Resultados de búsqueda - "Personalism"

Does small-scale irrigation affect women’s time allocation? Insights from Ethiopia por Lee, Yeyoung, Bryan, Elizabeth, Mason, Nicole M., Hassen, Ibrahim Worku, Theriault, Veronique, Ringler, Claudia

“…The results further suggest that household use of motor pumps is associated with an increase in women’s leisure time and reductions in the time they spend on farming and personal care. Given that women often provide the labor for irrigation using manual, labor-intensive methods, such as watering cans, buckets, or hand- or foot-powered treadle pumps, the results suggest that SSI using motorized methods has the potential to free up women’s time in farming and enable more leisure time. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities of Vermicompost Production for Sustainable Soil Health and Reduced Chemical Fertilizer Dependency: Evidence from Northern and Southern Bangladesh por Haque, Abdul, Miajy, Abdullah, Debnath, Manik, Sharif, Ahmed, Bhandari, Humnath

“…Data were collected using a structured questionnaire administered through a computerassisted personal interview platform. All surveyed households had received formal training on vermicompost production and were actively producing compost using locally available materials. …”
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Toward gender and social inclusion in climate information services in West Africa and the Sahel por Kabore, Assetou, Obossou, Abrewa Remilokoun Esdras, Ali, Abdou, Alhassane, Agali, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…Despite high awareness of climate information, access and usability remain uneven across gender, age, and literacy levels due to weak infrastructure, language barriers, and limited inclusivity, leaving rural women, non-literate users, and persons with disabilities (PWD) particularly underserved. …”
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Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Information Service (CIS) into Universities’ Curricula: Capacity Building of Stakeholders on Three Thematic Modules in Wes... por Amponsah, William, Agyare, Wilson Agyei, Sorho, Fatogoma, Lamptey, Benjamin, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin, Kone, Daouda

“…The workshops university management and in-person training of 324 participants with 26% female from 12 African Countries. …”
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Regional Needs Assessment for Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture and Climate Information Services into Universities’ Curricula in West Africa por Amponsah, William, Sawaneh, Mamma, Idrissou, Mouhamed, Hounkpe, Jean, Oluleye, Ayodeji, Kone, Daouda, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…The study concludes that there is a need to strengthen capacities of institutions in the regions about these two concepts through short course training using in person deliveries and online platforms but with better coordination by developing comprehensive training programs that will be more interactive and focused oriented.…”
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Zambia gender strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean & insect sectors por Mulube, Mwiinga, Banda, Arnold, Chanda, Moses, Ouya, Frederick, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…These three value chains offer strategic opportunities to support nutrition, income diversification, and climate resilience for vulnerable and marginalised groups, particularly women, youth, and persons living with disabilities (PLWD). Findings from the BRAINS Qualitative Baseline Survey indicate that women are more engaged in bean planting, weeding, and small-scale marketing. …”
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Who makes farming decisions? A study of Costa Rican dairy farmers por Solano, C., León, H., Pérez, E., Herrero, Mario

“…Farmers were asked to classify 18 farming decisions (systematically selected from a pool of 100) into a series of categories of decision-making units (Alone, Family, Shared, Delegated) and actors (person/people involved). Frequency tables and multivariate analyses were used to analyse the data. …”
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Estimation of the Rift Valley Fever burden of disease in the 2006/2007 outbreak in Kenya por Orinde, A.B., Kimani, T., Schelling, E., Omolo, J.O., Kikuvi, G.M., Njenga, K.M.

“…We interviewed family members that cared for an infected person in eligible household and key informants in the public health sector in Garissa and Kilifi districts that were heavily affected by the epidemic and at the public health leaders at the national level to assess the private and public health costs. …”
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Summary of baseline household survey results: Karnal, Harayana State, India por Singh, RKP

“…The results show that the majority of the surveyed households in the area are male-headed and less than 3% are female-headed, with an average of 6 persons per household. Most of the surveyed households belong to the forward castes (79%), followed by scheduled castes (11%) and other backward classes (9%). …”
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Temporal changes in environmental health risks and socio-psychological status in areas affected by the 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Japan por Makita, K., Inoshita, K., Kayano, T., Uenoyama, K., Hagiwara, K., Asakawa, M., Ogawa, K., Kawamura, S., Noda, J., Sera, K., Sasaki, H., Nakatani, N., Higuchi, H., Ishikawa, N., Iwano, H., Tamura, Y.

“…Risk factors for depression included absence of friends (p = 0.011) or trusted person to counsel in the housing complexes (p = 0.003) and illness of the respondent or a family member (p = 0.003). …”
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Detecting spatio-temporal changes in the extent of seasonal and annual flooding in South Asia using multi-resolution satellite data por Amarnath, Giriraj, Ameer, Mohamed, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.…”
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Escherichia coli O157 serotype in beef carcasses post slaughterhouse in Nairobi and Eldoret, Kenya por Kago, J., Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Wangoh, J., Makita, K.

“…Offloading at the butchery was done by the same person with no change over of clothes that could be soiled with blood.…”
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Seed system security assessment: eastern and coastal Kenya por International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Catholic Relief Services, CARITAS, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, World Vision, University of East Anglia

“…Within Tharaka North, a fourth site, was also assessed, tied specifically to Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) suffering from prolonged land disputes. …”
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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

“…The Ibadan group lagged behind at the group formation stage, apparently because of the hierarchical nature of the group and personal conflicts. In addition, external factors such as disease infestation affected the group processes in Ibadan. …”
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Género, estado civil y la acumulación de activos en el Ecuador: una mirada a la violencia patrimonial por Deere, Carmen Diana, Contreras, J., Twyman, Jennifer

“…Nonetheless, there are major differences in the average value of wealth attained depending on a person’s marital status (being much higher among those who are married in comparison to living in a consensual union) and in the size of the gender wealth gap (being greatest among those who are married, widowed or separated).Drawing upon the results of our qualitative field work in three provinces, we illustrate how these gender wealth gaps by marital status may be the result of patrimonial violence. …”
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Mobilizing Science for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: Engaging the Southeast Asian Media por Navarro, Rex, Joven, B., Cruz, A.

“…Complementing the plenary sessions was a story ideas marketplace which primarily served as a venue for dialogue among participants and resource persons on possible stories to be developed and released in their respective media outlets. …”
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A stochastic assessment of the public health risks of fluoroquinolone resistance Campylobacter and the use of the drug in broiler production in Japan por Toyofuku, H., Makita, K., Osada, Y., Ohashi, T., Kakinuma, M., Oushiki, D.

“…The estimated that an average and the maximum annual number of Campylobacter infections per person were 1.02, and 88 times, respectively. Conclusions: In the maximum (88 infections per year) scenario, the patient is estimated to be infected with FRC 30 times, and 28 times out of 30 times, he or she is estimated to be infected with Campylobacter with a mutation of Thr86Ile of GyrA. …”
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Working conditions and public health risks in slaughterhouses in western Kenya por Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Glanville, William A. de, Thomas, Lian F., Kariuki, S., Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Fèvre, Eric M.

“…Only half of workers wore personal protective clothing - 53% (95% CI 51–55%) wore protective coats and 49% (95% CI 46–51%) wore rubber boots. …”
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Cassava program por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Pulse consumption and demand by different population subgroups in Uganda and Tanzania por Larochelle, Catherine, Katungi, Enid M., Cheng, Zhen

“…For example, in Uganda, bean contribute an average of 14.4 g of protein per person per day in rural areas, which is equivalent to 24% of the total daily per capita protein intake. …”
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