Resultados de búsqueda - "COPE"

Empirical models, rules, and optimization: turning positive economics on its head por Cattaneo, Andrea, Robinson, Sherman

“…In our approach, the economic agent uses believably simple rules in coping with complex situations. We estimate rules using an artificially generated sample obtained by running repeated simulations of a dynamic optimal control model of a firm’s hiring/firing decisions. …”
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Linking safety nets, social protection, and poverty reduction: directions for Africa por Adato, Michelle, Ahmed, Akhter, Lund, Francie

“…Social protection policy addresses not only programs aimed at reducing the impact of shocks and coping with their aftermath, but also interventions designed to prevent shocks and destitution in the first place. …”
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Why the poor in rural Malawi are where they are: an analysis of the spatial determinants of the local prevalence of poverty por Benson, Todd, Chamberlin, Jordan, Rhinehart, Ingrid

“…A theoretical approach based on the risk chain conceptualization of household economic vulnerability guided our selection of a set of potential risk and coping strategies — the determinants of our model — that could be represented spatially. …”
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Why the poor in rural Malawi are where they are: an analysis of the spatial determinants of the local prevalence of poverty por Benson, Todd, Chamberlin, Jordan, Rhinehart, Ingrid

“…A theoretical approach based on the risk chain conceptualization of household economic vulnerability guided our selection of a set of potential risk and coping strategies — the determinants of our model — that could be represented spatially. …”
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Impact of prime-age adult mortality on labor supply: Evidence from adolescents and women in South Africa por Yamauchi, Futoshi, Buthelezi, Thabani, Velia, Myriam

“…Households can respond to an increase in mortality among prime-age adults in many ways—they can utilize government grants and formal insurance; engage in some ex ante and ex post risk coping/mitigating strategies (e.g., borrowing or tapping on remittances) to buffer shocks; and/or develop foster-care arrangements or income diversification strategies (including labor supply). …”
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“Without a man’s decision, nothing works”: Building resilience to Rift Valley fever in pastoralist communities in Isiolo Kenya por Mutambo, Irene N., Bett, Bernard K., Bukachi, S.A.

“…This study sought to understand how ownership and decision-making in pastoralist male and female-headed households influence coping mechanisms and resilience to Rift Valley fever (RVF), using the three resilience capacities of absorptive, adaptive, and transformative. …”
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New and improved varieties for everyone? Gendered patterns of wheat varietal turnover among social groups in the Indian state of Bihar por Herforth, Nico, Gartaula, Hom Nath

“…For smallholder farmers in the Global South, rapid varietal turnover is an important means of coping with the risks arising from the spread of pests or diseases and for increasing crop yields. …”
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Livestock and poverty reduction in India: findings from the ODI Livelihood Options Project por Deshingkar, P., Farrington, John, Rao, L., Akter, S., Sharma, P., Freeman, H.A., Reddy, J.

“…The last Study finding - Does livestock provide a useful coping mechanism to vulnerable households and individuals - outlines migration and livestock case studies, and village accounts of livestock keeping patterns. …”
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Water Management Challenges in the Context of Agricultural Intensification and Endemic Fluorosis: The Case of Yuanmou County por Fang J, Wu XN, Xu, J.C., Yang XF, Song XX, Wang GA, Yan MS, Yan M, Wang DN.

“…Herein, we describe the water management challenges facing the county as well as document the coping strategies adopted by the government and communities, analyze remaining and emerging challenges, and suggest an ecohealth framework for better management of water resources in Yuanmou.…”
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Food security and nutrition: The Ethiopian case for action por Kaluski, DN, Ophir, E, Amede, Tilahun

“…Food accessibility was limited due to a weak subsistence-agriculture-based economy, depletion of assets, absence of income diversity and a lack of alternative coping mechanisms. Food intake adequacy was rarely achieved due to food shortages, improper diet and poor sanitary conditions. …”
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Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers por Tall, Arame, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Chaudhury, M., McKune, Sarah, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Therein, we assessed gender-specific vulnerabilities to climate-related shocks, endogenous adaptation strategies, and coping mechanisms. From the gap between vulnerability and local capacity, we deduced farmers’ climate service needs, and then assessed whether these systematically differed between distinct vulnerable sub-groups within the community – chiefly, between male and female farmers. …”
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Central America: fertile ground for Eco-Efficient agriculture = América central: Suelo fértil para la agricultura Eco-Eficiente por Guimarães, Elcio Perpétuo

“…About half of the people in this region live in poverty on small farms, coping with chronic malnutrition and other deprivations. …”
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A global assessment of Basin Plans: Definitions, lessons, recommendations por Kazbekov, Jusipbek S., Tagutanazvo, Emelder, Lautze, Jonathan F.

“…Disaggregating basin plans suggests that developing country transboundary plans are more geared toward hydropower development, navigation and coping with uncertainty, while developed country and national plans appear to focus more on issues such as water quality and fish management. …”
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Livelihood strategies of resource poor farmers in strigainfested areas of western Kenya por Manyong, Victor M., Alene, A., Odhiambo, G.D., Mignouna, Hodeba D., Bokanga, M., Omanya, G., Nindi, S.J.

“…Both household income and child nutrition indicators showed alarming conditions for the majority of households. The coping strategies and informal safety nets were not capable of addressing the vulnerability issue successfully. …”
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Climate risk assessment and agricultural value chain prioritisation for Malawi and Zambia por Vergage, Fabian, Cramer, Laura K., Thornton, Philip K., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…The vulnerability of the agricultural sector in each country is discussed in relation to its sensitivity to change and coping and adaptive capacity, and the risks of climate change on agriculture and small-scale farmers in the two focus countries assessed. …”
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Analysis of production risk and technical efficiency amongst smallholder livestock farmers in Botswana por Chube, Boitshepo

“…This study uses cross-section data to identify the shocks or risks that Botswana’s smallholder livestock producers are exposed to as well as their coping strategies. At the outset a sample of 540 observations which includes large and small beef producers are used but the econometric model estimated in the thesis is only limited to small beef producers. …”
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The agrarian, structural and cultural constraints of smallholders’ readiness for sustainability standards implementation: The case of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil in East Kalima... por Dharmawan, A.H., Mardiyaningsih, D.I., Rahmadian, F., Yulian, B.E., Komarudin, Heru, Pacheco, P., Ghazoul, J., Amalia, R.

“…Using a case study research approach in two oil palm plantation villages in East Kalimantan, the study found out a number of ISPO implementation challenges, grouped into structural and socio-cultural challenges, which make smallholders less ready to adhere to this mandatory policy. Coping with these challenges, this study proposed that land and business legality programs be expedited to strengthen property rights, and that training and education programs be intensified to enhance awareness, knowledge and capacity of smallholders to enable them to comply with sustainability standards.…”
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Drought risk reduction in agriculture: A review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic plain of South Asia por Cenacchi, Nicola

“…The goal of the project was to characterize extreme drought events, to improve on a methodology to assess the probability of these events in the future under climate change, to illustrate their impacts, and to provide suggestions on coping strategies. The present report sets the stage for the overall project by undertaking a review of the causes of vulnerability to drought in East Africa and the western Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) of South Asia, and discussing the options to increase resilience to drought in the agricultural sector. …”
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The realities and challenges of contemporary groundwater-based smallholder irrigated farming across the Indus, Ganges and Yellow River basins por Villholth, Karen G., Mukherji, Aditi, Sharma, Bharat R., Wang, J.

“…As a result, its use is sub-optimal where smallholders today employ a range of adaptation and coping strategies to uphold groundwater benefits. …”
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Climate variability and agricultural production in Argentina: the role of risk-transfer mechanisms por Gallacher, Marcos, Lema, Rolando Daniel, Galetto, Alejandro J., Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz

“…This paper summarize recent research related to production variability in Argentine agriculture, as well as the consequences of this variability on efficiency and resource allocation and present an overview of strategies for coping with climate variability. We estimate possible benefits to agricultural producers of improved risk-transfer mechanisms. …”
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