Resultados de búsqueda - "awareness"

Child malnutrition in Nigeria: Evidence from Kwara State por Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi, Onabanjo, Oluseye, Fadare, Olusegun, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo

“…Poverty and a lack of awareness seem to be at the heart of the problem of childhood malnutrition in Nigeria. …”
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Engagement of husbands in a maternal nutrition program substantially contributed to greater intake of micronutrient supplements and dietary diversity during pregnancy: Results of a... por Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Frongillo, Edward A., Sanghvi, Tina, Wable, Gargi, Mahmud, Zeba, Tran, Lan Mai, Aktar, Bachera, Afsana, Kaosar, Alayon, Silvia, Ruel, Marie T., Menon, Purnima

“…A nutrition-focused MNCH program that promoted and facilitated husbands’ engagement during their wives’ pregnancies significantly improved husbands’ awareness, knowledge, self-efficacy, and support. These improvements substantially explained the program's impact on women's intake of micronutrient supplements and dietary diversity. …”
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The role of information in agricultural technology adoption: Experimental evidence from rice farmers in Uganda por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Walukano, Wilberforce, Nattembo, Fiona, Nazziwa-Nviiri, Lydia, Blom, Jaap

“…Using field experiments, we tested whether the provision of technical information concerning the existence and use of modern inputs and practices affects awareness and adoption of these technologies as well as farm production. …”
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Tool for Assessment of Climate Change “Sense” TACCS - طقس ( version 1.0) por Moujahed, Nizar

“…This tool presents a detailed questionnaire designed to quantitatively assess an organization's perception, awareness, and determination towards climate change through five main components, covering personal knowledge and opinions on climate change, training received, organizational involvement, communication strategies, and the influence of cultural, religious, and political factors. …”
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Organizational and institutional responses to climate change: Insights from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali por Ragasa, Catherine, Sun, Yan, Bryan, Elizabeth, Abate, Caroline, Alemu, Atlaw, Keita, Mahamadou Namori

“…The findings offer insights into levels of awareness, practices, and organizational and institutional issues based on interviews with practitioners involved in climate change adaptation in government agencies, local and international organizations, and think tanks in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali.…”
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Consequences of Avian Flu for Growth and Poverty: A CGE Analysis for Kenya por Thurlow, James

“…Efforts to enhance government capacity to respond rapidly to infections and improve farmers' and consumers' awareness of avian flu are also needed.…”
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Evaluation of a distance education radio farm school programme in India: Implications for scaling up por Sasidhar, P. V. K., Suvedi, Murari, Vijayaraghavan, K., Singh, Baldev, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Overall, the evaluation found that the farm school on radio with registered participants had a major impact on developing awareness, knowledge and changes in attitude and in involving end-users in outreach activities. …”
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Implications of avian flu for economic development in Kenya por Thurlow, James

“…Our findings support monitoring poultry production and trade, responding rapidly to possible infections, and improving both farmers' and consumers' awareness of avian flu.…”
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Strengthening multi-stakeholders platorms in Niger Office zone por Sidibe, M., Dossou-Yovo, E.R.

“…In total, 40 members of the platforms including 20 males and 20 females were trained on the principles of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), climate change awareness, and effective change management strategies. …”
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Water allocation policies for the Dong Nai River Basin in Vietnam: an integrated perspective por Ringler, Claudia, Vu Huy, Nguyen

“…Recent water sector reforms, increased scarcity and vulnerability of existing water resources, combined with declining public funding available for large-scale infrastructure investment in the sector have led to an increased awareness by the Government of Vietnam for the need to analyze water resource allocation and use in an integrated fashion, at the basin scale, and from an economic efficiency perspective. …”
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Formal and informal systems in support of farmer management of agro-biodiversity: some policy challenges to consolidate lessons learned por Byström, Marie

“…However, there is still a considerable lack of awareness of the importance of traditional agrobiodiversity knowledge systems and of the successes of these new initiatives within formal science institutions. …”
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Healthy Diets: Practices, misconceptions, and expert recommendations por Zerfu, Taddese Alemu

“…The program, conducted in collaboration with the Mathewois Woldu Cancer Society - an organization dedicated to cancer awareness and prevention - explored the significance of nutrition in cancer prevention and overall health. …”
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Improving nutrition as a development priority: Addressing undernutrition in national policy processes in Sub-Saharan Africa por Benson, Todd

“…The author concludes that an effective response to undernutrition in these countries requires the formation of national advocacy coalitions that can raise public awareness of the problem, highlight policymakers' duty to ensure the nutrition of their citizens, and link proper nutrition to general national development. …”
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Report of the Third Timor-Leste National Aquaculture Forum (NAF3) por Pant, Jharendu, da Cruz Salu, Regio, Bhujel, Ram C., Teoh, Shwu Jiau, Gomes, Silvino, Timsina, Jagadish

“…PADTL2 focuses on improving access to quality seed, feed, and technologies; strengthening fish market chains; and promoting fish consumption through awareness campaigns. Building on phase one (2014–2019), it enhances farmer training and capacity building for stakeholders. …”
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Capacity Building In Scaling Smart-Valleys Approach For Land And Water Development In Inland Valleys In Mali por Djagba, Justin, Doumbia, Salif, Konake, Sory, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott

“…In Mali, Smart-Valleys is being scaled through the establishment of demonstration sites, capacity-building initiatives, and awareness-raising campaigns. These efforts are spearheaded by key partners of the AICCRA project, including the Africa Rice Center, the Institute for Rural Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the World Bank-funded Food Security Resilience Program. …”
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Stakeholder disconnect: Differences between farmers, extension workers, and researchers on preferred strategies for timely wheat sowing in Bihar, India por Gupta, Shweta, Kishore, Avinash, Burton, Michael

“…Late sowing of wheat is a persistent problem in South Asia despite widespread awareness that it lowers crop yields. We asked 2034 farmers, 33 researchers, and 114 frontline extension workers (EW) in Bihar, India to rank 6 commonly recommended solutions for their effectiveness. …”
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Assessment of the use of livestock climate information in Senegal por Ouedraogo, Issa, Ndeye, Amy Kebe, Serign, Fall, Babacar, Seck

“…Recommendations include enhancing communication accessibility, expanding dissemination channels, and fostering financial sustainability through collaborative models and targeted awareness campaigns. This assessment highlights the transformative potential of climate information services in fostering resilience, optimizing resource management, and supporting sustainable development in vulnerable pastoralist communities.…”
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The role of women’s empowerment in food crises prevention and mitigation under climate stress por Ringler, Claudia, Bryan, Elizabeth, Nanavaty, Reema

“…To avoid that humanitarian and food crises increase gender and social inequities and to ensure that women can exert their agency in reducing crises impacts, governments, donors and practitioners need to actively work with and for women, girls and Indigenous populations, providing opportunities for their active participation in decision-making processes and policy responses at all levels, ensuring access to digital tools, information, finance, and raising awareness on and actively working toward preventing gender-based violence.…”
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Post-intervention outcomes in farmer's behaviour and crop diversification in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh por Nandi, Ravi, Hossain, Md. Khaled, Anupama Islam Nisho, Md Saiful Islam, Alanuzzaman Kurishi, A.S.M., Sumona Shahrin, Mustafa Kamrul Hasan, Md. Arifur Rahaman, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…This brief summarizes the results from post-intervention outcomes in farmer behavior, covering a) preferred cropping patterns among farmers, b) perceived benefits, challenges, and transaction costs of crop diversification, and c) market awareness among trial farmers. Data were collected through face-to-face surveys involving on-farm trail farmers in the Chapainawabganj district.…”
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Post-intervention outcomes in farmer behaviour and crop diversification in Dinajpur, Bangladesh por Nandi, Ravi, Hossain, Md. Khaled, Anupama Islam Nisho, Md. Arifur Rahaman, Sumona Shahrin, Alanuzzaman Kurishi, A.S.M., Md Saiful Islam, Mustafa Kamrul Hasan, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…This brief summarizes the results from post-intervention outcomes in farmer behavior covering a) preferred cropping patterns among farmers; b) perceived benefits, challenges, and transaction costs of crop diversification, and c) market awareness among trial farmers. Data were collected through face-to-face surveys involving on-farm trail farmers in the Dinajpur district.…”
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