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Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha +3 more
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Migration and adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in Ghana
Journal of Applied EconomicsClimate change, soil degradation, and traditional farming practices drive internal migration in developing nations, exacerbating food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty.
Edward Martey, Prince M. Etwire
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L'agriculture brésilienne des fronts pionniers : I. La méthode de création-diffusion agricole. II. La gestion de la fertilité par le système de culture. III. Le semis direct, un mode de gestion agrobiologique des sols [PDF]
, 1998 Les fronts pionniers agricoles du Brésil ont atteint la zone tropicale humide de l'Ouest en bordure du bassin amazonien, en savanes (cerrados) : sols acides, sous une pluviométrie annuelle comprise entre 2 000 et 3000 millimètres.
Bouzinac, Serge +3 more
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What are the vector species of the Oropouche virus?
Pest Management Science, EarlyView.Here, we review the timeline of Oropouche virus (OROV) detection in various hematophagous Diptera, from 1955 to date, including mosquitoes and midges. All vector competence experiments also are described. The results suggest that Culicoides are the primary vectors.
Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres +3 more
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Nature-Based SolutionsAlternative crops are a key aspect of many nature-based solutions in agriculture, and there is a need for more consistent geographic information on biophysical suitability to aid in both farm-level planning and larger-scale analyses.
Monika E. Shea, Kevin J. Wolz
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Using expert elicitation to predict feral cat, Felis catus, responses to management
Pest Management Science, EarlyView.We generated estimates of lethal feral cat management success for 864 scenarios, only 71 lethal management scenarios met a population reduction target of 57%. Cat‐targeted poison baits, in dry conditions and arid areas were most successful. Feral cat management requires continued adaptive strategies to reduce cat impacts.
Annalie Dorph +7 more
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International Journal of Agronomy, 2017 Groundnut, the most important grain legume in Ghana, is largely cultivated under rainfed conditions within the Guinea savanna zone of the country. The pods and haulms are important sources of income for smallholder farmers in the region.
Richard Oteng-Frimpong +2 more
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Cotton breeding in French-speaking Africa: Milestones and prospects [PDF]
, 2008 When cotton breeding programmes were first set up in French-speaking Africa in 1946, breeders were already taking the needs of different cotton stakeholders into account.
Dessauw, Dominique, Hau, Bernard
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.The change in the frequency of wet spells in tropical Australia in summer primarily contributes to the change in precipitation between wet and dry years. In the extratropics, both the frequency and intensity of wet spells are important, especially in winter.
Sunil Pariyar +4 more
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