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A Mesoamerican origin of cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.). Implications for the conservation of plant genetic resources por Larranaga, N., Albertazzi, F.J., Fontecha, G., Palmieri, M., Rainer, H., Zonneveld, M. van, Hormaza, J.I.

“…These results together with the potential distribution of the species in a climatic change context using two different climate models provide new insights for the history and conservation of extant genetic resources of cherimoya that can be applied to other currently underutilized woody perennial crops.…”
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Genetic diversity evaluation of a loquat (Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb) Lindl) germplasm collection by SSRs and S-allele fragments por Gisbert, Ana D., Romero, Carlos, Martínez-Calvo, José, Leida, Carmen, Llácer, Gerardo, Badenes, María L.

“…In this context, the selection of new cultivars to satisfy the market demand will request the suitable characterization of the available germplasm. …”
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Estimating chlorophyll and nitrogen contents in maize (Zea mays L.) leaves with spectroscopic analysis por Ramos García, Carlos Arturo, Martínez Martínez, Luis Joel, Bernal Riobo, Jaime Humberto

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Practising evolution: Theory for understanding and evaluating participatory research por Loevinsohn, Michael E.

“…Such "collegial" or "empowering" participation requires altered attitudes, new skills and changed incentive structures. But what is there to impel people and their institutions to make these changes? …”
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Rural outmigration and the gendered patterns of agricultural labor in Nepal por Slavchevska, Vanya, Doss, Cheryl R., Mane, Erdgin, Kaaria, Susan, Kar, Anuja, Villa, Victor

“…Women, on the other hand, increase their work on the farm taking on new responsibilities and moving from contributing family workers to primary farmers. …”
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Assessing limitations in published camel feeding studies: implications for smart feeding practices in meat and milk production por Alkhtib, Ashraf, Samool, Ali, Muna, Muhannad, Tamiru, Metekia, Naeem, Muhammad, Onuoha, Chris, Wamatu, Jane, Burton, Emily

“…This led to a considerable change in camel feeding and nutrition including the use of new feeds (i.e. gains, agricultural by-products, supplements). …”
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Boosting Climate-Smart Potato Farming: Training of Trainers in Improved Practices for Smallholder Farmers with Disabilities in Rwanda por Barungi, Julian, Okonya, Joshua, Ilakut, Ben, Recha, John W.M.

“…The participants comprised women and youth farmer leaders, agro-input dealers, extension workers and seed potato store owners from Dukomeze Ubuzima Cooperative in Shingiro Musanze district of Rwanda. …”
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Climate Risk Management in Agricultural and Livestock Extension (CRMALE) - Kenya Reference Guide por Hansen, James, Dinku, Tufa, Trzaska, Sylwia, Grossi, Amanda, Jensen, Nathaniel D., Dione, Michel M., Bett, Bernard K., Dhulipala, Ram K., Mohamed, Tahira Shariff, Derbyshire, Samuel F., Huyer, Sophia, Moore, Maya, Ruirie, Onesmus, Kiambe, Kevin, Mungau, Lilian, Mugo, Grace

“…The course aims to equip agricultural extension workers to access, understand and incorporate climate information into their professional work. …”
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Scaling up of sweetpotato vine multiplication technologies in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi: A gender analysis por Mudege, Netsayi N., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Mdege, N., Chevo, T., Abidin, P.E.

“…It focuses on sweetpotato vine multiplication in Phalombe and Chikwawa districts in Malawi, and uses data from focus group discussions and individual interviews with men and women farmers and extension workers. Findings suggest that perception biases towards regarding the farmer as male results in women being overlooked in training, as well as the devaluation of women’s knowledge, which jeopardises their ability to adopt new sweetpotato technologies that are being scaled up/ rolled out. …”
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Methodological guide: Community participatory inventory and prioritization of climate-smart crop-livestock agroforestry technologies / practices por Bayala, Jules, Ayantunde, Augustine A., Somda, Jacques, Ky-Dembélé, Catherine, Bationo, B. André, Sanogo, Diaminatou, Tougiani, Abasse, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The guide provides a step by step guidance on how project/extension workers can work with communities and other development stakeholders in the target sites to identify practices that can help local communities to better adapt to climate variability in production. …”
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Environmental management in the construction industry por Söderman, Max

“…The object of the study is the Gottlieb Skanska construction site at Shaft 10 of the Delaware Aqueduct at the West Branch reservoir north of New York City. The thesis emphasizes the current identification of environmental aspects and risk assessment and presents a quantitative alternative to this process. …”
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Uso de estiércol porcino como fertilizante de pastos por Giraldo M., Sergio O.

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A Genome Wide Survey of SNP Variation Reveals the Genetic Structure of Sheep Breeds por Kijas, J.W., Townley, D., Dalrymple, B.P., Heaton, M.P., Maddox, J.F.

“…Furthermore, the identification of a subset of SNP able to assign individuals into broad groupings demonstrates even a small panel of markers may be suitable for applications such as traceability.…”
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Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) – a peripheral empire commodity in French West Africa, 1894–1960 por Wardell, D.A., Elias, Marlène, Zida, M., Tapsoba, A., Rousseau, K., Gautier, D., Lovett, P.N., Bama, T.

“…Yet, we suggest that French colonial policies failed due to a composite of factors including the limited investment in either the colony or shea as an oilseed crop, adaptation by women shea producers to the extraction of male labour and the trade opportunities created by new international borders, and the 'blindness' of colonial officials to the economic, social and cultural functions of periodic local markets used by women shea traders. …”
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Operationalizing inclusive innovation: Lessons from innovation platforms in livestock value chains in India and Mozambique por Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Boogaard, Birgit K., Bendapudi, R., Taye, H., Hendrickx, Saskia C.J., Klerkx, Laurens

“…Various authors have identified the potential relevance of innovation system approaches for inclusive innovation, that is, the means by which new goods and services are developed for and by the poor. …”
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Designed plant communities for challenging urban environments in southern Finland : based on the German mixed planting system por Seppänen, Sara

“…Traditional perennial borders require a lot of maintenance and are therefore not so common in public areas in Finland. …”

Barnvänlig bostadsmiljö? : barns naturkontakt i nya bostadsområden por Berg, Marja

Biotechnology in African Agricultural Research: Opportunities for Donor Organizations por Komen, John, Mignouna, J., Webber, H.

“…Technical assistance on management aspects of biotechnology, such as instituting biosafety mechanisms, should be an integral component of any new initiative.…”
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Chromosome segment substitution lines: a powerful tool for the Introgression of valuable genes from oryza wild species into cultivated rice (O. sativa) por Liakat Ali, M, Sánchez, P.L., Yu, S, Lorieux, Mathias, Eizenga, GC

“…CSSLs have the potential to uncover new alleles from the unadapted, non-productive wild rice accessions, develop genome-wide genetic stocks, and clone genes identified in QTL studies for functional genomics research. …”
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Comparative study of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces conserved ex situ in genebanks and in situ by farmers por Gómez, O.J., Blair, Matthew W., Frankow-Lindberg, BE, Gullberg, U.

“…This study also highlights the complementarity of ex situ and in situ conservation methods in order to preserve landrace adaptations and to capture new, useful diversity generated in in situ populations.…”
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