Resultados de búsqueda - "Agroecology"

Linkages between land management, land degradation, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Uganda por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Pender, John L., Kaizzi, Kayuki C., Kato, Edward, Mugarura, Samuel, Ssali, Henry, Muwonge, James

“…Also, the country contains a wide variety of agroecological zones (AEZs), making it an appropriate microcosm of Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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The impact of climate variability and change on economic growth and poverty in Zambia por Thurlow, James, Zhu, Tingju, Diao, Xinshen

“…The hydro-crop model is first used to estimate the impact of climate variability on crop yields over the past three decades and such analysis is done at the crop level for each of Zambia’s five agroecological zones, supported by the identification of zonal-level extreme weather events using a drought index analysis. …”
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Pathogenic variability of Pyricularia grisea from the high- and mid-elevation zones of Bhutan por Thinlay, Zeigler, R.S., Finckh, M.R.

“…In addition, 10 blast nurseries consisting of the NIL sets, important local landraces, and representatives of international differential groups were established in the 1996 and 1997 growing seasons in the mid- and high-elevation agroecological zones. The 110 isolates were differentiated into 53 pathotypes based on the 2 NIL sets. …”
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Regional Training on Climate-Smart Agriculture, Soil Fertility Management, and Soil Health Monitoring in Eastern and Southern Africa por Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Recha, John W.M., Gitau, Angela, Solomon, Dawit

“…It emphasized integrating geospatial tools, artificial intelligence, and machine learning for soil mapping and addressing policy and gender considerations to promote sustainable agricultural practices across varied agroecological zones. Key focus areas included fundamentals of CSA and its practical applications; advanced soil health monitoring techniques, including geospatial and digital soil mapping; policy advocacy for scaling CSA practices into regional and national frameworks; and gender mainstreaming to ensure inclusivity and equity in CSA initiatives. …”
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Ensuring supply and creating demand for a biofortified crop with a visible trait: Lessons learned from the introduction of orange-fleshed sweet potato in drought-prone areas of Moz... por Low, Jan Wayland, Arimond, Mary, Osman, Nadia, Cunguara, Benedito, Zano, Filipe, Tschirley, David

“…Diet diversification was limited by difficult agroecological conditions and low purchasing power. However, dietary diversity was higher among intervention than control children (32% vs. 9% consuming food from more than four groups; p < .001). …”
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CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions: CIMMYT final report por Odjo, Sylvanus, González Regalado, Jessica, Romero Parilla, Nestor, Bolaños Vargas, Janeth, Goulet, Frederic, González Reyes, Gabriela, Verhulst, Nele

“…Efforts toward strengthening the seed systems for landraces will also continue, promoting biodiversity conservation and agroecological pest management practices. The collaboration with governmental institutions will continue to help co-design policies that support the production of bioinputs and biofactories and their accessibility to smallholder farmers, helping to create more sustainable farming systems across Colombia and Burkina Faso.…”
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Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Soil Health as the Foundation to Realising the Ambitions of the Great Green Wall Initiative por African, Union

“…Axis 1 fosters inclusive governance and coordinated leadership, integrating soil health into national and cross-sectoral policy agendas. Axis 2 advances agroecological and nature-based practices - such as agroforestry, conservation agriculture, and composting - that regenerate soil structure, fertility, and biodiversity. …”
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Location specific recommendations on fertilizer application with RiceAdvice Lite in Mali. por Ahouanton, K., Kone, P., Guindo, S., Dossou-Yovo, E.R.

“…The experience highlights the potential of simplified digital decision-support tools to scale climate-smart and data-driven agricultural practices in diverse agroecological contexts. "…”
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The magnitude of crop yield improvement with different soil acidity management practices in the Ethiopian highlands: a meta-analysis por Birhanu, Agumas, Desta, Gizaw, Agegnehu, Getachew, Legesse, Gizachew, Feyisa, Tesfaye, Sileshi, Gudeta Weldesemayat

“…Compared to the other ASMPs, lime + P achieved significantly higher yield increases across all agroecological zones, soil texture and slope classes. …”
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Monitoring, evaluation, and learning tracking report: Site specific fertilizer advisory in the mixed highland farming systems in Ethiopia por Tigabie, Abiro, Desta, Gizaw, Desalegn, Henok, Legesse, Gizachew, Agegnehu, Getachew

“…Its main objective is to optimize fertilizer use efficiency, enhance crop productivity, and improve economic returns under Ethiopia’s diverse agroecological conditions. Field events and training sessions were organized collaboratively by ICRISAT (36%) and the Ministry of Agriculture through the local extension services (64%). …”
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Scaling Drought And Flood-Tolerant Rice Varieties, Good Agricultural Practices, And Pest And Disease Management: Insights And Lessons Learned From 2022 To 2025 por Suh, Neville Ndohnwi, Dolo, Minindou, Dossou Yovo, Elliott Ronald

“…Presentations focused on varietal improvement, production techniques, farmers’ field experiences, and persistent constraints, including seed cold-storage limitations, the mineral-fertilizer dependence of hybrids, and gaps in agroecological integration. The highly interactive sessions, conducted in Bambara and French, revealed strong farmer engagement, deepened understanding of climate-resilient technologies, and identified priority areas for improvement. …”
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Evaluating farmers' satisfaction from high-yielding rice (Oryza sativa) variety cultivation in boro season: evidence from adaptive trials in Bangladesh por Hassan, Md. Masudul, Habib, Muhammad Ashraful, Nayak, Swati, Jewel, Zilhas Ahmed, Resmi, Samira Islam, Hasan, Mahamudul

“…Farmer satisfaction with high-yielding rice varieties (HYVs) in head-to-head adaptive trials (HHATs) was carried out over different agroecological zones (AEZs) during the boro season in Bangladesh. …”
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Structure of genetic diversity among common bean landraces of middle American origin based on correspondence analysis of RAPD por Beebe, Stephen E., Skroch, Paul W., Tohme, Joseph M., Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Pedraza García, Fabio, Nienhuis, James

“…Groups were formed which in part corresponded to races defined previously by morphological and agroecological criteria. However, tropical small-seeded Race M was composed of two groups: one largely Mexican that included most small-seeded black beans of upright plant habit; and one Central American with landraces of various seed colors. …”
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Smallholder farmers’ perception of the impacts of climate change and variability on rain-fed agricultural practices in semi-arid and sub-humid regions of Kenya por Kalungu, Jokastah W., Filho, Walter L., Harris, David

“…However, successful implementation of farming technologies and methods that are adapted to climate change will require a gendered approach and agroecological sensitive strategies for different regions.…”
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A crowdsourcing approach to detect farmers’ preferences: evidences from Ethiopia for adapting to climate change por Fadda, Carlo, Mancini, C., Mengistu, D.K., Gebrehawaryat Kidane, Yosef, Dell'Acqua, M., Pe, M.E.

“…In two sites representing different agroecological zones, we distributed 20 superior varieties and one check, an improved variety very common in both areas to 200 farmers in 12 villages per site, covering an area of roughly 350 km 2. …”
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Opportunities for mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition into institutional food procurement programs in Brazil por Moura de Oliveira Beltrame, Daniela, Hunter, D., Neves Soares Oliveira, Camila, Borelli, Teresa, Coradin, Lídio

“…Both initiatives include ethical standards and incentives of up to 30% in the price for organic or agroecological produce, prioritising purchases from quilombolas and indigenous communities, while also supporting family agriculture organisations to rescue, produce, store, and distribute seeds of local or traditional varieties. …”
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Distribution and prevalence of nematodes (Scutellonema bradys and Meloidogyne spp.) on marketed yam (Dioscorea spp.) in West Africa por Coyne, Danny L., Tchabi, A., Baimey, H., Labuschagne, N., Rotifa, I.

“…When analysed by agroecological zone, the greatest (P ≤ 0.05) mean S. bradys density was observed in the mid altitude savannah (890 g−1), followed by the southern guinea savannah (488 g−1). …”
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Abundance of pests and diseases in Arabica coffee production systems in Uganda - ecological mechanisms and spatial analysis in the face of climate change. por Liebig, Theresa Ines

“…Integrated management options require an understanding of the bioecology of CPaD and the prevalent interdependencies within the agroecological context. The comparison of different shading systems (e.g. shade-grown vs. sun-grown coffee) and the identification of tradeoffs for ecosystem services is still a matter of ongoing debates. …”
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Cassava response to the integrated use of manure and NPK fertilizer in Zambia por Biratu, G.K., Elias, E., Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Sileshi, Gudeta W.

“…This study was undertaken to determine the response of cassava to the integrated use of organic and inorganic nutrient sources in two contrasting agroecological zones of Zambia; Mansa located in Zone III and Kabangwe located in Zone II. …”
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Persistence and effectiveness of rhizobia nodulating promiscuous soybeans in moist savanna zones of Nigeria por Sanginga, N., Abaidoo, Robert C., Dashiell, Kenton E., Carsky, R.J., Okogun, A.

“…A pot experiment was conducted using soils collected from 13 farmers' fields located in two agroecological zones (northen and southern Guinea savanna) in the moist savanna of Nigeria to determine the relationships between growth response to previous rhizobial inoculation and the indigenous rhizobial populations. …”
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