Search Results - "Humanism"

Dairy intensification, mothers and children: An exploration of infant and young child feeding practices among rural dairy farmers in Kenya by Wyatt, Amanda, Yount, Kathryn M., Null, Clair, Ramakrishnan, Usha, Girard, Aimee Webb

“…Agricultural strategies such as dairy intensification have potential to improve human nutrition through increased household food security. …”
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Extent and drivers of mycotoxin contamination: Inferences from a survey of Kenyan maize mills by Mutiga, S. K., Were, V., Hoffmann, Vivian, Harvey, J. W., Milgroom, M. G., Nelson, R. J.

“…The prevalence of aflatoxin and fumonisin was investigated in maize intended for immediate human consumption in eastern Kenya at a time in 2010 when an aflatoxin outbreak was recognized. …”
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Sustainable intensification of smallholder maize production in northern Ghana: the case of cowpea living mulch technology by Abdul Rahman, N., Larbi, A., Kizito, F., Kotu, B.H., Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.

“…We used Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework (SIAF) to assess the sustainability of the above treatments based on five domains (productivity, economic, environment, human, and social). We conducted the assessment in the following three steps: (1) measured selected indicators from the five SIAF domains, which were useful to answering research question; (2) converted measured values of the indicators into scores using a scale of 0–1; and (3) calculated sustainability index using geometric rules considering each SIAF domain as an edge of a pentagon. …”
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Assessing One Health in Zambia: Necessity, application and operationalisation by Munyeme, Musso, Hamoonga, Raymond, Chitambo, Bertha, Ngoma, Veronica, Maambo, Bhagoos, Nalubamba, King Shimumbo, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Caron, Alexandre, Richards, Shauna

“…It was observed that the OH was mostly accessed by the Ministries responsible for human and animal health. The environment and plant sectors were less represented. …”
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1–10–100: Unifying goals to mobilize global action on antimicrobial resistance by Katwyk, S.R.V., Poirier, M.J.P., Chandy, S.J., Faure, K., Fisher, C., Lhermie, G., Moodley, Arshnee, Sarkar, S., Masika, S., Strong, K., Weldon, I., Hoffman, S.J.

“…The 1–10-100 unifying goals propose to unite the world through a One Health approach to safeguard human health, animal welfare, agrifood systems, and the environment from the emergence and spread of drug-resistant microbes and infections; save over 10 million lives by 2040 through concerted efforts to prevent and appropriately treat infections while preserving the vital systems and services that depend on sustained antimicrobial effectiveness; and commit to ensuring that antimicrobials are available and affordable for all, used prudently, and secured for the future through innovation. …”
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Prioritization, resource allocation and utilization of decision support tools in animal health: Results of qualitative interviews with experts by Amenu, Kebede, Daborn, C., Huntington, B., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Rushton, J., Grace, Delia

“…A semi-structured question guide was formulated based on the information generated in the online questionnaire and a systematic content analysis of animal and human health manuals for disease prioritization and resource allocation. …”
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Genome-wide association study for the level of prolificacy in Cameroon’s native goat by Simo, J.K., Meutchieye, F., Wouobeng, P., Tarekegn, Getinet M., Mutai, Collins, Nandolo, W., Pelle, Roger, Djikeng, Appolinaire, Manjeli, Y.

“…Our findings indicate that GWAS enable the identification of some loci within genes, with known biological functions and pathways in human being and mice animal model but far-ranging to what was previously hypothesized and tested in goat.…”
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Advancing One Health capacities in Mozambique: A case study of COHESA by Araújo, Lucinda de, Chongo, Inocêncio, Magaia, Vlademiro, Gatambire, Aline, Sacarlal, Jahit, Sumbana, José, Tivane, Almiro, Maholela, Plácida, Inlamea, Osvaldo, Caron, Alexandre, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Richards, Shauna, Gudo, Eduardo Samo, Fafetine, José

“…One Health (OH) concept recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, environmental and plant health, and the need for collaboration across these sectors to address health challenges. …”
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Framing behaviour change for sustainable agriculture: themes, approaches, and future directions by Ofosu-Ampong, K., Abera, W., Muller, A., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Boateng, R., Acheampong, B.

“…Despite the growing demand for behaviour change research and the benefit of understanding how human behaviour influences use cases and the adoption of agricultural innovations, research on how behaviour change occurs and the state of knowledge in the field remains scarce. …”
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Opportunities for increasing livestock water productivity in the Nile River Basin by Peden, Donald G., Faki, H., Alemayehu, M., Mpairwe, D.R., Herrero, Mario, Breugel, P. van, Haileslassie, Amare, Taddesse, G., Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele

“…Livestock keeping in the Nile Basin contributes greatly to human security, income, culture and agricultural gross domestic product (GDP). …”
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Economic consequences of optimized water management for a prolonged, severe drought in California by Harou, Julien J., Medellín-Azuara, Josué, Zhu, Tingju, Tanaka, Stacy K., Lund, Jay R., Stine, Scott, Olivares, Marcelo A., Jenkins, Marion W.

“…If abrupt climate change has occurred in the past and may be more likely under human forcing, it is relevant to look at the adaptability of current infrastructure systems to severe conditions of the recent past. …”
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Ethiopia's growth and transformation plan: A computable general equilibrium analysis of alternative financing options by Engida, Ermias, Tamru, Seneshaw, Tsehaye, Eyasu, Debowicz, Dario, Dorosh, Paul A., Robinson, Sherman

“…Under the Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP), implemented from 2005/06 to 2009/10, Ethiopia achieved rapid economic growth and laid a foundation for future growth by making substantial investments in infrastructure and human capital. The Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) for 2010/11-2014/15, Ethiopia's new five year plan, sets even higher growth and investment targets. …”
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What is culturally appropriate food consumption? A systematic literature review exploring six conceptual themes and their implications for sustainable food system transformation by House, Jonas, Brons, Anke, Wertheim-Heck, Sigrid, van der Horst, Hilje

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Managing droughts in the low-rainfall areas of the Middle East and North Africa by Hazell, Peter B. R., Oram, Peter, Chaherli, Nabil

“…Its impact has been exacerbated in the last half century by the human population increasing yearly at over 3%, while livestock numbers have risen by 50% over the quinquennium. …”
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The impact of PROGRESA on health: final report by Gertler, Paul

“…The program, PROGRESA, combines a traditional cash transfer program with financial incentives for families to invest in the human capital (health, education and nutrition). …”
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A social analysis of the Red de Protección Social (RPS) in Nicaragua by Adato, Michelle, Roopnaraine, Terry, Álvarez, Fabiola Alvarado, Peña, Leticia Böttel, Castrillo, Gladys Meléndez

“…What is so important about CCTs is that first, they take a systematic approach to assuring a basic income safety net for the poor, rather than relying on more diffuse, indirect process of poverty reduction, e.g. through demand-driven infrastructure programs; and second, they aim to do more than just put short-term cash in people‘s hands—important as this aspect of safety nets is—but also to invest in the long-term human capital of future generations. They achieve this by conditioning cash transfers on participation of households in health and education services, based on the premise that attention to early children health, nutrition and education significantly increases these children‘s chances of climbing out of poverty later in life. …”
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Agriculture and achieving the Millennium Development Goals by Rosegrant, Mark W., Ringler, Claudia, Benson, Todd, Diao, Xinshen, Resnick, Danielle, Thurlow, James, Torero, Maximo, Orden, David

“…While the agricultural sector provides critical inputs for attaining the MDG targets, the broad improvements in human capital needed to reach those targets will also result in a considerably more productive and resilient agricultural sector. …”
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When Water Does not Flow: Elite Capture of Freshwater Canals in Bangladesh by Sarker, Mou Rani, Joshi, Deepa, Mannan, Fouzia, Rahman, M Mokhlesur

“…The coastal region of Bangladesh, known as the deltaic food basket, supports around 80 million people whose livelihoods rely heavily on freshwater sources like canals. Climate change and human interventions in this area significantly impact water-related challenges. …”
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Synthesis of the agrifood systems’ hidden costs analysis in the six FABLE country case studies by Vittis, Yiorgos, Mosnier, Aline, Smith, Alison, Arguello, Ricardo, Chavarro Diaz, John, Costa, Wanderson, Köberle, Alexandre, Singh, Vartika, Getaneh, Yonas, Nigussie, Yirgalem, Navarro, Javier, Sperling, Frank, Cozza, Davide, Orduña-Cabrera, Fernando, Lord, Steven, Benitez Humanes, Miguel

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Report on assessment of selected One Health resources for eastern and southern Africa by Kang’ethe, Erastus K., Kiugu, E., Muriuki, S., Richards, Shauna, Quan, M., Mutua, Florence, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.

“…The One Health approach is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably optimize the health of people, animals, and ecosystems, and recognizes the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment are linked and interdependent1. …”
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