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Restoring commercial timber species through silvicultural patch clear-cuts and natural regeneration in Mexico’s Maya Forest: Composition and growth 11 years after three treatments
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113649
Abstract
The natural regeneration of 27 commercial and potentially commercial timber species was studied on experimental clearings in managed forests on three ‘ejidos’ and one private property in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Eight ½ ha clear-cuts had been…
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The role of product diversification in enhancing market vendor adaptability and food-system resilience in Senegal, West Africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180229
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Severe food insecurity in Senegal, exacerbated by climate shocks and weak infrastructure, underscores the need to understand the role of market vendors in food system resilience. Unlike producers, vendors remain understudied despite their central role in food access. This mixed-methods study examines how product diversity, measured using the Shannon-Wiener index,…
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Genome-wide and comparative phylogenetic analysis of senescence-associated NAC transcription factors in sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116803
Abstract
Leaf senescence delay impacts positively in grain yield by maintaining the photosynthetic area during the reproductive stage and during grain filling. Therefore a comprehensive understanding of the gene families associated with leaf senescence is essential. NAC transcription factors (TF) form a large plant-specific gene family involved in regulating…
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Rural livelihood diversification is associated with lower vulnerability to climate change in the Andean-Amazon foothills
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125522
Abstract
The Andean-Amazon foothills region, one of the richest biodiversity ecoregions on earth, is threatened by climate change combined with unsustainable agricultural and extensive livestock farming. These land-use practices tend to reduce the diversification of rural farming, decreasing households’ livelihood alternatives and rendering them more vulnerable to climate change…
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Global analysis of social learning's archetypes in natural resource management: understanding pathways of co-creation of knowledge
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155263
Abstract
Although social learning (SL) conceptualization and implementation are flourishing in sustainability sciences, and its non-rigid conceptual fluidity is regarded as an advantage, research must advance the understanding of SL phenomenon patterns based on empirical data, thus contributing to the identification of its forms and triggering mechanisms,…
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Impacts of land use and land cover dynamics on ecosystem services in the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, southwestern Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114343
Abstract
Land management to increase food production while conserving the environment and associated ecosystem services (ESs) is one of the major development and research challenges of the 21st Century. Any land-use practice or change to obtain a particular ecosystem service affects the other ES positively or negatively. The dynamics of these changes is more marked in…
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Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114055
Publication year
2021
Authors
ForestPlots.net
Blundo Canto, Genowefa M.
Carilla, J.
Grau, R.
Malizia, A.
Malizia, L.
Osinaga-Acosta, O.
Bird, M.
Bradford, M.
Catchpole, D.
Ford, A.
Graham, A…
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Assessing the effect of women empowerment on labor time allocated to soil and water conservation strategies in Northern Rwanda
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173686
Publication year
2024
Authors
Musafili, Ildephonse
Ayuya, Oscar Ingasia
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Ngabitsinze, Jean Chrisostome
Full Citation
Musafili, I.; Ayuya, O.I.; Birachi, E.A.; Ngabitsinze, J.C. (2024)…
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AI-powered detection and quantification of Post-harvest Physiological Deterioration (PPD) in cassava using YOLO foundation models and K-means clustering
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162791
Abstract
Post-harvest physiological deterioration (PPD) poses a significant challenge to the cassava industry, leading to substantial economic losses. This study aims to address this issue by developing a comprehensive framework in collaboration with cassava breeders. Advanced deep learning (DL) techniques such as Segment Anything Model (SAM) and…
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South India projected to be susceptible to high future groundnut failure rates for future climate change and geo-engineered scenarios
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108997
Publication year
2020
Authors
Yangab, Huiyi
Dobbie, Steven
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Chen, Bing
Qiu, Shaojun
Ghosh, Sat
Challinor, Andrew J…
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SgNramp1, a plasma membrane-localized transporter, involves in manganese uptake in Stylosanthes guianensis
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127145
Abstract
Transporters belonging to the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (Nramp) family play important roles in metal uptake and homeostasis. Although Nramp members have been functionally characterized in plants, the role of Nramp in the important tropical forage legume Stylosanthes guianensis (stylo) is largely unknown. This study aimed to determine the responses of Nramp genes…
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Lock-in and power in agrifood systems: a literature review and analytical framework
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178022
Publication year
2025
Authors
Orjuela-Ramirez, Guillermo
Zuluaga, Julio César
Gonzalez, Carolina
Mockshell, Jonathan
Full Citation
Orjuela-Ramirez, G.; Zuluaga, J.C.; Gonzalez, C.; Mockshell, J. (2025) Lock-in and power in agrifood systems: a literature review and analytical…
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Biodiversity and ecosystem services of cacao agroforestry arrangements in the Colombian Amazon
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176860
Abstract
Cacao agroforestry systems (AFS) represent a more sustainable alternative to monocultures by providing significant benefits in terms of carbon stocks and biodiversity conservation. For their adoption, farmers must make key decisions regarding the tree species to integrate and the type of spatial arrangement to implement. This study aimed to evaluate how tree diversity in AFS influences the…
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Inadequacy of nutrients in children’s diets across seasons along an agricultural intensification gradient in Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155193
Abstract
Although the production-to-consumption pathway is widely promoted to improve diet quality in developing world, its contribution to individual diet and nutrient intake remains unclear. We assessed this relationship among 377 children aged 6 to 59 months in three zones characterized by landscape diversity along an agricultural intensification gradient from the state forest of…
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Laser-induced graphene electrochemical sensor for quantitative detection of phytotoxic aluminum ions (Al3+) in soils extracts
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155354
Abstract
Aluminum in its Al 3+ form is a metal that inhibits plant growth, especially in acidic soils (pH < 5.5). Rapid and accurate quantitative detection of Al 3+ in agricultural soils is critical for the timely implementation of remediation strategies. However, detecting metal ions requires time-consuming preparation of samples, using expensive instrumentation and non-…
