Resultados de búsqueda - "environmental sustainability"

The impact of rainwater harvesting and fertilizer micro-dosing on farm and household sustainability in rural Tanzania por Escobar Jaramillo, Diana Lucia

“…On the opposite, in the semi-humid region of Morogoro, these two innovations enhanced households’ environmental sustainability and food security by increasing these indices by 3% and 10% respectively. …”

Ecological sustainability and environmental risks of agricultural intensification in inland valleys in Benin por Djagba, J.F., Zwart, Sander J., Houssou, C.S., Tenté, B.H.A., Kiepe, P.

“…Agricultural enhancement in inland valleys, which undermines environmental sustainability, was assessed using 'Driving Force–Pressure–State–Impact–Response' approach in four agro-ecological zones of Benin. …”
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Perspectives on how to rebuild value chains with standards for food safety and against environmental degradation por Grace, Delia

“…This platform will explore the underpinning issues that gave rise to the current pandemic and investigate the potential implications for investments and food safety, for example exploring the role of environmental sustainability standards for SMEs to reduce the risk of zoonotic disease transmission or pollution. …”
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Inclusive and adaptive business models for climate-smart value creation por Rosenstock, Todd S., Lubberink, Rob, Gondwe, Sera, Manyise, Timothy, Dentoni, Domenico

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Closing maize yield gaps in sub-Saharan Africa will boost soil N2O emissions por Leitner, Sonja, Pelster, David E., Werner, Christian R., Merbold, Lutz, Baggs, Elizabeth M., Mapanda, Farai, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus

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Global crop-specific nitrogen fertilization dataset in 1961–2020 por Adalibieke, Wulahati, Cui, Xiaoqing, Cai, Hongwei, You, Liangzhi, Zhou, Feng

“…Our spatiotemporal N fertilization dataset could be used for the land surface models to quantify the effects of agricultural N fertilization practices on food security, climate change, and environmental sustainability.…”
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Crop-livestock interactions and livelihoods in the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India: findings from a scoping study por Erenstein, Olaf, Varma, A., Thorpe, W.R., Singh, J.

“…The research and development community faces the challenge of sustaining crop productivity gains, improving rural livelihoods and securing environmental sustainability in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. This calls for a better understanding of farming systems and of rural livelihoods, particularly with the advent of, and strong advocacy for, conservation agriculture and resource-conserving technologies. …”
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Agricultural productivity in Kenya: 2000-2020 por Nin-Pratt, Alejandro

“…Given the economic and social importance of agriculture in Kenya, policies have revolved around the main goal of increasing productivity and incomes, especially for smallholders, to enhance food security and equity, with an emphasis on production intensification, commercialization, and environmental sustainability (Alila and Atieno 2006). In this context, the declining perfor mance of the sector measured in terms of its growth has been a major concern for policymakers. …”
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Nexus Capacity Scorecard (NCS) - Education and Research: guidance note and tool por Khalid, Sidra, Elias, M.

“…This integrated perspective highlights the importance of managing WEFE resources collaboratively to achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability. The ‘Nexus Capacity Scorecard (NCS) – Education and Research’ is intended to gauge capacities to adopt a WEFE nexus approach within and/or across academic institutions conducting research in or teaching courses related to the water, energy, food/agriculture, and environmental sectors (henceforth referred to as ‘WEFE academic institutions’). …”
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Concluding remarks [in 2020 Annual trends and outlook report] por Resnick, Danielle, Diao, Xinshen, Tadesse, Getaw

“…Second, it identifies further policy interventions to improve agricultural outcomes and stimulate broader transformation throughout the agrifood system so as to contribute to healthy and nutritious diets, environmental sustainability, and job creation. Collectively, the chapters converge on a number of key lessons: consolidate recent successes without repeating past mistakes, ensure that policies are both holistic and nuanced, and strengthen the broader policy and institutional setting in which sector-specific policy decisions are embedded. …”
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A semi-qualitative approach to the operationalization of the Food–Environment–Energy–Water (FE2W) Nexus concept for infrastructure planning: A case study of the Niger Basin por Seidou, Ousmane, Ringler, Claudia, Kalcic, Spela, Ferrini, Luca, Ramani, Traoré Abdou, Guero, Abdou

“…To help the basin authority and its investors prioritize portfolio activities that support multiple securities of interest, we developed a mixed-methods approach that engaged basin countries in qualitatively ranking projects to meet energy, environmental and food security goals, complemented by quantitative modelling for the more complex ranking of water and environmental sustainability goals, necessitated by complex upstream–downstream linkages.…”
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Indicators for nutrition-friendly and sustainable food systems por Nugent, Rachel, Levin, Carol, Grafton, Daniel, Fanzo, Jessica, Remans, Roseline, Anderson, C. Leigh

“…As described in the preceding chapter, food systems link agriculture, environmental sustainability, and nutrition. Interest in how food systems can do more to reduce malnutrition in all its forms has increased substantially since the Global Nutrition Report 2014 was issued. …”
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Collective action and property rights for sustainable development por CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…The linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management have important implications for technology adoption, economic growth, food security, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. Yet, despite their importance in people's lives, property rights and collective action are often undervalued, and when they are recognized, often misunderstood.…”
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Collective action for equitable natural resource management in Eastern African highlands por CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…Development and conservation interventions continue to be carried out with an uncritical view to equity or the possible negative repercussions on certain social groups, or on environmental sustainability. Local institutions (rules and structures) remain largely invisible to outside actors. …”
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International conference on policy and institutional options for the management of rangelands in dry areas: workshop summary paper por Ngaido, Tidiane, McCarthy, Nancy, Di Gregorio, Monica

“…These working groups evaluated outcomes of policies and institutions guiding rangeland management in terms of their impact on livelihoods and environmental sustainability, and explored alternative policies and institutional strategies in light of their capacity to reduce poverty and enhance food security." -- Author's Abstract…”
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Collective action and property rights for sustainable development por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Di Gregorio, Monica

“…The linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management have important implications for technology adoption, economic growth, food security, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. Yet despite their importance in people’s lives, property rights and collective action are often undervalued, and when they are recognized, often misunderstood.…”
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Agriculture, food security, nutrition and the Millenium Development Goals por von Braun, Joachim, Swaminathan, Monkombu Sambasivan, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases 7. Ensure environmental sustainability 8. Develop a global partnership for development." -- from Text…”
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Productivity and land enhancing technologies in Northern Ethiopia: health, public investments, and sequential adoption por Ersado, Lire, Amacher, Gregory, Alwang, Jeffrey

“…The adoption of more efficient farming practices and technologies that enhance agricultural productivity and improve environmental sustainability is instrumental for achieving economic growth, food security and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Forages research in Malawi: Take away from a national seminar por Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Chiumia, Daniel, Kawonga, Bettie

“…With growing demand for livestock products and diminishing natural forage resources, enhancing livestock performance through improved forages and feed can bolster livelihoods, income, environmental sustainability, and nutrition. Effective partnerships are key to advancing this agenda. …”
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Nature+ Quantitative Baseline Household & Worker Survey, Kenya por International Food Policy Research Institute, Kula Vyema Centre

“…This data will support the evaluation of Nature+'s impacts on inclusion, poverty reduction, food security, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability. Additionally, the survey included interviews with 1056 workers, covering socio-demographic characteristics, contract types, forced labor, harassment, workplace health and safety, wages, and overtime. …”
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