Resultados de búsqueda - "Actor"

Translation of policy for reducing undernutrition from national to sub-national levels in Rwanda por Iruhiriye, Elyse, Olney, Deanna K., Frongillo, Edward A., Niyongira, Emmanuel, Nanama, Simeon, Rwibasira, Eugene, Mbonyi, Paul, Blake, Christine E.

“…The role of mid-level actors in nutrition governance increased as responsibilities for planning, implementing, and monitoring nutrition programs were increasingly delegated to sub-national administrative levels. …”
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Gender bias in customer perceptions: The case of agro-input dealers in Uganda por De, Anusha, Miehe, Caroline, Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…CONTEXT Faced with incomplete and imperfect information, economic actors rely predominantly on perceptions and often base decisions on heuristics prone to bias. …”
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Challenges and opportunities of trilateral co-operation: Collaboration by the USA, Brazil and Mozambique on horticultural research, 2011–2015 por Schmink, Marianne, Smart, Jenny, Sitoe, Isabel, Bowen, Walter, Silva, Henoque Ribeiro, Ecole, Carvalho Carlos, Haber, Lenita

“…Drawing on dozens of interviews, anonymous individual surveys of project participants and discussions at the beginning and the end of the project, this article explores the principal challenges and gains from working in TC from the perspective of dozens of project participants.Project participants reported that they improved many aspects of their technical capacity, and benefited from multidisciplinary learning through participation in TC, strengthening Mozambique’s institutional capacity to improve vegetable production.The article concludes with recommendations for future TC projects: invest in communications and collaboration based on interdisciplinary trilateral teams; involve all levels of organizations as well as all participating actors in the whole value chain; address limitations, priorities and incentives in local institutions; and adopt innovative and adaptive governance strategies and mechanisms to address the evolution of complex trilateral interactions.…”
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Agricultural extension and rural advisory services: What have we learned? What’s next? por Davis, Kristin E., Makhija, Simrin, Spielman, David J.

“…Agricultural extension provides the critical connection from agricultural innovation and discovery to durable improvements at scale, as farmers and other actors in the rural economy learn, adapt, and innovate with new technologies and practices. …”
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Unpacking the complexity of improved nutrition in Ghana: A consultative process with national stakeholders: A meeting report por University of Ghana, International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The meeting also was an opportunity to seek stakeholder input on: a) the actors, actions, and policy processes that have led to improvements in key nutrition problems in the past ; and b) the opportunities for leveraging a changing food system for continued progress on nutrition. …”
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How do fruit and vegetable markets operate in rural India? A qualitative study of the impact of supply and demand on nutrition security por Kehoe, Sarah H., Dhurde, Varsha, Bhaise, Shilpa, Kale, Rashmi, Kumaran, Kalyanaraman, Gelli, Aulo

“…We held 24 interviews with value chain actors including farmers, wholesalers, and vendors of the exemplar foods. …”
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Mapping Indian agricultural emissions: Lessons for food system transformation and policy support for climate-smart agriculture por Patra, Nirmal Kumar, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…The creation of a database of all subsectors responsible for emissions is needed to start the mitigation activities and to prepare a five-year mitigation plan. The key actors responsible for emissions are industry, transport, and agriculture. …”
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Seeds of change: Enhancing availability and adoption of new sorghum, groundnut, and bean varieties in Tanzania por Ochieng, Justus, Mwakatwila, Atupokile, Radegunda, Kessy, Steinke, Jonathan, Kalemera, Sylvia, Theophil, Areth, Chima, Richards, Mwenda, Emmanuel, Daudi, Happy, Kadege, Edith, Ojiewo, Christopher, Rubyogo, Jean Claude

“… • Strong partnership is essential for transforming the seed system for open-pollinated varieties, for which most seed actors have low motivation to invest because of recycling of seeds by farmers…”
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Adoption factors of forage innovations in cattle production systems in the northwest highlands of Vietnam por Bravo, Aura, Florez, Fernando, Dao, Hang Thi, Nguyen, Thinh, Atieno, Mary, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Hoang, Thao Xuan, Tran, Ngoc Thi Bich, Peters, Michael, Burkart, Stefan

“…Key informant interviews and focus group discussions will be conducted with cattle farmers (adopters and non-adopters, men and women) and other actors from the cattle value chain. The expected results will contribute to the efforts underway for designing integrated models for the delivery, adoption, and scaling of such technologies and knowledge in Vietnam, and give insights for scaling across the Southeast Asian region.…”
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Who has influence in multistakeholder governance systems? Using the net-map method to analyze social networking in watershed management in northern Ghana por Schiffer, Eva, Hartwich, Frank, Monge, Mario

“…This counterbalances the overrepresentation of government actors on the board. Meanwhile some government organizations have a low level of influence, even though they are central in giving funding and command. …”
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Crafting combinations to govern groundwater: Knowledge, motivation, and agency por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Bruns, Bryan

“…Drawing on research and applied experience, including that presented in this issue, we outline a conceptual framework for groundwater governance that emphasizes attention not just to knowledge, but also to motivations, and to agency for effective coordination among key actors. Articles in the special issue analyze groundwater governance in areas of Africa (east, south, and north), Central Asia, India, and the United States. …”
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The water–energy–food–ecosystem nexus in North Africa dryland farming: a multi-criteria analysis of climate-resilient innovations in Morocco por Kertolli, Emirjona, Prosperi, Paolo, Harbouze, Rachid, Moussadek, Rachid, Echchgadda, Ghizlane, Belhouchette, Hatem

“…By using a multi-criteria analysis (MCA) approach, the study—which focuses on the Fès–Meknès region in Morocco—involves local actors to help researchers identify the key variables in order to assist farmers in their adaptation to climate change. …”
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Cattle farming, armed conflict, and climate change: Possibilities and limitations in a case study in the Colombian Amazon por Castillo Sanchez, Verenice, Orduz Ramos, Daniela, Pazos Cardenas, Mateo, Triana Ángel, Natalia

“…While violence persists, particularly involving other armed actors connected to drug trafficking, there has been a push for productive projects supported by the State and international cooperation. …”
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Rising food prices: What should be done? por Braun, Joachim von

“…National governments and international actors are taking various steps to try to minimize the effects of higher international prices for domestic prices and to mitigate impacts on particular groups. …”
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Supply of pigeonpea genetic resources in local markets of Eastern Kenya por Nagarajan, Latha, Audi, Patrick, Jones, Richard

“…The existing pigeonpea value chain in local markets could be improved further, provided proper synergies exist between different actors in the system. This would enhance local crop diversity levels as well as improve access to quality plant materials for farming communities in the marginal environments of eastern Kenya.…”
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Increasing sorghum yields for smallholder farmers in Mali: the evolution towards a context-driven, on-farm, gender-responsive sorghum breeding program por Isaacs, Krista, Weltzien-Rattunde, Eva, Some, Tiare Hermann Williams, Abdoulaye Diallo, Bocar Diallo, Mamourou Sidibé, vom Brocke, Kirsten, Bakary Samake, Nebié, Baloua, Weltzien-Rattunde, Henry Frederick

“…Analyses indicated that collaborations among many institutions on-farm with community actors, research across various disciplines such as agronomy and social sciences, context-specific breeding, and long-term funding were essential to increasing gender sensitivity and responsive in the breeding efforts.…”
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Las fundaciones produce a diez anos de su creación: pensando en el futuro por Ekboir, Javier, Dutrénit, Gabriela, Martínez V., Griselda, Torres Vargas, Arturo, Vera-Cruz, Alexandre O.

“…A diferencia de la gran mayoría de los programas de administración de fondos competidos, las Fundaciones Produce evolucionaron de simples administradores a actores importantes entre individuos innovadores, estructuras descentralizadas y un ambiente que les permitió expresar su capacidad de innovación del sistema mexicano de innovación agropecuaria. …”
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Plataforma EncontrAR - Fortaleciendo la Resiliencia de la Agricultura Familiar Andina Frente al Cambio Climático por Angulo, L., Castellano, A., Haan, Stef de, Fonseca, C., Martínez, D., Mavila, M., Mercado, P., Ochoa, J., Pradel, W., Sotomayor, J.

“…Además, EncontrAR experimentó un notable crecimiento en su visibilidad digital gracias al uso efectivo de redes sociales y a la implementación de canales de comunicación con actores clave. No obstante, aún enfrenta retos relacionados con la participación activa de los usuarios, la optimización para dispositivos móviles y la mejora de su difusión estratégica. …”
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Mycotoxin concentrations in rice are affected by chalkiness, grain shape, processing type, and grain origin por Tang, E.N., Ndindeng, S.A., Onaga, G., Ortega-Beltran, A., Falade, T.D.O., Djouaka, R.F., Frei, M.

“…These findings provide valuable insights for both domestic and international actors in establishing and strengthening regulations and management systems to mitigate rice mycotoxin contamination.…”
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Identification of influential weather parameters and seasonal drought prediction in Bangladesh using machine learning algorithm por Al Mamun, Md. Abdullah, Sarker, Mou Rani, Sarkar, Md. Abdur Rouf, Roy, Sujit Kumar, Nihad, Sheikh Arafat Islam, McKenzie, Andrew M., Hossain, Md. Ismail, Kabir, Md. Shahjahan

“…Additionally, the study emphasizes the need for better collaboration between relevant stakeholders, such as policymakers, researchers, communities, and local actors, to develop effective adaptation strategies and increase monitoring of weather conditions for the meticulous management of droughts in Bangladesh.…”
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