Search Results - "Focusing"

SPIA Viet Nam Report 2024: Global Ambitions, Sustainable Pathways by Kosmowski, Frederic, Chavez, Simon, Thanh Binh Le, Ha Thu Nguyen, Phuong Nguyen, Gimode, Davis, Biradavolu, Monica, Pelletier, Johanne, Stevenson, James R., Visaria, Sujata

“…The report offers a comprehensive overview of CGIAR’s impact in Viet Nam, focusing on the geographic reach and beneficiaries of its innovations. …”
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Reframing plastic through experiences at a beach clean-up : a frame analysis of experience-based learnings at a beach clean-up for creating knowledge, building responsibility and m... by Busch, Jana Ricarda

“…This study takes a bottom-up approach, focusing on how an individual can change their perception of plastic, understand responsibility, create motivation to contribute to combatting the crisis, and, ultimately, ideally change their plastic behaviours. …”

ESRC-DFID Research for Policy and Practice: Water Security by Impact Initiative

“…This selection of ESRC-DFID funded research explores the realities facing people for whom water insecurity is a daily threat, drawing on research focusing on Burkina Faso and Ethiopia.This includes briefs on two WLE-supported projects: "Water scarcity and emotional wellbeing among pastoralists" and "Engaging communities for sustainable water management in Burkina Faso."…”
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Forests for sustainable diets - poster by Hermanowicz, E., Vinceti, B., Bioversity International

“…Bioversity is currently working on three projects focusing on food tree species in Sub-Saharan Africa…”
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Promoting employment, food security and nutrition in Mozambique. Sweetpotato-based job-opportunities for young people. Project profile. by International Potato Center

“…This project takes a novel approach to enhancing food security and incomes by focusing on employment opportunities. Through learning about growing, multiplying and processing orange-fleshed sweetpotato, young people in northern Mozambique will acquire the knowledge and skills to build sustainable livelihoods and contribute to food security and nutrition in their communities.…”
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CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry - Plan of Work and Budget 2019 by CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

“…FTA work planning is based on a priority setting process, aiming at focusing research towards major development demands and knowledge gaps, orienting FTA towards the implementation of the SDGs and other global commitments. …”
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Croppie: AI-powered information extraction from natural language by García-Acosta, Sebastian

“…This report addresses the fundamental challenge of extracting key fields from natural language text in the context of natural language processing (NLP). Focusing on Spanish text, our solution, integrated into Croppie, offers an efficient and precise method for extracting essential information. …”
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Promoting Rice Field Fisheries in the Cambodian Mekong Delta by Sean, Vichet, Sithirith, Mak, Bernardo, Eisen

“…In partnership with the Fisheries Administration (FiA) and GIZ, WorldFish recently conducted an exposure visit focusing on best practices for the management of rice field fisheries (RFF) in Kampong Thom province. …”
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A 1992 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Tanzania by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…On the basis of recently generated national accounts data, a 56 sector SAM was built focusing on the disaggregation of the agricultural sectors - comprising 21 of the 56 sectors. …”
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Kenya scaling week by Ewell, Hanna, Nzuki, Esther

“…The workshop explored diverse scaling approaches and introduced the AICCRA Scaling Framework, focusing on effective demand, technical excellence, and sustained use of climate-smart solutions.…”
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Social and economical aspects of Miombo woodland management in Southern Africa: options and opportunities for research by Dewees, P. A.

“…These themes are by no means definitive or exhaustive, but are described here as a means of focusing on the scope of future research, and as a basis for identifying priorities.…”
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Peacebuilding in pastoral areas through natural resource management: Integration of local conventions in Mali and participatory rangeland management in Ethiopia by Borah, Dharitry, Ba, Baba

“…This technical report examines the integration of peacebuilding efforts into Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) and the use of Local Conventions (LCs) as mechanisms to enhance social cohesion and mitigate resource-based conflicts in pastoralist communities of East Africa, specifically focusing on Ethiopia and Mali.…”
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Can sandalwood in East Nusa Tenggara survive?: lessons from the policy impact on resource sustainability by Rohadi, D., Maryani, R., Belcher, B., Ruíz Pérez, M., Widnyana, M.

“…This paper discusses the policy aspects of sandalwood in East Nusa Tenggara province, focusing primarily on the impacts of regional government regulations on the resource sustainability. …”
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Health and climate change in Africa by AquaTT

“…Both HEALTHY FUTURES and QWeCI focus on major vector-borne diseases such as malaria, Rift Valley Fever and schistosomiasis and are complimentary to each other, with QWeCI focusing on western Africa and HEALTHY FUTURES on eastern Africa.…”
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Rural structures in the tropics: Design and development by Mrema, G.C., Gumbe, L.O., Chepete, H.J., Agullo, J.O.

“…Here the FAO presents an up-to-date, comprehensive text focusing on structures for small- to medium-scale farms and, to some extent, village-scale agricultural infrastructure. …”
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Stories of Change, a structured case study approach which systematically assesses and analyzes drivers of nutritional change in specific country contexts by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

“…All the case studies, including the Stories of Challenge - focusing on how countries are grappling with the challenge of addressing the obesity epidemic - are now available on a dedicated webpage (https://www.ifpri.org/project/stories-change-nutrition).…”
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Tracing the future of food systems transformation with foresight analysis by International Rice Research Institute

“…Manila, Philippines (23 October 2023) – Forward-thinking policies focusing on the impacts of recent political and environmental shocks and addressing gender and social inclusion vulnerabilities are important in sustaining local and global solutions to food and nutrition security under climate change. …”
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Climate-adaptive water productivity: Building coherence across food, water, and land by CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies

“…At the Cairo Water Week on October 31, 2023, the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) conducted a session focusing on the empirical analysis of Egypt’s climate-adaptive water productivity programmes. …”
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Climate-Adaptive Water Productivity Building Coherence across Food, Water, & Land - Oct. 31, 2023 by CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies

“…Video highlights from the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) session at the Cairo Water Week on October 31, 2023, conducted focusing on the empirical analysis of Egypt’s climate-adaptive water productivity programs. …”
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Are shocks actually on the rise? A selective review of five types of shocks by Zseleczky, Laura, Yosef, Sivan

“…Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers frequently cite an increase in shocks around the world as a reason for focusing on resilience. But have shocks actually increased or become more severe and far‐reaching? …”
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