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Adding value to field-based agronomic research through climate risk assessment: a case study of maize production in Kitale, Kenya by Dixit PN, Cooper, Peter J.M., Dimes, John P., Rao, K.P.C.

“…To overcome this constraint, crop growth simulation models such as the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) can be used as an integral part of field-based agronomic studies. When driven by long-term daily weather data (30+ years), such models can provide weather-induced risk estimates for a wide range of crop, soil and water management innovations for the major rainfed crops of SSA. …”
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Decentralising Zimbabwe's water management: the case of Guyu-Chelesa irrigation scheme by Tambudzai, R., Mapedza, Everisto D., Gideon, Z.

“…Smallholder irrigation schemes are largely supply driven such that they exclude the beneficiaries on the management decisions and the choice of the irrigation schemes that would best suit their local needs. …”
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Enabling rural innovation in Africa : An approach for integrating farmer participatory research and market orientation for building the assets of rural poor by Sanginga, Pascal C., Best, R., Chitsike, C., Delve, Robert J., Kaaria, Susan K., Kirkby, Roger A.

“…This paper outlines an integrated approach for demand-driven and market-orientated agricultural research and rural agro-enterprise development. …”
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Quantitative trait loci for root architecture traits correlated with phosphorus acquisition in common bean by Beebe, Stephen E., Rojas, M., Yan, X, Blair, Matthew W., Pedraza García, Fabio, Muñoz Arboleda, Fernando, Tohme, Joseph M., Lynch, Jonathan P.

“…A genetic map constructed with restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), microsatellites, and PCR-based markers covering 1703 centimorgans (cM) total genetic distance and all eleven linkage groups (LGs) was used for QTL analysis. …”
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Diversidad de razas de Colletotrichum lindemuthianum en Antioquia y evaluación de germoplasma de frijol crema-rojo por resistencia a antracnosis by Santana, GE, Mahuku, George S.

“…To verify the composition of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum races in east of Antioquia, 12 differential bean varieties were used to characterize 15 isolates collected from naturally infected bean varieties. Eleven races were identified among the 15 isolates characterized, six of which (races 9, 131, 135, 139, 643, y 645) were characterized for the first time. …”
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Effect of genetic improvement of sheep in Ethiopia: Development of a dynamic stochastic simulation herd model by Tadel, K.

“…System dynamics modelling is a valuable tool to describe breeding programs by building a simple, flexible and usage driven simulation model. Results of the simulations were discussed on site with smallholder farmers and they are willing to reduce flock size in order to have healthy, fast growing animals. …”
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Commercialization of Ethiopian agriculture: Extension service from input supplier to knowledge broker and facilitator by Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk, Tegegne, Azage

“…Major problems of the extension system include top-down and non-participatory approach, primarily supply driven, low capacity of experts and development agents, low morale and high turnover of extension staff, and shortage of operational budget and facilities. …”
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Mobile applications for weather and climate information: their use and potential for smallholder farmers by Caine, A, Dorward, P., Clarkson, G., Evans, N, Canales, C., Stern, D., Stern, R.

“…More widely there are challenges in achieving successful business models and potential conflicts between initiatives driven by mobile network operators and public goals. …”
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Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: missing links in the innovation systems by Lemma, T., Tegegne, Azage, Puskur, Ranjitha, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…The later provides a practical option to stimulating process-driven collective experiential learning for achievement of better impact through continuous incremental improvement/innovation, and facilitates scaling up and-out of successful experiences to achieve wider socio-economic impact and inform policymaking.…”
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Land use and land cover change, drivers and its impact: A comparative study from Kuhar Michael and Lenche Dima of Blue Nile and Awash Basins of Ethiopia by Ali, H.

“…Land use and land cover change is driven by human actions and also drives changes that limit availability of products and services for human and livestock, and it can undermine environmental health as well. …”
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Lasting influence of biochemically contrasting organic inputs on abundance and community structure of total and proteolytic bacteria in tropical soils by Rasche, F., Musyoki, M.K., Röhl, C., Muema, E.K., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Cadisch, Georg

“…Elevated soil PP content, driven by polypheneol rich organic inputs, was not suppressive for overall bacterial proliferation, unless additional decomposable C substrates were available as indicated by PP-to-TC ratios. …”
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The sero-epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii in humans and cattle, western Kenya: Evidence from a cross-sectional study by Wardrop, N.A., Thomas, Lian F., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Glanville, William A. de, Atkinson, P.M., Wamae, C.N., Fèvre, Eric M.

“…The analysis indicates that while environmental factors may play a role in cattle exposure patterns, human exposure patterns are likely to be driven more strongly by livestock contacts. The implication of livestock markets in cattle exposure risks suggests these may be a suitable target for interventions.…”
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Participatory Evaluation of Resilient Potato Varieties in Climate-Smart Villages of Lushoto in Tanzania by Harahagazwe, D., Quiróz, R., Kuoko, Stephen, Recha, John W.M., Radeny, Maren A.O., Sayula, George, Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar, Brush, Gladness, Msoka, Elizabeth, Rimoy, Mary, Bonierbale, Merideth W., Atakos, Vivian, Kinyangi, James

“…The second round of training was participant-driven whereby topics emerged from the first training. …”
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Using fuzzy logic models to reveal farmers motives to integrate livestock, fish, and crops. by Bosma, R.H.

“…In the Mekong Delta farm diversification and integration are driven by labour, income, homestead area, number of young children, index of integration, household life-course, and level of education and age of the household head, in decreasing order. …”
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Seasonality and range of fruit fly (Diptera Tephritidae) host plants in orchards in Niayes and the Thies Plateau (Senegal) by Ndiaye, O., Vayssières, Jean-François, Rey, J., Ndiaye, S., Diedhiou, P.M., Ba, C.T., Diatta, P.

“…Fruits of cultivated and wild plants were collected regularly from April to December 2008 inside and around 19 orchards in eleven localities in the Niayes and Thiès areas in Senegal. …”
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A roadmap for evidence-based insurance development for Nigeria’s farmers by Hansen, James, Hellin, Jonathan, Rose, Goslinga, Araba, Debisi

“…Second, initiatives are most successful when they are driven by demand and responsive to farmer input. Third, successful initiatives have invested in the capacity of a range of local stakeholders. …”
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Genotype X environment interaction, stability and agronomic performance of carotenoid-rich cassava clones by Ssemakula, G.N., Dixon, A.

“…All clones expressed mild CBB and CAD symptoms; eleven clones did not have CMD symptoms, while CGM was the most severe biotic stress. …”
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Inception Report: Feed the Future for Climate-Smart Cocoa Program by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The cocoa industry is most familiar with one key pillar of CSA — sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and smallholders’ incomes. This commitment is driven by their business model and by concerns about economic and social sustainability. …”
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Decision-making tool for national implementation of the Plant Treaty's multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing by Joint Capacity Building Programme

“…The decision-making tool is divided into the following eleven sections corresponding to issues that national-level policy actors need to address: 1. …”
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Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production by Savilaakso, S., García, C., García Ulloa, J., Ghazoul, J., Groom, M, Guariguata, Manuel R., Laumonier, Y., Nasi, Robert, Petrokofsky, G., Snaddon, J., Zrust, M.

“…During the past decade there has been a growing interest in bioenergy, driven by concerns about global climate change, growing energy demand, and depleting fossil fuel reserves. …”
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