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Food system actors engaged in the cocreation of agroecological innovations - results of year 2 engagement in eight countries by Staiger-Rivas, S., Orjuela-Ramirez, G.

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Evidence for Resilient Agriculture (ERA): Livestock Data by Rosenstock, Todd S., Steward, Peter Richard, Joshi, Namita, Mumo, Elijah Musyoki, Ombewa, Babra Vivian Adhiambo, Kacha, Gabrielle Nour

“…The most commonly reported outcomes in the dataset are Meat Yield (28.9% of observations), Weight Gain (27.3%), Feed Conversion Ratio (16.8%), Variable Cost (6.8%), Protein Conversion Ratio (3.3%) and 31 other outcomes (16.7%). …”
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Challenges and experience of the Ethiopian rural health extension program: Implications for reform and revitalization by Zerfu, Taddese Alemu, Tareke, Amare Abera, Biadgilign, Sibhatu

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Assessing the effect of Provitamin A on maize field resistance to aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination by Mboup, M., Aduramigba-Modupe, A.O., Olasanmi, B., Mengesha Abera, W., Meseka, S.K., Dieng, I., Menkir, A., Ortega-Beltran, A.

“…In a previous study, we generated 120 PVA hybrids by crossing 60 PVA inbreds and two testers with contrasting PVA content. …”
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A stony track towards innovation in remote highland regions: Agricultural intensification in the apricot sector of Northern Pakistan by Köster, Mareike, Alam, Iftikhar, Rana, Jai, Wiehle, Martin, Buerkert, Andreas

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The role of market outlet in determining terms for milk sales by smallholders in Kenya by Ngigi, M., Delgado, Christopher L., Staal, Steven J., Mbogoh, S.

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Large-scale production and evaluation of marker-free indica rice IR64 expressing phytoferritin genes by Oliva, Norman, Chadha-Mohanty, Prabhjit, Poletti, Susanna, Abrigo, Editha, Atienza, Genelou, Torrizo, Lina, Garcia, Ruby, Dueñas, Conrado, Poncio, Mar Aristeo, Balindong, Jeanette, Manzanilla, Marina, Montecillo, Florencia, Zaidem, Maricris, Barry, Gerard, Hervé, Philippe, Shou, Huxia, Slamet-Loedin, Inez H.

“…Agronomic characteristics of a total of 1,860 progenies from 58 IR64 single independent transgenic events and 768 progenies from 27 marker-free transgenic events were evaluated and most trait characteristics did not show a penalty. …”
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Genetic diversity of rice false smut fungus, Ustilaginoidea virens and its pronounced differentiation of populations in North China by Zhou, Y.-L., Pan, Y.-J., Xie, X.-W., Zhu, L.H., Xu, J.L., Wang, S., Li, Z.K.

“…Group A consists of two subgroups differentiated at the genetic distance of 0.55, subgroup 1 included all isolates from Liaoning with an average genetic similarity over 0.82 and subgroup 2 included 27 isolates from Beijing with similarity of 0.74. …”
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Crops that feed the world 10: Past successes and future challenges to the role played by wheat in global food security by Shiferaw, Bekele, Smale, Melinda, Braun, Hans-Joachim, Duveiller, Etienne, Reynolds, Mathew, Muricho, Geoffrey

“…Food demand in the developing regions is growing by 1 % annually and varies from 170 kg in Central Asia to 27 kg in East and South Africa. The developing regions (including China and Central Asia) account for roughly 53 % of the total harvested area and 50 % of the production. …”
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A mixed‐method study on gender and intrahousehold differences in food consumption from Khatlon Province, Tajikistan by Pechtl, Sarah M. L., Mardonova, Mohru, Ergasheva, Tanzila, Lambrecht, Isabel B.

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Rural livelihoods under prolonged conflict: Evidence from a panel household survey in Sudan by Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw, Abushama, Hala, Rakhy, Tarig, Mohamed, Shima, Siddig, Khalid, Kirui, Oliver K.

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Mapping a better future: how spatial analysis can benefit wetlands and reduce poverty in Uganda by Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda, Bureau of Statistics, Uganda, International Livestock Research Institute, World Resources Institute

“…Wetlands supply direct or subsistence employment for 2.7 million people, almost 10 percent of the population. …”
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Hydrological modelling of a catchment using the SWAT model in the upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia by Taffese, T., Zemadim, Birhanu

“…The model was applied on two watersheds, Mizewa (27 km2) and Gumara (1278 km2) that are located in the upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia in Fogera district. …”
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Identification of immediate response genes dominantly expressed in juvenile resistant and susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata snails upon exposure to Schistosoma mansoni by Ittiprasert, W., Miller, A., Myers, J., Nene, Vishvanath M., El-Sayed, N.M., Knight, M.

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Growth habit and gene pool effects on inheritance of yield in common bean by Kornegay, Julia L., White, Jeffrey W., Ortíz de la Cruz, O.

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Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes - are we asking the right questions? by Swift, M.J., Izac, A.M.N., Noordwijk, Meine van

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Comparative QTL map for white mold resistance in Common Bean, and characterization of partial resistance in dry bean lines VA19 and I9365-31 by Soule, M, Porter, L., Medina, JI, Santana, GP, Blair, Matthew W., Miklas, PN

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Synergies at the interface of farmer-scientist partnerships: agricultural innovation through participatory research and plant breeding in Honduras by Humphries, S., Rosas, J.C., Gómez, M., Jiménez, J., Sierra F, Gallardo O, Ávila, C., Barahona, M.

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Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment by Kim, E.S., Elbeltagy, A.R., Aboul-Naga, A.M., Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Sayre, B., Mwacharo, Joram M., Rothschild, Max F.

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The Use of Mixed Effects Models for Obtaining Low-Cost Ecosystem Carbon Stock Estimates in Mangroves of the Asia-Pacific by Bukoski, J.J., Broadhead, J.S., Donato, D.C., Murdiyarso, Daniel, Gregoire, T.G.

“…We compile datasets of mangrove biomass C (197 observations from 48 sites) and soil organic C (99 observations from 27 sites) to parameterize the predictive models, and use linear mixed effect models to model the expected C as a function of stand attributes. …”
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