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Sustainable green tea production through agroecological management and land conversion practices for restoring soil health, crop productivity and economic efficiency: Evidence from Northern Vietnam
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138595
Abstract
Tea is a very important cash crop in Vietnam as it provides crucial income and employment for farmers in poor rural areas. Unfortunately, the dominance of long-term, conventional tea cultivation has caused severe soil health degradation and environmental pollution. At the same time, as tea…
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Biotechnical, economic, and environmental assessment of dairy systems in the Peruvian Amazon utilizing the CLEANED tool
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174462
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Silvopastoral systems have been proposed as a sustainable alternative for climate change mitigation, but quantitative information comparing with other systems is limited. This study aimed to evaluate the biotechnical, economic, and environmental impacts of conventional dairy production systems (CPS) and silvopastoral systems (SPS) in San Martin, Peru, using the CLEANED…
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A systematic review of climate change adaptation in vegetable farming systems in Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177404
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Vegetables are central to sustainable food systems and healthy diets, yet climate adaptation research in agriculture has largely focused on staple crops, with less emphasis on vegetable farming systems. We conducted a systematic review of 60 studies to map adaptation responses in vegetable farming systems across Africa and explore how these responses address climate risks. Most adaptation efforts are…
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Habitat quality differentiation and consequences for ecosystem service provision of an Amazonian hyperdominant tree species
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113227
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Ecosystem services of Amazonian forests are disproportionally produced by a limited set of hyperdominant tree species. Yet the spatial variation in the delivery of ecosystem services by individual hyperdominant species across their distribution ranges and corresponding environmental gradients is poorly understood. Here, we use the concept of habitat quality to unravel…
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First report of banana bunchy top disease caused by Banana bunchy top virus in Uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116876
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Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) that causes banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) is ranked among the top 100 invasive species in the world. Despite being omnipresent in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and South-Western Rwanda for over 2 decades, BBTV had not been reported in neighbouring Uganda. However, in 2020, banana plants with BBTD characteristic symptoms were observed in Arua City located in…
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Large genomic introgression blocks of Phaseolus parvifolius Freytag bean into the common bean enhance the crossability between tepary and common beans
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127311
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The production of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), one of the most important sources of protein and minerals and one of the most consumed grain legumes globally, is highly affected by heat and drought constraints. In contrast, the tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray), a common bean-related species, is adapted to hot and dry…
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Assessment of the growth in social groups for sustainable agriculture and land management
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109023
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Until the past half-century, all agriculture and land management was framed by local institutions strong in social capital. But neoliberal forms of development came to undermine existing structures, thus reducing sustainability and equity. The past 20 years, though, have seen the deliberate establishment of more than 8 million new…
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Influence of nitrogen supply on gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and grain yield of breeding lines of common bean evaluated in the Amazon region of Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113204
Publication year
2021
Authors
Suárez, Juan Carlos
Polania, José A.
Anzola, José Alexander
Contreras, Amara Tatiana
Méndez, Dina Luz
Vanegas, José Iván
Noriega, Jhon Eduar
Rodríguez,…
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Significant progressive heterobeltiosis in banana crossbreeding
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114242
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Background
Heterobeltiosis is the phenomenon when the hybrid’s performance is superior to its best performing parent. Banana (Musa spp. AAA) breeding is a tedious, time-consuming process, taking up to two decades to develop a consumer acceptable hybrid. Exploiting heterobeltiosis in banana breeding will help to select breeding material with high complementarity, thus increasing banana breeding efficiency. The aim of this study…
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Marker-assisted selection complements phenotypic screening at seedling stage to identify cassava mosaic disease-resistant genotypes in African cassava populations
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129589
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Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is a serious threat to cassava production in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of genomic-assisted selection at the seedling trial stage would help to reduce the time for release, breeding cost, and resources used, hence increase selection efficiency in cassava breeding programs. Five cassava populations…
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Soil bacterial community is influenced by long‐term integrated soil fertility management practices in a ferralsol in Western Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139686
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Introduction soil bacterial community structure, abundance and diversity, important in biogeochemical cycling, are influenced by several anthropogenic and edaphic factors. Numerous agronomic practices have been promoted to improve soil fertility and crop production in western Kenya, but little is known on their impacts on soil microbial diversity in the region…
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Assessing the multidimensional impacts of agroecological practices in Southeast Asia. A review
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176758
Abstract
Agroecological practices are largely recognized as one way of engaging social actors in the co-design and transformation of food systems towards sustainability. Such comprehensive approaches are difficult to evaluate using conventional metrics of agronomic and economic performance, which are only partial judges of the changes they enable. Holistic evaluation frameworks are essential to capture…
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CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118248
Abstract
Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we are limited in our capacity to understand the variation in pollination benefits to crop yield, as well as to anticipate changes in this service, develop…
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Stability of grain zinc concentrations across lowland rice environments favors zinc biofortification breeding
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168974
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Introduction One-third of the human population consumes insufficient zinc (Zn) to sustain a healthy life. Zn deficiency can be relieved by increasing the Zn concentration ([Zn]) in staple food crops through biofortification breeding. Rice is a poor source of Zn, and in countries predominantly relying on rice without sufficient dietary diversification, such as Madagascar, Zn…
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The antagonistic mechanism of rhizosphere microbes and endophytes on the interaction between banana and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116622
Publication year
2021
Authors
Mon, Yin Yin
Bidabadi, Siamak Shirani
Oo, Kyaw Swar
Zheng, Si-Jun
Full Citation
Mon, Y.Y.; Bidabadi, S.S.; Oo, K.S.; Zheng, S.J. (2021) The antagonistic mechanism of…
