Resultados de búsqueda - "Chang’an"

Development and validation of the global diet quality score (GDQS) for children 5 to 9 years of age por Arsenault, Joanne E., Ali, Nazia Binte, Atayde, Agata M. P., Batis, Carolina, Becquey, Elodie, Bromage, Sabri, Deitchler, Megan, Diop, Loty, Gelli, Aulo, Castellanos Gutierrez, Anali, Kehoe, Sarah H., Krishnaveni, Ghattu V., Leonardo, Sofia, Moursi, Mourad, Nkengfack, Brunhilda Tegomoh

“…The GDQS will be a useful tool to measure diet quality and monitoring changes in diet quality over time.…”
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Accelerated cassava varietal turnover in Tanzania, a direct result of cassava seed system interventions por Msami, J., Ndalahwa, M., Nickas, J., Arbogast, M., Nkwabi, J., Mwakyusa, N., Mwenisongole, A., Matondo, D.G., Kumar, P.L., Legg, J.

“…We used total seed (cuttings) produced as weights for WAVA estimations. Results showed changes in WAVA from 11.3 years in 2018, 13.6 years in 2019, 13.5 years in 2020, 10.6 years in 2021, 11.4 years in 2022 to 10.1 years in 2023. …”
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Local to regional-scale mechanisms behind successful climate services for agriculture in Latin America por Giraldo, Diana, Ríos, David, Navarro-Racines, Carlos, Camacho, Kemly, Martinez-Valle, Armando, Prager, Steven D., Obando, Diego, Zelaya, Carlos, Martinez-Baron, Deissy, Muñoz, Ángel G., Ramirez Villegas, Julian

“…The analyses revealed that the MTAs played a significant role in CS transformation pathways, producing a total of 158 outcomes (changes in behaviour of people or institutions), and involving at least 279 institutions at various levels and with diverse roles. …”
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Adoption without gains, and vice-versa: Exploring the disconnect between improved bean varieties and yield in Central America and Haiti through the lens of seed systems por Reyes, Byron, Maredia, Mywish K., Martínez, José María, Gomez, Lorena, Rosas, Juan Carlos, Miranda, Angela

“…Over the past 30 years, R&D has focused on breeding resilient bean varieties to withstand climate change, pests, and diseases. However, the success of these innovations depends not only on variety development but also on efficient seed systems that deliver them to farmers—a crucial yet often overlooked factor in maxi-mizing agricultural R&D benefits. …”
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Beyond the bids: Lessons from farmers' reflections on Vickrey auctions of sweetpotato vines in Rwanda por Kilwinger, Fleur B.M., Spielman, David J., Almekinders, Conny J.M., Rajendran, Srinivasulu, van Dam, Ynte K.

“…Context The use of high-quality seed can significantly enhance nutrition, food security, poverty alleviation, and climate change adaptation in rural farming communities. Economic valuation methods can be used to assess farmers' demand for such seed. …”
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Optimizing soybean variety selection for the Pan-African Trial network using factor analytic models and envirotyping por Araujo, M.S., Pavan, J.P., Stella, A.A., Fregonezi, B.F., Lima, N.F., Leles, E.P., Santos, M.F., Goldsmith, P., Chigeza, G., Diers, B.W., Pinheiro, J.B.

“…Soybean is a global food and industrial crop, however, climate change significantly affects its grain yield. Therefore, the selection of varieties with high adaptation to target population of environments is imperative in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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An assessment of social and ecological factors influencing the management and productivity of smallholder aquacultural systems in Northern Province, Zambia por Johnson, J.W., Jacobson, M., Cole, S.M., Syapwaya, M., Kaminski, A.M., Karsten, H., Stauffer, J., Jensen, L., Lundeba, M.

“…Potential pathways for change are discussed, and recommendations for additional research are offered.…”
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Non wood forest product outlook study for Asia and the Pacific: towards 2010 por Mittelman, A.J., Lai,C.K., Byron, R.N., Michon, G., Katz E.

“…Rapid social, cultural and economic changes associated with modernisation have a profound effect on traditional forest people. …”
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Aligning Yam market segments with breeding targets in Côte d'Ivore: A value chain perspective por Diby, N'Nan A. Sylvie, Mobio, Aubin Jacob, Kouassi, Hermann Antonin, Kanon, Landry Alban, Deffan, Prudence Kahndo, Ehounou, Emmanuel, Dibi, Evrard Konan, Tran, Thierry, Kouakou, Amani M., Dufour, Dominique, Mbéguié-A-Mbéguié, Didier

“…However, the sector faces challenges: population growth, the emergence of competing cash crops such as cashew, emerging diseases, and climate change. Ensuring a year-round supply of quality yams to the market requires innovative approaches, grounded in a clear understanding of production systems, marketing structures, and market segmentation. …”
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SAAF stakeholder co-design workshop in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam: Workshop report por Nguyen Thi Thinh, Atieno, Mary, Dao Thi Thu Hang, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, Le Thi Thanh Huyen, Le Thi Huyen Trang, Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha, Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, Nguyen Thi Quynh Chi, Lo Quang Thanh, Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…It focused on developing the theory of change (ToC) for SAAF in Vietnam, with a particular emphasis on the pig value chain in Thai Nguyen Province.…”
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Women's dietary diversity and child feeding practices amidst COVID19 in India: Findings from National Family Health Surveys, 2016–2021 por Pant, Anjali, Chakrabarti, Suman, Headey, Derek D., Singh, Nishmeet, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…This study aimed to: (1) investigate relationship between COVID-19 and women's and children's diets in India; (2) examine how this varies by socioeconomic status and mothers' vegetarianism; and (3) assess whether mobility restrictions during India's national lockdown influenced these dietary changes. The analysis drew on data from India's National Family Health Survey 2015–16 and 2019–21, focusing on 11 states surveyed before and during COVID-19 (N = 567,727 women, 141,905 children). …”
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Building institutional synergies for agricultural research and development in Ghana: The case of the cropping calendar agro-advisory por Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Wilson, Michael, Ampadu-Boakye, Theresa, Abera, Wuletawu

“…In the face of climate variability, fragmented extension systems, and increasingly complex farming realities, Ghana’s agricultural transformation demands more than incremental change; it requires a paradigm shift in how knowledge is generated, delivered, and applied. …”
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Integrating prediction of precipitation and hydrology for early actions: the InPRHA project within the World Weather Research Programme por Cattoën, C., Carr, R. H., Bennett, J., Dougherty, E., Fortin, V., Imhoff, R., Lee, G., Luo, Y., Mapedza, Everisto D., Polcher, J., Prabhakaran, T., Taylor, A., Leon, J. V., Phillips, S., Kleist, D., Ramos, M.-H., Caltabiano, N., Davis, C., De Coning, E.

“…Building on knowledge from the High Impact Weather (HiWeather) project, InPRHA focuses on multihazard flood forecasting across the entire warning value chain from minutes to days, in a rapidly changing world. A key emphasis is understanding flood predictability and how uncertainties cascade through forecasting systems and are perceived, communicated, and acted upon by diverse stakeholders. …”
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Performance and cost-benefit evaluation of farmer-managed solar-powered groundwater irrigation in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR: interim results from the first year of operation of fou... por Douangsavanh, Somphasith, Pavelic, Paul, Kotchofa, Pacem, Dubois, Mark

“…This system is managed by local farmers and was designed to help small-scale farmers overcome water shortages, improve crop productivity, and build resilience to climate change. To evaluate its effectiveness, this study reviews the system’s performance after one year of operation and a full crop cycle, including broader benefits such as environmental sustainability and a basic financial cost-benefit analysis. …”
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Full circle, but a different world: Reflections on agricultural and rural development in a radically transforming aid and development context por Omamo, Steven Were

“…Meanwhile, the major global challenges demanding solutions – climate change, economic volatility and conflict – imply the need for resources, analysis and operational capacity at levels never before mobilised. …”
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How District Technical Working Groups are Reviving Cambodia’s Floodplain Ecosystems por Sok, Sao, de Silva, Sanjiv, Mam, Kosal, Joshi, Deepa, Khondker, Murshed-e-Jahan, Sithirith, Mak, Heng, Kong

“…Moreover, the experience of analyzing risks and developing and actioning solutions as a group is changing entrenched institutional cultures of siloed action. …”
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Mutation breeding in small millets: approaches, advances, challenges, and prospects por Monika, S., Chockalingam, Vanniarajan, Vetriventhan, Mani, Sakthivel K., Ramesh, T., Meena, Suresh

“…Genetic improvement and scaling up of cultivation of improved varieties are expected to sustain millets production and productivity in the changing climate. Despite the availability of considerable small millets germplasm conserved in gene banks, their use has been limited due to many reasons including inadequate characterization, evaluation, data availability, and difficulty in hybridization resulting in limited opportunity for creating required variation through recombination breeding. …”
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Enhancing the prediction accuracy of groundnut yield by integrating significant markers and modeling genotype × environment interaction por Lubanga, Nelson, Okaron, Velma, Gimode, Davis M., Persa, Reyna, Mwololo, James, Okello, David K., Ssemakula, Mildred Ochwo, Odong, Thomas L., Abincha, Wilfred, Odeny, Damaris A., Jarquin, Diego

“…Significant G × E could alter the response pattern of genotypes (the change in rankings of genotypes), subsequently complicating the selection process. …”
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Effect of combining lower- and higher-value monthly cash transfers with nutrition-sensitive agriculture, male engagement and psychosocial intervention on maternal depressive sympto... por Bliznashka, Lilia, Nwabuikwu, Odiche, Ahun, Marilyn N, Roschnik, Natalie, Phiri, Brenda, Gondwe-Matekesa, Esnatt, Kachinjika, Monice, Mvula, Peter, Munthali, Alister, Maggio, Daniel, Katundu, Mangani, Maleta, Kenneth, Gladstone, Melissa, Gelli, Aulo, MAZIKO trial team

“…This study evaluated the impact of a nutrition-sensitive social behaviour change (SBC) intervention (agriculture and livelihoods, male engagement and Caring for the Caregiver) with or without cash transfers on maternal perinatal depression during the lean season in rural Malawi. …”
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See it grow: A randomized evaluation of a digital innovation to improve crop insurance contract design por Kramer, Berber, Cecchi, Francesco, Levine, Madison, Waithaka, Lilian

“…After adjusting for this compositional change, differences in fertilizer use per farmer enrolled in WBI and PBI are not statistically significant. …”
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