Resultados de búsqueda - "awareness"

On-farm evaluation and scaling-up of soil fertility management technologies in Western Kenya por Odendo, M, Ojiem, J, Bationo, B. André, Mudeheri, MA

“…Although researchers have developed many soil fertility-improving technologies, the adoption of these technologies is low due to inadequate awareness of the technologies, poor access to requisite resources and unsuitability of the technologies to the farmers conditions. …”
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Managing risk in pastoral systems: Research and outreach experiences of the Pastoral Risk Management (PARIMA) Project in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya por Gebru, G., Desta, S., Coppock, D. Layne

“…Outreach has also engaged in efforts to build awareness and capacity of pastoral communities and Development agents to implement risk-management interventions using pilot projects. …”
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Local perspectives on climate change, Participatory Video in Somotillo, Nicaragua por Koningstein, Manon, Azadegan, Shadi

“…The objectives of this PV project were to 1) increase participants’ awareness of ways they can influence and mitigate the effects of climate change they’re subject to; 2) empower local groups to take part in a process of analysis and response that celebrates indigenous knowledge and practice; 3) generate a better understanding of gender differences as they relate to climate change adaptation and mitigation; 4) generate knowledge and information that allows future projects in the region to better understand the local context when creating inclusive climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies that have a higher potential for success. …”
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The ‘Five Million Hectare Reforestation Program’ in Vietnam: an analysis of its implementation and transaction costs: a case study in Hoa Binh province por Huong, T.T.T., Zeller, M., Hoanh, Chu Thai

“…The study reveals that: (i) the implementation of the program was generally characterized by a top-down process, (ii) the principal contribution to household benefits derived from forest management activities was the collection and sale of non-timber forest products, not the subsidy provided by the government, (iii) the main challenges faced during implementation of the program were the low and fixed subsidies provided, the improper types of trees being planted, poor access to the forest, and a lack of awareness among local people towards the benefits to be derived from participation in the forest management program, and that (iv) under the program’s community contracts, attending meetings (52%) and self-monitoring activities (35%) constituted the largest proportion of total time spent on forest management, while under the individual contracts, self-monitoring activities (98%) were the main component. …”
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Determinants of vitamin A status among pregnant women participating in the Mama SASHA Cohort Study of Vitamin A in Western Kenya: preliminary findings. por Akelo, V., Grant, F., Okuku, H.S., Wanjala, R., Low, Jan W., Cole, D., Levin, C., Girard, Amy W.

“…Other potentially modifiable factors, including food insecurity, dietary diversity, awareness of VA, household or maternal consumption of VA rich foods, maternal MUAC and gestational age were not associated with VAD. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention in Western Kenya: design of the Mama SASHA cohort study of vitamin A. por Girard, Amy W., Grant, F., Okuku, H.S., Akelo, V., Wanjala, R., Levin, C., Cole, D., Low, Jan W.

“…At enrollment women in control and intervention communities did not differ with respect to VA, iron, anemia or anthropometric status; food security or dietary diversity scores; demographic characteristics; awareness of vitamin A; or consumption of vitamin A rich foods in the past 7 days. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to African Swine Fever within smallholder pig production in northern Uganda por Chenais, E., Boqvist, Sofia, Sternberg Lewerin, Susanna, Emanuelson, Ulf, Ouma, Emily A., Dione, Michel M., Aliro, T., Crafoord, F., Masembe, C., Stahl, K.

“…However, awareness of the control measures did not guarantee their implementation. …”
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Impact of innovation platforms and information sharing on nurturing of smaller innovation platforms: A case study of Tanzania Dairy Development Forum por Kago, K.M.

“…Information sharing on production, marketing, processing, and consumption among otherindustry attributes is a key determinant on the effectiveness and efficiency of the dairy industry.However, actors in the dairy value chain often lack awareness of where and how to accessinformation or are uncertain concerning the quality and reliability of the information shared withthem. …”
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Observation on the Age at First Calving in the Savannah Breeds of Cattle in Northern Nigeria por Sackey, Anthony K.B., Sanni, Bamidele D., Abdullahi, Shehu U., Fadason, T.S.

“…The much lower AFC range observed in this studycompared to the highervalues (33 – 60 months) reported by pervious investigators is due to the increased awareness of livestock owners for the need to improve feed supplementation for livestock in particular during the dry season. …”
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Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in cereals from Nandi County, Kenya por Sirma, A.J., Ouko, E.O., Murithi, G., Mburugu, C., Mapenay, I., Ombui, J.N., Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Korhonen, H.

“…To manage aflatoxin contamination of the cereals in Nandi, the county government needs to step up awareness creation of the dangers posed by chronic aflatoxin exposure to households through cereals and promote good Agricultural practices.…”
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A study of Rift Valley fever virus in Morogoro and Arusha regions of Tanzania - serology and farmers’ perceptions por Wensman, Jonas Johansson, Lindahl, Johanna F., Wachtmeister, N., Torsson, E., Gwakisa, P.S., Kasanga, C., Misinzo, G.

“…In spite of recurring RVF outbreaks in Tanzania, livestock keepers seem to have a low awareness of the disease, making them poorly prepared and thus more vulnerable to future RVF outbreaks.…”
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A geographical information approach for stratifying tropical Latin America to identify research problems and opportunities in sustainable agriculture por Jones, Peter G., Robison, DM, Carter, Simon E.

“…Given the increasing awareness of long-term agroecological and socio-economic problems this database was used to systematize the search for the effective, specific courses of research into more sustainable agriculture. …”
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Gender and forest, tree and agroforestry value chains - evidence from literature por Ingram, V.J., Haverhals, M., Petersen, S., Elias, Marlène, Basnett, B.

“…Lessons for improving equity and the impacts of chain interventions include focusing on improving participation levels and the benefits derived by both women and men, and to take more account of their relations. Raising social awareness, the use of role models and pilots to stimulate social change, and implementing technological improvements need to be implemented concurrently, in parallel stages of the chain, to achieve structural improvements in gendered participation and benefits. …”
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Bean recipes: best food choice for the adventurous cook por Natabirwa, HN, National Agricultural Research Laboratories, Katende, D, National Agricultural Research Organization, Uganda, Lung'aho, Mercy G., National Crop Resources Research Institute, Uganda, Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance

“…Appropriate measures include providing balanced nutrients through standard recipes among others. Improving the awareness of nutritious meal preparations and establishing long-term habits of balancing recipes could have a positive effect on malnutrition, potentially increasing a consumer's potential to meet nutritional requirements. …”
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Towards sustainable coffee production in Vietnam: addressing irrigation issues. Vietnam Project por Amarasinghe, Upali A., Hoanh, Chu Thai, D'Haeze, Dave, Hung, T.Q.

“…These require experimental studies to understand the timings of irrigation rounds and other inputs, capacity building of farmers to follow the irrigation and input application schedules, and public awareness campaigns to raise the importance of improved irrigation management methods.…”
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Low-cost quantification of greenhouse gas emissions in smallholder agro-ecosystem: a comparative analysis of methods por Sapkota, Tek Bahadur, Kapoor P, Jat, Mangi Lal

“…Quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) exchanges between agricultural field and the atmosphere is essential for understanding the contribution of various production systems to the total emissions, develop mitigation options and policies, raise awareness and encourage adoption. But, GHG quantification from smallholder agricultural landscape is challenging primarily because of the heterogeneity of production systems. …”
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Climate change reporting for rural broadcasters Engaging rural media for community mobilization on climate-smart agriculture in the Philippines por Cruz, A., Navarro, Rex, Tabing L

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Equity, well-being and ecosystem health: participatory research for natural resource management por Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

“…And we are gaining a greater awareness of our dependence on nature’s ecological services and on one other. …”
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Mixplanting pubescent and glabrous cassava affects abundance of Typhlodromalus aripo and its prey mite Mononychellus tanajoa por Onzo, A., Hanna, R., Toko, M.

“…There is an increasing awareness that vegetation diversity can affect herbi-vore and natural enemy abundance and that plants can play a major rolein directly manipulating natural enemy abundance for protection againstherbivore attacks. …”
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Economics of maize, soybean and cowpea processing in the northern regions of Ghana por Akinola, Adebayo A., Maziya-Dixon, B.B., Ayedun, B., Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…The studysuggested the need for concerted efforts aimed at increasing awareness for improved access to credit facilities as well as better transport conditionsin order to improve quantity and quality of processed food crops as ways to enhancing general livelihood of the processors in the three regions ofGhana.…”
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