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Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective by Lemma, T., Puskur, Ranjitha, Hoekstra, Dirk, Tegegne, Azage

“…Specifically, the analysis looked at contextual factors determining opportunities and necessities for innovation; the key innovation systems actors, pattern of interaction between them; coordination mechanisms; and the subsector development policy and strategy. …”
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The imperative of policy research for scaling improved forages in the tropics by Burkart, Stefan, Sandoval, Danny

“…Improved tropical forages hold significant promise in addressing the pressing challenges of food security, livestock production, and agricultural sustainability in the tropics. …”
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Genetic and physiological analysis of tolerance to acute iron toxicity in rice by Wu, Lin-Bo, Shhadi, Mohamad Yusser, Gregorio, Glenn, Matthus, Elsa, Becker, Mathias, Frei, Michael

“…Fe toxicity occurs in lowland rice production due to excess ferrous iron (Fe2+) formation in reduced soils. …”
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Weather risks, crop losses, and risk proneness: An examination of evolving risk preferences of rice farmers in Bangladesh by Parker Wheatley, W., Khanam, Taznoore, Pede, Valerien O., Yamano, Takashi

“…In addition, farmers’ proneness to and past experiences with crop risks such as drought, submergence, and excess soil salinity can impact their baseline risk preferences and their response to changing risks. …”
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Regional Training on Climate-Smart Agriculture, Soil Fertility Management, and Soil Health Monitoring in Eastern and Southern Africa by Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Recha, John W.M., Gitau, Angela, Solomon, Dawit

“…This program aimed to enhance the capacity of agricultural professionals across ESA to address the pressing challenges of climate change, land degradation, and food insecurity through cutting-edge tools and inclusive approaches. …”
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Optimizing root physiology and soil nutrient balance in rice–wheat sequence using polyhalite for enhanced profitability in the Indo-Gangetic plains of India by Kumar, V., Shekhawat, K., Rathore, S.S., Upadhyay, P.K., Singh, R.K., Gairola, A., Sharma, D., Pandey, A., Roy, S.

“…Excessive application of high-analysis fertilizers disrupts ecosystem balance and raise environmental concerns. …”
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City life in the midst of the forest: a Punan hunter-gatherer’s vision of conservation and development by Levang, P., Sitorus, S., Dounias, E.

“…Remoteness has saved the community from intensive logging, from uncontrolled and excessive exploitation of local forest products by outsiders, and from forest conversion. …”
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Enhancing farming system water productivity through alternative land use and water management in vertisol areas of Ethiopian BlueNile Basin (Abay) by Erkossa, Teklu, Haileslassie, Amare, MacAlister, C.

“…The study demonstrated that draining the excess water when the slope allows, growing suitable high value crops on non-drainable areas, and integration of livestock into improved land and water management enhance overall agricultural system water productivity.…”
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Recycling realities: managing health risks to make wastewater an asset by International Water Management Institute

“…Faruqui, and L.Raschid-Sally (CABI/IWMI/IDRC, 2004), and the revised WHO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater (2006, In Press). The brief complements Catalyzing Change, the GWP handbook for developing IWRM and water efficiency strategies and plans, and the associated policy and technical briefs. …”
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Field and laboratory experiments to investigate infiltration processes and clogging effects from a ponding recharge system at Ban Nong Na, Bangrakum District, Phitsanulok Province,... by Nadee, S., Srisuk, K., Sarapirom, P., Pavelic, Paul, Uppasit, S.

“…Since infiltration rates in excess of 1 m/day are desirable for the pilot trial, the turbidity of the raw canal water used for recharge will be controlled to be less than 50 NTU. …”
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Performance assessment of irrigation water management in old lands of the Nile Delta of Egypt by El-Agha, Doaa E., David, S., Ghanem, A.M.

“…On farm and tertiary improvements alone will not yield real water savings, as excess water in the main canal and drains will continue to flow out of the system. …”
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Hydro-geology and water resources of Indus-Gangetic Basin: comparative analysis of issues and opportunities by Sharma, Bharat R.

“…Recent years have witnessed some responses to the water scarcity problem in IG basin the form of popularization of resource conservation practices, growing high yielding short duration varieties of paddy, micro and precision irrigation, regulations to control groundwater use and management. The article presses the need for water resources in the basin to be managed in a conjunctive manner, considering rain water, surface water, soil water and groundwater in continuum. …”
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Wheat yield and tillage-straw management system × year interaction explained by climatic co-variables for an irrigated bed planting system in northwestern Mexico by Verhulst, Nele, Sayre, K.D., Vargas, M., Crossa, J., Deckers, J., Raes, Dirk, Govaerts, Bram

“…The PB-straw burned was relatively more affected by excess water conditions and showed positive interactions in years with high relative humidity. …”
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Agronomic use efficiency of N fertilizer in maize-based systems in sub-Saharan Africa within the context of integrated soil fertility management by Vanlauwe, Bernard, Kihara, Job Maguta, Chivenge, Pauline P., Pypers, Pieter, Coe, R., Six, Johan

“…Since N-AE is low for excessive fertilizer N application rates or when fertilizer is applied on fertile, unresponsive soil, as was confirmed by scatter plots against control yields and fertilizer N application rates, such values were removed from the database in order to focus on and elucidate the more variable and complex responses under less than ideal conditions typical for SSA. …”
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Smallholder farmers’ perception of the impacts of climate change and variability on rain-fed agricultural practices in semi-arid and sub-humid regions of Kenya by Kalungu, Jokastah W., Filho, Walter L., Harris, David

“…In order to address this pressing research need, this study documents those perceptions using data from household interviews at four sites in Kenya selected using a temperature analogue approach. …”
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Predicted changes in herd immunity levels against Rift Valley fever virus in livestock following a natural exposure by Gachohi, John M., Bett, Bernard K.

“…Introduction Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) transmission gets elevated following periods of excessive and persistent rainfall. The average inter-epizootic period in Kenya has been estimated to be 3.6 years (range 1–7 years). …”
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Rift Valley fever: Influence of herd immunity patterns on transmission dynamics by Gachohi, John M., Bett, Bernard K.

“…Introduction Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) transmission gets elevated following periods of excessive and persistent rainfall. The average inter-epizootic period in Kenya has been estimated to be 3.6 years (range 1–7 years). …”
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Body weight and wool production responses to supplementary feeding in Menz sheep and their crosses with Awassi and corriedale by Lemma, S., Awgichew, K., Tiyo, D., Fletcher, I.

“…These results illustrate the necessity of providing extra inputs for crossbred genotypes to get the full benefit of their greater production potential.…”
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Implication of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in smallholder farming systems. by Delve, Robert J.

“…In contrast, the feeding of poultry manure, a supplement containing highly degradable N, resulted in larger excretions of excess rumen ammonia as N in the urine, 17.5 and 23.2 mg kg-1 W d-1 for 15% and 30% supplementation respectively. …”
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Weather-index based crop insurance as a social adaptation to climate change and variability in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Developing a participatory approach by Adiku, Samuel G.K., Debrah-Afanyede, Evelyn, Greatrex, Helen, Zougmoré, Robert B., MacCarthy, Dilys Sefakor

“…The study also highlighted the high spatial variability of rainfall in the Upper West region of Ghana, showing the necessity of satellite-derived rainfall products. …”
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