Resultados de búsqueda - "abstraction"

Breeding un-sweetpotato for West Africa: Progress on population development and improvement in Ghana and Peru. por Carey, E.E., Díaz, F., Owusu-Mensah, E., Obeng-Bio, E., Oduro, V., Asafu-Agyei, J.N., Grüneberg, W.J.

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Multi-locational assessment of some physicochemical attributes and amylase activity of sweetpotato varieties and elite materials in Ghana. por Owusu-Mensah, E., Oduro, I., Asafu-Agyei, J.N., Adofo, K., Obeng-Bio, E., Asamoah-Obeng, N., Awoodzie, J.K., Carey, E.E.

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Increasing smallholders' intensity in cassava value web: effect on household food security in Southwest Nigeria por Adeyemo, T.A., Abass, A., Amaza, P., Okoruwa, V., Akinyosoye, V., Salman, K.K.

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Complex systems - Simple solutions? The importance of social context for sustainable intensification por Michalscheck, Mirja, Kotu, Bekele Hundie, Mohammed, I.B., Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

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Natural wetlands as energy efficient wastewater treatment systems: a pilot study from Hyderabad, India por Sonkamble, S., Wajihuddin, M., Ahmed, S., Jampani, M., Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.

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Physiological evaluations of maize hybrids under low nitrogen por Abubakar, A.W., Manga, A.A., Kamara, A., Tofa, A.I.

“…Abstract A field experiment was conducted during 2014 and 2016 rainy season at Tudun Wada, Kano and Shika, Zaria in the Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria in order to study the physiological responses of maize hybrids under low nitrogen. …”
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Disciplining Gender in Environmental Organizations: The Texts and Practices of Gender Mainstreaming por Arora-jonsson, S., Sijapati Basnett, Bimbika

“…We find that while abstractions for a global audience may distance debates on sustainability from people on the ground, contrary to current thinking, the depoliticized and disciplined narrative on gender can also open up a space for counter discourses on gender by providing a platform from which to destabilize dominant debates on sustainability. …”
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Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges por Omamo, Steven Were

“…A wide-ranging review of recent research reveals that agricultural economists have failed to put Africa's agricultural problems on the policy agenda in more than abstract fashions. We have failed to come to grips adequately with the real problems facing agricultural policymakers, namely, how to assess the operational feasibility of alternative policy options, and how to promote the feasibility of the most highly valued alternatives. …”
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Some like it hot: Household disagreement and productivity in smallholder chili production in Indonesia por Sayekti, Apri Laila, Gregg, Daniel, Stringer, Randy

“…We present an approach that allows detailed insights into women’s leadership of activities and the extent to which male and female spouses disagree about leadership. Using a 52 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS combination of confirmatory factor analysis and a revenue function regression, we show that female leadership and disagreement are both significant factors affecting household revenues from chili farming in rural Indonesia. …”
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From social theories to agri-food system transformation practice: Summary of findings presented in the Delhi conference 'From Research to Impact' por Leñero, Eva Marina Valencia, McGuire, Erin, Boa-Alvarado, María

“…We presented our results for discussion at the conference “From Research to Impact: Towards Just and Resilient Agri-Food Systems,” organized in New Delhi, India, from October 9th to October 12th, 2023, as part of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform activities. The paper abstract has been accepted and submitted to Agricultural Systems in 2023.…”
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It is not the cow, it is the how por Louhaichi, Mounir

“…This ancient practice remains the most effective approach to maintaining the equilibrium of rangeland ecosystems, benefiting both humanity and the natural world. The aim of this abstract is to highlight the benefits of opportunistic grazing. …”
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Promoting Sustainable Intensification Through Efficient Application of Different Sources of Phosphorus (Minjingu Granular, Minjingu Mazao, DAP and TSP) (CIAT) por International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Selian Agricultural Research Institute

“…Project title: Identification of the Key Biophysical Production Constraints to Crops and Livestock at Farm and Landscape Levels Project abstract: Maize and pigeonpeas intercropping will be microdosed with different sources of P fertilizer to enhance BNF and environmental quality. …”
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Growth and Biomass of Tree Lucerne under Farmers Management por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Project title: Integrating tree Lucerne (Chamaetysisus palmensis) in the crop-livestock farming systems of the Ethiopian highlands for multiple products and service Project abstract: Tree Lucerne is a nitrogen fixing, fast growing and ecologically adaptable multipurpose plant species that is considered for evaluation in the Africa RISING sites. …”
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When expectations become aspirations: Reference-dependent preferences and liquidity constraints por Kramer, Berber

“…Existing models for wealth and intertemporal choice predict that reference dependence reduces savings but these models abstract from liquidity constraints. Introducing a liquidity constraint, I find that reference dependence can increase optimal savings for people without access to credit. …”
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Opportunities to strengthen Africa’s efforts to track national-level climate adaptation por Nowak, Andreea C., Njuguna, Lucy, Ramirez Villegas, Julian, Reidsma, Pytrik, Crumpler, Krystal, Rosenstock, Todd S

“…Abstract Tracking progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation requires documentation of countries’ intentions, against which future progress can be measured. …”
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Managing future oil revenues in Ghana: An assessment of alternative allocation options por Breisinger, Clemens, Diao, Xinshen, Schweickert, Rainer, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…Abstract:  Contemporary policy debates on the macroeconomics of resource booms often concentrate on the short‐run Dutch disease effects of public expenditure, ignoring the possible long‐term effects of alternative revenue‐allocation options and the supply‐side impact of royalty‐financed public investments. …”
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Displacements of reinforced slopes subjected to seismic loads por Michalowski, Radoslaw L., You, Liangzhi

“…An example is shown to illustrate the method." -- Authors' Abstract…”
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Agri-environmental policies in a transitional economy: the value of agricultural biodiversity in Hungarian home gardens por Birol, Ekin, Smale, Melinda, Gyovai, Agnes

“…This study estimates the private value that Hungarian farmers assign to home gardens and their biodiversity attributes, and indicates how such information might be used in designing least-cost mechanisms to support their maintenance as part of the national agri-environmental program. -- Authors' Abstract…”
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Public policy, food markets, and household coping strategies in Bangladesh: lessons from the 1998 floods por del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C.

“…More broadly, the paper examines the components of the public and private response that prevented a major food crisis. -- from Authors' Abstract…”
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Race, equity, and public schools in post-apartheid South Africa: is opportunity equal for all kids? por Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…The empirical result calls for stronger policy intervention to support Black schools and children in South Africa. -- Author's Abstract…”
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