Resultados de búsqueda - "Humanism"

Review: The potential of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) as a vehicle for iron biofortification por Petry, Nicolai, Boy, Erick, Wirth, James, Hurrell, Richard F.

“…PA concentrations in beans are high and tend to increase with iron biofortification. Short-term human isotope studies indicate that iron absorption from beans is low, PA is the major inhibitor, and bean PP play a minor role. …”
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Institutional and public expenditure review of Ghana's Ministry of Food and Agriculture por Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Birner, Regina, Benin, Samuel, Horowitz, Leah, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo, Thompson, Nii Moi, Poku, John

“…This public expenditure and institutional review of Ghana's Ministry of Food and Agriculture offers insights on diagnosing limitations to and identifying strategies for improving the capacity of ministries to make effective use of human and financial resources. The review makes use a conceptual framework in which mission and functions, organizational capacity - a combination of structures, processes and resources -and organizational incentives interact to produce organizational performance. …”
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Monitoring and assessing the influence of social, economic and policy factors on sustainable land management in drylands por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Winslow, M., Reed, M. S., Mortimore, M., Mirzabaev, A.

“…The identification of typical socio‐economic and policy cause–effect patterns is a potential means for summarizing complex human–environmental interactions in more insightful ways. …”
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Income diversification in Zimbabwe: welfare implications from urban and rural areas por Ersado, Lire

“…On the other hand, there were significant declines in returns to human and physical capital assets during the same period. …”
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis por Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…As a consequence, their human rights are violated. In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. …”
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis por Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…As a consequence, their human rights are violated. In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. …”
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Less poverty in Egypt? explorations of alternative pasts with lessons for the future por Lofgren, Hans

“…The results indicate that pro-poor redistribution of land and human capital assets could have been a particularly effective tool had Egypt prioritized more strongly to improve the welfare of the poor and reduce inequalities. …”
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Income diversification in Zimbabwe: welfare implications from urban and rural areas por Ersado, Lire

“…On the other hand, there were significant declines in returns to human and physical capital assets during the same period. …”
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[Commentary on] Haas, Jere D. and Thomas Browlie IV. 2001. Evidence that iron deficiency anemia causes reduced work capacity por Horton, Susan, Levin, Carol E.

“…We extend the critical evidence review of human field studies that received disproportionately less attention than the laboratory studies in Haas and Brownlie. …”
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Assessing potential impact of avian influenza on poultry in West Africa: a spatial equilibrium model analysis por You, Liangzhi, Diao, Xinshen

“…This study is based on a spatial equilibrium model that makes use of the most recent spatial distribution data sets for poultry and human populations in West Africa. The study shows that, while most of the attention has focused on preventing global influenza pandemic, preventive measures are also needed at the national, subnational, and local levels, because AI could potentially have a huge negative impact on the poultry industry and the livelihood of smallholder farmers in many regions in West Africa.…”
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Modeling water resources management at the basin level: methodology and application to the Maipo River Basin por Cai, Ximing, Ringler, Claudia, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…The river basin is thus characterized by natural and physical processes but also by human-made projects and management policies. The essential relations within each component and the interrelations among these components in the basin can be represented in an integrated modeling framework. …”
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Identifying the drivers of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction in Honduras por Jansen, Hans G. P., Siegel, Paul B., Pichon, Francisco

“…We focus on household assets (broadly defined to include natural, physical, human, financial, social and locational assets) and their combinations necessary to take advantage of economic opportunities. …”
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The determinants of demand for micronutrients: an analysis of rural households in Bangladesh por Bouis, Howarth E., Novenario-Reese, Mary Jane G.

“…Understanding howhousehold income, food prices, parental education and nutritional knowledge, and culturally-based customs and food preferences interact to determine food consumption patterns (particularly for nonstaple foods), and so micronutrient intake, can provide crucial information for designing policies and intervention programs to improve human nutrition. Within the typical dietary patterns of the Bangladeshi survey population, the key food group with respect to micronutrient consumption is vegetables, providing nearly 95 percent of vitamin A intake, 75 percent of vitamin C intake, and 25 percent of iron intake. …”
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Cotton-textile-apparel sectors of India por Bedi, Jatinder S., Cororaton, Caesar B.

“…In terms of future prospects for the Indian processing, textile, and apparel industries, our analysis emphasizes three dimensions of reform: the need for further investments in human resource development to improve industry productivity and reduce poverty among workers in these sectors, the emergence of modern domestic retail marketing chains, and the potentially vibrant prospects for the industry that arise from a growing domestic fabric demand and new opportunities in world markets if appropriate policies and investments are undertaken.…”
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Child health care demand in a developing country: unconditional estimates from the Philippines por Hallman, Kelly

“…Nonmodern practitioners were used more if they had recently attended an nongovernment- or government-sponsored health training session. Parental human capital and household income increase the utilization of private services. …”
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The potential impact of AIDS on population and economic growth rates. por Brown, Lynn R.

“…AIDS is a human tragedy and a major health problem. The scale of the disease is so large that it now raises questions about the impact of AIDS on the future development path of many of the world’s poorest developing countries. …”
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Agroenvironmental transformation in the Sahel: Another kind of "Green Revolution" por Reij, Chris, Tappan, Gary, Smale, Melinda

“…Women benefited from the improved supply of water, fuelwood, and other tree products. Human, social, and political capital was strengthened in a process of farmer-driven change. …”
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Reducing livestock abortions and calf mortality to improve food security and lower GHG emissions in Tanzania and Kenya por Slater, Annabel, Arndt, Claudia, Balcha, Endale

“…The global livestock sector emits 12% of all GHG emissions associated with human activities, with cattle meat and milk alone contributing 62% of these emissions. …”
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Article 6.8 - COP29 Negotiation Updates por Villarino, Eliza

“…The submission reviews progress from the first phase, which highlighted the critical role of NFPs in coordinating NMAs, promoting mitigation and adaptation efforts, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring respect for human rights and environmental safeguards. Moving into the second phase (2025–2026), the importance of building NFP capacity through Green Climate Fund (GCF) readiness programs, as NFPs are pivotal in facilitating a country-driven process, aligning NMAs with Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and fostering inclusive, sustainable approaches is highlighted. …”
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Harvest index is a key trait for screening drought-tolerant potato genotypes (Solanum tuberosum) por Lozano-Isla, F., Farfan-Vignolo, E.R., Gutierrez, R., Blas, R., Awais, K.

“…Its impact is expected to worsen due to global climate change and human population expansion. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important food crop worldwide, but it is highly susceptible to drought stress. …”
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