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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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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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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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A scoping review of the contributions of farmers’ organizations to smallholder agriculture

Nature Food, 2020
Farmers’ organizations (FOs), such as associations, cooperatives, self-help and women’s groups, are common in developing countries and provide services that are widely viewed as contributing to income and productivity for small-scale producers.
L. Bizikova, E. Nkonya, Margitta Minah, M. Hanisch, R. Turaga, C. Speranza, Muthumariappan Karthikeyan, Li-Xia Tang, Kate Ghezzi-Kopel, J. Kelly, A. Celestin, B. Timmers   +11 more
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How digital skills affect farmers’ agricultural entrepreneurship? An explanation from factor availability

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge
Promoting rural household agricultural entrepreneurship is a key way to increase farmers ’ income and achieve rural revitalization. In the growing digital economy, the ability to use the internet to access information is crucial for agricultural ...
Chang-Feng Cheng, Qiang Gao, Kexin Ju, Yuting Ma   +3 more
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Smallholder farmers’ perception of climate change and adoption of climate smart agriculture practices in Masaba South Sub-county, Kisii, Kenya

Heliyon, 2021
Many countries experience the negative impacts of climate change especially in the decline of agricultural productivity leading to decreased national and household food security.
Jared Nyang’au, Jema H. Mohamed, N. Mango, Clifton Makate, A. N. Wangeci   +4 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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Feasibility of district wide screening of health care workers for tuberculosis in Zambia

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Many health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends screening HCWs for TB in high burden settings but this is often not implemented in countries with a high TB incidence ...
Suzanne Verver, Nathan Kapata, Mathildah Kakungu Simpungwe, Seraphine Kaminsa, Mavis Mwale, Chitambeya Mukwangole, Bernard Sichinga, Sevim Ahmedov, Max Meis   +8 more
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Treatment with KCL‐286, a first‐in‐class retinoic acid receptor‐β (RARβ) agonist, ameliorates neuronal DNA damage and inflammation in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Repair of neuronal DNA damage in Alzheimer's disease by KCL‐286. (A) Amyloid‐β oligomers and plaques impair neuronal DNA repair pathways, leading to DNA double‐strand breaks and glial activation. (B) KCL‐286 activates RARβ/RXR signalling via retinoic acid response elements (RAREs), associated with increased BRCA1 expression, enhanced DNA repair and ...
Natasha Hill, Hassan Yousef Othman AlMuallim, Elouisa Maddock, Carl Hobbs, Earl Clarke, Maria B. Goncalves, Jonathan P. T. Corcoran   +6 more
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Virtual barriers: unpacking the sustainability implications of online food spaces and the Yellowknife Farmers Market’s response to COVID-19

Nutrition Journal, 2021
Background Through their support of local agriculture, relationships, and healthy diets, farmers markets can contribute to a sustainable food system. Markets like the Yellowknife Farmers Market (YKFM) are social spaces that support local food, yet the ...
Josalyn Radcliffe, Kelly Skinner, Andrew Spring, Lise Picard, France Benoit, Warren Dodd   +5 more
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