Resultados de búsqueda - "Humanism"

Characteristics of the world`s cassava production with emphasis on Latin America por Díaz, R.O.

“…About 56 percent of world production is destined for human consumption. The greatest demand for cassava as animal feed is in the EEC; Thailand supplied 90 percent of this demand with chips and pellets. …”
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A new methodology for virtual water level Gauges por Chemin, Yann H.

“…Monitoring water stored in lakes and reservoirs is much needed in various countries for energy generation, food security and mitigating floods, among recurrent global issues. Natural and human-made open water bodies do not all have monitoring systems, this lack of regular information generates uncertainties in modeling, and increases unaccounted time-bound residuals in water balances. …”
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Characterization of indigenous goats types of Eritrea, Nothern and Western Ethiopia. por Alemayehu, N.

“…As a result body size and other qualitative characters are significantly affected by climatic factors to a place where the particular goat type has adapted. Human seclection breeding also contributed for the phenotypic variation of goat types. …”
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Fine mapping of trypanosomosis resistance loci in murine by haplotype approach. por Kamau, J.M.

“…These results indicated that the genetic control of trypanotolerance is complex and the identified QTLs may provide new insights into the pathogenesis of trypanotolerance in mice as well as in livestock and humans.…”
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Putting violent armed conflict in the center of the Salween hydropower debates por Suhardiman, Diana, Rutherford, J., Bright, S. J.

“…Contesting the general belief that economic development would help the country’s transition to full democracy and achieve peace, it illustrates how hydropower development plans in the basin are closely interlinked with human rights issues. Well known for its long histories of violent conflict involving the Myanmar military and ethnic armed groups in various states, hydropower development in the Salween River is not only linked to the ongoing peace process in Myanmar but could also have direct implications on the actual significance of the process. …”
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Tailoring bioinformatics for the genetic improvement of orphan crops por Gedil, Melaku A

“…Research institutions in developing nations should invest in bioinformatics capacity building in terms of human resources and infrastructure development in addition to forging strong partnerships with advanced research institutes.…”
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Review of immunological methods for the quantification of aflatoxins in peanut and other foods por Waliyar, Farid, Reddy, S.V., Kumar, P. Lava

“…It isimportant to be able to detect and quantifyaflatoxins in commodities to protect human andanimal health. Many different methods, includingantibody-based ones, are available for quantita-tive estimation of aflatoxins. …”
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Assessing the Hydrology of a Data-Scarce Tropical Watershed Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool por Winfred, B. M., Japhet, J. K.

“…Pressures on land and water resources in the watershed are increasing mainly as a result of human activities, and understanding the hydrological regime is deemed necessary. …”
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Effect of sorting on incidence and occurrence of fumonisins and Fusarium verticillioides on maize from Nigeria por Afolabi, C.G., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Leslie, John F., Ekpo, E.J.

“…Fumonisin mycotoxins are commonly found on maize and pose a health risk to humans and domesticated animals. Visible sorting of grain has been suggested as a simple technique that can be used to reduce exposure to fumonisins. …”
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Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services in Costa Rica por Locatelli, Bruno, Imbach, P. A, Wunder, Sven

“…Ecosystems services have become a key concept in understanding the way humans benefit from ecosystems. In Costa Rica, a pioneer national scheme of payment provides compensation for forest conservation that is assumed to jointly produce services related to biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, water and scenic beauty, but little is known about the spatial correlations among these services. …”
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Minimizing Risks of Invasive Alien Plant Species in Tropical Production Forest Management por Padmanaba, M., Corlett, Richard T.

“…Timber production is the most pervasive human impact on tropical forests, but studies of logging impacts have largely focused on timber species and vertebrates. …”
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Cowpea in traditional cropping systems por Mortimore, M., Singh, B., Harris, F., Blade, S.

“…The answer to this paradox may lie in cowpea's labor complementarity with the major grain crops, and its value for human diets, livestock fodder, and soil nutrient interactions. …”
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Is long-term protection useful for the regeneration of disturbed plant communities in dry areas? por Tarhouni, Mohamed, Walid Ben Hmida, Walid, Belgacem, Azaiez, Louhaichi, Mounir, Neffati, Mohamed

“…In dry areas, natural plant communities are mainly affected by climatic stress and human disturbances – overgrazing, ploughing and biomass harvesting – that accelerate their degradation. …”
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Influence of rootstock and cultivar on bioactive compounds in citrus peels por Cano, Antonio, Bermejo, Almudena

“…BACKGROUND: Citrus fruits have a beneficial effect on human health because of their nutritional and antioxidant properties, and their consumption is associated with a decrease in the incidence of cardiovascular disease and reduced risk of certain cancers. …”
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Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico por Alondra Flores, Silvia, Cuevas Guzmán, Ramon, Olvera Vargas, Miguel, Casanoves, Fernando, Olson, Elizabeth-Anne, y 14 autores más.

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Institutional development plan 1995-2002

“…Five processes have been identified that, working together, will contribute to transforming CATIE from a Center that is financially unstable, with serious constraints on its ability to set its own research, education and outreach agendas, into a Center that is able to efficiently use and build on its experience in these areas to contribute to sustainable development in its member countries and the rest of tropical America. 1) Strengthen the technical areas with human and financial resources 2) refocus the Center’s research and education programs greater emphasis on outreach and problem solving 3) place socioeconomic concerns, and gender, indigenous and minority issues prominently on the agenda of the Center’s research, education, management and outreach programs 4) establish a constructive relationship with the international donor community 5) institute a program of measures aimed at strengthening the Center’s core budget in order to insure financial and operational stability. …”
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Inventario de recursos, área del Programa de Diversificación de Turrialba. Inventario de recursos, cantón de Turrialba por Tunarosa M, V.

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Gestión de bases de datos forestales por Salgado, Jenny

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Successional cocoa agroforests of the Amazon-Orinoco-Guiana shield por Somarriba, Eduardo, Lachenaud, Philippe

“…“Wild” cocoa stands resulting from human intervention and disturbance of the local forest ecosystem are called subspontaneous cocoa stands. …”
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Genetic variation in common cattail (Typha latifolia) in southern Sweden por Fahlgren, David

“…Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia are wide spread perennial aquatic plants that have long history of being used by humans as a food source (rich in starch) and for raw material but they are not used much today. …”