Resultados de búsqueda - "Adoption"

Increased climate resilience an imperative for Asian Mega Deltas por Asian Development Bank

“…It stresses the urgent need to move beyond traditional engineering solutions by adopting nature-based solutions, implementing integrated governance, and promoting climate-resilient agricultural practices to ensure long-term food and economic security.…”
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Developmental approach to on-farm research: Pilot project for improving small ruminant production in humid West Africa por Atta-Krah, A.N.

“…Describes the approach and methodologies adopted for on-farm research, including agronomy trial (alley farming) and veterinary trial, aimed at improving small ruminant production in Humid West Africa. …”
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Genetic adaptation to climatic risks: crowdsourcing farmers’ preferences for crop varieties por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Farmers are often not able to quickly access and adopt new crop varieties that are developed and tested by scientists. …”
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Data-driven smallholder tea production in Uganda por Owoyesiga, Hamlus

“…An immediate impact has been increased productivity and a dramatic fall-off in the practice of side-selling – so much so that other tea companies are now considering adopting the model.…”
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Reimagining agriculture with perennial crops por Meijer, Robin

“…In the first part of the paper, interviews with five experimental farmers across the US are analyzed using an innovation framework to gauge what motivated their choice to grow Kernza, and what other variables might have affected their decisions to adopt the crop at this early time. The results show that these growers represent a variety of typical farmer backgrounds with very different motivations for experimenting with the crop, including using it for its abilities to reduce weed-pressure, earn profits from a new and exciting crop, or to support researchers in developing these crops; where the most common reason to adopt and trial the crop was curiosity and interest in sustainability. …”
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A focus on the rural poor in drylands, research policy for ICARDA por Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…This approach has been widely adopted by national programs in dry areas.…”
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Contribution of crossbred goats to milk production and social welfare in Burundi por Rey, B.

“…The on going research programme is aimed at evaluating the performance of an introduced goat production package consisting of crossbred goats (Alpine x Small East African, fodder production, management and milk marketing in the Ngozi area. Over 3500 farmers adopted the technology in the 10-year period from 1980 to 1991. …”
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Strategic Plan 2012-2016 por Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano., Special Committee on Strategic Planning (CEPE)

“…We completed the strategic planning process as a team, and in this way, Zamorano continues the path undertaken in 1999 when it adopted a strategic plan that proposed extensive changes within the institution. …”
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Twentieth Consortium Board Meeting por CGIAR Consortium Board

“…This report presents the official record of the meeting including the 10 decisions adopted by the Board, as set out in full text in Annex 1. …”
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How diverse is tree planting in the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso? Comparing small-scale restoration with other planting initiatives por Valette, M., Vinceti, B., Traoré, D., Traoré, A.T., Yago-Ouattara, Emma Lucie, Kaguembèga-Müller, F.

“…The study targeted 96 farmers and compared planting practices adopted by farmers involved in small-scale forest restoration using fences, with those not involved in this initiative. …”
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Demand for agricultural credit by rural smallholder farmers: A case of climate smart agriculture villages in Nyando Basin, Kenya por Musembi, Elly Kyalo

“…With the absence of insurance and limited access to financial resources (agricultural credit) the ability of the farmers to adopt smart farming technologies that can cushion them from such losses is threatened. …”
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A new paradigm in the delivery of modernizing agricultural technologies across Africa por Woomer, P.L., Mulei, W., Zozo, R.

“…Environmental gains in terms of carbon offset average 0.74 MT CO2e yr.−1 per adopter household, an outcome indicative of positive combined rural development and climate actions. …”
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FR1.1: Gender mainstreaming from an institutional perspective: Cases of small and micro irrigation projects in Ethiopia por Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Minh, Thai Thi, Schmmiter, Petra

“…Also, results show ‘role-based' strategy adopted by project promoting small and micro irrigation technologies that focus on challenging social norms to address the issue of power and workload imbalance and developing capacity of actors including farmers. …”
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Household food insecurity after the early monsoon flash flood of 2017 among wetland (Haor) communities of northeastern Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study por Parvez, Mahmood, Islam, Mir Raihanul, Dey, Nepal C.

“…A cross-sectional study design was adopted, and a survey covering 1845 flood-affected households was conducted to measure the post-flood household food insecurity. …”
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Factors influencing the productivity and efficiency of wheat farmers in Punjab, Pakistan por Battese, George E., Nazli, Hina, Smale, Melinda

“…Farmers growing wheat in the rice-wheat and cotton-wheat zones tend to be more efficient than farmers from the mixed zone. Farmers who wait to adopt a leading variety are not less efficient than earlier adopters, but the longer the time until they switch varieties again, the more inefficient is their wheat production. …”
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Cropping practices and labor requirements in field operations for major crops in Ghana: What needs to be mechanized? por Ngeleza, Guyslain K., Owusua, Rebecca, Jimah, Kipo, Kolavalli, Shashidhara

“…First, major cropping systems are identified in the country by adopting the cropping pattern approach of Ruthenberg (1983), who defined farming systems according to the leading crop activities. …”
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A systematic literature review on the relationships between land tenure, cattle farming, and climate change por Díaz Baca, Manuel Francisco, Moreno Lerma, Leonardo, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…These challenges impede progress in mitigating the adverse effects of traditional cattle farming, notably deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. By adopting a historical perspective, we gain insights into the political responsibilities shared across the Global South in addressing climate change. …”
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Characterization of the wheat production practices in the irrigated Dryland lands of Egypt por Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari, Omar, Mohie, Attaher, Samar, Govind, Ajit, Devkota, Krishna, Nangia, Vinay

“…However, to reduce imports sustainably, the country might need to adopt both approaches, i.e., area expansion in New Land and sustainably closing the yield gap in the Old Land. …”
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Yield gaps and their determinates for wheat production in irrigated drylands for Egypt por Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari, Omar, Mohie, Attaher, Samar, Govind, Ajit, Devkota, Krishna, Tesfaye, Kindie, Nangia, Vinay

“…However, to reduce imports sustainably, the country might need to adopt both approaches, i.e., area expansion in New Land and sustainably closing the yield gap in the Old Lands. …”
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Targeting the poor in Mexico: evaluation of the selection of beneficiary households into PROGRESA por Skoufias, Emmanuel, Davis, Benjamin, de la Vega, Sergio

“…The objective of this report is to conduct a re-evaluation of the targeting methods used by PROGRESA in light of the revisions adopted by the PROGRESA administration regarding how households are selected as eligible for PROGRESA benefits. …”
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