Resultados de búsqueda - "Humanism"

Hunting for sustainability in tropical secondary forests por Parry, L., Barlow, J., Peres, C.A.

“…We investigated sustainability of hunting in an Amazonian landscape mosaic, where a small human population had access to large areas of both primary and secondary forest. …”
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Tree population dynamics of three altitudinal vegetation communities on Mount Cameroon (1989-2004) por Forboseh, P.F., Sunderland, Terry C.H., Comiskey, J.A., Balinga, M.

“…Throughout the study period, the stocking level of trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) = 10 cm in the three forests were lower than in pan-tropical stands suggesting a significant impact of volcanic and human-related activities on the vegetation communities on the mountain. …”
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Policies and institutional and legal frameworks in the expansion of Brazilian biofuels por Andrade, R.M.T., Miccolis, Andrew

“…Questions are being raised about human rights and environmental justice due to poor working conditions, land concentration and displacement of smallholders as well as environmental impacts, especially in South-Central and Northeastern Brazil. …”
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Soils on exposed Sunda Shelf shaped biogeographic patterns in the equatorial forests of Southeast Asia por Slik, J.W.F.

“…This finding makes it clear that proposed biogeographic explanations for plant and animal distributions within Sundaland, including possible migration routes for early humans, need to be reevaluated.…”
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Dual-purpose cowpea for West Africa por Tarawali, Shirley A., Okike, Iheanacho, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Singh, B.B.

“…Dual purpose cowpea varieties enable farmers with little land to obtain human food and livestock feed from the same area. …”
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Herders' perceptions, practice, and problems of night grazing in the Sahel: Case studies from Niger por Ayantunde, Augustine A., Williams, Timothy O., Udo, H.M.J., Fernández Rivera, S., Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Keulen, H. van

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Coping strategies and vulnerability to climate change of households in Mali por Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Diarra, L., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Herrero, Mario

“…The results showed that strategies adapted by agro-pastoral households to cope with climate change vary according to vulnerability factors such as the insufficiency of pastures for livestock, animals’ diseases and death, crop failure caused by erratic rainfall, human sickness, lack of water supply for the livestock, conflicts related to resource use, and several others. …”
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Tree planting for poverty reduction in less-favored areas of the Ethiopian highlands por Holden, S., Benin, Samuel, Shiferaw, B., Pender, J.L.

“…Household welfare and land quality are deteriorating rapidly in the area and interventions are urgently needed to avoid human disaster. Planting of eucalypts on land unsuitable for crop production may substantially increase household incomes if market outlets for trees can be found. …”
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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Makueni – Wote, Kenya (KE0202) por Onyango, Leah, Mango, Joash, Loo, L., Odiwuor, H., Mwangangi, M., Mutua, Edna N., Mutuo, T.

“…Land holdings have become increasingly smaller due to the increase in human population. The government has to frequently provide relief food during times of crisis. …”
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Do ecosystem services influence household wealth in rural Mali? por King, Liebenow D., Cohen M.J., Gumbricht, Thomas, Shepherd, Keith D., Shepherd, G.

“…The impact of ecosystem services on human livelihood is rarely demonstrated. We investigated whether ecosystem services influence household wealth in semi-arid rural Mali, where climate variability and soil degradation were expected to regulate subsistence production. …”
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Sustaining irrigated agriculture for food security: a perspective from Pakistan. por Qureshi, Asad Sarwar, Fatima, A.

“…Humanity is facing an enormous challenge in managing water to secure adequate food production. …”
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A framework for the analysis of gender, intra-household dynamics, and livestock disease control with examples from Uasin Gishu District, Kenya por Curry, J., Huss-Ashmore, R., Perry, Brian D., Mukhebi, A.W.

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Host preference of tsetse: An important tool to appraise the Nagana risk of cattle in the cotton zone of Mali por Hoppenheit, A., Steuber, S., Bauer, B., Ouma, E.M., Diall, O., Zessin, K.H., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…Sequencing and BLASTN® analysis of the remaining samples revealed 19 blood meals matching with existing sequences of the human genome in Genbank®. Two samples originated from crocodiles whereas one was unidentifiable.…”
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A methodology for quantifying global consumptive water use of coffee for sustainable production under conditions of climate change por Eriyagama, Nishadi, Chemin, Yann H., Alankara, Ranjith

“…A sustainable coffee industry is crucial to maintaining global agriculture, trade, human and environmental well-being, and livelihoods. …”
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Estimating environmental flow requirements downstream of the Chara Chara weir on the Blue Nile River por McCartney, Matthew P., Shiferaw, A., Seleshi, Y.

“…The most conspicuous impact of these human interventions is significantly reduced flows over the Tis Issat Falls. …”
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Creating novel approaches to mitigate aflatoxin risk in food and feed with lactic acid bacteria: Fungal growth inhibition por Ahlberg, Sara H., Korhonen, H., Joutsjoki, V.

“…Aflatoxins, produced by Aspergillus fungi, are ubiquitous toxins and they can present a severe health risk to humans and animals if contaminated food and feed is consumed. …”
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A case study of cash cropping in Nepal: poverty alleviation or inequity? por Brown, S., Kennedy, G.

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Integration of physical and genetic maps of common bean through BAC-derived microsatellite markers por Córdoba, J.M., Chavarro, C, Schlueter, JA, Jackson, S.A., Blair, Matthew W.

“…Background: Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important legume for direct human consumption and the goal of this study was to integrate a recently constructed physical map for the species with a microsatellite based genetic map using a BAC library from the genotype G19833 and the recombinant inbred line population DOR364 × G19833. …”
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Measuring the impact of user participation in agricultural and natural resource management research por Johnson, Nancy L., Lilja, Nina, Ashby, Jacqueline A.

“…Mixed methods are used to assess technological, economic, human, and social impacts and the cost implications of incorporating beneficiaries into the research process. …”
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Patterns of participation in farmers' research groups: lessons from the highlands of Southwestern Uganda por Sanginga, Pascal C., Tumwine, Jackson K., Lilja, N.

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