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Climate Change and Seed Systems of Roots, Tubers and Bananas: The Cases of Potato in Kenya and Sweetpotato in Mozambique
Root, tuber and banana (RTB) crops are key to food security, nutrition and income for approximately 300 million poor people …
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Seroprevalence of border disease virus and other pestiviruses in sheep in Algeria and associated risk factors
BACKGROUND: Border disease virus (BDV) is a pestivirus responsible for significant economic losses in sheep industry. The present study was …
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What Is the Evidence Base for Climate-Smart Agriculture in East and Southern Africa? A Systematic Map
More than 500 million USD will soon be invested in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. Improving smallholder farm …
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Risk Of Human Dietary Exposure To Organochlorine Pesticide Residues In Fruits From Ghana
The objectives of this present study were to assess the level of organochlorine pesticide (OCP) residues in fruits and to …
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Detection of Salmonella from animal sources in South Africa between 2007 and 2014
Retrospective laboratory-based surveillance was conducted on Salmonella serotypes isolated from various animal species from 2007 to 2014 at the Agricultural …
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Bacterial diversity obtained by culturable approaches in the gut of Glossina pallidipes population from a non sleeping sickness focus in Tanzania: preliminary results
BACKGROUND: Glossina pallidipes is a haematophagous insect that serves as a cyclic transmitter of trypanosomes causing African Trypanosomiasis (AT). To …
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Assessment of spatial distribution of enset plant diversity and enset bacteria wilt using geostatistical techniques in Yem special district, Southern Ethiopia
Ensete plant (Enset ventricosum) is a monocarpic perennial crop, found under genus Ensete. It is mainly known and planted by …
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Analysis of the gut-specific microbiome from field-captured tsetse flies, and its potential relevance to host trypanosome vector competence
BACKGROUND: The tsetse fly (Glossina sp.) midgut is colonized by maternally transmitted and environmentally acquired bacteria. Additionally, the midgut serves …
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Characterization of starch and gum arabic-maltodextrin microparticles encapsulating acacia tannin extract and evaluation of their potential use in ruminant nutrition
OBJECTIVE: The use of tannin extract and other phytochemicals as dietary additives in ruminants is becoming more popular due to …
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Groundnut production constraints and farmers’ trait preferences: a pre-breeding study in Togo
BACKGROUND: Groundnut is an important legume crop in Togo. However, groundnut yield has been steadily decreasing for decades as a …
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Investigating the Effect of Selected Non-Saccharomyces Species on Wine Ecosystem Function and Major Volatiles
Natural alcoholic fermentation is initiated by a diverse population of several non-Saccharomyces yeast species. However, most of the species progressively …
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Prevalence, Serotyping, Molecular Typing, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella Isolated From Conventional and Organic Retail Ground Poultry
Ground poultry is marketed as a healthier alternative to ground beef despite the fact that poultry is a major source …
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Characterization of Dehydrin protein, CdDHN4-L and CdDHN4-S, and their differential protective roles against abiotic stress in vitro
BACKGROUND: Dehydrins play positive roles in regulating plant abiotic stress responses. The objective of this study was to characterize two …
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Future Climate Projections in Africa: Where Are We Headed?
This paper offers an overview of how climate change is already affecting farmers across eastern and southern Africa, and how …
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Insect-flower interaction networks vary among endemic pollinator taxa over an elevation gradient
Interaction networks are sensitive to elevation gradients through changes in local distribution of interacting partners. Here, we use plant-pollinator interaction …
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Multi-drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Typhoid fever remains a public health concern in developing countries especially among the poor who live in informal settlements …
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Genetic architecture of common bunt resistance in winter wheat using genome-wide association study
BACKGROUND: Common bunt (caused by Tilletia caries and T. foetida) has been considered as a major disease in wheat (Triticum …
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First report of natural Wolbachia infection in wild Anopheles funestus population in Senegal
BACKGROUND: Until very recently, Anopheles were considered naturally unable to host Wolbachia, an intracellular bacterium regarded as a potential biological …
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Verbascoside: Identification, Quantification, and Potential Sensitization of Colorectal Cancer Cells to 5-FU by Targeting PI3K/AKT Pathway
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer mortality worldwide. Although, 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapeutic regimens remain the mainstay for …
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Women, Culture and Africa’s Land Reform Agenda
Pre-colonial Africa prides itself on adherence to diverse cultural affinity and traditional belief systems, which defines the place of women …