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Deep Learning Regression Approaches Applied to Estimate Tillering in Tropical Forages Using Mobile Phone Images [PDF]

Sensors, 2022
We assessed the performance of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)-based approaches using mobile phone images to estimate regrowth density in tropical forages.
Mateus F Santos, Pedro Alberto Pereira Zamboni, Liana Jank   +2 more
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Breeding tropical forages [PDF]

Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 2011
Brazil has the largest commercial beef cattle herd and is the main beef exporter in the world. Cultivated pastures are the basis for the Brazilian beef production, and occupy an area of 101.4 million hectares.
L Jank, CB Valle, RMS Resende
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Spider Mite Response, Agronomic Performance, and Stability of a Urochloa spp. Diversity Panel Under Field Conditions [PDF]

Plants
Spider mites (Oligonychus trichardti) are emerging as a major constraint to Urochloa forage productivity in East Africa; however, knowledge of genotypic variation and tolerance remains limited.
Adrian Mating’i Kimani, David Kariuki Muruu, Paula Espitia-Buitrago, Sylvia Henga, Catherine Muui, Frank Chidawanyika, Rosa Noemi Jauregui   +6 more
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Estimating the environmental Kuznets curve for cattle production and environmental degradation in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia [PDF]

Scientific Reports
This article investigates the relationship between economic growth in cattle farming and environmental degradation through the lens of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia between 2000 and 2020.
Stefan Burkart, Daniela Mejía, Jhon Jairo Junca   +2 more
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Geographic Distribution of Colombian Spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) via Ecological Niche Modeling: A Prediction for the Main Tropical Forages' Pest in the Neotropics

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) are the main tropical pests in Central and South America of cultivated pastures. We aimed to estimate the potential distribution of Aeneolamia varia, A. lepidior, A. reducta, Prosapia simulans, Zulia carbonaria, and Z.
Luis M. Hernández, Paula Espitia, David Florian, Valheria Castiblanco, Juan Andrés Cardoso, María I. Gómez-Jiménez   +5 more
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Economic-environmental assessment of silvo-pastoral systems in Colombia: An ecosystem service perspective

Heliyon, 2023
Cattle production in Colombia has an important social and economic role but causes considerable environmental impacts, such as deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions by ruminants, particularly methane.
Danny Fernando Sandoval, Jesús Fernando Florez, Karen Johanna Enciso Valencia, Mauricio Efren Sotelo Cabrera, Burkart Stefan   +4 more
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Potential Forage Hybrid Markets for Enhancing Sustainability and Food Security in East Africa

Foods, 2023
The cattle sector is strategic for both the economic development and food security of Africa, but the low availability and quality of forage puts the most vulnerable population at risk.
John Jairo Junca Paredes, Jesús Fernando Florez, Karen Johanna Enciso Valencia, Luís Miguel Hernández Mahecha, Natalia Triana Ángel, Stefan Burkart   +5 more
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Opportunities and challenges for integrated smallholder farming systems to improve soil nutrient management in Southeast Asia

World Development Sustainability, 2023
This paper explores the dynamics between soil degradation, integrated farming options and the uptake of these options in Southeast Asia. It begins with an overview of the status of soils, the reasons for degradation and the role nutrient management ...
Tassilo Tiemann, Sabine Douxchamps
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Spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae): Integrated Pest Management on Gramineous Crops in the Neotropical Ecozone

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Spittlebug (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) species cause large economic losses on gramineous crops (Poaceae) in tropical and subtropical America. These insects are key pests of sugarcane and forages, crops that experienced a quick expansion in extensive ...
Paula Andrea Espitia Buitrago, Maria R. Manzano, Luis M. Hernández   +2 more
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Risk Reduction and Productivity Increase Through Integrating Arachis pintoi in Cattle Production Systems in the Colombian Orinoquía

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
In many parts of the foothills of the Orinoquía region of Colombia, cattle production takes place on poorly drained soils. The region is dominated by extensive grazing systems of Brachiaira humidicola cv.
Karen Johanna Enciso Valencia, Álvaro Rincón Castillo, Daniel Alejandro Ruden, Stefan Burkart   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source