Search Results - Education Experimental methods.

The impact of an experimental nutritional intervention in childhood on education among Guatemalan adults by Maluccio, John, Hoddinott, John F., Behrman, Jere R., Martorell, Reynaldo, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Stein, Aryeh D.

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Video-based behavioral change communication to change consumption patterns: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia by Abate, Gashaw T., Baye, Kaleab, de Brauw, Alan, Hirvonen, Kalle, Wolle, Abdulazize

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Conditional cash transfers and high school attainment: Evidence from a large-scale program in the Dominican Republic by Hernandez, Manuel A., Pellerano, Jose A., Sanchez, Gonzalo E.

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Farmer field schools as a learning process for resource-poor farmers by Hofisi, Fortunate

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Farm households' preference for cash-based compensation versus livelihood-enhancing programs: A choice experiment to inform avian flu compensation policy in Nigeria by Oparinde, Adewale, Birol, Ekin

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A nutrition behaviour change intervention delivered through women's self-help groups in India is protective against depression and reduces time spent in market work by Gupta, Shivani, Scott, Samuel P., Kumar, Neha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Thai, Giang, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Menon, Purnima

“…Little is known about how such group-based interventions affect women's mental health and time use. Methods: The Women Improving Nutrition through Group-based Strategies (WINGS) study was a quasi-experimental impact evaluation, comparing 16 blocks (8 matched pairs) with SHG formation support; 8 blocks received a 3-year nutrition intervention (NI) with BCC topics such as nutrition, home-gardens and women's well-being, facilitated by a trained female volunteer; the other 8 received standard activities (STD) to support savings & livelihoods. …”
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A women's group-based nutrition behavior change intervention in India has limited impacts amidst implementation barriers and a concurrent national behavior change campaign by Scott, Samuel P., Gupta, Shivani, Kumar, Neha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Thai, Giang, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Menon, Purnima

“…Limited evidence exists on effects of nutrition interventions through SHGs on maternal and child nutrition outcomes. Methods: The Women Improving Nutrition through Group-based Strategies (WINGS) study was a quasi-experimental impact evaluation, comparing 16 matched blocks where communities were provided support to form SHGs and improve women's livelihoods; 8 blocks (1 in each matched pair) received a 3-year nutrition intervention (NI) with nutrition education, agriculture- and rights-based information, facilitated by a trained female volunteer; the other 8 blocks received standard activities (STD) to support savings & livelihoods. …”
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The ÓMICAS alliance, an international research program on multi-omics for crop breeding optimization by Jaramillo Botero, Andres, Colorado, Julian D., Quimbaya, Mauricio, Rebolledo, María Camila, Lorieux, Mathias, Ghneim-Herrera, Thaura, Arango, Carlos A., Tobón, Luis E., Finke, Jorge, Rocha, Camilo, Muñoz, Fernando, Riascos, John J., Silva, Fernando, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Caccamo, Mario Jose, Vandepoele, Klaas, Goddard, William A.

“…The strategy and methods described in this article, involve the characterization of different crop models, using high-throughput, real-time phenotyping technologies as well as experimental tissue characterization at different levels of the omics hierarchy and under contrasting conditions, to elucidate epigenome-, genome-, proteome- and metabolome-phenome relationships. …”
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Consumer willingness to pay a premium for orange-fleshed sweet potato puree products: a gender-responsive evidence from Becker–DeGroot–Marschak experimental auction among low- and... by Wangithi, C.M., Nyangaresi, A.M., Srinivasulu, R., Moyo, M., Muzhingi, T., Kawarazuka, Nozomi

“…Following a multistage sampling technique, this study employs the Becker–DeGroot–Marschak (BDM) experimental auction method to assess if men and women consumers—from selected, highly populated low- and middle-income areas of Nairobi County in Kenya—are aware and if they would be willing to pay for OFSP puree products. …”
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Biocultural heritage of transhumant territories by Easdale, Marcos Horacio, Michel, Carolina Lara, Perri, Daiana Vanesa

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Alfabetización ambiental de los alumnos de la carrera de agronomía de la facultad de ingeniería y ciencias agropecuarias (FICA) de la Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Villa Merced... by Celdran, Diego Javier, Montaño Salas, Francisco Enrique, Cervantes Beltrán, Arturo

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Priority research topics to improve streamflow data availability in data-scarce countries: the case for Ethiopia by Taye, Meron Teferi, Zimale, Fasikaw A., Woldesenbet, T. A., Kebede, M. G., Amare, S. D., Tegegne, G., Mekonnen, K., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru

“…However, there is inadequate research that seeks solutions, while some researchers use experimental methods to generate recent streamflow data, which is an expensive approach. …”
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Mexico, Evaluation of PROGRESA by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In 1997, the federal government of Mexico introduced the Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (the Education, Health, and Nutrition Program), known by its Spanish acronym, PROGRESA, as part of its renewed effort to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. …”
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Determinantes de la adopción de tecnología de riego presurizado. El caso del Valle de Tulum, San Juan = Determinants of the adoption of pressurized irrigation technology. The case... by Goti Ayala, Ana Ayelén, Roco Fuentes, Lisandro Edgardo, Andrieu, Jimena

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Unravelling negative interactions between humans, mammalian carnivores and raptors in South America by Ballejo, Fernando, Plaza, Pablo, Di Virgilio, Agustina, Lucherini, Mauro, Gaspero, Pablo Gabriel, Guerisoli, María de las Mercedes, Novaro, Andres, Funes, Martin, Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin

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High-Throughput Sequencing Discloses the Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) Diversity in Slovakia and Reveals New Hosts of CMV from the Papaveraceae Family by Mrkvová, Michaela, Hancinsky, Richard, Predajna, Lukas, Alaxin, Peter, Achs, Adam, Tomasechová, Jana, Soltys, Katarína, Mihálik, Daniel, Olmos, Antonio, Ruiz-García, Ana B., Glasa, Miroslav

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Impact of farmer field schools on agricultural productivity and poverty in East Africa by Davis, Kristin E., Nkonya, Ephraim M., Kato, Edward, Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew, Odendo, Martins, Miiro, Richard, Nkuba, Jackson

“…This study is unique in that it uses a longitudinal impact evaluation (difference in difference approach) with quasi-experimental methods (propensity score matching and covariate matching) together with qualitative approaches to provide rigorous evidence to policymakers and other stakeholders on an FFS project in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. …”
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Understanding female and male empowerment in Burkina Faso using the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI): A longitudinal study by Crookston, Benjamin T., West, Josh H., Davis, Siena F., Hall, P. Cougar, Seymour, Greg, Gray, Bobbi L.

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Building the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities in Burkina Faso (BRB) project, an agricultural development program, improved women’s empowerment, as measured by the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (pro-WEAI). Methods: This study used a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study design. …”
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Landscape rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest ecosystems: case study of CIFOR/Japan Project in Indonesia and Peru by Kobayashi, S.

“…The site is Bukit Soeharto Education Forest, a mixed Dipterocarp forest logged by INHUTANI I in 1976. …”
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A Note on the Association Between Thecaphora frezzii Infection and Peanut Pod Density by Bennett, R.S., Rodriguez, Ana Valeria, Baldessari, Jorge Javier, Chamberlin, K.D., Payton, M.E., Wang, N.

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