Search Results - "agricultural systems"

Data-driven decentralized breeding increases prediction accuracy in a challenging crop production environment by Sousa, Kauê de, Etten, Jacob van, Poland, Jesse A., Fadda, Carlo, Jannink, Jean-Luc, Gebrehawaryat Kidane, Yosef, Lakew, Basazen Fantahun, Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun, Pè, Mario Enrico, Solberg, Svein Øivind, Dell’Acqua, Matteo

“…Crop breeding must embrace the broad diversity of smallholder agricultural systems to ensure food security to the hundreds of millions of people living in challenging production environments. …”
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An Economic Assessment of Farmer Adaptation to Climate Change Using Innovation in Sweet Potato Technologies in Uganda by Ilukor, J.

“…Sweet potato technologies, like drought resistant varieties and virus cleaned planting material have shown resilience of agricultural systems to climate change related effects. However, adoption of these technologies is very low in Uganda. …”
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Farmers' perception of climate change and climate-smart agriculture in northern Benin, west Africa by Moutouama, F.T., Tepa-Yotto, G., Agboton, C., Gbaguidi, B., Sekabira, H., Tamò, Manuele

“…Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an approach that identifies actions needed to transform and reorganize agricultural systems to effectively support agricultural development and ensure food security in the face of climate change. …”
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Interactive effects among ecosystem services and management practices on crop production: Pollination in coffee agroforestry systems by Boreux, Virginie, Kushalappa, Cheppudira G., Vaast, Philippe, Ghazoul, Jaboury

“…This paper points toward a more strategic use of ecosystem services in agricultural systems, where ecosystem services are shaped by the coupling of management interventions and environmental variables.…”
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Practising evolution: Theory for understanding and evaluating participatory research by Loevinsohn, Michael E.

“…It first describes how evolution can be used to explain the processes of change in agricultural systems. It then shows the relationship between the design choices of PR and the principal parameters of evolutionary dynamics. …”
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Integrating gender and social inclusion into behavior change frameworks in agri-food systems: The case of agroecological transformation by Voss, Rachel C., Freed, Sarah, Rietveld, Anne M., Falk, Thomas, Adam, Rahma

“…Systemslevel behavioral frameworks in agricultural systems commonly acknowledge the role of individual demographics, economic and governance factors, and social networks in shaping farmers’, fishers’ and pastoralists’ decisions. …”
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Changes in soil susceptibility to erosion under tillage and soil fertility management practices by Mesele, S.A.

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Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L., Edeh, Hyacinth O.

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Crop Monitoring Using Smartphone Based Near-Surface Remote Sensing: Ground Pictures of Wheat and Auxiliary Data from Northern India by International Food Policy Research Institute, Ghent University, University of Manchester

“…The purpose of this high-resolution dataset is to provide a rich source of inputs in supporting of crop modeling and production risk assessment in support of food security in smallholder agricultural systems. We, therefore, foresee that these data will ?…”
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Mali Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The overall aim of the program is to transform agricultural systems through sustainable intensification projects in Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mali, and (potentially) Zambia. …”
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Agricultural household effects of fertilizer price changes for smallholder farmers in central Malawi by Komarek, Adam M., Drogue, Sophie, Chenoune, Roza, Hawkins, James, Msangi, Siwa, Hatem, Belhouchette, Flichman, Guillermo

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Economywide effects of climate‐smart agriculture in Ethiopia by Komarek, Adam M., Thurlow, James, Koo, Jawoo, De Pinto, Alessandro

“…Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural systems to support food security under climate change. …”
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Ethiopian wheat yield and yield gap estimation: A spatially explicit small area integrated data approach by Mann, Michael L., Warner, James

“…Reflecting on the high interannual variability in output per hectare, we explore whether these changes can be explained by weather, shocks to, and management of rain-fed agricultural systems. The model identifies specific contributors to wheat yields that include farm management techniques (e.g. area planted, improved seed, fertilizer, and irrigation), weather (e.g. rainfall), water availability (e.g. vegetation and moisture deficit indexes) and policy intervention. …”
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Towards better metrics and policymaking for seed system development: Insights from Asia's seed industry by Spielman, David J., Kennedy, Adam

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Report on the regional workshop on methods and indicators by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…More specifically, their objectives are:; To fill critical gaps in understanding of the links, in both directions, between HIV/AIDS on one side, and agricultural systems, food security and rural livelihoods on the other; To fill critical gaps in understanding of how agricultural policies and programs can contribute to prevention and/or mitigation of AIDS impact and how this knowledge can be used to support local responses; To enable agricultural research and development institutions to act on realistic priorities for responding to HIV/AIDS epidemic in partnership with at-risk and affected communities and institutions in other sectors.…”
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Parables: applied economics literature about the impact of genetically engineered crop varieties in developing economies by Smale, Melinda, Zambrano, Patricia, Falck-Zepeda, José B., Gruère, Guillaume P.

“…This paper focuses only on the applied economics literature about the impact of transgenic crop varieties in non-industrialized agricultural systems, with an emphasis on methods. A number of studies have surveyed the findings for both industrialized and non-industrialized agriculture, at various points in time, but surveys of methods are less frequent and have typically examined only one overall question or approach. …”
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No farmer is an Island: Mechanisms behind successful climate services in and around Honduras by Giraldo Mendez, Diana

“…This thesis advances our understanding of what it means to establish participatory climate services for small- scale farmers on the ground in two main and contrasting agricultural systems—coffee and staple grains. Employing a mixed-methods approach that integrated participatory tools, farmer questionnaires, focus groups, in-depth interviews with farmers, and various actors in a case study, the research found that placing the farmer at the core the climate services development encouraged them to make their own decisions based on the analysis of information and their needs (98%, n = 209 famers in the Dry Corridor in Honduras), shifting away from the traditional top-down approach. …”
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Joint submission of CGIAR and the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation in response to Decision 2/CMA.5, Paragraph 41 regarding the United Arab Emirates Belem Work Programme on indicat... by CGIAR, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, International Livestock Research Institute, International Water Management Institute, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation

“…The indicators also cover social, economic, and ecological components of agricultural systems, underscoring the linkages between the thematic targets of the GGA framework. …”
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The microbiome of a perennial cereal differs from annual winter wheat only in the root endosphere by Michl, K., Kanasugi, M., Forster, A., Wuggenig, R., Issifu, S., Hrynkiewics, K., Emmerling, C., David, C., Dumont, B., Martensson, L.M., Rasche, F., Berg, G., Cernava, T.

“…Consistent findings across time and space suggest stable mechanisms in microbiota assembly associated with perennial grain cropping, underscoring their potential role in supporting biodiversity within sustainable agricultural systems.…”
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Strengthening Gender-Responsive Climate-Smart Agriculture in Lesotho by Recha, John W.M., Magagula, Futhi, Sinyangwe, Siwulanji, Kakuwa, Bridget, Zvaita, Justice, Gitau, Angela

“…The workshop convened key stakeholders, including government ministries, research institutions, civil society organizations, women farmer leaders, and private sector actors,to co-create strategies that advance inclusive, equitable, and climate-resilient agricultural systems. Discussions highlighted that women’s empowerment, labour-saving technologies, access to climate information services, and integration of Indigenous knowledge are pivotal to scaling (climate-smart agriculture) CSA. …”
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