Resultados de búsqueda - "Chang’an"

Determining the pan-African sweetpotato virome: Understanding virus diversity, distribution and evolution and their impacts on sweetpotato production in Africa. por Gutiérrez, D., Tachin, M., Schulz, S., Miano, D., Ndunguru, J., Mukassa, S., Ngadze, E., Chiona, M., Kowalski, B., Fei, Z., Kreuze, Jan F.

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Building a sustainable sweetpotato seed system in Malawi: Experiences from the "Rooting out hunger in Malawi" project. por Abidin, P.E., Chipungu, Felistus P., Benesi, I.R.M., Mwenye, O., Todd, R., Thomas, J., Chimsale, R., Daudi, A., Nkhomam, P., Mkumbira, J., Botha, B., Carey, E.E.

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Qualitative model of potato seed systems: A proposal to converge seed-related biophysical and socioeconomic factors. por Ortíz, O., Pérez, W., Orrego, R., Tenorio, J., Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar, Schulz, S., Demo, P., Kakuhenzire, R., Kadian, M.S., Carli, C., Xie, K.

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Breeding un-sweetpotato for West Africa: Progress on population development and improvement in Ghana and Peru. por Carey, E.E., Díaz, F., Owusu-Mensah, E., Obeng-Bio, E., Oduro, V., Asafu-Agyei, J.N., Grüneberg, W.J.

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Multi-locational assessment of some physicochemical attributes and amylase activity of sweetpotato varieties and elite materials in Ghana. por Owusu-Mensah, E., Oduro, I., Asafu-Agyei, J.N., Adofo, K., Obeng-Bio, E., Asamoah-Obeng, N., Awoodzie, J.K., Carey, E.E.

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How market-based water allocation can improve water use efficiency in the Aral Sea basin por Bekchanov, Maksud, Bhaduri, Anik, Ringler, Claudia

“…However, transaction costs of introducing tradable water rights are essential to judge the effectiveness of water market reforms and initiate appropriate institutional changes. According to our estimations, transaction costs of more than 5 C/m3 of traded water use rights eliminate the potential benefits of the water trading option. …”
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Problems and prospects of farmers training centers: the case of Ada’a Woreda, East Shewa, Oromia Region por Teshome, F.M.

“…It is also noted that low investment in developing agriculture labor force are one of the problems that hinder the transformation of the sector. Agricultural change and development require the mobilization and development of human resource through such means as education and technical training. …”
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Trade liberalization, food, nutrition and health por Hawkes, Corinna, Grace, Delia, Thow, Anne Marie

“…Measures designed to liberalize trade influence the entire food supply chain. Changes along the food supply chain then influence the environment in which consumers make food choices i.e., the availability of foodstuffs (amount, type and nutritional quality), the safety of that food, what it costs, and how it is marketed. …”
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Assessment of current Rabies Prevention Act in Japan using infectious disease modelling por Kadowaki, H., Makita, K., Hampson, Karen J., Yamada, A.

“…The model will be updated further to reflect changed rearing style and to show efficacy of several intervention options. …”
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Un avenir pour l’agriculture : Pour une action politique concertée face au changement climatique por Pye-Smith, Charlie

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Complex systems - Simple solutions? The importance of social context for sustainable intensification por Michalscheck, Mirja, Kotu, Bekele Hundie, Mohammed, I.B., Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…We further identified the need to distinguish between technologies and techniques: While technologies are more technical (inputs, machinery) techniques are more managerial (behaviour change) making them differently attractive and feasible for low and high resource endowed farm types. …”
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Ecosystem approach to health (Ecohealth): Theory and practices in environmental health research in Vietnam por Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh

“…Ecosystem approaches to health, or Ecohealth, is an emerging field of transdisciplinary research that brings together public health, environmental health people, veterinarians, ecologists, social scientists, policy makers, local authorities and experts from other fields and community members to explore how ecosystem changes can have adverse impacts on human health and implement practical solutions to address these health challenges. …”
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Economic gain and other losses? Gender relations and matooke production in Western Uganda por Rietveld, Anne M., Ajambo, S., Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi

“…Results show that the rapid expansion of Matooke cultivation has brought economic progress to many households and has markedly changed the physical landscape in the area. Ownership of a Matooke planta- tion is now among the most important criteria for determining male status and Matooke plantations are largely controlled by men. …”
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Cross-sectional study of drivers of animal-source food consumption in low-income urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya por Cornelsen, L., Alarcón, Pablo, Häsler, Barbara, Amendah, D.D., Ferguson, E., Fèvre, Eric M., Grace, Delia, Domínguez Salas, Paula, Rushton, Jonathan

“…Demand for ASFs was estimated using the Almost Ideal Demand System to provide measures of demand elasticity for changes in food prices and expenditures. Results On average households purchased 48 grams of ASFs, including fresh milk, per week per household member. …”
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The quest for tolerant varieties: integration of -omics techniques to understand stress in non-model crops por Carpentier, Sebastien C., Kissel, E., Janial, M., Rouard, M., Zorrilla, J., Swennen, Rony L.

“…The advantage of this feedback mechanism might be that when photosynthesis is so efficient and saturated, stomata can partially close to change the H2O-efflux versus CO2-influx balance, leading to a higher transpiration efficiency. …”
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An approach to the identification of trypanosoma congolense chromosome-specific hybridization markers. por Apopa, P.L.

“…In some instances, the alterations in the sizes of some chromosomes may relate to a changed phenotype of the parasite. Pulsed field gradient gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of chromosome-sized DNA molecules of lower eukaryotic organisms is an effective way of characterizing such organisms. …”
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Biological controls for aflatoxin reduction por Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Cotty, Peter J.

“…This results in decreased crop aflatoxin contamination. Changes in the A. flavus community structures induced by atoxigenic strain applications occur without increases to the overall amount of A. flavus in the environment and without increases in the amount of the crop infected. …”
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Unleashing the power of cassava in Africa…are we there yet? por James, B.D., Bramel-Cox, P.J., Witte, E.R., Asiedu, Robert, Watson, D., Okechukwu, R.U.

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Distribution and potential impact of cassava variety spread by UPoCA por Okechukwu, R.U., James, B., Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Mahungu, N.M., Boahen, S., Kanju, E., Osei-Sarfoh, A.

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Development and dissemination of a manual cassava chipper in Cameroon por Njukwe, E., Duindam, J., Hauser, S., Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Amadou Thierno, D., Onadipe, O., Mbairanodji, A., Ngue-Bissa, T., Kirscht, H., Hanna, R.

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