Resultados de búsqueda - "Socioeconomics"

Food Demand Meta-Elasticities (FDME) Database por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Projected Elasticities provide projected income elasticities estimated up to 2050 based on the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) (ONeil et al., 2014) allowing elasticities to evolve in line with scenario-based projections of sociodemographic characteristics. …”
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Productivity impacts and environmental trade-offs of livestock-based systems in the northern uplands of Lao PDR por Dao Thu, Hang Thi, Notenbaert, An, Van Der Hoek, Rein, Philp, Joshua, Jalonen, Riina, Mponela, Powell, Atieno, Mary

“…However, these interventions must be carefully designed to fit local agroecological and socioeconomic conditions and to minimize trade-offs related to land, water, and emissions. …”
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Forest plantations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua: performance of species and preferences of farmers por Piotto, D., Montagnini, F., Kanninen, M., Ugalde, L., Viquez, E.

“…In addition information regarding the farmer's preferences and characteristics of the farms and the farmers was gathered through a survey including socioeconomic and silvicultural aspects. In both countries farmers used more native than exotic species for reforestation. …”
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Decision-making by farmers regarding ecosystem services: factors affecting soil conservation efforts in Costa Rica por Vignola, Raffaele, Koellner, T., Scholz, R.W., McDaniels, T.L.

“…This paper examines influences on farmers’ decisions through a survey involving interviews with a sample of farmers (n = 56) to test hypotheses on how a combination of cognitive variables (beliefs, risk perception, values) and socioeconomic variables shape decisions on soil conservation. …”
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Rhetoric vs. realities—An assessment of rainwater management planning and implementation modalities in Oromia and Amhara regions, Ethiopia por Ludi, Eva, Belay, A., Duncan, Alan J., Snyder, Katherine A., Tucker, Josephine, Cullen, Beth, Belissa, M., Oljira, T., Teferi, A., Nigussie, Z., Deresse, A., Debela, M., Chanie, Y., Lule, D., Samuel, D., Lema, Zelalem, Berhanu, A., Merrey, Douglas J.

“…The paper outlines RWM strategies which are developed with true participation of farmers and other stakeholders; are based on evidence of what works and why; take into account specific socioeconomic and ecological niches; work across relevant sectors; and support local opportunities for innovation.…”
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Metodología para seleccionar zonas de intervención con cultivos biofortificados por Monserrate Rojas, Fredy Alexander, Pachón, Helena, Hyman, Glenn G., Vesga Varela, A.L.

“…METHODS: A geographic information system (GIS) was produced with records on nutritional risks, crop production, food consumption, and demographic and socioeconomic data, for 11 countries in the Region. Four case studies were conducted (in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico) using exploratory and descriptive analysis of thematic maps that were superimposed and compared to reveal overlapping and spatial patterns, thereby identifying areas suited to intervention. …”
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Achievements and perspectives in the breeding of tropical grasses and legumes por Miles, John W.

“…More specifically, the reasons for the lack of success of tropical pasture plant breeding can be classified as: i) inadequate understanding of the socioeconomic environment in which the bred cultivars are to be used, ii) inadequate level and stability of institutional support, and iii) inherent biological obstacles. …”
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Water conservancy projects in China: Achievements, challenges and way forward por Liu, Junguo, Zang, Chuanfu, Tian, Shiying, Yang, Hong, Jia, Shaofeng, You, Liangzhi, Liu, Bo, Zhang, Miao

“…This paper provides an overview of China's water conservancy development, and illustrates the socioeconomic, environmental and ecological impacts. …”
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Restoring Amazonia: promoting Eco-Efficient land use alternatives = Restauración de la Amazonia: fomento de alternativas Eco-Eficientes para uso del suelo por Jarvis, Andy, Lavelle, Patrick M.

“…CIAT is working to improve the environmental and socioeconomic conditions in the Amazon by developing eco-efficient options for restoring degraded landscapes and by supporting the long-term success of these land use alternatives.…”
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Production and marketing of cassava flour for human consumption in Colombia : summary of final report: Pilot project phase (June 1989-December 1991) por Ostertag Gálvez, Carlos F., Wheatley, Christopher C.

“…The second phase sought to integrate the production, processing and marketing components of the cassava flour system under the real socioeconomic conditions at Chinú, a cassava-growing region of the Córdoba department in the Atlantic coast of Colombia. …”
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Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia) por Bekchanov, Maksud, Lamers, John P.A.

“…The prospects of improving the basin-wide water management governance, increasing water and energy use efficiency, and establishing the necessary legal and institutional frameworks for enhancing the introduction of needed technological and socioeconomic change are argued as options for gaining more regional water security and equity.…”
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Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation stra... por Bouroncle, Claudia, Imbach, Pablo, Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz, Medellín, Claudia, Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…Climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) integrates biophysical and socioeconomic information to support policy decisions. …”
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Ex-ante Assessment of Drought Tolerant Bean Technology. A case study in the series: Economic Foresight for Understanding the Role of Investments in Agriculture for the Global Food... por International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Our study integrates the three mature, independently developed areas of crop, climate, and partial equilibrium economic modeling in order to accurately simulate climatic stress at the biophysical level, and then to register how this stress, as well as the measures taken to mitigate it, manifest at the socioeconomic level in terms of changes in supply and demand, international trade, land use, and food security. …”
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Risk assessment for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in marketed unpasteurized milk in selected East African countries por Grace, Delia, Omore, Amos O., Randolph, Thomas F., Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Nasinyama, G.W., Mohammed, H.O.

“…Hazard characterization was based on a socioeconomic study with dose-responses derived from the literature. …”
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Implications of trends in land use change for livestock systems evolution in East Africa: lessons from the LUCID project por Olson, J.

“…The purpose of this report is to highlight major trends in relation to livestock; additional information on each of the case study sites, the research methodology employed and on particular components, such as the root causes of land use change, trends in changing biodiversity and land degradation, as well as regional socioeconomic and environmental syntheses, can be found in the over 40 working papers of the Land Use Change, Impacts and Dynamics (LUCID) project.1 The LUCID working papers from which this report is drawn were authored by scientists and students in six institutions in East Africa, and by scientists and students in the US and France. …”
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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of enset Xanthomonas wilt in southern Ethiopia por Yemataw, Z., Mekonen, A., Chala, A., Tesfaye, K., Mekonnen, Kindu, Studholme, D.J., Sharma, K.

“…Conclusion: EXW has spread widely and rapidly in southern Ethiopia, with significant socioeconomic impacts in smallholders’ livelihoods. There is a need for developing knowledge-based strategies and awareness-raising campaign for EXW management.…”
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Determinants of productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria: a baseline evidence por Ojiako, I.A., Tarawali, G., Okechukwu, R.U., Chianu, Jonas N.

“…The influence of socioeconomic and other household characteristics on the productivity of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to the major commercial starch processors in Nigeria were examined. …”
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True yams (Dioscorea): a biological and evolutionary link between eudicots and grasses por Mignouna, Hodeba D., Abang, Mathew M., Asiedu, Robert, Geeta, R.

“…This combination of rising importance due to its socioeconomic significance and interesting biology and evolutionary position justify its potential as a model organism. …”
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A Delphi approach to develop sustainable food system metrics por Allen, T., Prosperi, P., Cogill, Bruce, Padilla, M., Peri, I.

“…Recogniz- ing the systemic dimension of sustainability, the proposed information system builds on a vulnerability/resilience conceptual framework and considers the interactions between a set of biophysical and socioeconomic drivers of vulnerability and a number of context-specific food and nutrition security issues. …”
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The economics of cowpea in West Africa por Coulibaly, O., Lowenberg-Deboer, J.

“…The contribution of cowpea to food security and poverty reduction can be substantial in West Africa if both biological and socioeconomic constraints are addressed. While some attention has been given to genetics, agronomy, and pest control, such economic issues as access to input, marketing, and consumer preferences are key research areas which contribute to the adoption and wide diffusion of improved cowpea technologies among small farmers. …”
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