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Towards a Cropping System Sustainability Tool (CROSST) –Evaluating Performance of Green Manure Cover Crops in Benin and Kenya: A Pilot Study by Mukiri, Jessica, Diogo, Rodrigue V. Cao, Gbedjissokpa, Sènami G.M., Kinyua, Michael, Hoek, Rein van der, Sommer, Rolf, Paul, Birthe K.

“…Nutrient mining ,as a result of unsustainable farming practices, have left the soils unfertile (Fig.1). Green Manure Cover Crops (GMCC’s) are a promising intervention to improve soil health2.Benefits from GMCC’s are well known; however, there has been low uptake. …”
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Improving food security and safety through use of edible by-products from wild game by McCrindle, C.M.E., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Heeb, A.W., Zárate, Anne Valle, Ramrajh, S.

“…Seven professional and nine recreational hunters were interviewed, a game harvest and trophy hunt attended and literature reviewed, in order to describe the food value chain for game and ways in which edible by-products could be legally channelled into the human food chain, rather than being left in the field for scavengers. Practices of informal vendors (n = 51) were assessed using structured interviews, observation and microbiological analysis. …”
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Från det livskraftiga lantbruket till det olönsamma : en studie av skäl till minskad verksamhetsomfattning och varför man bor kvar by Lindström, Rebecka

“…The question "What are the reasons for the elderly to live on the farm even though the farm is not cultivated by them?" …”

When policymakers add administrative burdens while expanding access by Kyle, Jordan

“…I’ve worked on such efforts in the federal government, helping to design revised guidance to the Paperwork Reduction Act to help to identify and reduce burdens. …”
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Responses of aphids to semiochemicals released from ladybirds by Youren, Feng

“…Aphids could respond to tracks left by ladybirds, showing avoidance responses in the choice test. …”

Integrating stormwater management into urban space by Wahl, Scott

“…Planners now have the chance to make space for natural processes that recycle resources when reprogramming the space left by defunct industries. A perfect opportunity lies within Kvillebäcken’s watershed.…”
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Urskogen med de stämpelbleckade gammeltallarna by Lidman, Linus

“…Total numbers of CMT´s in my field investigation was 71, distributed on 42 trees. …”
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A comparative analysis of gender and youth issues in rice production in North, Central, and South Vietnam by Duyen, Tran Nhat Lam, Rañola, Roberto F., Sander, Björn Ole, Wassmann, Reiner, Nguyen, Dinh Tien, Ngoc, Nong Nguyen Khanh

“…Impacts on livelihoods resilience, workloads of left behind family members, gender roles and responsibilities are also assessed. …”
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Förekomst av långhorningarna Pyrrhidium sanguineum, Poecilium alni och Phymatodes testaceus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) inom Skåne län : vilka faktorer i landskapet påverkar habitat... by Backström, Louise

“…Dead wood that in the older days were left behind in the forest is now used for biofuel to a greater extent. …”

Increasing social-ecological resilience within small-scale agriculture in conflict-affected Guatemala by Hellin, Jon, Ratner, Blake D., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Lopez-Ridaura, Santiago

“…Over the last 15 years, a new field of research has focused on the interactions between climate and conflict risk, particularly as it relates to competition over natural resources and livelihoods. …”
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Securing Sweetpotato Planting Material for Farmers in Dryland Africa: Gender-Responsive Communication Approaches to Scale Triple S by McEwan, M., Mourik, Tom A. van, Hundayehu, M.C., Asfaw, F., Namanda, S., Suleman, I., Mayanja, S., Imoro, S., Etwire, P.M.

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, farmers predominantly source planting material by cutting vines from volunteer plants that sprout from roots left in the field from a previous crop. However, it takes 6 to 8 weeks after the rains start to produce enough vines for planting material, and normally these vines are infected by sweetpotato diseases and pests carried over from previous crops. …”
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Women’s roles and opportunities in cassava value chains in Son La province in Vietnam: A technical report by Kawarazuka, Nozomi, Bui, Trang, Phan, CH., Hoang, TX.

“…Women play significant roles in those non market-oriented activities (often collecting left-over small roots in the field, drying roots, and cutting leaves and stems) but little is known about how this work influences women’s roles, decision-making and opportunities in cassava value chains. …”
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The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2014 by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Loss and damage in African countries has left communities facing acute food security problems as current coping strategies are inadequate. …”
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Groundwater governance through electricity supply management: assessing an innovative intervention in Gujarat, western India by Shah, Tushaar, Bhatt, S., Shah, R.K., Talati, J.

“…A perverse link between energy subsidies and groundwater overdraft has left the state with a bankrupt electricity utility and depleted aquifers, especially since the late 1980s. …”
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Residue quality and N fertilizer do not influence aggregate stabilization of C and N in two tropical soils with contrasting texture by Gentile, R, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Kavoo, A, Chivenge, Pauline P., Six, Johan

“…Maize was grown in the plots each season, and a section of the plots was left uncropped. All aboveground maize residues were removed from the plots. …”
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Adapting to melting glaciers : how Western Himalayan societies frame climate change and adaptation by Anis, Taha

“…In order to do this, 10 interviews were conducted in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region while a month was spent in the field observing participants and their understanding of identity, power, and knowledge in relation to climate change adaptation. …”

An assessment on the technical and economic feasibility of mechanized rice straw collection in the Philippines by Balingbing, Carlito, Van Hung, Nguyen, Roxas, Ampy Paulo, Aquino, Daniel, Barbacias, Mary Grace, Gummert, Martin

“…The study collected data on fuel consumption, manpower requirements, and field capacity by operating the balers to collect scattered rice straw in the field and piled rice straw that was left in the field after threshing. …”
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Population genetic analysis and sub-structuring of Theileria annulata in Sudan by Salih, D.A., Ali. A.M., Njahira, M., Taha, K.M., Mohammed, M.S., Mwacharo, Joram M., Mbole-Kariuki, N., El Hussein, A.M., Bishop, Richard P., Skilton, R.

“…Nine microsatellite markers were used to genotype 246 field samples positive forT. annulataDNA and the vaccine strain. …”
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Tillage and mulching effects on physical properties of a tropical alfisol by Franzen, H., Ehlers, W.

“…On the other two no-till treatments, the impact of machine load was reduced, wither by hand harvesting or by performing all field operations manually. These four tillage-traffic systems were either treated with mulch or left unmulched. …”
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Identification of common bean genotypes with dual leaf and pod resistance to common bacterial blight disease in Uganda by Alladassi, Boris M.E., Nkalubo, Stanley T., Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Kayaga, H.N., Gibson, P., Edema, Richard, Urrea, Carlos A., Kelly, James D., Rubaihayo, P.R.

“…Genotypes were inoculated with a local isolate in a screenhouse; while the plants were left to undergo natural infestation in field. Results indicated significant differences (P<0.001) in genotypic reactions against the CBB disease, with a range of disease scores of 2.2 - 7.8 on leaves and 2.6 - 7.1 on pods (1-9 CIAT disease scale), suggesting high genetic variability among the tested germplasm. …”
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