Resultados de búsqueda - "Finance"

Empowering women and youth in rice value chains by implementing innovation platforms: A case study in Senegal por Ndour, Maimouna, Diagne, Mandiaye, Akpa, Aristide, Sarr, Georgette M.

“…The observed tendencies of feminization of poverty, youth unemployment and high emigration rates reflect numerous economic and social obstacles, including exclusion from some financing programs. To preserve the profitability and the sustainability of small actors’ activities, innovation platforms were created to strengthen and encourage innovation through a synergy of actions, collective and social learning and interactions among actors. …”
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Synopsis: Rwanda’s food systems transformation: A diagnostic of the public policy landscape shaping the transformation process por Dusingizimana, Petronille, Kazungu, Jules, Lalui, Armin, Milani, Peiman, Munanura, James, Nsabimana, Aimable, Sindi, Julius Kirimi, Spielman, David J., Umugwaneza, Maryse

“…Emphasis is placed on six inter-related clusters: diet quality and nutrition security; livelihoods equity; environmental resilience; agricultural productivity; infrastructure capacity; and financing and investment. Overall findings suggest an opportunity for a tangible shift in how public policy in Rwanda approaches its food systems and how the systems contribute to the broader national transformation process. …”
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Supporting efforts to address malnutrition in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in India: An emergency need por Menon, Purnima, de Wagt, Arjan, Reddy, Vignesh, Reddy, Kartheek, Pandav, Chandrakant Sambhaji, Avula, Rasmi, Mathews, Pratima

“…The nutrition community has worked on building consensus on key actions, implementation platforms were put in place and financing for nutrition slowly increased. Under the strong leadership of the Prime Minister, a revolutionary program to address malnutrition was launched in 2018. …”
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Promoting competition in the fertilizer industry and efficiency in the fertilizer use to improve land productivity and sustainability por Torero, Máximo, Hernandez, Manuel A.

“…The G20 could play a transformative role in improving poor farmers’ access of fertilizers through three main channels: (1) establish a G20-led Global Task Force to Promote Fertilizer Trade and Uptake in developing countries, with special emphasis on Africa; (2) promote the formation of a consortium of multilateral and regional development banks for the creation of a financing facility for investments in new fertilizer plants to increase market competition and reduce fertilizer cost; and (3) mobilize financial support for the elaboration of open-access, detailed soil maps that identify soil classes and soil properties.…”
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Commodity exchanges and warehouse receipts in Malawi: Current status and their implications for the development of structured markets por Baulch, Bob, Gross, Adam, Nkhoma, Justice Chimgonda, Mtemwa, Chikumbutso

“…A review of international experience indicates that historically Comex often develop hand-in-hand with warehouse receipt systems (WRS), which help stimulate demand from off takers for standardized contracts while providing financing that increased volumes traded. In recent years, electronic trading platforms have given an impetus to the consolidation of existing Comex, and the development of regional networks of exchanges and warehousing arrangements. …”
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From "best practice" to "best fit": A framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services worldwide por Birner, Regina, Davis, Kristin E., Pender, John L., Nkonya, Ephraim M., Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah, Ekboir, Javier, Mbabu, Adiel, Spielman, David J., Horna, Daniela, Benin, Samuel, Cohen, Marc J.

“…To classify pluralistic agricultural advisory services, the paper distinguishes between organizations from the public, the private and the third sector that can be involved in (a) providing and (b) financing of agricultural advisory services. The framework for analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services presented in the paper addresses the need for analytical approaches that help policy-makers to identify those reform options that best fit country-specific frame conditions. …”
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AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions por Loevinsohn, Michael

“…Much less is it clear how such efforts might be financed. Across the sectoral divide, agricultural and natural resource management policies and programs are aimed at enhancing food security, improving nutrition, and expanding livelihood opportunities. …”
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Barbados Agriculture and LULUCF Inventory needs assessment country profile por Barrios, Julián, Vásquez, Daniela, Haynes, Connor

“…This framework establishes processes that ensure the comparability and verifiability of information, and also incorporates accountability for financing, technology, and capacity building. Taken together, the results presented constitute a technical baseline that describes the current state of MRV systems for agriculture and LULUCF in the region. …”
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Saint Lucia Agriculture and LULUCF Inventory needs assessment country profile por Vásquez, Daniela, Barrios, Julián, Haynes, Connor

“…This framework establishes processes that ensure the comparability and verifiability of information, and also incorporates accountability for financing, technology, and capacity building. Taken together, the results presented constitute a technical baseline that describes the current state of MRV systems for agriculture and LULUCF in the region. …”
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Dominica Agriculture and LULUCF Inventory needs assessment country profile por Vásquez, Daniela, Barrios, Julián, Haynes, Connor

“…This framework establishes processes that ensure the comparability and verifiability of information, and also incorporates accountability for financing, technology, and capacity building. Taken together, the results presented constitute a technical baseline that describes the current state of MRV systems for agriculture and LULUCF in the region. …”
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Antigua and Barbuda Agriculture and LULUCF Inventory needs assessment country profile por Vásquez, Daniela, Barrios, Julián, Haynes, Connor

“…This framework establishes processes that ensure the comparability and verifiability of information, and also incorporates accountability for financing, technology, and capacity building. Taken together, the results presented constitute a technical baseline that describes the current state of MRV systems for agriculture and LULUCF in the region. …”
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Perfil de evaluación de necesidades del Inventario de Agricultura y UTCUTS de Antigua y Barbuda por Vásquez, Daniela, Barrios, Julián, Haynes, Connor

“…This framework establishes processes that ensure the comparability and verifiability of information, and also incorporates accountability for financing, technology, and capacity building. Taken together, the results presented constitute a technical baseline that describes the current state of MRV systems for agriculture and LULUCF in the region. …”
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Perfil de evaluación de necesidades del Inventario de Agricultura y UTCUTS de Ecuador por Barrios, Julián, Vásquez, Daniela, Haynes, Connor

“…This framework establishes processes that ensure the comparability and verifiability of information, and also incorporates accountability for financing, technology, and capacity building. Taken together, the results presented constitute a technical baseline that describes the current state of MRV systems for agriculture and LULUCF in the region. …”
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Evaluación de daños y residuos resultantes de las operaciones de aprovechamiento en seis concesiones forestales en la Región Ucayali, Amazonía Peruana por Colan, V., Catpo, J., Sabogal, C.

“…Harvesting operations in timber concessions have traditionally followed strategies related to enterprises' capacity in terms of available equipment and financing, industrial integration, commercialization of more species, physical accessibility to the concession, and quality of human resources, among others. …”
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Community forest enterprise markets in Mexico and Brazil: new opportunities and challenges for legal access to the forest por Molnar,A., Gomes, D., Sousa, R., Vidal, N., Hojer, R.F., Arguelles, L.A., Kaatz, S., Martin, A., Donini, G., Scherr, Sara J., White, A., Kaimowitz, D.

“…Another has been the expansion of self-financed community conservation. A third response has been new models of collaboration between companies and communities.…”
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Harnessing forests for climate change mitigation through REDD+: challenges and opportunities por Kanninen, M., Brockhaus, Maria, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Nabuurs, G.J.

“…For some developing countries, this offers an additional source of financing to support sustainable forest management and to boost their development plans and poverty-reduction strategies. …”
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India. por Evans, Alexandra E.V., Giordano, Meredith A., Clayton, Terry

“…The main findings indicate that: 1) small private rainwater harvesting structures would increase farm incomes, but development requires more flexible financing options for smallholder farmers; 2) replacing the current subsidy system with interest-free loans would be cheaper for the government, give farmers more choice and stimulate private sector innovation in drip irrigation; and 3) farmers would like more involvement in the decision-making processes of the MGNREGS, which already funds thousands of agricultural water management structures every year. …”
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Participatory crop improvement in maize in Gujarat, India por Goyal, S.N., Joshi, A., Witcombe, John R.

“…This paper describes a participatory plant-breeding (PPB) program for maize in a rural development project financed by the United Kingdom's Department of International Development (DFID) and the Government of India and executed by the Krishak Bharati Cooperative (KRIBHCO). …”
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Estudio de caso: Almacenamiento de yuca fresca por Wheatley, Christopher C., Izquierdo, D.

“…The optimal organizational structure for marketing this product has yet to be developed and there is a lack of financing to promote activities by the marketing enterprise alone. …”
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Business model scenarios and suitability: smallholder solar pump-based irrigation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management – Making a Business Case for Smallholders por Otoo, Miriam, Lefore, Nicole, Schmitter, Petra S., Barron, Jennie, Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria

“…Analysis of potential gains and benefits suggests that direct purchase of solar pumps by farmers is feasible, and that out-grower schemes and pump supplier options with bundled financing offer promising solutions. The potential constraints that different investors may face in up-scaling the business models are also discussed, particularly within institutional, regulatory and financial contexts. …”
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