Resultados de búsqueda - "The Nation"

Assessing the health and nutrition risks of smallholder poultry production in Burkina Faso: Insights from formative research por Gelli, Aulo, Headey, Derek D., Ngure, Francis, Becquey, Elodie, Ganaba, Rasmané, Huybregts, Lieven, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Sanou, Armande, Traore, Abdoulaye, Zongo, Florence, Zongrone, Amanda

“…Moreover, WASH practices and general hygiene were very low: toilet ownership was extremely low (22 percent nationally), water supply was a major constraint, and handwashing with soap was very rare (in the CHANGE survey, only 2 percent of households reported having soap for handwashing). …”
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Impacts on breastfeeding practices of at-scale strategies that combine intensive interpersonal counseling, mass media, and community mobilization: Results of cluster-randomized pro... por Menon, Purnima, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Saha, Kuntal K., Khaled, Adiba, Kennedy, Andrew, Tran, Lan Mai, Sanghvi, Tina, Hajeebhoy, Nemat, Baker, Jean, Alayon, Silvia, Afsana, Kaosar, Haque, Raisul, Frongillo, Edward A., Ruel, Marie T., Rawat, Rahul

“…Our impact estimates may underestimate the full potential of such a multipronged intervention because the evaluation lacked a “pure control” area with no MM or national/provincial PA. Conclusions At-scale interventions combining intensive IPC with MM, CM, and PA had greater positive impacts on breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh and Viet Nam than standard counseling with less intensive MM, CM, and PA. …”
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Evidence for Resilient Agriculture Dataset v1.0.1 por Rosenstock, Todd Stuart, Steward, Peter Richard, Shuck, Julia, Richards, Meryl, Poultouchidou, Anatoli, Ombewa, Babra Vivian Adhiambo, Mumo, Elijah Mustoki, Manda, Lucas, Madalinska, Anna, Kamau, Hannah, Kagwiria, Dorcas, Gitau, Angela, Eyrich, Anna-Sarah, English, William, Champalle, Clara, Bell, Patrick, Atieno, Erica, Akinleye, Akinwale, Namoi, Nictor, Lamanna, Christine, Joshi, Namita, Ström, Helena

“…Supplemental funding was provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), European Union (EU), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS), CCAFS Flagship Program on Low Emissions Development, and the International Centre for Forestry Research (CIFOR)’s Evidence-Based Forestry. …”
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Planet friendly home-grown school feeding: What does it mean? por Borelli, Teresa, Nekesa, Tabitha, Mbelenga, Emiliana, Jumbale, Mwarome, Morimoto, Yasuyuki, Bellanca, Raffaella, Jordan, Irmgard

“…This tool can serve multiple purposes: as a checklist, a scoring template for refining tenders, a monitoring and evaluation tool, or a foundation for co-creating policies for any school feeding program at the school, local, or national level. It represents a first step towards the development of a tool that can analyse the entire school meal value chain and use sustainability ratings to identify areas for improvement. …”
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Livelihoods and welfare: Findings from the seventh round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (January–June 2024) por Myanmar Agrifood Program for Strategy and Analysis

“…The seventh round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a nationally and regionally representative phone survey, was implemented between April–June 2024 with a recall period covering January to June of the same year. …”
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Diseminación de los servicios de información agroclimática a través de mecanismos digitales por Chavez Can, Mario, Martinez Figueroa, Karen, Reyes, Byron, McIntosh, Craig, Ramirez Villegas, Julian, Navarro Racines, Carlos

“…In 2022, a monitoring and evaluation process of the LTACs was carried out at the national level, where it was determined that, in terms of dissemination, from each roundtable the bulletin is shared on average with more than 300 farmers through digital means and directly with up to 50 farmers. …”
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Where Do We Stand After Ten Years of Harmonized Seed Trade Regulations in COMESA? Case Studies from Egypt and Sudan por Bishaw, Zewdie, Yigezu, Yigezu, Berhane, Guush

“…Cross-border seed trade is however unlikely to occur in a vacuum and involves a robust national and regional seed sector organized with coherent and transparent seed laws and regulations that facilitate trade (Rohrbach et al., 2003; Hunga et al., 2023). …”
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Agroecological Performance and Dietary Diversity Dataset: Household-Level Insights Using the TAPE (Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation) Framework and Qualitative 24hr Dieta... por Clotuche, Emeline, Aluso, Lillian Olimba, Wanyama, Rosina Nanjala, Termote, Celine, Akingbemisilu, Tosin Harold

“…Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation of Kenya (NACOSTI License No: NACOSTI/P/23/28607). …”
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Shaping resilience: Gender insights on weather and climate information services in East Africa por Ouya, Fredrick, Lutomia, Cosmas, Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Byandaga, Livingstone, Kagabo, Desire, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Additionally, 98 KIIs (69 men and 29 women) were conducted with representatives of farmer cooperatives, NGOs, media, government officials (national metrological and hydrological services), scientists from the ministry, etc. …”
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Ground reference dataset for crop type mapping and monitoring in four districts of Rwanda por Kenduiywo, Benson Kipkemboi, Wahome, Anastasia Mumbi, Sande, Stephen Ngondi, Chemutt, Joseph Kipkoech

“…These districts, recognized as consolidated cropland “food basket” areas, are vital to national food security. The survey focused on four priority crops under Rwanda’s Crop Intensification Programme—maize, beans, rice, and Irish potato. …”
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Adoption of improved sesame varieties in Meisso District, West Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia por Gedefa, B.

“…Achieving national food security and diversifying export earning agricultural commodity is one of the major challenges currently facing developing countries like Ethiopia. …”
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Study on knowledge generation and transfer in Ethiopian agricultural researches por Chala, S.

“…In Ethiopia, various research institutes both national and international play significant roles in the generation and transfer of agricultural knowledge, but in the country the sector is one of the lowest levels of productivity in the world which suggests there are inadequate linkages between the Research Institutes and the practitioners. …”
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Feed resources availability, cattle fattening practices and marketing system in Bure Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia por Mulu, S.B.

“…The study was conducted using cross-sectional survey by interviewing a total of 153 cattle fattener households proportionally selected from four kebeles in Weina-Dega and two kebeles in Sub- Kolla agro-ecologies of Bure Woreda in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. Moreover, focus group discussions, field observations, market monitoring and heart girth measurement have been done to enrich the data. …”
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The potential role of soil amendments in increasing agricultural productivity and improving the livelihood of smallholders in Lao PDR por Mekuria, Wolde, Noble, A.D., Hoanh, Chu Thai, McCartney, Matthew P., Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth, Sipaseuth, Nivong, Douangsavanh, Somphasith, Langan, Simon J., Getnet, Kindie

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Indigenous cattle genetic resources, their husbandry practices and breeding objectives in North-western Ethiopia por Wuletaw, Z.

“…Overall lactation length, and average daily milk yield of this study are higher than national average figures of 1.17 litre per day and 6.33 months, respectively. …”
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Planning for changes in complex food systems: Value chain mapping of different poultry production systems in Nairobi as a first step to food safety, livelihood improvement and micr... por Carron, M., Alarcón, Pablo, Häsler, Barbara, Fèvre, Eric M., Karani, M., Muinde, P., Akoko, James M., Onono, J., Rushton, Jonathan

“…Methods: Focus groups and individual questionnaires were used to collect data from: - Broiler and indigenous farmers (in Dagoretti, reflecting peri-urban chains, and Kibera informal settlement, for urban chains); - Retailers in Viwandani, Korogocho (informal settlements), and Dagoretti; - Three larger broiler production companies; - Livestock production and public health officers, meat inspectors, city council, National Environment Management Authority, and a village chief. …”
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Rural-urban linkage in market oriented dairy development in Ethiopia: lessons from the Ada'a District por Tegegne, Azage, Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk, Alemayehu, N.

“…Although urban and peri-urban dairy production system plays important role in the national economy, the system has been marginalized and there is limited research and institutional support addressing this issue. …”
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Processes Determining the Sequestration and Maintenance of Carbon in Soils: A Synthesis of Research from Tropical India por Bhattacharyya, Tapas, Chandran, P., Ray, S.K., Mandal, C., Tiwary, P., Pal, D.K., Wani, S.P., Sahrawat, Kanwar Lal

“…This paper is a synthesis of the literature on soil carbon research in India, including soil organic and inorganic carbon stocks, in the form of thematic maps for national and regional level planning at bioclimatic systems and agroecological subregion levels in the country. …”
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Assessment of onion production practices and effects of N:P2O5:S fertilizers rates on yield and yield components of onion (Allium cepa l.) under irrigated farming system in Dembiya... por Nigatu, M.

“…As a result the productivity of onion under farmers was low (85.6q/ha) compared with the national production (101q/ha). Besides the average crop water productivity was (1.74 kg/m3) which were relatively low with compared to other researches on onion crop water productivity (4.62 kg/m3)). …”
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Current status of root and tuber crops improvement, production and utilization in Sierra Leone por Fomba, S.N., Massaquoi, F.B., Norman, P.E., Samura, A.E., Mansaray, A., Jalloh, A., Dixon, Alfred G.O., Anthony, N.A., Benya, M.T., Fornah, D.S., Sawi, M.K., Sartie, A.M., Onadipe, O., Sanni, Lateef O.

“…Cassava transformation into many useful food products, especially gari, fufu and high quality cassava flour (HQCF) is receiving tremendous boost in many parts of the country by both regional and national projects (CFC/IITA/SLARI) Cassava Value Addition, USAID/IITA-Sierra Leone Unleashing the Power of Cassava in Africa (UpoCA), AfDB/FARA/CORAF/WECARD/ SLARI Promotion of Science and Technology for Agricultural Development (PSTAD) in Africa Project (Dissemination of New Agricultural Technologies in Africa (DONATA) and Regional Agricultural Information Learning Systems (RAILS), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the private sector. …”
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