Resultados de búsqueda - "Chang’an"

A prepandemic nutrition-sensitive social protection program has sustained benefits for food security and diet diversity in Myanmar during a severe economic crisis por Maffioli, Elisa M., Headey, Derek D., Lambrecht, Isabel B., Oo, Than Zaw, Zaw, Nicholus Tint

“…Methods: In a previous cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted over 2016–2019, pregnant women and their children aged <2 y were randomly assigned to either: 1) CASH; 2) CASH + social and behavioral change communication (SBCC); or 3) a control group. …”
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Rurbanomics for common prosperity: New approach to integrated urban-rural development por Chen, Kevin Z., Mao, Rui, Zhou, Yunyi

“…Challenges from the urban–rural disparity immensely burden the world's progress fulfilling Sustainable Development Goals and the goals' central promise, particularly for developing countries experiencing rapid structural change and urbanization. A knowledge gap lies between the epistemology of urban–rural disparity and the practice of integrated urban-rural development. …”
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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural crop traders – April 2023 survey por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…To document changes in the mid-stream of Myanmar’s food value chains, a phone survey of commodity traders was conducted in April 2023 with a sample of 304 traders in 14 states and regions. …”
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Monitoring the agri-food System in Myanmar: The rising costs of diets and declining purchasing power of casual wage laborers: June 2020–August 2023 por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…We assess changes in food prices and purchasing power of casual wage laborers based on largescale surveys of food vendors (fielded from June 2020 until August 2023) and households (fielded in 5 periods in 2022 and 2023) in rural and urban areas and in all state/regions of Myanmar. …”
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Impact evaluation of the SHARPE Programme in Ethiopia: Academic report por de Brauw, Alan, Gilligan, Daniel O., Leavens, Laura, Moges, Fekadu, Roy, Shalini, Tefera, Mulugeta

“…The former trial led to increased enrolment, but the share of women and refugees enrolling did not change; the latter led to increased use among women, but not refugees. …”
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Returns to R&D investment to inform priority setting in the One CGIAR and NARS por Nin-Pratt, Alejandro

“…The 2019 report of the Global Commission on Adaptation for accelerated action to adapt to climate change included a call for increased allocation of resources to international agricultural research. …”
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Agricultural R&D investments and policy development goals in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing prioritization of value chains in Senegal por Benfica, Rui

“…Considering that growth in VCs affects those various outcomes differently, as expansion pathways result in the diverse use of production factors and inputs, trade-offs from linkages across sectors, and changes throughout the agri-food system, this analysis uses (i) the RIAPA dynamic computable general equilibrium model to identify which agricultural VCs, when expanded through TFP growth, provide the strongest effects on the development outcomes of interest; (ii) the perpetual inventory model (PIM) to represent the lagged effect of research through knowledge stocks of agricultural R&D investments; and (iii) information on the elasticities of VC agricultural activity TFP with respect to agricultural R&D knowledge stocks, to discuss the VC priority allocations of R&D resources in Senegal. …”
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Biofortified Mustard, Socio-Technical Innovation Bundling Approach: Empowering Women and Nurturing Resilience por Jain, Anusha, Joshi, Garima, Chadha, Deepali, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Gartaula, Hom N., Puskur, Ranjitha

“…The outcomes observed in the intervention group underscore the adaptability and resilience of BFM, challenging established norms in traditional cultivation practices such as limited crop diversity, susceptibility to climate change, and resource-intensive methods. Despite initial skepticism among the farmers, positive outcomes sparked broader interest, emphasizing the role of information dissemination. …”
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The cost and cost-effectiveness of an integrated wasting prevention and screening intervention package in Burkina Faso and Mali por Brander, Rebecca L., Puett, Chloe, Becquey, Elodie, Leroy, Jef L., Ruel, Marie T., Sessou, Fidele Eric, Huybregts, Lieven

“…Objective This study’s objective was to estimate the cost and cost-effectiveness of an intervention that integrated behavior change communication (BCC) and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) into platforms for wasting screening in Burkina Faso (a facility-based platform, where BCC was enhanced compared to standard care) and Mali (a community-based platform, with standard BCC). …”
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Study protocol to assess aflatoxin M1 health risks versus benefits of dairy consumption in Ethiopian children: An epidemiological trial and risk-benefit analysis por Wu, Felicia, Headey, Derek D., Hirvonen, Kalle, Pokharel, Ashish, Tessema, Masresha

“…We will conduct phone interviews every 6 months to ascertain changes in practices or child health. Dairy feed will be tested for AFB1; milk for AFM1, pathogens and nutrients. …”
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Landscape genomics reveals regions associated with adaptive phenotypic and genetic variation in Ethiopian indigenous chickens por Getachew, Fasil, Derks, M.F.L., Dessie, Tadelle, Hanotte, Olivier H., Barros, C.P., Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., Komen, H., Bastiaansen, J.W.M.

“…Climate change is a threat to sustainable livestock production and livelihoods in the tropics. …”
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Community-level spillover effects of an intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV transmission in rural Ethiopia por Leight, Jessica, Deyessa, Negussie, Verani, Fabio, Tewolde, Samuel, Sharma, Vandana

“…Conclusion: A gender-transformative intervention delivered to men was effective in reducing reported IPV even among indirect beneficiaries, suggesting that the programme had positive spillover effects in diffusing information and changing behaviours within the broader community.…”
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Rethinking agrifood systems for the post-COVID world por Fan, Shenggen, Chen, Kevin Z., Si, Wei, Swinnen, Johan

“…Before the pandemic, agrifood systems were already vulnerable to many threats, including climate change, frequent extreme weather events, degradation of natural resources, economic slowdown, and regional conflicts (Fan, Wei, and Zhang 2020; Chen et al. 2020). …”
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The short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian economy 2020-2021: A SAM multiplier modeling analysis por Baulch, Bob, Botha, Rosemary, Pauw, Karl

“…As both the development of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic situation in Malawi are highly uncertain at the present time, the results reported in this paper should be regarded as interim estimates, which are subject to revision as the underlying health and economic data change.…”
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Holistic analysis of cropping diversity and intensity implications for productive, environmental, and nutritional performance of smallholder farms in Bihar, India por Bijarniya, Deepak, Groot, Jeroen C. J., Jat, Mangi L., Adelhart Toorop, Roos, Lopez-Ridaura, Santiago, Kalvania, Kailash C., Jat, Raj K., Gathala, Mahesh K.

“…This was reflected in large ranges of change in the performance indicators, but no significant differences in response were found between the farm types. …”
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Overview of the agricultural modernization in Southeast Asia por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…This report partly fills this knowledge gap by summarizing the key characteristics in SEA region of the agricultural development, as well as changes in related outcomes, such as nutrition, natural resource endowments, and the labor movement into non-farm economies. …”
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Women’s empowerment, agricultural extension, and digitalization: Disentangling information and role model effects in rural Uganda por Lecoutere, Els, Spielman, David J., Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…We first vary exposure to the videos by gender to test the effects of changes in intra-household information asymmetries, investigating whether involving women as recipients of information increases their ability to participate in household decision-making, and thus their involvement in household production choices. …”
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bEcon 4 Africa: An overview of the literature on the economic assessment of GE crops in the continent, 1996-2016 por Zambrano, Patricia, Paul, Namita, Chambers, Judith A., Falck-Zepeda, José B., Hanson, Hillary

“…In addition to documenting and analyzing this Africa-focused literature, this paper documents a total of 353 performance indicators related to the actual or projected changes in yields, gross income, and input use contained in the papers focus of this review. …”
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Characteristics of smallholder farm households in Upper Egypt: Implications for nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions por El-Enbaby, Hoda, Ecker, Olivier, Figueroa, Jose Luis, Leroy, Jef L., Breisinger, Clemens

“…However, to achieve positive impact on people’s diet or nutritional status that goes beyond income and price channels, programs that reach farm households in Upper Egypt should include education and behavioral change communication activities, including on themes related to breastfeeding, dietary diversity, physical activities, and sugar intake. …”
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How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea por Kosec, Katrina, Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung, Schmidt, Emily, Song, Jie

“…Feeling relatively poor triggered an increased desire among women to have decision-making authority within the household; however, there was no change in men’s attitudes about women’s role in decision-making. …”
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