Resultados de búsqueda - "capitalism"

Herd prevalence of bovine brucellosis and analysis of risk factors in cattle in urban and peri-urban areas of the Kampala economic zone, Uganda por Makita, K., Fèvre, Eric M., Waiswa, C., Eisler, M.C., Thrusfield, M.V., Welburn, S.C.

“…Background Human brucellosis has been found to be prevalent in the urban areas of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. A cross-sectional study was designed to generate precise information on the prevalence of brucellosis in cattle and risk factors for the disease in its urban and peri-urban dairy farming systems. …”
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Melamchi water supply project: potential to replenish Kathmandu’s groundwater status for dry season access por Chinnasamy, Pennan, Shrestha, S. R.

“…Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) currently uses 35 surface and 57 groundwater sources to supply water for Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. It is necessary to understand if the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) can assist lean period water supply by indirectly increasing groundwater storage, through diverting excess water supply to groundwater recharge zones. …”
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Policy document detailing the use of the stepwise investment approach for Climate-Smart Cocoa adoption by farmers and companies por Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Saeed, Abdul Razak, Kofituo, Rich Kofi, Asare, Richard

“…"The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Rainforest Alliance (RA), in conjunction with its partners The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), The Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) and Root Capital (RC) through the Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security’s (CCAFS) Phase 1 (2015-2018) on Mainstreaming Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) project laid the foundation for this second phase of CCAFS. …”
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Beyond Oil Palm: Perceptions of Local Communities of Environmental Change por Hasanah, N., Komarudin, Heru, Dray, A., Ghazoul, J.

“…Communities identified a wide array of direct and indirect drivers underlying this trend, including social influence, financial capital, ecological factors, and subsidies from local government. …”
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Archetypes of Climate-Risk Profiles among Rural Households in Limpopo, South Africa por Paumgarten, F., Locatelli, Bruno, Witkowski, E.T.F.

“…The archetypes show how climate-related risk varies according to households’ livelihood strategies and capital endowments. There are clear site-related distinctions between the risk profiles; however, the age of the household and the gender of the household head also differentiate the profiles. …”
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Improving irrigation water use efficiency of robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) production in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam por Tran, D.N.L., Nguyen, T.D., Pham Thu Thuy, Rañola, R.F., Nguyen, T.A.

“…The production function analysis using Cobb–Douglas shows that the volume of irrigation water, amount of working capital, labor, and farm size significantly influence coffee productivity. …”
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A review of the cost and effectiveness of solutions to address plastic pollution por Nikiema, Josiane, Asiedu, Zipporah

“…The review discusses the effectiveness, capital expenditure, and operation and maintenance costs of the different technologies, the cost of implementation of policy measures, and the suitability of each solution under various conditions. …”
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Gender gap in Acquisition and practice of Agricultural Knowledge: Case study of Rice Farming in West Africa por Zossou, E., Arouna, A., Diagne, A., Agboh-Noameshie, A.R.

“…The most quoted source for acquiring knowledge on rice farming methods was ‘other farmers’, showing the importance of social capital for rural African farmers. In Benin, a gender gap was noted in rice farmers’ access to agricultural knowledge sources, with women being more advantaged. …”
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Sero-prevalence of West Nile virus in urban and peri-urban poultry farms of Guwahati, India por Talukdar, A., Hazarika, R.A., Bora, D.P., Pegu, S.R., Talukdar, P., Kader, N.A., Mohakud, S.S., Deka, N.J., Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…The present investigation was carried out from April, 2018 to March, 2019 to study sero-positivity of WNV in chicken in urban and peri-urban areas of Guwahati, the capital city of Assam. Four urban and four peri-urban areas of Guwahati were selected. …”
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A meta-analysis of the adoption of agricultural technology in Sub-Saharan Africa por Arslan, Aslihan, Floress, Kristin, Lamanna, Christine, Lipper, Leslie, Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…Eighteen determinants primarily related to information access, wealth, group membership and social capital, and land tenure—consistently influence adoption across studies. …”
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Rural livelihood diversification is associated with lower vulnerability to climate change in the Andean-Amazon foothills por Beltrán Tolosa, Lucila Marcela, Cruz García, Gisella S., Ocampo, Jhon, Pradham, Prajal, Quintero, Marcela

“…Secondly, we evaluated each household typology’s vulnerability to climate change by assessing sensitivity and adaptive capacity based on the ‘livelihood assets pentagon’, which encompasses the five human capitals: natural, social, human, physical, and financial. …”
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Measuring Household Resilience in the Climate Smart Villages in the Philippines, Myanmar and Cambodia por Edralin, Monica, Barbon, Wilson John, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Thant, Phyu Sin, Phen, Bunthoeun, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…What this paper aims to develop is a framework and a methodology for accounting both tangible and intangible characteristics found in the household, that is, measuring assets, social capital, as well as inherent personal characteristics or traits of the household decision-maker that may or may not predispose a household to be resilient. …”
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Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia por Xiobo Zhong, Srivastava, Nandita, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…There is a need for skilled human capital at different levels such as to provide i) advisory support on innovations and technical know-how and ii) well trained employees to help in running the business. …”
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Transformation of food systems: How can it be financed? por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…Then it presents an evaluation of the existing financial flows and their potential scaling up, using a broader view of six main flows involved: two that are internal to food systems (consumer expenditures on food and related items, which are the main source of revenue (as sales) for the variety of actors on the supply side of food systems); and four that are external (international development funds, public budgets, banking systems, and capital markets). The paper notes that although current funding does not reach the scale needed to finance the desired transformation of food systems, there are sufficient potential financial resources available in the aggregate to achieve such transformation. …”
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Building resilience through human centered interventions: A case study of female smallholder farmers in Matuu, Kenya por Mutiso, Ashley, Vait, Samuel, Magati, Okari

“…As part of an ongoing project, the study recommends social capital and community resilience interventions, capacity building, improved financial structures, women’s empowerment programs, and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures to increase resilience. …”
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Kenyan diets: Quality, affordability, and preferences por Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Pauw, Karl

“…Malnutrition and NCDs can have lifelong health consequences and high social and economic costs for individuals and societies alike, including from impaired human capital formation, reduced labor productivity, and high healthcare costs (Popkin et al. 2006; Shekar, Heaver, and Lee 2006; Victora et al. 2008; Black et al. 2013). …”
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Which agreements boost agricultural trade in Africa? por Aboushady, Nora, Ramzy, Myriam, Zaki, Chahir

“…Broader coverage increasingly includes more policy areas that may be trade-related (tariffs and nontariff measures) or non trade-related (behind-the-border policies, intellectual property rights, movement of capital and people, competition policy, and others). …”
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Proceedings from the grand inauguration of the project Consortium for Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agriculture in South Asia (C-SUCSeS) por Pal, Barun Deb, Kabir, Razin, Pradhan, Mamata, Gyeltshen, Kinzang

“…There are a host of barriers in the form of limited access to natural resources, information, finance, and above all, low human capital that limit the adoption of technology. The global community is aware of these climate change challenges and has initiated programs to overcome these challenges across the world. …”
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MoreMilkIT - Uncertainty in milk production study por Omore, Amos, Twine, Edgar, Rao, E.J.O., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…Impact of risk on cash flows was examined for a single cow for one lactation period (300 days), and the impact of uncertainty on investment decisions was determined using capital budgeting methods. This study was supported by NWO-WOTRO through the LIQUID project and Irish Aid in Tanzania through the MoreMilkiT project. …”
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Informal vendors and food systems planning in an emerging African city por Giroux, Stacey, Blekking, Jordan, Waldman, Kurt, Resnick, Danielle, Fobi, Daniel

“…We map vendors’ networks of food suppliers, and describe sources of operating capital and labor assets to show the range of services vendors utilize and the types of institutions, businesses, and individuals that vendors use to support their work. …”
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