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Optimal dietary patterns designed from local foods to achieve maternal nutritional goals
(BMC Public Health, 2018-04-04)
Background: Achieving nutritional requirements for pregnant and lactating mothers in rural households while
maintaining the intake of local and culture-specific foods can be a difficult task. Deploying a linear goal ...
To eradicate or not to eradicate? Recommendations on Prosopis juliflora management in Afar, Ethiopia, from an interdisciplinary perspective
(Springer Open, 2016-08-19)
As one of the most invasive species of arid and semi-arid areas of East Africa, Prosopis juliflora has become a major
threat to livelihoods of the Afar pastoral people and to the fragile ecosystems they live in. This paper ...
In Vitro Callus Induction and Shoot Regeneration from Leaf Explants of Glinus lotoides (L.)—An Important Medicinal Plant
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2015-06-05)
G. lotoides L. is a threatened plant that is frequently harvested for medicinal purpose. However, its
distribution in the world is limited because of short period of seed viability and poor seed germination.
The objective ...
Are Asian elephants afraid of honeybees? Experimental studies in northern Thailand
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-06-09)
In many parts of South and Southeast Asia, rural farmers living at the borders of protected areas frequently encounter Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) raiding their crops and threatening farmers lives and livelihoods. ...
Inadequate management of complementary foods contributes to the risk of aflatoxin exposure and low nutrition status among children
(World Mycotoxin Journal, 2018-11-22)
Early exposure to aflatoxins through complementary food is linked to impaired growth in childhood. The current study assessed the household’s practices on management of complementary foods in relation to the risk of aflatoxin ...
A preliminary study of T-2 and HT-2 toxins in cereals sold in traditional market in South Korea
(Elsevier Ltd., 2011-08)
Fusarium species are responsible for the production of harmful trichothecenes mycotoxins in cereals. These mycotoxins are cytotoxic, potentially immunosuppressive and potent fast-acting inhibitors of protein and nucleic ...
Herbaceous Forage and Selection Patterns by Ungulates across Varying Herbivore Assemblages in a South African Savanna
(PLOS ONE, 2013-12-16)
Herbivores generally have strong structural and compositional effects on vegetation, which in turn determines the plant forage species available. We investigated how selected large mammalian herbivore assemblages use and ...
Spatio-temporal invasion dynamics of Maesopsis eminii in Amani Nature Forest Reserve, Tanzania
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-06-01)
Globally, invasive plant species cause negative impacts to human livelihoods and natural ecosystems, particularly in biodiversity hotspots. Maesopsis eminii invasion in Amani Nature Forest Reserve, Tanzania, was considered ...
Effects of clipping and irrigation on carbon storage in grasses: implications for CO2 emission mitigation in rangelands
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2018-04-03)
Understanding how individual grasses respond to herbivory and rainfall has been hampered by the difficulty of quantifying above- and belowground carbon (C) storage in grasses. Particularly by restoring degraded rangelands ...
Carbon stocks and sequestration potential of dry forests under community management in Tigray, Ethiopia
(Springer Open, 2017-06-20)
Introduction: Forests form a major component of the carbon (C) reserves in the world’s ecosystems. However, little
is known on how management influences C stocks of woody vegetation, particularly in dry areas. We ...