Resultados de búsqueda - "Focusing"

What traits of collaboration networks are associated with project success? The case of two CGIAR agricultural research programs for development por Plex Sulá, A.I., De Col, Valentina, Etherton, B.A., Yanru Xing, Agarwal, A., Ramić, L., Bonaiuti, Enrico, Friedmann, M., Proietti, Claudio, Thiele, Graham, Garrett, Karen A.

“…For both GLDC and RTB, the countries that were the focus of most research coincided with the program's priority countries. …”
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Evaluation of alternative school feeding models on nutrition, education, agriculture and other social outcomes in Ghana: Rationale, randomised design and baseline data por Gelli, Aulo, Masset, Edoardo, Folson, Gloria, Kusi, Anthony, Arhinful, Daniel K., Asante, Felix, Ayi, Irene, Bosompem, Kwabena M., Watkins, Kristie, Abdul-Rahman, Lutuf, Agble, Rosanna, Anase-Baden, Gertrude, Mumuni, Daniel, Aurino, Elisabetta, Fernandes, Meena, Drake, Lesley

“…The evaluation will follow a mixed-method approach, including child-, household-, school- and community-level surveys as well as focus group discussions with project stakeholders. …”
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Micronutrient policy process in Malawi por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Haggblade, Steven, Mkandawire, Elizabeth, Nankhuni, Flora, Hendriks, Sheryl L.

“…Results indicate that much of the agenda setting for micronutrient policies and programs was triggered by external events that focused on the elimination of micronutrient deficiencies as part of the global development agenda. …”
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Irrigation infrastructure quality management system toolkit for Sub-Saharan Africa using Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda as a case study: volume II – parameter checklist por Amare, Melkamu, Abdella, Y., Seid, Abdulkarim, Haileslassie, Amare

“…Literature from the three focal countries – Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – was reviewed and stakeholder consultations, field visits and focus group discussions were conducted to learn lessons and gain insight to enrich the proposed parameters and checklists. …”
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Nature-based solutions for human and environmental resilience: the case of Dolo Ado and Bokolmayo districts, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia por Mekuria, Wolde, Moges, A., Girma, R., Yakob, G., Teshale, T., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Ruckstuhl, Sandra

“…It used multiple methods, such as an inception workshop, reconnaissance surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and remote sensing techniques to collect and analyze data. …”
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An integrated economic and social analysis to assess the impact of vegetable and fishpond technologies on poverty in rural Bangladesh por Hallman, Kelly, Lewis, David, Begum, Suraiya

“…For example, the survey addressed female empowerment adopters by measuring the frequency of women’s attendance of meetings etc, while the focus groups revealed the importance non-monetary exchange of vegetables between households to maintain social networks and reduce vulnerability. …”
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Pantropical CO2 emissions and removals for the AFOLU sector in the period 1990–2018 por Nyawira, Sylvia S, Herold, Martin, Mulatu, Kalkidan Ayele, Roman-Cuesta, Rosa Maria, Houghton, Richard A., Grassi, Giacomo, Pongratz, Julia, Gasser, Thomas, Verchot, Louis

“…Considering different time periods (1990–1999, 2000–2010, and 2011–2018), we analyse the trend of the fluxes with a key focus on the tropical regions (i.e., Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and South and Southeast Asia). …”
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Scaling climate resilience in Ghana's savannah maize belt: Leveraging smart production, soil technologies, and capacity strengthening por Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Yeboah, Stephen, Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Kyerematen, A.A, Abera, Wuletawu

“…These engagements not only fostered collaboration and support for sustainable agricultural initiatives but also exposed a wider audience to the innovative technologies being implemented. The project also focused on promoting the widespread adoption and scaling of smart production practices across the agroecological zone, thereby enhancing agricultural productivity and sustainability. …”
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From the ground up: Impacts of a pro-poor community-driven development project in Nigeria por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Phillip, Dayo, Mogues, Tewodaj, Pender, John L., Yahaya, Muhammed Kuta, Adebowale, Gbenga, Arokoyo, Tunji, Kato, Edward

“…The decline likely reflects the project?s focus on providing postproduction advisory services and suggests the need for the project to increase its support for soil fertility management and thus limit the potential for land degradation resulting from increased agricultural productivity. …”
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From the ground up: Impacts of a pro-poor community-driven development project in Nigeria por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Phillip, Dayo, Mogues, Tewodaj, Pender, John L., Yahaya, Muhammed Kuta, Adebowale, Gbenga, Arokoyo, Tunji, Kato, Edward

“…The decline likely reflects the project?s focus on providing postproduction advisory services and suggests the need for the project to increase its support for soil fertility management and thus limit the potential for land degradation resulting from increased agricultural productivity. …”
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An assessment of factors influencing consumption patterns of sun-dried vegetables among households in Teso South Sub-County, Kenya por Itaru, Annet Regina, Waswa, L., Jordan, Irmgard, Glas, M.G., Situma, J., Shikuri, R.

“…This cross-sectional study involved collecting quantitative and qualitative data through interviews and focus group discussions. It targeted women from the TIPs (50) and non-TIPs households (50) of the EaTSANE project. …”
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Characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Ragasa, Catherine, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Fasoranti, Adetunji, Omoigui, Lucky

“…Our qualitative assessment suggests that future support for CSS can focus on technical support to raise the ability to engage in broader categories of quality assurance activities in economically viable ways and to improve the awareness and knowledge of different varieties and access to foundation seeds. …”
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Marker-assisted selection strategy to pyramid two or more QTLs for quantitative trait-grain yield under drought por Kumar, Arvind, Sandhu, Nitika, Dixit, Shalabh, Yadav, Shailesh, Swamy, B. P. M., Shamsudin, Noraziyah Abd Aziz

“…The QTL classes, Sub1 + qDTY 1.1 + qDTY 2.1 + qDTY 3.1 and Sub1 + qDTY 2.1 + qDTY 3.1 in Swarna-Sub1, Sub1 + qDTY 1.1 + qDTY 1.2 , Sub1 + qDTY 1.1 + qDTY 2.2 and Sub1 + qDTY 2.2 + qDTY 12.1 in IR64-Sub1, qDTY 2.2 + qDTY 4.1 in Samba Mahsuri, Sub1 + qDTY 3.1 + qDTY 6.1 + qDTY 6.2 and Sub1 + qDTY 6.1 + qDTY 6.2 in TDK1-Sub1 and qDTY 12.1 + qDTY 3.1 and qDTY 2.2 + qDTY 3.1 in MR219 had shown better and consistent performance under NS and RS across generations over other QTL classes Deployment of this procedure will save time and resources and will allow breeders to focus and advance only germplasm with high probability of improved performance. …”
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Poverty and water management in the Sao Francisco river basin: Preliminary assessments and issues to consider por Vosti, S.A., Torres, M.

“…While poverty is central to our research, training, and outreach mandates, it is also interesting to focus attention on municípios that are less poor, in part because we may learn something from these less-poor municípios that may be useful to their more-poor counterparts. …”
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Experimentation and model-based re-design for sustainable intensification of mixed crop-livestock smallholder farms in the Mixteca-Oaxaqueña region, Mexico por Reyna-Ramírez, Cristian Alejandro, Fuentes-Ponce, Mariela, Rossing, Walter A.H., Groot, Jeroen C.J., López-Ridaura, Santiago

“…The proposed redesign responded to the need to increase income and improve the balance of organic material and nitrogen and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The proposals focused on increasing the sale of animals, reducing herd size, promoting grazing on farms, producing forage with irrigation in the dry season, and rational fertilization for the tomato, bean, and maize crops, considering their sales. …”
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Restoration of grazing lands by One CGIAR researchers and partners por Sircely, Jason, Belgacem, Azaiez Ouled, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andres, Arango, Jacobo

“…These rangelands are communal, use and management of which is overseen by local or traditional rangeland management institutions. Livelihoods focus on extensive household milk production, with occasional sales of live animals and products. …”
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Improving the water productivity of livestock: an opportunity for poverty reduction por Peden, Donald G., Tadesse, G., Mammo, M.

“…In Ethiopia, intensification of agricultural production is the primary focus of the government’s poverty reduction strategy. …”
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Livestock and Climate Change: Outlook for a more sustainable and equitable future por Thornton, Philip K., Wollenberg, Eva K., Cramer, Laura K.

“…The multi-dimensional importance of livestock to the livelihoods of at least 1.3 billion people globally has not yet been reflected in development or climate assistance, research focus or the data landscape. 5. Under climate change, there are no one-size-fits-all policy and technological responses, nor are there any silver bullets. …”
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Seed certification, certified seeds use and yield outcomes in Nigeria: Insights from nationally-representative farm panel data and seed company location data por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Ragasa, Catherine, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Andam, Kwaw S., Spielman, David J., Edeh, Hyacinth O., Fasoranti, Adetunji, Haile, Beliyou, Nwagboso, Chibuzo, Omoigui, Lucky O., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Kumar, P. Lava, Wossen, Tesfamicheal

“…CONTEXT Despite the importance of enhanced seed quality to agricultural productivity growth, evidence remains scarce regarding the nature and possible drivers of returns to formal sector quality assurance systems, including certified seeds production in countries like Nigeria that focus significantly on the formal-sector seed systems. …”
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Evaluating the impact of canal restoration in Kotagala, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka por Herath, H. M. M., Alahacoon, Niranga, Sivananthan, Piriyanka, Attoh, Emmanuel M. N. A. N., Amarnath, Giriraj

“…The restoration, completed in 2023 by International Water Management Institute supported through the CGIAR initiatives on Climate Resilience “ClimBeR” ACTION grant and supported by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, focused on rehabilitating a 2 km stretch of the canal running through the. …”
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