Search Results - "Sociology"

Integrating Vegetables into Maize-Based Systems for Enhanced Nutrition and Income Generation: Scoping Study by AVRDC by World Vegetable Center

“…We conduct a scoping study to establish determinant sociological, infrastructural, biological, and agronomic factors that currently affect vegetable production and offer scope for future vegetable production in the study area. …”
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The expected impact and future of the ILCA Subhumid Zone Programme by Kaufmann, Ralph R. von

“…Discusses potential impacts of ILCA's subhumid zone programme in Nigeria in terms of the direct benefits accruing to producers from adopting its intervention packages and indirect spinoffs from a better basis for research & development strategies in the livestock sector arising from a better understanding of complex sociological cultural, economic, ecological, agronomic & livestock management interactions constituting the livestock production system gleaned from livestock system research. …”
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Training manual for support to women entreprenueurship in the agri-food sector in Nigeria by SWEAN

“…The paradigm shifts from a supply-driven intervention to a more responsive demand-drive intervention necessitates the fulfillment of the sociological approach. This approach advocates that the needs of beneficiaries be ascertained before any intervention is carried out. …”
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Water, agriculture and poverty in the Niger River Basin by Ogilvie, A., Mahe, G., Ward, J., Serpantie, G., Lemoalle, J., Morand, P., Barbier, Bruno, Diop, Amadou Tamsir, Caron, A., Namara, Regassa E., Kaczan, D., Lukasiewicz, A., Paturel, J.E., Lienou, G., Clanet, J.C.

“…Improved agriculture and water management require technical, sociological, and regulatory changes to address the wider causes of poverty. …”
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Moving to local control of woodland resources - Can CAMPFIRE go beyond the mega-fauna? by Campbell, Bruce M., Byron, R.N., Madzudzo, Pauline H.E., Matose, F., Wily, L.

“…In identifying circumtances where CAMPFIRE may be applied succesfully to woodland resources, economic, sociological, and ecological circumtances must be considered.…”
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Looking at the books: Social accounting of three cassava drying (appropriate technology) cooperative associations in Colombia by Romanoff, S.A.

“…Political, ideological, and sociological factors affect the no. of beneficiaries. …”
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Análisis de tendencias: Spin-Offs alternativas para la transferencia de conocimiento en AGROSAVIA by Flórez Martínez, Diego Hernando, Cardenas Solano, Leidy Johanna

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The Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC) by Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…Scaling  out  the  principles  and  technologies  is  done  by  providing  logistical  support to in-country 'champions', providing technical advice, assisting with developing support materials for local extension experts, and conducting collaborative sociological studies on the factors that influence adoption by farmers. …”
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Factors influencing adoption of cover crops for weed management in Machakos and Makueni counties of Kenya by Mwangi, H.W., Kihurani, A.W., Wesonga, J.M., Ariga, E.S., Kanampiu, F.K.

“…The objective of this study was to examine adoption and sociological factors associated with adoption of cover crops in Kalama (Machakos county) and Kee (Makueni county), Kenya. …”
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The use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to confirm presence of selected pathogenic bacteria along milk value chain in Tanga region by Shija, F., Misinzo, G., Nonga, H., Kurwijila, Lusato R., Roesel, Kristina, Grace, Delia

“…Detailed results of the study, including laboratory results and sociological results are presented.…”
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Social capital and gender in South Africa, 1993-98 by Maluccio, John A., Haddad, Lawrence J., May, Julian

“…The concept of social capital, well grounded in the sociological and anthropological literatures (for example, Coleman 1988), is increasingly being analyzed and used by economists and other development policy practitioners. …”
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Assessing local perspectives in a forested landscape of central Cameroon by Sassen, M., Jum, C.N.

“…These issues are not easily captured in sociological surveys, but the methods applied generated insights into people’s views and preferences regarding the forest and provide grounds for negotiation and compromise between the stakeholders. …”
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Rethinking Adoption and Diffusion as a Collective Social Process: Towards an Interactional Perspective by Leeuwis, Cees, Aarts, N.

“…It is therefore important to complement and re-orient our thinking about adoption and resort to more sociological and interactional concepts and explanations. …”
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Influencia de la densidad de plantación y la posición sociológica en el rendimiento y la calidad de madera aserrada de Grevillea Robusta A. by Barth, Sara Regina, Giménez, Ana María, Joseau, Marisa Jacqueline, Gauchat, Maria Elena, Videla, Daniel

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Upland rice: Cultural keystone species in a Philippine traditional agroecosystem by Zapico, Florence, Dizon, Josefina, Fernando, Edwino, Borromeo, Teresita, McNally, Kenneth, Hernandez, Jose

“…Further unveiled by the study were concomitant rice varietal losses, a highly eroded indigenous knowledge system, or IKS, as well as major driving forces that have significantly impacted biocultural diversity on-farm. Sociological analysis of Sarangani tribal community and resources identified upland rice as a potential cultural keystone species (CKS) whose loss can severely compromise cultural integrity and food security. …”
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Understanding nutritional outcomes through gendered analysis of time-use patterns in semi-arid India by Ravula, Padmaja, Pramanik, Soumitra, Pingali, Prabhu, Bantilan, Cynthia, Kavitha, Kasala

“…Agricultural interventions in the harsh, drought-prone environment of the SAT tend to increase the time burden on women. Sociological perspectives indicate that changes in time use patterns are also due to changing agricultural practices such as cropping patterns, type of productive work (farm to non-farm) among other factors, leading to variations in outcomes like nutrition for different members of the household. …”
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Contribución ecológica y cultural de los sistemas silvopastoriles para la conservación de la biodiversidad en Matiguás, Nicaragua by Ramírez Sandoval, Leonardo R.

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Supporting water-food-land nexus policy coherence through integrated agrifood advisory and extension system in Egypt by Eldabbagh, Fayrouz, Brouziyne, Youssef

“…This would be feasible by managing the coordination with financial institutions, monetary and nonmonetary incentives, and building on existing farmers’ collective organizations and farmers’ pioneers to enable a sociological transition to water productivity.…”
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Political economy of protein transition: Battles of power, framings and narratives around a false wicked problem by Béné, Christophe, Lundy, Mark

“…To complete this, we combine classical political economy analysis focusing on the access and distribution of power and economic resources amongst different groups of actors, with a more sociological approach relying on discourses analysis. …”
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Special section: land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe: introduction, overview and synthesis by Campbell, Bruce M., Costanza, R., Belt, M. van den

“…Modeling is seen as a framework for integration of ecological and economic issues, but further work is required to incorporate institutional perspectives from the sociological and anthropological disciplines.…”
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