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Exploring and Screening Potential Rhizobial Isolates Nodulating Forage Legumes White Lupin (Lupinus Albus) and Tree Lucerne (Chamaecytisus Palmensis) Growing In Ethiopia by Dawud, H.

“…However, they show variations in terms of N2-fixation, calling for screening the best native symbionts. …”
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Impact of soil surface temperature on changes in the groundwater level by Khamidov, M., Ishchanov, J., Hamidov, A., Shermatov, E., Gafurov, Zafar

“…The analysis also showed that 53.5% of the changes in groundwater level were observed by the regression model, indicating a moderately correlated relationship between the groundwater level and soil surface temperature. Finally, higher solar radiation leads to higher soil surface temperature and higher evapotranspiration rates, which can lead to a decrease in groundwater level. …”
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Hybrid and improved forage seed markets in East Africa: Developments, bottlenecks, and future opportunities by Flórez, Jesús Fernando, Karimi, Peggy, Junca Paredes, Jhon Jairo, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…Producer associations plan alliances with seed companies to distribute seeds among their producers at more affordable prices. Finally, dairy farmers are interested in (hybrid) forages to increase milk production, maximise the space used for cattle farming, and reduce their vulnerability to climate change.…”
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Reverse Transcriptase Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assays (RTLAMP) for the Detection of Alfalfa Mosaic Virus from Forage Crops by Dawit, Woubit, Mulatu, Fikerte, Eshete, Yesuf, Negawo, Alemayehu T., Muchugi, Alice, Jones, Christopher S.

“…In RT-LAMP, an amplicon was generated up to 100 ag/μl dilutions in contrast to the conventional RT-PCR, where no amplification at 1 fg/μl and onwards, indicating that the detection limit of the AMV RT-LAMP assay is much lower than for the conventional RT-PCR. Finally, the optimized RT-LAMP assay was further validated on 40 field samples of different forage species and other important forage viruses. …”
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Kinetics of thermal degradation of carotenoids related to potential of mixture ofwheat, cassava and sweet potato flours in baking products by Ospina Portilla, Maria Alejandra, Moreno Alzate, Jhon Larry, Tran, Thierry Van Kin, Jaramillo Valencia, Angelica Maria, Gallego Castillo, Sonia, Ospina Patino, Bernardo, Dufour, Dominique Gabriel Alain

“…The content of carotenoids was quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography, first in fresh material, then in flour and finally in bakery products using mixtures of wheat, sweet potato and cassava. …”
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Potential of agricultural technologies and innovations to overcome humanitarian challenges cause by climate change in West Africa by Kpadonou, Gbedehoue Esaie, Ganyo, Kyky Désiré, Segnon, Alcade C., Lamien, Niéyidouba, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…All the technologies and innovations recorded a potential for preventing or overcoming more than 70%, with orange-colored fleshed sweet potato being the prominent technology, followed by improved cage fish and improved FBT tomato variety and finally the two remaining cotton particle-board and feed production processes based on mango residues. …”
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Value chains for beans and maize in Honduras: Opportunities for innovations at scale by Reyes, Byron A., Colindres, Mirian, Peña, Meliza, Rodríguez, Carlos, Espada, Andrés, Rivera, Miriam, Alvarado, Milton, Donovan, Jason, Wiegel, Jenny, Stoian, Dietmar

“…In the second stage, a pilot study will be designed and implemented to evaluate innovations identified during the first stage, and that have potential for impact. Finally, in the third stage, scaling strategies will be defined to promote the use of the innovations evaluated and that showed a positive impact. …”
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Microbial bioinoculants for regenerative agriculture and amelioration of soil degradation in the Lower Mekong Region by Venethongkham, Thanongkham

“…We find that microbial bioinoculants, functioning as biofertilizers for nitrogen fixation, P and K solubility, and for promoting plant growth (e.g. rhizobacteria), along with genera that function as biocontrol agents, are available in the lower Mekong region market. …”
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A population genomics approach to unlock the genetic potential of lablab (Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet), an underutilized tropical forage crop by Teshome, Abel, Habte, Ermias, Cheema J., Mekasha, A., Lire, H., Muktar, Meki S., Quiroz-Chavez, J., Domoney, C., Jones, Christopher S.

“…The population genetic structure of the lablab accessions, based on ~ 500,000 informative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), revealed an independent domestication pattern for two-seeded and four-seeded lablab accessions. Finally, based on multi-environmental trial data, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified useful SNPs and k-mers for key traits, such as plant height and total dry weight. …”
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey Round Four: Note on Sample Characteristics and Weighting by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Some 127 households rejoined the sample after being interviewed in Round 1 and Round 3. Finally, 3,724 households were added in Round 4 to replace the 2,928 households that dropped out of the sample after the third round. …”
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Fostering transformation and growth in Niger’s agricultural sector by Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie, Badiane, Ousmane

“…Chapter 9 gives an overview of the trade patterns in terms of commodities, geographical orientation and nature and provides a description of the institutional framework governing Niger’s trade policy. Finally, Chapter 10 delves into one arrangement governing regional trade, the ECOWAS CET and assesses the benefits and costs of a successful implementation of the ECOWAS CET by its fifteen Member States, with a focus on Niger.…”
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Emic definitions of empowerment for just development: learnings from Kenya by Zaremba, Haley, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Guettou-Djurfeldt, Nadia, North, Hanna, Slavchevska, Vanya, Macchioni Giaquinto, Annarita

“…These findings suggest that capturing and accounting for multiple and diverse emic definitions of empowerment for different social groups, which lies beyond the scope of standardized quantitative measures, is essential to measuring and supporting empowerment in ways that are valuable and recognizable to the target group(s) of a given development initiative. Finally, results show that to support the effective empowerment of women and men, there is a need to include men, integrate safeguards for backlash against empowered women, and transform norms that hinder the acceptance of empowered women by their families and communities.…”
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Economic valuation of ecosystem services of selected interventions in agriculture in India by Kumara T M, Kiran, Birthal, Pratap Singh, Meena, Dinesh Chand, Kumar, Anjani

“…Through a meta-analysis of the existing evidence on ecosystem services, this study attempts to estimate the value of ecosystem services by using direct and indirect valuation methods—for example, carbon sequestration, methane emission, nutrient availability, biological nitrogen fixation, and water saving—generated by several important technological and agronomic interventions, namely the direct seeding of rice (DSR), zero-tillage in wheat, leguminous crops, organic manure, integrated nutrient management, and agroforestry, based on studies conducted in India. …”
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Assessing the development impacts of bio-innovations: The case of genetically modified maize and cassava in Tanzania by Benfica, Rui, Zambrano, Patricia, Chambers, Judith A., Falck-Zepeda, José B.

“…Furthermore, differential impact across scenarios is also greater amongst the poorest, while the differences are minimal for the top quintile. Finally, the high variation of results across scenarios, and the significant effects of the high adoption/high yield change scenario, suggest that efforts will be critical to ensure the realization of the maximization of adoption rates while ensuring the materialization of the yield growth potential of the GM varieties through the efficient use of technical recommendations on crop production management, and the introduction of the right investments and policy incentives.…”
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey Round Six: Note on Sample Characteristics and Weighting by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Some 127 households rejoined the sample after being interviewed in Round 1 and Round 3. Finally, 3,724 households were added in Round 4 to replace the 2,928 households that dropped out of the sample after the third round. …”
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Pixelating crop production: Consequences of methodological choices by Joglekar, Alison K. B., Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Pardey, Philip G.

“…The results are also somewhat sensitive to the use of a simple spatial allocation method based solely on cropland proportions versus a cross-entropy allocation method, as well as the set of crops or crop aggregates being modeled, and are least sensitive to the inclusion of crude economic elements. Finally, we assess the spatial concordance between the SPAM2005 estimates of the area harvested of major crops in the United States and pixelated measures derived from remote-sensed data.…”
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Unpacking the complexity of improved nutrition in Ghana: A consultative process with national stakeholders: A meeting report by University of Ghana, International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The meeting also was an opportunity to seek stakeholder input on: a) the actors, actions, and policy processes that have led to improvements in key nutrition problems in the past ; and b) the opportunities for leveraging a changing food system for continued progress on nutrition. Finally, the meeting also sought to learn from stakeholders what were feasible approaches and pathways for engagement and participation. …”
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Food and nutrition security in transforming Ghana: A descriptive analysis of national trends and regional patterns by Ecker, Olivier, van Asselt, Joanna

“…In addition to providing an overview of long-term historical trends at the national level, this analysis provides an overview of regional patterns of food and nutrition insecurity and recent changes across Ghana’s 10 administrative regions. Finally, the analysis identifies regional “hot spots” of food and nutrition insecurity. …”
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Microinsurance decisions: Gendered evidence from rural Bangladesh by Clarke, Daniel J., Kumar, Neha

“…However, among women, total wealth mattered and had a positive correlation. Finally, we found that women had less education and lower financial literacy than their male counterparts, and did not have the experience possessed by men to understand agricultural risks. …”
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Commercializing dairy and forage systems in Ethiopia: An innovation systems perspective by Lemma, T., Puskur, Ranjitha, Hoekstra, Dirk, Tegegne, Azage

“…The research identified constraints and challenges relating to market, supportive services, interaction of actors, inter-organizational coordination, and gaps in the subsector development policy and strategy. Finally,options are identified that can enhance commercialization and innovation. …”
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