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Combining napier grass with leguminous shrubs in contour hedgerows controls soil erosion without competing with crops by Mutegi, J.K., Mugendi, D.N., Verchot, Louis V., Kung'u, J.B.

“…Urban)) and napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum chumach) and combination hedges of either calliandra or leucaena with napier grass on slopes exceeding 5% to study the effect of vegetative barriers on productivity of arable steeplands in central Kenya. …”
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Increasing nutrient use efficiency through improved feeding and manure management in urban and peri-urban livestock units of a West African city: A scenario analysis by Rodrigue, V.C., Diogo, Rodrigue V. Cao, Schlecht, Eva, Buerkert, Andreas, Rufino, Mariana C., Wijk, Mark T. van

“…However, many small-scale UPA systems are characterised by excessive nutrient inputs to the livestock unit and poor handling of manure. …”
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Infection risks of diarrhoea associated with wastewater and excreta use in agriculture in Vietnam by Phuc Pham Duc, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Odermatt, P., Zurbrugg, C., Zinsstag, Jakob

“…The assessment indicated exceeded risks for G. lamblia, C. parvum and DEC infections among people exposed to wastewater and excreta. …”
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Microbial risk assessment in Vietnam: Translating research and training into policy by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tuyet-Hanh Tran Thi, Phuc Pham Duc, Ngoc Bich, N., Mai Huong, B.T., Hong Nhung, N., Koottatep, T.

“…The results showed that water and vegetables were heavily contaminated with pathogens; risk in the scenarios tested was high and largely exceeded the acceptable level stipulated by WHO. …”
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The interactive effects of rainfall, nutrient supply and defoliation on the herbage yields of Sahelian rangelands in north-east Mali by Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Leeuw, P.N. de, Diarra, L.

“…Adding fertilisers increased regrowth yields so that cummulative yields of repeated cuttings equalled or exceeded the control yield, depending on the rainfall conditions. …”
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Hydraulic properties of clay soils as affected by biochar and charcoal amendments by Bayabil, H.K., Lehmann, J.C., Yitaferu, B., Stoof, C., Steenhuis, Tammo S.

“…Moreover, five year event precipitation data, from the watershed, was analysed and exceedance probability of rainfall intensity was computed. …”
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Improving agricultural water productivity through integrated termite management by Peden, Donald G., Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Mpairwe, D.R., Geleta, N., Zziwa, Emmanuel, Mugerwa, S., Taye, H., Legesse, H.

“…One characteristic of land degradation is low organic matter (OM) reserves in vegetative biomass and soil. One consequence is excessive rainwater depletion through non-productive evaporation and runoff leading to low agricultural water productivity and diminished livelihoods. …”
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Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)-based runoff and sediment yield modeling: a case of the Gumera Watershed in Lake Tana Sub Basin by Tenaw, M., Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele

“…The model prediction results indicated that about 72% of the Gumera watershed is erosion potential area with an average annual sediment load ranging from 11 to /ha/yr 22 tons exceeding tolerable soil loss rates in the study area. …”
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Livestock and sustainable nutrient cycling in mixed farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa. Volume II: Technical papers. Proceedings of an international conference by Powell, J.M., Fernández Rivera, S., Williams, Timothy O., Renard, C.

“…Although animal manures are perhaps the most important fertility amendment that many farmers apply to cropland, livestock can also contribute to these nutrient imbalances. Excessive removal of vegetation by grazing animals or harvesting feeds can deplete soil-nutrient reserves and result in decreases in soil productivity. …”
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Water quality implications of raising crop water productivity by Nangia, Vinay, Fraiture, Charlotte de, Turral, Hugh

“…Too much water leads to excessive NO3-N leaching and lower water productivity. …”
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Photosynthate remobilization capacity from drought-adapted common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines can improve yield potential of interspecific populations within the secondary g... by Klaedtke, SM, Cajiao V., César Hernando, Grajales Bedoya, Miguel Angel, Polanía Perdomo, José A., Borrero, Gonzalo, Guerrero, A., Rivera, M., Rao, Idupulapati M., Beebe, Stephen E., León, J.

“…Interspecific lines obtained from crosses between common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and other species from its secondary gene pool have a tendency for excessive vegetative growth and low grain yield. Contrariwise, drought-adapted common bean lines have been observed to produce high yields despite low shoot biomass production. …”
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Development of disease-resistant rice by optimized expression of WRKY45 by Goto, Shingo, Sasakura-Shimoda, Fuyuko, Suetsugu, Mai, Gómez Selvaraj, Michael, Hayashi, Nagao, Yamazaki, Muneo, Ishitani, Manabu, Shimono, Masaki, Sugano, Shoji, Matsushita, Akane, Tanabata, Takanari, Takatsuji, Hiroshi

“…The agronomic traits of two lines expressing WRKY45 driven by the OsUbi7 promoter (POsUbi7 lines) were nearly comparable to those of untransformed rice, and both lines were pathogen resistant. Interestingly, excessive WRKY45 expression rendered rice plants sensitive to low temperature and salinity, and stress sensitivity was correlated with the induction of defence genes by these stresses. …”
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A probabilistic model of gastroenteritis risks associated with consumption of street food salads in Kumasi, Ghana: evaluation of methods to estimate pathogen dose from water, produ... by Barker, S.F., Amoah, Philip, Drechsel, Pay

“…Rotavirus dominated the estimates of annual disease burden (~10-3 Disability Adjusted Life Years per person per year (DALYs pppy)), although norovirus also exceeded the 10-4 DALY threshold for both Produce and Street models. …”
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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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Vulnerability to climate change of cocoa in West Africa: patterns, opportunities and limits to adaptation by Schroth, Götz, Läderach, Peter R.D., Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac, Bunn, Christian, Jassogne, Laurence T.P.

“…We find that: 1) contrary to expectation, maximum dry season temperatures are projected to become as or more limiting for cocoa as dry season water availability; 2) to reduce the vulnerability of cocoa to excessive dry season temperatures, the systematic use of adaptation strategies like shade trees in cocoa farms will be necessary, in reversal of the current trend of shade reduction; 3) there is a strong differentiation of climate vulnerability within the cocoa belt, with the most vulnerable areas near the forest-savanna transition in Nigeria and eastern Côte d'Ivoire, and the least vulnerable areas in the southern parts of Cameroon, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia; 4) this spatial differentiation of climate vulnerability may lead to future shifts in cocoa production within the region, with the opportunity of partially compensating losses and gains, but also the risk of local production expansion leading to new deforestation. …”
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Diversity of aflatoxinproducing fungi and their impact on food safety in subSaharan Africa by Probst, C., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Cotty, P.J.

“…Percentage of samples exceeding US limits for total aflatoxins (regulatory limit), fumonisins (advisorylimit), and deoxynivalenol (advisory limit) were 47%, 49%, 4%, respectively.…”
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Assessment of pre-harvest aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination of maize in Babati District, Tanzania by Nyangi, C., Beed, Fenton D., Mugula, J.K., Boni, S., Koyano, E., Mahuku, George S., Sulyok, M., Bekunda, Mateete A.

“…The mean aflatoxin was 2.94 µg/kg and all samples (n=440) were within the East African Community (EAC) standard of 10 µg/kg for total aflatoxin, but the mean fumonisin was 5.15 mg/kg, more than double the EAC standard of 2 mg/kg, and 35% of samples exceeded this standard. Maize samples obtained from farmers in the village in the mid altitude, dry zone had significantly higher mean aflatoxin (3.32 µg/kg) and significantly lower mean fumonisin (3.17 mg/kg) than maize from the other two villages (in the high and mid altitude, high rainfall zones). …”
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Factors driving fertilizer adoption in banana (Musa spp.) systems in Uganda by Asten, Piet J.A. van, Wairegi, L.W.I., Bagamba, F., Drew, C.

“…The marginal rates of return exceeded 575% in Wakiso district (Central Uganda) but only averaged 10% in Bushenyi (Southwest Uganda). …”
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Betacarotene micellarization during in vitro digestion and uptake by caco2 cells is directly proportional to betacarotene content in different genotypes of cassava by Thakkar, S.K., Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Dixon, A., Failla, M.L.

“…All-trans betaC, 9-cis betaC, and 13-cis betaC were the most abundant carotenoids in cooked cassava and recoveries after digestion exceeded 70%. Efficiency of micellarization of total betaC was 30 +/- 2% for various cultivars with no significant difference in isomers and linearly proportional to concentration in cooked cassava (r = 0.87; P < 0.001). …”
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Global progress toward sustainable forest management by MacDicken, K.G., Sola, P., Hall, J., Sabogal, C., Tadoum, M., Wasseige, C. de

“…Forest management planning and monitoring of plans has increased substantially as has forest management certification, which exceeded a total of over 430 million ha in 2014. However, 90% of internationally verified certification is in the boreal and temperate climatic domains – only 6% of permanent forests in the tropical domain have been certified as of 2014. …”
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