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Smallholder farmers' perception and challenges toward the use of crop residues and agro-industrial byproducts in livestock feeding systems in eastern DR Congo by Mutwedu, V.B., Bacigale, S.B., Mugumaarhahama, Y., Muhimuzi, F.L., Munganga, B., Ayagirwe, R., Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M., Manyawu, G.

“…They were often fed to livestock twice daily. The main constraints affecting adoption of crop residues and agro-industrial byproducts were access to information, lack of knowledge, poor infrastructures, high cost of transportation of material, storage and conservation facilities, the toxicity of material and plant diseases, high cost of products, microbial infestation and the insufficient supply of the material. …”
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Towards sustainable food crop production: Drivers of shift from crop production to mining activities in Ghana's arable lands by Wongnaa, Camillus Abawiera, Nti, Emmanuel Kwame, Acheampong, Patricia Pinamang, Bannor, Richard Kwasi, Prah, Stephen, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…This is because it has the potential to worsen recent hikes in food prices and subsequently leading to rising inflation rates in Ghana. …”
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Local food system and household responses to external shocks: The case of sustainable coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Western Honduras during COVID-19 by Rodriguez-Camayo, Fernando, Lundy, Mark, Borgemeister, Christian, Ramirez-Villegas, Julian, Beuchelt, Tina

“…However, more than half the interviewed households lacked confidence regarding food security, amid rising food prices and local shortages. Certified coffee cooperatives supported their members by providing food assistance, cash transfers, and credit. …”
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Immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the aquaculture value chain in Ghana by Ragasa, Catherine, Amewu, Sena, Asante, Seth

“…Of those harvesting during the crisis, most experienced difficulty in selling their fish mainly because of low demand from buyers, lower tilapia prices, and higher transportation costs than before COVID-19. …”
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Performance of direct seed marketing pilot program in Ethiopia: Lessons for scaling-up by Mekonen, Leulsegged Kasa, Minot, Nicholas, Warner, James, Abate, Gashaw T.

“…The performance of the DSM program in 2015 was evaluated on eight criteria: seed availability, sufficiency of supply, timeliness of delivery, seed pricing, quality, ensuring accountability for low-quality seed, ease of purchase, and use of public resources. …”
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Food security without food transfers? A CGE analysis for Ethiopia of the different food security impacts of fertilizer subsidies and locally sourced food transfers by Caria, A. Stefano, Tamru, Seneshaw, Bizuneh, Gera

“…Second, the moderate yield growth induced by the subsidy shows economic multipliers, stronger effects on domestic supply and welfare gains accruing to all poor through increased factor incomes and decreased staple prices. Yield growth seems a promising avenue to pursue food security and, more generally, poverty reduction goals. …”
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Food security without food transfers? A CGE analysis for Ethiopia of the different food security impacts of fertilizer subsidies and locally sourced food transfers by Caria, A. Stefano, Tamru, Seneshaw, Bizuneh, Gera

“…Second, the moderate yield growth induced by the subsidy shows economic multipliers, stronger effects on domestic supply and welfare gains accruing to all poor through increased factor incomes and decreased staple prices. Yield growth seems a promising avenue to pursue food security and, more generally, poverty reduction goals. …”
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Cost and benefits of the National River Linking Project: an analysis of peninsular links by Amarasinghe, Upali A., Rajendran, S.

“…It envisages transferring 174 billion cubic meters (Bm3) of water across 34 river links and will cost about US$120 billion (2000 prices). The proposed plan has aroused a large interest in recent public discourses. …”
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Managing irrigation jointly with farmers: history, present status and future: review of participatory irrigation management in Sri Lanka by Jinapala, K., Premadasa, L., Somaratne, Pallewatte G., Samad, Madar

“…The need for pursuing irrigation development and management has become more important in the country in the face of rapid population growth and increasing food prices in the world market. In this context, managing irrigation schemes for productivity increase is becoming increasingly important and different irrigation management models have also emerged through attempts made in this direction by countries including Sri Lanka, where irrigation plays a leading role in food production and nation development. …”
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Analysis of irrigation systems using comparative performance indicators: a case study of two large scale irrigation systems in the upper Awash Basin by Beshir, A., Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele

“…The necessary primary and secondary data to calculate the nine indicators were collected which are measurement of canal capacity and pump capacity, and total yields, farm gate prices of irrigated crops, area irrigated per crop per season or per year, crop types, production per season or per year, incomes generated from water fee and cropping pattern. …”
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Future of Wheat Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analyses of the Expanding Gap between Supply and Demand and Economic Profitability of Domestic Production by Shiferaw, Bekele, Negassa A, Koo, Jawoo, Wood J, Sonder, Kai, Braun, J.A., Payne T

“…Soaring international food and energy prices and the resulting volatility in markets is alarming many African policy makers. …”
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El uso de modelos de simulación como herramienta para la toma de decisiones en la promoción de nuevas alternativas forrajeras: El caso de Costa Rica y Perú by Holmann, Federico J.

“…Likewise, the model incorporated prices of inputs and products typical of each region. …”
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Assessing the implications of water harvesting intensification on upstream–downstream ecosystem services: a case study in the Lake Tana basin by Dile, Y.T., Karlberg, L., Daggupati, P., Srinivasan, R., Wiberg, David A., Rockström, Johan

“…The downstream social–ecological systems may benefit from reduced food prices, reduced flooding damages, and reduced sediment influxes, as well as enhancements in low flows and water quality. …”
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Effect of non-wine Saccharomyces yeasts and bottle aging on the release and generation of aromas in semi-synthetic Tempranillo wines by Perez, Maria Dolores, Denat, Marie, Heras, José María, Guillamón, José Manuel, Ferreira, Vicente, Querol, Amparo

“…In addition, wines from S. kudriavzevii strains had twice additional glycerol, those from S. uvarum 4-fold more succinic acid, while wines from wild strains yielded 1% v/v less ethanol which may solve wine problems associated with climate change.…”
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Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights by Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro, Gil, Luis, Fernández, Victoria

“…Surprisingly, high amounts of Cl were recovered after washing untreated, top canopy beach and sessile oak leaves with deionised water, a phenomenon which was not traced to occur on lower canopy leaves of both species. …”
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First Report of Cladode Brown Spot in Cactus Prickly Pear Caused by Neofusicoccum batangarum in Brazil by Conforto, Erica Cinthia, Bernanrdi Lima, Nelson, Garcete-Gómez, J. M., Câmara, M. P. S., Michereff, S. J.

“…Small pieces (4 to 5 mm) of necrotic tissues were surface sterilized for 1 min in 1.5% NaOCl, washed twice with sterile distilled water, and plated onto potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with 0.5 g /liter streptomycin sulfate. …”
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Analysis of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on the Production of 'Clemenules' Mandarin and its Costs by Mateu, Guillermo, Torregrosa, Antonio, Chueca, Patricia

“…However, the profitability of citriculture is going down due to the increasing production costs and the low prices perceived by farmers. Between farming operations, pruning is done manually, which represent around 12.5% of the total production costs. …”
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Bee pollination affects coffee quality, yield, and trade-offs within them by Aristizábal, Natalia, Mora-Mena, Silvia E, Martinez Salinas, Alejandra, Chain Guadarrama, Adina, Castillo, Danny, Murillo, Juan B, Porras, Jimmy, Ricketts, Taylor H

“…Understanding how pollination affects coffee quality is critical because high-quality coffee on the specialty market fetches higher prices, which can potentially benefit farmers more than just focusing on yield alone. …”
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Case study: phenotypic and economic effect of crossbreeding in a Swedish red and white dairy cattle herd by Ekenberg, Victoria

“…From an SRB perspective pure-breeding is competitive to these two tested crossbreeding schemes. With current market prices, the SJM cross gave the best profit of the two crossbreed scenarios. …”

Effekt av biotintillförsel på klövhälsan hos mjölkkor i lösdrift : ett kontrollerat fältförsök på tre gårdar by Lomander, Hanna

“…During the experiment the cows were trimmed once before calving and once or twice after calving by a professional foot trimmer. …”