Search Results - "Complex systems"

An overview of the Pucallpa-Ucayali region, Peru: case study site by Raez Luna, EF, Rowley, T

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What do we know about the future of measuring food systems? by Fanzo, Jessica, Carducci, Bianca, Puma, Michael J.

“…-A new generation of food system indicators must capture multifaceted interactions, trade-offs, and synergies by integrating observations, models, and complex system analyses with clear metadata for appropriate use.…”
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What do we know about the future of measuring food systems? by Fanzo, Jessica, Carducci, Bianca, Puma, Michael

“…A new generation of food systems indicators must capture multifaceted interactions, trade-offs, and synergies by integrating observations, models, and complex system analyses with clear metadata for appropriate use.…”
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User participation in watershed management and research by Johnson, Nancy L., Ravnborg, Helle Munk, Westermann, Olaf, Probst, Kirsten

“…User participation in watershed management raises new questions for watershed research, including how to design appropriate mechanisms for organizing stakeholders and facilitating collective action. Management of a complex system such as a watershed may also require user participation in the research process itself. …”
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Ecological scales and use rights: the use of multiagent systems by Bousquet, Francois, Le Page, C., Antona, M., Guizol, P.

“…Simulation models were developed to improve the understanding of this complex system of interactions. Models of multi agent systems are effective tools for studying the dynamics of complex adaptive systems. …”
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Participation and model-building: lessons learned from the Bukittinggi workshop by Vanclay, J.K., Haggith, M., Colfer, C.J.P.

“…It proved that a model of a complex system could be constructed in a participatory way by a diverse team; that it could be done with a graphically-based package such as simile; and that the resulting model could remain reasonably accessible to all participants, and could run on an ordinary notebook computer. …”
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The invisible wand: adaptive co-management as an emergent strategy in complex bio-economic system by Ruitenbeek, J., Cartier, C.

“…The discussion is cast within a formal generalised complex system (CS) framework. The authors explicitly explore the hypothesis of whether ACM can be regarded as an emergent strategy under specific conditions. …”
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Knowledge construction in innovative networks for the use of biological inputs in periurban horticultural systems by Catullo, Julio Cesar, Arguello Caro, Evangelina Beatriz, Narmona, Luis, Muñoz, Nacira Belen, Silbert, Violeta, Yosviak, Maria Iohanna, Scifo, Alejo, Prado, Agustín, Pietrarelli, Liliana, Videla, Martín, Serra, Gerardo Victor, Gaona Flores, María Amparo, Viale, Maria Virginia

“…Using the “Participatory Action Research” as methodology and the complex system perspective, emerged a multi-actoral process in order to promote sustainable agriculture, environmentally healthier and socially accepted in Cordoba’s peri-urban green belt (Cordoba Province, Argentina). …”
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Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems by Azadi, Hossein, Burkart, Stefan, Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed, Mahmoudi, Hossein, Janečková, Kristina, Sklenička, Petr, Ho, Peter, Teklemariam, Dereje, Nadiri, Halil

“…The “optimal” arrangement depends on political, economic, social, climatic, geographical, and technical factors that together form a complex system of IAs.…”
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Understanding consumer preferences within the food system: A research study in the city of Cali, Colombia by Mesa Alvarez, Catalina

“…It also accounts for 20% of energy consumption and it is the biggest consumer of freshwater, using 70% of available resources. This complex system covers multiple stakeholders, both from the supply and demand side. …”
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Constraints to Development of extensive livestock systems: Experiences from southern Ethiopia by Coppock, D. Layne

“…Long-term population trends and opportunities for Development interventions over the short term, will also be obscured by inter-drought cycles of cattle production that produce complex system interactions. Greater appreciation of the effects of such cycles on the social and economic behaviour of pastoralists could facilitate more effective Development planning.…”
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Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor by Dewees, P. A., Campbell, Bruce M., Katerere, Y., Sitoe, A., Cunningham, A.B., Angelsen, A., Wunder, Sven

“…Of comparatively little interest for export-oriented commercial logging, they are part of a complex system of rural land use that integrates woodland management with crops and livestock. …”
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The root and tuber crop farming system: diversity, complexity and productivity potential by Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel, Asumugha, G., Njukwe, E., Akoroda, M.

“…Key messages The root and tuber crop farming system is a complex system found in humid and sub-humid areas of west and central Africa; it has mixed root and tuber crops (notably cassava and yam), some tree crops (e.g. oil palm, cocoa, rubber, cashew and mangoes) and cereals (e.g. rice, maize, sorghum and millet) but few livestock because of disease. …”
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Global perspectives and transdisciplinary opportunities for locust and grasshopper pest management and research by Word Ries, Mira, Adriaansen, Chris, Aldobai, Shoki, Berry, Kevin, Bal, Amadou Bocar, Catenaccio, María Cecilia, Cigliano, María Marta, Cullen, Darron A., Deveson, Ted, Diongue, Aliou, Foquet, Bert, Hadrich, Joleen, Hunter, David, Johnson, Dan L., Karnatz, Juan Pablo, Lange, Carlos E., Lawton, Douglas, Lazar, Mohammed, Latchininsky, Alexandre V., Lecoq, Michel, Le Gall, Marion, Lockwood, Jeffrey, Manneh, Balanding, Overson, Rick P., Peterson, Brittany F., Piou, Cyril, Poot-Pech, Mario A., Robinson, Brian E., Rogers, Stephen M., Hojun, Song, Springate, Simon, Therville, Clara, Trumper, Eduardo Victor, Waters, Cathy, Woller, Derek A., Youngblood, Jacob P., Long, Zhang, Cease, Arianne

“…Monitoring and control, therefore, involve a complex system made up of social, ecological, and technological factors. …”
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L'exploitation forestiere illegale en Indonesie: un inquietant processus de legalisation by Obidzinski, K., Suramenggala, I., Levang, P.

“…It suggests that illegal logging is not a simple criminal offense, but a complex system with multiple stakeholders at its base. …”
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Cassava seed systems in Southeast Asia: Structure, functioning, and implications by Delaquis, Erik Lucien

“…Seed systems have emerged as an important type of complex system which are common targets of interventions aiming to improve agricultural productivity, resilience, and societal outcomes. …”
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Classification of cassava into bitter" and "cool" in Malawi: from farmers perception to characterization by molecular markers" by Mkumbira, J., Chiwona-Karltun, L., Lagercrantz, U., Mahungu, N.M., Saka, J., Mhone, A., Bokanga, M., Brimer, L., Gullberg, U., Rosling, H.

“…We studied how well these farmers comprehend the effects of genetic variations in cassava when dealing with cyanogenesis in this complex system. Using molecular markers we show that most plants farmers identified as belonging to a particular named cultivar had a genotype typical of that cultivar. …”
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Challenges and opportunities in the operationalization of the Water-Environment-Energy-Food (WE2F) Nexus: Case study of the upper Niger basin and inner Niger delta, West Africa by Seidou, O., Maiga, F., Ringler, Claudia, Kalcic, S., Ferrini, L.

“…However, while a full understanding of all interlinkage between sectors may never be possible, data collection, scientific research and model development can improve our ability to understand the complex system in which we live, and hence take better decisions…”
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Biotiska faktorers inverkan på markstrukturen by Krüger Persson, Sanna

“…The relationship between the soil structure and the soil organisms is a complex system where different interactions lead to feedback loops. …”
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System dynamics modeling in designing breeding schemes: The case of Menz sheep in Ethiopian highlands by Gebre, K.T., Wurzinger, Maria, Gizaw, Solomon, Haile, Aynalem, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Getachew, T., Sölkner, Johann

“…The simulation model used a mix of deterministic and stochastic procedures to model the complex system. In the baseline scenario, the proportion of selected male and female animals varied between 20 and 30% and between 70 and 80%, respectively. …”
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