Resultados de búsqueda - "contract"

Spodoptera eridania: current and emerging crop threats from another invasive, pesticide-resistant moth por Weinberg, J., Ota, N., Goergen, Georg E., Fagbohoun, J.R., Tepa-Yotto, G., Kriticos, D.J.

“…The potential distribution of S. eridania in the Amazon basin and the southern boundary of the Sahara Desert appear set to contract substantially due to increasing heat stress. …”
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What is forest tenure (in)security? Insights from participatory perspective analysis por Larson, A.M., Monterroso, I., Liswanti, N., Tamara, A.

“…Formal rights - a title, certificate or contract - is often used as an inadequate proxy for security, though the need to understand perception has been increasingly recognized. …”
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Women’s empowerment in Tanzania Cashew Value Chain: Assessment of Opportunities and Constraints por Aku, Aika, Mather, David, Bryan, Elizabeth, Mpenda, Zena, Mpunde, Venance

“…In addition to processing equipment, the SIDO intervention should target experienced, well-functioning processing groups; provide training on group management; facilitate market access and contract enforcement.…”
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Nature of employment and outcomes for urban labor: Evidence from the latest labor force surveys in India por Roy, Devesh, Saroj, Sunil, Pradhan, Mamata

“…In the urban labor force of nearly 100 million, half of the workers engage in regular wage/salaried employment including in short-term contracts, yet a large number are either self-employed or work as casual labor. …”
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Evolution of agricultural mechanization in Thailand por Cramb, Rob, Thepent, Viboon

“…The case of Thailand is especially pertinent because it illustrates both the development of accessible small-scale machinery and the provision of large-scale machinery to smallholders through contract hiring services. This chapter reviews the specific demand and supply factors that have given rise to the pattern of mechanization in Thailand over the past half century. …”
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Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s economy: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach por Diao, Xinshen, Aung, Nilar, Lwin, Wuit Yi, Zone, Phoo Pye, Nyunt, Khin Maung, Thurlow, James

“…The agricultural sector is expected to contract by between 1.1 and 2.4 percent in 2020, and recovery will be slow. …”
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Participatory Variety Selection of Wheat, Barley, Broad Beans and Potato Combined with Double Cropping of Short Duration Crops por International Potato Center, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

“…Project title: Second Agreement Africa RISING (Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation: ILRI Contract No. ASSP-14/2014 Project abstract: The Ethiopian highlands are characterized by cereal-food legume production system where the productivity is very low due to pests, poor agronomic practices and growing of unimproved cultivars. …”
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Banking on the poor: unleashing the benefits of microfinance por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Are regulations in place that govern mutually supportive transactions between the clients (borrowers) and institutions (lenders), such as deposit insurance and contract enforcement? Are prudential regulations, such as accounting practices and reporting requirements, balanced so that they ensure sustainability, good management, and accountability of microfinance institutions without stifling innovation? …”
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Fish as food: projections to 2020 under different scenarios por Delgado, Christopher L., Rosegrant, Mark W., Wada, Nikolas, Meijer, Siet, Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin

“…China's share of world production will continue to expand, while that of Japan, the EU, and former USSR will continue to contract. Real fish prices will rise 4 to 16% by 2020, while meat prices will fall 3%. …”
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Socieconomic Characteristics of Individuals Afflicted by AIDS-Related Prime-Age Mortality in Zambia por Chapoto, Antony, Jayne, Thomas S.

“…Campaigns to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS require accurate knowledge of the characteristics of those most likely to contract the disease. Studies conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1980s generally found a positive correlation between socioeconomic characteristics such as education, income, and wealth and subsequent contraction of HIV (see Ainsworth and Semali 1998; Gregson, Waddell, and Chandiwana 2001). …”
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The potential cost of a failed Doha Round por Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…The failure of the negotiations would prevent a US$336 billion increase in world trade that would have come from a reduction in tariffs and domestic support, while a worldwide resort to protectionism would contract world trade by US$728 billion.…”
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Take-up and earnings from a livestock financing project in Bangladesh por Ambler, Kate, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, de Brauw, Alan, Uddin, Mohammad Riad

“…We evaluate an expansion of WeGro’s profit sharing model for livestock fattening and compare it to a standard loan contract through a randomized control trial conducted in 105 villages in northwestern Bangladesh. …”
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What drives rice farmers away from straw burning? Evidence from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam por Cuong, Ong Quoc, Demont, Matty, Pabuayon, Isabelita M., Depositario, Dinah Pura T.

“…Policy makers can leverage and scale the adoption of sustainable straw management through public extension programs and by encouraging companies to govern and support these practices through private extension in their production contracts.…”
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What drives rice farmers away from straw burning? Evidence from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam por Ong Quoc Cuong, Demont, Matty, Pabuayon, Isabelita, Depositario, Dinah Pura

“…Policymakers can leverage and scale the adoption of sustainable straw management through public extension programs and by encouraging companies to govern and support these practices through private extension in their production contracts.…”
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Dynamics of rubber expansion in Lao PDR: policy making under uncertainty por Bouahom, B., Alberny, E., Douangsavanh, L., Castella, J.C.

“…The research was designed to provide knowledge that is relevant to policy making in the current context of rubber expansion in Laos, to characterize rubber-based production systems and to understand the conditions of emergence of different types of rubber regimes (smallholder, contract farming and concession). The study sites were selected in seven villages of three different districts namely Sangthong district, Nalae district and Thakeak district. …”
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Production objectives and selection criterions of three endemic ruminant breeds in The Gambia and Senegal por García, L., Ignacio P.

“…A total of 412 livestock owners and contract herders participated in the survey. The results showed that benefits such as manure production, income, savings and insurance, were the most important reasons for keeping ruminants. …”
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Investing in agricultural water management to benefit smallholder farmers in Zambia. AgWater Solutions Project country synthesis report. por Evans, Alexandra E.V., Giordano, Meredith A., Clayton, Terry

“…Measures likely to improve the performance of small reservoirs include coordinating and integrating multiple users, facilitating multiple institutional arrangements and strengthening existing policies, procedures and links within organizations along with more transparency in planning, contract awards and construction. Out-grower schemes can be improved by building trust, market information for smallholder farmers and reducing transaction costs for companies. …”
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Vad skapar stress respektive trivsel hos avverkningslag? : en jämförelse mellan bolags- och entreprenörslag por Nygren, Jens

“…It seems to be a lower pressure on a forest machine operator employed directly to SCA, toward being an employee of an entrepreneur, with a logging contract with SCA. One can have a calmer work pace, driver mistakes will not be as treacherous. …”

Implementering av FSC-certifiering av mindre enskilda markägares skogsbruk por Tormalm, Karin

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Sharing Knowledge and Value for Nurturing Socioecological Production Landscapes: A Case of Payment for Ecosystem Services in Rejoso Watershed, Indonesia por Leimona, B., McGrath, F.L., Khasanah, N.

“…Reverse auction represents a method to efficiently allocate contracts for the provision of ecosystem services in PES schemes. …”
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