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  1. Current situations of animal data recording, dairy improvement infrastructure, human capacity and strategic issues affecting dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa by Opoola, O., Mrode, Raphael A., Banos, Giorgios, Ojango, Julie M.K., Banga, C., Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.

    Published 2019
    “…Respondents identified key issues affecting dairy production as poor genetic assessment of imported exotic breeds and crosses in Africa (62.3%), fluctuations in milk prices within both the formal and informal markets (50.9%), no comprehensive sire ranking systems (39.6%), housing and health management regimes which adversely affect milk yield (32.1%), poor market networks for dairy products (25.5%), poor feeding (13.3%), inadequate genetic technologies (9.4%) and poor animal performance recording systems (9.4%). …”
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    Journal Article
  2. Content of iron and vitamin A in common foods given to children 12–59 months old from North Western Tanzania and Central Uganda by Ekesa, B., Nabuuma, D., Kennedy, G.

    Published 2019
    “…Findings indicated no trace of vitamin A or iron in the maize-based porridge, whereas 2.28 mg/100 g ep (edible portion) and 1.18 mg/100 g ep of iron were recorded in stiff-porridge served with beans and sardines and banana cooked with beans, respectively. …”
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  3. Current situations of animal data recording, dairy improvement infrastructure, human capacity and strategic issues affecting dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa by Abejide, O., Mrode, Raphael A., Banos, Giorgios, Ojango, Julie M.K., Banga, C., Simm, Geoff, Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.

    Published 2019
    “…Respondents identified key issues affecting dairy production as; poor genetic assessment of imported exotic breeds and crosses in Africa (62.3%), fluctuations in milk prices within both the formal and informal markets (50.9%), no comprehensive sire ranking systems (39.6%), housing and health management regimes which adversely affect milk yield (32.1%), poor market networks for dairy products (25.5%), poor feeding (13.3%), inadequate genetic technologies (9.4%) and poor animal performance recording systems (9.4%). …”
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  4. Costs and benefits of climate-smart agriculture practices: Evidence from intercropping and crop rotation of maize with soybean in rural Tanzania by Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Rivera, Marina, Pamuk, Haki, Hella, Joseph Phillip

    Published 2020
    “…However, the profitability of those practices depends on market interest rates (discount rates), labor cost, and maize prices. These findings imply that investments in CSA practices, such as crop rotation and intercropping of maize with soybean, have positive returns in short periods. …”
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  5. Community perspectives on food security and dietary diversity among rural smallholder farmers: A qualitative study in central Uganda by Nabuuma, Deborah, Ekesa, Beatrice, Faber, Mieke, Mbhenyane, Xikombiso

    Published 2021
    “…Purchase of food was affected by prices, household income, distance to markets and food diversity in the accessed markets. …”
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  6. Transformation of coffee-growing landscapes across Latin America. A review by Harvey, Celia A., Pritts, Alyssa A., Zwetsloot, Marie J., Jansen, Kees, Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet, Armbrecht, Inge, Avelino, Jacques, Barrera, Juan F., Bunn, Christian, García, Javier Hoyos, Isaza, Carlos, Munoz Ucros, Juana, Pérez Alemán, Carlos J., Rahn, Eric, Robiglio, Valentina, Somarriba, Eduardo, Valencia, Vivian

    Published 2021
    “…Over the last 20 years, coffee farms and landscapes across the region have undergone rapid and profound biophysical changes in response to low coffee prices, changing climatic conditions, severe plant pathogen outbreaks, and other drivers. …”
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  7. Differential expressions and enzymatic properties of malate dehydrogenases in response to nutrient and metal stresses in Stylosanthes guianensis by Song, Jianling, Zou Xiaoyan, Liu, Pandao, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Liu, Guodao, Luo, Lijuan, Chen, Zhijian

    Published 2022
    “…Differential responses of SgMDHs to trace metal stress and heavy metal toxicity were observed in stylo roots, suggesting the involvement of SgMDHs in the response of stylo to metal stresses. …”
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  8. Water profitability analysis to improve food security and climate resilience: a case study in the Egyptian Nile Delta by Badawy, Adham, Elmahdi, Amgad, El-Hafez, S. A., Ibrahim, A.

    Published 2022
    “…This is understandable when one considers both the high population growth and the social and political vulnerability associated with a dependence on food imports and world market food prices such as wheat. Intensive agriculture has led to a growing subsidy burden for the Egyptian government. …”
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  9. The impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable intensification of forage-based beef and dairy value chains in Colombia: A blessing and a curse by Burkart, Stefan, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Charry, Andrés, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Mena, Martín, Urrea Benítez, José Luis, Gallo Caro, Irieleth, Hoek, Rein van der

    Published 2022
    “…Short-term impacts such as: (i) increased input prices, (ii) limited access to inputs, credit, and technical assistance, and (iii) reduced incomes, have limited investment in sustainable intensification along the value chains. …”
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  10. The livestock sector transformation in Ethiopia: the fundamental role of animal identification, registration, data recording and traceability systems by Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher, Meseret, Selam, Tera, Asrat, Negussie, Enyew, Ojango, Julie M.K., Chinyere, Ekine, Mrode, Raphael A., Okeyo Mwai, Ally

    Published 2022
    “…Export of live animals and animal products, mostly meat require traceability system which not only able to identify the animal and the premises, where they are raised, but also traces how they left such premises to the ultimate markets. …”
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