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Seroreactivity to Coxiella burnetii in an Agricultural Population and Prevalence of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Ticks of a Non-Endemic Region for Q Fever in South Korea

Pathogens, 2021
Coxiella burnetii infects humans and wild and domesticated animals. Although reported cases on Jeju Island, off the coast of South Korea, are rare, the region is considered to have a high potential for Q fever.
Jeong-Rae Yoo, Mi-Sun Kim, Sang-Taek Heo, Hyun-Joo Oh, Jung-Hwan Oh, Seo-Young Ko, Jeong-Ho Kang, Sung-Kgun Lee, Woo-Seong Jeong, Gil-Myeong Seong, Hyun-Jung Lee, Chul-Hoo Kang, Ji-Hyun Moon, Keun-Hwa Lee, Sung-Wook Song   +14 more
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Organizational analysis of the seed sector of rice in Guinea: stakeholders, perception and institutional linkages [PDF]

, 2011
This paper analyses the organization of the rice seed sector in Guinea with the overall objectives to assess how organizational settings affect seed supply to small-scale farmers and to suggest institutional changes that would favour seed service and ...
Mele, P., van, Mongbo, R.L., Nuijten, H.A.C.P., Okry, F., Struik, P.C.   +4 more
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Drought tolerance in popular sunflower hybrids at seedling stage

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2021
Drought is a major abiotic stress coupled with high temperature that limits the crop productivity in arid and semi-arid regions. Productivity of sunflower under moisture stress is primarily determined by seed germination and the seedling vigour for ...
H G PRAVEEN, T K NAGARATHNA, Y A NANJA REDDY   +2 more
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Evaluation of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) germplasm from north-eastern Uganda through a Farmer Participatory Approach [PDF]

, 2002
Ugandan farmers grow many landrace sweetpotato varieties, but some of these are relatively low yielding and susceptible to pests. The objective of the present research was to involve farmers in a large-scale assessment of Ugandan farmers’ varieties to ...
Abidin, P.E., Carey, E.E., Eeuwijk, F.A., van, Hermann, M., Stam, P., Struik, P.C., Zhang, D.P.   +6 more
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Characteristics of Pig Carcass and Primal Cuts Measured by the Autofom Ⅲ Depend on Seasonal Classification

Food Science of Animal Resources, 2019
The objective of this study was to investigate slaughtering performance, carcass grade, and quantitative traits of cuts according to seasonal influence by each month in pigs slaughtered in livestock processing complex (LPC) slaughterhouse in Korea, 2017.
Jungseok Choi, Kimun Kwon, Youngkyu Lee, Eunyoung Ko, Yongsun Kim, Yangil Choi   +5 more
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Community Seed Banks in China: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
The rich agrobiodiversity of China is under unprecedented threat, experiencing a dramatic loss of many valuable local varieties and wild relatives of main crops.
Xin Song, Guanqi Li, Ronnie Vernooy, Yiching Song   +3 more
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Strong Book on Building Community through Food

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2019
First paragraph: Good Food, Strong Communities: Promoting Social Justice through Local and Regional Food Systems is a book borne out of the Community and Regional Food Systems (CRFS) project, which began in response to a United States Department of ...
Amy Crone
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Perceptions and Acceptance of Desalinated Seawater for Irrigation: A Case Study in the Níjar District (Southeast Spain) [PDF]

, 2017
In the context of increasing demand for irrigation water—but, at the same time, with the constraints in the supply from traditional resources—desalinated seawater has been recognized as one of the alternative sources of water to increase the supply for ...
Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel, Belmonte Ureña, Luis, Valera Martínez, Diego Luis   +2 more
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Difficult encounters around "monkey cheeks": Farmers' interests and the design of flood retention areas in Thailand [PDF]

, 2019
Flood retention areas are being increasingly promoted for flood risk management. People living in these areas will accept them if their interests are taken into account.
Doorn‐Hoekveld W., Foran T., Khamhongsak L., Lawrence S., Lebel L., Maskrey S., Molle F., Mukherji A., Ricks J. I., Sayaphan C., Shah T., Sricharo T., Thepkhachon P., Thongpan S.   +13 more
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Heterogenous within-herd seroprevalence against epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus type 8 (EHDV-8) after massive virus circulation in cattle in France, 2023

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Background and objectivesThe emergence of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus-8 (EHDV-8) in mainland France in 2023 led to thousands of clinical outbreaks in cattle herds and likely led to the natural immunization of a large number of animals.
Corinne Anthonioz, Yann Abadie, Elodie Reversat, Annie Lafargue, Manon Delalande, Thierry Renaudineau, Laurent Delobel, Nathalie Verdeille, David Ngwa-Mbot, Kristel Gache, Emmanuel Garin, Fabien Corbiere   +11 more
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