Resultados de búsqueda - "capitalism"

Liming agricultural soils in Western Kenya: Can long-term economic and environmental benefits pay off short term investments? por Hijbeek, Renske, Loon, Marloes P. van, Ouaret, Walid, Boekelo, Batiaen, Ittersum, Martin van

“…Long-term economic strategies can be problematic for farmers who lack investment capital and who may have short-term decision time frames, such as most smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Market chain analysis of fruits for Gomma Woreda, Jimma Zone, Oromia National Regional State por Tadesse, A.

“…Structure of the market indicates that licensing and years of avocado and mango trade experience did not hinder entry into avocado and mango trade, but capital, education and market information were barriers to enter into the trade. …”
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Mapping Above Ground Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Thoria Watershed, India: A Spatially Explicit Ecosystem Service Assessment Using InVEST Model por Guo, Zhe, Sharma, Himani, Jadav, Mahesh, Zhang, Wei

“…InVEST is a suite of spatially explicit models for evaluating trade-offs associated with land-use induced ecosystem service changes, developed by the partners of the Natural Capital Project. The InVEST Carbon Storage and Sequestration model uses maps of land use along with stocks in carbon pools to estimate the amount of carbon currently stored in a landscape or the amount of carbon sequestered over time. …”
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Improved latrine coverage may reduce porcine cysticercosis: a comparative cross-sectional study, Busia County, Kenya 2021 por Chege, Bernard, Ndambuki, Gideon, Owiny, M., Kiyong'a, Alice, Fèvre, Eric M., Cook, Elizabeth A.J.

“…A sanitation-based intervention to reduce the prevalence of open defecation was completed in Busia County, Kenya in 2016. We capitalized on this third party intervention to evaluate its impact on porcine cysticercosis prevalence. …”
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Radio Communication for the Dissemination of Improved Livestock Production Technologies in Ethiopia por Wamatu, Jane, Zeleke, Muluken, Derseh, Anagaw, Ephrem, Nahom, Abiso, Tesfaye, Haile, Aynalem

“…One of the reasons for not adopting technologies could also be due to insufficient working capital. Therefore, to improve the application of improved technologies in livestock production, it is important to provide necessary support to youth and women facing resource constraints to enable them to adopt improved livestock technologies.…”
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CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator: kick-off and onboarding workshop - complementary report on reflections on the accelerator and technical assistance design and implementation, Kigali... por Dahl, Hauke, Sartas, M.

“…The FSA also offers de-risking grants and matchmaking with private investors for follow-on capital. In February 2023, CGIAR FSA organized the initiation workshop for the first successful group of startup businesses at Norrsken House, Kigali, Rwanda. …”
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2015 regionalized social accounting matrix for Tunisia: A nexus project SAM por Salhine, Rim Ben, Younes, Anis Ben, ElKadhi, Zouhair, Jebali, Belhassen, Raouf, Mariam

“…. • For the household SAM, factors of production are split into 13 categories. Capital is disaggregated into four subcategories: crops, livestock, mining, and other. …”
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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Agricultural commodity traders - Synopsis of results from three survey rounds through early August 2020 por Goeb, Joseph, Zu, A Myint, Zone, Phoo Pye, Synt, Nang Lun Kham, Boughton, Duncan, Maredia, Mywish K.

“…. • Quickly expand the provision of loans for working capital to crop traders (CERP Action 2.1.1). This will enable traders to continue their buying activities through the coming harvest and prevent a possible decline in competition in the sector. • Continue the waiver of the 2 percent withholding tax for crop traders (CERP Action 2.1.3).…”
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Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Balana, Bedru, Smart, Jenny, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…We find that greater shares of total PE for agriculture, health, and social welfare, conditional on PE size, generally have positive effects on consumption, poverty reduction, and non-farm business capital investments. A greater share of total PE for agriculture benefits a broader range of outcomes than do greater shares of total PE for health and social welfare. …”
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Total and Partial Factor Productivity in Developing Countries por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Total factor productivity (TFP) is the ratio of total output (crop and livestock products) to total production inputs (land, labor, capital and materials). An increase in TFP implies that more output is being produced from a constant amount of resources used in the production process. …”
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El impacto del PROGRESA en la condicion de la mujer y en las relaciones al interior del hogar por Adato, Michelle, de la Briere, Benedicte, Mindek, Dubravka, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…La primera parte de este informe, realizada por Bénédicte de la Brière y Agnes Quisumbing, utiliza los datos de las encuestas cuantitativas –la Encuesta de Características Socioeconómicas de los Hogares (ENCASEH) y tres Encuestas de Evaluación (ENCEL) sucesivas– para examinar tres aspectos de las relaciones al interior del hogar: cómo influyen los antecedentes familiares del esposo y de la esposa en el capital humano y físico que aportan al matrimonio; cómo afectan los recursos del esposo y de la esposa en el momento de la unión a los patrones de toma de decisiones del hogar; y cómo afectan las características de los padres los logros escolares de niños y niñas. …”
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Linking types of East Javanese rice farming systems to farmers' perceptions of complex rice systems por Khumairoh, Uma, Teixeira, Heitor Mancini, Yadav, Sudhir, Schulte, Rogier P.O., Batas, Mary Ann, Asmara, Degi Harja, Flor, Rica Joy, Agustina, Rohmatin, Setiawan, Adi, Nurlaelih, Euis E., Purnomo, Mangku, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…However, their implementation faces challenges due to farmers' knowledge gaps, high capital outlay and labour shortages. This study aims to link types of rice farming and farmer perceptions to facilitate recommendations to scale up CRS. …”
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Scaling Homestead Gardening for Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Two Climate Hotspot Regions of Bangladesh por Alam, Monirul, Sarker, Mou Rani, Haque, Abdul, Bhandari, Humnath

“…Additionally, their low level of participation in social activities (61%) reveals an untapped opportunity to build community social capital, fostering the sharing of knowledge and actions, particularly in climate-vulnerable regions. …”
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Impact of armed conflict on crop production in greater Khartoum, Sudan por Sidahmed, Anwar, Mohamed, Shima

“…As with agricultural production in rural communities across Sudan, urban and peri-urban farming systems in Greater Khartoum, the area around the capital city, have also been harmed by the conflict. …”
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Agricultural mechanization hire services provision models, performance and challenges in Ethiopia por Tadesse, Ephrem, Tigabie, Abiro, Gizaw Desta, Sida, Tesfaye Shiferaw, Van Loon, Jelle

“…Recent entry, however, appears to have slowed, likely due to rising machinery costs associated with currency devaluation and increased capital barriers. In terms of service focus, mechanization remains highly concentrated in land preparation, with limited but growing diversification into harvest and post-harvest operations such as threshing and combining. …”
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Deforestation and the social impacts of soy for biodiesel: Perspectives of farmers in the South Brazilian Amazon por Lima, M., Skutsch, M., Medeiros Costa, G. de

“…However, we found evidence of plots changing hands and being consolidated by farmers with greater skills and capital, resulting in incipient class formation. Moreover, the companies are selective in their choice of agrarian settlement, and were not operating in those in which land holdings are very small or where the terrain is too broken up for large-scale mechanization.…”
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Adoption of conservation tillage technologies in Metema Woreda, North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia por Petros, T.

“…The selected PAs were further stratified into two based on distance to the woreda capital. Then, two PAs form early exposed and two PAs from the late exposed groups were selected. …”
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Analysis of relevance and effectiveness of FTC-based training: The case of Alamata Woreda, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia por Tekle, L.

“…FTC-based farmer training is an emerging extension strategy geared towards human capital development through need-based, hands-on practical training in order to facilitate agricultural transformation and rural livelihood improvement. …”
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Agricultural innovation platform as a tool for development oriented research: Lessons and challenges in the formation and operationalization por Tenywa, M.M., Rao, K.P.C., Tukahirwa, J.M.B., Buruchara, Robin Arani, Adekunle, A.A., Mugabe, J., Wanjiku, C., Mutabazi, S., Fungo, B., Kashaija, N.I.M., Pali, Pamela N., Mapatano, S., Ngaboyisonga, C.M., Farrow, Andrew, Njuki, Jemimah, Mulema, Annet A.

“…In AIP formation, the recognition and value of indigenous knowledge and capitalization on prevailing policy, institutional setting and involvement of local leadership is vital. …”
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Feed resources and nutritional management of dairy herds in urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in Ethiopia por Mekasha, Yoseph, Tegegne, Azage, Yami, A., Umunna, N.N.

“…The crude protein content of pulse hulls ranged from 9% to 16% In conclusion, the heavy reliance on the use of purchased conserved feeds and agro-industrial by products coupled with high-grade dairy stock indicates that urban and peri urban dairying is an intensified form of livestock production system. Capital and land problems force intra-urban and secondary towns farms to use diverse assortment of feed,types, which fluctuate seasonally. …”
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