Resultados de búsqueda - "The Nation"

Farmers’ preferences for east African highland cooking banana ’Matooke’ hybrids and local cultivars por Madalla, N., Swennen, R., Brown, A., Carpentier, Sebastien C., Bergh, I. van den, Crichton, R.J., Marimo, Pricilla, Weltzien, Eva, Massawe, C., Shimwela, M., Mbongo, D., Kindimba, Grace, Kubiriba, Jerome, Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Okurut, A.W., Cavicchioli, M., Ortíz, R.

“…To accomplish this, planning for varietal improvement initiatives at various levels—including internationally, regionally, nationally, and locally—would require a strong participatory structure that is gender inclusive.…”
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How relative poverty influences responses to social protection programmes: Evidence from Pakistan por Kosec, Katrina, Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung

“…In Kosec and Mo (2023), we studied how Pakistan’s national unconditional cash transfer programme, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), affected political attitudes. …”
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Establishing optimal planting windows for contrasting sorghum cultivars across diverse agro-ecologies of north-eastern Nigeria: a modelling approach por Akinseye, Folorunso M., Ajeigbe, Hakeem A., Kamara, A., Omotayo, A.O., Tofa, A., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…The seasonal climate simulations across sites and AEZs suggested increased yields when using adapted sorghum cultivars based on the average grain yield threshold of ≥1500 kgha−1 against the national average of 1160 kgha−1. In the Sudan Savanna (SS), the predicted optimum PWs ranged from 25 May to 30 June for CSR01 and Samsorg-44, while the PWs could be extended to 10 July for ICSV400 and Improved Deko. …”
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Performance of tetraploid bio-fortified potato clones in Rwanda por Rukundo, P., Ndacyayisenga, T., Vandamme, Elke, Nshimiyimana, J.C., Mendes, T.

“…The potential of bio-fortified crops and their critical role in Rwandan diets motivated the Ministry of Agriculture through Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) to adopt a national policy of combating micro-nutrient deficiencies by developing and releasing fortified crop varieties. …”
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Ownership of small livestock species, but not aggregate livestock, is associated with an increased risk of anemia among children in Ethiopia: A propensity score matching analysis por Zerfu, Taddese Alemu, Abera, A., Duncan, Alan J., Baltenweck, Isabelle, McNeill, Geraldine

“…The current study used robust analytical approaches to examine the effect of household livestock ownership on children's anemia using the most recent secondary data from the national demographic and health survey. We followed a 1:1 closest neighborhood propensity score matching analysis. …”
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Case studies on food waste quantification, characterization, and identification of prevention and reduction options in Colombo, Sri Lanka por Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., Wickramasinghe, N., Bucatariu, C., Drechsel, Pay

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Climate smart rice innovations to reduce the impact of climate change on the livelihood of value chain actors por Ndindeng, S.A., Zenna, N., Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Arouna, A., Yadav, S., Semwal, V., Ibrahim, A., Futakuchi, K., Manneh, B.

“…Methods The Africa Rice Center in partnership with the National Agricultural Research and Extension Services of its 28 member States operating within the framework of the Africa-wide Taskforces has developed, tested, validated, and are deploying breeding, agronomic and post-harvest approaches to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on rice yield and quality in Africa. …”
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Response of common bean genotypes to prevalent Pseudocercospora griseola races causing angular leaf spot in Uganda por Kyomugisha, Prossy, Kato, Fred, Amongi, Winnyfred, Akankunda, Trace, Ssekamate, Male Allan, Mukankusi, Clare M.

“…Twenty-seven common bean genotypes and three control varieties (Mexico54, MCM5001, and CAL96) were screened at field conditions for ALS resistance at testing site (National Agricultural Research Laboratories - Kawanda) under natural disease infection. …”
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From climate risk to resilience: Unpacking the economic impacts of climate change in Zambia por Detelinova, Iva, Thomas, Timothy S., Tian, Junyan, Hammond, Wole, Arndt, Channing

“…The combined effect of the temperature and precipitation projections is anticipated to cause a decrease in water availability at national level and to adversely affect the Zambezi, Kafue, and Luangwa River Basins. …”
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High spatial resolution seasonal crop yield forecasting for heterogeneous maize environments in Oromia, Ethiopia por Tesfaye, Kindie, Takele, Robel, Shelia, Vakhtang, Lemma, Esayas, Dabale, Addisu, Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C., Solomon, Dawit, Hoogenboom, Gerrit

“…The yield forecasts in both the absolute and relative to the normal yield values were conducted for the 2020 season using different predictor fields and lead times from a grid cell to the national level. Yield forecast uncertainties were presented in terms of cumulative probability distributions. …”
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Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on Climate Smart Nutrient and Water Management in Crop Production Course Module por Kalinda, Thompson, Phiri, Elijah, Mweetwa, Alice Mutiti

“…These institutions included the Ministry of Agriculture, Zambia National Information Services (NAIS), Zambia College of Agriculture (ZCA), Natural Resource Development College (NRDC), Kasisi Agriculture Training Centre (KATC), Indaba Agriculture Policy and Research Institute (IAPRI), AfriSeed and relevant Departments at the University of Zambia. …”
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The modelled costs of adaptation por Watkiss, Paul, Bruin, Kelly de, Dasgupta, Shouro, Ebi, Kristie, Hinkel, Jochen, Hunt, Alistair, Lincke, Daniel, Rozenberg, Julie, Sayer, Pieter, Shariq, Ammara, Sulser, Timothy B., Tiggeloven, Timothy, Tröltzsch, Jenny, Ward, Philip, Wreford, Anita

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Diagnostic Tools Applied by ICARDA’s Germplasm Health Unit (GHU) for Detection of Pests and Diseases Transmitted via Legume and Cereal Seeds por Kumari, Safaa, Moukahel, Abdulrahman, El Miziani, Inaam, Darwish, Iman

“…Seeds of cereals (wheat, barley) and legumes (faba bean, lentil, chickpea, grasspea) are important exchange materials for farming, crop production, and research at national, regional, and international levels, but with the exchanges comes the danger of introducing new pests (fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and insects). …”
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Key lessons on the change processes that drive agroecological transitions in Zimbabwe por Voss, Rachel C., Zingwena, Taurai, Chimonyo, Vimbayi G. P.

“…Rainfall is limited and erratic, and peasant farmers have access to under 5% of national irrigation facilities (FAO, 2023). Soils in Zimbabwe are highly sandy and low-fertility granitic soils, contributing to water management challenges under changing climatic conditions. …”
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The natural farming model of Andhra Pradesh: a solution for sustainable agriculture in India por Gupta, Shweta, Malaiappan, Sudharsan, Krishnan, S., Sikka, Alok

“…This assessment is majorly conducted using secondary sources such as national and state policy documents, census datasets to study district profiles, APCNF project updates and supplemented using primary data collection during our interaction with key stakeholders including farmers during field visits and focus group discussions.…”
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Assessment of the use, intensity and adoption of Climate Information Services (CIS) and Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies in Ghana. por Damba, Osman T., Mponela, Powell, Mahama, Obed K., Dagunga, Gilbert, Anang, Benjamin T.

“…The result from the study supports evidenced based implementation strategy formulation in other regional and national projects including the Food System Resilience Program (FSRP) and the Fertilizer and Soil‐Health Roadmap for West Africa and Sahel. …”
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Development of an Anticipatory Action Plan for flood and landslide hazard in Sri Lanka por Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj, Gnanatheepan, W.

“…Preparedness activities involve developing community-based early warning mechanisms, aligning them with national thresholds, establishing vigilant groups, and providing training. …”
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AICCRA Facilitating Gender Smart Technologies Using Community Technology Parks por Yeboah, Stephen, Adomako, Joseph, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Frimpong-Anin, Kofi, Haleegoah, Joyce, Eyram Amengor, Natson, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Kyere, Reginald, Obeng, Faustina, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain

“…On average, improved maize seeds, land preparation, good agronomic practices, harvesting, and marketing technologies disseminated were scored as having low drudgery (60 %) and displacement of women of their roles (90 %) for maize, cowpea, and sweet potato. Compared to the national yield average, AICCRA intervention fields recorded 64 % and 128 % increases in maize and cowpea yields respectively. …”
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Yield performance, adaptability and processing qualities of pre-release potato clones under different Rwandan agro-ecologies por Placide, R., Theophile, N., Vandamme, Elke, Nshimiyimana, J.C., Mendes, T.

“…Five new potato clones (CIP393280.64, CIP393371.58, CIP393077.159, CIP396018.241, and CIP398190.615) and two local checks (Kinigi and Kirundo) were evaluated in fourteen sites under the National Performance Trials (NPTs) for two growing seasons using a randomized complete block design with three replications to identify their yield performance, adaptability and processing qualities. …”
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Flood-tolerant rice for enhanced production and livelihood of smallholder farmers of Africa por Mwakyusa, Lupakisyo, Dixit, Shalabh, Herzog, Max, Heredia, Maria C., Madege, Richard R., Kilasi, Newton L.

“…To this end, AfricaRice collaborates with National Rice Development Strategies, IRRI, and other partners to promote research and development. …”
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