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Adopting yield-improving practices to meet maize demand in Sub-Saharan Africa without cropland expansion by Aramburu-Merlos, Fernando, Tenorio, Fatima A. M., Mashingaidze, Nester, Sananka, Alex, Aston, Stephen, Ojeda, Jonathan J., Grassini, Patricio

“…Maize demand in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase 2.3 times during the next 30 years driven by demographic and dietary changes. Over the past two…”
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Weed community responses to soil type during transition to no‐till practice on smallholder farms in Zimbabwe by Mavunganidze, Zira, Madakadze, Ignacio Casper, Nyamangara, Justice, Mafongoya, Paramu, Mashingaidze, Nester, Schutte, Brian

“…Understanding drivers of weed density and diversity is essential for the development of weed management strategies. Here, we compared temporal changes in weed…”
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Micro-dosing as a pathway to Africa's Green Revolution: evidence from broad-scale on-farm trials by Twomlow, Steve, Rohrbach, David, Dimes, John, Rusike, Joseph, Mupangwa, Walter, Ncube, Bongani, Hove, Lewis, Moyo, Martin, Mashingaidze, Nester, Mahposa, Putso

“…Next to drought, poor soil fertility is the single biggest cause of hunger in Africa. ICRISAT-Zimbabwe has been working for the past 10 years to encourage…”
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Growth and Tolerance of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Varieties to Pre and Postemergence Graminicides by Zimbere, Ellen, Mashingaidze, Nester, Muzemu, Simbarashe, Rugare, Joyful Tatenda

“…The use of herbicides for weed control in arable crop production is known to be fast and effective. However, there is paucity of information on the safety of…”
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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 by Mashingaidze, Nester, Ekesa, Beatrice, Ndayisaba, Celestin Pierre, Njukwe, Emmanuel, Groot, Jeroen C. J., Gwazane, Munyaradzi, Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…Food insecurity and malnutrition are challenges in rural Rwanda that are presumed to be affected by differential household socioeconomic status, but the…”
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Crop yield and weed growth under conservation agriculture in semi-arid Zimbabwe by Mashingaidze, Nester, Madakadze, Casper, Twomlow, Stephen, Nyamangara, Justice, Hove, Lewis

“…► Studied effect of tillage, mulch and weeding on weed growth in cowpea and sorghum. ► High early season weed growth was observed in minimum tillage (MT)…”
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Maize fungal root pathogens as affected by fertilisation and rotation with legumes by Nemadodzi, Edzisani A., Franke, Angelinus C., Mashingaidze, Nester, Kotzé, Elmarie, Mavunganidze, Zira

“…The abilities of grain legumes to fix atmospheric nitrogen are well documented, but the non-N effects of incorporating legumes into cereal-based systems are…”
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Exploring solution spaces for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Kenya and Vietnam by Timler, Carl, Alvarez, Stéphanie, DeClerck, Fabrice, Remans, Roseline, Raneri, Jessica, Estrada Carmona, Natalia, Mashingaidze, Nester, Abe Chatterjee, Shantonu, Chiang, Tsai Wei, Termote, Celine, Yang, Ray-Yu, Descheemaeker, Katrien, Brouwer, Inge D., Kennedy, Gina, Tittonell, Pablo A., Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Smallholder agriculture is an important source of livelihoods in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In these regions the highest concentrations of…”
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Weed growth and labor demand under hand-hoe based reduced tillage in smallholder farmers’ fields in Zimbabwe by Nyamangara, Justice, Mashingaidze, Nester, Masvaya, Esther Nyaradzo, Nyengerai, Kudzai, Kunzekweguta, Machiweyi, Tirivavi, Ronald, Mazvimavi, Kizito

“…•Reduced tillage plots planted 12–18 days earlier than conventional tillage plots.•Weeding frequency was 42.1–58.9% higher in reduced tillage plots.•Labor…”
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Filling the agronomic data gap through a minimum data collection approach by Tenorio, Fatima A.M., Rattalino Edreira, Juan I., Monzon, Juan Pablo, Aramburu-Merlos, Fernando, Dobermann, Achim, Gruere, Armelle, Brihet, Juan Martin, Gayo, Sofia, Conley, Shawn, Mourtzinis, Spyridon, Mashingaidze, Nester, Sananka, Alex, Aston, Stephen, Ojeda, Jonathan J., Grassini, Patricio

“…Agronomic data such as applied inputs, management practices, and crop yields are needed for assessing productivity, nutrient balances, resource use efficiency,…”
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The Role of Tillage, Allelopathy, Dormancy-Breaking Mechanisms and Wind in the Spread of Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) in Zimbabwe by Zivanai, Musabayana, Ronald, Mandumbu, Nester, Mashingaidze

“…Purple nutsedge ( Cyperus rotundus ) is an invasive weed in tropical cultivated lands and propagates through tubers, rhizomes, seed and corms. Weedy invasive…”
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Weed growth and labor demand under hand-hoe based reduced tillage in smallholder farmers' fields in Zimbabwe: Evaluating conservation agriculture for small-scale farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by NYAMANGARA, Justice, MASHINGAIDZE, Nester, ESTHER NYARADZO MASVAYA, NYENGERAI, Kudzai, KUNZEKWEGUTA, Machiweyi, TIRIVAVI, Ronald, MAZVIMAVI, Kizito

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