Resultados de búsqueda - "developing countries"

Climate Services Ecosystems in times of COVID-19 por Goddard, Lisa, González Romero, Carmen, Muñoz, Angel G, Acharya, Nachiketa, Ahmed, Shamsuddin, Baethgen, Walter, Blumenthal, Benno, Braun, Mélody, Campos, Diego, Chourio, Xandre, Cousin, Rémi, Cortés, Catalina, Curtis, Ashley, Corral, John del, Dinh, Dannie, Dinku, Tufa, Fiondella, Francesco, Furlow, John, García-López, Alan, Giraldo Mendez, Diana Carolina, Gómez, Rosario, Grossi, Amanda, Hailemariam, Kinfe, Hansen, James, Hassan, Quamrul, Hoang, Lam, Jordan, Pamela, List, Geneva, Mannan, Md. Abdul, Mason, Simon J., Melo, Jeimmy, Navarro Racines, Carlos Eduardo, Ndiaye, Ousmane, Nguyen-Quang, Trung, Nguyen-Van, Thang, Oliva, Juan Pablo, Osgood, Daniel, Pons, Diego, Prager, Steven D, Hernández Quevedo, Mónica, Robertson, Andrew W., Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Ruíz, José Franklyn, Rojas, Oscar, Schubmann, Lena, Teshome, Fetene, Thomson, Madeleine C., Turner, Jacquelyn, Trzaska, Sylwia, Van Mai, Khiem, Vadillo, Audrey, Vicencio, José Miguel, Vu-Van, Thang

“…Through “Adapting Agriculture to Climate Today, for Tomorrow” (ACToday), the first of Columbia University’s Columbia World Projects, proactive interactions in six developing countries help identify and create the local climate service ecosystems needed to address food security, agricultural sustainability, and nutrition goals. …”
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Soil carbon stocks and nitrous oxide emissions of pasture systems in Orinoquía region of Colombia: Potential for developing land-based greenhouse gas removal projects por Costa, Ciniro, Villegas, Daniel Mauricio, Bastidas, Mike, Matiz Rubio, Natalia, Rao, Idupulapati M., Arango, Jacobo

“…However, measurements in developing countries are still scarce. In the Orinoquia region, permanent grasslands (PG; this unimproved, native pasture is considered as at some state of degradation) based on unimproved grasses are found due to extensive, inefficient grazing combined with annual burning of pastures. …”
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Sixty years of irrigated wheat yield increase in the Yaqui Valley of Mexico: Past drivers, prospects and sustainability por Fischer, Tony, Ammar, Karim, Ortíz Monasterio, Jose Iván, Monjardino, Marta, Singh, Ravi P., Verhulst, Nele

“…World wheat food security without area increase will increasingly depend on developing countries where yield gaps are generally wider and gap closing prospects better. …”
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Silage maize as a potent candidate for sustainable animal husbandry development—perspectives and strategies for genetic enhancement por Karnatam, Krishna Sai, Mythri, Bikkasani, Wajhat Un Nisa, Sharma, Heena, Kumar, Tarun, Rana, Prabhat, Vikal, Yogesh, Gowda, Manje, Dhillon, Baldev Singh, Sandhu, Surinder

“…With a rapid population increase in developing countries like China and India, there is an upsurge in meat consumption and, hence, the requirement for animal feed, which entails high usage of maize. …”
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The SDGs and food system challenges: Global trends and scenarios toward 2030 por Martin, Will, Vos, Rob

“…On the means of implementation, levels of spending on agricultural research and development have increased, particularly in key developing countries such as Brazil, China and India. However, rates of investment remain too low for comfort, particularly in low-income countries. …”
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From gender gaps to gender-transformative climate-smart agriculture por Huyer, Sophia, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Chanana, Nitya, Spellman, Olga

“…To date, much of the research on the nexus between gender and climate has emphasized the negative impacts on women, in terms of their increased vulnerability to climate-related shocks. Women in developing countries rely predominantly on natural resources for their farming activities, household needs, and caregiving roles. …”
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The road to the WTO twelfth Ministerial Conference: A Latin American and Caribbean perspective por Piñeiro, Valeria, Campos, Adriana, Piñeiro, Martín

“…The WTO dispute settlement mechanism has become a strategic asset for developing countries, enabling them to continue expanding their agricultural exports and strengthening their position in the market. …”
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Harmonizing and reducing trade distorting domestic support: An analysis of the impacts of new domestic support disciplines at the WTO por Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…Extending this discipline to measures currently notified under Art. 6.2., the development box, will not put significant constraints on developing countries. Moving to this simplified and more transparent framework will require to define properly an anti-concentration clause, limiting the amount of payments that can benefit the producers of a specific commodity. …”
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Public agricultural spending and growth in Ghana: Spending more, smarter por Aragie, Emerta A., Artavia, Marco, Pauw, Karl

“…Given strong evidence that agricultural spending in developing countries yields significant returns (Mogues et al. 2015), Ghana’s relatively weak agricultural performance during the period from 2007 to 2017 may be linked to low levels of spending. …”
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Micronutrient policy process in Malawi por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Haggblade, Steven, Mkandawire, Elizabeth, Nankhuni, Flora, Hendriks, Sheryl L.

“…This paper uses micronutrient policies designed and implemented in Malawi as a case study to shed light on the barriers and gaps faced by developing countries for similar programs and policies. To understand the drivers of policy change, this paper uses the kaleidoscope model to trace the policy processes of three major micronutrients—iodine, vitamin A, and iron. …”
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Digitally enhanced community-based environmental monitoring: technologically upgrading the Enviro-Champs initiative por Pattinson, N. B., Maharaj, U., Singh, K., Taylor, J., Lepheana, A. T., Dickens, Chris W. S., Graham, P. M.

“…Moreover, the global north and wealthy regions are typically overrepresented in science, while marginalised, disaffected and indigenous regions in developing countries, especially in the global south, remain underrepresented. …”
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Characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Ragasa, Catherine, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Fasoranti, Adetunji, Omoigui, Lucky

“…CONTEXT: Despite the significant roles that intermediary seed systems play in the supply of quality seeds in developing countries, including Africa south of the Sahara, the knowledge gap remains generally substantial regarding the general characteristics and seed quality control performance of intermediary seed systems such as community seed schemes (CSS), which still operate predominantly outside the formal seed systems. …”
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Ghana gender strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean and insect sectors por Acheampong, Patricia, Yeboah, Stephen, Fening Kennedy, Okwae, Asibuo, James, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ouya, Frederick, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Agricultural productivity in developing countries remains low due to non-improved farming practices, land degradation due to over-exploitation, poor enhancement of services such as agricultural extension, inadequate market access, and climatic factors such as droughts and floods (Belay et al. 2017). …”
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Experiences with the use of participatory approaches in highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) surveillance por Jost, Christine, Bloland, P., Busuulwa, M., Munstermann, S., Okuthe, S., Parmley, J., Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Pissang, C., Soumare, B., Mariner, Jeffrey C.

“…Veterinary Services (VS), particularly in developing countries, are often under-resourced in personnel and budget and thus lack frequent contact with livestock farmers. …”
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Modelling energy metabolism of friesians in Kenya smallholdings shows how heat stress and energy deficit constrain milk yield and cow replacement rate por King, J.M., Parsons, D.J., Turnpenny, J.R., Nyangaga, J., Bakari, P., Wathes, C.M.

“…The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development focussed attention on agricultural sustainability and biodiversity in developing countries. These goals are relevant for livestock production in Kenya, where development agencies encourage resource-poor smallholders to acquire large, exotic, high-yielding dairy cows, despite their poor performance, revealed in recent surveys in the highlands and at the coast. …”
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Social mobilization and women's participation in water resource management: a case study of Southern Punjab, Pakistan por Hamid, Abdul

“…The issue has become more severe for the developing countries, especially in the brackish water zone, the southern Punjab of Pakistan is one of such areas, where people rely completely on surface water for multiple purposes (irrigation, domestic and livestock uses). …”
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A risk-minimizing argument for traditional crop varietal diversity use to reduce pest and disease damage in agricultural ecosystems por Jarvis, D., Mulumba, J., Peng, H., Paparu, P., Yang, Y., Lu, C., Fadda, Carlo

“…One of the few assets available to small-scale farmers in developing countries to reduce pest and disease damage is their local crop varietal diversity, together with the knowledge to manage and deploy this diversity appropriately. …”
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Effect of tillage, fertilizer and sorghum/desmodium intercrop cultivation on soils quality and yield of sorghum in an alfisol of a Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria por Chidowe, O.A., Joshua, T.M., Sunday, A., Dawi, T.B., Oluoch, M., Zeyaur, K.

“…Soil quality protection under intensive land use and fast economic development has become a major challenge for sustainable resource use in the developing countries such as Nigeria. Conventional tillage practice is commonly practiced at land preparation and effect of this on soil quality for sustainable productivity was investigated in this study, in comparison with No Till, Conservation tillage, and split old ridge practices in combination with four nitrogen and three phosphorus fertilizer rates. …”
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Mesure, déclaration et vérification des émissions de GES de l’élevage par les pays en développement dans le cadre de la CCNUCC: pratiques actuelles et possibilités d’amélioration por Wilkes, Andreas, Reisinger, Andy, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Dijk, Suzanne van

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¿Qué facilita o limita las relaciones comerciales incluyentes con pequeños productores? Análisis de tres casos en América Latina por Hurtado Bermudez, Jhon Jairo, Lundy, Mark M., Melo, Jenny, León, Zeyla de, Paul, Larry, Zapata, Jennifer, Navarro, Melba, Mercado, Paola, Muñoz, Adriana

“…. / The lack of an integration to the markets —in fair and favorable conditions— is one of the barriers faced by producers with small tracts of land in Latin America, and in general, in developing countries. The term Inclusive agribusiness has emerged as a concept and a practice that seeks to create market opportunities, on fair terms to small-scale producers. …”
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