Search Results - "Agroecology"

Can contract farming increase farmers’ income and enhance adoption of food safety practices? Evidence from remote areas of Nepal by Kumar, Anjani, Roy, Devesh, Trapathi, Gaurav, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad

“…On the other hand, remoteness can make the contracts more sustainable if the agroecology offers product-specific quality advantages and, more important, if there is a lack of side-selling opportunities. …”
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A system readiness approach to support the packaging and scaling of innovation bundles for farming systems transformation by Frija, Aymen

“…Such programs would typically entail complexity-aware theories of change that focus on stimulating sustainable transformation pathways related to key target areas, such as agroecology, sustainable intensification, and system integration (e.g., crop-livestock integration and integrated pest management). …”
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Evaluation of new forage legume varieties for registration and dissemination in Vietnam by Tran, Ngoc Thi Bich, Bui, Viet Phong, Ngo, Dinh Tan, Than, Minh Hoang, Dao Thu, Hang Thi, Atieno, Mary, Duncan, Alan, Peters, Michael

“…The findings underline the potential of high-quality forage legumes to adapt to Vietnam’s agroecology and mitigate forage shortages for livestock. …”
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Aspergillus section Flavi community structure in Zambia influences aflatoxin contamination of maize and groundnut by Kachapulula, P.W., Akello, J., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Cotty, P.J.

“…Incidences of A. parasiticus partially explained groundnut aflatoxin concentrations in all agroecologies and maize aflatoxin in agroecology III (log y = 0.1956034 + 0.510379x, R2 = 0.57, P < 0.001) supporting A. parasiticus as the dominant etiologic agent of aflatoxin contamination in Zambia. …”
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Assessing the relationship between certifications and farm sustainability by Saludas Cohi, Miquel

“…Furthermore, the shared vision around sustainable development and agroecology motivated a close relation between stakeholders with personal communication about marketing issues but also about sustainability issues. …”
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Current situation and plausible future scenarios for livestock management systems under climate change in Africa by Simpkin, Piers, Cramer, Laura K., Ericksen, Polly J., Thornton, Philip K.

“…Activities and interventions providing adaptation co-benefits are: (i) climate smart and conservation agriculture; (ii) improved natural resource and sustainable rangeland management; (iii) biodiversity and ecosystem services; (iv) agroecology; (v) sustainable intensification; (vi) reducing methane emissions; (vii) policy change and enabling environments; and (viii) market opportunities and diversification. …”
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Universities are committed to supporting CBBP to synergize learning, research, and community services by Belay, Berhanu, Getachew, Tesfaye, Haile, Aynalem

“…We understand universities have a role to support CBBP, attributed to their broader distribution in regions and Agroecology in Ethiopia, which will create a conducive environment to scale up CBBP and reach out to more smallholder farmers and pastoralists. …”
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Application of Sustainable Intensification (SI) Technologies Among Farmers Interacting With Africa Rising by Michigan State University

“…Three mother trials per agroecology were selected for the determination of water-limited yield potential. …”
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Effect of Harvesting Dates on Biomass Yield and Nutritive Value of Improved Desho Grass (Pennisetum glucifolium) Varieties in Central Highlands of Ethiopia by Eshetu, Netsanet

“…Based on the current findings, Areka DZF590 variety with 120 harvesting date could be recommended for the study area and similar agroecology to get a better yield and quality forages.…”
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Building resilience through food by Ardila Galvis, Camilo Andres

“…The findings suggest that agroecological networks like Red MAC have a great potential for contributing to both resilience and sustainability. …”
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Response of maize yield to nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur rates on Andosols and Nitisols in Ethiopia by Bekele, Israel, Lulie, Belstie, Habte, Mulugeta, Boke, Shiferaw, Hailu, Gebreslasie, Mariam, Estifanos H., Ahmed, Jemal Seid, Abera, Wuletawu, Sileshi, Gudeta W.

“…We also recommend a shift from the blanket fertilizer recommendations to site-specific nutrient management based on good understanding of the variations in crop response with soil type and agroecology and appropriate soil and plant analyses.…”
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Cassava yield was not just a matter of total nutrient inputs: insights from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi by Kintche, K., Hauser, S., Ciruza, J.M., Nzohabonayo, Z., Silva, J.V., Munyahali, W., Wendt, J., Vanlauwe, B.

“…Two stochastic frontier models were fitted per DRC agroecological zone and per experiment in Burundi (macronutrient or micronutrient), with observation number ranging between 290 and 490 per scenario of model fitting. …”
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Testing innovations through multisite trials to bridge the gap between research and real-world farming in Northern Ghana by Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Mponela, Powell, Agbesi, Keteku, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Ofori, Patrick, Yeboah, Stephen, Dugan, Emmanuel, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Agyarko Fosu, Fred, Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Abera, Wuletawu

“…The findings also underscore the need for a suitable local hybrid and a site-specific fertiliser recommended for agroecology. The study recommends T4 and SC719 as the best combination to boost maize productivity in the Guinea Savannah zone. …”
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Smallholder-based fruit seedling supply system for sustainable fruit production in Ethiopia: lessons from the IPMS experience by Berhe, Kahsay, Dessalegn, Yigsaw, Baredo, Y., Teka, W., Hoekstra, Dirk, Tegegne, Azage

“…Ethiopia has a diverse agroecology and many areas are suitable for growing temperate, subtropical or tropical fruits. …”
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Maize yield and profitability tradeoffs with social, human and environmental performance: is sustainable intensification feasible? by Snapp, Sieglinde S., Grabowski, Philip, Chikowo, Regis, Smith, A., Anders, E., Sirrine, D., Chimonyo, Vimbayi Grace Petrova, Bekunda, Mateete A.

“…In this study we systematically consider all five domains of SI based on participatory action research (PAR) initiated in 2012 at three Central Malawi sites that varied in agroecology from low to high potential. Fifteen SI indicators were assessed for four technologies: sole maize (Zea mays L.) with 0 and recommended fertilization (69 kg N ha−1 and 9 kg P ha−1), pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajun (L.) …”
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Rapid emergency response to yellow rust epidemics caused by newly introduced lineages of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in Argentina by Carmona, Marcelo Anibal, Sautua, Francisco José, Pérez-Hernández, Oscar, Grosso, Carlos, Vettorello, Lucas, Milanesio, Barbarina, Corvi, Eduardo, Almada, Gustavo, Hovmøller, Mogens Støvring

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Agro-nutrition baseline survey data of 20 villages in the Kitui district (Kenya), in 2008 by Morimoto, Yasuyuki, Maundu, Patrick, Imbumi, Maryam, Kariuki, Lucy, Tumbo, Dominic

“…The thousand (1,000) households representing 20 villages, 10 villages in intervention (treatment) area, 10 villages in none-intervention (control) area, were selected from a group of 60 villages which had been subjected to a clustering process based on soils, vegetation, agroecology, altitude and number of crop growing days per year, forming 6 clusters. …”
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Alineando el financiamiento verde con la política agropecuaria: De los compromisos globales a las soluciones locales by Piñeiro, Valeria, Rueda, Jorge Armando, López, Cecilia, Henao, Fernando, Lozano, Jorge Andrés, Bohórquez, Camilo, Borda, Carolina

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Characterization of DMI, QoI and SDHI fungicides sensitivity of Ramularia collo‑cygni isolates in Argentina by Erreguerena, Ignacio Antonio, Havis, Neil David, Heick, Thies Marten, Gorniak, Kalina, Quiroz, Facundo Jose, Carmona, Marcelo Anibal

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Co-benefits of soil carbon protection for invertebrate conservation by Flores-Rios, Angelli, Thomas, Evert, Peri, Pablo Luis, Amelung, Wulf, Duarte Guardia, Sandra, Borchard, Nils, Lizárraga Travaglini, Alfonso, Vélez Azañero, Armando, Sheil, Douglas, Tscharntke, Teja, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Ladd, Brenton

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