Search Results - "developing countries"

Reference soil groups map of Ethiopia based on legacy data and machine learning-technique: EthioSoilGrids 1.0 by Ali, Ashenafi, Tadesse, Solomon, Wolde, Yitbarek, Gudeta, Kiflu, Abera, Wuletawu, Mesfin, Ephrem, Mekete, Terefe, Haile, Mitiku, Haile, Wondwosen, Abegaz, Assefa, Tafesse, Demeke, Belay, Gebeyhu, Getahun, Mekonen, Beyene, Sheleme, Assen, Mohamed, Regassa, Alemayehu, Selassie, Yihenew G., Abebe, Dawit, Schulz, Steffen, Erkossa, Teklu, Hussien, Nesru, Yirdaw, Abebe, Mera, Addisu, Admas, Tesema, Wakoya, Feyera, Legesse, Awgachew, Tessema, Nigat, Abebe, Ayele, Gebremariam, Simret, Aregaw, Yismaw, Abebaw, Bizuayehu, Bekele, Damtew, Zewdie, Eylachew, Tamene, Lulseged D., Elias, Eyasu

“…Generating such information through conventional approaches consumes time and resources, and is difficult for developing countries. In Ethiopia, the soil resource map that was in use is qualitative, dated (since 1984), and small scaled (1 : 2 M), which limit its practical applicability. …”
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The effects of poultry and unconditional cash transfers on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from the SPIR midline survey by Leight, Jessica, Alderman, Harold, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hidrobo, Melissa, Tambet, Heleene

“…Recent policy debates have focused renewed international attention on poultry as an asset that is widely accessible to women and has low start-up costs, increasing its potential to have significant positive welfare effects for poor households in developing countries. In 2016, Bill Gates promoted investment in chickens as a development strategy that would meaningfully increase incomes for poor women.1 In response, Chris Blattman suggested that large cash grants of the kind provided by Give Directly (Haushofer and Shapiro 2016) may be more effective at enhancing outcomes, given heterogeneity in households’ needs and capacity to raise chickens.2 This learning brief reports on evidence from an ongoing impact evaluation of a complementary program to Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program, Phase 4 (PSNP4), called SPIR (Strengthen PSNP4 Institutions and Resilience) in rural Ethiopia, in which a cross-randomization of interventions providing poultry and cash transfers allows us to generate evidence highly relevant to this debate. …”
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A nutrition behaviour change intervention delivered through women's self-help groups in India is protective against depression and reduces time spent in market work by Gupta, Shivani, Scott, Samuel P., Kumar, Neha, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Thai, Giang, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Menon, Purnima

“…These findings add to a growing evidence base on the effectiveness of group-based interventions to improve women's wellbeing in developing countries.…”
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An evolving paradigm for Africa and synthesis of the lessons from Asia by Diao, Xinshen, Silver, Jed, Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…The chapter then describes the “new paradigm,” which builds on PBB but also integrates the additional dimension of market failures associated, on the supply side, with custom hiring services, which have become the most common mode of mechanization among smallholders in developing countries. Applying this expanded framework, the chapter then reviews the Asian experience first. …”
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Subnational public expenditures, short-term household-level welfare, and economic resilience: Evidence from Nigeria by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Balana, Bedru, Smart, Jenny, Edeh, Hyacinth O., Oyeyemi, Motunrayo Ayowumi, Andam, Kwaw S.

“…However, direct evidence of these developmental effects of decentralized PE in developing countries like Nigeria has been relatively limited. …”
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Women’s empowerment, agricultural extension, and digitalization: Disentangling information and role model effects in rural Uganda by Lecoutere, Els, Spielman, David J., Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…In many developing countries, agricultural extension services are generally biased towards men, with information targeted mainly to male members of a farming household and in formats that are rarely tailored to female members. …”
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Accelerating technical change through video-mediated agricultural extension: Evidence from Ethiopia by Abate, Gashaw T., Bernard, Tanguy, Makhija, Simrin, Spielman, David J.

“…Despite a rapidly growing enthusiasm around applications of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to smallholder agriculture in developing countries, there are still many questions on the effectiveness of ICT-based approaches. …”
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Effectiveness of current and alternative procurement modalities: An evaluation of the effectiveness of current and potential alternative grain procurement modalities, and developme... by Rashid, Shahidur, Mustafa, Shoumi, Kabir, Razin, Shaima, Nabila Afrin

“…Food and agricultural policies have historically played a crucial role in triggering growth in many developing countries. While there were debates, public procurement and distribution of food are widely accepted as a “second best” solutions for countries characterized by markets and institutional failures. …”
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Site-specific fertilizer recommendation using data driven machine learning enhanced wheat productivity and resource use efficiency by Liben, Feyera, Abera, Wuletawu, Chernet, Meklit Tariku, Ebrahim, Mohammed, Tilaye, Amsalu, Erkossa, Teklu, Degefie, Tibebe Degefie, Mponela, Powell, Kihara, Job, Tamene, Lulseged D.

“…Significance This study underlines the innovative use of data-driven ML approach to optimize fertilizer use in developing countries. The findings support the pilot expansion of SSFR under diverse conditions to optimize fertilizer efficiency and increase crop productivity and profitability for smallholder farmers.…”
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Sources of income inequality and poverty in rural Pakistan by Adams, Richard H., Jr., He, Jane J.

“…To answer these questions, researchers in recent years have used various techniques to analyze the sources of income inequality and poverty in developing countries. These studies help policymakers understand the root causes of income inequality and poverty within their societies. …”
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Agricultural policies in Vietnam: producer support estimates, 1986-2002 by Nguyen, Hoa, Grote, Ulrike

“…This study of Vietnam is the third comprehensive review conducted within an IFPRI project on understanding and assessing domestic and trade policies in the agricultural sector in developing countries. The data are meant to deliver a basis for further trade-related research to be conducted in the future.…”
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Development and field evaluation of near-isogenic lines of GR2-EBRRI dhan29 golden rice by Biswas, Partha S., Swamy, B.P. Mallikarjuna, Kader, Md. Abdul, Hossain, Md. Alamgir, Boncodin, Raul, Samia, Mercy, Hassan, Md. Lutful, Wazuddin, M., MacKenzie, Donald, Reinke, Russell

“…Vitamin A deficiency remains a common public health problem among the rice-dependent poor people in the developing countries of Asia. Conventional milled rice does not contain provitamin A (β-carotene) in is edible part (endosperm) and is also deficient in essential minerals, such as iron and zinc. …”
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Zinc biofortified rice varieties: Challenges, possibilities, and progress in India by Sanjeeva Rao, D., Neeraja, C. N., Madhu Babu, P., Nirmala, B., Surman, K., Subba Rao, L. V., Surekha, K., Raghu, P., Longvah, T., Surendra, P., Kumar, Rajesh, Ravindra Babu, V., Voleti, S. R.

“…Zinc malnutrition is a major issue in developing countries where polished rice is a staple food. …”
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Agricultural biotechnology for poverty alleviation: one more arrow in the quiver! by Seré Rabé, Carlos, Rege, J.E.O.

“…There is need to explore new ways to build the capacity of the public sector - notably national governments in developing countries and development partners, as well as to tap into the resources of the private sector - to enable the continent come up with African solutions to the problem of poverty alleviation. …”
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The characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Ragasa, Catherine, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Andam, Kwaw S., Spielman, David J., Omoigui, Lucky

“…CONTEXT Despite the significant roles that intermediary seed systems play in the supply of quality seed in developing countries, including Africa South of the Sahara, the knowledge gap remains generally substantial regarding the general characteristics and seed quality assurance performance of intermediary seed systems like community seed schemes (CSS), which still predominantly operate outside the formal seed systems. …”
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ILRI/BMZ safe food fair food: Building capacity to improve the safety of animal-source foods and ensure continued market access for poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa by Makita, K., Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F., Baker, Derek, Staal, Steven J.

“…In developing countries, food-borne diseases are one of the most important public health problems and animal-source foods cause a large proportion of such diseases. …”
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Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Eimeria species in Ethiopian village chickens by Luu, L., Bettridge, Judy M., Christley, Robert M., Melese, K., Blake, D.J.H., Dessie, Tadelle, Wigley, Paul, Desta, T.T., Hanotte, Olivier H., Kaiser, P., Gutu, Z., Collins, M., Lynch, Stacey E.

“…However, prevalence of Eimeria species is not uniform across production systems. In developing countries such as Ethiopia, a high proportion of chicken production occurs on rural smallholdings (i.e. …”
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Breeding management strategies adopted for dairy production under low-input smallholder farming systems of East Africa by Ojango, Julie M.K., Kariuki, K., Njehu, A., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…Designing and implementing sustainable breeding management programmes is one of the most practical means of improving efficiency in livestock production, particularly in developing countries. The success or failure of an improvement programme hinges strongly on the compatibility of the programme with the objectives of the farming community targeted. …”
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Analyse cout-efficacite des interventions pour reduire les maladies diarrheiques chez les consommateurs de laitues irriguees avec des eaux usees au Ghana. In French. [Cost-effectiv... by Seidu, R., Drechsel, Pay

“…Risk-reduction measures targeting farming practices and the basic rehabilitation of local wastewater treatment plants were the most attractive interventions with a CER well below the threshold of US$150/DALY, sometimes considered as the upper limit for a health intervention to be cost-effective in developing countries. All combinations associated with the basic rehabilitation of the treatment plants, with either on-farm or post-harvest interventions or both, resulted in CERs within the range of US$40/DALY to US$57/DALY. …”
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Food safety issues and scientific advances related to animal-source foods by Makita, K., Roesel, Kristina, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Bonfoh, Bassirou, Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Grace, Delia

“…FBDs include other, non-diarrheal severe illness such as tuberculosis and brucellosis. In developing countries, most foods are sold through informal markets, which lack adequate hygiene management. …”
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