Search Results - "Developing country"

Reaching the end goal: Do interventions to improve climate information services lead to greater food security? by McKune, Sarah, Poulsen, Liz, Russo, Sandra, Devereux, Taryn, Faas, Simone, McOmber, Chesney, Ryley, Therese

“…Climate change is projected to have profound effects on nutritional outcomes, particularly among children under five in developing countries, where small-scale, subsistence farming and livestock production supports a majority of livelihoods. …”
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Making trees count: Measurement and reporting of agroforestry in UNFCCC national communications of non-Annex I countries by Rosenstock, Todd S., Wilkes, Andreas, Jallo, Courtney, Namoi, Nictor, Bulusu, Medha, Suber, Marta, Mboi, Damaris, Mulia, Rachmat, Simelton, Elisabeth, Richards, Meryl B., Gurwick, Noel, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…Seven countries proposed 10 agroforestry-based NAMAs. Of 73 developing countries that have REDD + strategies, about 50% identified agroforestry as a way to combat forest decline. …”
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Snakebite in domestic animals: First global scoping review by Bolon, Isabelle, Finat, Matias, Herrera, Maria, Nickerson, Andrea, Grace, Delia, Schütte, Stephanie, Martins, Sara B., Ruíz de Castañeda, Rafael

“…It primarily affects poor agricultural workers, farmers, and cattle herders living in rural areas of developing countries. It is thus an occupational disease. …”
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Genetic diversity of 10 indigenous chicken ecotypes from Southern Highlands of Tanzania based on Major Histocompatibility Complex-linked microsatellite LEI0258 marker typing by Mwambene, Pius L., Kyallo, Martina M., Machuka, Eunice M., Githae, Dedan, Pelle, Roger

“…Unraveling the genetic diversity of livestock species is central to understanding their value and importance for conservation and improvement in diverse production environments. In developing countries, information on genetic attributes of many livestock species is unfortunately scanty to support well-informed decision-making upon relevant management strategies. …”
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Effect Of Uptake Of Climate Information Services On Food Crops Productivity In Rwanda by Laetitia, Irandagiye

“…The accumulated effects of both rainfall and temperature changes impose substantial threats to food crops productivity patterns in the rain-fed agricultural system in developing countries, Rwanda included. Suitable climate forecasts would undoubtedly help farmers to respond proactively to threats generated by climate variability. …”
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Community-based sheep breeding programs generated substantial genetic gains and socioeconomic benefits by Haile, Aynalem, Getachew, T., Mirkena, T., Duguma, G., Gizaw, Solomon, Wurzinger, Maria, Sölkner, Johann, Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Dessie, Tadelle, Abebe, A., Abate, Z., Jembere, Temergen, Rekik, Mourad, Lobo, R.N.B., Mwacharo, Joram M., Terfa, Z.G., Kassie, Girma T., Mueller, J.P., Rischkowsky, Barbara A.

“…Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) for small ruminants have been suggested as alternatives to centralised, government-controlled breeding schemes which have been implemented in many developing countries. An innovative methodological framework on how to design, implement and sustain CBBPs was tested in three sites in Ethiopia: Bonga, Horro and Menz. …”
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Multiple QTL mapping in autopolyploids: A random-effect model approach with application in a hexaploid sweetpotato full-sib population by Silva Pereira, G. da, Gemenet, D., Mollinari, M., Olukolu, B.A., Wood, J.C., Díaz, F., Mosquera, V., Grüneberg, W.J., Buell, R., Yencho, George Craig, Zeng, Z.B.

“…In developing countries, the sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) …”
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Creating the data basis to adapt agricultural decision support tools to new environments, land management and climate change—A case study of the RiceAdvice App by Cotter, M., Asch, F., Abera, B.B., Chuma, B.A., Senthilkumar, Kalimuthu, Rajaona, A., Razafindrazaka, A., Saito, Kazuki, Stuerz, S.

“…This unreliability is even more serious in developing countries’ farming system where food security is vulnerable. …”
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La extensión rural para la actividad ganadera en Colombia: legislación, desarrollos, brechas y oportunidades by Hurtado, Angie, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…However, the documentation on the application of extension services in developing countries reveals the difficulties caused by multiple factors, including market failures, little participation of the private sector and the ineffectiveness of States with little capacity to reach the target population, among others (Cohen and Lemma, 2011). …”
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The role of seed systems in the adoption of improved forages: the Colombian case by Enciso, Karen, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Hurtado, Angie, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…We used a qualitative approach and developed a meta-analysis that addresses the functioning of seed systems in developing countries. We also conducted focus groups and semi-structured interviews with key agents (research and development centers, seed suppliers, producers and government agencies, among others). …”
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Policy Brief: The impact of mechanization in smallholder rice production in Nigeria: Promising business cases for rice smallholders for income increasing and climate smart interven... by Axmann, Heike

“…Losses in rice producing in developing countries occur predominantly before the farmgate (Affognon et al., 2015; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2018). …”
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Monitoring of Suspended Sediments in a Tropical Forested Landscape With Citizen Science by Njue, N., Gräf, J., Weeser, B., Rufino, Mariana C., Breuer, Lutz, Jacobs, S.R.

“…However, many developing countries lack a good infrastructure for hydrological monitoring since its establishment is costly and the required resources are often not available. …”
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What Is the Evidence Base Linking Gender with Access to Forests and Use of Forest Resources for Food Security in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Systematic Evidence Map by Kimanzu, N., Schulte-Herbrüggen, B., Clendenning, J., Chiwona-Karltun, L., Krogseng, K., Petrokofsky, G.

“…Despite the large number of studies reviewed, limitations of the evidence base, including methodological heterogeneity, a dominance of case studies as the study design, and unequal geographical representation in study locations, make it difficult to generalise about the overall importance of gender and its effect on access to and use of forests for food security in developing countries. The critical gaps in the evidence base include geographical representation in primary research and a greater breadth of study designs to assess gender implications of access to forest resources globally.…”
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Gene action, heterotic patterns, and inter-trait relationships of early maturing pro-vitamin a maize inbred lines and performance of Testcrosses under contrasting environments by Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Obisesan, O., Olumide, O.B., Toyinbo, J.O.

“…Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of night blindness, total blindness, maternal and childhood mortality in developing countries. Drought, low soil nitrogen and Striga hermonthica parasitism are major constraints to maize production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …”
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Assessment of agricultural emissions, climate change mitigation and adaptation practices in Ethiopia by Feliciano, Diana, Recha, John W.M., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, MacSween, Kirsten, Solomon, Dawit, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…The MOT could be used in the future as a facilitator for knowledge exchange between researchers and practitioners in Ethiopia, and in other developing countries where data availability is low, to support the identification of effective climate change mitigation and adaptation actions.…”
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Aflatoxin exposure among children of age 12-59 months in Butajira District, South-Central Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study by Ayele, M., Haile, D., Alonso, Silvia, Sime, H., Abera, A., Balcha, K.H., Roba, K.T., Guma, G.T., Endris, B.S.

“…Background The continued provision of safe food, free of aflatoxin remains a huge challenge in developing countries. Despite several favourable climatic conditions that facilitate aflatoxin contamination in Ethiopia, there is little information showing aflatoxin exposure in children. …”
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Community forestry in Cameroon: opportunity or constraint for REDD+? by Bele, M.Y., Sonwa, D.J., Tiani, A.M.

“…On the other hand, REDD+ was developed principally to mitigate climate change by reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation principally within developing countries where the livelihoods of forest-dependent people are a central component of all forest management policies. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of solar energy forecasting studies in Africa by Zwane, N., Tazvinga, H., Botai, C., Murambadoro, M., Botai, J., Wit, J. de, Mabasa, B., Daniel, S., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Overall, this study contributes to scientific information on the potential bankability of renewable energy projects that could assist power utilities, governments and policymakers in Africa to enforce the green economy through accelerated decarbonisation of the energy systems and building relationships with developed countries for support and better transitioning to solar energy. …”
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Prevalence of brucellosis in livestock keepers and domestic ruminants in Baringo County, Kenya by Lokamar, P.N., Kutwah, M.A., Munde, E.O., Oloo, D., Atieli, H., Gumo, S., Akoko, James M., Ouma, C.

“…Brucellosis is a worldwide re-emerging zoonotic disease that poses serious public health problems in many developing countries including Kenya. However, prevalence of brucellosis has not been determined in Baringo County, Kenya, yet there is a continuous movement of cattle resulting from trade and grazing, thus predisposing many herds to brucellosis infection. …”
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Pull-Push: Market and consumer interventions to improve food safety in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso by Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Amenu, Kebede, Tacken, G., Ilboudo, Guy S., Madjdian, D., Girma, S., Ibrahim, A.M., Grace, Delia, Vet, E. de, Dione, Michel M.

“…Conclusion: Although foodborne disease exerts a massive health and economic burden on developing countries, there is a lack of application of food safety standards. …”
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