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Barriers to and determinants of the choice of crop management strategies to combat climate change in Dejen District, Nile Basin of Ethiopia

Agriculture & Food Security, 2018
Background Climate change without adaptation is projected to impact strongly the livelihoods of the rural communities. Adaptation to climate change is crucial for least developed country like Ethiopia due to high population and dependency on agriculture.
Zerihun Yohannes Amare, Johnson O. Ayoade, Ibidun O. Adelekan, Menberu Teshome Zeleke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
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Agro-ecology specific long-term changes in sowing dates for the period 1981 to 2019.

Agro-ecology specific long-term changes in sowing dates for the period 1981 to 2019.
Bello Muhammad Shehu (18495494), Christine Kreye (18495497), Abel Chemura (450708), Kamaluddin Tijjani Aliyu (12332066), Siyabusa Mkuhlani (15192523), Eduardo Garcia Bendito (9211886), Abdullahi I. Tofa (18495491)   +6 more
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Smallholder Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Variability in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Legambo District, North-Central Ethiopia

Agriculture
Climate variability has adversely affected the agricultural production of smallholder farmers in developing countries like Ethiopia. This study aims to examine the overall vulnerability of smallholder farmers to climate variability in different agro ...
Kindalem Gebre Goshu, Fekadie Bazie Enyew, Sisay E. Debele, Gashaw Bimrew Tarekegn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extensive genomic rearrangements mediated by repetitive sequences in plastomes of Medicago and its relatives

BMC Plant Biology, 2021
Background Although plastomes are highly conserved with respect to gene content and order in most photosynthetic angiosperms, extensive genomic rearrangements have been reported in Fabaceae, particularly within the inverted repeat lacking clade (IRLC) of
Shuang Wu, Jinyuan Chen, Ying Li, Ai Liu, Ao Li, Mou Yin, Nawal Shrestha, Jianquan Liu, Guangpeng Ren   +8 more
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Sustainable Manufacturing Platforms for Closed‐Cycle Bioeconomy Applications

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular bioeconomy requires innovative production platforms that prioritize sustainability, resource efficiency, and waste minimization. Organic waste from agriculture, aquaculture, and food production represents an underutilized feedstock for biomanufacturing, contributing to a circular economy.
Yelizaveta Chernysh, Ruslan Ostroha, Hynek Roubík   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Database of human well-being and eco-sustainability under planetary pressures of the Belt and Road 1990–2018

Scientific Data, 2023
The Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative is considered as closely aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and could have a huge global impact. Its sustainable development issues have attracted worldwide attention. However, both the existing
Dawei Zhang, Zicong Guo, Yigong Gao, Xiaxia Niu, Jiayi He, Xinyi Liu, Xinyi Fu, Hui Xu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modulation of Animal Gut Health by Milk Oligosaccharide

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the composition and structural characteristics of MOs across different mammalian species, and elucidates their roles and mechanisms in maintaining intestinal homeostasis by regulating gut microbiome and enhancing intestinal chemical, physical and immune barriers.
Ningtao Chen, Nana Jing, Shiyu Tao, Mingyue Fei, Wentao Lv, Hua Yang, Yingping Xiao, Haiqin Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lowland smallholders’ livelihood vulnerability to Climate change-induced hazards in Southern Ethiopia

Environmental Challenges
Livelihood vulnerability to climate change-induced hazards is a serious problem for all agro-ecological contexts, notwithstanding being more severe for various groups of lowland smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. This study used cross-sectional survey data
Asfaw Albore, Amanuel Zenebe, Girmay Tesfay, Nigussie Abadi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

African Land Ecology: Opportunities and Constraints for Agricultural Development [PDF]

Current agriculture in Sub-Sahara Africa is undeveloped and the Green Revolution has left the continent largely untouched. Poor performance is often related to a number of socio-economic factors.
R. L. Voortman, M. A. Keyzer, B. G. J. S. Sonneveld   +2 more
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