Resultados de búsqueda - "Latin"

Growing Cities, Growing Food: Urban Agriculture on the Policy Agenda por Gundel, Sabine, Dubbeling, Marielle, Zeeuw, Henk de, Bakker, Nico, Sabel-Koschella, Ulrich

“…Part 2 contains city case studies from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe.…”
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Rice program = Programa de arroz por Martínez, César P.

“…Rice is a major crop for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The challenges of producing rice in an eco-efficient and sustainable way in a changing environment and for a growing population are enormous. …”
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Hackathon on Climate-Smart Agriculture (english captions) por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…It seeks to develop applications that build a bridge between the scientific information generated by CCAFS and the rural population of Latin America. The group with the most outstanding submission (app) that fulfills the objectives of the competition, will be awarded a prize and the winners will present their work on December 2nd, 2014 at an event organized by CCAFS. …”
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La yuca para alimentacion animal por Reeves, J.

“…The adaptability of cassava to infertile soils and low inputs, its production of more calories per land and labor unit than any other food crop, and its resistance to pests and diseases are highlighted. CIAT`s objectives in Latin America and Colombia are presented. (CIAT)…”
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Reutilizacion de aguas para agricultura en America Latina y el Caribe: estado, principios y necesidades. In Spanish por Mateo-Sagasta, Javier

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Posibilidades y problemas de un manejo agro-silvo-pastoril en zonas semi-áridas de Africa y América Latina [agroforestería]. por Furstenberg, P. von.

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Innovaciones tecnológicas para el monitoreo del impacto del manejo forestal en las dinámicas silviculturales y los flujos de carbono en Latinoamérica por Ruiz-Guevara, Natalia, Delgado, Diego, Carrera, Fernando, Chacon, Mario, Cifuentes Jara, Miguel

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CTA Project Completion Report: Capitalizing on experiences for greater impact in rural development por Chavez-Tafur, Jorge

“…Following the structure and the list of activities outlined in the project proposal, during these 3 years the project • helped complete the FAO/IMARK learning module on experience capitalisation and supported the production of the Spanish and French versions; • built and maintained a thematic website, and completed it with an online repository with guidebooks and manuals as well as with the results of different capitalisation processes; • prepared, used and shared a series of training materials, together with a facilitators’ guidebook – building on the resources already available, but more specifically on the experience accumulated by the project; • ran a series of training workshops and supported the completion of experience-capitalisation processes in East Africa, Mozambique, India, West Africa (in French and in English), South East Asia, the Pacific region and Latin America; • completed the editing, layout and publication of 10 booklets with the results of the capitalisation processes started in different parts of the world (with more than 120 cases in total), together with two additional booklets focusing on the capitalisation process itself and on its institutionalization; • worked together with other organisations, such Farm Radio International and the International Land Coalition, in the analysis and documentation of their projects’ activities; • ran a series of webinars for online facilitators, focusing on the organisation and facilitation of a community of practice, and invited different participants to guide and facilitate the regional communities - in English (East and West Africa and in the Pacific region), French (West Africa), Portuguese (Brazil and Mozambique) and Spanish (Latin America); • presented the results achieved in international conferences and seminars (in Benin, Mauritania and the Netherlands); and • helped prepare a series of capitalisation processes within CTA, as part of a thorough analysis of its different intervention areas.…”
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Cassava Annual Report 2019 por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Latin America is home to cassava, nature’s gift to humankind, which has helped to mitigate hunger in sub-Saharan Africa and extreme poverty in Southeast Asia. …”
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Regional developments [in 2022 Global Food Policy Report] por Njuki, Jemimah, Benin, Samuel, Marivoet, Wim, Ulimwengu, John M., Mwongera, Caroline, Breisinger, Clemens, Elmahdi, Amgad, Kassim, Yumna, Perez, Nicostrato D., Akramov, Kamiljon T., Djumaboev, Kahramon, Romashkin, Roman, Mukherji, Aditi, Kishore, Avinash, Rashid, Shahidur, Chen, Kevin Z., Zhan, Yue, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Navarrete-Frias, Carolina, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…This section examines the effects of climate change on national and regional food systems in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. For each major region, promising innovations and policy directions to promote the resilience and sustainability of food systems are considered: - Scaling up social protection programs in Africa south of the Sahara - Strengthening the focus on climate adaptation in Africa - Rethinking water use in the Middle East and North Africa - Promoting climate-smart practices and crop diversification in Central Asia - Reforming agricultural support policies in South Asia - Improving financing for climate change mitigation and adaptation in East and Southeast Asia - Supporting global food security and sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean…”
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Drivers and disruptors shaping the future of agriculture and the food system in LAC: Climate change and trade tensions por Piñeiro, Valeria, Thomas, Timothy S., Laborde Debucquet, David, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…Agri-food production remains vital to the economies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Food systems are rapidly changing and are driven by income growth, (urban) population growth, shifts in dietary preferences, and agricultural productivity growth. …”
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Regional developments [In 2016 Global Food Policy Report] por Badiane, Ousmane, Makombe, Tsitsi, Collins, Julia, Khouri, Nadim, Breisinger, Clemens, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Park, Allen, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Ahmed, Akhter, Davies, Stephen, Kumar, Anjani, Chen, Kevin Z., Timmer, Peter, Chiang, Longwen, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Torero, Máximo

“…This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments across the major regions: Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The individual regional sections cover many critical topics: Facing climate risks and growing populations with regional cooperation and accountability in Africa; Growing refugee populations, food insecurity, and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa; Vulnerability to external shocks and falling remittances that increase Central Asia’s food insecurity; New policies for food safety, nutrition, and financial and social inclusion in South Asia; Expected impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in East Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean’s contribution to global food security and global environmental public goods…”
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Regional developments [In 2017 Global Food Policy Report] por Makombe, Tsitsi, Collins, Julia, Badiane, Ousmane, Breisinger, Clemens, Abdelaziz, Fatma, Khouri, Nadim, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Park, Allen, Ilyasov, Jarilkasin, Kumar, Anjani, Ahmed, Akhter, Davies, Stephen, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Chen, Kevin Z., Timmer, Peter, Dawe, David, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Torero, Máximo

“…This section offers perspectives on food policy developments across the major regions: Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Urbanization trends and related impacts on food security and nutrition are presented for each region. …”
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Regional developments [In 2014-2015 Global food policy report] por Badiane, Ousmane, Collins, Julia, Makombe, Tsitsi, Breisinger, Clemens, Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Ecker, Olivier, Resnick, Danielle, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Park, Allen, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Chen, Kevin Z., Timmer, C. Peter, Torero, Máximo

“…This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The individual regional sections cover many critical topics: -Renewed focus on the role of agriculture in broad economic growth, poverty reduction, and food and nutrition security in Africa - Policy reforms in fuel subsidies, agriculture, and food trade in the Middle East and North Africa - Economic challenges and opportunities for Central Asia’s food system - Responses to high food inflation and climatic risk in South Asia - Laying of the groundwork for multilateral cooperation on food policy in East Asia - Progress in South-South learning initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean tempered by weather and other shocks…”
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Effectiveness of strict vs. multiple use protected areas in reducing tropical forest fires: a global analysis using matching methods por Nelson, Andrew, Chomitz, Kenneth M.

“…Matching criteria included distance to road network, distance to major cities, elevation and slope, and rainfall. In Latin America and Asia, strict PAs substantially reduced fire incidence, but multi-use PAs were even more effective. …”
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Utilization of barley straw by steers: Effects of replacing urea with protein, source of protein and quantity of rumen degradable nitrogen on straw degradation, liquid and particle... por Nsahlai, I.V., Bryant, M.J., Umunna, N.N.

“…In experiment two, six ruminally cannulated steers were used in a 3 (2x2) latin square experiment to compare fish (FM) and rapeseed meals (RSM) in the context of the above variables. …”
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Role of small-scale cassava drying plants in improving equitable rural economic growth and development por Best, R., Henry, Guy

“…The identification, introduction and development of cassava drying technology has led to a more stable and wider cassava market in several important cassava growing regions in Latin America. In turn, this has been an incentive for small-scale cassava farmers to increase both cassava area and production using improved cassava production technologies. …”
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El piojo harinoso (Phenacoccus sp.) de la yuca; una de las plagas agricolas mas importantes en el mundo por Bellotti, Anthony C., Reyes, J.A., Varela, Ana M., Castillo, J.

“…M Col 113 under lab. conditions, size and size increase of P. herreni on cassava under greenhouse conditions, hyperparasites of Phenacoccus spp. in Latin America, populations of natural enemies of the cassava mealybug in the field, and natural enemies of P. gossypii and P. herreni in Latin America and the Caribbean. …”
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Cassava production, marketing and utilization por Pachico, Douglas H.

“…Production trends and the demand for foods are taken as a useful framework to analyze cassava potential, production, marketing, and utilization in Latin. America. It is shown that to enhance the importance of cassava, it is not only necessary to improve production technology but to also carefully identify potential markets (of which cassava fresh market, processed food and animal feed markets are analyzed), and to develop new marketing channels and processing technology for cassava. …”
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Manejo estratégico y producción competitiva del arroz con riego en América Latina por Pulver, Edward L.

“…Strategic management and competitive production of irrigated rice in Latin America Six strategic rice crop management practices, designed to increase the competitiveness of rice production in Latin America and the Caribbean, are described: (1) strategic planting date; (2) optimum planting density; (3) pest control (diseases and harmful insects); (4) balanced fertilization; (5) integrated early weed control; and (6) strategic and efficient irrigation water management. …”
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