Resultados de búsqueda - "developing world"

Risk factors of gastrointestinal nematode parasite infections in small ruminants kept in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya por Odoi, A., Gathuma, J.M., Gachuiri, C.K., Omore, Amos O.

“…Helminth infections in small ruminants are serious problems in the developing world, particularly where nutrition and sanitation are poor. …”
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Towards a research agenda on tracking the contribution of agricultural research to poverty reduction in Africa: the case of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture por Rusike, Joseph, Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Alene, A., Ainembabazi, John H., Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M., Coulibaly, O., Gockowski, J., Manyong, Victor M.

“…Like all public organizations concerned with research for development, IITA aims to contribute to poverty reduction goals in the developing world through improved agricultural technologies. …”
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Demand and supply changes in the livestock sector and their impact on smallholders: the case of dairy in Kenya por Staal, Steven J., Waithaka, M.M., Owuor, G.A., Herrero, Mario

“…Smallholder dairy production in Kenya is one of the developing world’s success stories. Kenya's improved dairy cattle herd of more than 3 million is the largest in Africa, and significantly is held mostly by smallholders. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture Manual for Agriculture Education in Zimbabwe por Huyer, Sophia, Nyasimi, Mary

“…In Zimbabwe and the rest of the developing world, both women and men are smallholders, yet the role that women play is often unrecognised. …”
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Demand-driven crop-ruminant intensification: trans-regional analysis to understand patterns of change using village-level data from three continents por Baltenweck, Isabelle, Staal, Steven J., Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.

“…The growing demand for livestock products in the developing world is expected to drive livestock production in these countries. …”
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Ecological approaches to human nutrition por DeClerck, Fabrice A. J., Franzo, Jessica, Palm, Cheryl, Remans, Roseline

“…Malnutrition affects a large number of people throughout the developing world. Approaches to reducing malnutrition rarely focus on ecology and agriculture to simultaneously improve human nutrition and environmental sustainability. …”
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ICT for food security in a changing climate: A path to women’s empowerment por Huyer, Sophia

“…Women play a critical role in food security in the developing world, but their agricultural activities are often characterised by gaps in information and resource access, with deficiencies in several areas: land, labour, credit, information, extension and technology. …”
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Climate change affects rainfall patterns in crop-producing regions: Findings from the study “Emergence of robust precipitation changes across crop production areas in the 21st cent... por Rojas Corradi, Maisa, Lambert, Fabrice, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Challinor, Andrew J.

“…Rain-fed agriculture currently constitutes 60–95% of farmed land across the developing world. Changing rainfall patterns could have a large impact on agriculture in developing countries. …”
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Overcoming smallholder farmers’ post-harvest constraints through harvest loans and storage technology: insights from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania por Channa, H., Ricker-Gilbert, J., Feleke, S., Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…This highlighted the challenges surrounding agricultural financial products in the developing world.…”
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Profiling of bean seed and variety information dissemination channels used by seed producers in Eastern and Southern Africa por Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Aseete, Paul, Kalemer, Sylvia

“…This is true for different crops in the developing world. For example, despite having new maize varieties, the average age of maize varieties in farmers’ fields is 15-20 years (Marcho et al., 2020), the age of rice varieties grown by farmers in India is 25 years (Marcho et al., 2020), and varietal turnover for common bean is 19 years in Ethiopia (Habte, et al., 2021). …”
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A gendered analysis of the effect of financial inclusion on household welfare in Burundi por Atta-Aidoo, J., Matthew, E.C., Saleh, A.O., Bizoza, S.

“…Despite an improving financial inclusion situation across the developing world, there still exist wide gender gaps in financial inclusion, especially in fragile and post-conflict countries. …”
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Revitalizing policy think tanks in developing countries: COVID-19 challenges and opportunities por Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath could have profound implications for the effective functioning of the food and agricultural policy systems in the developing world. Policy think tanks are a major influence for food and agricultural policy systems in developing countries. …”
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Increasing the adoption of conservation agriculture: A framed field experiment in Northern Ghana por Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Murphy, Mike

“…Conservation agriculture techniques can increase agricultural production while decreasing CO2 emissions, yet adoption in the developing world remains low—in part because many years of continuous adoption may be required to realize gains in production. …”
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Agricultural research in Africa: Investing in future harvests por Lynam, John K., Beintema, Nienke M., Roseboom, Johannes, Badiane, Ousmane

“…Agricultural Research in Africa: Investing in Future Harvests discusses the need to shift to a growth path based on increased productivity—as in the rest of the developing world— which is essential if Africa is to increase rural incomes and compete in both domestic and international markets. …”
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Mechanization in Nigeria: What needs to be done to stimulate demand and support market growth? por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Kennedy, Adam

“…Countries across the developing world have mechanized at different rates corresponding to their level of agricultural transformation but also strongly influenced by government policies. …”
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Role of men in a women’s empowerment initiative: Evidence from Uganda por Ambler, Kate, Jones, Kelly M., O'Sullivan, Michael

“…Because most women in the developing world reside in male-headed households, considering the role of men in advancing women’s empowerment is an important research objective. …”
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Digital technologies for financial inclusion of smallholder farmers: Needs assessment in three states of India por Ceballos, Francisco, Kannan, Samyuktha, Singh, Vartika, Kramer, Berber

“…Financial instruments such as savings, loans, and insurance are critical tools in managing risk for smallholder farmers across the developing world. Although smallholder farmers are disproportionately affected by adverse events, they are the least likely to have access to formal loans, insurance, or bank accounts, leaving them less prepared to manage weather and disaster risk. …”
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Learning from China? Manufacturing, investment, and technology transfer in Nigeria por Chen, Yunnan, Sun, Irene Yuan, Ukaejiofo, Rex Uzonna, Xiaoyang, Tang, Bräutigam, Deborah

“…Following China’s domestic economic transformation and its growing outward investments in the developing world, we seek to understand how Chinese investment in Africa, particularly in manufacturing, may help to foster industrialization and in turn the structural transformation of African economies. …”
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The impacts of cash transfers on women’s empowerment: Learning from Pakistan’s BISP program por Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan

“…Large-scale government cash transfer programs have become an important element of social protection and poverty reduction strategies throughout the developing world. Pakistan is no exception; in 2008, Pakistan established the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) as an unconditional cash transfer targeted at the poorest of the poor. …”
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Will China’s demographic transition exacerbate its income inequality? A CGE modeling with top-down microsimulation por Wang, Xinxin, Chen, Kevin Z., Robinson, Sherman, Huang, Zuhui

“…Demographic transition due to population aging is an emerging trend throughout the developing world, and it is especially acute in China, which has undergone demographic transition more rapidly than have most industrial economies. …”
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