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Climate Information Services, Climate-Smart Agriculture, and One Health Innovations for Resilient Food Systems: Capacitation of Intermediaries and Lead Farmers in Ghana by Yeboah, Stephen, Martey, Francisca, Clottey, Victor, Damba, Osman Tahidu, Adomako, Joseph, Nii-Koi, Gordon, Frimpong-Annin, Kofi, Wadie, Blankson Amoabeng, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Obeng, Faustina, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain, Agboton, Cyriaque, Tamo, Manuele

“…The manual is an addendum to the prioritized and bundled Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Services Innovations that is One Health Sensitive. …”
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Integrated Sociotechnical Package for Soil Restoration in El Rhahla Landscape, Central West Tunisia by Idoudi, Zied, Rudiger, Udo, Frija, Aymen

“…“Integrated Sociotechnical Package for Soil Restoration in El Rhahla Landscape, Central West Tunisia” is a short movie documenting the ICARDA approaches and interventions related to the sociotechnical bundle of innovation undertaken by the ICARDA-GIZ ProSol Global Program in collaboration with the CGIAR initiative on Agroecology in El Rhahla region (Siliana District) as part of the Tunisian Agroecological Living Landscape – it also presents a series of testimonies on (i) the challenges farmers are facing, (ii) the solutions brought to face these challenges and (iii) how these solutions can improve the livelihood of famers in the crop-livestock farming system.…”
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Scoping Study on Ethiopian Sesame Value Chain by Kassie, Girma T., Worku, Yonas, Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Asnake, Woinishet, Abate, Gashaw T.

“…Rethinking Markets Initiative aims to provide evidence on what types of bundled innovations, incentive structures, and policies are most effec tive for creating more equitable sharing of income and employment opportunities in growing food markets, while reducing the food sector’s environmental footprint. …”
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Screening for aroma in rice genotypes with African and Asian backgrounds by Ndikuryayo, Cyprien, Ndayiragije, Alexis, Kilasi, Newton, Kusolwa, Paul

“…This study aimed to identify aromatic genotypes that can be used in the breeding program to meet preferences of consumers. Two hundred fifteen genotypes were subjected to kompetitive allele-specific PCR genotyping and sensory evaluation methods. …”
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Gender-sensitive nutrition training in Embu County in Kenya by Ouya, Fredrick, Muriithi, Catherine, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Ketema, Dessalegn Molla, Waswa, Boaz, Nchanji, Eileen, Kagete, Murimi, Amboga, Seth, Magoti, Rahab, Nyokabi, Miriam, Nyaguthii, Mary, Wainaina, Miriam, Gatehi, Wilson

“…The Gender Equality Initiative (HER+) Work Package 2 (WP 2) - EMPOWER targets to co-identify and model diverse scenarios for bundling climate-smart technologies to empower women, men and youths to be partners and drivers of climate change solutions. …”
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Can a light-touch graduation model enhance livelihood outcomes? Evidence from Ethiopia by Leight, Jessica, Alderman, Harold, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hidrobo, Melissa, Mulford, Michael

“…The primary experimental arms are a bundled intervention including a productive transfer valued at $374 (randomly assigned to be cash or an equivalent value in poultry), training, and savings groups; a simpler intervention including training and savings groups only; and a control arm. …”
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The impact of rising carbon dioxide levels on crop nutrients and human health by Smith, Matthew R., Thornton, Philip K., Myers, Samuel S.

“…This loss of dietary nutrients in foods could translate to increased nutritional deficiency for hundreds of millions of people already on the brink of deficiency—mainly developing countries in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa based on dietary preferences for the commodities most affected. …”
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Did rapid smallholder-led agricultural growth fail to reduce rural poverty?: Making sense of Malawi’s poverty puzzle by Pauw, Karl, Beck, Ulrik, Mussa, Richard

“…In this study we estimate an alternative set of regional poverty lines using a cost of basic needs method that allows the consumption bundle to vary spatially and temporally while ensuring utility consistency. …”
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EzyAgric app for input quality tracing for Ugandan smallholder farmers by Ajambo, Susan, Ochieng, S., Kikulwe, Enoch, Abucheli, Eliud

“…The EzyAgric is an App accessible on the Google Play Store, bundling various digital services targeting farmers and agri-input merchants. …”
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Uses of local plant species by agropastoralists in south-western Niger by Ayantunde, Augustine A., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Briejer, M., Udo, H.M.J., Tabo, Ramadjita

“…An ethnobotanical study was conducted between April and November 2005 to document knowledge and uses of local herbaceous and woody species by the agropastoralists in South-western Niger. One hundred and twenty three voucher reference samples were collected consisting of 87 and 36 herbaceous and woody species, respectively. …”
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Oryza rufipogon, a valuable source for resistance to bacterial blight of rice by Ram, Tilathoo, Laha, Gouri S., Deen, Ram, Ramos, Joy M., Vera Cruz, Casiana M., Brar, Darshan S.

“…With 2 tablesSix hundred and sixty‐two accessions of Oryza rufipogon were screened against two Philippine strains (PXO61 and PXO99) of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) for their resistance to bacterial blight (BB). …”
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Irrigation scheme research report by Sok, Sao, Klok, Sam Ang, Sithirith, Mak, De Silva, Sanjiv, Tuy, Sinak

“…A FWUC is generally small in scale with a limited number of members (usually no more than several hundred members), so that self-management by users is possible. …”
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The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights for policy by Bolo, Peter, Kinyua, Michael, Waswa, Boaz, Kihara, Job

“…Of these, about 227.4 million hectares (i.e., 46%) are affected by water erosion, wind erosion (186.5 million; 38%), loss of nutrients via chemical degradation (12 %), and physical deterioration (4%). …”
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Climate-smart forage and feed actions: Exploring sustainable forage and feed practices for enhanced livestock nutrition, agricultural productivity, environmental health and climate... by Cramer, Laura K.

“…The presentation covered a range of topics, including climate-smart livestock management, the importance of cultivated forage, forage integration into existing farm systems, forage production in degraded areas, benefits of fodder trees, livestock feed requirements and improved troughs, and smart seed bundles. The practical nature of the presentation was well received, underlining the value of accessible, scalable innovations in advancing Africa’s CSA agenda.…”
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The cost of soil erosion in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights for policy by Bolo, Peter, Kinyua, Michael, Waswa, Boaz, Kihara, Job

“…Of these, about 227.4 million hectares (i.e., 46%) are affected by water erosion, wind erosion (186.5 million; 38%), loss of nutrients via chemical degradation (12 %), and physical deterioration (4%). …”
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Gender perspectives on mobile phone ownership and use: a case study of smallholder farmers in Uganda by Mulungu, Kelvin H.

“…However, there are institutional barriers, such as limited financial resources for devices and data bundles, poor network coverage, and restricted access to electricity. …”
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Results of using machine learning and a proximal canopy reflectance sensor to predict biomass and nutritional quality in tropical forages (Urochloa humidicola) in three different l... by Camelo, Rodrigo Andres, Hernandez, Luis Miguel, Cardoso, Juan Andres, Jauregui, Rosa Noemi

“…However, the laboratory analytical method used to calculate these attributes is inefficient for perennial species when there are more than hundreds of plants to evaluate. Therefore, it is necessary to develop methods that allow for the characterization and selection of genotypes using non-destructive, high-throughput techniques. …”
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The 2008–2009 timber sector crisis in Africa and some lessons for the forest taxation regime by Karsenty, A., Bayol, N., Cerutti, P.O., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Forni, E.

“…A first, even though insufficient, answer could be to index the area fee to a nation-representative bundle of timber species FOB values. The absence of organisations such as the World Bank in the dialogue between the governments and the private sector is striking, given their past involvement in the forests fiscal reforms in central Africa. …”
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The prevalence of serum antibodies to tick-borne infections in cattle in smallholder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya; a cross-sectional study by Gitau, G.K., Perry, Brian D., Katende, J.M., McDermott, John J., Morzaria, S.P., Young, A.S.

“…The farms had a total of 362 calves. One hundred and fifty farms were studied from three administrative sublocations in each of the five AEZs. …”
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The Effects of Replacing Dicalcium Phosphate with Busumbu Rock Phosphate on Performance and the Mechanical Properties of Bone in Growing Chicks by Odongo, N.E., Plazier, J., Straaten, P. van, McBride, B.

“…Three hundred, day-old broiler chicks, with an average initial weight of 41.8±1.79 g, were used in a 15-day study (10 birds per battery cage) to characterize their performance and fluorine status when dicalcium phosphate (DCP) was replaced by Busumbu rock phosphate (BRP) as the source of phosphorus in the chicks' ration. …”
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