Search Results - "Humanism"

Collective action and property rights in fisheries management by Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin, Viswanathan, K. Kuperan, Valmonte-Santos, Rowena

“…s experience highlights (1) the critical role of an appropriate human perception of the situation; (2) the importance of collective action and stakeholder participation at key stages of research, planning, and implementation; (3) the usefulness of structured decision methods for research, planning, and associated debates; and (4) the efficacy of research combined with planning efforts to ensure its utilization and relevance on the one hand and to provide a scientific basis for management planning on the other. --- from Text.…”
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Regional dialogue on renewed policy action for the poorest and hungry in South Asia by Shastry, Paromita, Ahmed, Akhter, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Sharma, Manohar, Fritschel, Heidi

“…Following up on the international conference "Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People" held by IFPRI in 2007 in Beijing, participants in this regional dialogue discussed two key issues: (1) how to secure inclusive income growth and (2) how to enhance the human capabilities of the poorest people. Participants shared experiences and debated how to replicate and scale up successful experiments as well as how to move from research to action and from policy to implementation.…”
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Economywide impact of avian flu in Nigeria – a dynamic CGE model analysis by Diao, Xinshen, Alpuerto, Vida, Nwafor, Manson

“…Since 2006, the infection has spread to 22 states in Nigeria (Monne et al. 2008), and there was recently one confirmed case in humans in the southern state of Lagos in February 2007 (Monne et al. 2008). …”
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Smart Nkunganire System user experience: insights & opportunities by Rabourn, T., Simiyu, M., Mudereri, B.T., Senge, M., Gatari, E., Ogunsami, T., Uzamushaka, S., Sartas, M., Kihoro, E., Kangethe, E., Muzata, B.S., Guchu, W., Kamau, N.E.

“…The methodology used to derive these findings employed a human centered design approach, gathering qualitative data from farmers, Sector Agronomists, and agro-dealers. …”
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Current advances of plant-based vaccines for neurodegenerative diseases by Bravo-Vázquez, Luis Alberto, Mora-Hernández, Erick Octavio, Rodríguez, Alma L., Sahare, Padmavati, Bandyopadhyay, Anindya, Duttaroy, Asim K., Paul, Sujay

“…Moreover, these immunogenic tools have various advantages that make them a viable alternative for preventing and treating NDDs, such as high scalability, no risk of contamination with human pathogens, cold chain free production, and lower production costs. …”
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Measurement of isotopically‐exchangeable Zn in Zn‐deficient paddy soil by Izquierdo, M., Impa, S.M., Johnson-Beebout, S.E., Weiss, D.J., Kirk, G.J.D.

“…Consequently, Zn deficiency is widespread in rice crops and in human populations that subsist on rice. We explored the use of stable isotopic dilution assays for assessing Zn dynamics in submerged paddy soil with two types of strongly Zn‐deficient soil for rice cultivation in the Philippines. …”
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Carotenoids in raw plant materials: by Jaeger de Carvalho, Lucia Maria, Dellamora Ortiz, Gisela Maria, Viana de Carvalho, José Luiz, Gomes de Oliveira, Alcides Ricardo

“…It is also the most active carotenoid, with the highest bioconversibility in the human body. β-Carotene is a suppressor of tumorigenesis in the skin, lung, liver, and colon, promoting the cessation of the cell multiplication cycle. …”
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Development of land rental markets and agricultural productivity growth: the case of northern Ethiopia by Benin, Samuel, Ahmed, Mohamed Hassan, Pender, John L., Ehui, Simeon K.

“…The major factors contributing to the increase in use of land rental arrangements include change in the production environment, change in access to credit, commercialisation of cereal production, change in human capital and change in tenure security. The increase in use of land rental markets has had a positive impact on change in average cereal yields and the impacts associated with increases in use of fixed-rent leases or sharecropping arrangements are not statistically different. …”
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Healing wounds: how the International Research Centers of the CGIAR help rebuild agriculture in countries affected by conflicts and natural disasters by Varma, Surendra, Winslow, Mark

“…Based on case studies from 12 CGIAR Centers, the study then describes major Center contributions and lessons learned in five prominent areas:; Alleviating hunger by rebuilding seed and food systems;; Safeguarding and restoring agrobiodiversity;; Rebuilding human and institutional capacities;; Reducing future vulnerability to these crises; and; Making relief aid more effective and efficient.; It highlights how the Centers’ work addresses the root causes of conflicts and disasters, in addition to providing immediate relief by working together with a diverse group of partners, including donors and relief and development agencies, and by building bridges between the various partners for implementing long-term work plans…”
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A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change-East Africa as a case study by Worsley-Tonks, Katherine E.L., Angwenyi, S., Carlson, C., Cissé, G., Deem, S.L., Ferguson, A.W., Fèvre, Eric M., Kimaro, E.G., Kimiti, D.W., Martins, D.J., Merbold, Lutz, Mottet, A., Murray, S., Muturi, M., Potter, T.M., Prasad, S., Wild, H., Hassell, J.M.

“…Climate change is having unprecedented impacts on human health, including increasing infectious disease risk. …”
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Report on COHESA-Quadripartite joint training on One Health resources, tools, and trainings to support capacity building in the One Health workforce by Yussuf, Buke, Prasarnphanich, O.-O., Mutua, Florence K., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Richards, Shauna

“…The One Health (OH) approach recognizes the interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health, and calls for collaborative efforts across these sectors to tackle complex and emerging health threats. …”
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Strengthening women’s resilience and participation in climate governance in the agrifood sector through public policies: A strategic review of literature by Mohammed, Kamaldeen, Najjar, Dina, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…Facilitating women’s access to agrifood resources, human capital, and economic opportunities, as well as addressing harmful gender norms, are identified as effective strategies to build resilience. …”
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Slowly digestible starch: a biochemical engineering perspective on functional food development and metabolic health by Raghunathan, Rakesh, Farahnaky, Asgar, Majzoobi, Mahsa, Chandrapala, Jayani, Brennan, Charles, Eri, Rajaraman, Rustagi, Sarvesh, Pandiselvam, R.

“…Starch, a primary carbohydrate in staple foods, consists of amylose and amylopectin and plays a critical role in human metabolism. However, native starch exhibits limitations in the food industry, such as poor stability and high retrogradation rates, prompting the need for various modification techniques. …”
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The Capacity of a Household Farming System with Women’s Decision and Action-Making Power: Rural Marginal Areas in Morocco by Alary, Veronique, Romagny, Bruno, Najjar, Dina, Aderghal, Mohammed, Moisseron, Jean-Yves

“…Nowadays, women’s contribution to society through their social and human involvement at the household level in terms of education, care, and nutrition, as well as their added value to economic functioning, is increasingly recognized. …”
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Habitat suitability modeling of a nearly extinct rosewood species (Dalbergia odorifera) under current, and future climate conditions by Jiuxin, Lai, Minliang, Fang, Yu, Liu, Huang, Ping, Gaisberger, Hannes, Li, Changhong, Zheng, Yongqi, Li, Furong

“…In conclusion, the main limits for the distribution of D. odorifera are determined by the level of precipitation and human activities. The results of this study indicate that the coasts of southern China and Chongqing will play a key role in the protection and restoration of D. odorifera in the future.…”
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From Pixels to Planting Dates: Using the AgWise Remote-sensing Framework to Automate Maize Planting-date Detection by Dastidar, Payel Ghosh, Srivastava, Amit, Leroux, Louise

“…This automation not only eliminates human labour and subjectivity, but it also allows for near-real-time insights necessary for policy planning, early warning systems, and adaptive crop management.…”
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Action research with local forest users and managers: global lessons from CIFOR’s research on Adaptive Collaborative Management by Prabhu, Ravi, Colfer, C.J.P., Diaw, C., McDougall, C., Fisher, R.

“…The most sensitive livelihood capitals to the action research, possibly because they were primary foci of the research, were human and social capitals. The ACM research shows the importance of shared or social learning as a driver of change in the action research. …”
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Rift Valley Fever Virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: The entomologic investigations by Sang, R., Kioko, E., Lutomiah, J., Warigia, M., Ochieng, C., O'Guinn, M., Lee, J.S., Koka, H., Godsey, M, Hoel, D., Hanafi, H., Miller, B., Schnabel, D., Breiman, R.F., Richardson, J.

“…In December 2006, Rift Valley fever (RVF) was diagnosed in humans in Garissa Hospital, Kenya and an outbreak reported affecting 11 districts. …”
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options by Nelson, Gerald C., Rosegrant, Mark W., Palazzo, Amanda, Gray, Ian, Ingersoll, Christina, Robertson, Richard D., Tokgoz, Simla, Zhu, Tingju, Sulser, Timothy B., Ringler, Claudia, Msangi, Siwa, You, Liangzhi

“…The food price spike of 2008, with its consequent food riots and resulting political changes in several countries, awoke the world’s leaders to the re-emergence of this threat to human well-being and social harmony. The excessive heat and drought in Russia that led to the 2010 wildfires and grain embargo, as well as the unprecedented floods in Pakistan, signal more trouble ahead. …”
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Improving food security and safety through use of edible by-products from wild game by McCrindle, C.M.E., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Heeb, A.W., Zárate, Anne Valle, Ramrajh, S.

“…Seven professional and nine recreational hunters were interviewed, a game harvest and trophy hunt attended and literature reviewed, in order to describe the food value chain for game and ways in which edible by-products could be legally channelled into the human food chain, rather than being left in the field for scavengers. …”
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