Resultados de búsqueda - "awareness"

Understanding demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications in Colombia por Phillips, Juliann, Durand-Morat, Alvaro, Nalley, Lawton L., Graterol Matute, Eduardo Jose, Bonatti, Michelle, Loaiza de la Pava, Katerine, Urioste, Sergio, Yang, Wei

“…The findings highlight that consumers are aware of quality differences and are willing to pay a premium for rice with a low broken percentage, but also point to potential inefficiencies given that the willingness to pay estimates from both the two methods are statistically different. …”
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Unpacking the Gender-smartness of Climate-smart Agriculture in India por Tyagi, Niharika, Neog, Kangkanika, Khandelwal, Apoorve

“…Further, the study reveals only 32% of the water management interventions across states employed a gender-responsive approach, while 40% employed a gender-aware strategy that addresses women’s practical needs but does not challenge structural gender inequalities and ideologies. …”
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Potential impacts and demand for picture-based crop insurance: Qualitative research findings from Haryana state, India por Misra, Rewa S., Ceballos, Francisco, Kannan, Samyuktha, Kramer, Berber

“…Female household members not involved in production have limited knowledge about investments in and returns from crops but are aware of price and production shocks as well as the coping strategies in response to these. …”
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Women's empowerment and child nutritional status in South Asia: A synthesis of the literature por Cunningham, Kenda, Ruel, Marie T., Ferguson, Elaine, Uauy, Ricardo

“…We full‐text screened 44 of these, plus 10 additional studies the authors were aware of. Only 12 studies fulfilled our inclusion criteria. …”
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Tunable diode laser measurements of methane fluxes from an irrigated rice paddy field in the Philippines por Simpson, I.J., Thurtell, G.W., Kidd, G.E., Lin, M., Demetriades-Shah, T.H., Flitcroft, I.D., Kanemasu, E.T., Nie, D., Bronson, K.F., Neue, H.U.

“…This paper presents the first micrometeorological‐based measurements of methane (CH4) emissions from Asian rice paddies of which we are aware. The research features the tunable diode laser trace gas analyzer system (TGAS) recently developed at the University of Guelph. …”
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Policies for improved land management and agricultural market development in the Ethiopian Highlands por Pender, John L., Ruben, Ruerd, Jabbar, Mohammad Abdul, Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude

“…Yet as we are all increasingly aware, these advances are necessary but not sufficient to achieve the goal of agriculturally led industrialization. …”
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Poverty eradication and food security through agriculture in Africa: Rethinking objectives and entry points por Gassner, Anja, Harris, D., Mausch, Kai, Terheggen, Anne, Lopes, C., Finlayson, R. F., Dobie, P.

“…We argue for more differentiated policies for agricultural development in Africa and suggest that policymakers should be much more aware of the heterogeneity of farms and target interventions accordingly. …”
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Micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises and their role in sustainable healthy diets in Ethiopia por de Brauw, Alan, Mengesha, Belay Terefe

“…The goal is to improve diet quality for Ethiopian consumers and households, which can only take place if consumers are more aware of what types of food to eat and if production of certain types of food can expand. …”
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National workshop on Drought Management: Knowledge Products and Tools for Sri Lanka por Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj, Dickowita, Ranoja, de Silva, S.

“…Presentations introduced the Sri Lanka Drought Management System and the AWARE platform, demonstrating short-term, sub-seasonal, and seasonal forecasting, multiple drought indices (SPI, VCI, SDI), and geospatial tools for risk mapping and contingency planning. …”
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Integrated water management solution por Fentaw, Abegaz, Tesfaye, Getachew, Girmay, Eyuel

“…The manual aims to strengthen the technical, analytical, and participatory capacities of practitioners, including Woreda experts, development agents, and academicians, to design, implement, and promote integrated water management interventions that are locally appropriate, gender-responsive, and governance-aware. It emphasizes the integration of surface water, groundwater, soil moisture, and climate-smart water technologies to enhance water availability, productivity, and resilience at household, community, and landscape levels. …”
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From field to table: How promoting new crop varieties via seed trial packs and consumer focused activities influences smallholder farmers’ planting decisions por Moore, Maya, Tchuente, Hubert Noel Takam, Trachtman, Carly, Kramer, Berber, Qualitative Behavioral Intelligence Research Team

“…This underscores the importance of coupling seed access strategies with gender-inclusive and gender-transformative, as well as market-aware, approaches to accelerate and sustain varietal access and thus turnover in smallholder systems.…”
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SHAPE-SSA: a region-specific Soil Health Assessment Protocol and Evaluation for Sub-Saharan Africa por Moges Kidane Biru, Nunes, Marcio R., Mackowiak, Cheryl L., Biratu, Gizachew Kebede, Mohkam-Singh, Niguse Bekele Dirbaba, Elias, Eyasu, Sida, Tesfaye Shiferaw

“…From these peer distributions we define context-aware, percentile-based benchmarks that evaluate soils relative to their ecological potential rather than fixed thresholds. …”
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Economic crises, small farmers and forest cover in Cameroon and Indonesia por Sunderlin, William D., Resosudarmo, I.A.P., Ndoye, O.

“…Third, policymakers should be aware of the ways in which widely differing economic shocks and macroeconomic adjustment policies can lead to unexpected, and in some cases undesirable social and environmental consequences.…”
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Mitigation needs adaptation: tropical forestry and climate change por Guariguata, Manuel R., Cornelius, Jonathan P., Locatelli, Bruno, Forner, C., Sánchez Azofeifa, G.A.

“…Tropical foresters and forest-dependent communities appear not to appreciate the risks posed by climate change and, for those who are aware of them, practical guidance on how to respond is largely non-existent. …”
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Bio-economic evaluation of farmers’ perceptions of viable farms in western Kenya por Waithaka, M.M., Thornton, Philip K., Herrero, Mario, Shepherd, Keith D.

“…There is a crucial role for extension services in making farmers aware of the potential impacts on farm revenue of modest changes in their farm management systems. …”
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Workshop report: Playing out transformative adaptation in Usambara, Tanzania por Twyman, Jennifer, Eitzinger, Anton, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Läderach, Peter R.D., Koningstein, Manon

“…In general it can be stated that the farmer is aware of a changing climate and the (negative) consequences this brings about. …”
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Farmers knowledge and control of two major pests: Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) and Aphis gossypii (Glover) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in five agroecological z... por Elégbédé, M.T., Glitho, I.A., Dannou, E.A., Douro-Kpindou, O.K., Kpindou, M.A., Tamò, Manuele

“…Farmers claimed to be aware of the so many side effects of chemicalsapplication. …”
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Non-farm activities and adoption of improved cassava and beans varieties in South-Kivu, DR Congo por Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M., Manyong, Victor M., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Alene, A., Amato, M.S., Ainembabazi, John H., Mignouna, Djana B., Okafor, C.

“…Therefore, actors involved in the development of the agricultural sector have to be aware of the importance of these factors even when they are working for the promotion of purely agricultural activities.…”
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Village Baseline Study – Site Analysis Report for My Loi, Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province – Viet Nam por Hai, Le Van, Duong, Minh Tuan, Hieu, Do Trong, Hoan, Le Khai, Lien, Phan Huong, Simelton, Elisabeth, Ferrer, Alice J., Tan Yen, Bui

“…Another constraint is marketing, as villagers are not aware of any organization involved in finding outlets for agricultural products. …”
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Analysis of pig trading networks and practices in Uganda por Atherstone, Christine, Galiwango, R.G., Grace, Delia, Alonso, Silvia, Dhand, N.K., Ward, M.P., Mor, Siobhan M.

“…Traders preferred buying live pigs from male farmers (88.9%) because they were considered the final decision makers and owned the pigs being sold. All pig traders were aware of clinical signs indicating a pig was sick. …”
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