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Maize-Pigeonpea Intercropping Outperforms Monocultures Under Drought
There is an urgent need to develop resilient agroecosystems capable of helping smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, particularly drought. …
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Effect of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) on Salt Stress Tolerance of Casuarina obesa (Miq.)
Salinity is one of the main abiotic stresses limiting plant growth and development. However, the use of salt-tolerant plants combined …
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Farmers' Soil Fertility Management in Niger and Opportunities for Improvements Through Mechanization, Microdosing, and Seed Coating
The objective of this study was to characterize pearl millet production in Niger and to assess the potential impact of …
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Evaluation of Quality and Acceptability of Snack (Kokoro) Produced From Synthetic Provitamin A Maize (Zea mays) Genotypes
Kokoro from provitamin A (PVA) maize genotypes, produced through conventional breeding, was studied to improve the indigenous white maize-based snack …
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Sensitivity and Tolerance of Different Annual Crops to Different Levels of Banana Shade and Dry Season Weather
Intercropping in small-holder production systems in East and Central Africa is very common and offers potential for significant yield and …
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With Power Comes Responsibility – A Rangelands Perspective on Forest Landscape Restoration
Tree planting has long been promoted to avert climate change and has received renewed impetus in recent years with the …
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Enhancing Climate Resilience of Rain-Fed Potato Through Legume Intercropping and Silicon Application
A large portion of sub-Saharan Africa is situated in belts of uncertain rainfall and are characterized by low soil fertility …
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An Evaluation of 20-m ESA-CCI S2 Prototype LC Product
Agricultural production represents a key element in food security analysis. However, precious early warning time is often lost before the …
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Gender Specific Differences of Smallholder Farm Households Perspective of Food-Energy-Land Nexus Frameworks in Ethiopia
The water-energy-food security nexus concept is a widely recognized analytical approach to achieve sustainable development goals. However, to date, related …
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Antioxidant Content, Capacity and Retention in Fresh and Processed Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica and O. robusta) Fruit Peels From Different Fruit-Colored Cultivars
During processing, the peels and seeds from cactus pear fruits are usually discarded. These “waste” products contain valuable bioactive compounds. …
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Improving Assessments of the Three Pillars of Climate Smart Agriculture: Current Achievements and Ideas for the Future
In this study we evaluate Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) assessment tools with regard to their suitability for covering not only …
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Biopesticide Research and Product Development in Africa for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security – Experiences From the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
Arthropod pests and vectors constrain the livelihood opportunities of people in Africa by debilitating production of crops and livestock and …
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Alleviation of Detrimental Effects of Salt Stress on Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) by the Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and/or Compost
The date palm is a commercially important woody crop and is a good target plant for improving agricultural yields in …
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Men and Women in Rice Farming in Africa: A Cross-Country Investigation of Labor and Its Determinants
Women make significant contribution to rice farming, processing, and marketing, but only have limited access to technical knowledge and technologies …
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Rotation Benefits From N2-Fixing Grain Legumes to Cereals: From Increases in Seed Yield and Quality to Greater Household Cash-Income by a Following Maize Crop
We investigated Bambara groundnut, groundnut, mung bean, cowpea and black gram for use as biofertilizers in cropping systems. The 15N …
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Diversity in Farm Production and Household Diets: Comparing Evidence From Smallholders in Kenya and Tanzania
Farm production diversity is widely promoted as a strategy for enhancing smallholders’ food and nutrition security. Nonetheless, empirical evidence from …
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Impact and Opportunities of Agroecological Intensification Strategies on Farm Performance: A Case Study of Banana-Based Systems in Central and South-Western Uganda
Agroecological intensification (AEI) practices relying on on-farm diversity tend to close nutrient cycles and reduce dependency on external inputs in …
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Participatory Exploration of the Heterogeneity in Household Socioeconomic, Food, and Nutrition Security Status for the Identification of Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions in the Rwandan Highlands
Food insecurity and malnutrition are challenges in rural Rwanda that are presumed to be affected by differential household socioeconomic status …
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Remote Sensing Products and Services in Support of Agricultural Public Policies in Africa: Overview and Challenges
In the last decade, governments, international institutions, donors, the private sector, etc. have shown a renewed interest in agricultural issues …
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Climate-Smart Cocoa in Ghana: How Ecological Modernisation Discourse Risks Side-Lining Cocoa Smallholders
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) aims to transform and reorient farming systems to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, boost adaptive capacity, and improve …