Resultados de búsqueda - "Focusing"

Exploring the regulatory space for improving availability, access and quality of vegetatively propagated crop seed: potato in Kenya por McEwan, M., Spielman, David J., Okello, J.J., Hareau, Guy, Bartle, B., Mbiri, D., Atieno, E., Omondi, Bonaventure Aman Oduor, Assfaw, T., González, L., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Maredia, Mywish K.

“…Secondary data and analysis were complemented by semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions involving 72 stakeholders from public, private and civil society conducted in the major potato production areas, and at national level. …”
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Results from the fertilizer demonstration experiment with maize at Farm for the Future Tanzania in Iringa, in 2020 por Mtakwa, Peter W, Urio, Ndelilio A., Mtakwa, Alpha P, Brentrup, Frank, Assey, Peter, Loon, Marloes P. van, Hijbeek, Renske, Berge, Hein F.M. ten, Ittersum, Martin van

“…The FFF farm is training farmers in 16 villages with a focus on dissemination activities at regional and national levels. …”
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Identifying future hotspots of fire danger in the tropics: climate fire predictions for 2050, 2075 and 2100 por Román Cuesta, Rosa María, Lizano, Gil

“…Because human decisions on the land are difficult to model and project in the future, we here focus on projecting climate-driven fire danger only.…”
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The role of seed systems in the adoption of improved forages: the Colombian case por Enciso, Karen, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Hurtado, Angie, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…We used a qualitative approach and developed a meta-analysis that addresses the functioning of seed systems in developing countries. We also conducted focus groups and semi-structured interviews with key agents (research and development centers, seed suppliers, producers and government agencies, among others). …”
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Coping or adapting? Experiences of food and nutrition insecurity in specialised fishing households in Komodo District, eastern Indonesia por Gibson, E., Stacey, N., Sunderland, T.C.H., Adhuri, D.S.

“…We used semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions to understand perceptions of, change over time, and strategies for dealing with food shortfalls. …”
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Enhancing the knowledge and skills of smallholders to adopt market-oriented tree management practices: lessons from Master TreeGrower training courses in Indonesia por Muktasam, A., Reid, R., Race, D., Wakka, A.K., Oktalina, S.N., Agusman, Herawati, T., Bisjoe, A.R.H.

“…The evaluation data were collected via focus group discussions (FGDs), in-depth interviews, household surveys and observations at three project sites: Pati (Central Java), Gunungkidul (Yogyakarta) and Bulukumba (South Sulawesi). …”
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Bhutan’s Forests through the Framework of Ecosystem Services: Rapid Assessment in Three Forest Types por Sears, R., Choden, K., Dorji, T., Dukpa, D., Phuntsho, S., Rai, P.B., Wangchuk, J., Baral, H.

“…We engaged villagers in focus group discussions and conducted key informant interviews. …”
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Agroforestry governance for operationalising the landscape approach: connecting conservation and farming actors por Zinngrebe, Y., Borasino, E., Chiputwa, Brian, Dobie, P., Garcia, E., Gassner, A., Kihumuro, P., Komarudin, Heru, Liswanti, N., Makui, P., Plieninger, T., Winter, E., Hauck, J.

“…In this study we brought together different stakeholders in facilitated, structured focus discussions to analyse the role of actor groups in tree governance. …”
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Assessment of land degradation in semi-arid Tanzania: Using remote sensing to inform the Sustainable Development Goal 15.3 por Reith, J.A.

“…To nonetheless achieve LD neutrality until 2030, spatial planning should focus on hotspot areas and implement sustainable land management practices.…”
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Evaluation of some quality parameters of cassava starch and soy protein isolate matrices during deep fat frying in soybean oil por Omidiran, A.T., Sobukola, O.P., Sanni, S.A., Sanni, L.O., Adebowale, A.A., Shajobi, A.O., Kulakow, Peter A.

“…Snack industry is recently focused on the production of snacks with minimal oil content and enhanced quality attributes which prompted the need to study the changes in snack matrices produced from cassava starch processed from three varieties of cassava roots (TMS‐950289, TME‐419, and TMS‐30572) and soy protein isolate blends fried in soybean oil. …”
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Population status of Boswellia papyrifera woodland and prioritizing its conservation interventions using multi-criteria decision model in northern Ethiopia por Gidey, T., Hagos, D., Juhar, H.M., Solomon, N., Negussie, A., Crous-Duran, J., Oliveira, T.S., Abiyu, A., Palma, J.H.

“…Data related to the potential intervention alternatives and their evaluating criteria were collected from experts, personal experiences and intensive literature reviews, and then validated using stakeholders’ focus group discussion. Four candidate alternatives were then considered for the AHP: 1) free grazing with no tapping resting period (FGNTR), 2) free grazing with a rotational tapping (FGRT), 3) area exclosure with medium tapping resting period (AEMTR), and 4) area exclosure with long tapping resting period (AELTR). …”
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Ethnobotanical evaluation and agro-morphological of eleven priority plant species for food security in northwestern Benin, northwest Benin. por Wabi, Faroukou, Boedecker, Julia

“…Thus the role of local food diversity in improving this scourge becomes obvious. This study focused on the ethnobotanical aspect and agronomic characterization of eleven species considered a priority for ensuring food security in northwestern Benin. …”
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Demand for Taenia solium cysticercosis vaccine: Lessons and insights from the pig production and trading nodes of the Uganda pig value chain por Ouma, Emily A., Dione, Michel M., Mtimet, Nadhem, Lule, Peter M., Colston, A., Adediran, S., Grace, Delia

“…The current pig marketing system does not reward food safety, the focus is mainly on carcass weight. Alternative delivery mechanisms for the vaccine through a mix of private–public investments needs to be explored, as the benefits of vaccinated pigs are societal and include reduction and elimination of neurocysticercosis in the long run.…”
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Exploring the Acceptability and Feasibility of Integrating Vitamin A Rich Sweetpotato into AnteNatal Care Services in Western Kenya: Results from Operations Research Conducted duri... por Machira, Y.

“…Methods: We explored the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention through 42 interviews with nurses, Community Health Extension Workers (CHEW), vine multiplers (VM), agriculture extension agents, both from the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and non-Governmental Organization (NGO) partners, and district-level health and agriculture officials as well as Chiefs; and 24 focus group discussions with Community Health Workers (CHW), pregnant and lactating women, and their husbands. …”
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Determinants of climate change adaptation and perceptions among small-scale farmers of Embu County, Eastern Kenya por Kangai, Ruth, Chitechi, Everlyn Wemali, Koske, James, Waswa, Boaz Shaban, Ngare, Innocent

“…How farmers perceive climate change and its impacts has a strong bearing on how they adapt to the adverse impacts. This paper focused on factors that determine climate change adaptation and perceptions among small-scale farmers of Embu County. …”
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History and progress in genetic improvement for enhancing rice yield in sub-Saharan Africa por Futakuchi, K., Senthilkumar, Kalimuthu, Arouna, A., Vandamme, Elke, Diagne, M., Zhao, D., Manneh, B., Saito, Kazuki

“…This paper provides an overview of historical efforts of genetic improvement in SSA focused on improving rice productivity. It further describes yield gain of new rice varieties evaluated in recent field experiments in four selected breeding target domains, and summarizes adoption studies on rice varieties. …”
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Consumer perceptions of food safety in animal source foods choice and consumption in Nairobi’s informal settlements por Bukachi, S.A., Ngutu, M., Muthiru, A.W., Lépine, A., Kadiyala, S., Domínguez-Salas, Paula

“…The Food Environments Working Group (FEWG) Framework of the Agriculture and Nutrition for Health academy (ANH) was used to guide the study which utilized qualitative methods namely, 60 in-depth interviews (IDIs), 19 focus group discussions, and 19 key informant interviews (KIIs) complemented by unstructured observations. …”
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Monitoring of Suspended Sediments in a Tropical Forested Landscape With Citizen Science por Njue, N., Gräf, J., Weeser, B., Rufino, Mariana C., Breuer, Lutz, Jacobs, S.R.

“…Future citizen science projects should focus on motivation and engagement strategies and the application of robust methods with improved detection limits and resolution to advance hydrological monitoring.…”
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Priority interventions for transformational change in the Sahel por Abberton, Michael T., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Ademonla, Djalal A, Asiedu, R., Ayantunde, A.A., Bayala, Jules, Cofie, Olufunke O., Kane Potaka, Joanna, Zwart, Sander J., Tabo, Ramadjita, Tenkouano, A., Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain T., Togola, A., Whitbread, Anthony M., Worou, Omonlola N., Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Several scaling approaches and technological solutions have been demonstrated to be effective and this document outlines proposed priority actions to achieve higher adoption of climate smart agriculture through Public-Private-Partnerships. A particular focus will be on the role of women and youth, both through improved household nutrition (and other attendant health and development benefits) and through improved job creation and wealth generation in various components of selected value chains. …”
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A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings por Ngwili, Nicholas, Johnson, N., Wahome, R., Githigia, S., Roesel, Kristina, Thomas, Lian F.

“…Methodology The study used a mixed method approach combining systematic literature review (SLR) and key informant interviews (KII). The SLR focused on studies which implemented T. solium control programmes and was used to identify the contextual factors and enabling environment relevant to successful inception, planning and implementation of the interventions. …”
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