Resultados de búsqueda - "Adoption"

Improvement of the physical fertility of a degraded Alfisol with planted and natural fallows under humid tropical conditions por Salako, F., Hauser, S., Babalola, O., Tian, G.

“…Level (minimum) and mound tillage with hoes was adopted for the cultivated areas under study after 4 and 6 year fallow periods. …”
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Perceptions across scales of governance and the Indonesian peatland fires por Carmenta, R., Zabala, A., Daeli, W., Phelps, J.

“…Against this backdrop, our manuscript provides a thematically and methodologically novel analysis of how diverse stakeholders, from local farmers to international policy makers, perceive peatland fires in terms of, i) how they prioritize the associated benefits and burdens, and ii) the perceived effectiveness of FMI. We adopt an innovative application of Q method to provide needed insights that serve to quantify the areas of contention and consensus that exist among the stakeholders and their multi-dimensional perspectives. …”
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Gender and climate risk management: evidence of climate information use in Ghana por Partey, Samuel T., Dakorah, Angela D., Zougmoré, Robert B., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Nyasimi, Mary, Nikoi, Gordon K, Huyer, Sophia

“…Men were found to be particularly responsive in adopting CIS use for climate risk mitigation. This was attributed to their ability to easily access and use telephone devices compared with women. …”
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Is partial root-zone drying more appropriate than drip irrigation to save water in China? A preliminary comparative analysis for potato cultivation por Qin, J., Ramírez, D., Xie, K., Li, W., Yactayo, W., Jin, L., Quiróz, R.

“…In this study, potato production under drip irrigation (DI, commonly adopted to save water) was compared with partial root-zone drying furrow irrigation (PRD) using the same water volume per irrigation, in both methods. …”
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Blending hard and soft science: the Follow the Technology approach to analyzing and evaluating technology change por Douthwaite, Boru, Haan, Nicoline C. de, Manyong, Victor M., Keatinge, J.D.H.

“…Conceptual models for developing and delivering high-yielding varieties have proven inadequate for delivering natural resource management (NRM) technologies that are adopted in farmers' fields. Successful INRM requires tools and approaches that can blend the technical with the social, so that people from different disciplines and social backgrounds can effectively work and communicate with each other. …”
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Scaling up sustainability in commodity agriculture: Transferability of governance mechanisms across the coffee and cattle sectors in Brazil por Hajjar, Reem, Newton, Peter, Ashead, Daniel, Bogaerts, Meghan, Maguire-Rajpaul, Victoria Alice, Pinto, Louis F.G., McDermott, Constance, Milder, Jeffrey, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Agrawal, Arun

“…For example, voluntary certification programs have been adopted by producers of commodities as diverse as beef, coffee, palm oil, and soy. …”
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Decision analysis methods guide: agricultural policy for nutrition por Whitney, Cory W., Keith Shepherd, Luedeling, Eike

“…By demonstrating improved intervention decisions with little additional investment and improved tools for intervention decision modelling, we hope that this approach will be widely adopted and used to enhance the efficacy of development activities…”
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COSCA project description: COSCA working paper, No. 1 por Nweke, F.I.

“…The major consideration in the choice of these countries is that they represent the important cassava zones of the continent and provide a wide range of ecological and socio-economic conditions. COSCA has adopted a systems approach, with a multi-disciplinary team, in order to collect information on cassava within the context of African farming and food systems. …”
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Agronomic Linked Data (AgroLD): A knowledge-based system to enable integrative biology in agronomy por Venkatesan, A., Tagny Ngompe, G., El Hassouni, N., Chentli, I., Guignon, Valentin, Jonquet, C., Ruíz, M., Larmande, Pierre

“…This increase, in conjunction with the heterogeneity and variability of the data, presents a major challenge to adopt an integrative research approach. We are facing an urgent need to effectively integrate and assimilate complementary datasets to understand the biological system as a whole. …”
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A participatory appraisal of Imperata management strategies for sustainable land use in the subhumid savanna of Nigeria por Kormawa, P.M., Ellis-Jones, J., Ibana, S., Chikoye, David, Schulz, S., Nielsen, O.K., Douthwaite, Boru, Udensi, U.E.

“…These control methods were the most preferred by resource-poor farmers, but are least likely to be adopted. It will be important to increase local aware- ness about problems associated with bush burning, ensure ready availability of materials, increase farmer knowledge of alternative control options, and increase access to credit. …”
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Network of Beekeeping Demonstrative Units: A tool that contributes to beekeeping development por Castignani, Horacio, Lopez, Valeria Carolina, Pietronave, Hernan Pablo, Crisanti, Paola Andrea, Sanchez, Carina, Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica, Masciangelo, German Oscar

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Circular economy in the olive oil value chain: assessment of by-product generation in the main olive-growing area of Argentina, San Juan por Renzi, Laura Andrea, Alday Poblete, Silvina Esther, Monetta, Pablo Miguel

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Nitrate leaching in important crops of the Valencian Community region (Spain) por Ramos, Carlos, Agut, Aurelio, Lidon, A. L.

“…The mineral N content in the 0-60 cm layer at planting time in the vegetable fields is, in many cases, greater than 200 kg ha-1; fertilizer application could be greatly reduced if some recommendation system similar to the N-min system used in other European countries was adopted. A simplified N balance in onion and early potato crops showed that the lower limit for mineralization in the 0 60 cm soil layer during the crop period varied from 65 to 130 kg N ha-1. …”
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Tissue-print and squash real-time PCR for direct detection of 'Candidatus Liberibacter' species in citrus plants and psyllid vectors por Bertolini, Edson, Felipe, R. T. A., Sauer, A. V., Lopes, S. A., Arilla, A., Vidal, Eduardo, Mourao Filho, F. A. A., Nunes, W. M. C., Bove, J. M., López, María M., Cambra, Mariano

“…The simplified direct methods of sample preparation presented herein can be effectively adopted for use in rapid screening of HLB agents in extensive surveys, certification schemes or for epidemiological and research studies.…”
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Synthesis of benzopyran derivatives as PPARα and/or PPARγ activators por Bermejo, Almudena, Barrachina, Isabel, El Aouad, Noureddine, Franck, Xavier, Chahboune, Nadia, Andreu, Inmaculada, Figadère, Bruno, Vila, Laura, hennuyer, Nathalie, Staels, Bart, Dacquet, Catherine, Caignard, Daniel H., Sanz, María-Jesús, Cortés, Diego, Cabedo, Nuria

“…In order to confirm key structural features to activate PPARα and/or PPARγ, we have adopted structural modifications in the following parts: (i) the benzopyran core (hydrophobic nucleus) by benzopyran-4-one, dihydrobenzopyran or benzopyran-4-ol; (ii) the side chain at 2-position by shortening to C3, C4 and C5-carbons versus C-9-carbons of polycerasoidol; (iii) the carboxylic group (polar head) by oxygenated groups (hydroxyl, acetoxy, epoxide, ester, aldehyde) or non-oxygenated motifs (allyl and alkyl). …”
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Impacto socioeconómico del pago por servicios ambientales y la certificación forestal voluntaria en la sostenibilidad del manejo forestal en Costa Rica por Garay, Miluzka, Locatelli, Bruno, Louman, Bastiaan

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Diversity and profitability of oil palm smallholders in the southeastern Mexican states of Campeche and Tabasco por Patault, Bertille, Penot, Eric, Michel, Isabelle, Cifuentes-Espinosa, Jaime, Monzón-Alvarado, Claudia, Feintrenie, Laurene

“…This article examines how smallholders have adopted oil palm cultivation and assesses the economic impacts of this shift. …”
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Planificación agroforestal de fincas por Somarriba, Eduardo

“…Se espera que las recomendaciones sean lo suficientemente buenas y se encuentren bien fundamentadas como para que el finquero las adopte sin otro incentivo que su propio interés y el de su familia. …”
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Impactos socioeconómicos de un mecanismo financiero para plantaciones forestales: el caso del programa de pago por servicios ambientales en la zona norte de Costa Rica por Rojas Moncada,V.A.

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Planificación agroforestal de fincas cacaoteras orgánicas del Alto Beni, Bolivia por Vega, Milton, Somarriba, Eduardo

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