Resultados de búsqueda - "Actor"

An assessment of the economic impacts of the 2019 African swine fever outbreaks in Vietnam por Thinh Nguyen-Thi, Linh Pham-Thi-Ngoc, Que Nguyen-Ngoc, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Hu Suk Lee, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Padungtod, P., Thuy Nguyen-Thu, Thuy Nguyen-Thi, Thang Tran-Cong, Rich, Karl M.

“…The outbreaks also affected other value chain actors due to a halving in the volume of pigs traded. …”
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The future of food safety in Africa: Research perspective por Grace, Delia, Alonso, Silvia, Amenu, K., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Dione, Michel M., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Lindahl, Johanna F., Mutua, Florence K., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Roesel, Kristina, Thomas, Lian F.

“…Second is strengthening food safety education in Africa through benchmarking a curriculum on food safety, providing blended training on risk assessment for professionals, hands-on training for value chain actors, and supporting graduate fellows. Innovation is a key function of research, and we are currently integrating One Health into Community-Led Total Sanitation, developing and testing “behavioural nudges” in Uganda and Kenya and conducting experiments in using binders to reduce aflatoxins in dairy feed and hence in cow milk for human consumption. …”
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Seropositivity rates of zoonotic pathogens in small ruminants and associated public health risks at informal urban markets in Zambia por Lysholm, S., Fischer, K., Lindahl, Johanna F., Munyeme, M., Wensman, Jonas Johansson

“…This study showed that the Zambian informal small ruminant trade system poses risks to public health, and that these risks are exacerbated by a lack of information about food-borne diseases and how associated risks can be mitigated amongst value chain actors. The results of this study can be used to formulate preventive measures to improve informal meat markets and reduce the risks to public health.…”
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Python Climate Predictability Tool (PyCPT) training for improved seasonal climate prediction over Ethiopia por Ahmed, Jemal Seid, Teshome, Asaminew, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…Ethiopia's National Meteorological Agency (NMA), under the support of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), through the project Adapting Agriculture to Climate Today, for Tomorrow (ACToday), is working together with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) - East Africa (EA) to address the needs and demands of different stakeholders including governmental, non-governmental organizations and other non-state actors by conducting staff training to improve the generation of reliable, timely and accurate weather and seasonal forecasts. …”
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Understanding market preference for fresh fruits and vegetables: A choice experiment approach por Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Wanyama, R., Onyango, Kevin, Kabach, J., Lundy, Mark M.

“…Understanding the behavior of other value chain actors may contribute to enhancing the efficiency of the value chain to make FFV more available, and thus accessible to low-income consumers. …”
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The Climate Security Inequality Nexus: A critical analysis of pathways and synergies por Dutta Gupta, Tanaya, Schapendonk, Frans, Suza, Ma, Phuong Le, Dung, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…While interaction of climate impacts with structural inequalities can exacerbate already existing risks of insecurity and fragility, it can also leave room for institutions and interventions to address unequal power relations between actors and find paths for social cohesion and peace. …”
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Poniendo en valor las papas nativas en el Perú por Ordinola, M.

“…De manera operativa aplica el Enfoque Participativo de Cadenas Productivas (EPCP), que permite trabajar con los actores de la cadena de la papa y generar innovaciones que mejoren su competitividad. …”
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Better food safety solutions in Africa: Understanding the complex social, economic and policy perspectives por Amenu, K., Alonso, Silvia, Mutua, Florence K., Roesel, Kristina, Lindahl, Johanna F., Kowalcyk, B., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Grace, Delia

“…Food safety along the production to consumption continuum is characterized in the majority of the cases by the involvement of informal actors with sub-optimal food handling practices, creating major impacts on public health and the economy. …”
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Responsible plant nutrition: A new paradigm to support food system transformation por Dobermann, Achim, Bruulsema, Tom, Cakmak, Ismail, Gerard, Bruno G., Majumdar, Kaushik, McLaughlin, Michael, Beidsma, Kytrik, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Zhang, Fusuo, Zhang, Xin

“…New partnerships and sustainability-focused business models will create added value for all actors in the nutrient chain and benefit farmers as well as consumers. …”
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Are climate finance subsidies equitably distributed among farmers? Assessing socio-demographics of solar irrigation in Nepal por Kafle, K., Uprety, Labisha, Shrestha, Gitta, Pandey, V., Mukherji, Aditi

“…We analyze government data on profiles of farmers applying for SIPs and in-depth interviews with different actors along the SIP service chain. We find that vulnerable farmers (women, ethnic minorities, and poor farmers) were less likely than wealthier and non-minority farmers to have access to climate finance subsidies. …”
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Animal health and genetics—Issues and controversies for ILRI research por International Livestock Research Institute

“…4) How do we more effectively translate the 'blue sky' research into messages for farmers and technologies that value chain actors can understand and apply? 5) How do we 'ground truth' blue sky investments - that is critical to continue needed productivity growth into the future - into shorter-horizon research to support 'value chain' work? …”
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COVID-19 and beef consumption in Colombia: Effects on consumer preferences and beliefs por Mejía Tejada, Daniela, Charry, Andrés, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…The results will help the food system actors in defining interventions for achieving food security and resilience.…”
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The politics of governing resilience: Gendered dimensions of climate-smart agriculture in Kenya por Brisebois, Anouk, Eriksen, Siri H., Crane, Todd A.

“…We approach gender relations as authority relations that are constantly internalized, resisted, and contested through practices and interactions between different actors associated with CSA projects, and the different knowledges that direct these practices. …”
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Ecosistema de datos para clima y agricultura en Honduras y Guatemala por Llanos Herrera, Lizeth, Navarro, Carlos, Jaimes, Diana, Tzorin Herrera, Sofia, González Meyberg, Carlos, Arias, Diana Carolina, Lizardo, Andres, Flores, Samuel, Gardeazábal Monsalve, Andrea, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando

“…Un paso crucial en la consolidación del ecosistema digital es entender y transformar el (sub)ecosistema de datos en clima y agricultura, de manera tal que dicho (sub)ecosistema pueda soportar funciones como la generación de contenidos y la diseminación de recomendaciones a productores y otros actores de los sistemas agroalimentarios. La falta de estandarización en los procesos de recolección, limpieza y almacenamiento conlleva un gran reto a la hora de integrar la información de diferentes fuentes e instituciones. …”
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ICARDA and SAHARA & Sahel Observatory: Building Resilient Pastoral Systems por Frija, Aymen

“…CGIAR researchers work with public and private actors across the globe to identify existing solutions and to co-create and deliver innovations that help producers, businesses, and governments adapt livestock agri-food systems to the impact of climate change while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.…”
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Colombia hace el lanzamiento oficial de la iniciativa de CGIAR “Políticas y Estrategias Nacionales para la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios, tierra y agua” por CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies

“…Durante el primer día del evento se realizaron paneles temáticos en los que los representantes de las diez iniciativas con presencia en Colombia tuvieron la oportunidad de presentar los objetivos y las acciones que responderán a las necesidades del país en torno a los sistemas agroalimentarios, además de responder preguntas claves de las instituciones socias que participaron durante el evento. Dentro de los actores nacionales que asistieron se encontraron: los Ministerios de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR), Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADS), Salud y Protección Social (MINSALUD), Minas y Energía (MINMINAS), Relaciones Exteriores (Cancillería); así como entidades adscritas como el Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF), el Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), el Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM), la Agencia de Renovación del Territorio (ART), AGROSAVIA y el Instituto Alexander Von Humbolt; además de las universidades de los Andes, la Javeriana y la Nacional; y la Sociedad de Agricultores de Colombia (SAC) y federaciones como FEDEARROZ, FEDECACAO, FENALCE, FNC, entre otros.…”
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Using Q-methodology to bridge different understandings on community forest management: lessons from the Peruvian Amazon por Sarmiento Barletti, J.P., Cronkleton, P., Heise Vigil, N.

“…Finding common ground among diverse actors involved in the promotion of CFM can be a challenge when their multifaceted expectations and beliefs are not explicitly enunciated or consciously expressed, obscuring contradictions, conflicting objectives, or even shared agendas. …”
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Lanzamiento del Perfil del Sistema Alimentario de Honduras por Lundy, Mark M., Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca, Wissen, Denise van, Hernández, Ricardo, Chege, Christine Gacheri Kiria, Béné, Christophe, Prager, Steven D.

“…Luego de tres años de cruzar información relevante de los diferentes eslabones que conforman el sistema alimentario, se establecieron (en conjunto con actores claves del sistema) 30 indicadores que destacan tanto los aspectos positivos como las oportunidades que tiene Honduras para fortalecer sus sistemas alimientarios. …”
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Perspective article: food security in tropical Africa through climate-smart plant health management por Neuenschwander, Peter, Borgemeister, C., Groote, H. de, Saethre, M.G., Tamò, Manuele

“…To apply these five practices, new decision-support and climate services tools should be used to empower low-literacy farmers to take timely decisions about pest control and to act as business partners. Meanwhile, all actors in the pest control community should account for their environmental costs, which up to now are born solely by the community, while profits from pesticide sales are pocketed privately. …”
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Toward zero-deforestation value chains: Environmental upgrading and downgrading among non-certified cocoa producers in Colombia por Villarino, Maria Eliza J., Nylandsted Larsen, Marianne, Ngaiwi, Mary Eyeniyeh, Pérez Marulanda, Lisset, Castro Nunez, Augusto Carlos

“…These results suggest that implementing non-certified sustainable practices poses another way to enable value chain actors to meet the requirements in markets seeking sustainably produced commodities. …”
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