Resultados de búsqueda - "Focusing"

Value chain analysis of dairy in Laelay Maychew and Adwa Districts in Central Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia por Tekelyesus, H.

“…This study was aimed at analyzing dairy value chain in Laelay Maychew and Adwa districts of Tigray Region. The main focus was to describe and characterize different value chain actors, functions and services providers along the dairy value chain, to quantify the economic contribution of dairy value chain to actors and to investigate factors of small holder farmer’s participation in dairy value chain. …”
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First report of the occurrence of Trichinella-specific antibodies in domestic pigs in Central and Eastern Uganda por Roesel, Kristina, Nöckler, K., Baumann, M.P.O., Fries, R., Dione, Michel M., Clausen, Peter-Henning, Grace, Delia

“…Previous research on trichinellosis in Africa focused on isolating Trichinella from wildlife while the role of domestic pigs has remained highly under-researched. …”
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How does implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing affect biodiversity research? por Zonneveld, M. van, Loo, J., Maselli, S., Madrid, J.J., Halewood, Michael, Echeverría, J.L.

“…We draw lessons for improving the Nagoya process in subsequent cases. This study focused on understanding the impact of timber harvesting on the regeneration of the most valuable timber species, mahogany, in community-managed forests in the Maya Biosphere Reserve. …”
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Site characterization and systems analysis in Central Mekong por Staal, Steven J., Njiru, Nelly M., Thinh Nguyen, Kihoro, Esther, Karimov, A.A., Teufel, Nils, Wijk, Mark T. van, Ritzema, Randall S.

“…Five regional cases that reflect the diversity across the Central Mekong Action Area are examined and compared. The authors focus on systems at the community or local landscape level, particularly the individual farm household component, and the variation between households within the landscape. …”
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Second-tier community forestry organisations and equitable resource management in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala por Millner, N., Penagaricano, I., Fernández, M., Snook, Laura K.

“…As part of an interdisciplinary project on community forestry in Mesoamerica led by Bioversity International, this paper focuses on the case of the Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén [ACOFOP], a second-tier community organisation founded in the mid-1990s to coordinate and represent first-tier organisations that were granted community concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in the Petén region of Guatemala. …”
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Assessment of fine scale population genetic diversity and regeneration in Congo basin logged forests por Evrard, Q., Dainou, K., Hardy, O., Duminil, J., Lagoute, P., Bracke, C., Doucet, J.L.

“…Method This ongoing study focuses on 10 timber species (Pericopsis elata, Milicia excelsa, Baillonella toxisperma, Entandrophragma cylindricum, E. utile, E. angolense, E. candollei, Afzelia bipindensis, Erythrophleum suaveloens, Terminalia superba). …”
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Gendered perspectives of trees on farms in Nicaragua: Considerations for agroforestry, coffee cultivation, and climate change por Gumucio, Tatiana, Twyman, Jennifer, Clavijo, Mónica

“…The report provides initial insights into the uses and importance that women and men associate with trees on farms, as well as their participation in decision-making on agroforestry activities, in order to support the development of gender-sensitive climate change interventions focused on high value tree crops. In particular, findings suggest that women associate a greater number of household uses with on-farm trees than men. …”
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The quest for tolerant varieties: integration of -omics techniques to understand stress in non-model crops por Carpentier, Sebastien C., Kissel, E., Janial, M., Rouard, M., Zorrilla, J., Swennen, Rony L.

“…As a proof of principle we will present how to use real-time transpiration data of different genotypes in this context. In addition, we will focus on the omics analysis of two genetically diverse cultivars. …”
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Clinical and subclinical mastitis in dairy cattle and buffaloes in Bihar, India: Prevalence, major pathogens and risk factors por Hardenberg, F.

“…As for Bihar, preventive measures should be focused on emphasizing the importance of applying high hygienic standards of housing and milking practices.…”
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An historical review of progress to control key cowpea biotic constraints in Burkina Faso por Dabiré, B.C., Tignegré, J.B., Ba, Malick N., Tamò, Manuele, Sanon, A., Ouédraogo, T.J., Neya, B.J., Muleba, N., Hammond, W., Coulibaly, O.

“…This economically and nutritionally important crop has been a major research focus of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and of several national agricultural research systems (NARS) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and partner universities. …”
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Redesigning Delivery: Boosting Adoption of Coffee Management Practices in Uganda. The climate smart investment pathway approach and the farmer segmentation tool por Jassogne, Laurence T.P., Mukasa, David, Bukomeko, Hannington, Kemigisha, Elizabeth, Kirungi, Diana, Giller, Onno, Asten, Piet J.A. van

“…The CSA training package focuses on planning good agricultural practices in a way that the changing climate is taken into consideration. …”
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Rapid emergency response mapping for the 2016 floods in Kelani river basin, Sri Lanka por Alahacoon, Niranga, Pani, Peejush, Matheswaran, Karthikeyan, Samansiri, Srimal, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…The derived flood maps were overlaid with local administrative division to give specific information on the priority area to the DMC and Air Force authorities to focus relief measures. These rapid response maps can further be used for postdisaster relief policy and damage assessment.…”
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Distribution of maize lethal necrosis disease, its causal viruses and alternative hosts in the north central regions of Tanzania por Mariki, A.

“…Of these two, MCMV is a new virus in the African continent, first recognized in an MLN outbreak in Kenya, whereas SCMV is known to be endemic in Africa. This study focused on understanding the extent of MLN spread in north-central regions of Tanzania by conducting surveys between February and June, 2015. …”
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Agrobiodiversity conservation practices and gender consideration in Sinana District, southeastern Ethiopia por Asseffa, W.

“…Using a semi structured questionnaire, data were collected from 182 female respondents, of which, 91 were married women and 91 female household heads; and 182 were male household heads. In addition twelve focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with farmers’ (three groups per kebele) Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 software to generate descriptive statistics. …”
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Adding value to Africa's cassava in a global environment por Adebayo, K., Abayomi, L., Alacho, O.F., Dziedzoave, N.T., Forsythe, L., Graffham, A.J., Ilona, Paul, Kleih, Uli K., Lamboll, R.I., Mahende, G., Martin, A.M., Onumah, G.E., Posthumus, Helena, Hillocks, R.J., Sanni, Lateef O., Sandifolo, V.S., Sergeant, A., Westby, Andrew

“…The other is increasing the drying capacities for a tropical root crop through appropriate technologies that ensure production of high quality products in required volumes. One focus of the C:AVA project in the near future is to promote transfer of energy efficient Nigerian-made flash drier in collaboration with partners and fabricators from other C:AVA countries (Ghana, Uganda, Malawi and Tanzania). …”
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Participatory crop improvement for intercropped maize on Bari land terraces with trees por Tiwari, T.P, Virk, Daljit S., Sinclair, Fergus L.

“…Participatory trials, where each farmer grew a new variety alongside local varieties, were combined with display trials of all the varieties al five locations. Questionnaires and focus-group discussions were used to assess farmers' evaluation of variet- ies. …”
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Prioritizing climate-smart agriculture practices in Western Kenya. por Mwongera, Caroline, Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley

“…Six farmers were invited from each of the five farm typologies (that had previously been identified by this project): i) smallscale mixed subsistence; ii) medium-scale mixed with commercial horticulture; iii) medium-scale mixed with commercial dairy; iv) medium-scale mixed with commercial cereal; and v) large-scale commercial farming. Separate focus group discussions were held with farmers and local experts, respectively to explore the differences between stakeholders. …”
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Application of secondary nutrients and micronutrients increases crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa por Kihara, Job Maguta, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Nziguheba, Generose, Kinyua, Michael, Zingore, Shamie, Sommer, Rolf

“…In this region, the main focus has been on macronutrients but there is emerging though scattered evidence of crop productivity limitations by the secondary and micronutrients. …”
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Regulation status of quarantine pests of rice seeds in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) por Bachabi, F., Gumedzoe, M.Y.D., Maroya, N.G., Ayenan, M.A.T., Saidou, A., Sere, Y.

“…This review analyzes the different pest regulations in the West African sub-region with a specific focus on the implementation of quarantine measures in rice as a case study. …”
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Complementary feeding practices of children aged 6-23 months in rural area, Southern-Benin: challenges and opportunities por Mitchodigni, I.M., Hounkpatin, Waliou Amoussa, Ntandou-Bouzitou, Gervais D., Termote, Céline, Kennedy, G., Hounhouigan, Djidjoho J.

“…Reinforcing the capacity building of stakeholders focused on child feeding may be a crucial step for child well-being.…”
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