Resultados de búsqueda - "South Africa"

Nitrogen mineralization in a sludge-amended sandy clay loam in South Africa por Mellin, Anna-Karin

“…The upper limit for the amount of sludge farmers are allowed to apply on arable land in South Africa is 8 tonnes dry matter ha-1 year -1 and this was also the amount used in this incubation study. …”
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Grassland degradation significantly enhances soil CO2 emission por Abdalla, Khatab, Mutema, Macdex, Chivenge, Pauline, Everson, Colin, Chaplot, Vincent

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Options for improving agricultural water productivity under increasing water scarcity in South Africa por Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Mpandeli, S., Nhamo, Luxon, Senzanje, Aidan, Chimonyo, Vimbayi Grace Petrova, Modi, Albert Thembinkosi

“…South Africa is ranked among the thirty driest countries in the world, a challenge that is negatively affecting agricultural production. …”
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An integrative analytical model for the water-energy-food nexus: South Africa case study por Nhamo, L., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Mpandeli, S., Dickens, Chris, Nhemachena, C., Senzanje, Aidan, Naidoo, D., Liphadzi, S., Modi, Albert Thembinkosi

“…The model was then applied to assess progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa. The estimated integrated indices of 0.155 and 0.203 for 2015 and 2018, respectively, classify South Africa’s management of resources as marginally sustainable. …”
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Hydrogeological characterization of crystalline aquifer in the Hout River Catchment, Limpopo Province, South Africa por Abiye, T. A., Tshipala, D., Leketa, K., Villholth, Karen G., Ebrahim, Girma Yimer, Magombeyi, Manuel Simba, Butler, M.

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Knowledge review and agenda setting for future investments in research on water governance in South Africa por Jacobs-Mata, Inga, Mukuyu, Patience

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Advances in water research: enhancing sustainable water use in irrigated agriculture in South Africa por Nhamo, L., Mpandeli, S., Liphadzi, S., Hlophe-Ginindza, S., Kapari, M., Molwantwa, J., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Its scarcity is compounded by climate change and increasing demand from a growing population. In South Africa, over 60% of the available freshwater resources are used in agriculture, mainly in irrigated agriculture. …”
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Environmental flows in support of sustainable intensification of agriculture in the Letaba River Basin, South Africa por Dickens, Chris, Whitney, Cory W., Luedeling, Eike, Dlamini, V., O’Brien, G., Greffiths, Ikhothatseng Jacob

“…The Letaba River Basin and it's tributary, the Great/Groot Letaba, are located in the eastern part of the Limpopo province in South Africa. This is one of the most important river basins in the region supporting both large-scale commercial and small-scale farmers. …”
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South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS), 1993-1999 por International Food Policy Research Institute

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Cash transfers conditional on schooling reduce IPV among young women in South Africa por Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health

“…This case study summarizes the impact from a conditional cash transfer program targeted to girls of secondary school age in South Africa. The program led to a 34 percent reduction in intimate partner physical violence by allowing girls to avoid potential violent partnerships, as transfers delayed sexual debut and lowered their number of sexual partners.…”
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Minimum wages and household poverty: General equilibrium macro–micro simulations for South Africa por Pauw, Karl, Leibbrandt, Murray

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Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Maluccio, John A.

“…We test the unitary versus collective model of the household using specially designed data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa. Human capital and individual assets at the time of marriage are used as proxy measures for bargaining power. …”
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Marriage, schooling, and excess mortality in prime-age adults: Evidence from South Africa por Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…The objective of this paper is to determine the effect that schooling has on HIV/AIDS excess mortality, using panel data from South Africa. This paper tests the hypothesis that schooling affects when and who one marries and thus impacts the risk of mortality from HIV/AIDS. …”
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Children in the shadow of AIDS: Studies of vulnerable children and orphans in three provinces in South Africa por Adato, Michelle, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Roopnaraine, Terry, Biermayr-Jenzano, Patricia, Norman, Amy

“…With a population of almost 45 million people and an estimated 5.5 million people infected with HIV, South Africa has the largest number of individuals living with the virus in a single country. …”
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Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa por Yamauchi, Futoshi, Nishiyama, Shinichi

“…In this paper, they examine the impact of unequal income distribution on the ability of a community to finance local schools in South Africa. To this end, they conduct two analyses, one empirical and the other based on simulations... …”
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Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa por Yamauchi, Futoshi, Nishiyama, Shinichi

“…To examine how local income distribution affects both a community’s ability to pay for schooling and the quality of that schooling, this research merges household and school census data from South Africa. Empirical results are twofold. First, while the median income and the average household income increase school fees, inequality inhousehold income (standard deviation) decreases school fees, which indicates that the lower tail of income distribution pulls down school fees. …”
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Children in the shadow of AIDS: Studies of vulnerable children and orphans in three provinces in South Africa por Adato, Michelle, Kadiyala, Suneetha, Roopnaraine, Terry, Biermayr-Jenzano, Patricia, Norman, Amy

“…This paper examines the experiences of children affected by HIV/AIDS in three provinces of South Africa. By combining findings from two studies that focus on households at different stages of impact, the paper looks at the conditions of vulnerable children living in homes with HIV positive family members; children at risk of becoming orphans (i.e., children living with HIV positive primary caregivers); and children ‘orphaned.’ …”
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Biosafety at the crossroads: An analysis of South Africa's marketing and trade policies for genetically modified products por Gruère, Guillaume P., Sengupta, Debdatta

“…South Africa is the only country in Africa that has both adopted genetically modified (GM) crops and developed a functional biosafety system to manage any risks related to the use of GM products. …”
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Strengthening institutional safety nets in South Africa: Shareing Operation Hunger's insights and experiences por Breslin, Edward D., Delius, Peter, Madrid, Carlos

“…Poverty and malnutrition are significant problems in South Africa. The vast majority of poor people in the country are black and live in rural areas (RDP 1995; SALDRU 1994). …”
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Marriage, schooling, and excess mortality in prime-age adults: Evidence from South Africa por Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…This study undertook preliminary empirical assessment of recent panel data from South Africa. Results show that excess mortality is concentrated in unmarried adults aged 20–39 among both men and women (with a larger increase in mortality rate among women than men). …”
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