Search Results - "Humanism"

Improving the water productivity of livestock: an opportunity for poverty reduction by Peden, Donald G., Tadesse, G., Mammo, M.

“…In many cases, livestock management practices jeopardise water quality, human health and aggravate water mediated land degradation. …”
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Structure, conservation and health implications of urban wild meat value chains: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria by Akpan, S.N., Hooft, P. van, Happi, A.N., Buij, R., Langevelde, F. van, Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Hassell, J.M., Zimmerman, D.M., Masudi, Sherril P., Happi, C.T., Thomas, Lian F.

“…Conservation and public health interventions should be node-specific and gender-sensitive, targeting the dry seasons when actors' activities peak, and risks of human-wild meat contact are greater. There is need for the re-assessment of the conservation statuses of West Africa's wildlife species to reflect current realities foisted by wild meat trade.…”
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National serosurvey and risk mapping reveal widespread distribution of Coxiella burnetii in Kenya by Wambua, Lillian, Bett, Bernard K., Abkallo, Hussein M., Muturi, Mathew, Nthiwa, D., Nyamota, Richard, Kiprono, Enock, Kirwa, Lynn, Gakuya, F., Bartlow, A.W., Middlebrook, E.A., Fair, J., Njenga, K., Gachohi, J., Mwatondo, Athman, Akoko, James M.

“…<i>Coxiella burnetii</i>, the causative agent of Q fever, is an emerging pathogen that has the potential to cause severe chronic infections in animals and humans worldwide. The detrimental impact on public health is projected to be higher in the low- and middle-income countries given their lower capacity to sustain effective surveillance and response measures. …”
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Poster #22 - Wild animals can be a food source in Vietnam: Results from a mixed – method cross-sectional survey by Thang Nguyen-Tien, Ha Nguyen Thi Thanh, Hu Suk Lee, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Unger, Fred, Bett, Bernard K., Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Background: Although wildlife farming has been promoted as a measure to enhance biodiversity conservation and as an alternative source of food and income, wild animals harbor many infectious pathogens, many of which can infect humans and livestock. In Vietnam, wildlife farming has become a major socioeconomic activity given its major contributions to income generation, food (meat) production, job creation, and economic growth. …”
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Genomic characterization of Vibrio cholerae isolated from clinical and environmental sources during the 2022–2023 cholera outbreak in Kenya by Mageto, L.M., Aboge, G.O., Mekuria, Z.H., Gathura, P., Juma, John, Mugo, M., Kebenei, C.K., Imoli, D., Ongadi, B.A., Kering, K., Mbae, C.K., Kariuki, S.

“…While the role of environmental reservoirs as a source of human infection remains unclear in our study, environmental isolates possess virulent and antimicrobial resistance genes that may spread via horizontal gene transfer. …”
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Evaluating malaria risk projection under climate change scenarios in Senegal by Sambou, M. H. A., Jampani, Mahesh, Panjwani, Shweta, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…Malaria, a vector-borne disease in many parts of the world, remains a severe threat to human well-being. Moreover, malaria prevalence is anticipated to increase, as is the case with climate change, in the foreseeable future. …”
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Prenatal multiple micronutrient-fortified balanced energy-protein supplementation and newborn telomere length and mitochondrial DNA content: a randomized controlled efficacy trial... by Hanley-Cook, Giles T., Bastos-Moreira, Yuri, Martens, Dries S., Dailey-Chwalibóg, Trenton, Toe, Laeticia Celine, de Kok, Brenda, Ouédraogo, Lionel OIivier, Argaw, Alemayehu, Tesfamariam, Kokeb, Kolsteren, Patrick, Huybregts, Lieven, Nawrot, Tim S., De Saeger, Sarah, De Boevre, Marthe, Lachat, Carl

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The Compound Risk Framework: Assessing fragility and key drivers of food insecurity in Haiti, Mozambique and Ghana by Minoarivelo, Onivola Henintsoa, Craparo, Alessandro, Basel, Ashleigh Megan, Nguyen, Kien Tri, Ouedraogo, Yacouba, Douglas, Wesley, Melly, Brigitte, Dao, Hoa, Carneiro, Bia, Pacillo, Grazia, Laderach, Peter

“…Climate variability is increasingly impacting natural and human systems, exposing societies to compound and interrelated environmental, socioeconomic, and political crises. …”
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Transitioning from consensual to objective seasonal climate and hydrological forecasting in West Africa and the Sahel by Tanimoune, Laouali I, Assoumana, Boubacar Toukal, Mohamed, Hamatan, Halidou, Tinni Seydou, Ali, Abdou, Kiema, Arsene, Nimon, Pouwereou, Soumana, Djibo, Houngnibo, Mandela C M, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…In addition to the official endorsement of the transition to a new generation of seasonal forecasts produced using the new objective seasonal forecasting systems, the meeting identified shared priorities: strengthening human capacities; modernizing and strengthening observation and information systems; improving data governance; harmonizing methodologies for assessing national water resources. …”
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Broad bed maker technology package innovations in Ethiopian farming systems: An ex post impact assessment by Rutherford, A.S.

“…The second important lesson from the earlier assessment was that the type and quality of training received by farmers and MoA staff was often insufficient. Third, the human labour requirements and the oxen draught power were usually underestimated. …”
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Types, levels and causes of post-harvest milk and dairy losses in sub-Saharan Africa and the Near East: Phase two synthesis report by Lore, Tezira A., Omore, Amos O., Staal, Steven J.

“…Poor road infrastructure and inadequate markets for raw milk are the main causes of farm-level losses, which are largely in form of spoilage, spillage, and “forced home consumption” (including by calves and humans) over and above normal household consumption. …”
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Social mobilization and women's participation in water resource management: a case study of Southern Punjab, Pakistan by Hamid, Abdul

“…The analysis shows that carefully selected leaders representing all social groups in the community, promotion of collective thinking for resource management, awareness raising for women's entities as human beings and capacity building training for both females and males build confidence of the community, particularly of women to understand, communicate and solve their problems. …”
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National Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan of Ghana (2016-2020) by Owuso Essegbey, George, Nutsukpo, D.K., Karbo N, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…It formulates specific strategies that will contribute developing climate-resilient agriculture and food systems for all agro-ecological zones, as well as the human resource capacity required for a climate-resilient agriculture promotion in Ghana. …”
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Direct market costs of aflatoxins in Kenyan dairy value chain by Senerwa, D.M., Mtimet, Nadhem, Sirma, A.J., Nzuma, J., Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Lindahl, Johanna F., Grace, Delia

“…Aflatoxin B1 is a class 1 human carcinogen and is converted to aflatoxin M1 by cows and secreted in milk. …”
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Feeding decisions for the newly weaned pigs in East Africa are weight dependent by Carter, N., Dewey, Catherine E., Grace, Delia, Lange, K. de

“…The highest ash levels were found in the first diets fed to the 9-week-old pigs because we included animal-grade dried fish dust rather than human-grade whole dried fish. The ash levels decreased when this change was made. …”
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Village Baseline Study – Site Analysis Report Ma village-Yen Binh district, Vietnam by Hieu, Do Trong, Hoan, Le Khai, San, Le Viet, Hai, Le Van, Duong, Minh Tuan, Quyen, Luu Ngoc, Sen, Pham Thi, Ferrer, Alice J., Tan Yen, Bui

“…Degradation of water, farmland and forest resources are causing increasing challenges to agricultural production and also to other human activities. Results of farmer group discussions also demonstrate that there are 34 organizations operating in the village. …”
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Socio-economic impact analysis of livestock disease control programmes with special reference to ticks and tick-borne diseases. by Randela, R.

“…The results of both the logistic regression model and the multivariate regression analysis revealed that the structure of production (e.g. breed of cattle kept), as well as human resource factors (e.g. educational qualification) influences the demand for tick control service and fanners' willingness-to-pay for such a service significantly. …”
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Recent progress in cassava varietal improvement in Indonesia by Poespodarsono, Soemarjo

“…In Indonesia, cassava is used mostly for human consumption, while a smaller part is used for animal feed and as raw material in industry. …”
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IFAD’s ASAP Gender Assessment and Learning Review by Hill, Catherine, Scarborough, Greg

“…The Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 provides clear recognition of the obligations of all parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to human rights, gender equality, empowerment of women, and intergenerational equity. …”
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Chemical properties and soil organic matter assessment under fallow systems in the forest margins benchmark by Koutika, Lydie-Stella, Sanginga, N., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Weise, Stephan F.

“…We evaluated soil nutrient concentration, soil acidity and soil organic matter status under natural Chromolaena fallow, fallow without Chromolaena (where Chromolaena was removed by hand), and planted Pueraria fallow in three different sites with different soil physico-chemical properties in southern Cameroon. Human population pressure is high and fallow length is short in the northern site, while an intermediate position and the contrary were observed in the central and southern sites, respectively. …”
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