Resultados de búsqueda - "Humanism"

Genetic biofortification to enrich rice and wheat grain iron: From genes to product por Ludwig, Yvonne, Slamet-Loedin, Inez H.

“…The micronutrient iron (Fe) is not only essential for plant survival and proliferation but also crucial for healthy human growth and development. Rice and wheat are the two leading staples globally; unfortunately, popular rice and wheat cultivars only have a minuscule amount of Fe content and mainly present in the outer bran layers. …”
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Genomics, physiology, and molecular breeding approaches for improving salt tolerance por Ismail, Abdelbagi M., Horie, Tomoaki

“…Increased salinization caused by human practices and climate change is progressively reducing agriculture productivity despite escalating calls for more food. …”
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Open access resources for genome-wide association mapping in rice por McCouch, Susan R., Wright, Mark H., Tung, Chih-Wei, Maron, Lyza G., McNally, Kenneth L., Fitzgerald, Melissa, Singh, Namrata, DeClerck, Genevieve, Agosto-Perez, Francisco, Korniliev, Pavel, Greenberg, Anthony J., Naredo, Ma. Elizabeth B., Mercado, Sheila Mae Q., Harrington, Sandra E., Shi, Yuxin, Branchini, Darcy A., Kuser-Falcão, Paula R., Leung, Hei, Ebana, Kowaru, Yano, Masahiro, Eizenga, Georgia, McClung, Anna, Mezey, Jason

“…Increasing food production is essential to meet the demands of a growing human population, with its rising income levels and nutritional expectations. …”
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Income dynamics and pathways out of rural poverty in Bangladesh, 1988-2004 por Nargis, Nigar, Hossain, Mahabub

“…The reduction in poverty appears to be vitally dependent on the enhancement of the endowment of human and physical capital that augments the poor households' capability to better exploit income‐generating opportunities and place the households on a sustainable route out of poverty.…”
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Application of a high-performance liquid chromatography method for the evaluation of non-provitamin A carotenoids por Titcomb, Tyler J., Davis, Christopher R., Tanumihardjo, Sherry A.

“…When monitoring study subject low carotenoid diets during a human maize feeding trial, we prop…”
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Locking crops to unlock investment: Experimental evidence on warrantage in Burkina Faso por Delavallade, Clara Anne, Godlonton, Susan

“…Increased incomes are spent on long-term investments, including human capital expenditures (education), livestock purchases, and investment in agricultural inputs for the subsequent year.…”
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Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content por Severo, Joseana, Santos, Felipe Nardo dos, Samborski, Tarcísio, Rodrigues, Rosane, Mello, Alexandre Furtado Silveira

“…However, biofortified species must be validated for crop production viability, target micronutrient bioavailability and bioaccessibility, as well as the effect of processing on nutrients, so that the benefits to human health are effectively achieved.…”
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Resource degradation, low agricultural productivity, and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: pathways out of the spiral por Ehui, Simeon K., Pender, John L.

“…Nevertheless, some elements will be common to all successful strategies, including assurance of peace and security, a stable macroeconomic environment, provision of incentives through markets where markets function, development of market institutions where they do not, and public and private investment in an appropriate mix of physical, human, natural, and social capital. The differences in strategies across these domains mainly reflect differences in the mix of those investments as influenced by different comparative advantages.…”
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Scaling, improving and supporting participatory rangeland management por Flintan, Fiona E., Sircely, Jason, Nganga, Irene, Eba, Bedasa, Olesikilal, Birikaa

“…In Kenya and Ethiopia some of the sites are co-implemented with the project HEAL (One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods) and AICCRA (Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa).…”
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The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure por Osendarp, Saskia, Haddad, Lawrence, Fabrizio, Cecilia, Andridge, Caroline, Black, Robert E., Brown, Molly E., Bryan, Elizabeth, Campbell, Bruce M., D'Alimonte, Mary, Fanzo, Jessica, Headey, Derek D., Heidkamp, Rebecca, McCarter, Abbe, Menon, Purnima, Michaux, Kristina, Nordhagen, Stella, Silva, Lais Miachon, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

“…Now, in the face of the world's indifference, we are compelled to speak out about the horrifying human-made famine unfolding in Gaza and other conflict areas, including Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen. …”
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Capacity for forestry research in selected countries of West and Central Africa por Spilsbury, M.J., Kowero, G.S., Tchala-Abina, F

“…While there is still a considerable need to invest in the development of human resources and physical infrastructure at the institutional level, governements and development assistance agencies should pay more attention to promoting efficiency and effectiveness of the 'supply' side of research systems (national and regional). …”
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ITTO project PD 12/97 Rev.1 (F) - Forest, science and sustainability: the Bulungan model forest: completion report phase I 1997-2001 por Center for International Forestry Research

“…The first phase focussed on gathering baseline information on the physical and human environment. Specific two objectives are: (1) assessment of the effect of Reduced-Impact Logging (RIL) on biodiversity, conservation, ecology and socio-economics; (2) assesment of rural development trends and future policy options including the effects of macro-level development activities on people dependent on the forest.…”
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A method to assess the outcomes of forest product trade on livelihoods and the environment por Kusters, K., Belcher, B., Ruíz Pérez, M., Achdiawan, R.

“…To assess livelihood outcomes of NTFP trade they used the Sustainable Rural Livelihoods framework and identified indicators to capture changes in financial, physical, natural, human and social assets at the household and community level. …”
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Forest tenure reform in the age of climate change: lessons for REDD+ por Larson, A.M.

“…Numerous authors have stressed the importance of guaranteeing and protecting the tenure and human rights of indigenous and other forest-based communities under schemes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD, or REDD+); and important international indigenous organizations have spoken out strongly against REDD+. …”
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An assessment of the regional and national socio-economic impacts of the 2007 Rift Valley fever outbreak in Kenya por Rich, Karl M., Wanyoike, Francis N.

“…Although Rift Valley fever (RVF) has significant impacts on human health and livestock production, it can also induce significant (and often overlooked) economic losses among various stakeholders in the marketing chain. …”
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Feeding the world in 2050: Trade‐offs, synergies and tough choices for the livestock sector por Smith, Jimmy W., Tarawali, Shirley A., Grace, Delia, Sones, Keith R.

“…The role of livestock systems in future food security is considered in relation to different potential development trajectories of the sector, highlighting opportunities to ensure that livestock’s contribution to global food security is a positive one, which also addresses concerns of environment, equity and human health.…”
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Water-balance approach for assessing potential for smallholder groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa por Pavelic, Paul, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Favreau, G., Villholth, Karen G.

“…At both sites the analysis reveals that there is significant potential for further groundwater development for irrigation whilst allowing provisions for other sectoral uses, including basic human needs and the environment.…”
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Monitoring of Sahiwal and Friesian cattle genetic improvement programmes in Kenya por Mpofu, N., Rege, J.E.O.

“…The use of genetically superior animals is expected to result in improvements in the efficiency of production, which in turn ensures that livestock products are more cheaply available to the human population. It is important to monitor breeding programmes in order to check if targeted improvements are realised for the desired traits and to quantify the impact of the programmes on genetic variation and diversity. …”
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Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal por Maharjan S. K., Sigdel, E. R., Sthapit, B.R., Regmi B.R.

“…Focus Group Discussions (FGD) were organized to collect and analyze vulnerability contexts on climate change and its impact on various sectors like, agriculture, forest, livestock, biodiversity, infrastructure, human casualties and water sources. Similarly, information on available service providers and their contribution was garnered through secondary sources. …”
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Resource recovery from urban waste: options and challenges for community based composting in Sub-Saharan Africa por Cofie, Olufunke O., Drechsel, Pay, Agbottah, S., Veenhuizen, René van

“…It concludes with a framework for the analysis and the planning of recycling interventions in the context of sustainable sanitation, looking in particular at community based options for solid waste and human excreta.…”
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