Resultados de búsqueda - "Humanism"

Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands por Nyberg, Gert, Knutsson, Per, Ostwald, Madelene, Öborn, Ingrid, Wredle, Ewa, Otieno, David Jakinda, Mureithi, Stephen, Mwangi, Peter, Said, Mohammed Y., Jirström, Magnus, Grönvall, Antonia, Wernersson, Julia E.V., Svanlund, Sara, Saxer, Laura, Geutjes, Lotje, Karmebäck, Vera, Wairore, John N., Wambui, Regina, Leeuw, Jan de, Malmer, Anders

“…Dryland livestock production systems are changing in many parts of the world, as a result of growing human populations and associated pressure on water and land. …”
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Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: performance and lessons. South Africa por Greffiths, Ikhothatseng Jacob, Matchaya, Greenwell C., Fakudze, Bhekiwe, Kachingwe, G., Makabanyane, W., Mdleleni, B., Phahlane, H.

“…The country fell short on most indicators relating to this commitment, including the CAADP process completion index; the existence and the quality of a multi-sector and multi-stakeholder coordination body; and having in place evidence-based policies, supportive institutions, and corresponding human resources required.…”
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Gender differences in perceptions of climate change and eventual impacts: An intra-household analysis from groundwater depleted zones of Bangladesh por Jahan, Hasneen, Abdullah al Amin, A.K.M., Akhter, Tahmina, Saiful Islam, Abu Hayat M., Rahman, M. Wakilur, Mainuddin, Mohammed, Karim, Fazlul, Sayemd, Sheikh Mohammad

“…Intrahousehold gender-differentiated perceptions suggest that policy interventions should provide gender-disaggregated targeted human-capital development, extend institutional facilities, and support appropriate farm-level spatial program design and policy formulation.…”
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Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities por Reyes‑García, V., García‑Del‑Amo, D., Porcuna‑Ferrer, A., Schlingmann, A., Abazeri, M., Attoh, Emmanuel M. N. A. N., Ávila, J. V. d. C., Ayanlade, A., Babai, D., Benyei, P., Calvet‑Mir, L., Carmona, R., Caviedes, J., Chah, J., Chakauya, R., Cuní‑Sanchez, A., Fernández‑Llamazares, Á., Galappaththi, E. K., Gerkey, D., Graham, S., Guillerminet, T., Huanca, T., Ibarra, J. T., Junqueira, A. B., Li, X., López‑Maldonado, Y., Mattalia, G., Samakov, A., Schunko, C., Seidler, R., Sharakhmatova, V., Singh, P., Tofghi‑Niaki, A., Torrents‑Ticó, M., LICCI Consortium

“…Finally, divergent understandings of change challenge generalizations in research examining the human dimensions of climate change. Evidence from Indigenous and local knowledge systems is context-dependent and not always aligned with scientific evidence. …”
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Enabling positive tipping points in public support for food system transformation: The case of meat consumption por Fesenfeld, Lukas Paul, Sun, Yixian

“…Today’s food production and consumption has large consequences for the environment and human health. With respect to climate change, our food system is now responsible for at least a third of the global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. …”
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Agricultural development and land‐use change in India: A scenario analysis of trade‐offs between UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) por Hinz, Roman, Sulser, Timothy B., Huefner, R., Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Dunston, Shahnila, Ringler, Claudia

“…It is crucial for decision‐makers to understand potential trade‐offs between these goals to find a balance of human needs and environmental impacts. In this paper, we analyze pathways of agricultural productivity, land‐use, and land‐cover changes in India until 2030 and their impacts on terrestrial biodiversity and carbon storage. …”
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Linking women-led community kitchens to school food programmes: Lessons learned from the Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Children intervention in Palestinian refugees in Lebanon por Ghattas, Hala, Choufani, Jowel, Jamaluddine, Zeina, Masterson, Amelia Reese, Sahyoun, Nadine R.

“…The main challenges to sustainability related to the need for subsidization of the meals and the lack of school policies around the regulation of sales of school food, which together led to fluctuations in programme participation.The study provides lessons learned on the potential of this model to improve the human capital of two generations of protracted refugees. …”
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Hymenopteran parasitoid complex and fall armyworm: a case study in eastern India por Subhajit Pal, Bhattacharya, Swarnali, Dhar, Tapamay, Gupta, Ankita, Ghosh, Arunava, Debnath, Sandip, Gangavarapu, Nikhitha, Pati, Prajna, Chaudhuri, Nilanjana, Chatterjee, Hirak, Sabita Kumar Senapati, Bhattacharya, Prateek Madhab, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Laing, Alison M.

“…A lack of awareness by maize growers of the appropriate selection, method, and timing of insecticide application not only creates a barrier to sustainable FAW control but also contributes to increased environmental pollution, reduced human health and increased production costs. We demonstrated that FAW inflicted the most damage in early whorl growth stage of maize, regardless of whether chemical insecticides were applied. …”
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Climate change: Impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation por Nelson, Gerald C., Rosegrant, Mark W., Koo, Jawoo, Robertson, Richard D., Sulser, Timothy B., Zhu, Tingju, Ringler, Claudia, Msangi, Siwa, Palazzo, Amanda, Batka, Miroslav, Magalhaes, Marilia, Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, Ewing, Mandy, Lee, David R.

“…This Food Policy Report presents research results that quantify the climate-change impacts mentioned above, assesses the consequences for food security, and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being. This analysis brings together, for the first time, detailed modeling of crop growth under climate change with insights from an extremely detailed global agriculture model, using two climate scenarios to simulate future climate.…”
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Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice por Yu, Zhichao, Chen, Yongming, Zhou, Yong, Zhang, Yulu, Li, Mengyuan, Ouyang, Yidan, Chebotarov, Dmytro, Mauleon, Ramil, Zhao, Hu, Xie, Weibo, McNally, Kenneth L., Wing, Rod A., Guo, Weilong, Zhang, Jianwei

“…It contributes ∼20% of calories to the human diet (Stein et al., 2018). With the increase in global population and rapid changes in climate, rice breeders need to develop new and sustainable cultivars with higher yields, healthier grains, and reduced environmental footprints (Wing et al., 2018). …”
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Zinc and iron nutrition status in the Philippines population and local soils: a review por Palanog, Alvin D., Calayugan, Mark Ian C., Descalsota-Empleo, Gwen Iris, Amparado, Amery, Inabangan-Asilo, Mary Ann, Arocena, Emily C., Sta. Cruz, Pompe C., Borromeo, Teresita H., Lalusin, Antonio, Hernandez, Jose E., Acuin, Cecilia, Reinke, Russell, Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna

“…As nutritional security is increasingly recognized as a priority area, greater efforts are required to develop biofortified rice varieties that suit both farmers’ and consumers’ preferences, and that can address these critical needs for human health in a sustainable and cost-effective manner…”
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Mitigation of aflatoxin contamination of maize, groundnut, and sorghum by commercial biocontrol products in farmers’ fields across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Togo por Bonkoungou, S., Dagno, K., Basso, A., Ekanao, T., Atehnkeng, J., Agbetiameh, D., Neya, A., Toure, M., Tiendrebeogo, A., Konate, M., Outani, B., Konlambigue, M., Callicott, K., Cotty, P., Dieng, I., Falade, T.D.O., Bandyopadhyay, R., Ortega-Beltran, A.

“…Most treated crops met the stringent tolerance threshold for human consumption, 4 ppb total aflatoxin. Using native atoxigenic isolates of A. flavus and employing a multi-disciplinary approach, aflatoxin biocontrol products have demonstrated significant success in reducing aflatoxin levels in treated crops compared to untreated ones. …”
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Advancing fair and sustainable trade: Strategies for G20 action in the wake of environmental regulations por Mahiques, Maria Victoria Arias, De Maria, Marcello, Park, Leonardo, Sancisi, Angeles, Papendieck, Sabine, Piñeiro, Valeria, de Oliveira, Susan Cesar, Illescas, Nelson, Nakagawa, Louise, Uehara, Thiago

“…Developing Countries (DCs) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), but also certain vulnerable groups like smallholder farmers, risk being disproportionately affected by these new regulations, with potential detrimental effects on economic growth, human development, and integration within the global trade system. …”
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Bridging scales and borders on water availability and use in the transboundary Volta River Basin: a water accounting approach por Owusu, Afua, Akpoti, Komlavi, Leh, Mansoor, Perera, Tharindu, Madushanka, Lahiru, Mekonnen, Kirubel, Tinonetsana, Primrose, Tayebi, N., Escalera-Rodriguez, A. C., Fofana, R., Velpuri, Naga Manohar

“…Study region: Volta Basin Study focus: Water management in transboundary basins is challenging due to the interaction of natural and human factors across political borders. The Volta River Basin, shared by six West African countries, exemplifies this with variable water distribution and socio-economic pressures. …”
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Genotype by environment interaction in common bean cultivars for iron and zinc concentration in grains por Carloni, P. R., Melo, L. C., Melo, P. G. S., de Faria, L. C, de Souza, T. L. P. O., de Almeida, V. M., de Carvalho, H. W. L., Filho, I. A. P., de Aguiar, M. S., Pereira, H. S.

“…Iron and zinc deficiencies in humans can cause serious health problems. Increasing the iron (IC) and zinc (ZC) concentrations in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) grains using genetic breeding can be an effective strategy to prevent these problems. …”
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Fusarium boothii, Fusarium meridionale, and Fusarium temperatum are emerging preharvest maize ear rot pathogens in Ethiopia por Deressa, Temesgen, Girma Adugna, Mahabaleswara, Suresh L., Zelalem Bekeko, Iriarte-Broders, Gloria, Vaughan, Martha, Proctor, Robert H., Mehl, Hillary Laureen, Prasanna, Boddupalli M., Opoku, Joseph

“…In addition to reducing quality and yield, these fungi can produce mycotoxins that contaminate maize kernels and, thereby, pose health hazards to humans and livestock. A survey was conducted in 10 administrative zones of Ethiopia within the major maize-growing regions of the country to identify the species of Fusarium associated with ear rot. …”
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Hygiene system modeling for toileting in schools por Crocker, J., Walters, J., Chipungu, J., Bhagwan, J., Dione, Michel M., Dreibelbis, R., Dumlao, M.C., Faruque, A.S.G., Flint-O'Kane, M., Gautam, O.P., Lakhe, N.A., Muga, R., Muralidharan, A., Ndiaye, I., Sarr, M., Freeman, M.C.

“…Three of the nine factors were found to be highly influential and to drive the core system dynamics across both groups of participants: WASH leadership, governance, and partnerships; resource mobilization; and human resource capacity. Discussion: Our study identified leverage points for system strengthening to deliver the preconditions for hygienic toileting in schools. …”
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Discuter les approches conventionnelles de gestion de l’utilisation des eaux usees en agriculture. In French. [Challenging conventional approaches to managing wastewater use in agr... por Huibers, F., Redwood, M., Raschid-Sally, Liqa

“…Although wastewater use bears a significant risk on human health, such use is also productive and an asset for many. …”
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Wastewater irrigation and health: challenges and outlook for mitigating risks in low-income countries por Scott, Christopher A., Drechsel, Pay, Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Bahri, Akissa, Mara, D., Redwood, M., Jiménez, B.

“…Whether spontaneously practiced in urban and periurban agriculture or planned as part of water reuse programmes, food and fodder production using untreated sewage or treated effluent can have serious human health implications for farmers and consumers, and can irreversibly degrade the environment. …”
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Sequencing analysis of 20,000 full-length cDNA clones from cassava reveals lineage specific expansions in gene families related to stress response por Sakurai, Tetsuya, Plata, Germán, Rodríguez Zapata, Fausto, Seki, Motoali, Salcedo, Andres, Toyoda, Atsushi, Hiwata, Atsushi, Tohme, Joseph M., Sake, Yoshiyuki, Shinozaki, Kazuo, Ishitani, Manabu

“…Background Cassava, an allotetraploid known for its remarkable tolerance to abiotic stresses is an important source of energy for humans and animals and a raw material for many industrial processes. …”
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