Resultados de búsqueda - "Oriente"

Community natural resource management: The case of woodlots in northern Ethiopia por Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Pender, J.L., Tesfay, G.

“…In higher population density settings and areas closer to markets, private-oriented approaches are likely to be more effective.…”
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Unit six - Water use in agriculture: small-scale irrigation and rainwater harvesting. [Training/Course material] por David, S., Fraiture, Charlotte de, Atapattu, Sithara S., Smith, L.

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A landscape planning and management tool for land and water resources management: an example application in northern Ethiopia por Tamene, Lulseged D., Bao Le Quang, Vlek, Paul L.G.

“…A user-friendly LAndscape Planning and MAnagement Tool (LAPMAT) developed to facilitate land management decision-making. LAPMAT is a menu-oriented interactive graphical user interface that can aid decision makers identify hotspot areas of soil erosion and evaluate the effects of alternative land use management practices at a catchment scale. …”
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Cultivation potential of different mango varieties in Kenya, considering likely impacts of climate change por Ngulu, James, Kindt, Roeland, Luedeling, Eike, Kehlenbeck, Katja

“…Abundance, number and type of varieties also varied with gender of the household head, labour availability, farmers’ income sources, availability of profitable and reliable markets, and the degree of market orientation of mango production. Respondents observed that they had made decisions related to mango cultivation based on changes that they had observed in rainfall and temperature during the past 15 years. …”
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Determinants of the decision to participate in the marketing of goats by rural households in Ethiopia por Yitayew, A.

“…The study mainly recommended improving access to information to promote both market participation and market orientation.…”
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Strengthening urban producer organizations for innovative vegetable production and marketing in West African cities: experiences from Accra, Chana and Ibadan, Nigeria por Larbi, Theophilus Otchere, Cofie, Olufunke O., Amoah, Philip, Veenhuizen, René van

“…Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is seen as a subsistence-oriented production system. It has been given little formal support or recognition by city authorities in the development plans. …”
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Assessing impacts of pathogen-tested sweetpotato planting materials in Central Luzon, Philippines por Basilio, Carlos, Tablarin, Rizalina, Porciuncula, Fe, Dolores, Lolit

“…The paper explores the use of the following elements - problem-based agenda, impact-driven objectives, field-based action, user responsiveness, household orientation, livelihood systems framework, integration of scientific and local knowledge, interdisciplinary mode and inter-institutional partnerships, as touchstones for assessing PR&D processes.…”
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Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on poor rice farming households with emphasis on women farmers: a case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India por Paris, Thelma, Singh, Abha, Singh, V., Atlin, Gary, Reyes, Amelia de los

“…These are: the efficiency argument, equity oriented, and empowerment. This study attempts to fill in these research gaps. …”
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An agenda for assessing and improving conservation impacts of sustainability standards in tropical agriculture por Milder, Jeffrey C., Arbuthnot M, Blackman, A., Brooks, S., Giovannucci, Daniele, Gross LH, Kennedy ET, Komives K, Lambin, E.F., Lee, A., Meyer D, Newton, Peter, Phalan, B., Schroth, Götz, Semroc, Bambi, Rokxoort, H. van, Zrust, M.

“…To this end, we devised a systematic approach for monitoring and evaluating the conservation impacts of agricultural sustainability standards and for using the resulting evidence to improve the effectiveness of such standards over time. The approach is oriented around a set of hypotheses and corresponding research questions about how sustainability standards are predicted to deliver conservation benefits. …”
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Farm types and farmer motivations to adapt: Implications for design of sustainable agricultural interventions in the rubber plantations of South West China por Hammond, James, Wijk, Mark T. van, Smajgl, A., Ward, J., Pagella, Tim, Jianchu Xu, Yufang Su, Zhuang-Fang Yi, Harrison, R.D.

“…An improved suite of questions to appraise farmers' motivations might include value orientations, life satisfaction, and responses to various scenarios, all phrased to be locally appropriate, with a scoring system that uses the full range of potential scores and a minimum of follow up and peripheral questions.…”
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Smallholder apiculture development in Bure, Ethiopia: experiences from IPMS project interventions por Dessalegn, Yigsaw, Hoekstra, Dirk, Berhe, Kahsay, Derso, T., Mehari, Y.

“…In 2007, the Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) of Ethiopian Farmers project in collaboration with the district OoARD introduced a participatory market oriented value chain development approach in which stakeholders identified problems/potentials and possible interventions in production, input supply/credit, marketing and extension approaches/activities. …”
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Common beans in Africa and their constraints por Allen, David J., Dessert, M., Trutmann, P., Voss, J.

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Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security An ex-ante assessment from Eastern India por López Ridaura, Santiago, Frelat, Romain, Wijk, Mark T. van, Valbuena, Diego, Krupnik, Timothy J., Jate, M.L.

“…One of the great challenges in agricultural development and sustainable intensification is the assurance of social equity in food security oriented interventions. Development practitioners, researchers, and policy makers alike could benefit from prior insight into what interventions or environmental shocks might differentially affect farmers' food security status, in order to move towards more informed and equitable development. …”
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First use of the 137Cs techniques in Nigeria for estimating mediumterm soil redistribution rates on cultivated farmland por Junge, B., Mabit, L., Dercon, G., Walling, D.E., Abaidoo, Robert C., Chikoye, David, Stahr, Karl

“…In 2007, the use of the fallout radionuclide 137Cs as a tracer for estimating the magnitude of medium-term (40–50 years) rates of soil redistribution was tested at a research station in Ibadan, Nigeria, to investigate, for the first time, its applicability in the derived savanna of West Africa.Because of the traditional tillage practice for cassava cultivation of creating downslope oriented ridges and furrows during the annual ploughing, there was a need to adapt the 137Cs approach to these specific condition. …”
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Remote sensing and GIS modeling for selection of a benchmark research area in the inland valley agroecosytems of West and Central Africa por Thenkabail, Prasad S., Nolte, C., Lyon, J.

“…The study was conducted in an area of 0.39 million hectares around Gagnoa, southwestern C6te d'lvoire which is located in as number ( humid forests with acrisols). A toposequence oriented land-use/land-cover mapping was suggested and implemented. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of a Peruvian creole cattle (Bos taurus) and its phylogenetic analysis por Arbizu Berrocal, Carlos Irvin, Ferro Mauricio, Rubén Darío, Chávez Galarza, Julio César, Vásquez Pérez, Héctor Vladimir, Maicelo Quintana, Jorge Luis, Poemape Tuesta, Carlos Augusto, Gonzáles, J., Quilcate Pairazamán, Carlos Enrique, Corredor Arizapana, Flor Anita

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Unravelling chemical cues used by Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae ) during host search por Devescovi, Francisco, Fernández, Patricia, Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique, Nussenbaum, Ana Laura, Segura, Diego Fernando

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Origen, historia e investigación del girasol en Colombia. por Bastidas Ramos, G.

“…Incñuye sifras sobre los principales países productores, destacando la participación de la Unión Soviética y los países de Europa Oriental en la producción mundial. Presenta algunas anotaciones acerca del orígen, historia y usos de esta planta oleaginosa. …”
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Evaluación del estado actual de las poblaciones de 23 especies forestales en bosques naturales en el municipio de El Castillo, Río San Juan, Nicaragua por Díaz Santos, F.

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Conocimiento local y estudio de la comunidad de aves como herramientas para la identificación de especies arbóreas nativas importantes para la conservación en sistemas ganaderos de... por Caro Jácome, Olga L.

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