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Effects of changing water availability on land use in irrigated mountain oases of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, northern Oman

DIE ERDE: Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin, 2014
In Oman, during the last three decades, agricultural water use and groundwater extraction has dramatically increased to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and major changes in lifestyle.
Al-Rawahi, Mohamed Nasser, Brinkmann, Katja, Schlecht, Eva, Buerkert, Andreas   +3 more
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Fusarium wilt biocontrol and tomato growth stimulation, using endophytic bacteria naturally associated with Solanum sodomaeum and S. bonariense plants

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2020
Background Fusarium wilt biocontrol using endophytic microorganisms may represent a potentially attractive and environmentally safe alternative since endophytes could better limit disease incidence and severity through inhibition of the systemic fungus ...
Rania Aydi-Ben-Abdallah, Hayfa Jabnoun-Khiareddine, Mejda Daami-Remadi   +2 more
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Vegetation Cover Dynamics in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco

Remote Sensing, 2023
Since the 1990s, Morocco’s agriculture has been characterized by the co-existence and transformation of both modern and traditional smallholder systems.
Thanh Thi Nguyen, Nacer Aderdour, Hassan Rhinane, Andreas Buerkert   +3 more
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Drivers of urbanization effects in five countries of the MENA region – a review

Journal of Land Use Science
Urbanization, a global process entailing profound socio-economic changes, transforms land cover. This review analyzes the social-ecological drivers and outcomes of land cover change (LCC) in five politically unstable regions: Greater Cairo, Tunisia ...
Abed Al Kareem Yehya, Thanh Thi Nguyen, Martin Wiehle, Andreas Buerkert   +3 more
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Arthropod Communities in Urban Agricultural Production Systems under Different Irrigation Sources in the Northern Region of Ghana

Insects, 2020
Urban and peri-urban agricultural (UPA) production systems in West African countries do not only mitigate food and financial insecurity, they may also foster biodiversity of arthropods and partly compensate for structural losses of natural environments ...
Louis Amprako, Kathrin Stenchly, Martin Wiehle, George Nyarko, Andreas Buerkert   +4 more
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Genetic population structure of Bemisia tabaci in Spain associated with Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus - short communication

Plant Protection Science, 2017
Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) originates from Asia where it is persistently transmitted by indigenous cryptic species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.
Dirk JANSSEN, Almudena SIMON, Oscar CRESPO, Leticia RUIZ   +3 more
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Linking metabolites in eight bioactive forage species to their in vitro methane reduction potential across several cultivars and harvests

Scientific Reports, 2022
An in vitro Hohenheim gas test was conducted to analyze the fermentation end-products from 17 cultivars of eight polyphenol containing forage species.
Supriya Verma, Siegfried Wolffram, Juha-Pekka Salminen, Mario Hasler, Andreas Susenbeth, Ralf Blank, Friedhelm Taube, Christof Kluß, Carsten Stefan Malisch   +8 more
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Food Flows and the Roles of Cities in West African Food Distribution Networks

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
In West Africa, rampant urbanization is changing food systems, including the magnitude and composition of food flows and the length of supply chains. An increasing body of literature discusses pathways to sustainable transformation of urban food systems ...
Hanna Karg, Hanna Karg, Jill Bouscarat, Edmund Kyei Akoto-Danso, Philipp Heinrigs, Pay Drechsel, Louis Amprako, Andreas Buerkert   +7 more
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Organic Aquaculture – the link between sustainable production and superior products [PDF]

, 2008
The first Danish organic rainbow trout with the Danish red Ø label was introduced to the market in 2005. The demand for organic trout is increasing and Danish trout farmers are currently con¬verting to organic production.
Jokumsen, Alfred
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Organic Citrus: Challenges in Production and Trade [PDF]

, 2005
Organic citrus still is a niche and makes about 1-2% of the global citrus production. However, it is increasing year-by-year in parallel with the increasing demand for organic products.
Kilcher, Lukas
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