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The contribution of livestock to soil fertility by Tarawali, Shirley A., Larbi, Asamoah, Fernández Rivera, S., Bationo, B. André

“…Livestock effects on soil physical properties are rarely negative, unless movement is restricted and the animal density becomes excessively high. Livestock also plays a role in cycling nutrients and in transporting them from rangeland to cropland. …”
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Workshop report: Training and Development of Downscaled Seasonal Forecasts for Pilot Districts, Kigali, Rwanda by Siebert, Asher, Kagabo, Desire M., Vuguziga, Floribert

“…Seasonal forecasting and downscaling methods were discussed, and a particular national forecast made with the Climate Predictability Tool (CPT) and was shared, along with downscaled results in probability of exceedance format. In country meteorology participants were trained in CPT. …”
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Yam (Dioscorea) husbandry: cultivating yams in the field or greenhouse by Mignouna, Hodeba D., Abang, Mathew M., Asiedu, Robert, Geeta, R.

“…Mulch around the planted sets protects them from excessive heat and desiccation, especially in areas with hot temperatures and dry weather. …”
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Vision Systems for the Location of Citrus-Fruit in a Tree Canopy by Moltó, Enrique, Pla, F., Juste, Florentino

“…About 80% of visible fruit in the tree was detected with the algorithms implemented, with misclassification rates not exceeding 10%. The method based on the red/green relationship, proved capable of identifying the largest percentage of fruit, whereas the curvature method was the most precise.…”
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Forage selection by cattle in heterogeneous pastures in Nicaragua by Aastum, M.I.

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Report of the TAC Fact Finding Mission to the International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The report concluded by relaying issues and concerns expressed by ICLARM regarding the center's need to develop a still unrealized critical mass of talent before effective priority setting could be undertaken, and the burden of excessive dependence on restricted core and special project funding. …”
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Second External Program and Management Review of ISNAR, 1991 by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…The record also contains an extract from the report of the CGIAR meeting of May 1992, a joint transmittal from the TAC Chairman and the CGIAR Executive Secretary, commentaries by TAC and the CGIAR Secretariat, ISNAR's response, and a transmittal letter from the panel chair.The report suggested that ISNAR, while doing work important to the goals of the CGIAR, was undertaking a range of tasks that exceeded its size. It urged greater selectivity in the future, and recommended increased funding. …”
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Situation report on Nepal’s agrifood systems: March 2024 by Palikhe, A., Gupta, S., Maharjan, N.K., Adhikari, M., Kumar, A., Minot, Nicholas, Koirala, Pankaj, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…However, medium grain rice prices in Western provinces exceeded the yearly average in the first quarter, contrary to typical trends. …”
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Breeding for resistance to necrosis inducing strains of common bean mosaic virus by Gridley, Howard E.

“…Multisite yield testing of lines derived from introductions and selection in introduced populations has identified resistant material, differing for seed size and growth habit, with seed yields markedly exceeding the released cultivars. Small seeded lines exhibited the heaviest yield and their adoption could significantly contribute to increased production. …”
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Pantropical tree rings show small effects of drought on stem growth by Zuidema, Pieter A, Groenendijk, Peter, Rahman, Mizanur, Trouet, Valerie, Abiyu, Abrham, Acuña Soto, Rodolfo, Adenesky Filho, Eduardo, Alfaro Sánchez, Raquel, Anholetto Jr, Claudio Roberto, Vieira Aragão, José Roberto, Assis Pereira , Gabriel, Astdillo Sánchez, Claudia C, Barbosa , Ana Carolina, Battipaglia , Giovanna, Beeckman, Hans, Botosso , Paulo Cesar, Bourland , Nils, Bräuning , Achim, Brienen Roel, Roel, Brookhouse , Matthew, Buajan , Supaporn, Buckley , Brandan M, Camarero , J Julio, Carrillo Parra , Artemio, Ceccantini, Gregório, Centeno Erguera , Librado R, Cerano Paredes, Julián, Cervantes Martínez , Rosalinda, Chanthorn, Wirong, Chen, Ya Jun, Ladvocat Cintra , Bruno Barçante, Cornejo Oviedo , Eladio Heriberto, Cortés Cortés , Otoniel, Matos Costa , Clayane, Couralet , Camille, Crispín De La Cruz , Doris Bianca, D'arrigo , Rosanne, David , Diego A, De Ridder , Maaike, Del Valle , Jorge Ignacio, Dobner Jr , Mário, Doucet , Jean Louis, Dünisch , Oliver, Enquist , Brian J, Esemann Quadros , Karin, Esquivel Arriaga , Gerardo, Fan , Ze Xin, Fayolle , Adeline, Bergamo Fenilli , Tatiele Anete, Ferrero , M Eugenia, Fichtler , Esther, Finnegan , Patrick M, Fontana , Claudia, Francisco , Kainana S, Fu , Pei Li, Galvão , Franklin, Gebrekirstos , Aster, Jorge A Giraldo , Jorge A Giraldo, Gloor , Emanuel, Godoy Veiga , Milena, Granato Souza , Daniela, Guerra , Anthony, Haneca , Kristof, Logan Harley , Grant, Heinrich, Ingo, Helle , Gerhard, Hornink , Bruna, Hubau , Wannes, Inga , Janet, Islam , Mahmuda, Jiang , Yu Mei, Kaib , Mark, Khamisi , Zakia Hassan, Koprowski Marcin, Marcin, Layme Huamán , Eva Trinidad, Leffler , A Joshua, Ligot , Gauthier, Lisi , Claudio Sergio, Loader , Neil J, De Almeida Lobo , Francisco, Maselli Locosselli Giuliano, Giuliano, Longhi Santos , Tomaz, Lopez , Lidio, López Hernández , María I, Penetra Cerveira Lousada , José Luís, Manzanedo , Rubén D, Marcon , Amanda K, Maxwell , Justin T, Mendoza Villa , Omar N, Nunes Menezes, Itallo Romany, Mokria , Mulugeta, Ribeiro Montóia , Valdinez, Moors , Eddy, Moreno , Miyer, Muñiz Castro , Miguel Angel, Nabais , Cristina, Nathalang , Anuttara, Ngoma , Justine, De Carvalho Nogueira Jr , Francisco, Morales Oliveira , Juliano, Morais Olmedo , Gabriela, Ortega Rodriguez , Daigard Ricardo, Rodríguez Ortíz , Carmen Eugenia, Alves Pagotto , Mariana, Panthi , Shankar, Paredes Villanueva , Kathelyn, Pérez de Lis , Gonzalo, Ponce Calderón , Laura Patricia, Portal Cahuana , Leif Armando, Pucha Cofrep , Darwin Alexander, Pumijumnong , Nathsuda, Quadri , Paulo, Ramírez , Jorge Andrés, Requena Rojas , Edilson Jimmy, Reyes Flores , Judith, de Souza Ribeiro , Adauto, Robertson , Iain, Roig , Fidel Alejandro, Roquette , José Guilherme, Rubio Camacho , Ernesto Alonso, Sánchez Salguero , Raúl, Sass Klaassen , Ute, Schöngart , Jochen, Callegari Scipioni , Marcelo, Sheppard , Paul R, Silva , Lucas C R, Slotta , Franziska, Soria Díaz , Leroy, Sousa , Luciana K V S, Speer , James, Therrell , Matthew D, Ticse Otarola , Ginette, Tomazello Filho , Mario, Torbenson , Max C A, Tor Ngern , Pantana, Touchan , Ramzi, Van den Bulcke , Jan, Vázquez Selem , Lorenzo, Velázquez Pérez , Adín H, Venegas González , Alejandro, Villalba , Ricardo, Villanueva Diaz , Jose, Vlam , Mart, Vourlitis , George, Wehenkel , Christian, Wils , Tommy, Zavaleta , Erika S, Asfaw Zewdu , Eshetu, Yong Jiang , Zhang, Zhou , Zhe Kun, Babst , Flurin

“…Stem growth declines exceeded 10% in 25% of cases and were larger at hotter and drier sites and for gymnosperms compared with angiosperms. …”
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Investigation the soil aquifer treatment for domestic wastewater treatment, Xaysetha District Vientiane capital, Lao PDR by Xiong, K., Miphokasap, P., Jongkroy, P., Pavelic, Paul

“…On the other hand, the results of physical, social and economic assessment at Nonvay site represented that DO was exceeded the Lao National Environmental Standard, and the soil infiltration rate is about 24 mm/hour (0.58 m/day). …”
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Transforming food environments to deliver healthy diet options: Economic rationale and policy drivers by Mockshell, Jonathan Yaw, Martey, Edward, Etwire, Prince M., Khoury, Colin K., Prager, Steven D.

“…This is a major challenge, with persisting undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in multiple regions, and the increase in excessive consumption of macronutrients contributing to overweight and obesity, heart disease, and Type 2 diabetes even in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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The INI African regional nitrogen centre: challenges and opportunities in Africa by Masso, C., Bekunda, Mateete A., Mngube, F.M.

“…Conversely, too much nitrogen load in water bodies due mainly to excessive soil erosion, leaching, limited nitrogen recovery from wastewater, and from atmospheric deposition, still contributes to eutrophication in some areas. …”
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Rainfall shocks and crop productivity in Zambia: implication for agricultural water risk management by Matchaya, Greenwell C., Tadesse, G., Kuteya, A. N.

“…To achieve these goals we develop a conceptual framework, use national representative data from Zambia’s crop estimates survey for 2017/2018 farming season, employ fixed effects regression approach, and find that dry spells, excessive floods, incidence of water logging are all detrimental to crop productivity. …”
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Changing Chinese diets to achieve a win–win solution for health and the environment by Sheng, Fangfang, Wang, Jingjing, Chen, Kevin Z., Fan, Shenggen, Gao, Haixiu

“…The results show differences between the Chinese diets and reference diets, with the current Chinese diet including mainly grains (especially refined rice), excessive meat consumption, and insufficient consumption of fruit and milk. …”
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Why are fertilizer prices in Malawi high? And what can be done? by Duchoslav, Jan, Rusike, Joseph

“…However, the Government found the cost proposed by the private sector through the Fertilizer Association of Malawi (MWK 35,000 per bag) excessive, and is considering sourcing all AIP fertilizer exclusively through SFFRFM and ADMARC. …”
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Summary and implications by Rashid, Shahidur, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…In 2005 a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report argued that reaching per capita consumption of 18 kilograms per year would be a big accomplishment. The country far exceeded that target by 2010; and according to the latest estimates, per capita fish consumption in Bangladesh reached 23 kilograms per year in 2016 (BBS 2017). …”
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Agricultural nutrient loadings to the freshwater environment: The role of climate change and socioeconomic change by Xie, Hua, Ringler, Claudia

“…Human activities, in particular agricultural production, interfere with natural cycles of nutrient elements, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), leading to growing concerns about water quality degradation related to excessive nutrient loadings. Increases in agricultural production in response to population growth and wealth generation further increase risks associated with nutrient pollution. …”
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Interstate air pollution governance in the United States: Exploring Clean Air Act Section 126 by Underwood, Alixandra, Marcantonio, Richard, Wood, Danielle, Crippa, Paola

“…The findings reinforce two issues with the petition process already identified in the literature–the use of cost as a proxy for significance and the excessive and unclear burden of proof placed on downwind states–adding texture to the latter issue by examining the modeling techniques used by downwind states. …”
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Spice price spikes: Simulating gendered impacts of a saffron boom and bust in rural Morocco by Filipski, Mateusz J.

“…The global market for saffron has been excessively volatile lately. We use a local economy-wide impact evaluation (LEWIE) approach to reveal how saffron price shocks reverberate through the local economy, with a particular focus on gender impacts. …”
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