Search Results - "Minimalism"

Sheep productivity in the Ethiopian highlands on a diet supplemented with urea-molasses block and/or noug cake by Kabaija, E., Akalework, N., Leng, R.A.

“…There was low consumption of urea-molasses block (67g/d) and its contribution to total nitrogen requirements was minimal. Dietary treatment had no significant effect on live weight changes of ewes, their reproductive performance and performance of the lambs. …”
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Water for human and livestock consumption in rural settings of Ethiopia: Assessments of quality and health aspects by Amenu, K., Markemann, A., Zarate, A.V.

“…At least 20 % of the water samples were also found to be unfit for livestock consumption based on assessed chemical parameters in both dry and wet seasons. To minimize the health risk associated with mismanagement and poor quality of water sources in the area, targeted action in the protection of surface water sources should be given priority.…”
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Differential and strain-specific triggering of bovine alveolar macrophage effector functions by mycoplasmas by Jungi, T.W., Krampe, M., Sileghem, M.R., Griot, C., Nicolet, J.

“…and nitrogen monoxide (NO) generation were tested. To minimize an influence of macrophage activation by mycoplasmagrowth media, mycoplasmas were cultured on embryonic calf nose epithelial cells. …”
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Projections of irrigation water demand in India: what do recent trends suggest? by Amarasinghe, Upali A., McCornick, Peter G., Shah, Tushaar

“…The major challenge facing the agricultural water sector in India today and over the long term therefore is how to increase the groundwater stock (supply enhancement) to arrest declining groundwater tables, and how to sustain water use by minimizing uncontrolled groundwater pumping (demand management). …”
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Experiences in implementing the bean seed strategy in Malawi by Chirwa, Rowland, Aggarwal, VD, Phiri, MAR, Mwenda, ARE

“…Farmers were willing to try several varieties with minimal investment. Introduction of color posters helped to create rapid awareness and promoted the new varieties. …”
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Isolation, identification, antimicrobial susceptibility test and public awareness of Salmonella on raw goat meat at Dire Dawa Municipal Abattoir, eastern Ethiopia by Ferede, B.

“…Thus, urgent intervention program is essential to minimize the risk associated with consumption of goat meat contaminated with Salmonella. …”
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Biological properties of bovine immunoglobulins and systemic antibody responses by Musoke, A.J., Rurangirwa, F.R., Nantulya, V.M.

“…The classification of bovine immunoglobulins is similar to that of nonruminant mammals, namely IgM, IgA, IgG<sub>1, IgG<sub>2 and IgE. There are minimal differences between IgG<sub>1 and IgG<sub>2 in complement fixation, ability to mediate passive cutaneous anaphylaxis, phagocytosis of coated erythrocytes by cultured monocytes and precipitation of antigens bearing unique determinants, such as ovalbumin. …”
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Multiple uses of common pool resources in semi-arid West Africa: A survey of existing practices and options for sustainable resource management by Williams, Timothy O.

“…The evidence suggests that the large number of heterogenous users and the multiple functions of these resources permit an intensive use of land and serve to minimize production risk. The divergent interests and preferences of various user groups, however, need to be reconciled to prevent resource degradation. …”
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Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya by Termote, Céline, Raneri, Jessica Evelyn, Deptford, A., Cogill, Bruce

“…Diets were modeled to minimize cost and maximize nutrient adequacy using the Cost of Diet linear programming tool. …”
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Inactivation of Aspergillus flavus spores by curcumin-mediated photosensitization by Temba, Benigni A., Fletcher, M.T., Fox, Glen P., Harvey, Jagger J.W., Sultanbawa, Y.

“…Minimizing fungal infection is essential to the control of mycotoxin contamination of foods and feeds but many potential control methods are not without their own safety concerns for the consumers. …”
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Beyond conservation agriculture by Giller, Kenneth E., Andersson, Jens A., Corbeels, Marc, Kirkegaard, John, Mortensen, D., Erenstein, Olaf, Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…CA revolves around three principles: no-till (or minimal soil disturbance), soil cover, and crop rotation. …”
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Pesticide or wastewater: Which one is a bigger culprit for acute health symptoms among vegetable growers in Pakistan's Punjab? by Abedullah, A., Kouser, Shahzad, Alic, H.

“…The results demonstrate that both untreated wastewater and pesticide quantities are responsible for acute symptoms, but comparison of their scaled coefficients indicates that wastewater is twofold responsible for acute symptoms than pesticide. To minimize these negative effects, a policy of untreated disposal of wastewater in peri-urban areas for crop production needs to be re-designed. …”
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Determinants of food security in Tanzania: gendered dimensions of household headship and control of resources by Mason, R.F., Ndlovu, P., Parkins, J.R., Luckert, M.K.

“…This paper examines heterogeneous impacts of gendered household headship and control of resources on food security in rural Tanzania (as measured by a World Food Programme score based on quantity and quality of food consumed in the household over a 7 day period). Analysis with minimal attention to heterogeneity in gender considerations indicates no differences in household food security between male and female-headed households. …”
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Quantifying Production Losses due to Drought and Submergence of Rainfed Rice at the households level Using Remotely Sensed MODIS data by Mottaleb, K.A., Gumma, Murali K., Mishra, A.K., Mohanty, Samarendu

“…Based on the findings the paper suggests disseminating and developing drought and submergence tolerant rice and also short duration rice varieties to minimize loss caused by drought and submergence in Aus and Aman rice seasons.…”
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Better Life Alliance in Zambia: Climate change mitigation as a co-benefit of improved landscape, agroforestry, soil, and fertilizer management by Nash, Julie, Grewer, Uwe, Bockel, Louis, Galford, Gillian L., Pirolli, Gillian, White, Julianna M.

“…It promoted agro-ecological approaches such as recycling farm organic resources, planting nitrogen-fixing trees, minimal tillage, and cover crops. - BLA reduced postharvest loss (PHL) through improved product processing, storage, and packaging. …”
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Canal operations planner. I: maximizing delivery performance ratio by Anwar, Arif A., Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif, Vries, T.T. de

“…The NLP-DPR model outperforms the LP-DPR both on equity and minimizing spillage.…”
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An Integrated Framework for Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change and Developing Adaptation Strategies for Coffee Growing Families in Mesoamerica by Baca, María, Läderach, Peter R.D., Haggar, Jeremy P., Schroth, Götz, Ovalle Rivera, Oriana

“…In order to know the response of crops to projected changes, the state of their resources and ultimately the strategies that they can implement to minimize the impact of climate change, this research was done using climate models to project the coffee climate suitability and the exposure in this regions; also qualitative tools were combined under the focus on livelihoods and resources of families to identify the vulnerability level.…”
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Targeting, bias, and expected impact of complex innovations on developing-country agriculture: Evidence from Malawi by Haile, Beliyou, Azzarri, Carlo, Roberts, C., Spielman, David J.

“…Oftentimes, the technologies are then scaled up with minimal evaluation under real‐world conditions. Yet, the interim step between agronomic trials and large‐scale promotion is crucial to generate evidence on the social and economic impact of technologies that is both internally valid and generalizable. …”
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Water relations strategies of two grass and shrub species as influenced by prescribed burning in a semiarid ecosystem in Kenya. by Ali, A.R.

“…Results showed that burning had minimal effect on plant water status of the' four species. …”
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Managing agricultural risk at the country level: the case of Index-Based Livestock Insurance in Mongolia by Mahul, O., Skees, J.

“…The index provides strong incentives to individual herders to continue to manage their herds so as to minimize the impacts of major livestock mortality events; individual herders receive an insurance payout based on the local mortality, irrespective of their individual losses. …”
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