Resultados de búsqueda - "economy"

Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production por Mancini, Micaela, Lanza Volpe, Melisa, Gatti, Bernardita, Malik, Yair, Moreno, Ana Carina, Leskovar, Daniel, Cravero, Vanina Pamela

“…Diesel fuels have an essential function in industrial economies. In the last decade, several studies were conducted in order to find alternative sources of vegetables oils suitable to biodiesel conversion. …”
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Influence of soil properties on N2O and CO2 emissions from excreta deposited on tropical pastures in Kenya por Yuhao Zhu, Merbold, Lutz, Leitner, Sonja, Longlong Xia, Pelster, David E., Diaz Pines, Eugenio, Abwanda, Sheila O., Mutuo, Paul M., Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus

“…While a number of studies have investigated the effects of excreta on soil N2O fluxes in developed economies and in China, observations in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are scarce. …”
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A green-gray path to global water security and sustainable infrastructure por Vorosmarty, C.J., Stewart-Koster, B., Green, P. A., Boone, E. L., Florke, M., Fischer, Gundula, Wiberg, David A., Bunn, S. E., Bhaduri, A., McIntyre, P. B., Sadoff, C., Liu, H., Stifel, David

“…By 2050, annual engineering expenditures are projected to triple to $2.3 trillion, invested mainly in developing economies. In contrast, preserving natural capital for threat suppression represents a potential $3.0 trillion in avoided replacement costs by mid-century. …”
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Insects as food and feed source in the tropics: Opportunities and constraints of forage-based insect diets por Burkart, Stefan, Espitia, Paula A., Hernández, Luis Miguel, Palmer, Neil, Cardoso, Juan Andrés

“…Compared to commercial diets, tropical forages are a low-cost feed source for insects, with high dietary versatility, that provide opportunities for the transition to sustainable, circular economies. The main bottlenecks are the lack of specific regulations, the dependence on few species for large-scale industrial insect production, and food safety. …”
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Employment options and challenges for rural households in Malawi: An agriculture and rural employment analysis of the fifth Malawi Integrated Household Survey, 2019/20 por Benson, Todd, De Weerdt, Joachim

“…Without increases in such employment opportunities, the economies of most rural communities across Malawi are likely to stagnate and poverty will deepen among households living in them.…”
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Determinants and impact of farmers’ participation in social media groups: Evidence from irrigated areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan por Tadjiev, Abdusame, Kurbanov, Zafar, Djanibekov, Nodir, Govind, Ajit, Akramkhanov, Akmal

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Beyond the digital divide: a multi-dimensional approach to enabling digital inclusivity in food, land, and water systems por Opola, Felix Ouko, Langan, Simon J., Arulingam, Indika, Schumann, C., Singaraju, N., Joshi, Deepa

“…Nowhere is this more the case in less-industrialised countries, which largely have agrarian based economies. Applications of digital innovations include faster and more reliable communication, better collection, analysis, and storage of data, enhancing democratic processes and transparency in governance, affordable financial services and can provide the basis for decision support. …”
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Counting the cost of agricultural support on nature, climate, nutrition, health and equity por Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David

“…Global farm employment would fall by 1.3 percent, and further still by 2.7 percent in emerging economies (BRIC countries). Eliminating border measures alone would increase crop and livestock production. …”
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The relative commercial orientation of smallholder farmers in Nigeria: Household and crop value-chain analyses por Benson, Todd, Amare, Mulubrhan, Ogunniyi, Adebayo

“…Appropriately targeting agricultural development efforts towards commercially oriented farming households has important second-round development benefits for rural economies. We use nationally representative data from the Nigeria General Household Survey Panel to examine the characteristics of households and their context that determine their level of commercial orientation in 2015/16. …”
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Structural transformation in Southeast Asian countries and key drivers por Bathla, Seema, D'Souza, Alwin, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…This study’s objective is to examine the factors that have driven structural transformation (ST) in the Southeast Asian (SEA) economies and the policies supporting the process. …”
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External shocks, food security, and development: Exploring scenarios for Central America por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Piñeiro, Valeria, Elverdin, Pablo

“…In the second simulation, the macroeconomic stimulus improves the performance of the economies, allowing GDP per capita to be higher than in the case of the shock alone. …”
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Variation in feed utilisation by sheep undergoing compensatory growth following underfeeding with and without additional dietary nitrogen in western China por Philp, Joshua, Komarek, Adam M., Pain, Sarah, Bellotti, William D.

“…Small mixed farming systems in developing economies often rely on compensatory growth to recover livestock weight lost during seasonal feed shortages; however, deficit feed management may continue to affect the capacity of livestock to efficiently use feeds even after adequate feeding has resumed. …”
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Biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Can Meaningfully Reduce the Burden of Vitamin A Deficiency por Lividini, K., Campos, Hugo, Heck, S., Birol, E., Hareau, G.

“…While significant scaling efforts are required to achieve the impacts shown here, strategies which incorporate economies of scale, such as mainstreamed breeding approaches to include vitamin A in all improved varieties, could cost-effectively achieve such levels while also addressing other food system-related goals.…”
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What are the priorities for investment in improved nutrition data? por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Two-thirds of underfinancing is manifested in nonimplementation and one-third as less-than full-reimbursement. CDP exploits economies of scale and scope and has an average cost per child served of US$0.22. …”
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Prévalence et quantification de Salmonella spp. dans les fèces de poulets en milieu rural dans la commune de Boussouma, Burkina Faso por Tiendrebeogo, W.P.B., Kagambèga, A., Dione, Michel M., Da, T.A., Tao, R., Ouedraogo, Brice, Ilboudo, Guy S., Barro, N.

“…L'aviculture traditionnelle est essentielle à l'économie rurale du Burkina Faso, mais elle est souvent pratiquée sans mesures sanitaires et de biosécurité adéquates, ce qui augmente le risque de maladies zoonotiques comme la salmonellose. …”
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The impact of non-tariff barriers on maize and beef trade in East Africa por Karugia, Joseph T., Wanjiku, J., Nzuma, J., Gbegbelegbe, Sika, Macharia, E., Massawe, Stella C., Freeman, H.A., Waithaka, M.M., Kaitibie, S.

“…The study recommends taking a regional approach to eliminating the existing NTBs since they are similar across the member countries and across commodities so as to exploit economies of scale. Other policy recommendations include streamlining of administrative procedures at border points to improve efficiency, and speeding up the implementation of procedures at point of origin and at the border points. …”
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The costs of a multisectoral nutrition program implemented through a poultry value chain platform in Burkina Faso por Margolies, Amy, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Twalibu, Aisha, Nwabuikwu, Odiche, Wun, Jolene, Kemp, Chris, Gelli, Aulo, Levin, Carol

“…The Soutenir l'Exploitation Familiale pour Lancer l'Élevage des Volailles et Valoriser l'Économie Rurale (SELEVER) project, an integrated agriculture-nutrition intervention, promoted egg consumption and sales to investigate the impact of poultry production on child nutrition. …”
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Outlook on Global Oilseed Sector: Research for Development Opportunities por Swamikannu, Nedumaran, Okori, Patrick, Mushoriwa, Hapson, Kumar, Ashok Are, Gupta, Shashi Kumar, Kumar, Shalander, Ravula, Padmaja, Dar, Mansoor, Pasupuleti, Janila, Hauser, Michael, Gumma, Murali Krishna, Haile, Desmae, Singh, Kuldeep, Padmanabhan, Jyosthnaa, Varshney, Rajeev, Afari-Sefa, Victor, Kumar, Arvind

“…The relevance of oilseed crops to the economies of Asia and Africa, the projected trends in their increasing domestic demand in the future, historical trends in the net trade balance of oilseeds in Asian and African semi-arid tropics, and the persistent yield gaps in oilseed in the drylands necessitate prioritization of increased Research and Development (R&D) on these crops. …”
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State of the Climate in Africa 2023 por World Meteorological Organization

“…Climate extremes are becoming more frequent and severe and are disproportionately affecting African economies and societies. On average, climate-related hazards cause African countries to lose 2%–5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) annually, with many diverting up to 9% of their budgets to respond to climate extremes. …”
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Rice area-yield estimation based on the synergistic use of remote sensing time-series and crop growth modeling in Nigeria por Barbieri, Massimo, Quicho, Emma D., Ibrahim, Ali, Melchiori, Luca, Cattaneo, Alessandro, Gatti, Luca, Copa, Loris, Holecz, Francesco, Mathieu, Renaud, Saito, Kazuki, Senthilkumar, Kalimuthu

“…Context RIICE (Remote sensing-based Information and Insurance for Crops in Emerging Economies) technology, developed since 2010 by sarmap and the International Rice Research Institute, has proven effective in Southeast Asia for monitoring rice production using satellite data. …”
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