Resultados de búsqueda - "awareness"

Championing gender in agricultural services in Kenya por Bikketi, Edward, Gumucio, Tatiana, Cecchi, Francesco, Kramer, Berber, Waithaka, Lilian, Waweru, Carol

“…. • It is necessary to promote a better understanding of insurance among farmers and build farmers’ trust in services and products through additional training of champion farmers, sensitization of farmers, and awareness creation.…”
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Transforming yam seed systems in west Africa por Maroya, N., Balogun, M., Aighewi, B., Mignouna, Djana B., Kumar, P. Lava, Asiedu, R.

“…Increased public sensitization and advocacy were done to raise awareness among relevant stakeholders to enhance the uptake of the seed propagation technologies and ensure a smooth interaction between the public and private sectors. …”
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A climate change modelling framework for financial stress testing in Southern Africa por Anvari, Vafa, Arndt, Channing, Hartley, Faaiqa, Makrelov, Konstantin, Strezepek, Kenneth, Thomas, Timothy S., Gabriel, Sherwin, Merven, Bruno

“…An important part of central bank interventions is conducting climate-related stress tests and scenario analysis to increase awareness in the financial sector of the effects of climate change, improve the integration of climate-related risks into financial companies’ decisions, identify important data gaps, and start building capacity to develop more advanced and accurate climate scenarios. …”
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Effect of different types and levels of errors in sire pedigree on the accuracy of genetic evaluation in crossbred goats por Tesema, Z., Deribe, B., Tilahun, M., Lakew, M., Getachew, T., Gizaw, Solomon

“…Improving the recording system and awareness creation about its impact is imperative for a successful genetic improvement program and accurate genetic evaluation.…”
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India NPS Seminar Series: Water & Energy Policies for Transforming Agri-Food Systems - Oct 2022 (Blog) por CGIAR

“…In order to scale up the adoption of MI systems, solar pumps and utilize the irrigation surplus, it is required to have more convergence within various schemes, so as to identify the target beneficiaries and improve the scale of adoption of these schemes. b) Building auxiliary structures along the canal systems such as pond-based systems. c) To promote solar pumps/solar irrigation, it is necessary to identify innovative financial & institutional models which are successful in the states, promoted by the government agencies, NGOs & private partners. d) Rental models for promotion of solar schemes and also models for utilizing energy in both farm and non-farm activities. e) Creating Awareness among farmers on schemes and innovative models through capacity building activities.…”
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The use of mobile phones and the heterogeneity of banana farmers in Rwanda por Kabirigi, M., Sekabira, H., Sun, Z., Hermans, F.

“…Major barriers to using ICT-based agricultural services were 1) low awareness of the existence of ICT services, 2) limited availability of ICT services, 3) lack of technical know-how, 4) relatively high prices of ICT devices, and 5) low levels of ICT literacy. …”
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Efforts of researchers and other stakeholders to manage an unfolding epidemic: Lessons from potato purple top in Ecuador por Navarrete, I., Almekinders, Conny J.M., Andrade-Piedra, J.L., Struik, P.C.

“…Our results show that managing epidemics calls for collaboration and coordination, communication and raising awareness, design and implementation of interventions, funding, supporting regulations and policies, research, and surveillance. …”
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Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two-wheel tractor-based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe por Ngoma, Hambulo, Marenya, Paswel Phiri, Tufa, Adane H., Alene, Arega D., Chipindu, Lovemore, Matin, Md Abdul, Thierfelder, Christian L., Chikoye, David

“…These findings imply a need to (i) raise awareness and create demand for 2WT-based services in an inclusive business manner that does not create perverse incentives and (ii) better target mechanisation to operations with comparative advantage, using approaches that bundle 2WT-based and other mechanisation services with asset-agnostic credit schemes or other interventions meant to overcome asset-mediated barriers.…”
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Can rooted apical cuttings complement seed systems to improve availability of quality seed potato in Africa? – The case of Kenya por Wauters, P., Hutchings, J., Munguti, F.M., Borus, D., Nyawade, S., Atieno, E., Sharma, K., Parker, M.

“…Key recommendations are to create awareness and to develop adequate marketing strategies to promote their uptake, and to ensure RACs are adequately multiplied into commercial seed to improve its availability to smallholder farmers in Kenya.…”
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Key insights and perspectives from the Food Systems Summit Dialogues and the CAADP 3rd Biennial review process 2023 por Trautman, Sabrina, Chevallier, Romy, Cramer, Laura K., Gosling, Amanda, Mutamba, Manyewu

“…Some of the main findings from the UNFSS dialogues include evidence that countries are adopting diverse approaches to move towards environmentally sustainable food production and consumption, a need to harmonise trade standards and improve access to market information, the generation of high levels of food waste, poor nutritional education and awareness including a lack of dietary diversity, a need for gender and social inclusion with a focus on land tenure and access to resources, a need for improved technologies and innovation and better access to credit and loans for food producers. …”
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One health insights into pastoralists’ perceptions on zoonotic diseases in Ethiopia: perspectives from South Omo Zone of SNNP Region por Alemu, S.T., Ero, D., Mor, Siobhan M.

“…In almost all cases, despite pastoralists’ awareness of zoonotic diseases, they did not consider zoonoses as harmful to human health as they are to animals. …”
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Capacity gaps in land-based mitigation technologies and practices: A first stock take por Bößner, Stefan, Xylia, Maria, Bilbao, Bibiana, Indriani, Siti N., Laub, Moritz, Rahn, Eric, Virla, Luis D., Johnson, Francis X.

“…This approach identified ‘understanding’, ‘awareness’ and ‘economic/finance’ as the most important capacity gaps when it comes to LMT adoption and scaling across the aforementioned regions. …”
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Nutrition-Sensitive Food Distribution Amidst Inflationary Shock: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Egypt por Abay, Kibrom A., Kurdi, Sikandra

“…The food packages are being redesigned to include more diverse and nutrient dense food items. A complementary awareness campaign is being launched to promote and enhance healthy eating habits and food preparation. …”
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Increasing traditional vegetable consumption in Cavite, Philippines: Understanding consumer and market vendor preferences por Gonzales, Bambi, Chavez, Hidelisa D. de, Sister, Lorna E, Anunciado, Ma. Shiela, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Hunter, Danny, Borelli, Teresa, Mendonce, Sharon

“…By addressing the gaps in awareness and knowledge about these food plants and their growth requirements, improving the supply chain to meet consumer and vendor requirements, and improving women consumers’ access to education and information, we can work towards a future where these nutritious, locally-adapted, and culturally significant crops are widely known and available.…”
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Effects of genotype and environment on forage yield, nutritive value and morphology of lablab (Lablab purpureus (L.) sweet) por Aleme, M., Tamiru, T., Alkhtib, A., Assefa, Getnet, Kehaliew, A., Tolemariam, T., Mengistu, G., Burton, E., Janssens, G.P.J.

“…Morphological traits of lablab are not suitable to evaluate forage yield and nutritive value. Enhancing the awareness of farmers about the effect genetic-environment interaction effect of forage yield and nutritive value and the relation between morphology and yield and nutritive value would improve the uptake of lablab in mixed the farming system leading to more sustainable agricultural production.…”
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Gender differentiation on the determinants and intensity of adoption of Purdue improved cowpea storage (PICS) bags in Northern Nigeria por Ndaghu, N., Abdoulaye, T., Mustapha, A., Fani, D.C.R., Tabetando, R., Henrietta, U.U., Kamsang, L.

“…Results of the Logit model in males were significant for (extension contact, PICS information from other farmers and radio sources, and cowpea income, bags non-available) and for females (age, awareness, extension contact, PICS information from other farmers and radio source, bags non-available). …”
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AICCRA validation report: Piloting and validating the Climate Security Sensitivity Scoring Tool (CSST): Evidence from the field on the climate security sensitivity of the climate s... por Sarzana, Carolina, Samake, Oumar B, Jaquet, Stéphanie

“…However, shortcomings in addressing institutional natural resource management and awareness-raising initiatives were noted. Participants emphasized the repercussions, such as deforestation and resource conflicts, signaling the need to prioritize institution-building and education in CSV programs. …”
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Mainstreaming traditional fruits, vegetables and pulses for nutrition, income, and sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for Kenya and Ethiopia por Ngigi, Peter Biu, Termote, Céline, Pallet, Dominique, Amiot, Marie Josèphe

“…Complete, accurate and reliable nutrient composition data are needed to raise consumer awareness about their nutritional and health benefits. …”
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Gender-smart investment to improve access to finance and resilience for women-led agribusinesses por Derenoncourt, Marie Ena, Jaquet, Stephanie

“…There is a need to create awareness and raise the importance of de-risking investments through capacity building and impact analysis. …”
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The effects of addressing gender norms and access to resources on gender equality in climate-affected agrifood systems in Bangladesh por Lecoutere, Els, Akhter, Sadika, Kihoro, Esther, Kamruzzaman, Mohammed, Dey, Durjoy

“…We found that the ECATTO intervention increased awareness of women’s rights and more positive attitudes towards women’s political leadership among men and women. …”
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