Resultados de búsqueda - "developing world"

Stunted child -- overweight mother pairs: prevalence and association with economic development and urbanization por Garrett, James L., Ruel, Marie T.

“…This paper explores the prevalence of the coexistence of a stunted child and an overweight mother in the same household (SCOWT), a somewhat paradoxical phenomenon when found in the developing world. It tests whether this phenomenon is associated with a country's level of economic development and urbanization and, by implication, the nutrition transition. …”
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What do we know about the future of roots, tubers, and bananas in relation to food systems? por Kihiu, Evelyne, Hareau, Guy, Gbegbelegbe, Sika, Andrade, Robert, Petsakos, Athanasios, Alene, Arega D.

“…Improving foresight research on biotic and abiotic stresses, trade, labor, and the efficiency of processing capacity and reducing postharvest losses in RT&B crops could contribute to stabilizing their supply in the developing world, lowering import reliance, and creating local economic opportunities.…”
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Forests: maintaining the balance por Sayer, Jeffrey A.

“…Some 400 million people in the developing world still depend on these traditional forms of forest management. …”
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Quantitative microbial risk assessment: Research status and future development por Hung Nguyen-Viet, Nguyen, H.N., Nguyen, T.B.T., Haas, C.N.

“…Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) is much more developed and applied in developed countries than in developing world although risk assessment of pathogen exposure is increased in developing countries due to the unhygienic condition and (re)emerging infectious diseases. …”
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Review of undernutrition in smallholder ruminant production systems in the tropics por Kebreab, Ermias, Smith, T., Tanner, J.C., Osuji, P.O.

“…The objective of this review paper was to describe the major nutritional constraints to ruminant meat and milk production systems in the developing world and explore ways of overcoming undernutrition in the tropics. …”
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The role of livestock in developing communities: Enhancing multifunctionality por Swanepoel, F.J.C., Stroebel, A., Moyo, Siboniso

“…The Symposium, jointly organised by the University of the Free State (UFS) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) aimed to stimulate critical thinking on the role of livestock in livelihood strategies for the poor in the developing world as a contribution to address the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). …”
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Linking multi-actor futures for food systems and environmental governance por Vervoort, Joost M., Bourgeois, R., Ericksen, Polly J., Kok, K., Thornton, Philip K., Förch, Wiebke, Chaudhury, M., Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Using multi-stakeholder scenarios interacting with global market/water/land cover models, this program explores trade-offs, synergies and other relationships between food security and environmental governance in the developing world. The CCAFS foresight process takes a complex systems approach, exploring the inter-connectedness of food systems and environmental systems. …”
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An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas por Ginkel, M. van, Sayer, Jeffrey A., Sinclair, Fergus L., Aw-Hassan, Aden A., Bossio, Deborah A., Craufurd, Peter Q., Mourid, M.E., Haddad, N., Hoisington, D.A., Johnson, Nancy L., Velarde, C.L., Mares, V., Mude, Andrew G., Nefzaoui, A., Noble, A.D., Rao, K.P.C., Serraj, R., Tarawali, Shirley A., Vodouhe, R.S., Ortíz, R.

“…More than 400 million people in the developing world depend on dryland agriculture for their livelihoods. …”
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Boundary work for sustainable development: Natural resource management at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) por Clark, W.C., Tomich, Thomas P., Noordwijk, Meine van, Guston, D., Catacutan, D., Dickson, N.M., McNie, E.

“…We report here on an effort to evaluate their relevance for efforts to harness science in support of sustainability in the developing world. We carried out a multicountry comparative analysis of natural resource management programs conducted under the auspices of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. …”
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Assessing and mitigating wastewater-related health risks in low-income countries: an introduction por Bos, R., Carr, R., Keraita, Bernard N.

“…As a result, wastewater irrigation is an increasingly common reality around most cities in the developing world. For reasons of technical capacity or economics, effective treatment may not be available for years to come; therefore, international guidelines to safeguard farmers and consumers must be practical and offer feasible riskmanagement options. …”
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A global alliance declaring war on cassava viruses in Africa por Legg, James P., Attiogbevi Somado, Eklou, Barker, Ian, Beach, Larry, Ceballos, H., Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose, Elkhoury, Warid, Gerling, Dan, Helsen, Jan, Hershey, Clair H., Jarvis, Andy, Kulakow, Peter A., Kumar, L., Lorenzo, Jim, Lynam, John K., McMahon, Matthew, Maruthi, Gowda, Miano, Doug, Mtunda, Kiddo, Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Okogbenin, Emmanuel, Pezo, Phemba, Terry, Eugene R., Thiele, Graham, Thresh, Michael, Wadsworth, Jonathan, Walsh, Steve, Winter, Stephan, Tohme, Joseph M., Fauquet, Claude M.

“…Cassava, originally from South America, is the fourth most important source of calories in the developing world after the cereal crops wheat, maize, and rice. …”
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Biofortification of durum wheat with zinc and iron por Cakmak, Ismail, Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H., McClafferty, Bonnie F.

“…Micronutrient malnutrition affects over 2 billion people in the developing world. Iron (Fe) deficiency alone affects >47% of all preschool aged children globally, often leading to impaired physical growth, mental development, and learning capacity. …”
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Sequencing and analysis of common bean ESTs. Building a foundation for functional genomics por Ramírez, M., Graham, MA, Blanco Lopez, L, Silvente, S, Medrano Soto, A, Blair, Matthew W., Hernández, G., Vance, CP, Lara, M

“…Although common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is the most important grain legume in the developing world for human consumption, few genomic resources exist for this species. …”
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A framework for environmental ex-ante impact assessment of livestock value chains por Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Lannerstad, Mats, Herrero, Mario, Fraval, Simon, Ran, Ylva, Paul, Birthe K., Mugatha, Simon M., Barron, Jennie, Morris, J.

“…They are organised in complex market chains that employ at least 1.3 billion people globally and directly support the livelihoods of 600 million poor smallholder farmers in the developing world. Livestock and fish production, processing and marketing as well as the waste produced along the value chain also cause important environmental impacts. …”
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Modelling the risk of Taenia solium exposure from pork produced in western Kenya por Thomas, Lian F., Glanville, William A. de, Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Handel, Ian G., Wamae, C.N., Kariuki, S., Fèvre, Eric M.

“…Reducing the risk associated with pork consumption in the developing world is therefore a public health priority. …”
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Toward a nitrogen footprint calculator for Tanzania por Hutton, M.O., Leach, A., Leip, A., Galloway, J.N., Bekunda, Mateete A., Sullivan, C., Lesschen, Jan Peter

“…In a developing country like Tanzania, the main audiences for the N footprint tool are community leaders, planners, and developers who can impact decision-making and use the calculator to plan positive changes for nitrogen sustainability in the developing world.…”
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Prevalence and mitigation of aflatoxins in Kenya (1960-to date) por Mutegi, C., Cotty, P.J., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…Strict regulations on the concentrations of aflatoxins allowed in food and feed exist in many nations in the developing world. Loopholes in implementing regulations result in the consumption of dangerous concentrations of aflatoxins. …”
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A Participatory Approach to Assessing the Climate-Smartness of Agricultural Interventions: The Lushoto Case por Manda, Lucas T., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…Secondly, little information exists about the impact of the various interventions already promoted as CSA, especially in the developing world. Finally, CSA prioritisation does not take into account stakeholders’ perspectives to ensure that the interventions are applicable, suitable and of high adoption-potential. …”
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Factors influencing the intensity of use of ICT tools by youth along agricultural value chains: Evidence from Busia County, Kenya. por Katunyo, P.N., Otieno, David Jakinda, Kosura, W.O., Okello, J.J.

“…The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is one of the rapidly developing sectors in the developing world, with the young generation being presently engaged in use of new technologies. …”
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Tradeoffs around crop residue biomass in smallholder crop-livestock systems - Whatïs next? por Tittonell, Pablo Adrian, Gérard, Bruno, Erenstein, Olaf

“…This paper summarises yet a new body of evidence from 10 studies on tradeoffs in the allocation of cereal crop residue biomass between soil management and livestock feeding in developing regions, published in the special issue of Agricultural Systems ‘Biomass use tradeoffs in cereal cropping systems: Lessons and implications from the developing world’. The studies cover a diversity of socio-ecological contexts, farming system types and scales of analysis. …”
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