Resultados de búsqueda - "Focusing"

Small pumps and poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: an assessment of current extent of use and poverty outreach por Namara, Regassa E., Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria, Giordano, Meredith A., Fraiture, Charlotte de

“…The development of groundwater irrigation requires targeted and deliberate public-policy interventions and institutional support focusing on the more marginal farmers.…”
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Some early Russian studies of subsurface storm-flow processes por Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…This paper attempts to fill this gap and briefly review some of these investigations, focusing on their main results. It starts with the review of the early experimental studies (after 1930s-1950s), which allow the main characteristics of subsurface storm flow to be established. …”
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Agriculture and Climate Change Policy Brief: Main Issues for the UNFCCC and Beyond por Meridian Institute, Lee, D.

“…This summary provides key points for policymakers, focusing on the unique aspects of agriculture when considered in the context of climate change. …”
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Insect pests of beans in Africa: Their ecology and management por Abate, T., Ampofo, James Kwasi O.

“…This paper reviews the current status of insect pests of beans, focusing on their ecology and management, as well as the potential for integrated pest management (IPM) approaches in subsistence fanning conditions, under which most beans are grown in Africa. …”
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The role of research institutions in seed-related disaster relief: Seeds of Hope experiences in Rwanda por Buruchara, Robin Arani, Sperling, L., Ewell, P., Kirkby, Roger A.

“…Research involvement in emergency relief and rehabilitation was unusual at the time and SOH had to forge its unique complementary role. Focusing on crop and variety development and conservation it: provided technical advice to relief agencies on seed procurement; used its baseline ken to assess the effects of war on seed diversity and seed security; made preparations to restore specific germplasm (which, fortunately, proved unnecessary) and spent substantial effort on rebuilding human resource capacity in research as well as basic scientific facilities. …”
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Beyond net deficits: New priorities for an aquacultural geography por Belton, Ben, Bush, S.R.

“…While increasing attention has focused on the political economy of export products consumed in the global North, ‘everyday’ geographies of aquaculture production and consumption in the global South have been neglected. …”
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Estado de la conservacion ex situ de los recursos geneticos de quinua por Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rojas, W., Pinto, M., Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, Bioversity International, Alanoca, C., Gómez Pando Pedro Leon-Lobos, L.G., Alercia, A., Diulgheroff, S., Padulosi, S., Bazile, Didier

“…The analysis is complemented by a lessons learnt sharing through a number of international projects focusing on the sustainable conservation and use in Latin America.…”
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Gender Differences in Climate Change Perception and Adaptation Strategies: The Case of Three Provinces in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta por McKinley J, Adaro, C., Pede, Valerien O., Rutsaert P, Setiyono T, Cong Tran Thanh, Lien Huong D, Trung Kien N, Balangue, Z., Bandyopadhyay, S., Sheinkman, Michael, Wassmann, Reiner

“…PIRCCA has an overarching goal to enable policymakers in ASEAN countries to make informed decisions on (1) food security policies focusing on the supply and availability of rice, (2) climate change adaptation policies, and (3) gender action plans.…”
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Principios basicos de la asociacion de cultivos por García, S., Davis, J.H.C.

“…It is concluded that it is necessary to collect all the available information before establishing priorities; the research program should keep a permanent and close communication with the farmers to ensure a practical focusing of research and to assess the new technology to determine its effectiveness. …”
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When local power meets hydropower: Reconceptualizing resettlement along the Nam Gnouang River in Laos por Katus, S, Suhardiman, Diana, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

“…While hydropower development could in principle contribute to the country’s development objectives to promote economic growth and reduce poverty, it also impacts people’s livelihoods especially local communities living along the river. Focusing on the transition of Nam Gnouang River into a reservoir, this article looks at the process of resettlement of four neighboring villages in Bolikhamxai Province, Laos into one resettlement site, Ban Keosengkham. …”
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Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing por Sidibe, Y., Williams, Timothy O.

“…Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have implications for water availability and utilization by other users, making it imperative to regard water as an economic rather than a free good. Focusing on a vast irrigable area in Mali with recent large-scale investments, a bio-economic model was used to demonstrate that an improved water valuation system is needed to balance different water users’ needs while ensuring adequate environmental flow.…”
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Biodegradable plastics from cassava starch in Thailand por Sriroth, Klanarong, Chollakup, Rungsima, Piyachomkwan, Kuakoon, Oates, Christopher G.

“…The major types of biodegradable plastics discussed are directly-expanded starch products and various starch-polymer blends (PCL, PLA, PVA and PHA). Research focusing on cassava starch incorporation into biodegradable plastics is summarized.…”
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Iron beans in Rwanda: crop development and delivery experience por Mulambu, J., Andersson, Meike S., Palenberg, M., Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H., Saltzman, Amy, Birol, Ekin, Oparinde, A., Boy, Erick, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Lubobo, Antoine Kanyenga, Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Nkalubo, Stanley T.

“…HarvestPlus and its partners have successfully developed and delivered iron bean varieties to more than one million farming households in Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda to help combat the adverse health effects of iron deficiency widespread in these countries. Focusing primarily on Rwanda, this chapter summarizes the country, nutritional and consumer background, crop development, release, and delivery of iron bean varieties and synthesizes lessons learned and future challenges.…”
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Nutrition-sensitive value chains: A guide for project design. Volume I por Peña, Isabel de la, Garrett, James

“…The approach that has emerged from these experiences is one that shifts from the traditional value chain approach of focusing on demand alone, to one that starts by understanding the nutrition needs of consumers in order to identify investments that can improve diets while remaining economically viable and addressing issues of environmental sustainability and empowerment of women.…”
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How Ecological Characteristics of Seasonal Migratory Species Influence Conservation Threats and Policy Needs por Lee, Katherine D., Martinez Salinas, Alejandra, y 5 autores más

“…The article describes key aspects of migratory species' behavior and ecology, focusing on three specific features of these species. …”
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Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture por Cerda, Rolando

“…Drawing from 24 studies in 11 countries across 2655 farms, we show how five diversification strategies focusing on livestock, crops, soils, noncrop plantings, and water conservation benefit social (e.g., human well-being, yields, and food security) and environmental (e.g., biodiversity, ecosystem services, and reduced environmental externalities) outcomes. …”
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Beyond milk : framing milk and oat-drink campaigns in Sweden por Rigo Cavinato, Maria Eduarda

“…While oat-drink challenge the conventional frames presented by the milk industry, being set as a sustainable option and an alternative to animal milk, focusing its marketing towards a newer generation that is interested in creating new habits and changing social patterns.…”

Social hållbarhet och förtätning : en kritisk studie i förtätningens sociala paradoxer por Ekelund, Katrina

“…This work will thus be focusing on the social elements of densification. It will theoretically examine whether densification really is likely to be socially beneficial. …”

Progress on Gender and Agriculture Research in CGIAR por CGIAR Consortium Office

“…Second, advances in the preparation of individual CGIAR Research Program Gender Strategies, focusing on those programs with a first draft available by May 31st, 2012. …”
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Integrating fish, roots, tubers and bananas in food systems: Opportunities and constraints. por Atkins, M., Byrd, K.A., Pincus, L., Naziri, D., Thilsted, Shakuntala H., Yossa, Rodrigue

“…It also looks into integrated aquaculture—agriculture (IAA) food systems globally, before focusing on two specific countries: Bangladesh and Nigeria. …”
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