Search Results - "agricultural systems"

Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT): Trainer’s Manual for the Gender-Responsive Plant Breeding Course (Level 2) by Mangheni, M.N., Tufan, H.A., Asiimwe, E.

“…GREAT aims to contribute to building a pool of gender-responsive agricultural researchers able to advance more equitable and effective agricultural systems in Africa and beyond. This manual is for all facilitators/trainers interested in applied, gender responsive agricultural research.…”
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FarMoRe provides an inclusive digital solution to co-create agroecology at scale for rice production in Vietnam by Nelson, Katherine, Bui Tan Yen, Vu Hong Trang, Ong Quoc Cuong, Nguyen Bao Tran

“…The FarMoRe case study exemplifies how digital solutions can contribute to building resilient and low-emission agricultural systems.…”
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Exploration of economic and environmental impacts of sustainable diversification in the eastern IGP of India by Choudhary, K.M., Kalvania, K.C., Ali, Shahid, Sinha, Pooja, Kumar, Sanjeev, Jat, R.K., Bijarniya, Deepak, Krupnik, Timothy J., Gathala, Mahesh K.

“…Challenges to the agricultural systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP) include low crop productivity correlated with the region’s increased poverty, farmers’ low investment capability and aversion to risk, and increasing energy and input costs, in addition to climatic variability. …”
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Agroecological TRANSITIONS for our future by TRANSITIONS Program, Ricci, Fabio, Araujo De Lima, Silvia, Shelton, Sadie, Geck, Matthias, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Mockshell, Jonathan, Crossland, Mary

“…We can view them as a subway network... different stations and lines leading toward a UNIFIED GOAL: sustainable, resilient and healthy food, and agricultural systems. Follow the different lines to see where the TRANSITIONS program works and how it aims to foster agroecological conversion through specific milestones! …”
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Climate-Smart Mapping and Adaptation Planning (CS-MAP) for Climate-Resilient Coastal Agriculture in Bangladesh: A participatory tool for risk-informed agricultural and water manage... by Salahuddin, Ahmad, Amin, Md. Ruhul, Humaira, Bushra

“…Climate-Smart Mapping and Adaptation Planning (CS-MAP) is an innovative, data-driven, and participatory planning tool designed to enhance climate resilience in coastal agricultural systems of Bangladesh. The approach integrates scientific climate data with local knowledge to identify climate risks, delineate risk zones, and develop location-specific adaptation strategies. …”
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From genes to fields: Marker-assisted selection for nematode resistance in crops by Dababat, Abdelfattah A.S., Paulitz, Timothy, Salah-Eddine Laasli, Lahlali, Rachid, Li, Honglian, Mokrini, Fouad, Dreisigacker, Susanne

“…MAS guided by validated GWAS results have therefore immense prospects for enhancing resistance breeding, reducing over-dependence on nematicides, and fostering healthy agricultural systems. Future efforts should focus on integrating molecular with field-based approaches to maximize benefits in the control of nematodes.…”
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Modelling the growth and utilisation of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) under grazing. 1. Model definition and parameterisation by Herrero, Mario, Fawcett, R.H., Silveira, V., Busqué, J., Bernués, A., Dent, J.B.

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A Decision Support System for smallholder campesino maize-cattle production systems of the Toluca Valley in Central Mexico. Part I—Integrating biological and socio-economic models... by Castelán-Ortega, O.A., Fawcett, R.H., Arriaga-Jordán, C., Herrero, Mario

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Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India by Erenstein, Olaf, Thorpe, W.R.

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Food-feed systems in Asia - review by Devendra, C., Sevilla, C., Pezo, Danilo A.

“…This review paper discusses the relevance and potential importance of food-feed systems in Asian agricultural systems, and in particular the role and contribution of legumes to these systems. …”
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Efficiency of beef production systems: Description and preliminary evaluation of a model by Naazie, A., Makarechian, M., Hudson, R.J.

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Anicut systems in Sri Lanka: the case of the upper Walawe River Basin [Sri Lanka]. by Molle, Francois, Jayakody, Priyantha, Silva, S. de

“…The analysis is based on exploratory surveys carried out by the authors and by students of the University of Sabaragamuwa and is not a detailed or in-depth investigation of agricultural systems in the Upper Walawe basin. However, it provides a useful outline of the situation in this part of the basin.…”
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Seeking calm water: exploring policy options for India's water future by Amarasinghe, Upali A., Shah, Tushaar, McCornick, Peter G.

“…Crop diversification, appropriately targeted to account for the present agricultural systems and available water resources, will increase productivity. …”
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Back to baselines: measuring change and sharing data by Förch, Wiebke, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Cramer, Laura K., Barahona, Carlos, Thornton, Philip K.

“…We share important lessons learned regarding how to obtain baseline data for rural populations in agricultural systems, as a basis for prioritising research and monitoring progress towards enhanced food security and increased household welfare, in part through uptake of sustainable changes in agricultural practices.…”
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The impacts of climate change on livestock and livestock systems in developing countries: a review of what we know and what we need to know by Thornton, Philip K., Steeg, Jeannette van de, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Herrero, Mario

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The systemwide livestock programme: A promising research-for development concept by Smith, Jimmy W., Keatinge, J.D.H., Smalley, M.E., Quiróz, R.

“…The challenge being faced is much more complex than ever before, as never before have agricultural systems had to respond simultaneously to the triple goals of increasing food security, reducing rural and global poverty, and improving the management of natural resources. …”
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Potential impact of climate change on resilience and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems in East Africa. Report of a World Bank study by Herrero, Mario, Jones, Peter G., Karanja, S., Mutie, Ianetta, Rufino, Mariana C., Thornton, Philip K.

“…Climate-induced livelihood transitions in the agricultural systems of Africa are increasingly likely. A recent study by Jones and Thornton (2009) points to the possibility of such climate-induced livelihood transitions in the mixed crop-livestock rainfed arid-semiarid systems of Africa. …”
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Strengthening Soil Databases for Climate Change and Food Security Modeling Applications by Chaves, B., Hoogenboom, Gerrit

“…Research in this topic has focused on addressing the needs for methods, models, databases and system metrics aimed at enhanced assessment and improved methodologies for the impact of climate change on agricultural systems and the development of different policy and program interventions to foster adaptation and mitigation in terms of poverty alleviation, food security and environmental health. …”
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Fragmentation of a peri-urban savanna, Athi-Kaputiei plains, Kenya by Reid, Robin S., Gichohi, H., Said, Mohammed Yahya, Nkedianye, D., Ogutu, Joseph O., Kshatriya, Mrigesh, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Kifugo, S.C., Agatsiva, J.L., Adanje, S.A., Bagine, R.

“…Many pastoral ecosystems around the globe are under pressure to produce more livestock or to make way for more intensive agricultural systems or new uses (Blench 2000). Some rangelands that used to be managed under communal land tenure are being privatized, with establishment of individual holdings; others are under state control (Galaty 1994). …”
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An observatory plot system for grain production in the Neotropical savannas by Parsa, Soroush, Gómez Naranjo, Jaime, Alba-Quijano, Diego Alejandro, Aguilar-Ariza, Andrés, Gómez Mora, Juan David, Guevara, Edward D., Bernal Riobo, Jaime Humberto

“…In Colombia, this biome is experiencing rapid land-use change leading to the conversion of seminatural landscapes into to intensive agricultural systems. Our Dataset Paper documents the emerging intensive grain production systems. …”
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