Resultados de búsqueda - "Scientist"

Watershed development projects in India: an evaluation por Kerr, John M.

“…In the 1980s and 1990s, agricultural scientists and planners aimed to promote rainfed agriculture through watershed development. …”
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Paying for agricultural productivity por Alston, Julian M., Pardey, Philip G., Smith, Vincent H.

“…Paying for Agricultural Productivity will be an invaluable resource for economic and development specialists concerned with agricultural research and development, as well as for farmers, food processors, agricultural wholesalers and retailers, environmentalists, and research scientists.…”
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Editorial special issue on genomic assisted crop improvement por Kim, Sung-Ryul, Jeon, Jong-Seong, Chin, Joong Hyoun

“…Many genomics assisted new tools, such as development of molecular marker and identification of novel genes associated with phosphorus use/acquisition efficiency, enables scientists to efficiently engineer novel traits and precisely edit genomic targets to improve crop plants. …”
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Impact of demographic transformation on future rice farming in Asia por Bhandari, Humnath, Mishra, Ashok Kumar

“…These emerging trends will have far-reaching impacts on future rice farming mediated through labor market, rice market, rice demand, and rice supply. Policymakers and scientists must anticipate more rapid demographic transformation in the future and implement necessary technological, institutional, policy, and strategic solutions to manage or cope with future demographic transformation.…”
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Developing a digital climate-linked credit risk scoring tool for micro-finance institutions and livestock owners in Kenya and Guatemala por Vyas, Shalika, Giraldo Mendez, Diana

“…Using targeted action research, Initiative scientists are creating ‘investable’ solutions to attract finance for livestock owners exposed to increasing climate variability and hazards, such as drought and heat stress. …”
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The BAG: basic assessment guide for human well-being por Colfer, C.J.P.

“…The six simple methods described in this manual are designed for use by biophysical scientists with a college education. They can also be used by assessors with higher levels of expertise in social sciences, but they are presented in a ‘cookbook’ format. …”
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Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia por Shanley, P., Rodrigues Gaia, G.

“…Results indicate that user-centered approaches are needed to ensure that locally relevant information is generated by scientists, and that learning is catalysed not only among information saturated stakeholders such as policy makers and academics, but also among stakeholders who are directly dependent upon forest resources.…”
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Tropical forests and adaptation to climate change: in search of synergies por Robledo, C., Kanninen, M., Pedroni, L.

“…It presents experiences, challenges and alternatives to scientists and practitioners for commonly assessing the needs of poor livelihoods to successfully cope with climate change as well as for bridging the gap towards a meaningful implementation of adaptation measures. …”
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Agriculture and Rural Development Day at the Cancún Climate Change Conference por Otieno, Y.

“…The day-long event, which drew hundreds of participants including policy makers, farmers, scientists and journalists, aimed to put agriculture on this year’s climate change agenda. …”
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Food-feed crops research: A synthesis por Pattanaik, A.K., Sharma, K., Samireddypalle, A., Blümmel, Michael

“…It also highlights the need for the plant and animal scientists to work in tandem to achieve this goal. It also stresses the need for greater integration, focus, coordination of efforts to improve the utilization of food– feed crops.…”
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Feed evaluation por Osuji, P.O., Nsahlai, I.V., Khalili, H.

“…This manual has been produced to standardise some analytical procedures at ILCA and among those NARS scientists who may be interested in the aspects of feed evaluation which the manual attempts to address. …”
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Current and future opportunities for introduced forages in smallholder farming systems in south-east Asia por Horne, PM, Stür, Werner W.

“…Examples are provided where selection criteria of scientists are very different from those of smallholders. …”
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Feed evaluation por Osuji, P.O., Nsahlai, I.V., Khalili, H.

“…This manual has been produced to standardise some analytical procedures at ILCA and among those NARS scientists who may be interested in the aspects of feed evaluation that the manual attempts to address. …”
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Developing a fertilizer strategy for sub-Saharan Africa por Sanders, J.H., Ahmed, M.

“…Now in a recent American Society of Agronomy publication this has become conventional wisdom among both soil scientists and economists (Buresh et al., 1997). Previously mention of input subsidies was almost heretical especially if there were World Bank personnel around. …”
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ILRI's role in promoting forage seed production por Hanson, Jean, Tedla, A.

“…It was envisaged that this would be achieved by strengthening national capacities to produce forage seed, and training scientists and technicians. This activity has now been expanded to provide a source of tropical forage seed for the establishment of national forage seed production in many countries. …”
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Scope for improvement of small ruminant production in the Sahel por Williams, Timothy O.

“…The model treats small ruminants as capital goods and the time-dependent nature of ILCA scientists from long-term studies of agropastoral systems in semiarid areas of central Mali are used to construct the model and to generate baseline solutions with which to compare the impact of proposed improvements. …”
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Scaling-up Climate-Smart Villages in India por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Farmers have also been receiving agro-advisories on their mobile phones, with inputs from met departments, scientists, input dealers and farmers, which allow them to make timely decisions.…”
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Gender Research Fellowship Programme Writeshop Report, 2-6 June 2014, Bangalore, India por Fernández, M.

“…From April 2013 to April 2014, Bioversity International ran a Gender Research Fellowship Programme (GRFP) that brought together five scientists from low to middle income countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, India, Malaysia and Kyrgyzstan). …”
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Innovation systems: Implications for agricultural policy and practice por Hall, A., Mytelka, L., Oyeyinka, B.

“…These patterns of interaction and working styles and practices – or institutions as they are referred to by social scientists – need to adapt continuously if they are to meet the changing demands of the evolving agricultural sector. …”
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Practical tips for communicating research findings in a gender-responsive way por Elias, Marlène, Hermanowicz, E.

“…This two-page publication highlights 12 key aspects that scientists working on research for development projects in agriculture and natural resource management should bear in mind to share their research findings in a gender-responsive way. …”
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