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Insights into microbially induced salt tolerance and endurance mechanisms (stem) in plants by Kaushal, M.

“…Future research should focus on the role of stress hormones, such as JA, salicylic acid, and brassinosteroids, in salt-stressed MI plants and how MI affects the cell wall, secondary metabolism, and signal transduction in host plants.…”
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Greening the Dark Side of Chocolate: A Qualitative Assessment to Inform Sustainable Supply Chains by Camargo, M.C., Hogarth, N.J., Pacheco, P., Nhantumbo, I., Kanninen, M.

“…Thematic analysis of the responses revealed six main themes: (1) make better use of policies, regulations and markets to help promote sustainability; (2) improve information and data (e.g., impacts of climate change on cocoa) to inform sound interventions; (3) focus on the landscape rather than the farm-level alone and improve integration of supply chain actors; (4) promote better coordination between stakeholders and initiatives (e.g., development assistance projects and corporate sustainability efforts); (5) focus on interdependent relationships between social, environmental and economic dimensions to achieve sustainable development; and (6) engage with the private sector. …”
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Variation in Vegetation and Ecosystem Carbon Stock Due to the Conversion of Disturbed Forest to Oil Palm Plantation in Peruvian Amazonia by Málaga Durán, N., Hergoualc'h, Kristell, Kapp, G., Martius, C.

“…Time-averaged carbon stocks over the 30-year oil palm rotation were computed from models developed upon the sampled chronosequence (1 to 28 years old). Disturbed forests harbored species typical of primary forests, pioneer species and gaps opportunistic species. …”
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Certification, good agricultural practice and smallholder heterogeneity: Differentiated pathways for resolving compliance gaps in the Indonesian oil palm sector by Schoneveld, George C., Haar, S. van der, Ekowati, D., Andrianto, A., Komarudin, Heru, Okarda, B., Jelsma, I., Pacheco, P.

“…This is especially the case for independent – in contrast to ‘plasma’ - oil palm smallholders, for whom corporate technical, input and financial support is comparatively inaccessible. …”
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Is community tenure facilitating investment in the commons for inclusive and sustainable development? by Gnych, S., Lawry, S., McLain, R., Monterroso, I., Adhikary, A.

“…CFE-based solutions remain experimental and fragile, however, and longer-term success of community-based forest enterprise depends on states and markets adopting innovations of their own that are supportive and not corrosive of community-based resource governance and development.…”
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Spatial distribution and perceived drivers of provisioning service values across an East African montane forest landscape by Miller, E.F., Doolittle, A.A., Cerutti, P.O., Naimark, J., Rufino, Mariana C., Ashton, M.S., Mwangi, E.

“…This is especially true in the Mau Forest of Kenya, a montane area that harbors some of Kenya's most important headwaters but has lost a quarter of its forest cover since 1999. …”
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Age-dependent changes of hindgut microbiota succession and metabolic function of Mongolian cattle in the semi-arid rangelands by Liang, Z., Zhang, J., Du, M., Ahmad, A.A., Wang, S., Zheng, J., Salekdeh, G.H., Yan, P., Han Jianlin, Tong, B., Ding, X.

“…The differential metabolites in the cecum and colon were mainly enriched in steroid hormone biosynthesis, primary bile acid biosynthesis, and arachidonic acid metabolism between different ages of Mongolian cattle after weaning. …”
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The Agribusiness Ecosystem in East and Southern Africa: Exploring the Role and Synergies of Key Stakeholders in the Space by With, Lisa, Inoubli, Aziza, Onkware Sarangé, Clara, Adebola, Mariam

“…Against this backdrop, ‘The Agribusiness Ecosystem in East and Southern Africa’ is a report that provides a market assessment of nine countries across the ESA region and across four key stakeholder groups to inform the development of a science-driven accelerator programme for climate-smart agribusinesses, and identify the relations and technical assistance needs of agribusinesses, funding partners, entrepreneur support organisations, and agriculture corporates. The study has been developed leveraging data from the Briter Intelligence platform, desk research, and interviews with key stakeholders across the space. …”
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Sparse kernel models provide optimization of training set design for genomic prediction in multiyear wheat breeding data by López Cruz, Marco, Dreisigacker, Susanne, Crespo-Herrera, Leonardo A., Bentley, Alison R., Singh, Ravi P., Poland, Jesse A., Shrestha, Sandesh, Huerta Espino, Julio, Velu, Govindan, Juliana, Philomin, Mondal, Suchismita, Pérez Rodriguez, Paulino, Crossa, José

“…The genomic best linear unbiased predictions (GBLUPs) are performed by borrowing information through kinship relationships between individuals. …”
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Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococci from the dairy value chain in two Indian states by Dey, Tushar K., Shome, B.R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Goyal, N.K., Lundkvist, Å., Deka, Ram Pratim, Shome, R., Venugopal, N., Grace, Delia, Sharma, G., Rahman, H., Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…Methicillin resistance was also observed in 15% of the isolates from pasteurized milk [(n = 3), CI (3–38)]. Two staphylococci harboring a novel mecC gene were identified for the first time in Indian dairy products. …”
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Microbial Community Structure and Diversity in an Integrated System of Anaerobic-Aerobic Reactors and a Constructed Wetland for the Treatment of Tannery Wastewater in Modjo, Ethiop... by Desta, Adey Feleke, Assefa, Fassil, Leta, Seyoum, Stomeo, Francesca, Wamalwa, Mark, Njahira, Moses N., Djikeng, Appolinaire

“…Significantly different communities were harbored by the anaerobic, aerobic and rhizosphere sites of the constructed wetland. …”
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Best Management Practices guidelines for small scale tilapia cage aquaculture in Ghana and Nigeria by KAASAH, Jemimah, Siriwardena, Sunil, Nasr-Allah, Ahmed, Olaniyi, Ajibola

“…The enclosed nature reduces the risk of predation by animals such as birds (fish eagles, cormorants and kingfishers, among others), snakes, monitor lizards and crocodiles. …”
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Interspecific common bean population derived from Phaseolus acutifolius using a bridging genotype demonstrate useful adaptation to heat tolerance by Cruz, Sergio, Lobatón, Juan, Urban, Milan Oldřich, Ariza-Suárez, Daniel, Raatz, Bodo, Aparicio, Johan, Mosquera, Gloria, Beebe, Stephen

“…We found that the population harbored 59.8% introgressions from wild tepary, but also genetic regions from Phaseolus parvifolius , a relative represented in some early bridging crosses. …”
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Genome-wide association analysis provides insights into the genetic basis of photosynthetic responses to low-temperature stress in spring barley by Elakhdar, Ammar, J. Slask, Jan, Kubo, Takahiko, Hamwieh, Aladdin, Hernandez Ramirez, Guillermo, D. Beattie, Aaron, Chichi, Ludovic J.A. Capo

“…We identified three major and putative genomic regions harboring 52 significant quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) on chromosomes 1H, 3H, and 6H for low-temperature tolerance. …”
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Barriers to developing social protection programs with adaptation considerations: The case of Jordan by Meddings, George, Desai, Bina, Jaskolski, Martina, Schapendonk, Frans, Läderach, Peter

“…Coverage of workers in climate vulnerable sectors, such as agriculture, by the Social Security Corporation (SSC) should be expanded through formalization and contribution support. …”
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NUA 45, a dry bean cultivar, builds a subtle brand in Zimbabwe against all odds by Maereka, Enock, Mutari, Bruce, Kunaka, Fungai, Nchanji, Eileen, Tsekenedza, Shylet, Muthoni-Andriatsitohaina, Rachel, Chimboza, Denford

“…Building a brand requires careful planning, creativity, and an understanding of the target market. Borrowing from various brand concepts and frameworks, this paper explores how a government-bred common bean cultivar., NUA 45, defied the odds to create a new identity and association in Zimbabwe. …”
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Unemployment and household spending in rural and urban India: Evidence from panel data (2019) by Gupta, Manavi, Kishore, Avinash

“…For households with only one earning member, borrowing does not increase after the job loss, suggesting credit constraints. …”
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Can a maize price band work in Malawi? by Baulch, Bob, Botha, Rosemary

“…Since 1999, this has been the dual responsibility of the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA), which manages the nation’s Strategic Grain Reserve, and the Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (ADMARC), an agricultural marketing parastatal with an extensive network of depots and warehouses throughout the country. …”
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Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli in semi-intensive and free-range poultry farms in Uganda by Mbatidde, Irene, Ndoboli, Dickson, Ayebare, Dreck, Muloi, Dishon, Roesel, Kristina, Ochieng, Linnet, Dione, Michel M., Tenhagen, B.-A., Biryomumaisho, S., Wampande, E., Wieland, Barbara, Olsen, J.E., Moodley, Arshnee

“…In semi-intensive farms, 52% harbored COL^R and 57% CTX^R coliforms. …”
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Assessing the carotenoid profiles and allelic diversity of yellow maize inbred lines adapted to mid-altitude subhumid maize agroecology in Ethiopia by Garoma, B., Azimach, G., Bante, K., Menkir, A.

“…In addition, nine locally developed inbred lines had medium to high PVA concentrations varying from 5.11 µg/g to 10.76 µg/g and harbored the favorable alleles of all the KASP PVA markers. …”
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