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Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems by Herrero, Mario, Havlík, Petr, Valin, Hugo, Notenbaert, An, Rufino, Mariana C., Thornton, Philip K., Blümmel, Michael, Weiss, Franz, Grace, Delia, Obersteiner, Michael

“…We present a unique, biologically consistent, spatially disaggregated global livestock dataset containing information on biomass use, production, feed…”
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Exploring global changes in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in agriculture induced by livestock production over the 1900–2050 period by Bouwman, Lex, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Van Der Hoek, Klaas W., Beusen, Arthur H. W., Van Vuuren, Detlef P., Willems, Jaap, Rufino, Mariana C., Stehfest, Elke

“…Crop-livestock production systems are the largest cause of human alteration of the global nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles. Our comprehensive spatially…”
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Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions by Havlik, Petr, Valin, Hugo, Herrero, Mario, Obersteiner, Michael, Schmid, Erwin, Rufino, Mariana C., Mosnier, Aline, Thornton, Philip K., Böttcher, Hannes, Conant, Richard T., Frank, Stefan, Fritz, Steffen, Fuss, Sabine, Kraxner, Florian, An Notenbaert

“…Livestock are responsible for 12% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable intensification of livestock production systems might become a key…”
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Land use affects total dissolved nitrogen and nitrate concentrations in tropical montane streams in Kenya by Jacobs, Suzanne R., Breuer, Lutz, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Pelster, David E., Rufino, Mariana C.

“…African tropical montane forests are facing fast and dynamic changes in land use. However, the impacts of these changes on stream water quality are…”
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A meta-analysis of long-term effects of conservation agriculture on maize grain yield under rain-fed conditions by Rusinamhodzi, Leonard, Corbeels, Marc, van Wijk, Mark T., Rufino, Mariana C., Nyamangara, Justice, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Conservation agriculture involves reduced tillage, permanent soil cover and crop rotations to enhance soil fertility and to supply food from a dwindling land…”
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Feeding efficiency gains can increase the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of the Tanzanian dairy sector by Hawkins, James, Yesuf, Gabriel, Zijlstra, Mink, Schoneveld, George C., Rufino, Mariana C.

“…We use an attributional life cycle assessment (LCA) and simulation modelling to assess the effect of improved feeding practices and increased yields of feed…”
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Agricultural land is the main source of stream sediments after conversion of an African montane forest by Stenfert Kroese, Jaqueline, Batista, Pedro V. G., Jacobs, Suzanne R., Breuer, Lutz, Quinton, John N., Rufino, Mariana C.

“…In many parts of Africa, soil erosion is an important problem, which is evident from high sediment yields in tropical montane streams. Previous studies in…”
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The contribution of sectoral climate change mitigation options to national targets: a quantitative assessment of dairy production in Kenya by Brandt, Patric, Herold, Martin, Rufino, Mariana C

“…Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture has become a critical target in national climate change policies. More than 80% of the countries in…”
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Diurnal Patterns in Solute Concentrations Measured with In Situ UV-Vis Sensors: Natural Fluctuations or Artefacts? by Jacobs, Suzanne R, Weeser, Björn, Rufino, Mariana C, Breuer, Lutz

“…In situ spectrophotometers measuring in the UV-visible spectrum are increasingly used to collect high-resolution data on stream water quality. This provides…”
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Mapping deforestation and recovery of tropical montane forests of East Africa by Ojoatre, Sadadi, Zhang, Ce, Yesuf, Gabriel, Rufino, Mariana C.

“…Deforestation poses a major threat to the tropical montane forest ecosystems of East Africa. Montane forests provide key and unique ecological and…”
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Agriculture-driven deforestation in the tropics from 1990-2015: emissions, trends and uncertainties by Carter, Sarah, Herold, Martin, Avitabile, Valerio, de Bruin, Sytze, De Sy, Veronique, Kooistra, Lammert, Rufino, Mariana C

“…Limited data exists on emissions from agriculture-driven deforestation, and available data are typically uncertain. In this paper, we provide comparable…”
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Regional nitrogen budget of the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa: syntheses, uncertainties and perspectives by Zhou, Minghua, Brandt, Patric, Pelster, David, Rufino, Mariana C, Robinson, Timothy, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus

“…Using the net anthropogenic nitrogen input (NANI) approach we estimated the N budget for the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa. The NANI of the basin ranged…”
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European soybean to benefit people and the environment by Rotundo, Jose L., Marshall, Rachel, McCormick, Ryan, Truong, Sandra K., Styles, David, Gerde, Jose A., Gonzalez-Escobar, Emmanuel, Carmo-Silva, Elizabete, Janes-Bassett, Victoria, Logue, Jennifer, Annicchiarico, Paolo, de Visser, Chris, Dind, Alice, Dodd, Ian C., Dye, Louise, Long, Stephen P., Lopes, Marta S., Pannecoucque, Joke, Reckling, Moritz, Rushton, Jonathan, Schmid, Nathaniel, Shield, Ian, Signor, Marco, Messina, Carlos D., Rufino, Mariana C.

“…Europe imports large amounts of soybean that are predominantly used for livestock feed, mainly sourced from Brazil, USA and Argentina. In addition, the demand…”
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Author Correction: Feeding efficiency gains can increase the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of the Tanzanian dairy sector by Hawkins, James, Yesuf, Gabriel, Zijlstra, Mink, Schoneveld, George C., Rufino, Mariana C.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Linking agricultural adaptation strategies, food security and vulnerability: evidence from West Africa by Douxchamps, Sabine, Van Wijk, Mark T., Silvestri, Silvia, Moussa, Abdoulaye S., Quiros, Carlos, Ndour, Ndèye Yacine B., Buah, Saaka, Somé, Léopold, Herrero, Mario, Kristjanson, Patricia, Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Thornton, Philip K., Van Asten, Piet, Zougmoré, Robert, Rufino, Mariana C.

“…Adaptation strategies to reduce smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate variability and seasonality are needed given the frequency of extreme weather…”
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Crop Productivity and the Global Livestock Sector: Implications for Land Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Havlík, Petr, Valin, Hugo, Mosnier, Aline, Obersteiner, Michael, Baker, Justin S., Herrero, Mario, Rufino, Mariana C., Schmid, Erwin

“…In this study we implement the global partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM, which has been used extensively in the past: 1) to analyze the effects of biofuel…”
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Embedding stakeholders’ priorities into the low-emission development of the East African dairy sector by Yesuf, Gabriel U, Schoneveld, George C, Zijlstra, Mink, Hawkins, James, Kihoro, Esther M, Vernooij, Vera, Rufino, Mariana C

“…Abstract A growing body of evidence shows that more intensive dairy systems can be good for both nature and people. Little research considers whether such…”
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Advances in sensing ammonia from agricultural sources by Insausti, Matías, Timmis, Roger, Kinnersley, Rob, Rufino, Mariana C.

“…[Display omitted] •New sensors have to be more sensitive, selective, low-cost and user-friendly.•Agricultural environments are high interference environments…”
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Land-use change and Biogeochemical controls of soil CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes in Cameroonian forest landscapes by Verchot, Louis V., Dannenmann, Michael, Kengdo, Steve Kwatcho, Njine-Bememba, Charles Baudouin, Rufino, Mariana C., Sonwa, Denis Jean, Tejedor, Javier

“…Deforestation and land-use change are accelerating in the Congo Basin and elsewhere in the tropics affecting the soil-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases…”
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Crop improvements for future‐proofing European food systems: A focus‐group‐driven analysis of agricultural production stakeholder priorities and viewpoints by Stetkiewicz, Stacia, Menary, Jonathan, Nair, Abhishek, Rufino, Mariana C., Fischer, Arnout R.H., Cornelissen, Marc, Duchesne, Remi, Guichaoua, Adrien, Jorasch, Petra, Lemarié, Stephane, Nanda, Amrit K., Wilhelm, Ralf, Davies, Jessica A.C.

“…Crop breeding is one of the main tools which can assist in future‐proofing food systems for more sustainable outcomes. In order to ensure priorities are…”
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