Resultados de búsqueda - "Madagascar"

Research on cow traction in Africa: Some lessons to be learned por Jabbar, M.A.

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, animal traction is well developed in the Ethiopian highlands and common in the highlands of Kenya and Madagascar, but it is abscent in other highland areas. …”
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The BecA ILRI Hub Data Management workshop, 5–16 June 2017 por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The workshop was attended by twenty participants from national agricultural research systems (NARS) in nine African countries—Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda—and facilitated by trainers from Earlham Institute, UK; Fathom Labs, Kenya; and Ohio State University, USA as well as bioinformatics research associates from the BecA-ILRI Hub. …”
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Are neighbors equal?: estimating local inequality in three developing countries por Elbers, Chris, Lanjouw, Peter, Mistiaen, Johan, Özler, Berk, Simler, Kenneth R.

“…A methodology to produce disaggregated estimates of inequality is implemented in three developing countries: Ecuador, Madagascar, and Mozambique. These inequality estimates are decomposed into progressively more disaggregated spatial units and the results in all three countries are suggestive that even at a very high level of spatial disaggregation, the contribution of within-community inequality to overall inequality remains very high. …”
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Increasing returns and market efficiency in agricultural trade por Fafchamps, Marcel, Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude, Minten, Bart

“…Using detailed trader surveys in Benin, Madagascar, and Malawi, this paper investigates the presence of increasing returns in agricultural trade. …”
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The nature of public agricultural spending in southern Africa por Matchaya, Greenwell C., Chilonda, Pius, Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso

“…In order to pursue the goals set out in this paper, analysis focused mainly on data on agricultural public expenditure for Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. …”
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Le renouveau des systèmes d'information sur les marchés agricoles dans les pays en développement por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…S'inspirant de la recherche conduite entre autres au Kenya, au Mali, à Madagascar et au Viet Nam, ce numéro traite aussi des défis existant dans la mesure de l'impact des SIM.…”
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Pimienta negra por Toruño, Guillermo, Villafuerte, Santiago

“…La India, Indonesia y Malasia satisfacen en conjunto mas de 80 por ciento de la demanda mundial, pero cada vez son mayores las exportaciones del Brasil y de la República de Madagascar. La pimienta negra proviene del sánscrito Pippali, que pasó al griego como Peperi y de allí al latino como Piper. …”
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Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response por Resnick, Danielle

“…A month later, the country’s then president, John Magufuli, fired the head of its national COVID-19 test laboratory and committed to importing an untested herbal tonic from Madagascar that was controversially touted as a cure for the novel coronavirus despite scientists’ worries that it could lead to drug-resistant malaria.…”
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Building the managerial capital of agricultural cooperatives in Africa por Francesconi, Gian Nicola, Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie

“…These solutions were taught to the leaders and managers of 362 cooperatives at four training events held in Madagascar, Malawi and twice in Uganda. Using a production function for cognitive achievement and key informant interviews, we find that our training contributed to the adoption of the proposed solutions by some of the cooperatives. …”
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Increasing returns and market efficiency in agricultural trade por Fafchamps, Marcel, Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude, Minten, Bart

“…Using detailed trader surveys in Benin, Madagascar, and Malawi, this paper investigates the presence of increasing returns in agricultural trade. …”
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Reconciling household surveys and national accounts data using a cross entropy estimation method por Robilliard, Anne-Sophie, Robinson, Sherman

“…This approach is implemented to reconcile LSMS survey data and macro data for Madagascar. The results indicate that the approach is powerful and flexible, supporting the efficient use of information from a variety of sources to reconcile data at different levels of aggregation in a consistent framework.…”
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Nature, wealth, and power: emerging best practice for revitalizing rural Africa por United States Agency for International Development

“…The three case studies presented: Namibia, Madagascar, and Mali illustrate the effectiveness of the integration of all three dimensions and the various principles and actions recommended under each dimension.…”
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Collaborative governance of tropical landscapes por Colfer, C.J.P., Pfund, J.L.

“…It focuses attention at the interface between communities and the landscape level, building on interdisciplinary research conducted in five countries (Cameroon, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar and Tanzania). In each country, the research was set within the framework of a major national policy thrust. …”
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Participatory action research for catalyzing adaptive management: analysis of a “Fits and Starts” process por Colfer, C.J.P., Andriamampandry, E., Asaha, S., Lyimo, E., Martini, E., Pfund, J.L., Watts, J.D.

“…The five sites, in Cameroon, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar, and Tanzania, are described, with an emphasis on their implementation of PAR. …”
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Including small-scale farmers in profitable value chains: Review of case studies on factors influencing successful inclusion of small farmers in modern value chains in ACP countrie... por Shepherd, Andrew

“…They cover: (1) jatropha chains in Burkina Faso and Mali; (2) oilseeds in Uganda; (3) litchi in Madagascar; (4) cashew in Benin; (5) milk products in Senegal; and (6) bananas, pigs and aquaculture in Uganda. …”
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Bambara groundnut, Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc. por Heller, J., Begemann, F., Mushonga, J., Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) is an indigenous African crop that has been cultivated for centuries from Senegal to Kenya, and from the Sahara to South Africa and Madagascar. Despite its drought tolerant properties, bambara groundnut has largely been ignored by the scientific community being regarded as a poor man's crop. …”
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Genotypic yield responses of lowland rice in high‐altitude cropping systems por Razafindrazaka, A., Stuerz, S., Cotter, M., Rajaona, A., Asch, F.

“…Over a 2‐year period, an experiment was conducted in lowland rice systems in Madagascar at two locations differing in altitude. Twenty genotypes with contrasting levels of tolerance to low temperature were sown monthly in a non‐replicated rice garden trial. …”
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Disciplines, Sectors, Motivations and Power Relations in Forest Landscape Restoration por Mansourian, S.

“…I propose to disaggregate ‘stakeholder engagement’ focusing on five dimensions to better understand the different stakeholders engaged in FLR, and then apply it to one case study in Madagascar. Such an approach can support policymakers, project developers and managers, as well as other decisionmakers in designing more effective FLR interventions.…”
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Institutional avenues for addressing climate, peace and security in Southern Africa por Synnestvedt, Thea, Mandlenkosi, Maphosa, Gadu, Siyaxola, Campbell, Raramai, Sax, Niklas, Maviza, Gracsious

“…Therefore, the aim of the paper is to examine the existing institutional frameworks for climate change and identify potential entry points within the frameworks for climate, peace and security in Southern Africa, with particular focus on Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. …”
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First report of bacterial leaf blight disease of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Kenya por Nganga, Everlyne, Brottier, Laurent, Boulard, G., Blasco, C., Auguy, Florence, Szurek, Boris, Bigirimana, Joseph

“…Recently, BLB also appears to be spreading in East Africa, with reports from Tanzania (Schepler-Luu et al. 2023) and Madagascar (Raveloson et al. 2023). In June 2023, typical symptoms of BLB such as water-soaked areas and yellowish lesions along the leaf margins and tips were observed on rice plants in the coastal region of Kenya.…”
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