the most important staples that feed the world, and how to use and adapt such genomic tools to accelerate development of both major and minor crops with desired traits that enhance adaptation to, or mitigate the effects of climate change.…”
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Disclosure of violence against women and girls in Senegal by Peterman, Amber, Dione, Malick, Le Port, Agnès, Briaux, Justine, Lamesse, Fatma, Hidrobo, Melissa

“…Our results suggest that ACASI surveys are a promising way to encourage disclosure, but acknowledge trade-offs that include limits in the complexity of questions that can be asked and higher time costs associated with development and implementation of surveys.…”
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Citrus Genetics and Breeding by Cuenca, José, García-Lor, Andrés, Navarro, Luis, Aleza, Pablo

“…From them, very important advances in releasing new varieties adapted to new market demands, as well as achievements in gaining knowledge of citrus genetics and genomics. The development of molecular markers, the availability of a reference genetic map, the advances in biotechnological tools and the complete genome sequence of several citrus species allow the acceleration of key studies such as germplasm characterization, marker-assisted selection, gene function discovery and variety improvement.…”
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Genome-wide association analysis of bean fly resistance and agromorphological traits in common bean by Nkhata, Wilson, Shimelis, Hussein, Melis, Rob, Chirwa, Rowland, Mzengeza, Tenyson, Mathew, Isack, Shayanowako, Admire

“…The identified markers are useful for marker-assisted selection in the breeding program to develop common bean genotypes with resistance to bean fly damage.…”
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Water sufficiency for cacao production in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) region, Colombia by Valencia Gómez, Jefferson, Frankenberger, Jane, Cherkauer, Keith, Martin López, Javier Mauricio, Monserrate Rojas, Fredy Alexander, Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da

“…We elaborated site-specific and spatially-distributed analyses to generate information that will be shared with technicians who assist cacao growers in the SNSM. New hydrological insights for the region: Under the climate conditions for the analysis period (1989–2018), rainfall was not enough to prevent cacao yield losses for 10 out of the 27 farms evaluated. …”
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On the feasibility of an agricultural revolution: Sri Lanka’s move to go 100% organic by Drechsel, Pay, Madhuwanthi, Piumi, Nisansala, Duleesha, Ramamoorthi, Dushiya, Bandara, Thilini

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Breeding Cultivars for Resistance to the African Sweetpotato Weevils, Cylas puncticollis and Cylas brunneus, in Uganda: A Review of the Current Progress by Yada, B., Musana, P., Chelangat, D.M., Osaru, F., Anyanga, M.O., Katungisa, A., Oloka, B., Ssali, R.T., Mugisa, I.

“…However, it will require the development of more genomic infrastructure, particularly single-nucleotide polymorphism markers (SNPs) and robust next-generation sequencing platforms, together with relevant statistical procedures for analyses. …”
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Soybean Value Chain: A Climate-Smart Agriculture Approach - An Extension Workers Manual by Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda

“…The manual is designed to assist the reader with information about soybean value chain and its management in times of climate change. …”
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Identifying and selecting socio-technical innovations for women’s empowerment and resilience: A framework for conducting situation analysis by Gartaula, Hom Nath, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Molla, Dessalegn, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Chadha, Deepali, Puskur, Ranjitha, Mpedza, Everisto

“…The specific objectives of this framework are: (1) to assist research and development actors who are interested in using STIBs in their programs in designing and conducting situation analysis to understand the local context regarding the social and technical innovations, the sociocultural, economic, ecological/ climatic, and political environments; and (2) to provide general principles, methods and tools that can be applied to conduct situation analysis and present results. …”
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Modeling Vietnam’s Blue Transformation Under Climate Change: A Conceptual Framework by Long Chu, Hoang, Tran, Nhuong, Chan, Chin Yee, Le, Lien

“…This priority includes developing and adopting user-friendly integrated modeling and planning frameworks to assist stakeholders in examining the trade-offs and co-benefits of policy options in agriculture and aquaculture food systems, undertaking stock assessments as part of MRV systems (Measurement, Reporting, and Verification), developing scenarios of potential futures, and designing policies and programs. …”
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