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Farm production, marketing, and children's nutritional outcomes in rural Zambia by Mulungu, Kelvin, Manning, Dale T., Kumwenda, Chiza, Mwelwa, Lukonde, Mudenda, Lackson Daniel

“…We also find that crop sales (commercialization) only benefit nutrition if the household only sells surplus output relative to its nutritional requirements. Finally, we also find that NDOP does not correlate with market food purchases, and that the seasonal price increases for cereals further dampens market food purchases. …”
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Explore carbon sink of bamboo with M+ living lab at Qingshan by Zhen, Yan, Yang, Xiaoneng, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…It outlines a technical pathway from plot-level monitoring to a “zero-carbon digital brain” and village carbon ledger, and proposes embedding bamboo carbon information into local spaces, activities and governance processes. Finally, it identifies three innovation directions—multi-scale coupling, multi-stakeholder co-creation and a shift from “carbon sink project” to “way of life”—as the core contributions of the Qingshan M+ Living Lab exploration.…”
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Deforestation and economics in Ecuador: a synthesis by Wunder, Sven

“…Though a slower pace of deforestation seems rational for the Ecuadorian State, on the basis of precautionary considerations, substantial success in curbing forest loss can only be achieved when payments for global forest benefits are combined with effective conservation incentives on the ground. Finally, lessons from the Ecuador case to deforestation processes in general are outlined, and a number of priority areas for future research are identified.…”
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Accounting for the ecological dimension in participatory research and development: lessons learned from Indonesia and Madagascar by Laumonier, Y., Bourgeois, R., Pfund, J.L.

“…Future research in natural resource management must emphasize better integration at the interface of ecology and governance. Finally, we identify three challenges: the design of operational tools to reconcile ecology with social and economic concerns, the creation of governance systems to institutionalize collaborative and integrated resource management, and the design of enabler organizations close to local communities…”
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Analysis of the potential of sustainable forest-based bioenergy for climate change mitigation by Bird, D.N., Zanchi. G., Pena, N., Havlík, Petr, Fieden, D.

“…We present accounting alternatives which perform these two tasks better. Finally, greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels can amount to more than from the fossil fuels they displace, even if bioenergy is carbon neutral over the long term. …”
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Zero, one, or in between: Evaluation of alternative national and entity-level accounting for bioenergy by Bird, D.N., Pena, N., Zanchi, G.

“…Following short descriptions of the basic options, this article discusses variations to these options and uses numerical examples to illustrate the impacts of approaches at a local and international level. Finally, the alternative accounting systems are evaluated against general criteria and for impacts on selected stakeholder goals. …”
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Epidemiology of East Coast fever (Theileria parva infection) in Kenya: Past, present and the future by Gachohi, John M., Skilton, Robert A., Hansen, F., Ngumi, P.N., Kitala, P.M.

“…If the infrastructure of the vaccine production and distribution can be heightened, large ECF endemic areas are expected to be endemically stable and the disease controlled. Finally, the review points the way for future research by identifying scenario analyses as a critical methodology on which to base future investigations on how both dynamic livestock management systems and patterns of land use influence the dynamics and complexity of ECF epidemiology and the implications for control.…”
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Characterization of the gene encoding the polymorphic immunodominant molecule, a neutralizing antigen of Theileria parva by Toye, Philip G., Metzelaar, M.J., Wijngaard, P.L.J., Nene, Vishvanath M., Iams, K.P., Roose, J., Nyanjui, J.K., Gobright, E.I., Musoke, A.J., Clevers, H.C.

“…By isolating and sequencing the genomic version of the gene, we identified two small introns in the 3' region of the gene. Finally, we showed that polyclonal rat Abs against recombinant PIM neutralize sporozoite infectivity in vitro, suggesting that the PIM Ag should be evaluated for its capacity to immunize cattle against East Coast fever.…”
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Monitoring of livestock health and production in sub-Saharan Africa by Leeuw, P.N. de, McDermott, John J., Lebbie, S.H.B.

“…The first includes specific health and productivity information gained while the second considers the more general lessons learned with respect to livestock enterprise functions and their impact on human welfare. Finally, future monitoring needs are discussed relative to changes in African livestock systems. …”
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Do plot sizes affect the performance of GIS-based species distribution models? by Pandit, S., Hayward, A., Leeuw, Jan de, Kolasa, J.

“…Furthermore, the optimal plot size for fitting species distribution models varied among species. Finally, plot size had little impact on overall accuracy, but a strong, positive impact on Kappa accuracy (which provides a stronger measure of model accuracy by accounting for the effects of chance agreements between predictions and observations). …”
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Benefits of integration of cereals and forage legumes with and without crossbred cows in mixed farms - an ex ante analysis for highland Ethiopia by Kassie, M., Jabbar, M.A., Kassa, B., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…An important feature of the model was that the benefits of inter-cropping in terms of nitrogen fixation and the better nutrition of animals were accounted for. …”
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Standardised tests in mice and cattle for the detection of drug resistance in tsetse-transmitted trypanosomes of African domestic cattle by Eisler, M.C., Brandt, J., Bauer, B., Clausen, Peter-Henning, Delespaux, V., Holmes, P.H., Ilemobade, A., Machila, N., Mbwambo, H., McDermott, John J., Mehlitz, D., Murilla, G., Ndung'u, J.M., Peregrine, A.S., Sidibe, I., Sinyangwe, L., Geerts, S.

“…Multiple-dose tests may be used to determine the degree of resistance of individual stabilates to be determined precisely in mice are also described, but for logistical reasons these will rarely be conducted on more than a few stabilates, and testing of a larger number of stabilates in the single-dose test will generally provide more useful information. Finally, we describe tests in cattle that may be used to determine the efficacy of recommended curative doses of trypanocidal drugs for the treatment of infection with individual trypanosome isolates, including Tiypanosoma vivax, which is rarely infective for mice.…”
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Sustainable management of globally significant endemic ruminant livestock in West Africa: Guidelines for the replication and improvement of the N’Dama cattle breeding program of Th... by Marshall, Karen, Dempfle, L.

“…Third, detailed guidelines are given in relation to the replication/improvement of the breeding program, with a number of specific recommendations made. Finally issues which will be critical to the success of the program—including human capacity, breeding program sustainability, and scale of operation—are discussed in some detail. …”
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Genetic phylogeography and maternal lineages of 18 Chinese black goat breeds by Tao Zhong, Qian-Jun Zhao, Li Li Niu, Jie Wang, Peng Fei Jin, Wei Zhao, Lin Jie Wang, Li Li, Hong Ping Zhang, Yue-Hui Ma

“…Population expansion analysis based on mismatch distribution indicated that two expansion events in Chinese black goats occurred at 10 and 28 mutational time units. Finally, our findings indicate the multiple maternal origins of Chinese black goats and more gene flow (female-mediated) which occurred during their domestic and breeding histories.…”
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Environmental and social values of river water: examples from the Menik Ganga, Sri Lanka by Dissanayake, Priyanka, Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…The market prices of lobster and income of chank divers are used as proxies for the economic benefits of EF to the Yala Fishery Management Area. Finally, the cumulative value of the individual components is presented and discussed. …”
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Local water rights and local water user entities: the unsung heroines of water resource management in Tanzania by Sokile, C.S., van Koppen, Barbara

“…The paper concludes that local informal water management can offer the best lessons for the formal management arrangements and should not be simply overlooked. Finally, the paper recommends that the formal and informal institutions should be amalgamated to bring forth a real Integrated Water Resource Management framework.…”
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The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2014 by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Under field updates, find out how a climate-smart farm looks like - we profile farmers (including women) from the Nyando climate-smart villages. Finally, read our analysis that shows gender differences in how farmers are adopting climate-smart practices and strategies.…”
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The climate of cloud forests by Jarvis, Andy, Mulligan, M.

“…Cloud forests are also almost completely confined to a zone within 350 km from the nearest coast. Finally, the climatic representativity of 14 intensively studied cloud forest sites (ISS) was analysed, as a group, the sites provided a fair representation of the climates found in cloud forests, evenly covering the ranges in temperature and rainfall. …”
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Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in ageing earthworm casts in grasslands of the eastern plains of Colombia by Decaëns, Thibaud, Rangel Becerra, Andrés Felipe, Asakawa, N., Thomas, Richard J.

“…In general, C contents significantly increased during cast ageing (+100%), possibly because of CO2 fixation processes, dead root accumulation and/or macrofaunal activities in casts. …”
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Strategic assessment of the magnitude and impacts of sand mining in Poyang Lake, China by Leeuw, Jan de, Shankman, D., Wu, G., Boer, W. Fred de, Burnham, J., He, Q., Yesou, H., Xiao, J.

“…We review various environmental impacts and question whether it will be possible to preserve the rich biodiversity of the lake, while continuing at the same time satisfying the increasing Chinese demand for sand. Finally we review alternative options for sand mining, in order to relieve the pressure from the Poyang Lake ecosystem.…”
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