Search Results - "Adoption"

Apiculture commodity development in Goma District: experiences from IPMS by Baredo, Y., Hoekstra, Dirk, Berhe, Kahsay

“…A household (HH) survey conducted by the project indicated however that adopters of improved apiculture technologies produced in 2008, on average, about birr 3,400 of honey per year compared to birr 225 by traditional bee keepers. …”
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Remote sensing-based land degradation assessment to inform sustainable development goal 15.3: a case study in Ghanaian Savannah, West Africa by Mukura, G.J

“…The study found that baselines were 50.16% degraded, 40.43% stable, and 9.11% improvement in the Northern Region, and 57.61% degraded, 35.4% stable, and 6.99% improvement in the North East, and 40.35% degraded, 48.24% stable and 11.41% improvement in Upper East. In the adopted approach the study found that for the Northern 81.19% were stable, 18.506% improved, and 0.29% degraded, in the North East 81.02% were stable and 18.66% degraded and 0.39% improved, and Upper East 80.00% stable, 18.18% degraded and 1.81improving. …”
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The converging impact of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and food insecurity in Zambia and South Africa by Bond, Virginia, Chileshe, Mutale, Sullivan, Clare, Magazi, Busisiwe

“…More extreme coping strategies were subsequently adopted—for example selling clothes, begging, relocating—and affected households spun into deeper poverty and by the end of treatment were mostly severely short of food and in nutritional jeopardy. …”
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Enhanced radiation use efficiency and grain filling rate as the main drivers of grain yield genetic gains in the CIMMYT elite spring wheat yield trial by Gerard, Guillermo S., Mondal, Suchismita, Piñera Chavez, Francisco J., Rivera Amado, A. Carolina, Molero, Gemma, Crossa, José, Huerta-Espino, Julio, Velu, Govindan, Braun, Hans J., Singh, Ravi P., Crespo-Herrera, Leonardo A.

“…Analysis of the top ten highest-yielding genotypes revealed differential GY-associated trait contributions, demonstrating that improved GY can be attained through different mechanisms and indicating that no single trait criterion is adopted by CIMMYT breeders for developing new superior lines. …”
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Connaissance de la chaine d'approvisionnement des vaccins de volailles et des défis associés à la vaccination contre la maladie de Newcastle dans le Centre-Nord du Burkina Faso en... by Ouedraogo, S.E.

“…Bien que la majorité (80%) des éleveurs adoptent la vaccination, les conditionnements de grande capacité des vaccins restent un obstacle majeur car ils ne répondent pas aux besoins des petits éleveurs, entraînant des difficultés dans la distribution et l’utilisation des vaccins. …”
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Gender equality and social inclusion in landscape management: the case of Nyamasheke and Rusizi districts in Rwanda by Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Muhorakeye, L., Uwanyirigira, D., Tilahun, Seifu A., Atampugre, Gerald, Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…Limited involvement of women, men, and youth from diverse social groups in landscape management decision-making processes perpetuates cycles of poverty and poor resource use. We recommend adopting interventions that address the barriers to enhance equitable participation in leadership positions, while promoting gender-sensitive practices and fostering collaboration.…”
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Explorando la intersección entre el cambio climático y la violencia basada en género by Penel, Charlotte

“…The presentation concludes with a call to develop research on these interlinked issues to further our understanding on this topic, especially in the Latin American region, as well as adopting holistic and intersectional approaches, fostering cross-sectoral collaboration to address the root causes of this nexus. …”
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Co-identifying collective investment models for solar-based irrigation bundles in Northern Ghana by Ofosu, Abena, Minh, Thai Thi, Dickson, Desire Naab, Okem, A. E., Barry, I., Schmitter, Petra

“…Female groups (up to 60 members) can adopt a semi-service model, characterized by informal structures, low savings, and very limited access to markets and loans. …”
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Indigenous markets for dairy products in Africa: trade-offs between food safety and economics by Omore, Amos O., Staal, Steven J., Kurwijila, Lusato R., Osafo, E., Aning, G., Mdoe, N.S.Y., Nurah, G.K.

“…Current dairy market policies throughout the developing world have largely been adopted from the West, and reflect international standards of food safety, etc. …”
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A historical account of progress made in cassava varietal improvement in China by Lin, Xiong, Li, Kaimian, Tian, Yinong, Huang, Jie, Xu, Ruili

“…Since the 1970s marked progress has been made by adopting an integrated system of germplasm introduction and breeding, with the major objectives of high yield, high starch content and resistance to wind. …”
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Evaluation of different methods of estimating ET for the performance assessment of irrigation schemes by Salgado, Ramiro, Mateos, Luciano

“…The VI-derived basal crop coefficient curves obtained for the 1743 fields of the first analysis were below the locally adopted standard (not field-specific) basal crop coefficient. …”
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Necesidad de nuevas tecnologías para la producción de batatas en cultivos cercanos al ejido urbano ante cambios normativos by Londra, Beatriz Carolina

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Representaciones sociales de campesinos de tres localidades rurales de San Rafael, Mendoza sobre las innovaciones técnico-productivas y los vínculos de colaboración logrados by Rosales Mercado, Ivan Augusto

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Financiamiento público y privado para la investigación forestal en el sur de los Estados Unidos durante el período 1920-2000

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Tillsammans för turisterna by Kasselstrand, Linus

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Hur påverkas relationen mellan hunden och dess ägare beroende på om relationen påbörjas när hunden (canis familiaris) är valp eller vuxen? by Kantidenou, Natalie

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Rural household waste management practices by Abdulwakeel, Saheed Adebayo

“…This thesis presents waste management study as it makes sense to members of the households. In that sense, it adopts qualitative as a research approach and phenomenology as a research design. …”
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Assessment of Functional AgroBiodiversity in Swedish apple orchards : Field trials and participatory action research by Stranak, Michal

“…These approaches were adopted and further examined in this thesis. The approaches were interpreted by the growers as an increasing scale of action from observations and avoidance of harming beneficials until active promotion of them by introduction of specific FAB strategies. …”

Exploring marketing activities to strengthen brand equity within an SME by Meyer, Kim

“…The study has applied an inductive reasoning based on the generated knowledge from the data collected through semi-structured interviews. This study adopted the Consumer Based Brand Equity model (CBBE) for the understanding of brand equity in SMEs. …”
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Combining the goals of conservation, tourism and livelihoods in the management of protected areas by Ndayisaba, Jean De Dieu

“…The study has the main objective of understanding the benefits and constraints of combining the goals of conservation, tourism and livelihoods by using the VNP as a Case Study. The study has adopted a qualitative approach and was based on interviews and literature review as methods of data collection. …”
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