Search Results - "Constitutionalism"

Updated list of species and commodity grouping / Liste actualisée des espèces et de leurs groupes d'usage by PROTA Foundation

“…The 8,681 species covered in this bilingual book constitute a checklist of plant resources in tropical Africa. …”
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European Union Timber Regulation: is it legal? by Fishman, A., Obidzinski, K.

“…An analysis of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and of relevant trade and environment cases reveals a possibility that the EU Timber Regulation may constitute an illegal trade barrier.…”
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Problems and perspectives of yambased cropping systems in Africa by Ekanayake, I.J., Asiedu, Robert

“…Yams (Dioscorea spp.) constitute an important starchy staple in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where food security for a growing population is a critical issue. …”
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Yield components in beans, as addected by intercrossing and neutron irradiation by Pinchinat, Antonio M., Adams, M.W.

“…In all treatments, the number of pods per plant (X) constituted a good index of grain yield (W). In hybrids but not in the parents, W was significantly correlated with the number of seeds per pod (Y) and with seed weight (2); however, the correlation coefficients were very low. …”
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Mapping the values of farmers in Sweden and Greece by Chouvardas, Alexandros

“…Their own definition of what constitutes a good farmer and their view of themselves regarding nature and their relationship with it are a direct result of this. …”

Analyzing feasibility of pricing in sustainable irrigation water governance reform in Punjab, India by Sato, Tatsuhiko

“…The political pressure for efficiency of water use and for conservation and allocation is growing but necessitates a critical analysis as to whether this constitutes the most effective and only prescription to overcome the challenge Punjab faces. …”

Påverkande faktorer för grotens fukthalt by Harrysson, John

“…Another quality parameter is the natural ash content. What constitutes good fuel quality has no simple answers. …”

Financial Requirements of the 1996 CGIAR Research Agenda by CGIAR Secretariat

“…It devoted special attention to systemwide initiatives and ecoregional programs, which constituted the area of greatest demand for increased resources.…”
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Climate change affects rainfall patterns in crop-producing regions: Findings from the study “Emergence of robust precipitation changes across crop production areas in the 21st cent... by Rojas Corradi, Maisa, Lambert, Fabrice, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Challinor, Andrew J.

“…Rain-fed agriculture currently constitutes 60–95% of farmed land across the developing world. …”
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Business models for urban food waste prevention, redistribution, recovery and recycling by Senanayake, Dehaja, Reitemeier, Maren, Thiel, Felix, Drechsel, Pay

“…One concern, in particular, is food waste, which constitutes the largest share of human waste. Target 12.3 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to ‘halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030’. …”
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Religion, land and politics: Shrines and literacy in Punjab, Pakistan by Malik, Adeel, Mirza, Rinchan Ali

“…Shrines in these regions represent the confluence of three resources—religion, land and politics—that together constitute a powerful structural inequality with potentially adverse consequences for development. …”
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Inclusive access to seed: Catalyzing sectoral synergies and tracking change by Tenneti, Suchaita, Puskur, Ranjitha, Pandia, Gyandip, Khan, Afreen

“…Varied definitions and interpretations of formal and informal seed systems and what constitutes these two sectors pose a challenge for any discussion on seed system synergies. …”
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Cereal grain harvesting and post-harvest machinery in Nepal: A national value chain study by Supetran, Jay P., Acharya, Jeewan, Chalise, Pushpa Raj, Rauniyar, Ravi Prakash, Justice, Scott, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…The agriculture sector in Nepal constitutes almost 30% of the country’s GDP and contributes 21% of employment in the country. …”
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On-farm conservation of rice biodiversity in Nepal: A simultaneous estimation approach by Van Dusen, M. Eric, Gauchan, Devendra, Smale, Melinda

“…A bivariate model with sample selection examines the simultaneous process of whether farmers decide to plant landraces or modern varieties, and whether the landraces they choose to plant constitute the genetic diversity of interest for future crop improvement. …”
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The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths by Lambin, E.F., Turner, B.L., Geist, H.J., Agbola, S.J., Angelsen, A., Bruce, J.W., Coomes, O.T., Dirzo, R., Fischer, Gundula, Folke, C.

“…Cases reviewed support the conclusion that neither population nor poverty alone constitute the sole and major underlying causes of land-cover change worldwide. …”
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Rights to land, forests and carbon in REDD+: insights from Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica by Corbera, E., Estrada, M., May, P., Navarro, G., Pacheco, P.

“…Land tenure and carbon rights constitute critical issues to take into account in achieving emission reductions, ensuring transparent benefit sharing and determining non-permanence (or non-compliance) liabilities in the context of REDD+ strategies and projects. …”
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Community-based adaptation to climate change in Africa: a typology of information and institutional requirements for promoting uptake of existing adaptation technologies by Yatich, T., Swallow, B.M., Ajayi, Oluyede C., Minang, Peter A., Wakhayanga J

“…The global phenomenon of climate change constitutes major threats to Africa (IPCC, 2007). Although the impact of climate change is global, for various reasons including the state of preparedness of the continent, it has been estimated that Africa will be most vulnerable to climate change (Arnell, 2004 and IPCC, 2007). …”
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Caracterización del polen de especies de los géneros Passiflora y Dilkea by Barrios Arango, L, Caetano, C.M., Cardozo Conde, Carlos Iván, Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, Geo, Arroyave, José A., Olaya, Cristian A.

“…In Passiflora, the pollen is medium, but with a wide variation (small to large), prolate to oblate-spherical, reticulated, with lumina of irregular diameter, except for P. macrophylla and P. sp (subgenus Astrophea), whose reticulum is constituted by residual muri.…”
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Cruzamiento del fríjol [conjunto audiotutorial] by Campos Segura, Ricardo, Flor Montoya, Carlos A., Ospina O., Héctor Fabio, Temple, S.

“…Hybridization or crossing constitutes the principal means for genetic improvement of plants. …”
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Cruzamiento del fríjol [conjunto audiotutorial] by Campos Segura, Ricardo, Flor Montoya, Carlos A., Ospina O., Héctor Fabio, Temple, Steven R.

“…Hybridization or crossing constitutes the principal means for genetic improvement of plants. …”
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