Exploring smallholder farmers’ access and participation in the Home Grown School Feeding Programme in selected counties of Kenya by Joyce Kamau, Collins Okoyo, Collins Okoyo, Tabitha Kanyui, Charles Mwandawiro, Samrat Singh, Lesley Drake

“…IntroductionSmallholder farmers (SHFs) produce 80% of the total agricultural output in Kenya. The Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) was designed to address short-term hunger among primary school children from food-insecure households, enhancing access to primary education while providing a market to SHFs through local procurement of food for schools. …”
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Investigation of genetic polymorphism of Russian rape and turnip rape varieties using SSR and SRAP markers by I. A. Klimenko, V. T. Volovik, A. A. Antonov, V. A. Dushkin, A. O. Shamustakimova, Yu. M. Mavlyutov

“…Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) and turnip rape (B. rapa L. subsp. campestris (L.)) are important agricultural plants widely used for food, fodder and technical purposes and as green manure. …”
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Analysis of Charcoal Producers Perceptions of Its Production, Forest Degradation, and Governance in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia’s Dry Afromontane Forests by Alemayehu Hido, Abebe Teka, Asabeneh Alemayehu

“…Charcoal production (32.7%) is second, following agricultural expansion (39.8%) in its negative contribution to forest degradation. …”
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Does urban–rural integration contribute to environmental health? Exploring the interplay between urban–rural integration and air quality dynamics in Yangtze River middle reaches ci... by Jixin Yang, Jixin Yang, Bowen Fu, Bowen Fu, Xufeng Cui, Xufeng Cui

“…The spatial distribution of coordination degree shows a “high in the west and low in the east, high in the north and low in the south” trend. (4) Per capita GDP, non-agricultural employment ratio, urban–rural spatial circulation media, population urbanization level, and fixed asset investment were identified as the core factors driving the coordination degree between urban–rural integration and air quality.ConclusionThis study confirms that the urban–rural integration and air quality of Yangtze River middle reaches city cluster are gradually changing in the direction of high-quality coordination. …”
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Assessment of 3-Cyanobenzoic Acid as a Possible Herbicide Candidate: Effects on Maize Growth and Photosynthesis by Luiz Henryque Escher Grizza, Isabela de Carvalho Contesoto, Ana Paula da Silva Mendonça, Amanda Castro Comar, Ana Paula Boromelo, Ana Paula Ferro, Rodrigo Polimeni Constantin, Wanderley Dantas dos Santos, Rogério Marchiosi, Osvaldo Ferrarese-Filho

“…Chemical weed control is a significant agricultural concern, and reliance on a limited range of herbicide action modes has increased resistant weed species, many of which use C4 metabolism. …”
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Hydrogeochemical Evaluation of Groundwater Quality and Its Applicability for Various Purposes in the Drought-Prone Konso Zone, Rift Valley, Southern Ethiopia by Abel Abebe, Muralitharan Jothimani, Gosaye Berhanu

“…Moreover, the high concentrations of total dissolved solids in Konso Zone groundwater pose challenges for industrial, agricultural, and drinking purposes. GIS-based spatial analysis techniques, hydrogeochemical analyses, and water quality indices were used in the current study. …”
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Biological control of bacterial wilt in pathumma; Curcuma alismatifolia by S. Promsai, Y. Tragoolpua, N. Thongwai

“…It is expected that these antagonistic bacteria be useful in wilt disease management in the field for friendly and sustainable agriculture…”
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Alternative futures of food consumption in Tehran metropolis by Farshid Azizkhani, Mohammad Rahim Eivazi, Majid mokhtarianpour, Muhammad Reza Esmaili Givi

“…Geographical studies on food categorized in five scales; global and transnational, national and regional, urban, rural and agricultural, domestic scales of food consumption and the individual as a consumer. …”
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Evaluating oral health status in elderly Irula tribes of Tamil Nadu by using the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index by Margret Beaula Alocious Sukumar, Roshni Mary Peter, Alex Joseph

“…A majority lived in nuclear families (87.6%) and were agricultural laborers (60.0%). Many participants never experienced limitations in eating due to dental issues (64.0%). …”
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Genetic modification of the shikimate pathway to reduce lignin content in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) significantly impacts plant microbiomes by Shuang Liu, Ming-Yi Chou, Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci, Aymerick Eudes, Gregory Bonito

“…Our results show unexpected reductions in mycorrhizas and actinobacteria in belowground tissues, raising questions on the resilience and function of genetically engineered plants in agricultural systems.…”
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Diversity, Abundance, and Habitat Association of Medium and Large-Sized Mammals in Tiski Waterfall, Awi Zone, Ethiopia by Binega Derebe, Yonas Derebe, Melkamu Kassaye

“…To limit the impact of agricultural growth on big and medium mammals, good habitat management is required.…”
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Development of a marker panel for genotyping of domestic soybean cultivars for genes controlling the duration of vegetation and response to photoperiod by R. N. Perfil’ev, A. B. Shcherban, E. A. Salina

“…., is one of the most important agricultural crops grown in a wide range of latitude. …”
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Larvicidal Effectiveness of Azolla pinnata against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) with Its Effects on Larval Morphology and Visualization of Behavioural Response by Nor Shaida Husna Zulkrnin, Nurul Nadiah Rozhan, Nur Amanina Zulkfili, Nik Raihan Nik Yusoff, Mohd Sukhairi Mat Rasat, Nor Hakimin Abdullah, Muhammad Iqbal Ahmad, Rajiv Ravi, Intan H. Ishak, Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin

“…Azolla pinnata is an aquatic fern and predominantly used as feed in poultry industry and as fertilizer in agricultural field for enhancing the fertility of rice paddy soil. …”
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Mitigation of soil salinity by biochar and halophytes by Qiang Xu, Yibin Xu, Hanji Xia, Han Han, Mingsi Li, Ping Gong, Chunxia Wang, Yufang Li, Pengfei Li, Hongguang Liu

“…Biochar is widely recognized as a significant agricultural management practice globally. Nevertheless, its application typically emphasizes incorporation into topsoil, while the potential benefits of biochar interlayers in ameliorating saline wastelands in arid regions remain insufficiently understood. …”
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Geospatial visualization and seasonal variation of heavy metals in river sediments by D. Justus Reymond, K. Sudalaimuthu

“…Industrialization and agricultural developments are progressively causing ecological concerns, which must be addressed. …”
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MSCPNet: A Multi-Scale Convolutional Pooling Network for Maize Disease Classification by Mehdhar S. A. M. Al-Gaashani, Reem Alkanhel, Muthana Ali Salem Ali, Mohammed Saleh Ali Muthanna, Ahmed Aziz, Ammar Muthanna

“…Transformer-based models, on the other hand, provide long-range dependencies but come with significant computational overhead, limiting their use in real-time agricultural applications. To overcome these challenges, we propose MSCPNet, a novel architecture that combines a truncated MobileNetV2 backbone with a Multi-Scale Convolutional PoolFormer block. …”
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Variability of microbiomes in winter rye, wheat, and triticale affected by snow mold: predicting promising microorganisms for the disease control by Ildar T. Sakhabutdinov, Inna B. Chastukhina, Egor A. Ryazanov, Sergey N. Ponomarev, Olga A. Gogoleva, Alexander S. Balkin, Viktor N. Korzun, Mira L. Ponomareva, Vladimir Y. Gorshkov

“…Bacteria from the Cellulomonas, Lechevalieria, and Pseudoxanthomonas genera and fungi from the Cladosporium, Entimomentora, Pseudogymnoascus, and Cistella genera are prime candidates for testing their plant-protective properties against Microdochium-induced snow mold disease and for further use in agricultural practice.…”
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Effects of Microdose Fertilizers and Irrigation Depth on Onion () Growth Under Drip Irrigation in Northern Ethiopia by Aemro Wale, Messay Abera, Tesfa Asmelie, Gashaw Beza

“…The variables that most significantly affect bulb yield in Ethiopia’s irrigated agricultural onion production systems are the amount of irrigation water and the irrigated fertilizer application rates. …”
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The Neglected Creatures of Forests: Wild Bees by Yasemin Güler

“…This pressure, which is directly or indirectly applied to the forests, such as the conversion of forest areas into agricultural areas, forest fires and interventions to water resources, leads to deterioration of plant associations and therefore to changes in forest fauna elements. …”
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Exposure of wild mammals to glyphosate, AMPA, and glufosinate: a case for “emerging organic contaminants”? by Fritsch, Clémentine, Appenzeller, Brice M. R., Bertrand, Colette, Coeurdassier, Michael, Driget, Vincent, Hardy, Emilie M, Palazzi, Paul, Schaeffer, Charline, Goydadin, Anne-Claude, Gaba, Sabrina, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Pelosi, Céline

“…Our findings raise issues about the omnipresence of GLY, AMPA and GLUF in agricultural landscapes, including in animals from habitats considered refuges, questioning their ecological safety. …”
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