Search Results - "Minimalism"

Chapter 3: Off to the best start: The importance of infant and young child feeding [Nourishing Millions] by Hodge, Judith

“…During this time, children have higher nutritional needs to support rapid growth and development; if these are not met (and supported by adequate care and access to health services), loss in linear growth is largely irreversible and the potential for intervention to promote catch-up growth later on is minimal.1 Optimum nutrition in the first 1,000 days is also important for preventing overweight. …”
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Celebrating successes: A year of NEXUS Gains by McCartney, Matthew P., Ringler, Claudia

“…We have worked with these groups to develop tools, such as the Nexus Capacity Scorecard below, which can support them to apply a systems approach, minimizing trade-offs and maximizing synergies in natural resources management. …”
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ANACIM Mobile App User Manual by Annaiah, Akshatha Billava

“…The AICCRA-ANACIM is a simple and user-friendly application that is designed to minimize unintentional data collection errors. This app helps to collect data from the agriculture & allied sectors such as Agriculture, Livestock, Market, Fish and, Forestry. …”
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Picture Based Insurance (PBI) in India, 2016-17 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This dataset serves to shed light on the feasibility of picture-based crop insurance (PBI), which is a new way of delivering affordable and easy-to-understand crop insurance, using farmers’ smartphone pictures to minimize the costs of loss verification. During the winter (Rabi) 2016-17 season, a formative evaluation of PBI in Haryana and Punjab, India invited 750 wheat producers to take regular pictures of selected wheat sites throughout the cultivation season. …”
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Agricultural insurance and the World Trade Organization by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…Under Annex 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, domestic support measures that have, at most, a minimal impact on trade, so-called green box policies, are excluded from reduction commitments. …”
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The poverty implications of high oil prices in South Africa by Chitiga, Margaret, Fofana, Ismaël, Mabugu, Ramos

“…While revenue generated from a 50 per cent tax on windfall profit of the petroleum industry helps to minimize the loss in government revenue, it does not contribute to mitigating the increasing poverty trend, since the decline in saving and investment under this scenario restricts the country's growth, employment and income distribution perspectives.…”
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Causes of hunger by Cohen, Marc J., Reeves, Don

“…Yet since the mid-1970s the world has produced enough food to provide everyone with a minimally adequate diet. Hunger is one piece of a complex of interrelated social ills. …”
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Organizational development and natural resource management: evidence from central Honduras by Pender, John L., Scherr, Sara J.

“…The findings suggest that external organizations can play a catalytic role in fostering development of local organizations and emphasize the importance of improved understanding of the roles of local organizations, in order to enhance complementarity and minimize competition between these different agents in promoting sustainable development.…”
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Credit constraints, organizational choice, and returns to capital: Evidence from a rural industrial cluster in China by Ruan, Jianqing, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…In reality, micro and small enterprises are ubiquitous because entrepreneurs can undertake low-return activities with minimal barriers to entry. Using a cashmere sweater cluster in China as an example, this paper shows that organizational choice can overcome the prohibitive cost of investment. …”
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Potential impact of HPAI on Ghana: a multi-market model analysis by Schmitz, Christoph, Roy, Devesh

“…Though Ghana has some commercial and semi commercial large farms, most poultry production – an estimated 60 to 80 percent – takes place at a smaller scale, where chickens are free range with minimal use of purchased inputs. Ghana also imports poultry. …”
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The principal components of growth in the less developed countries by Headey, Derek D.

“…This paper uses EFA to minimize these problems of omitted variables biases, multicollinearity and measurement error, by reducing a large array of hypothesized growth determinants into a parsimonious and non‐collinear set of composite indices. …”
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Rehabilitation Myths? How transaction costs reduce farmer welfare after land acquisition by Patil, Vikram, Ghosh, Ranjan

“…The article concludes with a preliminary assessment of whether the newly enacted land acquisition framework, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act 2013, promises to minimize these ex-post transaction costs that farmers face.…”
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A handbook on heat stress adaptation for women farmers by Macwan, N., Maheriya, B., Asodariya, G., Joshi, A., Kori, Pooja, Verma, Benu, Puskur, Ranjitha

“…This handbook is designed to help women farmers comprehend how heat stress affects crop productivity, quality, and their overall wellbeing, while also offering actionable solutions to minimize its effects. Contributors: Nitin Macwan, Bhavna Maheriya, Gargi Asodariya, Aastha Joshi, Pooja Kori, Benu Verma, Ranjitha Puskur This handbook is available in English, Hindi, and Odiya languages.…”
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The Benefits of Climate Finance for Sustainable Livestock Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Cramer, Laura, Ngome, D., Awolala, D., Mbole-Kariuki, M., Paul, B., Wamukoya, G.

“…It highlights how livestock systems contribute to food and nutrition security, soil health, ecosystem management, and rural livelihoods, yet receive minimal climate finance. The note calls for a reframing of livestock’s role within climate action and outlines policy measures for the G20 and development partners to mobilise greater investment into the sector. …”
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Summarising the development of the KAOP data dashboard by Sidjesse, Makokha, Dhulipala, Ram, Singh, Kanika

“…The application ensures real-time data integration with a web dashboard, minimizing collection errors and streamlining analysis. …”
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Report on 2025 additions to the KMD application and web dashboard by Sidjesse, Makokha, Dhulipala, Ram, Singh, Kanika

“…The application ensures real-time data integration with a web dashboard, minimizing collection errors and streamlining analysis. …”
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The power of partnerships: CSA transforming lives in northern Kenya by Nzuki, Esther Ndumi, Nderi, Alex Nduah, Ogutu, Elizabeth, Lawrence Riungu

“…This collaboration introduced CGIAR-validated technologies and science-based strategies to address key challenges faced by smallholder farmers, including limited land size, low soil testing rates, minimal crop diversification, and poor market access. …”
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Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia by Kaimowitz, D., Erwidodo., Ndoye, O., Pacheco, P., Balanza, P.P., Sunderlin, William D.

“…There is little evidence that government spending restrictions associated with SAPs diminished governments' ability to promote sustainable forest management or control deforestation, largerly because there was minimal capacity in the first place. It remains to be seen whether SAPs will favour or hinder the development of such capacity in the future.…”
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Endoparasite prevalences of the highland sheep in Ethiopia by Bekele, T., Kasali, O.B., Wolde-Mariam, W.A.

“…Water-logged areas should also be avoided to minimize infection.…”
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Getting incentives right? a comparative analysis of policy instruments for livestock waste pollution abatement in Yucatan, Mexico by Drucker, Adam G.

“…Building on the extensive theoretical and empirical work regarding the cost-minimizing properties of economic instruments, this article describes and analyses the Mexican legislation relevant to the treatment/disposal of pig slurry in the state of Yucatan. …”
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