Resultados de búsqueda - "Humanism"

An evaluation of the impact of e-verification on counterfeit agricultural inputs and technology adoption in Uganda por Ashour, Maha, Billings, Lucy, Gilligan, Daniel O., Karachiwalla, Naureen

“…Counterfeit products range from benign fake or adulterated materials to banned substances that are harmful to crops and human health. Counterfeit agricultural inputs directly reduce productivity and, together with the perception of widespread counterfeiting, reduce demand for high-quality inputs. …”
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Capacity assessment for achieving the Agricultural Transformation Agenda in Nigeria por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, Nwafor, Manson, Edeh, Hyacinth O.

“…Lessons from transforming traditional agriculture in the past have shown that for every level of sectoral transformation, corresponding levels of organizational and individual human capacity must be attained as well. This report presents the findings and recom-mendations of a capacity needs assessment study carried out between July and September 2012 in the context of the ATA. …”
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E-learning and development: Lessons from multi-disciplinary capacity strengthening por Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…The paper concludes that enhancing the skills of professionals in developing countries through e-learning programs is imperative to meet the human capacity needs for greater economic development and service delivery.…”
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Threatened by many complex food security problems – agriculture, academic, and government professionals seek new one health research partnerships por Gray, G.C., Thang Nguyen-Tien

“…With modern international trade and the rapid movement of people, animals, and food products, today's risks to food security are increasing worldwide. It is clear that human health, animal health, environmental health, and agriculture are inextricable linked. …”
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Agriculture, Income, and Nutrition Linkages in India: Insights from a Nationally Representative Survey por Bhagowalia, Priya, Headey, Derek D., Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…To do so, we use a relatively recent nationally representative household survey from India, the 2004/05 India Human Development Survey. First we explore the relationships between household income and anthropometric indicators, controlling for a range of other determinants of nutrition. …”
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A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in nonland agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries por Peterman, Amber, Behrman, Julia A., Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…This review focuses on four key areas: (1) technological resources, (2) natural resources, (3) human resources, and (4) social and political capital. …”
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Gender roles in collective management of aquatic resources in Bangladesh por CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…Bangladesh wetlands also have over 2,900 local rice varieties, at least 13 species of edible wetland plants, many other plants that are used for fodder, medicine, mat making and fuel wood, shrimps and crabs used as human food, and molluscs that are used as feed for domestic ducks and in prawn culture. …”
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Impacts of climate change and the end of deforestation on land use in the Brazilian legal amazon por Lapola, David Montenegro, Schaldach, Ruediger, Alcamo, Joseph, Bondeau, Alberte, Msangi, Siwa, Priess, Joerg A., Silvestrini, Rafaella, Soares-Filho, Britaldo Silveira

“…Climate change scenarios vary considerably over the Amazon region, with an extreme scenario projecting a dangerous (from the human perspective) increase of 3.8°C in temperature and 30% reduction in precipitation by 2050. …”
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Investigating economywide and household-level impacts of sector-specific shocks in a poor country: The case of avian flu in Ethiopia por Ayele, Gezahegn, Birol, Ekin, Diao, Xinshen, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Roy, Devesh, Thomas, Marcelle

“…Therefore, allotment of funds to prevent the disease must be justified on the grounds of preventing spread of the disease to human populations in Ethiopia and in other countries where it might have more severe economic and health effects. …”
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Poultry value chains and HPAI in Indonesia: The case of Bogor por Sudarman, Asep, Rich, Karl M., Randolph, Thomas, Unger, Fred

“…However, the entry of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Indonesia beginning in 2003 has had large negative impacts on rural livelihoods, both in terms of the production losses caused by the disease and the fears of its potential spread in humans. At present, HPAI is endemic throughout Indonesia and has affected all parts of the poultry business. …”
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A time of plenty, a world of need: the role of food aid in 2020 por Webb, Patrick

“…Food aid is one of the constants of human experience. The storage of food as public provision against crises is a practice recorded since Babylonian times. …”
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Dynamic externalities and structural change in Kenya por Johnston, Bruce F., Park, Albert

“…This work has emphasized, for example, that increasing returns phenomena such as demand externalities (Murphy, Shleifer, and Vishny 1989a) and human capital spillovers (Romer 1986) can play an important role in leading the growth process. …”
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Why do schooling returns differ so much?: observations and puzzles from Thailand and the Philippines por Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…Both labor — market equilibrium conditions, intra-firm human resource management as well as selection mechanism in education system may differ between the countries, which explain differences in schooling return structure.…”
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A general equilibrium analysis of the welfare impact of PROGRESA por Coady, David, Harris, Rebecca Lee

“…The recently introduced PROGRESA program in Mexico can be interpreted as having multiple objectives, namely, (i) the alleviation of current poverty through the transfer of cash payments to poor households, and (ii) encouraging the accumulation of human capital by these households through the conditioning of these transfers on attendance at school and health centers. …”
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Demand for rainfall-index based insurance: a case study from Morocco por McCarthy, Nancy

“…Finally, estimated coefficients for explanatory variables such as human and physical assets, debt levels, etc. did not have consistent impacts, either across or within regions.…”
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Measuring nutritional dimensions of household food security: Technical guide: strengthening the household food security and nutritional aspects of IFAD poverty alleviation projects... por Morris, Saul Sutkover

“…It is invaluable at the monitoring and evaluation stage because it offers the possibility of directly measuring the human welfare impact of development activities, and also because the information generated can only with some difficulty be manipulated by interested parties. …”
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Population growth and policy options in the developing world por Bongaarts, John, Bruce, Judith

“…The population of the developing world has doubled since 1965 and now stands at 4.8 billion. This growth in human numbers has been a principal cause of a rising demand for food, water, and other life-sustaining resources in the past and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. …”
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What is the potential of cash transfers to strengthen families affected by HIV and AIDS?: A review of the evidence on impacts and key policy debates por Adato, Michelle, Bassett, Lucy

“…A new focus on the vulnerability of families, and threats to the human capital of children with lifelong and intergenerational consequences, has accelerated international, regional, and national commitments to social protection programs in heavily AIDS-affected countries. …”
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Orchestrating seed storage protein and starch accumulation toward overcoming yield–quality trade-off in cereal crops por Cao, Shuanghe, Liu, Bingyan, Wang, Daowen, Rasheed, Awais, Xie, Lina, Xia, Xianchun, He, Zhonghu

“…Achieving high yield and good quality in crops is essential for human food security and health. However, there is usually disharmony between yield and quality. …”
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The evolution of the concept of Multifunctional Landscapes: A systematic literature review protocol por Vanegas Cubillos, Martha, Garcia Cornejo, Elena, Moreno Vargas, Diana Cristina, Castro Nunez, Augusto

“…The review aims to trace this evolution and assess how contemporary MFL applications balance economic production, ecological sustainability, and human wellbeing. The methodology follows PRISMA guidelines and includes a systematic search across multiple academic databases to identify relevant studies. …”
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