A sustainable food future will require reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture even as the world produces substantially more food. The production of rice, the staple crop for the majority of the world’s population, emits large quantities of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Accord...
Searchinger, T.
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Adhya, T.K.
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Linquist, Bruce
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Wassmann, Reiner
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Yan X
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[Wetting and drying: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving water from rice production]
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Wetting and drying: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving water from rice production
This document reports on the concepts driving the scientific activities of FAO’s Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Programme’s (MICCA) pilot projects in East Africa. It provides results from the research, briefly describes the analytical approaches used and concludes with key messages r...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Mpanda, Mathew
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Rioux, J.
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Kirui, Josephine
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Anyekulu S
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Luedeling, Eike
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Kuyah S
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Kimaro, Anthony A.
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Franzel, Steven
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Shepherd K
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Neely, Constance
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[Science to support climate-smart agricultural development]
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Science to support climate-smart agricultural development
The REDD-ALERT (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation from Alternative Land Uses in the Rainforests of the Tropics) project started in 2009 and finished in 2012, and had the aim of evaluating mechanisms that translate international-level agreements into instruments that would help...
Matthews RB
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Lambin E
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Meyfroidt P
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Gupta J
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Veldkamp, E.
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[Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project]
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Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project
Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, is one of the major constraints limiting water yam (Dioscorea alata) production in the tropics. In this region, yam anthracnose control is mostly achieved by the deployment of moderately resistant yam genotypes. Therefore, screening for new s...
Nwadili, C.O.
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Augusto, J.
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Bhattacharjee, R.
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Atehnkeng, J.
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López Montes, A.
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Onyeka, T.J.
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Kumar, P.L.
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Asiedu, Robert
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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[Comparative reliability of screening parameters for anthracnose resistance in water yam (Dioscorea alata)]
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Comparative reliability of screening parameters for anthracnose resistance in water yam (Dioscorea alata)
Rincón, Joisse D.
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Polanía Perdomo, José A.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Miles, John W.
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García, Ramiro
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[Variación genotípica por tolerancia a sequía en Brachiaria bajo condiciones de invernadero usando un sistema de cilindros plásticos transparentes]
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Variación genotípica por tolerancia a sequía en Brachiaria bajo condiciones de invernadero usando un sistema de cilindros plásticos transparentes
The use of commercial inoculants containing non-indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is an emerging technology towards improving crop production in Africa. The present study aims at evaluating the influence of two strains of commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) products, based o...
Variation in nodulation and N2 fixation by the Gliricidia sepium/Rhizobium spp. symbiosis was studied in two greenhouse experiments. The first included 25 provenances of G. sepium inoculated with a mixture of three strains of Rhizobium spp. N2 fixation was measured using the 15N isotope dilution ...
Sanginga, N.
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Manrique, K.
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Hardarson, G.
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[Variation in nodulation and N2 fixation by the Gliricidia sepium/Rhizobium spp. symbiosis in a calcareous soil]
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Variation in nodulation and N2 fixation by the Gliricidia sepium/Rhizobium spp. symbiosis in a calcareous soil
Southern blight of soyabeans caused by S. [Corticium] rolfsii, was observed for the first time in Nigeria, in field nurseries at Bukuru, near Jos in the Plateau State, in 1989. Over 40% of plants in plots of the cultivar TGx 1025-12E were blighted 2 weeks after the plots had been rogued to elimin...
Akem, C.N.
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Dashiell, Kenton E.
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[First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria]
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First report of southern blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii on soybeans in Nigeria
Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are important insect pests causing serious damage to plants and transmitting hundreds of plant viruses. Climate change is expected to influence life history and trophic interactions among plants, whiteflies and their natural enemies. Here, we review the potenti...
Aregbesola, O.Z.
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Legg, J.P.
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Sigsgaard, L.
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Lund, O.S.
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Rapisarda, C.
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[Potential impact of climate change on whiteflies and implications for the spread of vectored viruses]
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Potential impact of climate change on whiteflies and implications for the spread of vectored viruses
García, M.
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Soplin, H.
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Ortiz, O.
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Chuquillanqui, C.
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[Sustentabilidad de dos sistemas de produccion de semilla pre basica de papa bajo invernadero.]
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Sustentabilidad de dos sistemas de produccion de semilla pre basica de papa bajo invernadero.