1903 papers
This review synthesizes current knowledge on sustainable coffee production by evaluating how biotechnology, circular bioeconomy, and climate-smart agricultural practices can collectively address climate change, disease, and resource constraints to ensure the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and the long-term viability of the coffee value chain.
This study presents a rapid, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly flow cytometry method that successfully discriminates airborne conidia of *Botrytis cinerea* and *Aspergillus carbonarius* from other fungal species in vineyard air samples, offering a promising tool for early detection and timely intervention to mitigate bunch rot and mycotoxin risks.
This study establishes a comprehensive and robust scientific framework for producing feminised hybrid cannabis seeds by integrating silver thiosulfate-induced pollen on female plants with a complete workflow for pollination and harvest, thereby addressing key challenges in precision breeding for *Cannabis sativa*.
This paper introduces RAFT, a novel, open-source self-assessment tool that quantifies individual European farms' resilience to simultaneous climate and market shocks by evaluating robustness, adaptability, and transformability through a statistically validated framework of 147 diagnostic questions.
This study demonstrates that replacing conventional roughage with 100% urea-molasses treated bamboo leaves in the diet of growing crossbred goats significantly enhances nutrient intake, digestibility, growth performance, and economic efficiency without compromising animal health.
This study identifies specific *Trichoderma* and *Bacillus* isolates as effective biocontrol agents against maize charcoal rot caused by *Macrophomina phaseolina* by demonstrating their multifaceted mechanisms of action, which include direct antagonism, antibiosis, plant growth promotion, and the modulation of antioxidant and defense enzyme activities.
This study of smallholder cocoa farmers in Nigeria reveals that sustained institutional support significantly increases the adoption intensity of sustainable reforestation practices, with specific socioeconomic and farm-level factors driving adoption differently for participants and non-participants in institutional programs.
A field trial comparing three oral application methods for a live Salmonella Typhimurium vaccine in day-of-hatch broiler chicks found that while the spray-gel method yielded the highest vaccine levels in the caecum and the drinking water method the highest in the liver, all three methods successfully achieved excellent vaccine uptake in all birds, demonstrating that early vaccination is readily achievable regardless of the technique used.
A field experiment conducted in Dharwad, India, demonstrated that an integrated nutrient management strategy combining recommended chemical fertilizers, farmyard manure, zinc and iron supplements, and rhizosphere microbial consortia significantly enhanced grain and straw yields, nutrient uptake, and overall system productivity in a maize–chickpea cropping sequence on Vertisols.
This study in Morogoro, Tanzania, demonstrates that water pre-soaking significantly improves maize germination and seedling vigor, particularly when combined with improved varieties, offering a viable solution for smallholder farmers who currently rely heavily on untreated, farm-saved seeds.