Resultados de búsqueda - "ecology"

Analyzing performances of selected sustainable land management practices in Gina Beret Watershed, North Shoa por Tekalign, Y.

“…Land degradation, which includes degradation of vegetation cover, soil degradation and nutrient depletion, is a major ecological problem generally in Ethiopia and particularly in the study area. …”
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Genomics-assisted breeding for drought tolerance in cowpea por Chamarthi, S.K., Belko, N., Togola, A., Fatokun, C.A., Boukar, O.

“…The importance of cowpea, Vigna unguiculata, in human and animal nutrition and sustainability of soil fertility are recognized globally especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the crop is mainly produced in the Savanna and the Sahelian agro ecologies. However, cowpea productivity is adversely affected by both biotic (insect pests, diseases, parasitic weeds, nematodes) and abiotic (drought, heat, low soil fertility) constraints. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): Training Manual por Bhusal, Aastha, Khatri, Laxman, Bhandari, Bharat, Sherpa, Lakpa, Neupane, Grishma

“…The Gandaki province has varied agro-ecological region hence has huge potential for diverse agriculture and livestock commodities however it is equally vulnerable to climatic induced risks. …”
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Drivers of land use complexity along an agricultural transition gradient in Southeast Asia por Burra, Dharani Dhar, Parker, Louis, Than, Nguyen Thi, Phengsavanh, Phonepaseuth, Long, Chau Thi Minh, Ritzema, Randall S., Sagemueller, Frederik, Douxchamps, Sabine

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Situational analysis study for the agriculture sector in Ghana por Essegbey, George Owusu, MacCarthy, Dilys Sefakor

“…The sector is currently contending against erratic rainfall patterns, water stress, desertification/ degradation of ecological systems/ forest degradation; increasing temperatures; and disruption of seasonality. …”
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Securing Forest Tenure in Kilifi County, Kenya: Learnings from participatory prospective analysis (PPA) por Mukasa, C., Tibazalika, A., Okiror, G., Wamala, P., Kagema, F., Mwangi, E.

“…Indigenous knowledge is not valued or managed effectively, leading to a loss of this information and of culturally- and ecologically-significant areas of forest. As a result, forests are encroached upon and destroyed at increased rates, leading to a decrease in forest cover and increase in poverty levels…”
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Multifunctional retention pond for stormwater management: a decision-support model using Analytical Network Process (ANP) and Global Sensitivity Analysis (GSA) por Keyvanfar, A., Shafaghat, A., Ismail, N., Mohamad, S., Ahmad, H.

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Physiological evaluation of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) varieties as influenced by inoculation and sowing date in the Guinea Savanna por Aminu, A.S.

“…In conclusion, TGx 1951-3F and Sambaiba varieties gave the highest grain yield per hectare at Kubwa and Samaru respectively, application of inoculant and late June sowing gave the highest yield and all the varieties were able to adapt to both ecologies.…”
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Cassava farmers' insights and seed dealers enterprises in Nigeria por Balogun, D.O.

“…The study was conducted to investigate the insight of cassava farmers’ and seed dealers’ enterprise in selected agro ecological area in Osun, Benue, Imo and Akwa-Ibom states. …”
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Agronomic and economic performance of legume-legume and cereal-legume intercropping systems in Northern Tanzania por Kinyua, M., Kihara, Job Maguta, Bekunda, Mateete A., Bolo, Peter Omondi, Mairura, Franklin S., Fischer, Gundula, Mucheru-Muna, M.

“…METHODS The study was undertaken in six on-farm researcher-designed and managed trials in high and low rainfall agro-ecological zones of Babati District in Tanzania, during four cropping seasons (2018–2021). …”
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Response of African sorghum genotypes for drought tolerance under variable environments por Ahmad Yahaya, Muhammad, Shimelis Hussien, Nebie, Baloua, Mashilo, Jacob, Pop, Georgeta

“…The identified sorghum genotypes are recommended for production in dry agro-ecologies of sub-Saharan Africa characterized by pre-and-post anthesis drought stress. …”
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Estimating nutrient concentrations and uptake in rice grain in sub-Saharan Africa using linear mixed-effects regression por Rakotoson, T., Senthilkumar, Kalimuthu, Johnson, J.M., Ibrahim, A., Kihara, Job Maguta, Sila, Andrew M., Saito, Kazuki

“…Objective or research question The objectives are to 1) examine if the concentrations of macro- (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S) and micronutrients (Fe, Mn, B, Cu) in rice grain can be estimated using agro-ecological zones (AEZ), production systems, soil properties, and mineral fertilizer application (N, P, and K) rates as predictor variables, and 2) to identify if nutrient uptakes estimated by best-fitted models with above variables provide improved prediction of actual nutrient uptakes (predicted nutrient concentrations x grain yield) compared to average-based uptakes (average nutrient concentrations in SSA x grain yield). …”
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Fertilizer Microdosing por World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…The project activities are falls under 4 thematic areas that address three critical elements of sustainable intensification (SI), i.e. genetic, ecological and socio-economic intensification technologies. …”
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Africa RISING Tanzania- Simulating Adoption Study por World Agroforestry Centre, University of Dodoma

“…The project activities are falls under 4 thematic areas that address three critical elements of sustainable intensification (SI), i.e. genetic, ecological and socio-economic intensification technologies. …”
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Evaluating Fertilizer Recommendations with Farmers por World Agroforestry Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture

“…The project activities are falls under 4 thematic areas that address three critical elements of sustainable intensification (SI), i.e. genetic, ecological and socio-economic intensification technologies. …”
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Improving the use of available feed resources to overcome sheep feeding deficits in western China por Philp, Joshua, Komarek, Adam M., Pain, Sarah J., Li, Xueling, Bellotti, William D.

“…Socioeconomic and agro-ecological circumstances often compel smallholder livestock farmers in the developing world to maintain livestock over winter, and this can incur production penalties due to insufficient feed quality and availability. …”
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Systems dynamics and the spatial distribution of methane emissions from African domestic ruminants to 2030 por Herrero, Mario, Thornton, Philip K., Kruska, Russell L., Reid, Robin S.

“…A livestock systems classification framework was used to differentiate pastoral and crop– livestock systems using agro-ecological thresholds based on temperature and length of growing period (hyper-arid, arid, humid and temperate regions), the extent of irrigation and human population densities. …”
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Agricultural technology choices for poor farmers in less-favored areas of South and East Asia por Pender, John L.

“…Top down technology transfer approaches that worked well with simple technology packages do not work as well with complex technologies that have to be adapted to local circumstances based on agro-ecological principles and local conditions.; These lessons should give pause to advocates one particular technological approach as the solution for poor farmers in less favored environments of Asia and elsewhere. …”
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Agricultural technology choices for poor farmers in less-favored areas of South and East Asia por Pender, John L.

“…Top down technology transfer approaches that worked well with simple technology packages do not work as well with complex technologies that have to be adapted to local circumstances based on agro-ecological principles and local conditions.; These lessons should give pause to advocates one particular technological approach as the solution for poor farmers in less favored environments of Asia and elsewhere. …”
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Documentary on towards inclusive canal water management for resilient agri-food systems in coastal Bangladesh por Rahman, M. Mokhlesur, Sarker, Mou Rani

“…In this video, we document how the rehabilitation of a small segment of a canal in Kultali, Dhankhali in Satkhira district to show how this intervention has positively changed agri-food systems and rehabilitated the ecological habitats, as well as livelihoods, incomes and health of local communities, who benefit from improved water for irrigating crops in the dry season, fishing in canals, rearing ducks, and watering cattle. …”
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