Resultados de búsqueda - "Decadence"

Sound choices for development: the impact of public investments in rural India and China por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Rural poverty in India and China has declined substantially in recent decades. This welcome development has come about largely because governments in both countries have invested in agricultural research, education, infrastructure, and other areas important to the rural poor. …”
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Smallholder dairy in Kenya por Ngigi, Margaret

“…The author describes a successful case study as follows: "Dairy production in Kenya has grown at 2.8 percent per year over the past two decades, resulting in per capita production levels double those found anywhere else on the continent. …”
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Combating malnutrition: time to act por Gillespie, Stuart, McLachlan, Milla, Shrimpton, Roger

“…The understanding of how to best promote the needed changes in policies, programs, and institutional capacities has grown over the past decade, but remains limited. The international community has systemized its knowledge of what actions are likely to improve nutrition, but less effort to systemizing its knowledge of how to intervene in the sociopolitical processes---from community to national and international levels. …”
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Achieving sustainable food security for all by 2020: priorities and responsibilities por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Rather, it reflects IFPRI's best judgment, as an institution, about the driving forces influencing the long-term prospects for food security and the actions needed over the next two decades to free humanity from the scourge of hunger. …”
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Technical manual on mechanized rice seeder utilization for enhancing productivity and quality in rice seed production in Cambodia por Pin, S., Then, R.

“…Over the last three decades, many rice farmers in Cambodia have adopted broadcast direct seeding as a solution to address labor shortage. …”
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Eliminating hunger and reducing poverty- Three perspectives: IFPRI 2006-2007 Annual Report Essay por von Braun, Joachim, Patel, Amrita, Soyinka, Wole

“…Although the world is a lot richer today than it was a decade ago, the numbers of poor and hungry people are declining more slowly. …”
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IFPRI's strategy at a glance: toward food and nutrition security por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This paper sets out the strategy for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for the next decade. A new look at IFPRI’s strategy is timely because hunger and malnutrition in the developing world remain persistently high. …”
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Pest management and food production: looking to the future por Yudelman, Montague, Ratta, Annu, Nygaard, David F.

“…In their comprehensive paper, Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, and David Nygaard examine the key issues with regard to pest management and food production over the coming decades. They draw attention to the lack of adequate information on the magnitude and impact of pest losses; with out such information, policy makers are handicapped when devising strategies for meeting food needs. …”
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Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all por Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…Many developing countries have achieved impressive growth rates in agriculture in recent decades....[but] hunger and malnutrition persist in many countries, often because past patterns of agricultural growth were insufficient or failed to adequately benefit the poor. …”
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Pest management and food production: looking to the future por Yudelman, Montague, Ratta, Annu, Nygaard, David F.

“…In their comprehensive paper, Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, and David Nygaard examine the key issues with regard to pest management and food production over the coming decades. They draw attention to the lack of adequate information on the magnitude and impact of pest losses; with out such information, policy makers are handicapped when devising strategies for meeting food needs. …”
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The world food crisis, land degradation, and sustainable land management: Linkages, opportunities, and constraints por Pender, John L.

“…Among the most important factors were rising oil prices, leading to increased costs of producing, processing, and transporting food; increased use of food crops for biofuel production; poor harvests in some major producing regions; rapid economic growth in many developing countries; and decades of underinvestment in agricultural research and development.…”
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Is Bangladesh's economy approaching the Lewis turning point? por Bairagi, Subir, Kamal, Muntaseer

“…During the last decade, Bangladesh economy grew consistently over 6 per cent annually; however, growth rate in the agriculture sector declined. …”
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Assessing capacity strengthening needs for policy analysis in Malawi por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Mataya, Charles

“…Considerable investments have been made in the past three decades in developing and strengthening institutions and the necessary human capacity for analyzing and implementing development policies. …”
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US tariffs on the horizon: How will India’s economy be affected? por Pal, Barun Deb, Ajmani, Manmeet Singh

“…Total merchandise trade between India and the United States increased rapidly in the past decade, rising from US$53 billion in 2014 to US$78 billion in 2022 (World Bank, 2024). …”
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Intercropping por Paparella, Antonio, Petsakos, Athanasios, Davis, Kristin E., Song, Chun

“…Over the last decades, crop yields in conventional farming and monocropping systems have increased globally, benefiting from advancements in plant breeding and from higher use of inputs, specifically water, fertilizers, and pesticides. …”
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The development potential of anchor enterprise models in Malawi por Benson, Todd, Cockx, Lara, De Weerdt, Joachim

“…Smallholder-centered agricultural development strategies have had limited success in Malawi over the past several decades. Policy makers are now increasingly looking for alternative ways to accelerate agricultural and rural development. …”
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AI for food systems transformation: CGIAR’s readiness, momentum, and investment opportunity por Jones-Garcia, Eliot, Martins, Carolina, Magalhaes, Marilia, Koo, Jawoo

“…At the same time, CGIAR holds key advantages over other global research players. Decades of science, vast geospatial footprints and datasets, strong partnerships with governments and national partners, and a public-good mandate position CGIAR as a global leader in AI for food systems. …”
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Home-grown school feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean: a review of 12 countries por Food Environment and Consumer Behavior Team, Alliance Bioversity International & CIAT

“…Despite a decade of implementation, HGSF models in LAC still face financial, institutional, and technological barriers, as well as sustainability challenges. …”
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The impacts of forest degradation on medicinal plant use and implications for health care in Eastern Amazonia por Shanley, P., Luz, L.

“…Over the last three decades, forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon has diminished the availability of some widely used medicinal plant species. …”
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Big trees, small favors: loggers and communities in Amazonia por Medina, G., Shanley, P.

“…Over the course of a decade, communities began to experience loss of fruit, medicinal and game attracting species with high value to their daily livelihoods, yet they never faltered from selling their timber rights. …”
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