Resultados de búsqueda - "Scientist"

Economics perspectives on collaborative plant breeding and on farm conservation of genetic diversity por Smale, Melinda

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Users' perspectives for participatory research and development por Vermillion, Douglas L.

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News releases por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Technical guide to potato production in West Africa por Vanderhofstadt, B., Jouan, B.

“…During a workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2007, potato farmers, crop specialists and scientists from seven countries consolidated the skills and experience of West African potato production into one document. …”
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Using vignettes to explore gender dimensions of household food security and nutrition por Elias, Marlène, Raneri, Jessica Evelyn, Petesch, Patti, Kennedy, G.

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Forest tree seed health for germplasm conservation por Sutherland, J.R., Diekmann, M., Berjak, P., International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…The conservation and use of forest genetic resources worldwide poses several challenges to scientists, policy-makers and, in particular, to local stakeholders interested in long-term strategies to manage these biological resources in a sustainable manner. …”
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Data Management Plan: Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) por Tobon, Hector, Thornton, Philip K., Smit, Wiebe

“…It expects to attract contributions into the platform from scientists working in related thematic areas even if they are not directly managed or funded by AICCRA. …”
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Report on “13th Arab Congress of Plant Protection”, Hammamet, Tunisia, 16-21 October 2022 por Kumari, Safaa

“…In addition, experts from outside the region, USA, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, Turkey, Germany, Kenya and Pakistan, also participated in this congress. In addition, scientists from the International Organizations such as FAO, CIMMYT, ICARDA, CIHEAM, EPPO, MPU, ACSAD, AOAD, and IOFS attended the congress. …”
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Determination of thresholds for key quality Traits. Quality and preferences. Task Force. por Nakitto, M., Newilah, G.N., Adinsi, L., Deuscher, Z., Otegbayo, B.

“…In addition, there was a call to include non-breeding scientists at all routine breeding stages including budgeting, product design, activity planning and product advancement. …”
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CIFOR - a newcomer to CGIAR por Persson, R.

“…CIFOR is located at Bogor in Indonesia and employs about 40 internationally recruited scientists including foresters, social scientists and economists. …”
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Bridging the gap: how can information access and exchange between conservation biologists and field practitioners be improved for better conservation outcomes? por Sunderland, Terry C.H., Sunderland-Groves, J., Shanley, P., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…We identify five key issues related to information exchange: access to scientific literature, levels of scientific literacy, lack of interdisciplinarity, questions of relevance and lack of sharing of conservation-related experiences and suggest new ways of working that could assist in bridging the gap between conservation scientists and field practitioners.…”
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East African Dairy Development program adopts Climate Smart Agriculture por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Furthermore, in order to address capacity and knowledge gaps in measuring greenhouse gas emissions in smallholder systems, CCAFS scientists are working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at an EADD site in Kenya, estimating greenhouse gas emissions and productivity in dairy systems.…”
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Challenges and lessons when using farmer knowledge in agricultural search and development projects in Africa por Asten, Piet J.A. van, Kaaria, Susan K., Fermont, AM, Delve, Robert J.

“…This paper uses a series of examples to illustrate that discrepancies between farmer and researcher observations may occur because (i) farmers and scientists may not have sufficient insight into the systems complexity, (ii) farmers and scientists use different reference frameworks, and (iii) methodological errors may lead to farmers intentionally or unintentionally providing false or ‘desired’ information to achieve (short-term) benefits. …”
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Ministries of Vietnam and Bangladesh produce country work plans for scaling out Alternate Wetting and Drying por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…They identified ways to engage policymakers, build alliances to train farmers in the technique and to channel technical guidance. IRRI scientists developed maps for the two countries which show where and when AWD would be most suitable, to support scaling up efforts. …”
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Planering för hållbar landsbygd por Andersson Rosell, Sofie

“…The conclusion is: Planners and scientists should have an understanding for the complexity of the countryside; otherwise there is a risk of losing the characteristics of the country. …”

Celebrating IWD 2021: Focus on women in gender research and leadership – Alessandra Galié por Galiè, Alessandra

“…Alessandra Galié, leader of ILRI’s gender team, shares how the team is taking stock of the available information on gender and livestock, identifying knowledge gaps and developing a research agenda that addresses these gaps. She urges scientists in the One CGIAR to harness synergies across the various agricultural commodities and systems to address gender issues more comprehensively and effectively.…”
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CGIAR Presentations at the Kick-off meeting of the Pan-African Regional Programme por Roy-Macauley, Harold, Baum, Michael, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Grosjean, Godefroy, Newman, Richard, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Rosenstock, Todd S., Steward, Pete, Derenoncourt, Marie Ena, Wamicwe, Peter, Nowak, Andreea C., Nangia, Vinay

“…Presentations delivered by CGIAR scientists at the Kick-off meeting of the Pan-African Regional Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme on October 3-4, 2022 in Rabat Morocco. …”
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30 Years of gender research—Are the conversations still the same? por Waters-Bayer, Ann

“…Anne Waters-Bayer (Ecology, Technology, Culture Foundation (ETC) Netherlands) described that the gender challenges faced by agricultural scientists in the 1980s are, unfortunately, similar to those we face today. …”
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Bioscience-based projects like Bio-Innovate are vital for Kenya’s future por International Livestock Research Institute

“…Bio-Innovate, through the BecA facilities and infrastructure, offers the region a way to train local scientists to tackle these challenges (Shaukat Abdulrazak, Secretary and Chief Executive of the National Council for Science and Technology in Kenya).…”
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Institutions and Policies to Scale Out Climate-Smart Agriculture: South-South Exchanges por Tyagi, Narendra K., Joshi, Pramod K., Aggarwal, Pramod K., Khatri-Chhetri, Arun

“…The workshop brought together 65 participants, including government representatives, scientists, experts from development organizations and industry, and the media, from 16 countries and 48 institutions.…”
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