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Long-term relationships of beef and dairy cattle and greenhouse gas emissions: Application of co-integrated panel models for Latin America

Heliyon
The cattle sector plays a pivotal role in the economies of numerous Latin American and Caribbean countries. However, it also exerts a significant impact on environmental degradation, including substantial contributions to greenhouse gas emissions ...
Danny Fernando Sandoval, John Jairo Junca Paredes, Karen Johanna Enciso Valencia, Manuel Francisco Díaz Baca, Aura María Bravo Parra, Stefan Burkart   +5 more
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Agronomic performance of tropical forages

, 2021
Las gramíneas son la base de la alimentación del ganado vacuno y lechero, y debido a su gran importancia, es necesario elegir cultivares adaptados a diferentes condiciones edafoclimáticas, considerando la amplia extensión territorial de Brasil. Así, el objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la producción bruta, producción de materia verde, tasa de ...
Reis, Renata Vilalba, Rocha, Rosana Andréia Silva, Santos, Deborah de Amorim Teixeira, Búfalo, Veridiana Camila Ferreira   +3 more
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Adoption and scaling out: strategies and experiences of the Forages for Smallholders Project [PDF]

, 2016
The Forages for Smallholders Project (FSP), convened by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), started in 1995 to move research on tropical forages from the experiment stations to farmers’ fields, which created scope for evaluating the
Kerridge, Peter C., Roothaert, Robert
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Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu, Amin Mugera, John Mburu, Rose Nyikal, Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi   +4 more
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Developments, bottlenecks, and opportunities in seed markets for improved forages in East Africa: The case of Kenya

Grassland Research
Background Cattle farming plays a pivotal role in Africa's agricultural and livestock sector, poised for growth due to population expansion and rising per capita consumption of animal‐sourced food.
Jesús F. Florez, Peggy Karimi, John J. J. Paredes, Natalia T. Ángel, Stefan Burkart   +4 more
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DNA metabarcoding reveals greater plant diversity than morphological seed analysis of bird feces

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Fruit‐eating birds drive seed dispersal in recovering tropical ecosystems, shaping forest regeneration. Molecular techniques, such as DNA metabarcoding, enable diet analysis from feces and can provide complementary frugivory data where dispersal is infrequent, as well as aid in seed identification in hyper‐diverse regions lacking ...
Carina I. Motta, Bruno H. Saranholi, Vinicius Marciano De Godoy, Marina Corrêa Côrtes   +3 more
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Unlocking fruit dimensions: Quantification of functional traits driving plant–frugivore interactions

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Fleshy fruits attract animals to ingest fruit, swallow the seeds, and release them in the landscape, thus facilitating seed dispersal and plant regeneration. Attraction of animal dispersers is achieved via attractants such as color or scent, and rewards like sugars, lipids, and micronutrients.
Linh M. N. Nguyen, Evangelia Linda Chronopoulou, Gabriela A. S. Escaliante, Kim Valenta, Omer Nevo   +4 more
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Why do rural youth migrate? Evidence from Colombia and Guatemala

Frontiers in Sociology
Migration, from rural to urban settings is a common phenomenon in Latin America, due to social, economic, political, and other factors. Young people in search of economic and educational opportunities, financial, and social stability, have been migrating
Manuel Francisco Díaz Baca, Manuel Francisco Díaz Baca, Leonardo Moreno Lerma, Stefan Burkart, Natalia Triana Ángel   +4 more
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Forage-Fed Insects as Food and Feed Source: Opportunities and Constraints of Edible Insects in the Tropics

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Farmed insects can provide an alternative protein source for humans, livestock, and fish, while supporting adaptation to climate change, generating income for smallholder farmers, and reducing the negative impacts of conventional food production ...
Paula Andrea Espitia Buitrago, Luis Miguel Hernández, Stefan Burkart, Neil Palmer, Juan Andrés Cardoso Arango   +4 more
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Sour Paspalum: Tropical Weed or Forage? [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1974
Bissinda (Gabon), bitter grass (Philippines), camalote de antena (Mexico), canamazo (Cuba), cafiamazo hembro (Cuba), cafiamazo amargo (Cuba), capim amargoso (Brazil), capim marreca (Brazil), capim papuao (Brazil), carabao grass (Philippines), cintillo (Peru), co dang (Indochina), calapi (Philippines), djuba-gov6 (Gabon), &inga (Gabon), gamalote (Costa ...
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