Search Results - "being"

  1. Green Revolution research saved an estimated 18 to 27 million hectares from being brought into agricultural production by Stevenson, James R., Villoria, Nelson, Byerlee, Derek, Kelley, Timothy, Maredia, Mywish K.

    Published 2013
    “…Our results generally support the Borlaug hypothesis that increases in cereal yields as a result of widespread adoption of improved crop germplasm have saved natural ecosystems from being converted to agriculture. However, this relationship is complex, and the net effect is of a much smaller magnitude than Borlaug proposed. …”
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  2. Economic well-being induced empowerment through women’s savings groups: Evidence in the coastal fishing communities of Bangladesh by Rahman, M. Wakilur

    Published 2023
    “…The initiatives of CSG not only generate economic well-being but also contribute to women’s empowerment. …”
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  3. Addressing bird attacks in the field (An domina iko bi, foro kônô kônôguin o debè sôrôsabati) by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

    Published 2018
    “…In this episode which aired on KAFO KAN radio on 24 November 2017, farmers are being provided with relevant information about how to deal with bird attacks once the sorghum crop tassels. …”
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  4. Securing well-being with the advent of climate hazards: Case of forest-dependent communities in a landscape in the Congo Basin by Chia, E.L., Tiani, A.M., Sonwa, D.J., Pérez Terán, A.S.

    Published 2016
    “…– This paper aims to examine the contribution of forests resource systems to the different aspects of community well-being, the implications of climate variability on the different sources of well-being and further identifies direct and indirect social and policy opportunities relevant for communities to enhance their capabilities in the face of climate variability and change in the Tri-National de la Sangha landscape of Cameroon.– It illustrates on data collected from focus group discussions and from 151 households randomly selected in three villages to operationalize the conceptual links between community well-being and vulnerability.– The study shows that vulnerability to climate change interferes with community strategies to achieve well-being, in addition to non-climatic processes which are both internal and external to communities. …”
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  5. Contribution of livelihoods to the well-being of coffee-growing households in southern Colombia: a structural equation modeling approach by Suárez, Adriana E, Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel, Ortiz-Morea, Fausto A, Suárez, Juan C, Di Rienzo, Julio, Casanoves, Fernando

    Published 2022
    “…Coffee cultivation is one of the main agricultural activities in Colombia, which increases the well-being of coffee-growing families. In order to determine the impact of coffee production, the capital endowment and well-being of coffee-growing families in the municipality of Pitalito, in the south of Colombia, were analyzed using the community capital index (CCI). …”
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