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Animals, 2022 Healthy livestock provide meaningful opportunities to enhance women’s empowerment (WE) in low- and middle-income countries. Animal vaccines are important to keep livestock healthy and productive. However, gender-based restrictions limit women’s access to
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One Health Outlook, 2021 Background Food insecurity is a global problem that requires a One Health approach. As many households in low- and middle-income nations rely on crops and livestock that they produce to meet their household’s needs, food security and nutrition are ...
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Residual effects of corncob biochar on tropical degraded soil in central Uganda
Environmental Systems Research, 2021 Background The residual effects of biochar are yet to receive adequate research attention in Sub-Saharan Africa despite the assumption that the positive effect of biochar may last longer on degraded tropical soil.
Samuel Obeng Apori +2 more
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Social contact patterns relevant for infectious disease transmission in Cambodia
Scientific Reports, 2023 Social mixing patterns are key determinants of infectious disease transmission. Mathematical models parameterised with empirical data from contact pattern surveys have played an important role in understanding epidemic dynamics and informing control ...
William T. M. Leung +9 more
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Trends and Prospects of Change in Wheat Self-Sufficiency in Egypt
Agriculture, 2022 Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world; however, it produces only half of the 20 million tons of wheat that it consumes annually. The population of Egypt is currently growing by 1.94% per year, and projections predict that the demand for wheat ...
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Wheat Farmers’ Perception of Constraints and Their Adaptive Capacity to Changing Demands in Egypt
Agriculture, 2023 Most of the approximately 105 million Egyptians depend on wheat in the form of baladi bread for their daily diet. Millions of smallholders along the River Nile have produced wheat for millennia; however, in more recent history, the wheat demand and ...
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The Contribution of Agronomic Management to Sustainably Intensify Egypt’s Wheat Production
Agriculture, 2023 In Egypt, recent shortfalls in the wheat supply from Russia and Ukraine have necessitated substantial increases in domestic production. As agricultural practices influence the yield of bread wheat, we assessed current production strategies in the wheat ...
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Increasing Perceptual Salience Diminishes the Motor Interference Effect From Dangerous Objects
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Existing research has indicated that dangerous objects may conflict with an individual’s prepared motor actions and thus slow responses. This phenomenon is called the motor interference effect from dangerous objects. However, its origin remains arguable.
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MORINGA OLEIFERA SEEDS AS A LOW-COST BIOSORBENT FOR REMOVING HEAVY METALS FROM WASTEWATER [PDF]
STED Journal, 2020 Heavy metals are considered to be one of the major contaminants of water in recent years due to their non-biodegradable property; hence making them toxic and bioaccumulate to living organisms. Conventional methods such us chemical precipitation, physical
Samuel Obeng Apori +3 more
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Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2022 Many of the world's soils are experiencing degradation at an alarming rate. Climate change and some agricultural management practices, such as tillage and excessive use of chemicals, have all contributed to the degradation of soil fertility.
Abdoulaye Fofana Fall +8 more
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