Resultados de búsqueda - "Global South"

Rural women reviving forgotten crops por Najjar, Dina, Amoak, Daniel

“…Yet they are vital to sustaining agri-food systems, particularly in the Global South. On International Day of Rural Women, we honor rural women for their invaluable contributions to advancing agriculture in the face of accelerating climate change.…”
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Empowering Agriculture through Agro-Climate Advisory Services: A Pathway to Resilience in Ethiopia por Rettie, Fasil M, Ndour, Adama, Gardi, Mekides W, Seid, Jemal

“…Scaling up and institutionalizing robust Agro-Climate Advisory (AgCA) systems is critical for building resilient agricultural systems, safeguarding food security, and improving the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and across the Global South.…”
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Regulation by territorialization: the political ecology of conservation & development territories por Bassett, T.J., Gautier, D.

“…Introduction Under the banners of environmental conservation, food security, and sustainable development, a diverse group of public and private actors is busily dividing the global South into conservation and development territories at a variety of scales. …”
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Bundling socio-technical innovations to empower women as partners and drivers of climate change solutions por Nchanji, Eileen, Puskur, Ranjitha, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Ketema, Dessalegn Molla, Gartaula, Hom Nath, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Mapedza, Everisto D., Johnstone, Kevin, Barrett, Sam

“…The CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality (HER+: Harnessing Gender and Social Equality for Resilience in Agri-food systems) aims to achieve climate resilience by strengthening gender equality and social inclusion across food systems in the Global South. Together with partners, the initiative supports women to increase their agency and to acquire and gain control over resources. …”
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Linking weather and climate information services (WCIS) to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices por Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Tinashe Lindel Dirwai, Cuthbert Taguta, Aidan Senzanje, Abera, Wuletawu, Ajit Govid, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott, Aynekulu, Ermias, Chimonyo, Vimbayi Grace Petrova

“…Specifically, it addresses the following questions: (1) What is the current status of knowledge on WCIS and CSA in the global south, specifically the African continent?, (2) Are WCIS effectively tailored and linked to CSA practices and technologies to improve agricultural water management (AWM) amongst smallholder farmers?…”
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Controlled Environment Agriculture for sustainable development: A call for investment and innovation por CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…There is a need for innovation in policy, technology and business practices to scale up CEA in the Global South sustainably and equitably.…”
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Agroecological transitions in value chains – A multiple case analysis por Charry, Andres, Vargas, Alejandra, Narjes, Manuel, Gonzalez, Carolina

“…While evidence underscores its potential impacts, there is a critical knowledge gap regarding the successful scaling of agroecological practices, particularly in the global south. The CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology (AE-I), aims at understanding the mechanisms conducive to the adoption and expansion of agroecological principles across diverse landscapes, including market- type interventions such as value chain (VC) and business models (BM) development.…”
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How to achieve impact from research por Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

“…This carousel highlights how CGIAR Climate Security research translated into 12 major policy and operational outcomes across the Global South between 2023 and 2024. Examples include integrating climate security into Zambia’s Green Growth Strategy, supporting climate-resilient livelihoods for refugees with the World Food Programme in Jordan, informing UNHCR’s global efforts to protect people on the climate frontlines, and shaping Kenya’s national climate action plan. …”
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High-level dialogue deliberated solutions for gender equality and climate resilience in Africa por Wong, Madeline

“…That was the key message delivered at the 1st high-level dialogue on gender and climate change in Africa at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12 October 2022, convened by CGIAR’s Gender Equality (HER+) initiative, designed to address gender challenges in Global South food systems affected by climate change.…”
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Strengthening women’s resilience and participation in climate governance in the agri-food sector through public policies por Mohammed, Kamaldeen, Najjar, Dina, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…Women are vulnerable to adverse climate change impacts and their active involvement and decision-making in the climate change and agrifood governance is limited, especially in the Global South. New research based on a strategic review of literature conducted as part of CGIAR research initiative HER+: Harnessing gender and social equality for resilience in agrifood systems indicate that public policies are vital instruments towards improving women’s participation in climate change governance and enhancing their resilience.…”
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‘Cellphilms’ and ‘photovoice’: How visual tools can help understand farmers’ adaptation to climate change por Kawerau, Laura, Birner, Regina

“…Use of mobile phones holds great promise for identifying and understanding gendered climate change adaptation strategies in rural areas of the Global South. Our authors describe the methodology and results of a case study with women, men and youth farmers in Uganda demonstrating the benefits and challenges that need to be addressed.…”
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Report of CGIAR Digital Transformation Accelerator Strategy dialogue por Ojanji, Wandera, Dhulipala, Ram

“…The dialogue introduced the vision, strategy, and flagship initiatives of DTA, an ambitious new CGIAR accelerator focused on harnessing digital innovation, artificial intelligence (AI), and big data to address global challenges in agriculture and sustainability, particularly in the global South.…”
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Is aquaculture pro-poor? Empirical evidence of impacts on fish consumption in Bangladesh por Toufique, K.A., Belton, Ben

“…Aquaculture is widely held to contribute to poverty reduction and food security in the Global South, but robust evidence is limited. Using nationally representative data from Bangladesh, this study analyses changes in fish consumption from 2000 to 2010. …”
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Speech recognition, machine translation, and corpus analysis for identifying farmer demands and targeting digital extension por Jones-Garcia, Eliot

“…The increasing capabilities of Artificial Intelligence-augmented data analytics present significant opportunities for agricultural extension organizations operating in the Global South. In this project, we supported Farm Radio International (FRI) in investigating the possibility of automating the process of translating and analyzing farmers' voice message data. …”
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Guidance on farmer participation in the design, testing and scaling of agricultural innovations por Pawera, Lukas, Manickam, Ravishankar, Wangungu, Carolyne, Bonnarith, Uon, Schreinemachers, Pepijn, Ramasamy, Srinivasan

“…Despite accelerated developments in agricultural innovations, there has been a limited progress in their adoption by smallholder farmers, especially in the Global South. Innovations are not adequately reaching farmers, and new technologies are often unsuitable for farmers, or the overall innovation landscape is discouraging the deployment of innovations at scale. …”
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Participatory AI for inclusive crop improvement por Lasdun, Violet, Guerena, David Tonatiuh, Ortiz-Crespo, Berta, Mutuvi, Stephen Mutisya, Selvaraj, Michael Gomez, Assefa, Teshale

“…Crop breeding in the Global South faces a 'phenotyping bottleneck' due to reliance on manual visual phenotyping, which is both error-prone and challenging to scale across multiple environments, inhibiting selection of germplasm adapted to farmer production environments. …”
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Scenarios for change: Digital technologies and the future of food, land, and water systems por Arce Gomez, Daniela

“…This blog post presents a foresight workshop led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and IWMI to explore how digital technologies could reshape food, land, and water systems in the Global South. Using design thinking and scenario building, the workshop developed people-centered narratives to inform inclusive, forward-looking strategies. …”
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Rural water for thirsty cities: a systematic review of water reallocation from rural to urban regions por Garrick, D., Stefano, L. de, Yu, Winston, Jorgensen, I., O’Donnell, E., Turley, L., Aguilar-Barajas, I., Dai, X., Souza Leao, R. de, Punjabi, B., Schreiner, B., Svensson, J., Wight, C.

“…Background: Competition for freshwater between cities and agriculture is projected to grow due to rapid urbanization, particularly in the Global South. Water reallocation from rural to urban regions has become a common strategy to meet freshwater needs in growing cities. …”
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Tapping into the environmental co-benefits of improved tropical forages for an agroecological transformation of livestock production systems por Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Douxchamps, Sabine, Villegas, Daniel Mauricio, Arango, Jacobo, Paul, Birthe K., Burkart, Stefan, Rao, Idupulapati M., Kettle, Christopher J., Rudel, Thomas, Vásquez, Eduardo, Teutscherova, Nikola, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Wironen, Michael, Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet, Louhaichi, Mounir, Hassan, Sawsan, Oberson, Astrid, Nyawira, Sylvia S., Pinares-Patino, Cesar S., Peters, Michael

“…Livestock are critical for incomes, livelihoods, nutrition and ecosystems management throughout the global South. Livestock production and the consumption of livestock-based foods such as meat, cheese, and milk is, however, under global scrutiny for its contribution to global warming, deforestation, biodiversity loss, water use, pollution, and land/soil degradation. …”
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Identifying behavioural factors influencing waste sorting at source in developing countries: a case study of the RANAS approach to recover organic waste for agriculture in Bukavu por Mathis, M.

“…Waste is present in large quantities in cites of the Global South. To reduce the amount of waste ending up in public spaces and the environment, the largest fraction of the waste, organic waste, should be recovered and transformed to compost to be reused in agriculture. …”
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