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Interactions between abiotic factors and the bioactivity of biodynamic horn manure on the growth of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.) in a bioassay

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, 2020
Background The use of biostimulants like humic substances is a promising innovative approach in agriculture to activate and sustain physiological plant processes.
Alain Morau, Hans-Peter Piepho
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Rural-urban transformation shapes oasis agriculture in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains

Scientific Reports
Traditional agricultural activities and rural livelihoods in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains are rapidly changing. This is triggered by increasing rural-urban interactions and new livelihood opportunities in cities.
Youness Boubou, Kira Fastner, Andreas Buerkert   +2 more
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Six Decades of Rural Landscape Transformation in Five Lebanese Villages

Land
During the last six decades, Lebanon’s landscapes have undergone significant regime shifts whose causes are under-investigated. Using land cover maps from 1962 and satellite imagery from 2014 and 2023 in five randomly selected villages across Lebanon’s ...
Abed Al Kareem Yehya, Thanh Thi Nguyen, Martin Wiehle, Rami Zurayk, Andreas Buerkert   +4 more
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Agro-ecological landuse transformation in oasis systems of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, northern Oman

Scientific Reports, 2021
The millenia-old oasis systems in the Western Hajar Mountains of Northern Oman have received widespread attention as models of sustainable irrigated agriculture in hyperarid Arabia. Given Oman’s rampant urbanization, growing scarcity of water and skilled
Andreas Buerkert, Bryan Adam Dix, Mohamed Nasser Al Rawahi, Eva Schlecht   +3 more
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Leveraging machine learning and Landsat time series for high-resolution mapping of mining-induced vegetation changes in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Environmental Challenges
Quarries are open pit mines, where construction materials such as granite and clay are extracted from the earth's surface, leading to a major disturbance of vegetation and subsequent degradation of ecosystem services.
Oussama Himmy, Thanh Thi Nguyen, Katharina Salomea Hemmler, Safia Loulad, Hassan Rhinane, Andreas Buerkert   +5 more
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Effect of green and roasted coffee storage conditions on selected characteristic quality parameters

Scientific Reports, 2023
The paper attempts to determine the best storage conditions for green and roasted coffee beans. Coffee beans were processed in various ways—some of them were washed or left in their natural state after harvesting, then they were stored in two types of ...
Justyna Błaszkiewicz, Ewa Nowakowska-Bogdan, Krzysztof Barabosz, Renata Kulesza, Ewa Dresler, Piotr Woszczyński, Łukasz Biłos, Dominika Barbara Matuszek, Krzysztof Szkutnik   +8 more
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Methane Emission and Milk Production from Jersey Cows Grazing Perennial Ryegrass–White Clover and Multispecies Forage Mixtures

Agriculture, 2021
Methane is a major constituent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ruminants, and mitigation strategies are needed to alleviate this negative environmental impact while maintaining the environmental and other benefits of grazing systems.
Cecilia Loza, Thorsten Reinsch, Ralf Loges, Friedhelm Taube, José Ignacio Gere, Christof Kluß, Mario Hasler, Carsten S. Malisch   +7 more
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Tailored Physicochemical Properties and Bioactive Value of Sweet Pepper Fruits from Controlled High Temperature

Horticulturae, 2022
Sweet pepper is susceptible to changes in temperature conditions, especially above 30 °C. In this research study, two cultivars, Melchor and Tamarín, were subjected to three different temperatures.
María Carmen Piñero, Pilar Lorenzo, María Cruz Sánchez-Guerrero, Evangelina Medrano, Josefa López-Marín, Francisco M. del Amor   +5 more
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Critical challenges in biohydrogen production processes from the organic feedstocks

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2020
The ever-increasing world energy demand drives the need for new and sustainable renewable fuel to mitigate problems associated with greenhouse gas emissions such as climate change. This helps in the development toward decarbonisation.
A. Osman, Tanmay J. Deka, D. Baruah, D. Rooney   +3 more
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A spatio-temporal dataset on food flows for four West African cities

Scientific Data, 2023
Gaining insight into the food sourcing practices of cities is important to understand their resilience to climate change, economic crisis, as well as pandemics affecting food supply and security.
Hanna Karg, Edmund K. Akoto-Danso, Louis Amprako, Pay Drechsel, George Nyarko, Désiré Jean-Pascal Lompo, Stephen Ndzerem, Seydou Sidibé, Mark Hoschek, Andreas Buerkert   +9 more
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