Search Results - "Humanism"

Child growth faltering dynamics in food insecure districts in rural Ethiopia by Hirvonen, Kalle, Wolle, Abdulazize, Laillou, Arnaud, Vinci, Vincenzo, Chitekwe, Stanley, Baye, Kaleab

“…In Ethiopia, both wasting and stunting are serious public health concerns, with high human and economic costs. Understanding the dynamics in ponderal and linear growth faltering is critical to inform the design of innovative interventions that can prevent both wasting and stunting in poor and complex settings. …”
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Large-scale school meal programs and student health: Evidence from rural China by Wang, Jingxi, Hernandez, Manuel A., Deng, Guoying

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Conflict and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Myanmar by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…This seems partly due to reduced access to agricultural extension services, which would otherwise help farmers maintain productivity, even with limited capital ownership, through substitution with human capital and skills. Lower mechanization service fees partly mitigate these effects. …”
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Silvopastoral restoration to enhance ecosystem services and increase farmers' income by Louhaichi, Mounir, Gamoun, Mouldi, Hamdeni, Imtinene, Hassan, Sawsan, Slim, Slim, Jamel, Kailene, Ates, Serkan

“…Despite the vital role of SPS in improving the livelihoods of rural people, they are subject to human and climate drivers that can result in reduced productivity. …”
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Understanding Vietnamese chicken farmers’ knowledge and practices related to antimicrobial resistance using an item response theory approach by Nohrborg, S., Thinh Nguyen-Thi, Huyen Nguyen Xuan, Lindahl, Johanna F., Boqvist, S., Järhult, J.D., Magnusson, U.

“…Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a threat to animal and human health, as well as food security and nutrition. …”
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Action on invasive species: Control strategies of Parthenium hysterophorus L. on smallholder farms in Kenya by Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr., Alvarez, Miguel, Ihli, Hanna J., Becker, Mathias, Heckelei, Thomas

“…(Asteraceae) is an invasive alien weed with detrimental effects on agricultural production, biodiversity, human and animal health, threating rural livelihoods in Asia and Africa. …”
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Understanding water governance in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: governance framework, coherence and practices by Jibat, E., Senbeta, F., Zeleke, T., Hagos, Fitsum

“…The Ethiopian Central Rift Valley (CRV) is rich in water resources, but these water resources are currently under severe strain owing to an imbalance in human-water interactions. This study examined the state of water resources governance framework, policy coherence, actors’ engagement and transparency, accountability, and participation in irrigation water supply in the CRV of Ethiopia. …”
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The nutritional benefits of cash transfers in humanitarian crises: Evidence from Yemen by Kurdi, Sikandra

“…At the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 the long-standing divide between humanitarian and development approaches was challenged with a call for responses that both meet immediate needs and protect human capital for eventual recovery. In this regard, the use of cash transfers in humanitarian settings is an emerging trend; however, it has been limited by a lack of evidence on how well cash transfers improve nutritional outcomes given the challenges of conducting rigorous evaluations in a crisis context. …”
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Will promotion of agricultural mechanization help prevent child labour? by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, International Food Policy Research Institute, Vos, Rob, Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…The FAO-IFPRI study, of which this brief is a summary, focuses on the use of tractors because they are among the most versatile farm mechanization tools and are universal power sources for all other driven implements and equipment in agriculture, with significant potential to replace animal draught power and human power, including children’s muscle power. Tractor use is typically also the first type of machine-powered equipment in use at lower levels of agricultural development, the context where most child labour is found. …”
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TNF-a mediates the development of anaemia in a murine Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection, but not the anaemia associated with a murine Trypanosoma congolense infection by Naessens, Jan, Kitani, H., Nakamura, Y., Yagi, Y., Sekikawa, K., Iraqi, F.A.

“…In contrast, during an infection with the human pathogen Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, the number of red blood cells in TNF-α-deficient mice remained significantly higher than in the wild type mice. …”
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COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: From reopening to recovery: Alternative pathways and impacts on sectors, jobs, and households by Breisinger, Clemens, Raouf, Mariam, Wiebelt, Manfred, Kamaly, Ahmed, Karara, Mouchera

“…Although the global economy is forecasted to shrink by 4.4 percent in 2020 (IMF 2020), the Egyptian economy is proving resilient to the immense human and financial costs caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Symposium policy note 4: Moving nutrition further up the development priority list in Egypt by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Addressing all forms of malnutrition – both undernutrition and overnutrition – remains a human and economic development challenge that Egypt must overcome. …”
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Programme de Filets Sociaux Jigisemejiri: Baseline Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In 2014 the Government of Mali began implementing its “Filets Sociaux (Jigisémèjiri)” program that aims at reducing poverty and improving human capital accumulation through targeted cash transfers, accompanying measures (or trainings), and preventive nutrition packages. …”
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Understanding veterinary drug shop workers' knowledge and practices to identify drivers of antibiotic use in Vietnamese livestock farms by Nohrborg, S., Thinh Nguyen-Thi, Huyen Nguyen Xuan, Yen Luu Thi Hai, Lindahl, Johanna F., Boqvist, S., Järhult, J.D., Magnusson, Ulf

“…Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a One Health issue and a major threat to animal and human health. Antibiotic use (ABU) drives AMR development, and several hotspots for ABU, and AMR, in livestock have been identified in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. …”
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Micronutrient-rich food consumption, intra-household food allocation and child stunting in rural Nigeria by Fadare, Olusegun, Mavrotas, George, Akerele, Dare, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo

“…The combined effect of micronutrient-rich food consumption and vitamin A supplementation was stronger on the likelihood of stunting reduction than the separate effect of each.Assets ownership, human capital and knowledge of micronutrient-rich foods improve consumption of micronutrient-rich foods among the study population. …”
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Priority interventions to improve maternal and child diets in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by Masters, William A., Rosettie, Katherine L., Kranz, Sarah, Pedersen, Sarah H., Webb, Patrick, Danaei, Goodarz, Mozaffarian, Dariush, Covic, Namukolo, Mavrotas, George

“…We assembled 41 stakeholders in 2 regional workshops and followed a prespecified protocol to elicit programme designs listing the human and other resources required, the intervention's mechanism for impact on diets, target foods and nutrients, target populations, and contact information for partners needed to implement the desired programme. …”
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Resource allocation for agricultural research in South Asia: Trends, challenges, and policy implications by Stads, Gert-Jan

“…This trend was largely driven by India, which has the highest investment levels and strongest human resource capacity in agricultural research South Asia by far (in terms of absolute size, average qualification levels of researchers, and the scientific outputs they produce). …”
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Stories of Change: Rwanda: Understanding how Rwanda created an enabling environment for improvements in nutrition and the challenges that remain by Iruhiriye, Elyse, Olney, Deanna K., Ramani, Gayathri V., Heckert, Jessica, Niyongira, Emmanuel, Frongillo, Edward A.

“…Understanding the context-specific causes of child malnutrition, including those related to political commitment and program and policy coherence, is essential for effectively reducing the prevalence of nutrition-related problems such as stunting and anemia and their subsequent negative impacts on human and national development. Between 2005 and 2015 Rwanda made substantial progress in reducing malnutrition, reducing stunting and anemia among children < 5 years of age by 14 and 15 percentage points, respectively. …”
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Aspirations and women’s empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan by Kosec, Katrina, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Mirkasimov, Bakhrom, Song, Jie

“…It can increase household income and asset wealth by ensuring that women are economically active and have high levels of human capital; increase technical efficiency on the farm; and improve health, nutrition, and education outcomes for children. …”
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Welfare and poverty impacts of aquaculture growth by Rashid, Shahidur, Minot, Nicholas, Lemma, Solomon

“…Aquaculture is one of the world’s fastest growing food-producing sectors, and its share in global fish consumption by humans is projected to grow to more than 60 percent by 2030 (FAO 2014). …”
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