Search Results - "Nkurunziza, Libère"

Trade‐offs between seed output and life span – a quantitative comparison of traits between annual and perennial congeneric species by Vico, Giulia, Manzoni, Stefano, Nkurunziza, Libère, Murphy, Kevin, Weih, Martin

“…Perennial plants allocate more resources belowground, thus sustaining important ecosystem services. Hence, shifting from annual to perennial crops has been…”
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Innovative agronomic practices for sustainable intensification in sub-Saharan Africa. A review by Kuyah, Shem, Sileshi, Gudeta Weldesemayat, Nkurunziza, Libère, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Ndayisaba, Pierre Celestin, Dimobe, Kangbéni, Öborn, Ingrid

“…Africa’s need to double food production and feed the burgeoning human population, without compromising its natural resource base, has raised the momentum for…”
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Socio-ecological factors determine crop performance in agricultural systems by Nkurunziza, Libère, Watson, Christine A., Öborn, Ingrid, Smith, Henrik G., Bergkvist, Göran, Bengtsson, Jan

“…Agricultural production systems are affected by complex interactions between social and ecological factors, which are often hard to integrate in a common…”
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Climate change awareness and adaptation strategies by smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe by Madamombe, Sandra Makaita, Ng’ang’a, Stanley Karanja, Öborn, Ingrid, Nyamadzawo, George, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Kihara, Job, Nkurunziza, Libère

“…Agricultural production, food, nutrition and income security of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are threatened by extreme weather events, such as…”
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Understanding effects of multiple farm management practices on barley performance by Nkurunziza, Libère, Chongtham, Iman Raj, Watson, Christine A., Marstorp, Håkan, Öborn, Ingrid, Bergkvist, Göran, Bengtsson, Jan

“…•We selected relevant management practices for barley performance indicators (BPIs).•We evaluated combined management practice effects and the prediction of…”
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Sandy soil reclamation technologies to improve crop productivity and soil health: a review by Musei, Sylus Kipngeno, Kuyah, Shem, Nyawira, Sylvia, Ng’ang’a, Stanley Karanja, Karugu, Winifred N., Smucker, Alvin, Nkurunziza, Libère

“…Sandy soils are characterized by low soil moisture content and nutrient retention due to high permeability, limiting crop productivity and threatening food…”
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Reducing Climate Risks by Improving Food Production and Value Chains: A Case of Sandy Soils in Semi-arid Kenya by Nkurunziza, Libère, Kuyah, Shem, Nyawira, Sylvia, Ng'ang'a, Stanley Karanja, Musei, Sylus, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Karugu, Winifred, Smucker, Alvin, Öborn, Ingrid

“…Due to climate change and variability, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent worldwide, causing significant reductions in agricultural production…”
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The Potential Benefits and Trade-Offs of Using Sub-surface Water Retention Technology on Coarse-Textured Soils: Impacts of Water and Nutrient Saving on Maize Production and Soil Carbon Sequestration by Nkurunziza, Libère, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Lana, Marcos, Sommer, Rolf, Karanja, Stanley, Rao, Idupulapati, Romero Sanchez, Miguel Antonio, Quintero, Marcela, Kuyah, Shem, Lewu, Francis, Joel, Abraham, Nyamadzawo, George, Smucker, Alvin

“…In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), many smallholder communities continuously grapple with soil-based poverty as the coarse-textured (sandy) soils, on which they eke…”
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Estimation of Crown Temperature of Winter Wheat and the Effect on Simulation of Frost Tolerance by Persson, T., Bergjord Olsen, A. K., Nkurunziza, L., Sindhöj, E., Eckersten, H.

“…Accurate estimation of winter wheat frost kill in cold‐temperate agricultural regions is limited by lack of data on soil temperature at wheat crown depth,…”
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Crop genotype-environment modelling to evaluate forage maize cultivars under climate variability by Nkurunziza, Libère, Kornher, Alois, Hetta, Mårten, Halling, Magnus, Weih, Martin, Eckersten, Henrik

“…A crop model and environmental data were used to simulate genotype-environment interactions for commercial forage maize cultivars. Genotype parameters defined…”
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Repeated grading of weed abundance and multivariate methods to improve the efficacy of on-farm weed control trials by Nkurunziza, L.(Linkoeping Univ. (Sweden)), Milberg, P

“…We evaluated whether new information could be drawn from additional data collection and unconventional statistical analyses of an on-farm trial. First, we…”
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Estimating winter survival of winter wheat by simulations of plant frost tolerance by Bergjord Olsen, A. K., Persson, T., Wit, A., Nkurunziza, L., Sindhøj, E., Eckersten, H.

“…Based on soil temperature, snow depth and the grown cultivar's maximum attainable level of frost tolerance (LT50c), the FROSTOL model simulates development of…”
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