Resultados de búsqueda - "Pakistan"

D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – THEMATIC SESSION 6b: Digital innovations across food and health systems por Ray, Manojit, Vadsaria, Khadija, Ali, Asif, Khan, Umber, Karunarathna, Nilmini, Mandal, Raj Nandan, Mendhe, Roshan, Nordhagen, Stella

“…D4N2024 Presentation Showcase – THEMATIC SESSION 6b: Digital innovations across food and health systems Oral presentations AI and Blockchain Abetted Energy Access for E-Cooking and Post-Harvest Management Manojit Ray, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Toronto Efficacy of a Personalized Mobile Health Application in Improving Micronutrient Supplement Use among Pregnant Women in Karachi, Pakistan- A Parallel Group Randomized Controlled Trial Khadija Vadsaria, Doctoral Candidate, Aga Khan University Scaling up Nutritional Progress in Aspirational Districts of India: Insights from a Data-Driven Tool to Ensure Last Mile Tracking Asif Ali, PhD Research Scholar in Department of Geography, University of Burdwan Development and validation of an electronic application (FoodEapp) to assess the dietary intake of adults in Karachi, Pakistan Umber Suhail Khan, Consultant, Aga Khan University Rapid-fire presentations Acceptability, likability, and usability of smart devices to track and improve food choices among adolescent girls Hitihami Mudiyanselage Nilmini Jayalath Karunarathna, PhD student, Department of Applied Nutrition, Faculty of Livestock Fisheries & Nutrition, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka Enhancing health systems through digital innovations: Insights from Nepal’s Transforming Lives through Nutrition Project Raj Nandan Mandal, Sr Project Manager, Helen Keller International The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology in Enhancing Nutritional Health in Sri Lanka Gammadde Hewa Malindya Ravihari Jayasekara, Graduate Student, University of Peradeniya Strengthening Neonatal Healthcare System in underserved areas: Leveraging Advanced Telehealth (Tele-SNCU (Special Newborn Care Unit)) Hub-and-Spoke Models to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Neonatal Mortality Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target Roshan Charandas Mendhe, Program Officer, PATH Developing an AI Chatbot to Help Users Explore and Understand Food Policies: A Proof-of-Concept Test focused on Bangladesh Stella Nordhagen, Research Lead, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition…”
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Stripe rust resistance in historical wheat cultivars at seedling and adult plant stages and tagging effective resistance genes using molecular markers por Majeed, Khawar, Sufyan, Muhammad, Abbasi, Kainat, Ahsan, Rafia, Bux, Hadi, Zakria, Muhammad, Fayyaz, Muhammad, Mirza, Javed Iqbal, Ali, Mohsin, Rasheed, Awais, Zhonghu, He

“…We examined 189 historical wheat cultivars from Pakistan released during 1910 to 2021 for stripe rust resistance at the seedling and adult plant stages. …”
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Increased water charges improve efficiency and equity in an irrigation system por Bell, A.R., Ward, Patrick S., Ali Shah, Azeem M.

“…However, farmers in Pakistan spend orders of magnitude more for diesel fuel to pump groundwater each season, suggesting a latent willingness to spend for water that, under the right conditions, could potentially be directed toward water-use fees for surface water supply. …”
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CGIAR Research Program on Wheat - Plan of Work and Budget 2020 por CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

“…To secure breeding and sustainable intensification successes for the future in Pakistan, WHEAT may have to (re)deploy W1&2 funds to enable continuity through new bilateral funding.…”
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Power walk activity: a tool adapted for the water sector por Khalid, Sidra, Waqar, Kanwal

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Irrigation and water management in the Indus basin: Infrastructure and management strategies to improve agricultural productivity por Davies, Stephen, Gueneau, Arthur, Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Ringler, Claudia, Robinson, Sherman

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Public agricultural R&D in South Asia: Greater government commitment, yet underinvestment persists por Stads, Gert-Jan, Rahija, Michael

“…This report analyzes input indicators of public agricultural R&D for five South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It presents trends and challenges with regard to agricultural R&D investments and human resource capacity throughout the subregion, and provides recommendations for ways to address some of these challenges.…”
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CCAFS informed tools and approaches mainstreamed in Indian national program for targeting and scaling climate smart multi-commodity smallholder farming systems por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The case studies from this outcome will help other NARS in South Asia (Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan) for targeting multi-commodity climate smart agriculture practices in smallholder farming systems…”
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Rural finance and poverty alleviation por Zeller, Manfred, Sharma, Manohar

“…The report’s findings are gleaned from a series of detailed household surveys conducted in nine countries of Asia and Africa: Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, and Pakistan. Most of the poor in these countries could benefit from credit, savings, and insurance services, but what is available varies greatly from country to country.…”
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Guidelines for irrigation scheduling with skimmed groundwater to manage root zone salinity: a preliminary framework por Shafique, Muhammad Siddique, Asghar, Muhammad Nadeem, Ashraf, Muhammad, Prathapar, Sanmugam A., Aslam, M.

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Farmer-managed irrigation systems in Chitral por Khan, A.H., Majid, A., Hussein, M.H., Vander Velde, E.J.

“…Study of three traditional farmer-developed and -managed irrigation systems in the Chitral region of Pakistan which adds to the existing inventory of information available about indigenous irrigation institutions , technologies, performance, and development needs .…”
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Water markets in the Fordwah/Eastern Sadiqia area: an answer to perceived deficiencies in canal water supplies? por Strosser, P., Kuper, M.

“…This paper presents the results of a study on water markets in the Fordwah/Eastern Sadiqia Area, Punjab, Pakistan. The study stresses and quantifies the importance of water markets in the area. …”
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Global irrigated area mapping: overview and recommendations por Droogers, Peter

“…Some examples are given for the area covering India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. These countries offer a broad range of irrigated areas in different environmental settings, ranging from deserts to humid tropics…”
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Genome-wide association for heat tolerance at seedling stage in historical spring wheat cultivars por Khan, Muhammad Ibrar, Kainat, Zarnishal, Maqbool, Saman, Mehwish, Ambreen, Ahmad, Suhaib, Hafiz Muhammad Suleman, Mahmood, Zahid, Ali, Mohsin, Aziz, Abdul, Rasheed, Awais, Huihui Li

“…An experiment was conducted to characterize 194 historical wheat cultivars of Pakistan under high temperature at seedling stage to identify loci associated with heat tolerance using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). …”
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Superior haplotypes towards the development of blast and bacterial blight-resistant rice por Alam, Shamshad, Sundaram, Krishna Tesman, Singh, Uma Maheshwar, Srinivas Prasad, Madamshetty, Laha, Gouri Sankar, Sinha, Pallavi, Singh, Vikas Kumar

“…These haplotypes belong to aus and indx subpopulations of five countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan). For BLB resistance, eight accessions from six countries (Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) and four subpopulations (aus, ind1A, ind2, and ind3) were identified carrying superior haplotypes. …”
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Water–Energy–Food nexus modeling: A fad or the future? por Holmatov, Bunyod, Davies, Stephen, Ringler, Claudia

“…This session from Pakistan Water Week 2023 underscores the merits of employing integrated modeling frameworks by presenting a series of enlightening country case studies from the CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains. …”
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A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries por Karachiwalla, Naureen

“…This paper examines an understudied characteristic—caste—with rich longitudinal data from Pakistan to identify causal effects. The matching and switching of students to teachers is pseudorandom, and effects are not driven by unobserved teacher characteristics correlated with caste. …”
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The emergence and transformation of Batkhela (Malakand) Bazaar: Ethnic entrepreneurship, social networks, and change in disadvantageous societies por Jan, Muhammad Ayub

“…This study is an inquiry into the emergence and transformation of Batkhela bazaar in the North West of Pakistan. It investigates the emergence of the bazaar in the face of historical conditions that were characterized by social stratification and political exclusivity. …”
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World population projections, 2020 por Nygaard, David F.

“…South Asia and Africa, where large percentages of the poor live today and where future food production is of concern, face substantial increases in their populations. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh plus the continent of Africa will add another 1.5 billion people to the population roles.…”
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Is greater decisionmaking power of women associated with reduced gender discrimination in South Asia? por Smith, Lisa C., Byron, Elizabeth

“…To investigate this issue, the study draws on Demographic and Health Survey data collected during the 1990s in four countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The main empirical technique employed is multivariate regression analysis with statistical tests for significant differences in effects for girl and boy children. …”
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