Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of Imposed Innovation for the Wellbeing of Rural Smallholders
Summary Green Revolution policies are again being pursued to drive agricultural growth and reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. However conditions have changed since the well-documented successes of the 1960s and 1970s benefitted smallholders in...
2015 / Neil Dawson, Adrian Martin, Thomas Sikor -
Late presentation to HIV testing is overestimated when based on the consensus definition2015 / A Sasse, E Florence, A Pharris, S De Wit, P Lacor, et al.
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Assessing multimetric aspects of sustainability: Application to a bioenergy crop production system in East Tennessee2016 / Esther S. Parish, Virginia H. Dale, Burton C. English, Samuel W. Jackson, Donald D. Tyler
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Science, Technology, and the Politics of Knowledge: The Case of China’s Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers in Africa
Summary Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre (ATDC) has been considered as an alternative model to pursue sustainability of Chinese foreign aid to African countries in the new era. This paper attempts to examine the ATDC scheme, particularly ...
2016 / Xiuli Xu, Xiaoyun Li, Gubo Qi, Lixia Tang, Langton Mukwereza -
A framework to promote collective action within the One Health community of practice: Using participatory modelling to enable interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral and multi-level integration
Abstract As Southeast Asia (SEA) is characterized by high human and domestic animal densities, growing intensification of trade, drastic land use changes and biodiversity erosion, this region appears to be a hotspot to study complex dynamics of...
2015 / Aurelie Binot, Raphaël Duboz, Panomsak Promburom, Waraphon Phimpraphai, Julien Cappelle, et al. -
Potential for crop production increase in Argentina through closure of existing yield gaps
Abstract Favorable climate and soils for rainfed crop production, together with a relatively low population density, results in 70–90% of Argentina grain production being exported. No assessment to date has tried to estimate the potential for extra...
2015 / Fernando Aramburu Merlos, Juan Pablo Monzon, Jorge L. Mercau, Miguel Taboada, Fernando H. Andrade, et al. -
Sucrase Activity and Exopolysaccharide Partial Characterization From Three Weissella confusa Strains2015 / Amarila Malik, Sheilla Sheilla, Wangi Firdausi, Tri Handayani, Endang Saepudin
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Selection of Inbred Lines and their Correspondent Hybrids under Ultra-spaced and Highly Dense at Normal and Water-stress Conditions
Abstract Water stress is one of the most important environmental stresses around the world for many crop species and especially for maize. In addition, climate changes and increasing population pose serious challenges to crop improvement for...
2015 / Christos Dordas, Fotis Gekas, Chrysanthi Pankou, Elissavet Ninou, Ioannis Mylonas, et al. -
Feasibility study of cyclodextrins as active pharmaceutical ingredients for the treatment of GM1-gangliosidosis2015 / Yuki Maeda, Keiichi Motoyama, Taishi Higashi, Yuka Horikoshi, Toru Takeo, et al.
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Economics of GHG emissions mitigation via biogas production from Sorghum, maize and dairy farm manure digestion in the Po valley
Abstract The Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and economic feasibility of electricity production from the anaerobic digestion of different substrates are studied in this paper. Three realistic substrate options for the climatic and soil conditions of...
2016 / Alessandro Agostini, Ferdinando Battini, Monica Padella, Jacopo Giuntoli, David Baxter, et al. -
The rationale for simple approaches for sustainability assessment and management in contaminated land practice
Abstract The scale of land-contamination problems, and of the responses to them, makes achieving sustainability in contaminated land remediation an important objective. The Sustainable Remediation Forum in the UK (SuRF-UK) was established in 2007 to ...
2016 / R. Paul Bardos, Brian D. Bone, Richard Boyle, Frank Evans, Nicola D. Harries, et al. -
Doubled-up legume rotations improve soil fertility and maintain productivity under variable conditions in maize-based cropping systems in Malawi
Abstract Smallholder farmers in Malawi must cope with small farm size, low soil fertility and production risks associated with rainfed agriculture. Integration of legumes into maize-based cropping systems is advocated as a means to increase...
2016 / Alex Smith, Sieglinde Snapp, John Dimes, Chiwimbo Gwenambira, Regis Chikowo -
La irrigación con levaduras incrementa el contenido nutricional del forraje verde hidropónico de maíz
Resumen El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar el efecto de la irrigación con las levaduras Debaryomyces hansenii var. Fabry, Yarowia lipolytica YIBCS002, Yarowia lipolytica var. BCS y Candida pseudointermedia sobre el contenido nutricional...
2015 / Martha H. Bedolla-Torres, Alejandro Palacios Espinosa, Oskar A. Palacios, Francisco J. Choix, Felipe de Jesús Ascencio Valle, et al. -
A comprehensive framework for automotive sustainability assessment
Abstract Business efficiency, stakeholder pressure and the need for legislative compliance compel the automotive sector to design and manufacture fuel-efficient, low-impact, environmentally responsible and sustainable vehicles. Managing and...
2016 / Dominik Jasiński, James Meredith, Kerry Kirwan -
Productivity, profitability and partial nutrient balance in maize-based conventional and organic farming systems in Kenya
Abstract In 2007 two long-term trials were established in Kenya to contribute research-based evidence to the global debate on the productivity, economic viability and sustainability of different agricultural production systems. These trials compare...
2016 / Noah Adamtey, Martha W. Musyoka, Christine Zundel, Juan Guillermo Cobo, Edward Karanja, et al. -
Integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture and forestry: opportunities and trade-offs2015 / Bruno Locatelli, Charlotte Pavageau, Emilia Pramova, Monica Di Gregorio
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Constraints and opportunities for implementing nutrition-specific, agricultural and market-based approaches to improve nutrient intake adequacy among infants and young children in two regions of rural Kenya2016 / Christine Hotz, Gretel Pelto, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Elaine F. Ferguson, Peter Chege, et al.
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Modelling impacts of climate change on arable crop diseases: progress, challenges and applications
Combining climate change, crop growth and crop disease models to predict impacts of climate change on crop diseases can guide planning of climate change adaptation strategies to ensure future food security. This review summarises recent developments in modelling...
2016 / Fay Newbery, Aiming Qi, Bruce DL Fitt -
Use of structured expert judgment to forecast invasions by bighead and silver carp in Lake Erie2014 / Marion E. Wittmann, Roger M. Cooke, John D. Rothlisberger, Edward S. Rutherford, Hongyan Zhang, et al.
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Population dynamics parameters of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson (Lacèpéde, 1800), from commercial catch in the northern Persian Gulf
Abstract Population dynamics parameters of Scomberomorus commerson in Bushehr area waters of Iran were analyzed between October 2011 and September 2012. Fork length frequencies were collected from the gill net commercial catch. Von Bertalanffy...
2015 / Nassir Niamaimandi, Farhad Kaymaram, John P. Hoolihan, Gholam Hossien Mohammadi, Seyed Mohammad Reza Fatemi