Resultados de búsqueda - "Socioeconomics"

Exploring the Agromorphological Profiles of the Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Collection from the INIA Germplasm Bank in the Amazonas Region, Peru por Tejada Alvarado, José Jesús, Vilca Valqui, Nuri Carito, Montenegro Acuña, Luis Alberto, Parco Quinchori, Jhimy Andy, Fernández Huaytalla, Elizabeth

“…Cacao represents a crop of strategic importance for Peru due to its socioeconomic value, which has driven initiatives for the collection, characterization, and conservation of its genetic diversity, with a view to the future development of elite plants. …”
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The DNAJ gene family in yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis): genome-wide identification, structural characterization, orthology based classification and expression analysis por Aguilera, Patricia Mabel, Debat, Humberto Julio, Castrillo, María Lorena, Bich, Gustavo Angel, Grabiele, Mauro

“…Endemic and adapted to the Atlantic Forest, its extensive full-sun monoculture links to diverse biotic (pest, pathogens) and abiotic stresses (solar radiation, drought), impacting its productivity, ecology and socioeconomic niche. We focused in comprehensively characterize the DNAJ gene family in yerba mate to predict its possible roles on development and diverse stress responses to further assist crop manage. …”
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Chapter 11 - Bioactive peptides in reformulated food por Ambrosi, Vanina, Añón, María Cristina, Chamorro, Verónica Celeste, Godoy, Maria Fernanda, Nieto, Gema, Pazos, Adriana Alejandra, Pighin, Darío Gabriel, Rey Rodriguez, Javier Francisco, Scilingo, Adriana, Tironi, Valeria

“…A key consideration is focusing on commonly consumed foods across socioeconomic classes. Bioactive peptides in proteins offer potential health benefits like antioxidant and antihypertensive effects. …”
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Genetic variation of growth traits and seed production in a Patagonian native pasture in semiarid rangelands under different environmental settings por López, Aldana Soledad, Nagahama, Nicolás, Aparicio, Alejandro Gabriel, Azpilicueta, Maria Marta, Guidalevich, Verónica, Angeli, Juan Pablo, Marchelli, Paula

“…Rangelands play a crucial socioeconomic and environmental role worldwide. In South America, desertification and overgrazing has led to their deterioration and declining productivity. …”
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Native Forests and Agriculture in Salta (Argentina) : conflicting visions of development por Seghezzo, Lucas, Volante, Jose Norberto, Paruelo, José María, Somma, Daniel Jorge, Buliubasich, Emiliana Catalina, Rodriguez, Héctor E., Gagnon, Sandra, Hufty, Marc

“…This ideology, and the established institutional power system behind it, was challenged when the National Supreme Court of Justice decided to suspend logging and deforestation activities on land claimed by marginalized ethnic and socioeconomic groups. We assess the implications of this ruling for the conservation of native forests and local livelihoods. …”
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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 A., Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz, Medellín M., Claudia, Martinez Valle, Armando, Läderach, Peter

“…Climate change vulnerability assessment (CCVA) integrates biophysical and socioeconomic information to support policy decisions. …”
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Consumers' preference and market segmentation in developing countries : rice marketing in Tanzania por Mgendi, G.S., Mujawamariya, Gaudiose, Isinika, A.C.

“…Subsequently, a cluster analysis identified consumer segments in the market, and a multinomial logit model was used to analyse the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on the probability of fitting into a particular segment. …”
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Growth and body composition of Peruvian infants in a periurban setting por Iannotti, Lora L., Zavaleta, Nelly, Leon, Zulema, Caulfield, Laura E.

“…Previous growth studies of Peruvian children have featured high stunting rates and limited information about body composition.We aimed to characterize anthropometric measures of Peruvian infants 0 to 12 months of age in relation to the international growth references and biological, environmental, and socioeconomic factors.Infants ( n = 232) were followed longitudinally from birth through 12 months of age from a prenatal zinc supplementation trial conducted in Lima, Peru, between 1995 and 1997. …”
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Decision-making to diversify farm systems for climate change adaptation por van Zonneveld, Maarten, Turmel, Marie-Soleil, Hellin, Jon

“…However, few recommendations exist on how to diversify farm systems in ways that best fit the agroecological and socioeconomic challenges farmers face. Farmers' ability to adopt diversification strategies is often stymied by their aversion to risk, loss of local knowledge, and limited access to agronomic and market information, this is especially the case for smallholders. …”
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Food security and global environmental change por Ingram, J., Ericksen, Polly J., Liverman, D.

“…The authors show that this complex and dynamic relationship between GEC and food security is also influenced by additional factors; food systems are heavily influenced by socioeconomic conditions, which in turn are affected by multiple processes such as macro-level economic policies, political conflicts and other important drivers. …”
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Review of CGIAR Priorities and Strategies por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Recommendations include an increased CGIAR emphasis on: Asia; tropical and cool subtropical agroecological zones; roots and tubers, vegetables, oil crops, and banana and plantain; natural resource management, and socioeconomic and public policy research. Chapters 13 and 14 (Part II) of the report address the implications of these priorities for CGIAR strategy and resource allocation, including an ecoregional approach to program planning and implementation.Preparation of this paper was discussed initially at TAC 51, and work on it lasted through TAC 57. …”
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TAC's Views on Implications of the New CGIAR Vision and Strategy for Structure and Governance por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It covers germplasm collections, germplasm improvement for crops, livestock, and fisheries, natural resources management, socioeconomic and policy research, and enhancing institutions. …”
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Fifth External Programme and Management Review of IITA, 2001 por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…Appointment of an agricultural economist and senior economist were suggested as ways to strengthen and guide socioeconomic research. Closer collaboration with other Centers and advanced institutes was recommended to improve understanding of the factors constraining the adoption and performance of improved varieties in humid and subhumid Africa. …”
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Contribución de las tecnologías agroforestales a la economía y bienestar de los pequeños productores en tierras de ladera en El Salvador por Segura Magaña, Eufemia

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An approach for the evaluation of herbaceous legumes with multiple benefits por Tarawali, Shirley A.

“…Such variations, together with those relating to speed of establishment, biomass production, and persistence over the evaluation period, are discussed with respect to the need to identify species or mixtures that are suitable for farmers' socioeconomic circumstance as well as biophysical conditions.…”
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Challenges in managing forest genetic resources for livelihoods: examples from Argentina and Brazil por Vinceti, B., Amaral, W., Meilleur, B.

“…This book presents the project activities that were undertaken within a framework that integrated socioeconomic, policy, population genetic and ecological features of four different forest ecosystems spread across South America, through a participatory and multidisciplinary research approach. …”
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Technologies and practices for agriculture and food system adaptation to climate change in The Gambia por Segnon, Alcade C, Zougmoré, Robert B., Houessionon, Prosper

“…Agriculture is a major source of livelihood and income in The Gambia. Despite its socioeconomic importance, the sector faces many institutional, technological, and biophysical challenges limiting its contribution to economic development. …”
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Sustainable but hungry? Food security outcomes of certification for cocoa and oil palm smallholders in Ghana por Dompreh, E.B., Asare, R., Gasparatos, A.

“…However, their production has negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Certification standards have been promoted as a market-led mechanism to ensure their sustainable production. …”
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Modeling Non-Cooperative Water Use in River Basins por Woldeyohanes, T., Kuhn, A., Heckelei, T., Duguma, L.A.

“…The objective of this review is to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of recently proposed modeling systems dealing with non-cooperative water use regarding their ability to realistically represent the features of complex hydrological and socioeconomic processes and their tractability in terms of modeling tools and computational efficiency. …”
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Conflicts between Farmers and Livestock Breeders in Mali: A Review of Dynamics and Issues in the Mopti Region por Ba, Baba

“…After analysing studies on factors weakening the agropastoral context of the delta, we focus on climatic, environmental, socioeconomic, and politico-institutional aspects to identify the drivers and triggers of conflicts. …”
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