Resultados de búsqueda - "Adoption"

Partage des benefices du bassin du nil bleu: la lecon a tirer d'autres bassins fluviaux. In French por Mapedza, Everisto D., Tafesse, T.

“…This study aims to assess how transboundary institutions could adopt a benefit sharing framework in the Eastern Nile River sub-basin in the context of the shifting political landscape in Egypt and the reconfiguration of political boundaries due to the division of Sudan into two countries which is most likely going to increase chances of cooperation within the Blue Nile.…”
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Coping with drought in irrigated South India: farmers' adjustments in Nagarjuna Sagar por Venot, Jean-Philippe, Ratna Reddy, V., Umapathy, D.

“…This paper documents the wide range of adjustments adopted by managers and farmers in Nagarjuna Sagar during a period of fluctuating water availability (2000-2007). …”
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Understanding hydrological processes with scarce data in a mountain environment por Chaponnière, Anne, Boulet, G., Chehbouni, Abdelghani, Aresmouk, A.

“…The multidisciplinary approach adopted in this study, although supported by the hydrological community, is still uncommon.…”
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Improvement in water-holding capacity and structural stability of a sandy soil in northeast Thailand por Suzuki, Shinji, Noble, A.D., Ruaysoongnern, Sawaeng, Chinabut, N.

“…Field based soil amelioration studies were undertaken in order to evaluate local traditional practices currently adopted by farmers and innovative approaches to improve the productivity of these soils. …”
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Calibration and bias correction of climate projections for crop modelling: An idealised case study over Europe por Hawkins, E., Osborne, Tom M., Ho CK, Challinor, Andrew J.

“…This type of approach could be more widely adopted for assessing calibration methodologies for crop modelling. …”
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CPWF Annual Report 2005 por CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

“…The intention is that increasing food production will help to achieve internationally adopted targets for decreasing malnourishment and rural poverty by the year 2015, particularly in rural and peri-urban areas in river basins with low average incomes and high physical, economic, or environmental water scarcity or water stress. …”
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The incidence of suspected white spot syndrome virus in semi-intensive and extensive shrimp farms in Bangladesh: Implications for management por Karim, M., Sarwer, R.H., Brooks, A.C., Gregory, R., Jahan, M.E., Belton, Ben

“…Higher shrimp production was obtained by farmers practicing CST, followed by those operating MTTs and traditional technology respectively. Farmers who adopted CST also gained higher profitability followed by those operating MTT1, MTT2 and traditional technology.…”
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Understanding gender dimensions of agriculture and climate change in smallholder farming communities por Jost, Christine, Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Naab, Jesse B., Neelormi, S, Kinyangi, James, Zougmoré, Robert B., Aggarwal, Pramod K., Bhatta, Gopal Datt, Chaudhury, M., Tapio-Bistrom, M.L., Nelson, S., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…The climate analogue approach (identifying places resembling your future climate so as to identify potential adaptations) is a promising tool for increasing farmer-to-farmer learning, where a high degree of climatic variability means that analogue villages that have successfully adopted new CSA practices exist nearby. Institutional issues related to forecast production limit their credibility and salience, particularly in terms of women ’ability to access and understand them. …”
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Climate-smart soil water and nutrient management options in semiarid West Africa: a review of evidence and analysis of stone bunds and zaï techniques por Zougmoré, Robert B., Jalloh, Abdulai, Tioro A

“…However, accompanying incentive measures are needed to empower and capacitate rural farmers to adopt the considered techniques. These are successful examples that can form the basis for informing farmers and agricultural extensionists, as well as future agricultural development plans, policies and investments that pursue sustainable food and nutritional security in the West African Sahel.…”
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Livestock and the environment: What have we learned in the past decade? por Herrero, Mario, Wirsenius, S., Henderson, Benjamin B., Rigolot, Cyrille, Thornton, Philip K., Havlík, Petr, Boer, Imke J.M. de, Gerber, Pierre J.

“…This will require a better understanding of incentives and constraints for farmers to adopt new practices and the design of novel policies to support transformative changes in the livestock sector. …”
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Analysis of cotton marketing chains: the case of Metema Woreda, North Gondar Zone, Amhara National Regional State por Tegegne, B.

“…In order to evaluate the efficiency of cotton market chain that can have great influence on farm level marketable supply of cotton, structure-conduct performance approach was adopted. Market concentration ratio (CR4) at District level was found to be 49.76 percent and there were observed barriers to enter into cotton market. …”
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Developing a user-based decision-aid framework for water storage systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: the sase of Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia por Xenarios, Stefanos, Polatidis, H., McCartney, Matthew P., Nemes, A.

“…The introduction of crop modeling complements the limited field data available in agronomic criteria and enhances the scientific rigor of the method. Ethiopia is adopted as a representative case of SSA countries where a diverse set of water storage options is currently under construction, often financed by foreign agencies.…”
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Assessment of microbiological hazards along the milk value chain in Kilosa and Mvomero districts, Tanzania por Joseph, E.

“…It is recommended that concerted efforts should be made to safeguard health of consumers through adopting various interventions that would reduce risks at each node along the MVC in the study area.…”
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Improving plantain (Musa spp. AAB) yields on smallholder farms in West and Central Africa por Norgrove, L., Hauser, S.

“…We collated actual yields in the region, reviewed regional plantain research published from 1976 to 2013, then estimated what yields would be attainable on smallholder farms if the proven, best-fit innovations were adopted. Mean actual yields reported ranged from 2.9 to 8.9 Mg ha?…”
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Collaborative monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment: Experiences assessing the impact of improved fallows and biomass transfer in western Kenya por Franzel, Steven, Nanok, Tutui, Wangia, Sabina

“…The objective of this paper is to assess the experience of 30 organizations working together over a four year period, 1999-2003, to assess their impact in helping farmers to develop, adapt and adopt two soil fertility practices aimed at improving household livelihoods in western Kenya. …”
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Empowering farmers to learn and innovate through integration of video-mediated and face-to-face extension approaches: the case of rice farmers in Uganda por Karubanga, G., Kibwika, P., Okry, F., Sseguya, H.

“…Agricultural extension is perceived as the primary mechanism through which farmers expand their ability to adopt and adapt new technologies and ideas. The use of Information and Communication Technology like videos in extension is being fronted as an alternative to the conventional Face-to-face extension approach (F2FEA). …”
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Status and prospects of biotechnology applications to conservation, propagation and genetic improvement of yam por Balogun, M., Gueye, B.

“…Although the relative importance of clean materials, survival on farmers’ fields, production cost and multiplication ratio should be determined and considered in deciding the propagation technique to adopt, conventional and improved tissue culture techniques will be indispensable in the production of clean seed yams. …”
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Awareness in the context of prevalence of vitamin A deficiency among households in Western Kenya using a cross-sectional study por Oyunga, M.A., Omondi, Dennis O., Grant, F.

“…This was a community-based study within the catchment areas served by health facilities offering antenatal care services in Busia and Bungoma counties in Western Kenya. The study adopted cross-sectional design and purposive sampling technique. …”
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Quncho: the first popular tef variety in Ethiopia por Assefa, K., Aliye, S., Belay, G., Metaferia, G., Tefera, H., Sorrells, M.E.

“…However, the research outputs have, until recently, been little adopted by farmers. This paper gives an overview of new and impactful technological, institutional and partnership innovation undertaken by Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Centre with a new tef variety called Quncho. …”
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Bacterial diseases of bananas and enset: current state of knowledge and integrated approaches toward sustainable management por Blomme, Guy, Dita, M., Pérez Vicente, L., Molina, A., Ocimati, W., Poussier, S., Prior, P., Jacobsen, K.S.

“…However, bacteria cause significant impacts on bananas globally and management practices are not always well known or adopted by farmers. Bacterial diseases in bananas and enset can be divided into three groups: (1) Ralstonia-associated diseases (Moko/Bugtok disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum and banana blood disease caused by R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis); (2) Xanthomonas wilt of banana and enset, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum and (3) Erwinia-associated diseases (bacterial head rot or tip-over disease Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora and E. chrysanthemi), bacterial rhizome and pseudostem wet rot (Dickeya paradisiaca formerly E. chrysanthemi pv. paradisiaca). …”
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