Resultados de búsqueda - "The Nation"

Social change innovations, citizen science, miniSASS and the SDGs por Taylor, J., Graham, M., Louw, A., Lepheana, A., Madikizela, B., Dickens, Chris, Chapman, D. V., Warner, S.

“…The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) describe a course of action to address poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all (https://sdgs.un.org/goals). …”
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Genomic resources to guide improvement of the shea tree por Hale, I., Ma, X., Melo, A.T.O., Padi, Francis K, Hendre, P.S., Kingan, S.B., Sullivan, S.T., Chen, S., Boffa, J.-M., Muchugi, Alice, Danquah, A., Barnor, M.T., Jamnadass, Ramni H., Peer, Y. van de, Deynze, A. van

“…With these resources, the hope is to support national programs across the shea belt in the strategic, genome-enabled conservation and long-term improvement of the shea tree for SSA.…”
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Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia por Anantha, K.H., Garg, K.K., Barron, Jennie, Dixit, S., Venkataradha, A., Singh, R., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…More importantly, the review revealed the ample scope of integrating in situ and ex situ interventions to build system-level resilience in smallholder farming systems in order to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…”
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Training of ag-extension agents and farmers on validated best-bet CSA packages for crop, forage, and small ruminant value chains to manage climate and non-climate risks in Southern... por Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Nigussie, Abebe, Terefe, Hailu, Habtegiorgis, Kebede

“…The training targeted smallholder farmers, and early career experts (i.e. technicians and development agents) from the national partners including district agricultural offices, Areka agricultural research center, Debre Birhan University, and Inter Aide. …”
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Mise en place de la plateforme d’innovation des chaînes de valeur agricoles climato-intelligentes dans la région de Tillaberi au Niger por Tougiani, Abasse, Adamou, Basso, Boureima, Moussa, Soulé, Moussa

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Response of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.Walp) varieties to Bradyrhizobial strains (USDA 3384 and 3451) and phosphorus levels in the Sudan Savanna of Nigeria por Musa, M.

“…Field trials were conducted during the 2015 wet season at the Bayero University Kano Teaching and Research Farm (110 58’N, 8025’E and 475m above sea level) and National Institute of Horticultural Research Technology (NIHORT) Bagauda (lat. 120 08'N, long. 80 32'E, 500m above sea level). …”
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A food systems approach and qualitative system dynamics model to reveal policy issues within the commercial broiler chicken system in South Africa por Queenan, K., Cuevas, S., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe, Chimonyo, M., Shankar, B., Slotow, R., Hasler, B.

“…Local broiler policies have narrow, production-driven, short-term aims for industry growth and national food security. However, these have unintended consequences that undermine the system’s future sustainability. …”
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Potential use of denitrifying bacteria in reduction of nitrogenous compounds in the effluent discharged into lake Victoria, Kenya por Wachira, J.M.

“…Sequences were edited using Chromas Lite and compared to those sequences in the public data bases via Basic Local Alignment Search Tool in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information. The phylogenetic analyses was done using Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis MEGA X using the neighbor-joining method. …”
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Genomic surveillance of Rift Valley fever virus: From sequencing to lineage assignment por Juma, John, Fonseca, V., Konongoi, Samson L., Heusden, P. van, Roesel, Kristina, Sang, R., Bett, Bernard K., Christoffels, A., Oliveira, T. de, Oyola, Samuel O.

“…Validation of the tool has been performed on a large dataset using glycoprotein gene (Gn) and whole genome sequences of the Large (L), Medium (M) and Small (S) segments of the RVFV retrieved from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank database. …”
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Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta por Galli, Anaïs, Winkler, Mirko S., Doanthu, Thuy, Fuhrimann, Samuel, Huynh, Tuyen, Rahn, Eric, Stamm, Christian, Staudacher, Philipp, Huynh, Tung Van, Loss, Georg

“…To abate negative effects on human and environmental health, several national programs were launched to enhance safer pesticide use. …”
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Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa por Mhone, Amos L., Akoko, James M., Grace, Delia, Caron, Alexandre, Karembu, Margaret, Mor, Siobhan M., Iraki, Bibiana, Nys, Hélène M. de, Fèvre, Eric M., Richards, Shauna, Ekaya, Wellington, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.

“…In line with this approach, this project aims to enhance national and sub-regional cross-sectoral collaboration between government entities with OH mandates and OH stakeholders across society, to equip educational and research institutes to train the next generation One Health workforce, and to increase the capacity of government and non-governmental stakeholders to identify and deliver OH solutions to key problems. …”
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Burden of foodborne disease due to bacterial hazards associated with beef, dairy, poultry meat, and vegetables in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, 2017 por Havelaar, A.H., Sapp, A.C., Amaya, M.P., Nane, G.F., Morgan, K.M., Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Grace, Delia, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Kowalcyk, B.B.

“…Developing estimates of the national burden of foodborne disease and attribution to specific food products will inform decision-makers about the size of the problem and motivate action to mitigate risks and prevent illness. …”
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Determinants of smallholder farmers' willingness-to-pay for soyabean production inputs in northern Ghana por Adjei-Nsiah, S., Gyan, K., Ahiakpa, J.K., Ampadu-Boakye, T., Sedebo, D.A.

“…Development and promotion of early maturing and drought tolerant soyabean varieties by the National Agricultural Research Institutes are required to enable farmers to cope with the changing climatic conditions which pose a threat to soyabean production in northern Ghana.…”
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Farming systems, food security and farmers' awareness of ecosystem services in inland valleys: A study from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana por Alemayehu, T., Assogba, G.M., Gabbert, S., Giller, Kenneth E., Hammond, James, Arouna, A., Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Ven, G.W.J. van de

“…Interventions to improve national rice production need to acknowledge and preserve the diversity ES that IVs provide to smallholder farm households.…”
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Potential of Crop Simulation Models to Increase Food and Nutrition Security Under a Changing Climate in Nepal por Devkota, Krishna, Timsina, Jagadish, Amgain, Lal P, Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari

“…For achieving self-sufficiency in cereal grains, the average national productivity of rice, wheat, and maize needs to be increased to 5.7, 3.9, and 4.9 t ha−1, respectively by 2030. …”
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Growth, Productivity, Biomass and Carbon Stock in Eucalyptus saligna and Grevillea robusta Plantations in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo por Kasekete, D.K., Ligot, G., Mweru, J.-P.M., Drouet, T., Rousseau, M., Moango, A., Bourland, N.

“…Initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) more than a decade ago in North Kivu, single-species plantations of Eucalyptus saligna and Grevillea robusta constitute, with other village plantations, the current legal source of wood-energy for the communities bordering the Virunga National Park (PNVi). This study assesses the growth and productivity of these plantations in two sites with different soil and climatic conditions to predict their production over time. …”
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Predicting Wheat Yield Gap and its Determinants in Rainfed Mediterranean Climate of Morocco: Using Ground Information, Satellite Images and Machine Learning por Devkota, Krishna, Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari, Bouasria, Abdelkrim

“…The results and maps produced are of great importance for predicting wheat yield in advance using in-season vegetation indices which is important for the farmers and policymakers for planning at regional and national scales.…”
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Multi-location testing of a global collection of elite chickpea genotypes to identify stable sources of resistance to Ascochyta blight por Istanbuli, Tawffiq, Can, Canan, Talapov, T., Kharrat, Mohamed, Bouhadida, Mariem, Omri, Noura, Fikre, A., Zewdie, Asrat, Singh, Sarvjeet, Rani, Upasana, Tawkaz, Sawsan, Kemal, Seid Ahmed, Hamwieh, Aladdin

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India's rainfed sorghum improvement: Three decades of genetic gain assessment for yield, grain quality, grain mold and shoot fly resistance por Venkata Nagesh Kumar, Mallela, Ramya, Vittal, Govindaraj, Mahalingam, Dandapani, Appavoo, Maheshwaramma, Setaboyine, Ganapathy, Kuyyamudi Nanaiah, Kavitha, Kosnam, Goverdhan, Manthati, Jagadeeshwar, Rumandla

“…The current study determined the genetic gain in 24 sorghum varieties developed by the national and state level research systems during 1990-2020. …”
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Attribution of country level foodborne disease to food group and food types in three African countries: Conclusions from a structured expert judgment study por Sapp, A.C., Amaya, M.P., Havelaar, A.H., Nane, G.F.

“…Attribution estimates will be combined with country-level estimates of the burden of foodborne disease to inform decision making by national authorities.…”
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