Resultados de búsqueda - "Scientist"

Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi por Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul, Smale, M., Jamora, Nelissa, Azevedo, V.C.R.

“…Methods Pedigree data obtained through consultations with genebank scientists and breeders were used in combination with a three-wave balanced household-level panel dataset of 447 smallholder farmers in Malawi. …”
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E-registration, spatial referencing and tracking of farmers for innovation scaling in Burundi por Arouna, A., Aboudou, R., Yergo, W.G., Ouedraogo, M., Abdoulaye, T.

“…Data can be used by scientists to have better understanding of crops value chains, production systems, the level of knowledge, accessibility and adoption of improved rice varieties and agricultural technologies, for further research in the field of rice value chain development, technologies testing and socioeconomic studies of rice value chain actors and other crops such as cassava, banana, potato, and beans. …”
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Scaling of innovations: E-registration and spatial referencing of farmers in Rwanda por Arouna, A., Aboudou, R., Yergo, W.G., Ouedraogo, M., Abdoulaye, T.

“…Data can be used by scientists to have better understanding of crops value chains, production systems, the level of knowledge, accessibility and adoption of improved rice varieties and agricultural technologies, for further research in the field of rice value chain development, technologies testing and socioeconomic studies of rice value chain actors and other crops such as cassava, banana, potato, and beans. …”
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The future of global river health monitoring por Kuehne, L. M., Dickens, Chris, Tickner, D., Messager, M. L., Olden, J. D., O’Brien, G., Lehner, B., Eriyagama, Nishadi

“…Lastly, we present recommendations for coordinated action and investment by policy makers, research funders and scientists to develop and implement the framework to support conservation and restoration of river health globally.…”
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Cultivating integrity: Addressing the impact of predatory publishing on agricultural research por Urrea Benítez, José Luis, Yedra Cubillos, Anny I., Burkart, Stefan

“…Such tactics create a breeding ground for scholars and scientists, who are under pressure to advance in their careers, which is often based on the number of publications. …”
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Harnessing Genetic Variation in Physiological and Molecular Traits to Improve Heat Tolerance in Food Legumes por Devi, Poonam, Chaudhary, Shikha, Bhardwaj, Anjali, Priya, Manu, Jha, Uday, Pratap, Aditya, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar, Bindumadahva, HanumanthaRao, Singh, Inderjit, Singh, Sarvjeet, Vara Prasad, V. P., Siddique, Kadambot H M, Nayyar, Harsh

“…Plant genetic variations provide opportunity to develop new and improved cultivars with desired characteristics, hence gaining major attention from the scientists and breeders all over the world. Harnessing genetic variability is the key factor in the adaptation of plants to ever-rising temperature. …”
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Genomics Reference Resource for African Cattle (GRRFAC) por Marshall, Karen, Hanotte, Olivier H., Tijjani, Abdulfatai

“…Our current objectives include the identifications of the most informative SNPs for designing the African cattle reference SNP genotyping arrays to be applied to breeding improvement programs and the genomic regions underpinning adaptation and productivity traits, as well as the capacity building among African collaborating scientists through training in bioinformatics and genomics, thereby paving the way towards a complete genome characterisation of African indigenous cattle diversity for breeds improvement. …”
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Seasonal seed scenario planning: co-design of a generic framework for matching seed supply and demand using seasonal climate forecasts por Steinke, Jonathan, Ortíz Crespo, Berta, Etten, Jacob van, Borman, Gareth Denis, Hassena, Mohammed, Kretschmer, Marlene, MacLeod, David A., Muungani, Dean

“…This study highlights opportunities for increased case-specific collaboration between climate scientists and the seed sector to make seasonal forecast information operational.…”
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Prioritizing preferred traits in the yam value chain in Nigeria: a gender situation analysis por Okoye, B., Ofoeze, M., Ejechi, M., Onwuka, S., Nwafor, S., Onyemauwa, N., Ukeje, B., Eluagu, C., Obidiegwu, J., Olaosebikan, O., Madu, Tessy

“…When gender specialists, food scientists, and breeders work together, innovations are created, challenges are overcome, and information is shared.…”
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Greenhouse gas emission assessment methods, data sources and reporting processes in Vietnam por Tri, V. P. D., Trung, P. K., Loi, N. T., Ghosh, Surajit, Holmatov, Bunyod

“…These assessments are conducted under the guidance of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, involving the participation of state management agencies under different ministries, and scientists. GHG emissions data at the national level is typically collected and managed by the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA)1 , and GHG emissions data at the local level (province) is managed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in each province.…”
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Proceedings of stakeholder' consultation meeting on agrifood value chains in Odisha: Challenges and Opportunities por Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The meeting witnessed the participation of key stakeholders from both national and international organisations including Government officials, faculties and scientists of Universities and academic institutions, representatives from civil societies, agriculture marketing experts and private companies involve in agriculture value chain in Odisha. …”
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Human dimensions of forest landscape restoration por Mansourian, Stephanie, Derkyi, Mercy, Djenontin, Ida, Elias, Marlène, Oldekop, Johan, Pacheco, Pablo, Burns, Janice, Diederichsen, Anita, Kleine, Michael, Vallauri, Daniel, Walder, Bethanie

“…Eleven social and natural scientists combined forces to develop this guidance document which includes an analytical framework to better understand and integrate human dimensions in restoration and a number of relevant guidance materials developed under other processes but also directly relevant to FLR. …”
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Factors influencing the productivity and efficiency of wheat farmers in Punjab, Pakistan por Battese, George E., Nazli, Hina, Smale, Melinda

“…Scientists in Pakistan are currently developing biofortified wheat varieties to address widespread zinc deficiency, especially among women and children in poorer rural households. …”
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A review on nitrogen flows and obstacles to sustainable nitrogen management within the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa por Masso, Cargele, Gweyi-Onyango, J., Luoga, H.P., Yemefack, M., Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…These results suggest that scientists as well as those involved in decision-making and policymaking processes should formulate new targets for fertilizer increment to reduce the yield gap for sustainability, focusing on more integrated soil fertility as a package for nutrient management in cropping systems.…”
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Science and poverty: an interdisciplinary assessment of the impact of agricultural research por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Adato, Michelle, Haddad, Lawrence J., Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…Therefore, it is crucial that impact assessments include a mix of disciplines and methods, and that researchers do not only focus on poverty-reducing impacts that are easy to measure. For the future, scientists and other decision makers designing new research programs need to understand all the social factors that will affect the uptake and impacts of technologies. …”
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Diversity in agricultural research resources in the Asia-Pacific region por Beintema, Nienke M., Stads, Gert-Jan

“…Nonetheless, all countries in our survey sample experienced improvements in qualification levels of agricultural scientists over the past decade, despite the challenges that certain countries face in rejuvenating their researcher pool. …”
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Citizen science data to improve rainfall-runoff model performance in urbanizing Akaki Catchment, Awash Basin, Ethiopia por Mengistie, G. K., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, O'Donnell, G., Negash, E. D., Bekele, Tilaye Worku, Tedla, H. Z.

“…Five and nineteen people trained as citizen scientists monitored river stage and rainfall data, respectively, for three years. …”
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Exploring the West African forest island phenomenon: scientific insights gained, successes achieved and capacities strengthened por Logah, V., Azeez, J., Compaore, H., Mesele, S.A., Ocansey, C.M., Bougma, A., Tetteh, E.N., Veenendaal, E.M., Lloyd, J.

“…We conclude that the North–South–South research collaboration has established clearly, the science underlying the age-long West African forest island phenomenon and has, among many successes, led to capacity building of young scientists driving cutting-edge research in climate change adaptation and food systems transformation in the sub-region.…”
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Marker-assisted introgression and stacking of major QTLs controlling grain number (Gn1a) and number of primary branching (WFP) to NERICA cultivars por Reyes, Vincent P., Angeles-Shim, Rosalyn B., Mendioro, Merlyn S., Manuel, Ma. Carmina C., Lapis, Ruby S., Shim, Junghyun, Sunohara, Hidehiko, Nishiuchi, Shunsaku, Kikuta, Mayumi, Makihara, Daigo, Jena, Kshirod K., Ashikari, Motoyuki, Doi, Kazuyuki

“…However, with the growing population and decreasing arable land, rice scientists must find new ways to improve rice productivity. …”
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Threshold-based flood early warning in an urbanizing catchment through multi-source data integration: satellite and citizen science contribution por Tedla, H. Z., Bekele, Tilaye Worku, Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Negash, E. D., Walsh, C. L., O'Donnell, G., Haile, Alemseged Tamiru

“…The study provides a tested methodology for selecting suitable flood threshold-combinations, enhance the engagement of citizen scientists in a community–based flood early warning system in urban communities.…”
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