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Prevalence of gross lesions and handling practices in pigs and their association with pork quality, Kiambu, Kenya by Sentamu, Derrick N., Onono, J.O., Muinde, P., Bor, Nicholas, Chepyatich, Dorcas, Thomas, Lian F.

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted at a medium scale, non-integrated pig abattoir supplying to the Nairobi market, with a capacity to slaughter approximately 40 pigs a day. …”
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How to succeed in implementing community-based breeding programs: Lessons from the field in Eastern and Southern Africa by Haile, Aynalem, Getachew, Tesfaye, Rekik, Mourad, Abebe, A., Abate, Z., Jimma, A., Mwacharo, Joram M., Mueller, J., Belay, B., Solomon, Dawit, Hyera, E., Nguluma, A.S., Gondwe, T., Rischkowsky, Barbara A.

“…CBBPs are currently being integrated into goat pass-on programs in few NGOs and is out-scaled to local pig production. …”
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Informing policy with agricultural R&D evidence: An ASTI pilot project in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania by Carden, Fred, Beintema, Nienke M., Admassie, Assefa, Katera, Lucas, Mboghoina, Thadeus, Onyekwena, Chukwuka

“…The study focused on how evidence in general, and ASTI evidence in particular, could be more effectively integrated at the national level, particularly to promote the allocation of sustainable resources to agricultural research. …”
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Scaling community-based aquaculture for enhanced nutrition and women’s empowerment: lessons from Odisha, India by Dubey, Sourabh Kumar, Padiyar, Arun, Chadag, Vishnumurthy Mohan, Shenoy, Neetha, Gaikwad, Amar Bharat, Ratha, Baishnaba Charan, Belton, Ben

“…To address this, nutrition-sensitive aquaculture approaches advocate for integrating species like mola carplet (Amblypharyngodon mola) rich in micronutrients, into existing systems. …”
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Characterization and cost estimation of erosion in Abay basin: Case study on Meja watershed by Desalegn, B.

“…This study was, therefore undertaken to quantify and characterize sediment and runoff water along with calculating the onsite economic cost of erosion in terms of its associated loss of plant nutrients. …”
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Characteristics and onsite costs of the sediment lost by runoff from Dapo and Chekorsa Watersheds, Digga District by Wudneh, A.

“…This study conducted in two sub catchments of the Abay Basin identified the quantity and quality of sediment loss and its origin though most studies conducted in Ethiopia focus on quantification of soil loss. Also, the onsite economic cost in terms of yield reduction was estimated taking maize (Zea mays) as representative crop. …”
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The effects of pastoralism and protection on the density and distribution of carnivores and their prey in the Mara ecosystem of Kenya by Ogutu, J., Bhola, N., Reid, Robin S.

“…Lion populations in the pastoral ranches seemed headed for extinction, probably owing to conflicts with pastoralism, necessitating urgent conservation interventions that integrate pastoral economic welfare with large carnivore conservation goals to foster long-term viability of lion populations in the pastoral systems.…”
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Response of Perennial Horticultural Crops to Climate Change by Glenn M, Kim SH, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…Perennial crop production is not easily moved as the climatic nature of a region changes due to many socio-economic factors including long reestablishment periods, nearness to processing plants, availability of labor, and accessible markets. …”
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Simple power-law models to predict flow metrics for water resource and risk management along the Mekong tributaries. [Abstract only] by Lacombe, Guillaume, Douangsavanh, Somphasith, Vogel, R., McCartney, Matthew P., Chemin, Yann H., Rebelo, Lisa-Maria, Sotoukee, Touleelor

“…In most cases, their complexity and lack of transparency restricts potential users to modelling experts, and largely excludes those practitioners working closely with affected populations. The most integrated and informative way to characterize flow, at a specific location on a river, is to compute a flow duration curve which provides the percentage of time (duration) any particular flow is exceeded over a historical period. …”
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Pulse consumption and demand by different population subgroups in Uganda and Tanzania by Larochelle, Catherine, Katungi, Enid M., Cheng, Zhen

“…Using the data compiled in the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) that are nationally representative of urban and rural households in Uganda and Tanzania, the study investigates the economic, temporal and spatial dimensions of pulse consumption and used econometric methods to evaluate the responsiveness of pulse demand to price and income changes. …”
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Antifungal edible coatings for postharvest control of plum brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola by Palou, Lluís, Alvarez, Maria Victoria, Taberner, Verònica, Pérez Gago, María Bernardita

“…Winter) Honey leads to significant economic losses for the Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) industry worldwide. …”
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Capítulo XI Insectos plaga de importancia económica en lima ácida Tahití by Carabalí Muñoz, Arturo, Montes Rodríguez, José Mauricio, López-Galé, Yeison, Kondo, Takumasa

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Improved latrine coverage may reduce porcine cysticercosis: a comparative cross-sectional study, Busia County, Kenya 2021 by Chege, Bernard, Ndambuki, Gideon, Owiny, M., Kiyong'a, Alice, Fèvre, Eric M., Cook, Elizabeth A.J.

“…Introduction: Smallholder pig farming is an important economic activity for many poor, rural communities in developing countries. …”
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Sustainable floodplains: linking e-flows to floodplain management, ecosystems, and livelihoods in the Sahel of North Africa by O'Brien, G.C., Dickens, Chris, Baker, C., Stassen, R., Weert, F. van

“…The flooding of the Delta is the engine of the socio-economic development as well as its ecological integrity. …”
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Picturing impact of the PEDIGREA program: a case study from Indramayu, Indonesia by Wienarto, Nugroho, Kuswara, Engkus, Hakim, Arief

“…Other approaches are relying on aerial planning and interactive participation techniques, iterative appraisal approaches, and socio-economic impacts. Comparing these approaches reveals that a wide scope of options for monitoring impact is available. …”
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Evolution of soil fertility research and development in Ethiopia: From reconnaissance to data-mining approaches by Erkossa, Teklu, Laekemariam, Fanuel, Abera, Wuletawu, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…Although the integrated use resulted in increased yield and better economic benefits, it was not mainstreamed into the national agricultural extension system. …”
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Boran cattle maintained by chemoprophylaxis under trypanosomiasis risk by Trail, J.C.M., Murray, M., Sones, Keith R., Jibbo, J.M.C., Durkin, J.W., Light, D.E.

“…Superior performance where bush clearance and tsetse fly control had taken place suggests that economic evaluation of these interventions should be attempted. …”
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The changing demographics in food systems and implications for future youth engagement in Rwanda by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Mawia, Harriet, Niyonsingiza, Josue

“…This study of Rwanda uses secondary data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023), World Bank (2023), and Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV) (2023) to investigate demographic trends in overall FS employment and who is and is not engaging in FS; and to document sectoral and overall economic growth, population and demographic changes, and urbanization trends—all which influence and are influenced by FS growth. …”
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Modeling of the annual cycle of Melophagus Ovinus (L.) in two sheeps flocks of Patagonia, Argentina by Larroza, Marcela Patricia, Aparicio, Alejandro Gabriel, Raffo, Fernando, Cabrera, Raúl Francisco, Olaechea, Fermin

“…Modeling of its annual dynamics, which is lacking, can contribute to delineate integrated management strategies. We sampled ked density along a one-year period in two sheep farms of Northwest Patagonia, Argentina. …”
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Land cover changes in the Upper Great Ruaha (Tanzania) and the Upper Awash (Ethiopia) river basins and their potential implications for groundwater resources by Chandrasekharan, Kiran M., Villholth, Karen G., Kashaigili, J. J., Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria, Mandela, P. J.

“…Over the past century, the world has experienced an unprecedented surge in population growth, accompanied by a significant increase in economic activity and fuelled by an intensive utilization of natural resources, including water. …”
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