Search Results - "Ecuadorian"

Impact Evaluation of Cash, Food Vouchers, and Food Transfers among Colombian Refugees and Poor Ecuadorians in Carchi and Sucumbios: Endline Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute, Centro de Estudios de Pobalcion y Desarrollo Social, World Food Programme

“…In April 2011, the World Food Program (WFP) expanded its assistance to address the food security and nutrition needs of Colombian refugees and to support their integration into Ecuadorian communities. The new program was designed as a prospective randomized control trial and consisted of six monthly transfers of cash, food vouchers, or food to Colombian refugees and poor Ecuadorian households. …”
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How issues get framed and reframed when different communities meet: a multilevel analysis of a collaborative soil conservation initiative in the Ecuadorian Andes by Dewulf, Art, Craps, M., Dercon, G.

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An agriculture and health inter-sectorial research process to reduce hazardous pesticide health impacts among smallholder farmers in the Andes by Cole, Donald C., Orozco, F., Pradel, W., Suquillo, J., Mera, X., Chacón, A., Prain, Gordon, Wanigaratne, S., Leah, J.

“…Uptake by policy makers has included: the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health rolling out pesticide poisoning surveillance modeled on our system; the Ecuadorian Association of Municipalities holding a national virtual forum on healthier agriculture; and the Ecuadorian Ministry of Agriculture promulgating restrictions on highly hazardous pesticides in June 2010.Work with multiple actors is needed to shift agriculture towards greater sustainability and human health, particularly for vulnerable smallholders.…”
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Potato field-inoculation in Ecuador with Rhizophagus irregularis: no impact on growth performance and associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities by Lojan, P., Senes-Guerrero, C., Suarez, J.P., Kromann, P., Schubler, A., Declerck, S.

“…A field trial was conducted in two localities of the Ecuadorian Andes to evaluate potato (Solanum tuberosum c.v. …”
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Estudio del servicio de extensión de Ecuador by Naranjo M, Gerardo E., Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agrícolas (IICA)

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Deforestation and economics in Ecuador: a synthesis by Wunder, Sven

“…The main fieldwork was carried out over 18 months in 1994-5 and focused on semi-structured socio-economic interviews in nine sites in the Ecuadorian highlands, as well as on the urban markets for forest and agricultural products that the study sites are linked to. …”
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Individual and environmental factors influencing adolescents’ dietary behavior in low- and middle-income settings by Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Leroy, Jef L., Pieniak, Zuzanna, Ochoa-Avilés, Angélica, Holdsworth, Michelle, Verbeke, Wim, Maes, Lea, Kolsteren, Patrick

“…This study tested the validity of a conceptual framework linking individual and environmental factors to dietary behavior among Ecuadorian adolescents aged 10–16 years. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 784 school-going Ecuadorian adolescents in urban and rural Southern Ecuador. …”
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Characterization of tuber blight suppressive soils from four provinces of the Ecuadorean Andes by Orquera-Tornakian, G., Díaz, C.I., Mogrovejo, D.C., Villamarin, D.J., Jarrin, F., Ponce, L.K., Oliva, R., Gia, J., Forbes, G., Flores, F.J., Garzon, C.D., Molineros, J., Koch, A., Benitez, M.S., Andrade-Piedra, J.L.

“…Late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, is a threat to potato cropping systems worldwide. In the Ecuadorian Andes, despite a high late blight incidence in foliage, tuber blight is rare. …”
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Detection of Tilapia Lake Virus in Egyptian fish farms experiencing high mortalities in 2015 by Nicholson, P., Fathi, M.A., Fischer, A., Mohan, C., Schieck, Elise G., Mishra, N., Heinimann, A., Frey, J., Wieland, Barbara, Jores, Joerg

“…The amino acid changes in segment 3 distinguished the Egyptian isolates from the Israeli and Ecuadorian isolates, while the ones in segment 4 were unique to either the Ecuadorian isolate or to the Egyptian isolate from farm 5. …”
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Ecuador's Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition is using the Collect Earth Online tool to improve forest monitoring data accuracy by Fernandes, Jose, Álvarez, Sophie

“…Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE) is using a Collect Earth Online through a service co-developed with EcoCiencia and SERVIR-Amazonia (an Alliance – led regional program) to improve forest monitoring data accuracy in the Ecuadorian Amazon and to validate National Monitoring System maps and land cover estimates. …”
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Adoption of new flood forecasting technologies has improved Ecuador’s resilience and reduced the damage from extreme hydrological events. by Fernandes, Jose, Álvarez, Sophie

“…The Alliance, through SERVIR-Amazonia, contributed by training technicians from INAMHI and other Ecuadorian institutions to use the Tethys platform. …”
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The double burden of food and water insecurity: Implications for health, equality, and policy by Chakrabarti, Suman

“…Wang et al examined the association of the co-occurrence of food and water insecurity with functional disabilities in Ecuadorian adults. This novel research builds on emerging evidence on the intersectional implications of food and water insecurity for human well-being.…”
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Ecuador goes bananas: incremental technological change and forest loss by Wunder, Sven

“…How one evaluates this process depends heavily on the relevant policy objectives. Ecuadorian policy makers clearly considered deforestation, sustained coastal settlement and integration with the highland economy positive contributions to economic development.…”
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Women’s associations in Cotopaxi, Ecuador: from rights to agroecological markets by Borja, R., Blare, T., Reimão, M., Padilla, G., Oyarzún, P.

“…This study examines the position of six women’s associations in the central Ecuadorian Andes, discussing their evolution from rights-based to market-oriented organizations producing and selling agroecological products. …”
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Farmers Experiencing Potato Seed Degeneration Respond but Do Not Adjust Their Seed Replacement Strategies in Ecuador by Navarrete, I., Andrade-Piedra, J.L., López, V., Yue, X., Herrera, J., Barzallo, M., Quimbiulco, K., Almekinders, Conny J.M., Struik, P.C.

“…We analysed data collected in Ecuador through farmers' focus group discussions, farmers' surveys and interviews, and the Ecuadorian employment status survey. We found that approximately half of the farmers experienced degeneration. …”
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Root functioning in tropical high-elevation forests: environmental vs biological control of root water absorption by Graefe, Sophie, Leuschner, C, Coners, H, Hertel, D.

“…Recently developed miniature heat balance-sap flow gauges were applied to roots of about 10 mm in diameter in mountain forest stands at 1050, 1890 and 3060 m a.s.l. in the Ecuadorian Andes and the measured flow was related to anatomical properties of the root xylem. …”
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Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply. by Araujo C., Valeria P.

“…This project evaluated the addition of banana peel flour to a traditional Ecuadorian dessert called banana candy to increase its fiber content. …”
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Isozyme variation in Passiflora subgenera Tacsonia and Manicata. Relationships between cultivated and wild species by Segura, Sergio D., Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, Geo, Ocampo Nahar, César H., Ollitrault, P

“…The accessions of these two species formed two clusters, one dominated by Colombian genotypes and the other dominated by Ecuadorian genotypes. One of the P. tripartita var. mollissima accessions clustered close to P. tarminiana accessions. …”
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Informe de trabajos 1981/1982. Programa de frijol by Vermeulen, J., Davis, J.

“…In the evaluation of 393 new climbing bean collections, 41 belonging to the Ecuadorian and the Peruvian collections were considered promising. …”
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Ecotourism and economic incentives: an empirical approach by Wunder, Sven

“…In the following, the link between tourism, local benefits and conservation is conceptualised and analysed empirically, using data from the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon region, near the border of Colombia and Peru. …”
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