Search Results - "Chang’an"

Mechanization Bundle Report: Service provider model for CLIMATE-SMART Mechanization of smallholder farmers in Zambia by Matin, M. A., Mulundu, S, Zingwari, O

“…Conservation agriculture (CA) based mechanization is receiving better recognition as a sustainable solution to improve land and labour productivity and help meet the rising global food demand under the changing climate. In Zambia, the adoption of mechanization is crucial for the smallholder farmers to improve their productivity, increase income, mitigate peak-season labour crisis, and reduce drudgery and post-harvest losses. …”
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Rice Seed Value Chains in Liberia: Mapping and SWOT Analysis by Africa Rice Center, Central Agricultural Research Institute, Liberia

“…The SWOT analysis revealed that both value chains face challenges, such as inadequate infrastructure, limited access to finance, and climate change threats. However, opportunities exist in the growing market demand for rice seed, technology adoption, and support from international organizations. …”
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Climate shocks and climate smart agricultural adoption in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 by van Asselt, Joanna, Weerasinghe, Krishani, Munasinghe, Dilusha, Hemachandra, Dilini

“…. • Seventy-four percent of farmers reported that changing weather patterns affect their income. • Forty-one percent of farmers reported that they were currently using at least one climate smart agricultural practice (CSA). • Crop type strongly predicts CSA adoption. …”
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Non-market benefits of forests: a modelling approach for policy intervention in Mozambique by Nhantumbo, I., Dent, J.B., Kowero, G.S., McGregor, M.J.

“…Potential and still controversial proxies for analysis of the macroeconomic impacts of environmental variables include the creation of the Resource Environmental Accounts (REA) and the Environmental Adjusted Net Domestic Product (EDP) and other approaches such as change of macroeconomic policies and linear programming. …”
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Gendered exclusion in agricultural water governance: A case study in district Okara, Pakistan by Waqar, Kanwal, Hafeez, Mohsin

“…Conclusion: Gender-blind policies, socio-cultural norms, and institutional constraints collectively sustain women’s exclusion from water governance. Transformative change requires enforceable gender quotas in WUAs, awareness and literacy programs and gender-responsive trainings targeting institutions and WUAs. …”
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Nitrogen Fertilizer Adjustment in Legume-Cereal Rotations by Shewangizaw, Beza, Agegnehu, Getachew, Desta, Gizaw, Legesse, Gizachew, Desalegn, Henok, Tigabie, Abiro

“…Sustainable food production is one of the major global challenges, exacerbated by climate change, increasing population, and natural resource degradation, including soil degradation and loss of biodiversity (Pretty and Bharucha, 2014; Vanlauwe et al., 2014). …”
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Evaluating land management options for transitioning to regenerative coffee systems in Kenya by Waswa, Boaz, Rahn, Eric, Ocimati, Walter, Notenbaert, An, Ogutu, Francis, Mutegi, Judy

“…By evaluating these options, Kenya’s coffee sector can achieve long-term sustainability, maintain high-quality yields, and strengthen resilience against climate change.…”
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Molecular breeding for stress tolerance in sesame by Weldemichael, Micheale Yifter, Gebremedhn, Hailay Mehari, Runo, Steven, Gandhi, Harish

“…These markers can then be applied in marker-assisted selection to develop resilient cultivars, ensuring stable yields under changing climate conditions.…”
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Designing smallholder-centric product and service bundles to incentivise technology adoption using an affordance perspective by Hoffman, Elena

“…The findings reveal that smallholders face a range of key constraints, most notably the impacts of climate change, limited access to inputs, labour shortages, and restricted market access which are also highly interrelated and shaped by the local context. …”
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The Miombo in transition: woodlands and welfare in Africa by Campbell, Bruce M.

“…The final chapter proposes a conceptual model of how all the diverse social, economic, political and ecological processes interact to shape how the household and woodland situations are changing. This conceptual framework is then used to identify key issues for research, which will reduce gaps in current understanding and facilitate formulation of new management strategies, policies and institutions. …”
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Opportunities for a low-emission transformation of African food systems by Pingault, N., Martius, C.

“…Food systems – spanning agriculture, land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), energy, industrial processes and product use (IPPU), and waste – account for about one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, yet they remain difficult to identify in national reporting because they are dispersed across UNFCCC sectors. …”
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Zero deforestation agreements in Colombia: Outcomes in the beef and dairy, and cocoa supply chains by Ortiz, Daniel, Camilo, Karen, Buritica, Alexander, Castro, Augusto, Reyes, Byron

“…The study applies a mixed qualitative and institutional analysis grounded in a theory-of-change framework, drawing on stakeholder interviews, document review, and comparative sectoral analysis to examine governance, coordination, and behavioral outcomes of ZDAs in the beef and dairy and cocoa supply chains. …”
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IRRI's Digital and Data Strategy (Framework) by Gimena, Joy Marie

“…Our global environmental, nutritional, and AI landscapes are changing. As a non-partisan international organization, we have a unique position to partner with regional and global organizations to drive climate resilience, address health challenges, and integrate solutions for improved livelihoods. …”
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Report on Zimbabwe living landscape engagements by Matangi, Dorcas, Chimonyo, Vimbayi Grace Petrova

“…The CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes (MFL) Program views the district landscape as a dynamic socio-ecological system where environmental change, resource-use pressures, wildlife interactions, governance processes, and human decision-making continuously interact. …”
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Development of the forest sector in Indonesia by Sunderlin, William D.

“…The forest sector has grown rapidly in the last three decades to 487 concessions occupying 56 million hectares. A notable change in recent years has been the rapid growth of the pulp and paper industry. …”
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Les Approches participatives dans la gestion des ecosystemes forestiers d'Afrique Centrale: revue des initiatives existantes by Nguinguiri, J.C.

“…The current trend, especially at regional level (ECOFAC), is to substitute involvement of local populations in sustainable resource management for protection of forest islands. (3) Community forests. Cameroon has changed its legislation and is in an experimental stage. …”
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Long-term permanent plot observations of vegetation dynamics in Budongo, a Ugandan rain forest by Sheil, Douglas, Jennings, S., Savill, P.

“…Stem size structure has changed within the plots, with an increased proportion of smaller stems. …”
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Fuelwood studies in India: myth and reality by Pandey, D.N.

“…In urban areas, the consumption pattern is changing due ti increased availability of commercial fuel (LPG, kerosene, and electricity). …”
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Oil, macroeconomics, and forests: assessing the linkages by Wunder, Sven, Sunderlin, William D.

“…This article summarises research on land-use changes in eight tropical developing countries. Our country-comparative approach reveals that the direct oil impacts on forests are unquestionably subordinate compared to oil's derived macroeconomic impact. …”
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Long-term monitoring of post-fire above ground biomass recovery in a lowland dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia by Toma, T., Ishida, A., Matius, P.

“…Between 1988 and 2000, changes in the above-ground biomass (AGB) of trees in an East Kalimantan lowland forest, damaged by fires in 1982-83 and 1998, were estimated using allometric functions and an annual inventory of stem diameter. …”
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