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Causes and impacts of farmer‑herder conflicts through a political economy and food production lens Case study in Jangargari, Nasarawa State, Nigeria by Momale, Saleh B.

“…The focus is on Jangargari, a political ward in Awe Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa state, North Central Nigeria. Jangargari ward, and Awe LGA, are located in the southeastern part Nasarawa state, on the boundary with Benue State. …”
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Evaluating rational and healthy use options for small pelagic fish species in sub-Saharan Africa by Bunting, Stuart, Thiao, Djiga, Ahern, Molly, Ansah, Yaw B, Ward, Ansen, Wesana, Joshua, Yossa, Rodrigue, Westlund, Lena

“…Small pelagic fish species (SPFS) from marine waters off Central-West Africa and North-West Africa and the African Great Lakes Region in Eastern Africa and associated value chains sustain several million livelihoods. …”
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Critical topics in Bangladesh’s and Nigeria’s food system related policies: An exploratory policy review by Bakker, S., Beune, R., Herens, M., Pittore, K.

“…This in combination with a growing population and rapid urbanization leads to inequalities between rural and urban areas, between the North and South of the country and between women and men, and the risk of conflict situations put the food system under pressure. …”
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Appeals to environmental protection and farmer adoption of sustainable natural resource management – a case study of Kaya, Burkina Faso by Carroll II, D. A., Wilson, K. R., Rogers, B. L., Coates, J., Griffin, T. S.

“…To address issues of soil degradation, deforestation, and on-farm biodiversity loss, development programs in Center North Region of Burkina Faso have traditionally recommended a package of natural resources management practices aimed at conserving soil water and organic matter content, restoring soil health and biodiversity, and preventing erosion. …”
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Neonicotinoid pesticides in African agriculture: what do we know and what should be the focus for future research? by Orikpete, O.F., Kikanme, K.N., Falade, T.D.O., Dennis, N.M., Ewim, D.R.E., Fadare, O.O.

“…Studies on NEO-P interactions with bees have emanated mainly from North Africa (35.3% published studies) while Central/Middle, and Southern Africa accounted for 11.8% each of these studies, all of which were conducted in Cameroon and South Africa, respectively. …”
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Understanding Farmer Preferences through Citizen Science: Insights on Potato Varieties in Nigeria by Sharma, K., Atieno, E., Sousa, K. de, Etten, Jacob van, Nyawade, S.

“…Farmers from seven Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Plateau State, Nigeria (Barikin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Mangu, and Pankshin), evaluated anonymized potato genotypes alongside the check variety Marabel. …”
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CMIP6 climate scenarios for climate adaptation studies in Zambia by Sahana, V., Panjwani, Shweta, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…An overall decrease (upto -65 mm) in precipitation is expected in the near future and far future periods across the country, expect the North-eastern provinces. Corroborating with such a spike in climate conditions, the SPEI decreases by -1.16, -0.95, -0.86, -0.83 (near future, 2021-2060) and -1.36, -1.75, -1.98 and -1.99 (far future, 2061-2100) for SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, SSP5-8.5 respectively. …”
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Mastitis in goats: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and the pathogens by Tibebu, A., Teshome, Y., Tamrat, H., Bahiru, A., Yitbarek, T., Moliso, Mesfin M., Assefa, Ayalew

“…Single summary pooled prevalence at goat level was highest in Australia (35%) and lowest in North America (11.6%). A decreasing trend was observed for udder half-level and overall mastitis prevalence, while goat-level mastitis showed an increasing trend. …”
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Harvesting change: The impact of climate change on Africa’s agriFood systems by Piñeiro, Valeria, Gianatiempo, Juan Pablo, McNamara, Brian, Thomas, Timothy S., Traoré, Fousseini

“…Indeed, the continent emits 7 times less greenhouse gas compared to Europe and 15 times compared to North America (IPCC, 2023). In addition to rising temperatures, climate change affects Africa through several channels, including an increase in ocean levels, variations in precipitations (droughts and heavy rains), plant pests and animal diseases. …”
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From YOLO to VLMs: advancing zero-shot and few-shot detection of wastewater treatment plants using satellite imagery in MENA Region by Premarathna, Akila, Hewageegana, Kanishka, Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel

“…In regions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), there is a high demand for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), crucial for sustainable water management. …”
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Le marche des produits forestiers non ligneux de l'Afrique Centrale en France et en Belgique: produits, acteurs, circuits de distribution et debouches actuels by Tabuna, H.

“…Initiated by the first students and trainees from Central Africa in France and Belgium, this trade was originally carried out exclusively by European grocers specialising in general food products. European, North African, Central African and Asian grocers now carry it out. …”
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Decentralisation of policies affecting forests and estate crops in Kutawaringin Timur district, Central Kalimantan by Casson, A.

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The effects of Indonesia's decentralisation on forests and estate crops: case study of Riau province, the original districts of Kampar and Indragiri Hulu by Potter, L., Badcock, S.

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The social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock cultivation: Evidence from multi-site research in the forest frontier by German, L., Schoneveld, George C., Pacheco, P.

“…Preoccupation with global energy supplies and climate change in the global North, and a desire to improve the balance of trade and capture value in the emerging carbon market by developing countries, together place biofuels firmly on the map of global land use change. …”
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Intercontinental trans-boundary contributions to ozone-induced crop yield losses in the Northern Hemisphere by Hollaway MJ, Arnold, S.R., Challinor, Andrew J., Emberson, L.D.

“…We apply four metrics (AOT40, M7, M12, W126) to assess the impacts of 100% reductions in anthropogenic NOx emissions from North (N) America, South East (SE) Asia and Europe on global and regional exposure of 6 major agricultural crop types to surface ozone, and resultant crop production losses during the year 2000 growing season. …”
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Effects of energy supplementation on lamb production of Javanese Thin-Tail ewes by Reese, A.A., Handayani, S.W., Ginting, S.P., Sinulingga, W., Reese, G.R., Johnson, W.L.

“…A 3-yr study was conducted in North Sumatra, Indonesia, as part of an evaluation of the feasibility of integrating sheep and rubber production. …”
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Assessing the vulnerability of Indian mustard to climate change by Boomiraj K, Chakrabarti, B., Aggarwal, Pramod K., Choudhary R, Chander, S.

“…But rainfed crop was found to be more susceptible to changing climate in north India due to projected reduction in rainfall in future scenarios. …”
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Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries by Drechsel, Pay, Scott, Christopher A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Redwood, M., Bahri, Akissa

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A survey of bovine cysticercosis/human taeniosis in Northern Turkana District, Kenya by Asaava, L.L., Kitala, P.M., Gathura, P.B., Nanyingi, M.O., Muchemi, G., Schelling, E.

“…The study area was stratified into the three livestock grazing regions of Oropoi to the south, Lokichoggio–Mogilla centrally and Kibish in the north for the purposes of the serological and questionnaire (n = 53 herd owners) data. …”
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Water resource management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa: previous projects and future prospects by Altchenko, Yvan, Shu, Yunqiao

“…The Olifants River Basin is located in the north-eastern part of the South Africa and southern to Mozambique.The Olifants River passes through three provinces of South Africa (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province), through the Kruger National Park, into Mozambique, where it joins the Limpopo . it is the home to nearly 10 % of the total population of South Africa. …”
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