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ArticleCommunications earth & environment2025

Make African grasslands climate-change resilient.

Tersur T Akpensuen, Andrew D Cartmill, Simón Pérez-Márquez, Helen Sheridan, Michael R F Lee, M Jordana Rivero

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Article in Communications earth & environment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tersur T AkpensuenNet Zero and Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Devon, EX20 2SB United Kingdom.
Andrew D CartmillSchool of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand.
Simón Pérez-MárquezNet Zero and Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Devon, EX20 2SB United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3108-8159
Helen SheridanSchool of Agriculture and Food Science, University College, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8 Ireland.
Michael R F LeeSchool of Sustainable Food and Farming, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7451-5611
M Jordana RiveroNet Zero and Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Devon, EX20 2SB United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change has negatively impacted grassland productivity in Africa. Climate-smart technologies such as forage grass, legume, and herb mixtures could enhance grassland productivity and resilience, offering a sustainable solution for African pasture-based livestock systems.

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AgricultureClimate-change mitigation

Identifiers

PMID39958437
PMCPMC11828735

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