A 40-year remote sensing analysis of spatiotemporal temperature and rainfall patterns in Senegal by Catherine Nakalembe, Diana B. Frimpong, Hannah Kerner, Mamadou Adama Sarr

“…High temperatures in key crop-producing regions, such as Saraya, Goudiry, and Tambacounda in the Eastern Senegal area also threaten crop yields, especially maize, sorghum, millet, and peanuts. By acknowledging and addressing the unique impacts of climate change on various agroecological zones, policymakers and stakeholders can develop and implement customized adaptation strategies that are more successful in fostering resilience and ensuring sustainable agricultural production in the face of a changing climate.…”
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Geospatial monitoring and analysis of agricultural drought to identify hotspots and risk assessment for Senegal by Gurjeet Singh, Narendra N. Das, P.V. Vara Prasad

“…Specifically, the study identifies recurrent and intense drought hotspots affecting yields of staple crops like maize and rice, as well as cash crops like peanuts. The developed high-resolution drought monitoring system for Senegal not only identifies hotspots but also enables prioritizing sustainable approaches and adaptive strategies, ultimately sustaining agricultural productivity and resilience in Senegal’s drought-prone regions.…”
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Using Food Composition Tables to Estimate Decreases in Sodium Intake Due to the Reformulation of Packaged and Ultra-Processed Foods in a Young Population in South Africa by Alexandra Ross, Elizabeth C Swart, Joelaine Chetty, Malory Jumat, Tamryn Frank, Averalda van Graan

“…Reported sodium from cured meat (such as Russians) and certain types of soup powder, cereals, and salted peanuts had a 9 to 33 percent lower calculated sodium consumption. …”
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Cooperation Between <i>Rhodococcus qinshengii</i> and <i>Rhodococcus erythropolis</i> for Carbendazim Degradation by Roosivelt Solano-Rodríguez, Fortunata Santoyo-Tepole, Mario Figueroa, Voleta Larios-Serrato, Nora Ruiz-Ordaz, Abigail Pérez-Valdespino, Everardo Curiel-Quesada

“…Carbendazim (CBZ) is a fungicide widely used on different crops, including soybeans, cereals, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, and sugar beet. Excessive use of this xenobiotic causes environmental deterioration and affects human health. …”
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Seed delivery system in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo: characteristics, stakeholders mapping and challenges towards building a well-functioning seed system under humani... by Jean M. Mondo, Adrien B. Ndeko, Rodrigue B. Ayagirwe, Henri M. Matiti, Chance Bahati, René M. Civava

“…The cash flow in the seed sector was high owing to high seed demands from humanitarian organizations and farmer support structures, estimated at ∼1.5 million US$ in 2022 for the top three commercial seed commodities (common beans, maize and peanuts). However, the province seed production capacity through formal pathway is low (only ∼35 and 69% of the demands for common bean and maize, respectively, are covered by local productions), meaning that the seed demand is met either through importation or fraudulent conversion of farmer-saved seed. …”
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Adapting the Planetary Health Diet Index for children and adolescents by Carolina Venegas Hargous, Liliana Orellana, Claudia Strugnell, Camila Corvalan, Steven Allender, Colin Bell

“…Children’s scores were very low for nuts & peanuts, legumes, dark green vegetables, whole cereals, tubers & potatoes, and added sugars components across both indices, but were higher for dairy products and eggs & white meats components when using the PHDI-C due to adjustments made to ensure nutritional adequacy. …”
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Modified COST-235 Empirical Pathloss Model for Agricultural WSN Using Particle Swarm Optimization by Syahfrizal Tahcfulloh, Etty Wahyuni, Dwi Santoso, Rizkyandi Juliannanda

“…This paper explicitly examines and analyzes radio wave propagation modeling for measuring radio frequency (RF) signal strength in local agriculture's 2.4 GHz WSN system, such as Adan rice, corn, and peanuts. The particle-swarm-optimization (PSO) method is used to modify empirical path loss models such as Weissberger, ITU-vegetation, COST-235, Egli, and FITU-R, which also involve the influence of rain attenuation. …”
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