Resultados de búsqueda - "Chang’an"

Food and nutrition security in transforming Ghana: A descriptive analysis of national trends and regional patterns por Ecker, Olivier, van Asselt, Joanna

“…In addition to providing an overview of long-term historical trends at the national level, this analysis provides an overview of regional patterns of food and nutrition insecurity and recent changes across Ghana’s 10 administrative regions. …”
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Improving child nutrition and development through community-based childcare centres in Malawi – The NEEP-IE study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial por Gelli, Aulo, Margolies, Amy, Santacroce, Marco, Sproule, Kathryn, Theis, Sophie, Roschnik, Natalie, Twalibu, Aisha, Chidalengwa, George, Cooper, Amrik, Moorhead, Tyler, Gladstone, Melissa, Kariger, Patricia, Kutundu, Mangani

“…The intervention includes activities to improve nutritious food production and training/behaviour-change communication to improve food intake, care and hygiene practices. …”
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Time to reform the US federal agricultural insurance program por Smith, Vincent H., Glauber, Joseph W., Goodwin, Barry K.

“…If the crop insurance program is continued, at the very least, as some legislators and successive administrations have proposed, a costly and heavily subsidized endorsement called the Harvest Price Option should be terminated, with a potential savings in taxpayer outlays of close to $2 billion. Other changes, such as farm level caps on premium subsidies, reductions in premium subsidy rates, and introducing price competition among insurance companies should also be considered.…”
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Evaluation of RothC model for predicting soil organic carbon stock in North-West Ethiopia por Geremew, Bethel, Tadesse, Tsegaye, Bedadi, Bobe, Gollany, Hero T., Tesfaye, Kindie, Aschalew, Abebe, Tilaye, Amsalu, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Overall, the model projected an increase of SOC under different future scenarios that could be due to climate and land use cover changes, the long-term soil-water conservation camping works and better soil and land managements in the watershed. …”
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Tracking Maternal and Child Anthropometric Outcomes, Early Childhood Development, Maternal Mental Health and Household Welfare in urban Yangon and rural Ayeyarwady: A Description o... por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Thus, while the RUFSS sample should not be interrupted as representative of mothers of young children in Yangon or their households – because we oversample peri-urban households – it nevertheless appears to be broadly comparable to the DHS in terms of caregiver education levels, which would one not expect to change rapidly over 2015-16 to 2023.…”
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Pastoral livelihood pathways transitions in northern Kenya: The process and impact of drought por Kirui, L.K., Jensen, Nathaniel D., Obare, G.A., Kariuki, I.M., Chelanga, Philemon, Ikegami, M.

“…Recurrent droughts and long-term changes to climate, social structures, and the economy in the world’s arid and semi-arid lands have impacted pastoralists’ livelihood activities over time, resulting in different livelihood pathways. …”
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Effects of genotype and Phytolacca dodecandra (Endod) supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits, blood profiles, and breast meat quality of chickens por Tadele, A., Berhane, G., Esatu, Wondmeneh, Kebede, F., Wassie, T.

“…Results showed that both diet and genotype influenced growth performance indicators like final body weight, body weight change, average daily gain, and feed conversion ratio, particularly during the grower and entire phases. …”
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Investing in innovation: Trade-offs in the costs and cost-efficiency of school feeding using community-based kitchens in Bangladesh por Gelli, Aulo, Suwa, Yuko

“…Further research is required to better understand changes in cost drivers as programs mature.…”
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Field evaluation of rice lines derived from Suakoko 8 X Bao Thai for iron tolerance in the South Saharan African farming system por Sikirou, M., Shittu, A., Moukoumbi, Y.D., Arouna, A.H., Zokpon, C., Bocco, R., Najimu, A., Ramaiah, V.

“…The findings showed significant changes in yield and yield characteristics between genotypes. …”
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Toilet construction under the Swachh Bharat Mission and infant mortality in India por Chakrabarti, Suman, Gune, Soyra, Bruckner, Tim A., Strominger, Julie, Singh, Parvati

“…Our main exposure was the district-level annual percentage of households that received a constructed toilet under SBM. We mapped changes in IMR and U5MR and toilet access at the district level over time. …”
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Analysing groundwater governance in Uzbekistan through the lenses of social-ecological systems and informational governance por Schmidt, Sylvia, Hamidov, Ahmad, Kasymov, Ulan

“…Considering the region’s arid climate and dependence on glacial melt for seasonal flows, protection of groundwater is vital to ensure water access amid pressures such as climate change. Groundwater has historically provided drinking water, with recent increased use as an alternative water source for the agriculture sector. …”
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Investigation of the Spread of Bacterial Wheat Leaf Blight Caused by Pathotypes of Pseudomonas syringae in Some Wheat Growing Areas in Syria por Abo Bakr, Abdo, Khatib, Fateh, Kassem, Mohammad, Kumari, Safaa, Al-Husein, Naim, Nader, Asaad

“…Wheat is one of the most important cereal crops grown globally, which is affected by several biotic and abiotic stresses, especially in conjunction with the climatic changes that have been evident in the last decade, and among these stresses is the bacterial wheat leaf blight disease caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. …”
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Identifying Zambia's industrial fortification options: Toward overcoming the food and nutrition information gap-induced impasse por Fiedler, John L., Lividini, Keith, Zulu, Rodah, Kabaghe, Gladys, Tehinse, John, Bermudez, Odilia I.

“…Micronutrient deficiencies—especially among young children—have changed little over the past decade. In 2008 an initiative to introduce fortified flours was halted when last-hour questions about the program could not be answered.To provide information about the need, coverage, and impact of alternative fortification portfolio options to help Zambia overcome its fortification impasse.Using household data from the 2006 Living Conditions Monitoring Survey, apparent micronutrient intake levels and apparent consumption levels of sugar, vegetable oil, wheat flour and maize meal were estimated. …”
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Mass spectrometry detection of G3m and IGHG3 alleles and follow-up of differential mother and neonate IgG3 por Dechavanne, Célia, Guillonneau, François, Chiappetta, Giovanni, Sago, Laïla, Lévy, Prisca, Salnot, Virginie, Guitard, Evelyne, Ehrenmann, François, Broussard, Cédric, Chafey, Philippe, Le Port, Agnès, Vinh, Joëlle, Mayeux, Patrick, Dugoujon, Jean-Michel, Lefranc, Marie-Paule, Migot-Nabias, Florence

“…IgG3 is the most polymorphic human IgG subclass with thirteen G3m allotypes located on the constant CH2 and CH3 domains of the gamma3 chain, the combination of which leads to six major G3m alleles. Amino acid changes resulting of extensive sequencing previously led to the definition of 19 IGHG3 alleles that have been correlated to the G3m alleles. …”
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A regional computable general equilibrium model for Guatemala: Modeling exogenous shocks and policy alternatives por Morley, Samuel, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…We show that after ten years most of these shocks are absorbed by changes in the real exchange rate and the composition of output rather than the rate of growth of output. …”
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The agrifood system: Structure and contribution to development goals por Diao, Xinshen, Masias, Ian, Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James, Boughton, Duncan

“…We measure AFS using national accounts and employment statistics to either track or simulate growth and employment changes over time. We disaggregate AFS into several value chain groups, which allows the analysis to offer a unique and useful perspective on the drivers of AFS growth and transformation. …”
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Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture por Ongom, O.P., Fatokun, C., Togola, A., Dieng, I., Salvo, S., Gardunia, B., Mohammed, S.B., Boukar, O.

“…To quantify the genetic changes to grain yield and related traits, we exploited IITA cowpea historical multi environment trials (METs) advanced yield trial (AYT) data from 2010 to 2022. …”
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On boxes, contents, and users: food security and the WTO negotiations por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Robinson, Sherman, Thomas, Marcelle

“…The paper concludes that a better classification is needed within the WTO to target food insecure countries, that many food security concerns can be addressed with specific clarifications and changes in the current language of the AoA, and that although developing countries may not be legally constrained to invest in food security, they lack the financial, human, and institutional resources to do so.…”
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Technology development and field testing: access to credit to allow smallholder dairy farmers in central Kenya to reallocate concentrates during lactation por Romney, Dannie L., Kaitho, R., Biwott, J., Wambugu, M., Chege, L., Omore, Amos O., Staal, Steven J., Wanjohi, P., Thorpe, W.R.

“…Month of calving and sampling also influenced the production response For many smallholder dairy farmers one of the key constraints to making technological changes expected to improve production is the lack of credit to allow them to make investments. …”
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Stability analysis and nutritional quality of soybean (Glycine max (L).Merrill.) genotypes for feed in southwestern Ethiopia por Mossie, T., Biratu, K., Yifred, H., Silesh, Y., Abebe, A.T.

“…The biplot showed that the vertex genotypes were G4, G10, and G9 and considered as optimum performance in their respective mega-environments and more responsive to environmental changes. The biplot also showed that ENV5 (Kersa 2020) was an ideal and the most discriminating and representative environment. …”
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