Search Results - "Scientist"

Mboga za Watu wa Pwani: Kilifi Utamaduni Conservation Group by Maundu, P., Bioversity International, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Yasuyuki, M., Towett, Erick K., Ombonyana, J.A., Obel-Lawson, E.

“…This book will be valuable for people interested in Mijikenda vegetables and traditions, scientists, development workers as well as extension agents working in the field of agriculture, anthropology, food and nutrition and ethnobotany, among several others. …”
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Implementation of a cashmere goat breeding program amongst nomads in Southern Iran by Mueller, J.P., Ansari-Renani, H.R., Momen, S.M.S., Ehsani, M., Alipour, O., Rischkowsky, Barbara A.

“…This experience shows that a participatory breeding program can be successfully implemented under nomadic conditions through intensive collaboration of nomad herders, regional extension officers and scientists.…”
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Collecting banana diversity in eastern Indonesia by Sutanto, A., Edison, H.S., Nasution, F., Hermanto, C., Cizkova, J., Hribova, E., Doležel, Jaroslav, Roux, N., Horry, J.P., Daniells, J.W., Langhe, E. de

“…Bioversity International funded a team of scientists from Indonesia and Australia to make collecting missions in the triangle in October 2012 and February 2013. …”
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Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on poor rice farming households with emphasis on women farmers: a case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India by Paris, Thelma, Singh, Abha, Singh, V., Atlin, Gary, Reyes, Amelia de los

“…Even with women’s active involvement in rice production, post harvest and seed management, scientists who are mostly male often talk with the male farmers only. …”
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Ecosystem approach to health (Ecohealth): Theory and practices in environmental health research in Vietnam by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh

“…Ecosystem approaches to health, or Ecohealth, is an emerging field of transdisciplinary research that brings together public health, environmental health people, veterinarians, ecologists, social scientists, policy makers, local authorities and experts from other fields and community members to explore how ecosystem changes can have adverse impacts on human health and implement practical solutions to address these health challenges. …”
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Transdisciplinary weed research: new leverage on challenging weed problems? by Jordan, N., Schut, Marc, Graham, S., Barney, J.N., Childs, D.Z., Christensen, S., Cousens, R.D., Davis, A.S., Eizenberg, H., Ervin, D.E., Fernández Quintanilla, C., Harrison, L.J., Harsch, M.A., Heijting, S., Liebman, M., Loddo, D., Mirsky, S.B., Riemens, M., Neve, P., Peltzer, D.A., Renton, M., Williams, M., Recasens, J., Sonderskov, M.

“…TWR seeks to integrate scholarly and practical knowledge across many stakeholder groups (e.g. scientists, private sector, farmers and extension officers) and levels (e.g. local, regional and landscape). …”
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Seeds of resilience: novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation by Vernooy, Ronnie, Kiwuka, C.

“…In Uganda, a team of scientists and extension agents used the strategy to diversify farmers’ access to beans, one of the country’s key crops for food security. …”
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A crowdsourcing approach to detect farmers’ preferences: evidences from Ethiopia for adapting to climate change by Fadda, Carlo, Mancini, C., Mengistu, D.K., Gebrehawaryat Kidane, Yosef, Dell'Acqua, M., Pe, M.E.

“…Results clearly indicate farmers’ preferences: a) Landraces were preferred over improved varieties for their multiple uses; b) By considering farmers as citizen scientists, we have a better understanding of the criteria farmers use to select their preferred varieties (in our case straw and grain yield, drought tolerance, uniformity, long and dense spikes). …”
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Assessment of fine scale population genetic diversity and regeneration in Congo basin logged forests by Evrard, Q., Dainou, K., Hardy, O., Duminil, J., Lagoute, P., Bracke, C., Doucet, J.L.

“…Whilst the majority of scientists investigate abiotic and biotic factors explaining that pattern, we hypothesize that tree population density or individual spatial isolation may also affect the tree fitness through inbreeding. …”
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Farm types and farmer motivations to adapt: Implications for design of sustainable agricultural interventions in the rubber plantations of South West China by Hammond, James, Wijk, Mark T. van, Smajgl, A., Ward, J., Pagella, Tim, Jianchu Xu, Yufang Su, Zhuang-Fang Yi, Harrison, R.D.

“…Interventions with this goal are typically designed by scientists educated in the Western tradition, and often achieve lower than desired uptake by smallholder farmers. …”
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Sweetpotato crop improvement in sub-Saharan Africa and future challenges by Kapinga, R., Zhang, D., Lemaga, B., Andrade, M.I., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Laurie, S., Ndoho, P., Kanju, E.

“…ICM specialists, postharvest technologists, social scientists, consumers and farmers. To day several varieties have been released officially by the national programmes and of recent orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties have been given emphasis in almost all the countries in ASARECA and SADC regions. …”
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The role of crop diversification in improving household food security in central Malawi by Mango, Nelson, Makate, Clifton, Mapemba, Lawrence, Sopo, Mathinda

“…This has led to what scientists have labeled as “maize poverty trap.” In the event of prolonged drought, maize fails thus leaving farmers food insecure. …”
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa Bi-annual Newsletter, July - December 2017 by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…In December, CCAFS scientists led a session on upscaling climate-smart agriculture through multi-stakeholder participation during the conference on “Research & Policy: two peas in a pod? …”
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Metodología estadística para la caracterización de fincas de cuyes (Cavia porcellus) by Zaldívar A, M, Menacho C, C

“…Para el análisis de usó el paquete Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS)/PC. Los resultados de la aplicación muestran que las nueve variables relevantes, consideradas inicialmente en el presente caso, pueden ser reemplazadas por cuatro componentes principales que explican el 65 prociento de la variación total respecto de las originales. …”
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The Galapagos Islands - a conflict of interests by Arbin, Louise

“…The Galapagos Islands gained a lot of attention worldwide after Charles Darwin visited and based his evolutionary theory on the discoveries made there. This lead to scientists all over the world wanted to preserve and study this unique place, therefore 97% of the area was turned into a national park conservation. …”
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Biochemical analysis of type II Metacaspase ( mcII - Pa ) by Rahman, Mahmudur

“…After discovering PCD in plants scientists tried to find caspase or similar enzyme in plants. …”
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Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions by Karlsson, Helena

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Diverse pathways for climate resilience in marine fishery systems by Eurich, Jacob, Friedman, Whitney, Kleisner, Kristin, Zhao, Lily, Free, Christopher M, Fletcher, Meghan, Mason, Julia, Tokunaga, Kanae, Aguion, Alba, Dell'Appa, Andrea, Dickey-Collas, Mark, Fujita, Rod, Golden, Christopher, Hollowed, Anne, Ishimura, Gakushi, Karr, Kendra, Kasperski, Stephen, Kisara, Yuga, Lau, Jacqueline, Mangubhai, Sangeeta, Osman, Layla, Pecl, Gretta, Schmidt, Jörn, Allison, Edward (Eddie), Sullivan, Patrick, Cinner, Joshua, Griffis, Roger, McClanahan, Tim, Stedman, Richard, Mills, Katherine

“…As a result, policymakers, managers, scientists and fishing communities are seeking guidance on how to holistically build resilience to climate change. …”
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A new valuation school: Integrating diverse values of nature in resource and land use decisions by Jacobs, S., Dendoncker, N., Martín López, B., Barton, David N., Gómez Baggethun, E., Boeraeve, F., McGrath, F.L., Vierikko, K., Geneletti, D., Sevecke, K.J., Pipart, N., Primmer, Eeva, Mederly, P., Schmidt, S., Aragão, A., Baral, H., Bark, R.H., Briceno, T., Brogna, D., Cabral, P., Vreese, R. de, Liquete, C., Mueller, H., Peh, K.S.H., Phelan, A., Rincón Ruiz, A., Rogers, S.H., Turkelboom, F., Reeth, W. van, Zanten, B.T. van, Wam, H.K., Washbourne, C-L.

“…This growing group of scientists and practitioners share the ambition to explore how combinations of ecological, socio-cultural and economic valuation tools can support real-life resource and land use decision-making. …”
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Quantitative trait loci affecting reproductive phenology in peach by Romeu Santacreu, José Francisco, Monforte Gilabert, Antonio J., Sanchez, Gerardo, Granell Richart, Antonio, García Brunton, Jesús, Badenes, María Luisa, Ríos García, Gabino

“…A better understanding of the genetic factors affecting crop phenology might help scientists and breeders to predict changes in genotype performance in a context of global climate change.…”
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