Search Results - "Developing country"

Model-based estimation of above-ground biomass in the miombo ecoregion of Zambia by Halperin, J., LeMay, V., Chidumayo, E.N., Verchot, Louis V., Marshall, P.

“…In many tropical developing countries, this information may be unreliable or at a scale too coarse for use at local levels. …”
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Income growth, population and savings in the Southern Africa development community region by Matchaya, Greenwell C., Nhemachen, Charles, Nhlengenthwa, Sibusiso

“…Shares of savings in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) of countries in the SADC stand at under 16% of GDP (compared to shares of over 30% in developed countries) and are particularly worrisome. Conclusion: There is a case for a concerted effort by the SADC Member States to control population growth, encourage schooling and, further, encourage a ‘savings culture’ in order for the SADC region to achieve its aspirations of eradicating poverty and hunger as outlined in Agenda 2063 and even the Sustainable Development Goals.…”
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La Tercera Parte Beneficiaria según el Acuerdo Normalizado de Transferencia de Material by Moore, Gerald

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Solar power means female power? : how the introduction of electricity supports gender needs in rural Bangladesh by Haag, Jella

“…A lack of household energy affects women in developing countries more severely than it affects men with women spending more time in the house. …”

Crop production upgrading strategies and their role for household food security in Chamwino District, Tanzania by Ndimbwa, Charles

“…Food insecurity is still a challenge affecting many people in the world, whereby the majority live in developing countries in Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Local participation in natural resource management initiatives by Koromah, Idriss Duramany

“…REDD+ has a significant global impact that is changing how forests are managed around the world, particularly in developing countries and where natural resource dependent communities live. …”
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Cost benefit and risk analysis of fairtrade by Håkansson, Nanna

“…The criteria of the Fairtrade labelling consumers in the developed countries are facing are no guarantee of a certain percentage reaching the farmer, but all in all the premium and the guarantee price helps the farmers to plan their production ahead and the ability to make conclusions about the future.…”
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A study of domestic pigs, wilds suids and ticks as reservoirs for African swine fever virus in Uganda by Björnheden, Louise

“…As the world’s population increases the need for food and good protein sources grows, especially in development countries like Uganda. The pig production is growing rapidly in Uganda and is not only a source of food but also an important income for many people living in the rural areas. …”
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Water availability at farm household level by Näslund, Erika

“…Some areas suffer more from dry periods than others and according to FAO (2010) people that live in poor, developing countries suffer the most from these problems. …”
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Investment in Enhanced Landfill Mining (ELFM): a real option approach by Sime, Abiy Getachew

“…The marginal socio-economic condition of many people, lack of cooperative culture and cultural aversion towards waste, absence of well-defined enforcement mechanism to effectively coerce the population, restricted public service funding, high rate of population growth and the resulting ever increasing waste production are some of the major challenges faced by most developing countries, including Ethiopia, in an effort to implement effective and efficient municipal solid waste management (MSWM). …”
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Integration assessment of regional yam markets in Ghana by Larvoe, Noah

“…World food price hikes in 2007/2008 and 2012 plunged several people into hunger and poverty in developing countries. The situation stimulated responses from policy makers in some of these countries by trying to boost local production of crops in which they are self-sufficient. …”
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Valorisation of organic waste by Dortmans, Bram

“…Municipal solid waste- and especially organic solid waste management has be- come a major challenge in both developing and developed countries and is often related to the spread of diseases. …”
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Understanding poverty-environment interactions by Musoma, Richwell Tryson

“…Poverty and environmental degradation are among the severest challenges faced in the developing countries. Since the rise of the sustainable development paradigm, poverty came to be identified as one of the major causes of environmental degradation. …”
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International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT): Model description by Rosegrant, Mark W., Batka, Miroslav, Bhandary, Prapti, Bryan, Elizabeth, Cenacchi, Nicola, De Pinto, Alessandro, Enahoro, Dolapo, Leroy, Laetitia, Li, Man, Magnan, Nicholas, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Msangi, Siwa, Nelson, Gerald C., Ringler, Claudia, Robertson, Richard D., Sulser, Timothy B., Thomas, Timothy S., Tokgoz, Simla, Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, You, Liangzhi, Zhang, Wei, Zhu, Tingju, Kleinwechter, Ulrich

“…In 1995 the first results using IMPACT were published as a 2020 Vision discussion paper: Global Food Projections to 2020: Implications for Investment (Rosegrant et al. 1995) in which the effects of population, investment, and trade scenarios on food security and nutrition status, especially in developing countries, were analyzed. IMPACT continues to serve as the basis for research examining the linkage between the production of key food commodities and food demand and security at the national level in the context of scenarios of future change. …”
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Community-based sheep breeding programs generated substantial genetic gains and socioeconomic benefit by Haile, Aynalem, Getachew, Tesfaye, Mirkena, T., Duguma, G., Gizaw, Solomon, Wurzinger, M., Soelkner, J., Mwai, O., Dessie, T., Abebe, Ayele, Abate, Zelalem, Jembere, T., Rekik, Mourad, Lobo, R.N.B., Mwacharo, Joram M., Terfa, Z.G., Kassie, G.T., Mueller, Joaquin Pablo, Rischkowsky, Barbara

“…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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Development of a PCR assay for identification of Neobalantidium coli (Pomajbíková et al., 2013) in Argentina by Lopez Arias, Ludmila Sol, Guillemi, Eliana Carolina, Bordoni, Noemí, Farber, Marisa Diana, Garbossa, Graciela

“…Farmers and slaughterhouse workers from rural areas of developing countries have an increased incidence of balantidiosis. …”
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Human pharmaceutical surface water pollution across urban gradients in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region, Argentina by Perez, Daniela Edith, Rojo, Macarena, Cristos, Diego Sebastian, Carriquiriborde, Pedro

“…Adequate access to health systems combined with poor sewerage connectivity and inadequate wastewater treatment plants has placed developing countries among the most vulnerable scenarios regarding HAPI water pollution. …”
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Poultry producers’ perceptions of changing market conditions : a field study of the poultry production in Khartoum state of Sudan by El-Obeid, Sara, Lundström, Ella

“…Contract farming is defined as initiatives from agro industrial companies to secure access to smallholder produce and has in developing countries become a way of allowing the poor to participate in a larger market (Farrington, 1999). …”

Seroepidemiology of Peste des Petits Ruminants in central Tanzania alongside an evaluation of filter paper as transport medium by Roos, Nils

“…The devastating effects of PPR are mostly present in developing countries, where herding of small ruminants like goat and sheep is a major source of income for millions of farmers. …”
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Participatory risk assessment for harvesting of impala (Aepyceros melampus) and the distribution of by-products by Ramrajh, S.

“…The demand for the control of safe food, from consumers the world over, has revolutionized the manner in which wild game meat harvesting occurs. In developed countries, food quality, food and human safety with quality controlling systems embracing environmental carbon footprint issues are constantly improving, for international harmonization at each level of production “from stable to table”, “farm to fork”, “field to yield” as well as from “cradle to grave”. …”
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