Search Results - "Minimalism"

Supply chain and local in-transit handling of ‘Jewel’ tomato from Maragusan, Davao del Norte to Baybay City, Leyte in the Philippines by Bayogan, E.V., Secretaria, L.B., Bello, D.D., Urquiola, M.A.J., Valida, A.J., Fuentes, F.R.

“…These losses could be minimized through the use of proper storage and packing facilities (SEAMEO SEARCA, 2022). …”
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Poultry husbandry, water, sanitation, and hygiene practices and child anthropometry in rural Burkina Faso by Gelli, Aulo, Headey, Derek D., Becquey, Elodie, Ganaba, Rasmané, Huybregts, Lieven, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Santacroce, Marco, Verhoef, Hans

“…Low levels of poultry flock size and poultry consumption in Burkina Faso suggest there is scope to expand production and improve diets in children, including increasing chicken and egg consumption. However, to minimize potential child health risks associated with expanding informal poultry production, research is required to understand the mechanisms through which cohabitation with poultry adversely affects child health and design interventions to minimize these risks.…”
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Managing conflicts over land and natural resources through collective action: A case study from rural communities in Zambia: by Clifford Ajayi, Oluyede, Akinnifesi, Festus Kehinde, Sileshi, Gudeta, Mn'gomba, Simon, Ajayi, Olubunmi Adeola, Kanjipite, Webstar, Ngulube, John Madalitso

“…This study describes how rural households have minimized such conflicts and protect the economic interests of the poor members of the community through collective agreements on how to manage access to land and natural resources. …”
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A landscape planning and management tool for land and water resources management: an example application in northern Ethiopia by Tamene, Lulseged D., Bao Le Quang, Vlek, Paul L.G.

“…Although many soil/water-landscape studies have been published in the last 2 decades, progress in developing operational tools for supporting landscape planning to minimize land and water degradation in developing regions is still modest. …”
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Assessment of food safety risks associated with preslaughter activities during the traditional slaughter of goats in Gauteng, South Africa by Qekwana, N.D., Oguttu, J.W.

“…The lack of understanding of the importance of a obtaining a health declaration certificate and minimizing stress in animals waiting to be slaughtered should be addressed to minimize the potential for propagation of foodborne diseases. …”
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An historical review of progress to control key cowpea biotic constraints in Burkina Faso by Dabiré, B.C., Tignegré, J.B., Ba, Malick N., Tamò, Manuele, Sanon, A., Ouédraogo, T.J., Neya, B.J., Muleba, N., Hammond, W., Coulibaly, O.

“…Researchers have begun to develop sustainable solutions that will minimize the use of synthetic pesticides for protecting the crop in the field and seeds in storage. …”
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Ex-ante impact assessment of feed interventions in smallholder dairy production systems in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania by Osele, Vivien

“…The project gives insights on how dairy farmers can directly benefit from climate smart feeding op-tions, by enhanced production, while minimizing the negative environmental impacts of production. …”
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Towards a circular business model in the plastic packaging sector by Khan, Tahsin Ferdous

“…Moreover, the use of non-renewable fossil feedstocks in its production is also another major concern. Therefore, to minimize these impacts, the concept of Circular Economy (CE) is seen as a viable measure for the plastic industry to move towards sustainability. …”
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Damage, diversity and genetic vulnerability: The role of crop genetic diversity in the agricultural production system to reduce pest and disease damage: Proceedings of an Internati... by Jarvis, Devra I., Fadda, Carlo, Santis, P. de, Thompson, J., Bioversity International

“…Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a widely recognized ecosystem approach to crop production and protection that combines different management strategies and practices to grow healthy crops and minimize the use of pesticides. However, IPM methods have until recently made limited use of intra-specific diversity to manage pests and diseases. …”
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Sustainable intensification of agri-food systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Intensification with potato promises increased income and food security, but trade-offs must be conside... by International Potato Center

“…The most obvious is the one between producing more food on the same area of land and minimizing the environmental degradation required for that additional production. …”
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Seasonal climate analyses improve agricultural decision-making in Africa, potentially benefitting 125 million people by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Meteorological tools can benefit farmers in multiple ways: they allow them to seed and harvest at the right moment, minimize crop losses, and inform agricultural decision making. …”
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Scaling climate information services to reach over 100,000 farmers in Colombia by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Therefore, CCAFS and partners established Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTACs) in Latin America to help them properly predict the weather so that crop losses can be minimized. Through the committees, discussion is fostered around climatic and agroclimatic information provided to all committee members by researchers and scientists. …”
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Assessment of Belg 2022 Climate and Climate Outlook of the upcoming Kiremt 2022 by Teshome, Asaminew, Tesfaye, Kindie, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…Those forecasts information are vital inputs to ensure and sustain the development of Ethiopia as the information is used to minimize risks due to weather and climate hazards and maximize positive impacts. …”
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Playbook for designing and implementing picture-based insurance by Ceballos, Francisco, Aredo, Samson Dejene, Gaur, Pushkar, Kannan, Samyuktha, Kramer, Berber, Pattnaik, Subhransu, Waweru, Carol

“…By relying on visible crop characteristics derived from farmers’ own smartphone pictures, it aims to minimize the costs of loss verification and detect damage at the plot level, making crop insurance more attractive and accessible to small farmers. …”
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Sambandet mellan låggradiga frambensasymmetrier och ryggens rörelse hos ridhästar by Fredriksson, Camilla

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High quality planting stock - has research made a difference? by Ng, F.S.P.

“…Thirty years of research on planting stock in Malaysia, coveting the period of a FAO/UNDP pine project, an enrichment planting effort with dipterocarps in natural forest and a compensantory plantation project with fast growing trees, had minimal effect on the course of events. The pine project and the enrichment planting project were both given up after about 75 years of effort and the compensatory plantation project is likely to end in the same way. …”
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On yield regulation for sustainable forestry, with examples from Queensland by Vanclay, J.K.

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Livestock water productivity - integrated approaches to crops and livestock and integrated policies by International Livestock Research Institute

“…This IWMI/ILRI research project in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe aims to understand the dynamics - and the strategies - that can improve water and livestock productivity, while minimizing land degradation. He shares three lessons emerging: First, that we need to improve the integration of crop and livestock; second, we meed to move policies from sectoral to integrated ones; and third, we need to ensure that the many useful technologies that exist actually reach the farmers.…”
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The case for biotechnology in Africa´s agriculture by Alhassan, Walter S.

“…The challenge is to develop technologies for intensifying agriculture for resource-poor farmers that use minimal external inputs in environments that are already bedevilled by so many biotic and abiotic stresses. …”
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The crowdsourcing approach by Bioversity International

“…Bioversity International's 'Seeds for Needs' initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. …”
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