Resultados de búsqueda - "Country"

Accounting for the rapid reduction of child stunting in Tanzania over 2005-2016 por Headey, Derek D., Heckert, Jessica, Ndiaye, Biram, Brero, Mauro, Assey, Vincent

“…Chronic undernutrition in early childhood - often indicated by stunting - has highly detrimental consequences for long-term physical and cognitive development, school attendance and performance, and labor productivity and wages in adulthood. Understanding how countries have been able to successfully reduce stunting prevalence, and how they can accelerate this success in the future, are therefore critically important research questions. …”
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Assessing the performance of WaSim and DRAINMOD models for subsurface drainage design and analysis in a data-scarce environment por Malota, M., Taguta, C., Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel, Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Senzanje, A.

“…This is particularly important for data-scarce areas, such as middle- and low-income countries (MLICs), that lack facilities to determine in-situ soil hydraulic properties. …”
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Digitally enhanced community-based environmental monitoring: technologically upgrading the Enviro-Champs initiative por Pattinson, N. B., Maharaj, U., Singh, K., Taylor, J., Lepheana, A. T., Dickens, Chris W. S., Graham, P. M.

“…Moreover, the global north and wealthy regions are typically overrepresented in science, while marginalised, disaffected and indigenous regions in developing countries, especially in the global south, remain underrepresented. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on essential healthcare services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Implications for future pandemics por Abera, A., Fenta, E.H., Woldehanna, B.T., Wolde, F.B., Legesse, M., Regassa, L.D., Mor, Siobhan M., Kaba, M.

“…Background: Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to health systems, with countries needing to balance the demands of responding directly to the pandemic, while simultaneously continuing provision of essential health services. …”
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Agricultural extension services in Bangladesh: experiences of vulnerability, access, and benefits por Joshi, Deepa, Panagiotou, A., Rahman, M. W.

“…Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely populated countries, faces significant challenges related to poverty, food insecurity, and agricultural productivity. …”
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Genome-wide association study of common resistance to rust species in tetraploid wheat por Marone, Daniela, Laidò, Giovanni, Saccomanno, Antonietta, Petruzzino, Giuseppe, Azevedo, Cleber V. Giaretta, De Vita, Pasquale, Mastrangelo, Anna Maria, Gadaleta, Agata, Ammar, Karim, Bassi, Filippo, Wang, Meinan, Chen, Xianming, Rubiales, Diego, Matny, Oadi, J. Steffenson, Brian, Pecchioni, Nicola

“…The wheat panel was phenotyped in the field and subjected to growth chamber experiments across different countries (USA, Mexico, Morocco, Italy, and Spain); then, a mixed linear model (MLM) GWAS was performed. …”
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From the ground up: Impacts of a pro-poor community-driven development project in Nigeria por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Phillip, Dayo, Mogues, Tewodaj, Pender, John L., Yahaya, Muhammed Kuta, Adebowale, Gbenga, Arokoyo, Tunji, Kato, Edward

“…This has implications on planning poverty reduction efforts in low-income countries. Given that the poor face numerous constraints, a CDD project that simultaneously addresses many constraints will likely build synergies that will lead to larger impacts than will a project that addresses only one or two constraints. …”
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From the ground up: Impacts of a pro-poor community-driven development project in Nigeria por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Phillip, Dayo, Mogues, Tewodaj, Pender, John L., Yahaya, Muhammed Kuta, Adebowale, Gbenga, Arokoyo, Tunji, Kato, Edward

“…This has implications on planning poverty reduction efforts in low-income countries. Given that the poor face numerous constraints, a CDD project that simultaneously addresses many constraints will likely build synergies that will lead to larger impacts than will a project that addresses only one or two constraints. …”
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Prudent use and antimicrobial prescription practices in Ethiopian veterinary clinics located in different agroecological areas por Tufa, T.B., Amenu, Kebede, Fasil, N., Regassa, F., Beyene, T.J., Revie, C.W., Hogeveen, H., Stegeman, J.A.

“…The study thus underlines the need for mechanisms to improve accurate disease diagnosis and prescriber adherence to prudent AMP in countries with limited resources.…”
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Characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Ragasa, Catherine, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Fasoranti, Adetunji, Omoigui, Lucky

“…CONTEXT: Despite the significant roles that intermediary seed systems play in the supply of quality seeds in developing countries, including Africa south of the Sahara, the knowledge gap remains generally substantial regarding the general characteristics and seed quality control performance of intermediary seed systems such as community seed schemes (CSS), which still operate predominantly outside the formal seed systems. …”
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Nudging smallholders to integrate more legumes into their farms - a farm model quantification por Lairez, Juliette, Gandon, Francisca, Berre, David, Falconnier, Gatien N., Bruelle, Guillaume, Affholder, François

“…The increase in both income and food security of smallholder farmers in low-income countries is challenged by unpredictable weather and economic changes. …”
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Provitamin A-biofortified maize consumption increases serum xanthophylls and 13C-natural abundance of retinol in Zambian children por Sheftel, Jesse, Gannon, B. M., Davis, CR, Tanumihardjo, S. A.

“…Further effectiveness studies in countries who have adopted orange maize should consider determining differences in retinol 13C-enrichment among target groups in addition to profiling serum xanthophyll carotenoids with specific emphasis on zeaxanthin.Maize biofortified with provitamin A carotenoids (orange) has been released in some African markets. …”
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Overlapping vitamin A interventions with provitamin A carotenoids and preformed vitamin A cause excessive liver retinol stores in male Mongolian gerbils por Sowa, Margaret, Mourao, Luciana, Sheftel, Jesse, Kaeppler, Mikayla, Simons, Gabrielle

“…Background: Vitamin A (VA) deficiency is a public health problem in some countries. Fortification, supplementation, and increased provitamin A consumption through biofortification are efficacious, but monitoring is needed due to risk of excessive VA intake when interventions overlap. …”
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One Health: governance and regulatory framework for antimicrobial use in Malawi por Mhone, Amos L., Muloi, Dishon M., Moodley, Arshnee

“…In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Malawi, weak regulatory frameworks and limited enforcement capacity contribute to inappropriate use of antibiotics. …”
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Advancing Farmer-Led Low-Emission Small Ruminants Production: Partners, Beneficiaries & Climate-Smart Innovations in Ethiopia and Beyond por Getachew, Tesfaye, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Belay, Berhanu, Rekik, Mourad, Haile, Aynalem

“…By 2025, the program covered 268 CBBP and Production Unit villages (252 in Ethiopia and 16 in the five partner countries), directly engaging 95,700 smallholder households and managing 198,993 animals in Ethiopia. …”
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Transitioning from consensual to objective seasonal climate and hydrological forecasting in West Africa and the Sahel por Tanimoune, Laouali I, Assoumana, Boubacar Toukal, Mohamed, Hamatan, Halidou, Tinni Seydou, Ali, Abdou, Kiema, Arsene, Nimon, Pouwereou, Soumana, Djibo, Houngnibo, Mandela C M, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…Capacity building has been central to this transition, including an intensive hands-on training for NMHSs from the 17 countries in the West Africa and Sahel region. A critical step in this modernization effort is the endorsement of the new objective seasonal forecasting systems by the NMHSs Directors, enacting the official transition from consensual to objective approach for seasonal forecasting the region. …”
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Ethiopian Gender Strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean and insect sectors por Miruts, Fitsum, Tsegaye, Dagmawit, Genanew, Tigist, Ketema, Dessalegn, Ouya, Frederick, Lutomia, Cosmas, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Ethiopia, like numerous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is facing compounded challenges of climate change, environmental degradation, and socio-economic disparities that disproportionately impact rural communities reliant on rain-fed agriculture. …”
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Modelling energy metabolism of friesians in Kenya smallholdings shows how heat stress and energy deficit constrain milk yield and cow replacement rate por King, J.M., Parsons, D.J., Turnpenny, J.R., Nyangaga, J., Bakari, P., Wathes, C.M.

“…The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development focussed attention on agricultural sustainability and biodiversity in developing countries. These goals are relevant for livestock production in Kenya, where development agencies encourage resource-poor smallholders to acquire large, exotic, high-yielding dairy cows, despite their poor performance, revealed in recent surveys in the highlands and at the coast. …”
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Analysis of Babesia bovis infection-induced gene expression changes in larvae from the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus por Heekin, A.M., Guerrero, F.D., Bendele, K.G., Saldivar, L., Scoles, Glen A., Gondro, C., Nene, Vishvanath M., Djikeng, Appolinaire, Brayton, K.A.

“…Cattle babesiosis is a tick-borne disease of cattle that has severe economic impact on cattle producers throughout the world's tropical and subtropical countries. The most severe form of the disease is caused by the apicomplexan, Babesia bovis, and transmitted to cattle through the bite of infected cattle ticks of the genus Rhipicephalus, with the most prevalent species being Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. …”
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Institutional innovations for building impact-oriented agricultural research, knowledge and development institutions por Tenywa, M.M., Rao, K.P.C., Buruchara, Robin Arani, Kashaija, I., Majaliwa, J.D., Tukahirwa, J.M.B., Adekunle, A.A., Fatunbi, A.O., Mugabe, J., Wanjiku, C., Mutabazi, S., Pali, Pamela N., Mapatano, S., Lunze, Lubanga, Mugabo, J., Ngaboyisonga, C.M.

“…A multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary phased Participatory Action Research approach was used to pool knowledge to address outstanding and emerging challenges in three countries 25 (DRC, Rwanda and Uganda) with 2, 16 and 24 years out of conflict, respectively) of the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site. …”
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