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Combining satellite and farm-collected data to assess ecosystem functions in family-run cocoa production systems: a case study from the Abras de Mantequilla Ramsar site in Ecuador

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Family farming systems are widespread in tropical cocoa production, supporting rural livelihoods while providing ecosystem services such as carbon storage and soil protection.
Malena Torres-Ulloa, Vladimir Verner, Ramón Espinel, Diego Portalanza, Eduardo Álava, María Jiménez Feijoó, Omar Ruiz-Barzola, Patrick Van Damme   +7 more
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Multi‐Omics Insights Into the Mechanisms of Early Muscle Fiber Difference and Transformation Between Lean‐Type and Chinese Indigenous Pigs

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multi‐omics analyses uncover breed‐specific cis‐regulatory landscapes and higher‐order chromatin architectural differences that underlie early postnatal muscle fiber divergence in pigs. A super‐enhancer upstream of PPP3CB recruits MEF2C to activate PPP3CB transcription, while the PPP3CB–MEF2C positive feedback loop promotes oxidative muscle fiber ...
Shuailong Zheng, Hainan Wu, Min Liu, Kunpeng Wu, Shuntao Huang, Zulfiqar Ahmed, Lenox Pius, Mengjin Zhu, Dequan Xu   +8 more
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Food security in rural Burkina Faso: the importance of consumption of own-farm sourced food versus purchased food

Agriculture & Food Security, 2020
Background The number of undernourished people and the risk of micro-nutrient deficiency remain high in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Decades of policy designed to reverse the trends of food insecurity have illustrated that the causal pathways of ...
Simon Fraval, Viviane Yameogo, Augustine Ayantunde, James Hammond, Imke J. M. de Boer, Simon J. Oosting, Mark T. van Wijk   +6 more
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Achieving High‐Density and Stress‐Resilient Maize Breeding Via Germplasm Innovation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Global population growth and climate change have exacerbated the global food crisis. This perspective presents a conceptual framework focusing on enhancing population advantages. Several novel breeding objectives are proposed to improve density tolerance and stress resistance for yield improvement.
Xinlong Li, Yongqiang Chen, Dong Ding, Xuehai Zhang, Xuxiang Jia, Zhanhui Zhang, Yafei Wang, Weihua Li, Hui Zhang, Jihua Tang   +9 more
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Livelihood strategies and diversification in western tip pastoral areas of Ethiopia

Pastoralism, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify the livelihood strategies and diversification status in the western tip of Ethiopia, Lare woreda. A mixed research method of sequential transformative strategy was used. Surveys and key informant interviews (KII)
Yilebes Addisu
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Biosynthesis of Sciadonic Acid Derived from Gymnosperms with Anti‐Colitis Activity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study establishes an efficient Yarrowia lipolytica platform for unusual sciadonic acid (SCA) production and assess the anti‐colitis efficacy in mice of SCA, supporting its potential as a novel therapeutic lipid. ABSTRACT Sciadonic acid (SCA), Δ5‐unsaturated fatty acid with anti‐inflammatory and lipid‐regulatory properties, is predominantly derived
Yadi Gao, Wei Liu, Xiuping Liang, Jie Bai, Hong Chang, Wenchao Chen, Mohamed A. Farag, Jianbo Xiao, Huifeng Jiang, Jiasheng Wu, Lili Song   +10 more
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Eco‐Geography Reverses Dominant AMR Reservoirs in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Integron‐Rich Mobilomes and Cross‐Niche Connectivity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Dominant antimicrobial resistance reservoirs in Klebsiella pneumoniae vary across eco‐geographic settings rather than following a universal pattern. Integrated One Health and global genomic analyses show that lineage structure, integron load, and cross‐niche connectivity shape whether AMR burden accumulates primarily in human or nonhuman compartments ...
Hui Lin, Biao Tang, Hao Xu, Jiajie Qian, Feifan Shi, Junhui Zhao, Xiaorui Mao, Xiaohe Hu, Ruishan Liu, Wenhong Liu, Xiawei Jiang, Beiwen Zheng, Guoping Zhao   +12 more
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Hydrothermal Humification of Biomass for Circular Carbon Management in Sustainable Agro‐Ecosystems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This article provides a comprehensive overview of biomass hydrothermal humification for building sustainable agro‐ecosystems. It examines the chemical transformation mechanisms and the functional benefits of the produced humic acids in soil remediation.
Ziyun Liu, Zonglu Yao, Yuanhui Zhang, Huiyan Zhang, Lixin Zhao   +4 more
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Uprooting Diversity? Peasant Farmers’ Market Engagements and the on-Farm Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in the Guatemalan Highlands [PDF]

The long-term security of the global food supply is contingent upon the on-farm conservation of crop genetic diversity. Without it, food crops lack the ability to evolve in the face of new pests, emerging plant diseases, and changing environmental ...
S. Ryan Isakson
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Resistant Peanut Genotype Reprograms Rhizosphere Metabolism to Enhance Bacterial Wilt Suppression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The resistant peanut genotype selectively recruits beneficial bacteria, which coincides with the activation of salicylic acid (SA)‐dependent systemic acquired resistance (SAR) against Ralstonia solanacearum. Keystone rhizosphere metabolites are positively correlated with both beneficial microbiome assembly and SAR gene expression.
Rui Ren, Xiaogang Li, Hao Li, Zenghui Cao, Mengtian Hou, Chunlei Zhao, Nan Lou, Sasa Hu, Yanzhe Li, Qian Ma, Yaoyao Li, Yi Fan, Kunkun Zhao, Kai Zhao, Ding Qiu, Fangping Gong, Zhongfeng Li, Haitao Liu, Xingli Ma, Xingxiang Wang, Dongmei Yin   +20 more
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