Global food systems are as vital for human survival as they constitute a major threat to the environment, being key drivers of climate change, water use, toxic emissions and habitat change. In a
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Yield forecasts are generally based on a combination of expert knowledge, survey data, statistical analyses and model simulations. These forecasts, when public, influence crop prices and can be
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Ensuring the availability of the broadest possible germplasm base for agriculture in the face of increasingly uncertain and variable patterns of biotic and abiotic change is fundamental for the
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The agricultural sector remains the main source of livelihoods for rural communities in Ethiopia, but faces the challenge of changing climate. This study investigated how smallholder farmers
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Agricultural land abandonment (ALA) is widespread in many countries of the global north. It impacts rural communities, traditional landscapes, biodiversity and ecosystem services. It is an
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Although the public governance of climate change adaptation gained increasing attention among both policy-makers and researchers in recent years, it is still largely unclear how governments aim
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Soil water status plays an important role in growth-yield and grape quality of Vitis vinifera (L.). In some cases, periods of moderate water stress have been indicated to exert a positive effect
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Most greenhouse climate models are specific for a particular combination of greenhouse type, crop, region and weather conditions. Models are formulated and validated for those conditions and it
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Fungal endophytes grow symbiotically inside plants, where some strains promote plant growth and survival under particular abiotic stresses. We colonized tomato plants with systemic (also called
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Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are important insect pests causing serious damage to plants and transmitting hundreds of plant viruses. Climate change is expected to influence life history
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