Resultados de búsqueda - "being"

Report.“Exploration of wild banana populations in Papua New Guinea”, 7-17 June 2017 por Sardos, J., Paofa, J., Janssens, S., Vanden Abeele, Samuel, Roux, N., Panis, Bartholomeus

“…In addition to leaf samples, seeds were also collected that will be studied and conserved as part of the ITC Musa seedbank being established by Bioversity International and the Botanical Garden of Meise…”
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Opportunities and issues for biometry in a rapidly changing environment por Nokoe, S., Ojurongbe, T., Bamiduro, T.

“…Environmental issues that are being addressed goes beyond designs and conventional estimation of the effects of treatments. …”
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Climate-resilient seed systems and access and benefit-sharing in Zambia por Nkhoma, C.N., Otieno, G.

“…This case study focuses on activities being implemented in relation to access and benefit sharing in the development of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), and the availability of PGRFA for climate change adaptation. …”
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What women and men want: Considering gender for successful, sustainable land management programs por Nijbroek, Ravic P., Wangui, Elizabeth Edna

“…They include constructing water pans (see Figure 1) to reduce water extractions from the river in the dry season, building terraces to promote water infiltration and reduce soil erosion, or planting grass strips to reduce erosion when livestock are being fed. SLM also includes the promotion of agroforestry and a suite of riparian zone management practices.…”
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Collecting meaningful data on labour use in onfarm trials in subSaharan Africa por Spencer, D.

“…They show that if researchers can take steps to fix events in the memory of farmers, accurate labour use data can be collected in interviews as long as three months after the events being recalled. A range of plot sizes, with a minimum of 350 m2 in the forest zone, needs to be used to measure accurately labour use per hectare and to take into account the effect of economies of size on crop production.…”
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Variety selection and seed quality management in grain legume cultivation por Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Odhiambo, Wilfred

“…A key aspect of grain legume crop cultivation is selecting and being able to access the seed of the right type and quality. …”
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Screening techniques for host plant resistance to cowpea insect pests por Jackai, L.E.N., Singh, S.

“…As research on food crops intensifies in the tropics, the spotlight is being increasingly focused on the development of varieties with resistance to pests and diseases. …”
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Aspergillus flavus infection and aflatoxin contamination of preharvest maize in the Republic of Benin por Setamou, M., Cardwell, K., Schulthess, F., Hell, K.

“…Three Aspergillus species were isolated from different agroecological zones, with A. flavus being the most prevalent. The countrywide mean percentage of kernel infection was about 20% in both years. …”
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Perceptions of the role played by aquaculture and the services it provides for territories: complementarity of survey types por Mathé, S., Rey Valette, H.

“…Its aim is to study the extent to which the industry and its stakeholders are aware of the existence of such services in order to be able to prioritize them with respect to social well-being. This identification phase is seldom discussed. …”
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Dimensions of social and political capital in interventions to improve household wellbeing: Implications for coffee-growing areas in southern Colombia por Suárez, Adriana E., Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel, Ortíz-Morea, Fausto Andres, Ordoñez, Claudia, Suárez, Juan Carlos, Casanoves, Fernando

“…This paper studies the influence of community capitals on well-being through a Community Capital Index (CCI) within coffee-growing families in southern Colombia. …”
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Surface water quality in Costa Rica: new initiatives and challenges por Madrigal-Ballestero, Roger

“…Despite Costa Rica's reputation for being a leader in environmental policy and its thriving nature-based tourism industry, the nation has had poor surface water quality. …”
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Rasgos que identifican a algunos Vertisoles de la Zona Central de Chile por Luzio L., Walter, Menis M., Monica

“…It was concluded that the incipient degree of soil evolution is characterized by the presence of high quantities of weatherable minerals, the Quella Soil Series, with and without carbonates, being the youngest ones. Micromorphology demonstrated the presence of different kinds illuviation cutans, mainly normal void ferriargillans in the deep horizons, a situation wich along with granulometric distribution and physicochemical analysis suggests the existence of horizons of material accumulation at least in two of the four soil series. …”
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Maderas latinoamericanas. I. Objetivos y especificaciones generales de los estudios por Slooten, H.J. van der

“…This article initiates a series that has as its main objective to make known three technological properties of Latin American woods which are not known, or very little known, in the national and international commercial markets. An invitation is being extended to the various wood technology laboratories that are working with Latin American material to send in contributions for this series. …”
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Estudios sobre polen de Phaseolus por Taylor B., A. S.

“…Pollen samples were obtained from specimens which were planted in the open and in the greenhouse, flowers for the removal of the pollen grains being collected slightly before or during anthesis. …”
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Diferente sensibilidad de dos cultivares de cacao a las radiaciones gamma por Monge, F.

“…Two lines of cacao, Matina and UF 613, were found to differ in their response to acute gamma irradiation of seeds, Matina being more sensitive than UF 613. This was based on survival and hipocotyl height of the surviving population. …”
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Merging a landscape management planning approach with the community capitals framework: Empowering local groups in land management processes in Bocas del Toro, Panama por Gutiérrez Montes, Isabel A., Siles Calvo, Jackeline, Bartol Hermida, Patricia, Imbach, Alejandro C.

“…Community management of natural resources is well supported by many field experiences as an effective way to improve people’s well-being while maintaining their natural resource base. …”
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Marknadsmässig spannmålshandel por Posse, Arvid, Jönsson, Daniel

“…The study shows the importance, as a producer, of being able to use and take advantage of the different trading instruments at hand to monitor and exploit the shifts in the market. …”

Evaluating the impact of drought on rural communities : a case study of Umuziwabantu Local Municipality in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa por Made, Nolwandle

“…The governance institutions were also found to not being flexible enough to adapt to the shocks.…”

Intentional communities as drivers of societal change towards sustainability? : understanding community advocates' social representations of change por Stolz, Carina Julia

“…With societies all over the world being faced with severe global environmental crises, profound changes in societal systems are required. …”

Regenerative leadership : understanding the possibilities of a new leadership paradigm for the corporate sector por Roosen, Natascha

“…Based on the interconnectedness of humans and nature, this field strives to increase the health and well-being of people and socio-ecological systems. Through an inductive multiple-case study with semi-structured interviews, this master's thesis explores how regenerative leadership is enabled or constrained in businesses. …”