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Silicon deficiency and the adaptation of tropical rice ecotypes by Winslow, M.D., Okada, Kensuke, Correa Victoria, Fernando J.

“…Increased understanding of Si-mediated disease resistance in different rice environments and ecotypes could help breeders combine the high yield potential of indica types with the more durable disease resistance of the japonicas, and could contribute to the development of integrated disease management strategies.…”
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Pêche ACP-UE - Accès au marché et commerce : Agritrade Note de synthèse 2013 by Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale

“…Étant donné que l’UE reste le marché principal pour les exportations de poisson des pays ACP, cette note de synthèse présente les principaux développements politiques de l’UE en 2012-13, tels que la réforme de la Politique commune de la pêche (PCP), la nouvelle législation pour une pêche durable, et la mise en œuvre du règlement de l’UE afin de combattre la pêche INN. …”
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Secteur des fruits et des légumes : Agritrade Note de synthèse 2013 by Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale

“…Cette note de synthèse présente les principales tendances dans le secteur des fruits et légumes de l’UE pour 2012-13, avec une attention spéciale pour des éléments tels que la demande croissante pour des produits horticoles issus de la production durable ; la nouvelle approche du contrôle des aliments destinés à la consommation humaine et animale, qui entraînera probablement le plein recouvrement des coûts pour les inspections ; l’application plus stricte de normes SPS ; la réforme de la PAC ; et les accords commerciaux avec des pays tiers non-ACP. …”
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Mise en oeuvre mutuelle du Traité International sur les Ressources Phytogénétiques pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture et le Protocole de Nagoya sur l'APA au Bénin by Mikpon, Toussaint, Bossou, B.

“…La Convention sur la Diversité Biologique donne les grandes lignes pour la gestion durable des ressources génétiques tandis que le Traitée le Protocole de Nagoya sur l'APA sont des instruments juridiques plus contraignants qui indiquent les modalités de gestion des ressources au profit des communautés locales détentrices de ces ressources et des populations en général. …”
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Clean Biofuel Production and Phytoremediation Solutions from Contaminated Lands Worldwide by Ortner, Markus, Otto, H.J., Brunbauer, Lukas, Kick, Christopher, Eschen, Markus, Sanchis, Sonia, Audino, Francesca, Zeremski, Tijana, Szlek, Andrzej, Petela, Karolina, Grassi, Angela, Capaccioli, S., Fermeglia, Matteo, Vanheusden, Bernard, Perisic, Marko, Young, Brian Jonathan, Trickovic, Jelena, Kidikas, Zygimantas, Gavrilovic, O., Blazquez-Palli, Natalia, Lopez Cabornero, Daniel, Jaggi, Carmen, Klein, Viktor

“…From the available worldwide arable land, about 71% is dedicated to animal feed, about 18% to food and only about 4% to biofuels (another 7% is for material use of crops). …”
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Liming and deep cultivation as long term mitigation actions to lower the rate of peat decomposition and CO2 emissions from peat soils by Hermansson, Joakim

“…Cultivated drained peat soils have a complex relationship towards CO2 emissions and the contribution to global warming. …”
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Reframing plastic through experiences at a beach clean-up : a frame analysis of experience-based learnings at a beach clean-up for creating knowledge, building responsibility and m... by Busch, Jana Ricarda

“…Plastics, defined as synthetic materials composed of polymers, are incredibly versatile: they are inexpensive, lightweight, strong, durable, and corrosion-resistant, with high thermal and electrical insulation properties. …”

LCA av tomatjuice – en jämförelse av KRAV-märkt och konventionell tomatjuice by Melin, Erika

“…The study is conducted as an attributional LCA with the functional unit (FU) 1 liter of tomato juice and with the life cycle perspective from cradle-to-consumer applied. The impact category assessed in the study is climate change, Global Warning Potential (GWP100). …”

Management of pastures by Karlsson, Karolina

“…Even in land inventoried as natural pasture you can find seminatural pastures and arable land, though natural pastures are most common. …”
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Fermented sausage by Mogren, Nina

“…After the end of the project Lindell´s continued with the risk analysis, durability tests and launching. The resulting product is a locally produced "medvurst". …”
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Brucellosis in small ruminants : a seroprevalence study in peri-urban farming around the region of Dushanbe, Tajikistan by Ljung, Isabel

“…Approximately 6.5 % of the land is arable in a country where roughly 80 % of the households typically own small numbers of sheep and goats. …”

Färgen och landskapsarkitekturen by Hamberg, Maria

“…A subject that I perceived to be difficult, especially for us students that lacked the experiences from how a project on the drawing board turns out when it finally is built. …”
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Porcine pain face – identifying visible characteristics of pain in pigs by Göransson, Lina

“…The films were evaluated by two external assessors, and a drawing of a porcine pain face was produced based on these findings. …”
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Scaling up of CSA Platforms at the Subnational (District) Levels in Ghana: a Progressive Achievement of Theghana CCAFS Science-Policy Platform by Botchway, Vincent Ansah, Sam, Kingsley Odum, Karbo, Naaminong, Essegbey, George Owusu, Nutsukpo, Delali, Agyemang, Kingsley, Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T.

“…The Ghana CCAFS Science –Policy Platform formation preceded with a meeting held in Burkina Faso in 2013 where a three member team from Ghana was involved with subsequent drafting and submission of proposal in request for funding leading to its establishment. …”
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Combining sub-surface fertigation with conservation agriculture in intensively irrigated rice under rice-wheat system can be an option for sustainably improving water and nitrogen... by Rana, B., Parihar, Chiter Mal, Jat, M. L., Patra, K., Nayak, H. S., Reddy, K. S., Sarkar, A., Anand, A., Naguib, W., Gupta, N., Sena, Dipaka Ranjan, Sidhu, H. S., Singh, R., Abdallah, Ahmed M.

“…However, this benefit is offset by the unsustainable over-drafting of groundwater resources. Given the growing scarcity of water, it is imperative to investigate alternative crop establishment and irrigation methods that do not rely on the conventional puddled transplanting method (PTR). …”
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Proceedings of the Provincial Consultation Workshop on Food and Agriculture System Transformation in Nepal by Pradhan, Mamata, Palikhe, Aruna, Maharajan, Nanda, Adhikari, Madan, Pandey, Meena, Gupta, Shalini, Mohan, Anisha

“…The USAID mission in Nepal commissioned the IFPRI to support the drafting of the new GFSS Nepal Country Plan. In this regard, provincial consultation workshop has been planned in collaboration with IIDS to generate constructive ideas and feedback on the past and existing interventions implemented in Nepal under Feed the Future and identify a way forward for strengthening and leveraging food and agriculture system transformation in Nepal.…”
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Towards better control and prevention of Rift Valley fever in the greater Horn of Africa: a decision support tool for veterinary services by Jost, Christine, Sones, Keith R., Bett, Bernard K., Kihu, S., Nzietchueng, S., Njogu, G., Swai, E., Minjauw, B., Amanfu, W., Rocque, S. de la, Martin, V., Mariner, Jeffrey C.

“…Actions taken, informed by the new decision support tool for the prevention and control of RVF, included drafting of protocols for vaccination, livestock quarantine and vector control. …”
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Report of the Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop by Atengdem, Paschal

“…Based on the project OLMs, the VBDC level OLM was also drafted, and needs to be improved and agreed upon.…”
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Soil data for yield gap assessment and soil suitability index for sustainable intensification by Claessens, Lieven, Cassman, Kenneth G., Wart, Justin van, Grassini, Patricio, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Ittersum, Martin K. van, Bussel, Lenny G. J. van, Boogaard, H., Stoorvogel, J.J., Wolf, Joost, Yang, Haishun

“…Providing food and water security for a population expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050 while conserving natural resources requires achieving high yields on every hectare of currently used arable land suitable for intensification. This is especially relevant for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where, unlike in other regions of the world, food production is not keeping pace with population growth. …”
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Managing Tephrosia mulch and fertilizer to enhance coffee productivity on smallholder farms in the Eastern African highlands by Bucagu, C., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…We investigated the potential to produce mulch by growing Tephrosia vogelii either intercropped with smallholder coffee or in arable fields outside the coffee, and the effect of the mulch on coffee yields over two years. …”
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