Search Results - "Scientist"

Maria Isabel Andrade: Sweetpotato breeder, technology transfer, specialist and advocate by Low, Jan W., Carey, E.E.

“…Over the years, she has mentored hundreds of staff members and students, helping to build a community of practice that recognizes that for scientists to make a difference in SSA, they must stretch their mandate and engage in delivery and often advocacy. …”
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First report and preliminary evaluation of cassava root necrosis in Angola by Bakelana, Z., Laura, M.B., Mahungu, N., Mavila, N., Matondo, M., Nlandu, N., Lunfuankenda, M., Tevo, N., Monde, G., Pita, J., Lema, K.M., Kanana, T.

“…In 2017, a team of scientists surveying the Songololo Territory in the Kongo central province at the northern Angola, identified the same root necrosis similar to CBSD in several localities bordering Angola. …”
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Artificial intelligence for agricultural supply chain risk management: Constraints and potentials by Tzachor, Asaf

“…In the quantitative component of the paper, seventy-two scientists and researchers in the domains of digital agriculture, big data in agriculture and agricultural supply chains are surveyed. …”
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Metagenomic water quality monitoring with a portable laboratory by Acharya, K., Blackburn, A., Mohammed, Jemila, Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Hiruy, A.M., Werner, D.

“…Overall, our field deployable metagenomics toolbox advances the capability of scientists to comprehensively monitor microbiomes anywhere in the world, including in the water, food and drinks industries, the health services, agriculture and beyond.…”
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Consumer demand for sheep and goat meat in Kenya by Juma, G.P., Ngigi, M., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Drucker, Adam G.

“…The article recommends dissemination of these findings as important since knowledge of existing and potential demand would assist both scientists and extension workers to educate and encourage producers to produce what is needed in the market. …”
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Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda by Moyo, M., Ssali, R.T., Namanda, S., Nakitto, M., Dery, E., Akansake, D., Adjebeng-Danquah, J., Etten, Jacob van, Sousa, K. de, Lindqvist-Kreuze, H., Carey, E., Muzhingi, T.

“…An important feature of this approach is the independent way in which farmers individually evaluate the varieties on their own farms as “citizen scientists.” In this study, we adapted this approach to evaluate consumer preferences to boiled sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) …”
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Socio-Cultural Values of Ecosystem Services from Oak Forests in the Eastern Himalaya by Dorji, T., Brookes, J.D., Facelli, J.M., Sears, R.R., Norbu, T., Dorji, K., Chhetri. Y.R., Baral, H.

“…Several management interventions proposed by the groups were presented for consideration by local users, scientists, and policy makers. For all ongoing and future ecosystem service assessments, we recommend the integration of socio-cultural values with biophysical and monetary assessments to fully value the benefits from the high-altitude oak forests.…”
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Forests, atmospheric water and an uncertain future: the new biology of the global water cycle by Sheil, D.

“…Much remains unknown and multiple research disciplines are needed to address this: forest scientists and other biologists have a major role to play. …”
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Leading inter- and transdisciplinary research: Lessons from applying theories of change to a strategic research program by Deutsch, L., Belcher, B., Claus, R., Hoffmann, S.

“…The experience highlights the importance of alternating formal and informal interaction formats throughout the process, ensuring heterogenous group formation, involving early career scientists, being responsive to emergent needs and making the added value of developing and using ToCs explicit and tangible for all participants. …”
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Strengthening the climate services chain in Central America by Martínez Barón, Deissy, Navarro-Racines, Carlos Eduardo, Martínez, Jesús David, González Romero, Carmen, Muñoz, Angel G, Castellanos, Andrea, Giraldo Mendez, Diana Carolina, Prager, Steven D, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando

“…Here we describe a process through which scientists and strategic partners have co-developed, tested, and scaled out approaches to assess, co-produce, translate and transfer climate information to enable agricultural decision making (e.g. …”
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Assessment of functional and pasting properties of fresh orange maize hybrids and open-pollinated varieties as influenced by genotype, harvesting time, and growing location by Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, Maziya-Dixon, Busie, Menkir, A., Adesokan, Michael, Olaofe, O.

“…Nutritionists, food scientists, and maize breeders could use the information from this study to select the best maize genotypes at the appropriate harvesting period suitable for the production of the preferred maize-based products of consumers.…”
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A climate change modelling framework for financial stress testing in Southern Africa by Anvari, Vafa, Arndt, Channing, Hartley, Faaiqa, Makrelov, Konstantin, Strezepek, Kenneth, Thomas, Timothy S., Gabriel, Sherwin, Merven, Bruno

“…This integration requires multidisciplinary skills such as the joint work of energy system modellers, climate scientists and macroprudential experts. This paper provides an overview of the modelling frameworks available for assessing climate change impacts in South Africa, covering both local and global models. …”
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Why Gender Matters in Breeding: Lessons from Cooking Bananas in Uganda by Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi, Ssali, R.T., Namuddu, Mary Gorreth, Kyotalimye, Miriam, Marimo, Pricilla, Mayanja, S.

“…This requires integrating different disciplines, including social scientists and gender experts, along the entire breeding process for more inclusive products and equitable outcomes.…”
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Diversification for sustainable and resilient agricultural landscape systems by Reckling, M., Watson, C., Whitbread, Anthony M., Helming, K.

“…Contributions from all continents highlighted regional specificities related to diversification and include research from natural and social sciences, with inter- and transdisciplinary approaches including synthesis of knowledge (reviews), empirical studies with experiments as well as assessments with interviews in case studies: Model-based design of crop diversification, the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability in the European context, ecological engineering for rice pest suppression in China, the role of cereal species mixtures in Ethiopian smallholder farmers, diversified planting in arid irrigation areas in northwestern China, integration of legumes in European and Canadian cropping systems, screening of native forage legumes for northern Swedish grassland systems, cropping system diversification of smallholder farmers in south-central Bangladesh, identification of how farmers imagine diversified landscapes in southern Idaho in the US, farm diversification affecting impacts from COVID-19 across Europe, the role of diversified farming in Mato Grosso Brazil, diversification and soil management measures in Germany, value chain formation for the scaling of crop diversification, and the design process with farmers and scientists for the transition toward legume-supported farming in Europe. …”
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Climate-smart cocoa in forest landscapes: Lessons from institutional innovations in Ghana by van der Haar, S., Gallagher, E., Schoneveld, G., Slingerland, M., Leeuwis, C.

“…Integrated landscape approaches have been welcomed by scientists and development practitioners as a promising way to address commodity-driven deforestation and associated land degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Enhancing gender equality and women's resilience through climate mitigation in agri-food systems by Tavenner, Katie

“…Using a three-prong methodology to gather data based on scientific studies, key informant interviews, and learning on the theme in close consultation with IRRI social and biophysical scientists, the study reviewed which climate mitigation activities had been tested and adopted by women farmers, considering mediating intersectional sociocultural dynamics. …”
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Four key enablers of youth empowerment to achieve more sustainable agri-food systems by Panday, Dinesh

“…The first cohort of Young Scientists Group (2022–2023) conducted a review, including case studies and an interview, on specific policy issues, of particular concern to youth, related to agri-food systems transformation. …”
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Peru: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet by Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis

“…The country will need to recruit and train scientists without delay, and provide the necessary remuneration, working conditions, and incentives to maintain their commitment over time. …”
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IMPACT Projections of Per Capita Food Consumption (KG Per Capita Per Year) With and Without Climate Change: Extended Commodity-Level Results for 2022 GFPR Table 2B by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IMPACT benefits from close interactions with scientists across CGIAR and other leading global economic modeling efforts around the world through the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP). …”
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IMPACT Projections of Per Capita Food Consumption With and Without Climate Change: Extended Country-Level Results for 2022 GFPR Table 1B by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IMPACT benefits from close interactions with scientists across CGIAR and other leading global economic modeling efforts around the world through the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP). …”
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