Search Results - "Decadence"

Distribution of drought events and their impact on child malnutrition in Senegal [Abstract only] by Jampani, Mahesh, Sambou, Mame Henriette Astou, Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…Climate change has become a significant threat to Western African countries in recent decades, including Senegal. Further, there has been an increasing occurrence of extreme events such as droughts. …”
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Climate variability and extremes impacts on seasonality of occurrence and risk probability of dengue prevalence in Sri Lanka [Abstract only] by Jampani, Mahesh, Amarnath, Giriraj, Alahacoon, Niranga

“…In this context, we analysed and evaluated the weekly dengue cases with respect to climate variability and extremes over the last decade for all the districts of Sri Lanka. This study elucidated the seasonality of the occurrence of dengue cases and the risk probability of dengue prevalence. …”
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Amplification of coupled hot-dry extremes over eastern monsoon China by Zhang, X., Gu, X., Slater, L. J., Dembélé, Moctar, Tosunoğlu, F., Guan, Y., Liu, J., Kong, D., Xie, F., Tang, X.

“…The southern EMC is also a hotspot where the coupling hot-dry extremes has become significantly stronger during the past six decades. The stronger hot-dry coupling in southern EMC is associated with anomalies in large-scale circulations, such as reduced total cloud cover, abnormal anticyclones in the upper atmosphere, intense descending motion, and strong moisture divergence over this region. …”
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Business Model for Community Based Sheep Breeding in Ethiopia by Bereket, Yemariam, Solomon, Rahel, Asnake, Woinshet, Getachew, Tesfaye, Haile, Aynalem, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Kassie, Girma

“…These are areas where the technical and economic feasibility of CBBP has been tested for more than a decade.…”
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Pakistan: Strategy to promote climate smart agriculture practices by Rana, Abdul Wajid, Gill, Sitara

“…Pakistan is highly vulnerable to climate changes because of its arid to semi-arid environmental conditions (Nasim et al., 2018; Ullah et al., 2019, Ghaffar et al., 2022). Over the last two decades, the country has been facing the challenges of rising temperature, extreme heatwaves, drought, intense and erratic precipitation, water stress, glacial melting, recurring flash floods and super floods in 2010 and 2022. …”
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Evolution and scope of rural and agricultural finance in developing countries: A review by Yitayih, Mulugeta, Kassie, Girma T., Dessie, Tadelle

“…Despite significant progress in financial products, services and delivery models in the previous decades, access to finance in rural areas remains low. …”
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Assessment of the effectiveness and efficacy of seed villages in India by Bhuvana, Narayana Rao, Dominic, Ditty Maria, Mittal, Nimisha, Sulaiman V, Rasheed, Puskur, Ranjitha, Tenneti, Suchaita

“…These include: (1) the ongoing Government of India SVP model implemented through State Departments of Agriculture (SDA) for several years; (2) the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) SVP model implemented in Odisha (2008-09 to 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 to 2013-2014) that is known for its lasting positive impact even a decade after programme completion; and (3) the ongoing ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (ICAR-IIHR) SVP model, which is notable for its ability to sustain and replicate the model in other states under the institute’s purview.…”
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2022 Global hunger index: Food systems transformation and local governance by von Grebmer, Klaus, Bernstein, Jill, Wiemers, Miriam, Reiner, Laura, Bachmeier, Marilena, Hanano, Asja, Towey, Olive, Chéilleachair, Réiseal Ní, Foley, Connell, Gitter, Seth, Larocque, Grace, Fritschel, Heidi, Resnick, Danielle

“…As many as 828 million people were under nourished in 2021, representing a reversal of more than a decade of progress against hunger. Without a major shift, neither the world as a whole nor approximately 46 countries are projected to achieve even low hunger as measured by the GHI by 2030. …”
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Challenges and experience of the Ethiopian rural health extension program: Implications for reform and revitalization by Zerfu, Taddese Alemu, Tareke, Amare Abera, Biadgilign, Sibhatu

“…Background Despite remarkable gains over the past decade, mounting evidence suggests that Ethiopia’s rural health extension program (HEP) is facing serious implementation challenges. …”
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Oil palm expansion, food security and diets: Comparative evidence from Cameroon and Indonesia by Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr., Alamsyah, Zulkifli, Sibhatu, Kibrom T.

“…Oil palm is native to Cameroon but is an exotic crop in Indonesia that was commercialized a few decades ago. Household food insecurity experience scales and dietary diversity scores are computed, and descriptive and regression estimations are employed for the empirical analysis. …”
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2020 Annual trends and outlook report: Sustaining Africa's agrifood system transformation: The role of public policies by Resnick, Danielle, Diao, Xinshen, Tadesse, Getaw

“…Chapters provide (1) an in-depth review of the evolution of agricultural sector policies over the last five decades; (2) a systematic analysis of traditional input constraints on agricultural productivity; (3) discussion of policies needed to bolster competitiveness along value chains; and of (4) factors that shape the broader enabling environment needed for agrifood system transformation. …”
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Accelerating the end of hunger and malnutrition: A global event: Synopsis by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This commitment is supported by the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025), designed to promote the achievement of SDG2—a necessary condition for most other SDGs—and the Compact2025 initiative, which was established to use data, research-based evidence, best practices, and South-South learning to accelerate progress in ending hunger and malnutrition. …”
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Rural income diversification in Ethiopia: Patterns, trends, and welfare impacts by Abate, Gashaw T., Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Regassa, Mekdim D., Minot, Nicholas

“…In this study, we explore the patterns and trends of diversification and assess its drivers and welfare effects during the recent decade (2012 – 2019) using three rounds of representative household data collected from four major regions in Ethiopia. …”
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Beyond emergency relief: What will it take to ensure a resilient recovery for agriculture and the rural economy of Myanmar by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…The impoverishment of farming communities in Myanmar during decades of socialist military rule, beginning in the 1960s until the turn of the century, led to an outflux of migrants to neighboring countries. …”
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Perspective: Food environment research priorities for Africa: Lessons from the Africa food environment research network by Laar, Amos K., Addo, Phyllis, Aryeetey, Richmond, Agyemang, Charles, Zotor, Francis, Covic, Namukolo M.

“…Over the last 2 decades, many African countries have undergone dietary and nutrition transitions fueled by globalization, rapid urbanization, and development. …”
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Linkages between GRACE water storage, hydrologic extremes, and climate teleconnections in major African aquifers by Scanlon, Bridget R., Rateb, Ashraf, Anyamba, Assaf, Kebede, Seifu, McDonald, Alan M., Xie, Hua

“…Huge aquifer storage in northern Africa suggests that the recent decadal storage declines should not impact the regional aquifers but may affect local conditions. …”
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Human dimensions of forest landscape restoration by Mansourian, Stephanie, Derkyi, Mercy, Djenontin, Ida, Elias, Marlène, Oldekop, Johan, Pacheco, Pablo, Burns, Janice, Diederichsen, Anita, Kleine, Michael, Vallauri, Daniel, Walder, Bethanie

“…Although there have been some attempts to do so, most of the attention has centred on the ecological aspects of the forested landscape with limited attention to the human system. And as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is driving even greater investments in FLR and other ecosystem restoration approaches, there is an urgent need to improve the ways that human dimensions are considered in all ecosystem restoration efforts. …”
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South African agricultural productivity in the global context: Comparisons using FAO data by Arndt, Channing, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro

“…The last period, starting in 1995–1996 is one of accelerated growth in output and TFP and the end of decline in aggregated input, which reverts the trend of the previous two decades and started a period of growth. Relative to other countries, growth in TFP was rapid in South Africa from 1995–2004 (3.4 percent, which was fastest of all comparator countries). …”
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The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia by Minten, Bart, Habte, Yetimwork, Tamru, Seneshaw, Tesfaye, Agajie

“…Relying on a combination of unique diverse large-scale datasets and methods, we analyze transformation patterns in the dairy value chain supplying Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa. Over the last decade, we note a rapid increase in expenditures on dairy products by urban consumers, especially among the better-off. …”
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Linking women-led community kitchens to school food programmes: Lessons learned from the Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Children intervention in Palestinian refugees in Lebanon by Ghattas, Hala, Choufani, Jowel, Jamaluddine, Zeina, Masterson, Amelia Reese, Sahyoun, Nadine R.

“…Decades of marginalization have led Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon to experience multigenerational poverty and food insecurity. …”
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