Resultados de búsqueda - "Afghanistan"

More is not enough: High quantity and high quality antenatal care are both needed to prevent low birthweight in South Asia por Neupane, Sumanta, Scott, Samuel P., Piwoz, Ellen, Kim, Sunny S., Menon, Purnima, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…We used Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Afghanistan (2015), Bangladesh (2018), India (2016), Nepal (2016), Pakistan (2018) and Sri Lanka (2016) (n = 146,284 children <5y). …”
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Land and water use por Matheswaran, Karthikeyan, Akhtar, T.

“…Two remote-sensing datasets were used to estimate land and water use in the Kabul, Kurram and Gomal transboundary basins shared between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The proportion of different land-cover classes within these three basins was estimated. …”
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Groundwater resources use and management in the Amu Darya River Basin, (Central Asia) por Rakhmatullaev, Shavkat A., Huneau, F., Kazbekov, Jusipbek S., Le Coustumer, Philippe, Jumanov, J., El Oifi, B., Motelica-Heino, M., Hrkal, Z.

“…This paper analyses groundwater resources use and management in the socio-economic context of the Amu Darya River Basin which covers a part of the following landlocked Central Asian countries: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. …”
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Unequal coverage of nutrition and health interventions for women and children in seven countries por Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Singh, Nishmeet, Scott, Samuel P., Neupane, Sumanta, Jangid, Manita, Walia, Monika, Menon, Purnima

“…Methods: We used data from the most recent (2015–2018) demographic and health surveys of mothers with children younger than 5 years in Afghanistan (n = 19 632), Bangladesh (n = 5051), India (n = 184 641), Maldives (n = 2368), Nepal (n = 3998), Pakistan (n = 8285) and Sri Lanka (n = 7138). …”
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Sharing experience from projects in conflict zones por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Javed Rizvi, Country Manager for Afghanistan, ICARDA shares his experiences in ensuring food security in conflicts regions at AASW6. …”
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The use of remote sensing data for drought assessment and monitoring in southwest Asia por Thenkabail, Prasad S., Gamage, M.S.D.Nilantha, Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…This report describes the development of the near real-time drought monitoring and reporting system for the region, which currently includes Afghanistan, Pakistan and western parts of India. The system is based on drought-related indices derived from high-resolution remote-sensing data (MODIS). …”
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Measuring food policy research capacity: Indicators and Typologies por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Dorosh, Paul A.

“…Our Food Policy Research Capacity Index, constructed using measures of human capacity (PhD full-time equivalent researchers per million rural residents), human capacity productivity (publications per PhD full-time equivalent researcher), and strength of institutions (the government effectiveness pillar of the Worldwide Governance Indicators), showed substantial variation across countries, with the Republic of South Africa, Colombia, and Ghana scored far higher than countries with similarly sized rural populations such as Liberia, Laos, Burundi, and Afghanistan.…”
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Annual report 2019: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…PIM contributed to investment plans and policies in Afghanistan, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Rwanda; scaling up of digital advisory services in Ethiopia and of payments for agrobiodiversity conservation in Peru; biotechnology advances in Nigeria; renewal of community forest concessions in Guatemala; and improved rangeland governance in Ethiopia and Tanzania. …”
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Annual report 2017: CGIAR Research Program on Wheat por CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

“…For 2017, WHEAT can demonstrate clear actual or potential outcomes benefiting the poorest in remote areas in Afghanistan, based on 15 years of collaboration with NARS, in Ethiopia (emergency seed supply), as well as in India’s Bihar state and in Pakistan - based on large, multi-year programs (Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia Phases I – III & Agriculture Innovation Project, respectively) – see sections 1.3.3 and 1.2 under FP4.…”
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Climate por Hashmi, M. Z. U. R., Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif, Azizi, M. A.

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Are data available for tracking progress on nutrition policies and programs in South Asia? por Jangid, Manita, Neupane, Sumanta, Murira, Zivai, Auer, S.R., Scott, Samuel P., Menon, Purnima

“…To address the gap, this brief summarizes the and program gaps in addressing nutrition actions, along with data gaps in population-based surveys in all the countries in the South Asia region, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.…”
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Gender: Promoting equality in fragile and conflict-affected settings por Malapit, Hazel J., Brown, Lynn R.

“…Gender inequality exists everywhere, but it is particularly stark in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS). Yemen, Afghanistan, Chad, Iraq, Pakistan, and the Central African Republic — all of which are considered extremely fragile and are affected by conflict (except Pakistan) — score the lowest on the Gender Development Index. …”
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Horticulture policy for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa por Rana, Abdul Wajid, Raja, Sehrish, Qureshi, Tehseen Ahmed

“…The country’s horticultural sector: (a) benefits from favourable and diversified agroecological conditions; (b) geographically and strategically well placed to enhance its exports to highly competitive but lucrative markets like Middle East, Afghanistan, Iran, China, Central Asian Republics, Europe and Far East; and (c) plays a major socioeconomic role in Pakistan, in particular for women’s economic empowerment. …”
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Proposed Balochistan agriculture 2021 por Rana, Abdul Wajid, Moeen, Muhammad Saad, Shikoh, Sania Haider, Davies, Stephen

“…As a frontier province, it is ideally situated for trade with Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Persian Gulf countries, and now with western China through Gwadar Port and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.…”
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Prospects for agricultural production and food deficits in West Asia and North Africa: the role of high-elevation areas por Oram, Peter

“…A main objective of the meeting was to look at the technical potential for improving the productivity of cereals and food legumes in the high elevation areas that compose almost half of the agricultural land of the main producing countries of West Asia and North Africa (Algeria, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Yemen Arab Republic), as well as important areas of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Mongolia, and China. …”
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D4N2025 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 4B: Digital solutions for diets and nutrition por Mattinson, Rina, Karunarathna, Nilmini, Perera, Thushanthi, Ahmed, Wardah, Memon, Zahid

“…Presentation 1: Empowering Communities via a Digital Quran-Based Campaign: Advancing Nutrition & Disability Inclusion for Health and Equity in Afghanistan by Rina Mattinson. Presentation 2: Validation of an AI-Assisted Dietary Assessment Tool Among Adolescent Girls in Sri Lanka: A Step Towards Scalable Nutrition Monitoring by Nilmini Jayalath Karunarathna Hitihami Mudiyanselage. …”
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D4N2025 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 3B: Harnessing social protection to improve dietary & nutrition outcomes por Hazarika, Bhabesh, Seife, Mekbib Hailegebrile, Wakhloo, Mihika, Gogoi, Pallabi, Das, Pinaki

“…Presentation 2: Transforming Nutrition During Afghanistan’s Lean Season: Innovative Nutrition-Sensitive Market-Based Solutions Empowering Vulnerable Households by Mekbib Hilegebrile Seife. …”
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Towards gender transformative food systems: do we need to focus on indigenous communities more? por Jagannath, Pratyaya

“…In this session, we focus on the need for gender-transformative approaches (GTA) in the HKH region, which extends over eight countries from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east. The panel session, chaired by Dr. …”
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Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia: What do we know, and what have we learned? por Gillespie, Stuart, Poole, Nigel, van den Bold, Mara, Bhavani, R. V., Dangour, Alan D., Shetty, Prakash

“…The Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) research consortium (2012–2018) set out to improve understanding about how agriculture and related food policies and programs in South Asia (specifically in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan) can be better conceptualised and implemented in order to enhance impacts on nutrition outcomes, especially those of young children and adolescent girls. …”
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Hydropolitics in Hirmand/Helmand International River Basin : application of integrated water resources management por Ettehad, Elnaz

“…Through this research the case of Hirmand/Helmand River Basin that includes parts of Iran and Afghanistan is studied. Initially, attempts are made to provide information from several secondary sources about the general features of the basin. …”