Resultados de búsqueda - "Zimbabwe"

Putting GM technologies to work: Public research pipelines in selected African countries por Sithole-Niang, Idah, Cohen, Joel I., Zambrano, Patricia

“…To address this question, we identified and examined public research pipelines for GM crops in Egypt, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Genetic transformation events are reported for 21 crops. …”
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Famine in Africa: Causes, responses, and prevention por von Braun, Joachim, Teklu, Tesfaye, Webb, Patrick

“…The authors present the results of field work and other research from numerous parts of Africa, with a particular focus on Botswana, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. With these data, the authors explain the factors that cause famines and assess efforts to mitigate and prevent them. …”
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Strategies for poverty alleviation and sustainable resource management in the fragile lands of Sub-Saharan Africa por Knox, Anna, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Hazell, Peter B. R.

“….] -- Property rights institutions for the development of fragile lands / Anna Knox McCulloch and Peter Hazell -- Dambo Irrigation systems: indigenous water management for food security in Zimbabwe / Ruth Meinzen-Dick [IFPRI staff] and Godswill Makombe.…”
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Comprehensive Report on Sweetpotato Breeding Network Meetings in East and Southern Africa 2024 por International Potato Center, CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

“…In November 2024, the SAF and EAF networks convened separate meetings in Harare, Zimbabwe, and Kampala, Uganda, respectively, to evaluate breeding progress, refine priorities, and strengthen regional collaboration. …”
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Youth in relation to agroecology: practices, promises, and perceptions in five countries por Rietveld, Anne, Guettou Djurfeldt, Nadia, Shijagurumayum, Meghajit, Gupta, Shweta, Tristán Febres, Maria Claudia, Chimonyo, Vimbayi Grace Petrova, Nehring, Ryan, Murugani, Vongai Gillian, Idoudi, Zied, Singh, Sonali

“…We draw on empirical data from semi-structured interviews and photovoice conducted with young women and men in five countries: Kenya, India, Peru, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe. In our discussion, we highlight which dimensions and aspects of agroecology resonate with youth and why.…”
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Where the power lies: multiple stakeholder politics over natural resources: a participatory methods guide por Sithole, B.

“…Data from two sites in Zimbabwe are presented at various stages and the annexes to illustrate how this framework can be applied and show the type of data that can be gathered.…”
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Organizing for community-based natural resources management por Campbell, Bruce M., Shackleton, S.

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Predicting the effect of vaccination of the transmission dynamics of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium infection) por O'Callaghan, C.J., Medley, G.F., Peter, T.F., Mahan, S.M., Perry, Brian D.

“…A mathematical description of the trransmission dynamics of the tick-borne infection Cowdria ruminantium in commercial beef enterprises in Zimbabwe was used to consider the potential epidemiological impact of a candidate vaccine to prevent heartwater with the quantitative results employed in an economic analysis.…”
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis por Hachigonta, Sepo, Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S., Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele

“…Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. …”
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The nature of public agricultural spending in southern Africa por Matchaya, Greenwell C., Chilonda, Pius, Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso

“…In order to pursue the goals set out in this paper, analysis focused mainly on data on agricultural public expenditure for Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Trend analysis leads to the following main findings: Various countries have tended to invest in their agricultural sectors differently across time, but investments have been limited and volatile, while the quality of spending has also gone down. …”
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Ex-post Impact Assessment of Fertilizer Microdosing as a Climate-Smart Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa por Murendo, C, Wollni, M

“…Building on cross-sectional data from a recent survey on 415 smallholder farmers (193 microdosing adopters and 222 non-adopters) located in eight semi-arid districts of Zimbabwe, the results of this study demonstrate that microdosing increase crop production and productivity; reduce output and yield risk as well as improve food security.…”
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The politics of IWRM in southern Africa por Mehta, L., Alba, R., Bolding, A., Denby, K., Derman, A., Hove, T., Manzungu, Emmanuel, Movik, S., Prabhakaran, P., van Koppen, Barbara

“…Research carried out in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique provides empirical insights into the politics of IWRM implementation in southern Africa, the interface between international and national interests in shaping water policies in specific country contexts, and the on-theground challenges of addressing equity, redress and the reallocation of water.…”
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The power of tobacco : discipline, power and knowledge : decision to grow a controversial crop por Khumalo, Caroline Claudia Mugadza

“…The study takes place in Zimbabwe and focuses on flue- cured tobacco growers. …”

Gender, work and population in sub-Saharan Africa por Adepoju, A., Oppong, C.

“…Lloyd) - Women's work & fertility in Zimbabwe: ending underdevelopment with change (Robert E. …”
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The role of community seed banks in achieving farmers’ rights por Vernooy, Ronnie, Mulesa, Teshome Hunduma, Gupta, Arnab, Jony, Jahangir Alam, Koffi, Kouablan Edmond, Mbozi, Hilton, Singh, P.B., Shrestha, Pitambar, Tjikana, Thabo T., Wakkumbure, C.L.K.

“…Case studies in this article from Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, India and Zimbabwe illustrate how this knowledge gap can be filled.…”
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Transforming Africa’s agriculture through enhancing commercialization of agricultural research products: The case of high iron beans technology por Mabeya, Justin, Kamanda, Josey, Onyango, Patricia, Eshetu, Samson, Bheenick, Krishan, Munoko, Karen, Abugri, Benjamin

“…Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe are the target countries for large scale deployment of the HIB technologies.…”
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Strengthening community seed banks in East and Southern Africa in times of Covid-19 por Kimani, Dominic, Adokorach, Joyce, Munkombwe, Graybill, Mushita, Andrew, Otieno, Gloria Atieno, Recha, Tobias, Subedi, Abishkar, Vernooy, Ronnie

“…Highlights include the development of a protocol for the collaboration between a national genebank and community seed banks; seed and knowledge exchanges between the national genebank of Kenya and community seed banks; the development of a standard operational procedure for community seed banks in Uganda; the establishment of the first community seed bank under the ‘umbrella’ of the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute; and the exploration of opportunities for registration of farmer seed and supporting the formulation of enabling policies for smallholder farmer seed systems in Zimbabwe.…”
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Where are the most vulnerable areas to climate induced insecurities and risks in Senegal? por Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Mendez Alzate, Andres Camilo, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…This publication is part of a factsheet series reporting on the findings of the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Observatory work in Africa (Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe). The research is centered around 5 questions: 1. …”
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Where are the most vulnerable areas to climate induced insecurities and risks in Nigeria? por Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Mendez Alzate, Andres Camilo, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…This publication is part of a factsheet series reporting on the findings of the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Observatory work in Africa (Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe). The research is centered around 5 questions: 1. …”
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How does climate exacerbate root causes of conflict? Mapping the science around climate security por Carneiro, Bia, Resce, Giuliano, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…This publication is part of a factsheet series reporting on the findings of the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Observatory work in Africa (Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe). The research is centered around 5 questions: 1. …”
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