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Does gender matter in effective management of plant disease epidemics? Insights from a survey among rural banana farming households in Uganda by Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Okurut, S., Ajambo, S., Gotor, Elisabetta, Ssali, R.T., Kubiriba, Jerome, Karamura, E.B.

“…This study utilizes sex-disaggregated data from 341 households in Uganda to analyze: first, gender and access to agricultural resources and their control; second, whether men and women in the targeted banana-farming communities share similar perceptions toward the effectiveness of the banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) control technologies and their respective information dissemination pathways; third, whether gender and farmer perceptions influence on farm adoption of BXW management practices. …”
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Multi-stakeholder partnerships in value chain development: A case of the organic pineapple in Ntungamo district, Western Uganda by Kalibwani, Rebecca Mutebi, Twebaze, Jennifer, Kamugisha, Rick, Kakuru, Medard, Sabiiti, Moses, Kugonza, Irene, Tenywa, Moses, Nyamwaro, Sospeter S.

“…The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that agricultural commodity value chain development using multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) can fast-track improvement in the livelihoods of rural farming households. …”
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Draught animal power for land-use intensification in the Ethiopian highlands by Astatke, A., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…Animal traction has been an integral part of most agricultural systems in Ethiopia for thousands of years. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Fifth Meeting, 30 January - 2 February 1973: Draft Report by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…The meeting was devoted primarily to a preliminary discussion of priorities for international agricultural research. Crawford said he was looking not for hard and fast priorities, but for a framework within which TAC could make specific decisions. …”
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Feed the future-usaid kenya accelerated value chain. Development program. Potato value chain. Six-year final report by International Potato Center

“…Over six years, 74,690 smallholder farmers were reached with AVCD agricultural and nutrition-related interventions, of whom 72,260 applied productivity-enhancing technologies following season-long practical training on learning farms hosted by farmer groups and led by government extension workers. …”
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Communication tools for improved knowledge sharing in rainwater management: A case study of the Nile Basin Development Challenge by Damtew, Elias

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Utfodring med ensilage till slaktgris : effekter på köttkvalitet och fettsyrasammansättning by Ohlsson, Erika

Yield gap analyses to estimate attainable bovine milk yields and evaluate options to increase production in Ethiopia and India by Mayberry, D., Ash, Andrew J., Prestwidge, D., Godde, Cécile M., Henderson, Benjamin B., Duncan, Alan J., Blümmel, Michael, Ramana Reddy, Y., Herrero, Mario

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An economic analysis of factors affecting the adoption of napier grass in smallholder dairying in Kiambu district, Kenya. by Irungu, P.

“…In general, membership in a dairy co-operative/farmer organisation had the greatest impact on both the probability and the level of adoption of Napier, probably highlighting the importance of these organisations in the diffusion of agricultural technologies in Kiambu district. In all fitted models, the sex of the household head had no impact on either the probability or the level of adoption of Napier. …”
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Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) and its management by Prasanna, Boddupalli M., Mahabaleswara, Suresh L.

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Integrating Agroecology and One Health: A Path to Sustainable Food Systems and Improved Health by Tebourbi, Ons, Frija, Aymen, Alary, Veronique, Idoudi, Zied, Mannai, Amal, Rekik, Mourad

“…This integration provides a means to effectively tackle the multifaceted and interconnected challenges confronting food systems, particularly those related to the health of the environment, animals, and humans. Adopting best agricultural practices and technologies can help achieve this. …”
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Conservation and Use of the North American Plant Cornucopia: The Way Forward by Khoury, Colin K., Greene, Stephanie L., Williams, Karen A., Kantar, Michael B., Marek, Laura F.

“…But given the incredible diversity of interesting and useful plants in the region, the remarkable efforts for many decades by many organizations to care for these plants and share them with humanity, and the increasing public interest in more diverse, healthy, and resilient food and agricultural systems, there is reason for hope.…”
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Harnessing the job creation capacity of young rural agripreneurs: A quasi-experimental study of the ENABLE program in Africa by Adeyanju, Dolapo, Mburu, John, Gituro, Wainaina, Chumo, Chepchumba, Mignouna, Djana B., Mulinganya, Noel

“…Further, we assessed the impact of agribusiness empowerment programs in unlocking the job creation capacity of young agribusiness owners, taking evidence from the youth component of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program, Empowering Novel Agribusiness-Led Employment (ENABLE) implemented in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. …”
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Development and adaptation of RIICE tool for Cote d'Ivoire by Mathieu, Renaud, Dossou-Yoyo, Eliott, Holecz, Francisco, Murusegan, Deiveegan, Quicho, Emma, Satapathy, Sushree, Akpoffo, Marius, Gatti, Luca, Ouedraogo, Mathieu

“…Further upscaling and refinement of the tool will contribute to data-driven agricultural management and climate adaptation efforts in West Africa.…”
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Genome-enabled and phenotypic selection of alfalfa for widely-diversified cropping environments by Annicchiarico, Paolo, Nazzicari, Nelson, Bouizgaren, Abdelaziz, Hayek, Taoufik, Laouar, Meriem, Cornacchione, Monica, Basigalup, Daniel Horacio, Brummer, Edward Charles, Pecetti, Luciano

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Reducing the emergence and spread of waterborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Ethiopia from a One Health perspective by Graham, D. W., Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Moodley, A., Goshu, G., Kibret, M.

“…The elevated presence of AMR and antimicrobials in Ethiopian water systems arises from inadequate waste management coupled with poorly regulated antimicrobial use (AMU) in the human, animal and agricultural sectors. The continued and inconsistent use of antimicrobials by healthcare providers and community-scale drug consumption drives AMR development in the gut of users, which spreads via wastes and water in Ethiopia. …”
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Catalysing the Scale-Up of Integrated Small Ruminant Value Chains in Eastern and Southern Africa by Recha, John W.M., Demissie, Teferi, Haile, Aynalem, Mengistu, Tesfaye G, Makonnen, Brook T., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Barungi, Julian, Magagula, Futhi, Taapopi, Mirjam, Gitau, Angela, Johnston, Angharad, Varley, Ciara, Mashizha, Tinashe M, Ndlovu, Noel, Murray, Una, McKeown, Peter C, Spillane, Charles, Solomon, Dawit

“…Through a combination of theoretical instruction and practical field demonstrations, participants strengthened their capacities in livestock reproductive technologies, forage production, and livestock agribusiness. …”
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Factors governing irrigation water productivity of rice in northwestern India: evidence from farmers’ fields by Deb, Proloy, Urfels, Anton, Kumar, Virender, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan, Srivastava, Amit Kumar, Dubey, Swatantra Kumar, Peramaiyan, Panneerselvam, Singh, Sudhanshu, Rawal, Sandeep, Kumar, Satyendra, Garg, Rajbir, Kamboj, Baldev Raj, Kumar, Suresh, Dhillon, Buta Singh

“…Northwestern India is a global groundwater depletion hotspot, with intensive agricultural water use causing an average groundwater table decline of ∼0.4m per year. …”
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Modeling and participatory farmer-led approaches to food security in a changing world: A case study from Malawi by Snapp, Sieglinde S., Kerr, R.B., Smith, A., Ollenburger, M.H., Mhango, W., Shumba, L., Gondwe, T.N.P., Kanyama-Phiri, G.Y.

“…Support for farmer-to-farmer learning was critical to the success of the project, and a co-learning approach provided valuable insights to researchers regarding which technologies were more adaptable, and ultimately, adoptable by smallholders living in a highly variable environment.…”
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Emerging pests and diseases of Southeast Asian cassava: a comprehensive evaluation of geographic priorities, management options and research needs by Graziosi, Ignazio, Minato, Nami, Álvarez, Elizabeth, Ngo, Dung Tien, Trinh, Hoat Xuan, Aye, Tin Maung, Pardo, Juan Manuel, Wongtiem, Prapit, Wyckhuys, Kris A.G.

“…Future efforts need to consolidate local capacity to tackle current (and future) pest invaders, boost detection capacity, devise locally‐appropriate integrated pest management (IPM) tactics, and transfer key concepts and technologies to SE Asia's cassava growers. Urgent action is needed to mobilise regional as well as international scientific support, to effectively tackle this phytosanitary emergency and thus safeguard the sustainability and profitability of one of Asia's key agricultural commodities. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry…”
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