Only One in Ten Farms Irrigates: The Hidden Barriers Holding Back Southern Ethiopia’s Smallholders
A large-scale econometric study of over 33,000 households finds that only 9.4 percent of farmers in southern Ethiopia irrigate, with ...
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Open-source AI maps Senegal’s smallholder farms with record accuracy
An open-source AI model developed at the University of Cambridge outperformed existing satellite crop mapping methods in Senegal's groundnut basin, ...
Calf Sex and Breed Don’t Matter: Parity Holds the Key to Tropical Dairy Yields
A six-year analysis of dairy records in Trinidad and Tobago shows that parity and early lactation performance, not calf sex ...
Ethiopia’s Oilseed Yields Hinge on Soil Conservation, Not More Fertilizer, 19-Year Study Finds
A 19-year analysis of Ethiopian survey data finds that soil conservation, crop protection and water catchment practices, rather than added ...
Who Owns the Land Eats: Uganda Study Ties Tenure Security to Food Security
A survey of 398 households in three Ugandan districts shows that secure land tenure, inheritance, irrigation, and technology adoption dramatically ...
Mapping Three Decades of Research on Livelihood Diversification and Poverty Alleviation
A new scientometric review of 1,200 publications maps three decades of research on livelihood diversification and poverty alleviation, revealing rapid ...
Open-Source AI Platform Brings Smart Farming Decisions to Andean Smallholders
Researchers in Puno, Peru, have released AgroYachay, an open-source platform that turns low-cost ESP32 sensor telemetry into pest diagnoses, agronomic ...
Simple Starter Feed Boosts Lamb Growth Before and After Weaning
A locally formulated starter ration nearly doubled pre-weaning growth in Dorper × Menz lambs in Ethiopia, and the advantage persisted ...
Push–Pull Farming Meets Insect Frass in a Boost for Yields and Carbon
New research shows that combining intensified push–pull cropping with insect frass biofertilization can raise land productivity, increase protein yields and ...
Microbes and nanomaterials offer big yield gains for Africa’s stressed soils
A meta-analysis of 317 studies finds that biofertilizers, nanofertilizers, biochar and biostimulants significantly boost crop yields across Sub-Saharan Africa, with ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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