Resultados de búsqueda - "environmental sustainability"

Financing "A sustainable food future" por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Loboguerrero, Ana Maria, Verchot, Louis, Viglizzo, Ernesto, Mirzabaev, Alisher

“…Achieving a “sustainable food future” requires building food systems that, in line with the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), support growth and employment, ensure social inclusiveness and equity, promote climate resilience and environmental sustainability, protect biodiversity, and generate healthy diets for all. …”
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Financing “a sustainable food future”: Some thoughts for the G20 por Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…Achieving a “sustainable food future” (the title of one of the three priorities identify by the government of Argentina for the 2018 G20 presidency) requires building food systems that, in line with the related sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), support growth and employment, ensure social inclusiveness and equity, promote climate resilience and environmental sustainability, protect biodiversity, and generate healthy diets for all. …”
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Rural electrification and the changing energy irrigation nexus in Bihar por Beniwal, Ezaboo, Kishore, Avinash

“…Near free electricity for irrigation may undermine the fiscal and environmental sustainability of the irrigation led agricultural growth in Bihar.…”
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Highlights of IFPRI’s recent food policy research for the Asian Development Bank: Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Agriculture and rural development will continue to play a critical role in alleviating poverty and malnutrition in the region—but the issues have changed over time, moving from food subsidies and commercialization of agriculture in the early years to climate change, water, environmental sustainability, value chains, market information systems, and nutrition and health.…”
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Food systems and rural wellbeing: Challenges and opportunities por Woodhill, Jim, Kishore, Avinash, Njuki, Jemimah, Jones, Kristal, Hasnain, Saher

“…The future wellbeing of billions of rural people is interconnected with transforming food systems for equity, nutrition, environmental sustainability, and resilience. This article tackles three blind spots in the understanding of rural poverty and vulnerability: the narrow focus on extreme poverty and hunger that hides a much wider set of inequalities and vulnerabilities, insufficient recognition of the diversity of rural households, and an inadequate appreciation of the impact of rapid structural changes in markets, the physical environment, and the political economic context. …”
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Manure contribution to rural livelihoods at farm and landscape levels: a systemic approach in semi-arid Central Tunisia por Alary, Veronique, Frija, Aymen, Abdeladhim, Mohamed Arbi, Sghaier, Mariem, Leauthaud, Crystele, Farhat, Manel, Sghaier, Mongi

“…However, the manure fluxes questioned the environmental sustainability of the vulnerable zones. Its use and management could significantly impact livelihood discrepancies in the future, with the increasing of demand and use of manure in more favorable zones such as irrigated lands at the detriment of the rainfed zones.…”
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Individualization of land rights and gender-differentiated inheritance in matrilineal Sumatra: efficiency and equity implications por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Otsuka, Keijiro

“…Even if daughters continue to have independent land rights, lower levels of education make them less likely to benefit from nonagricultural income earning opportunities...Investing in the education of both sons and daughters would thus be part of a long-term solution to rural poverty and environmental sustainability in these areas.…”
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Property rights, collective action and technologies for natural resource management: a conceptual framework por Knox, Anna, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…The paper further explores how the structure of property rights and collective action shape the efficiency, equity and environmental sustainability of technological outcomes, thereby enriching our understanding of different technologies’ contributions to poverty alleviation.…”
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Evidence-based innovations for policy influence in Mai Son district, Son La province, Vietnam. Cattle and pigs value chains por Dao Thu, Hang Thi, Mwema, Emmanuel, Notenbaert, An, Atieno, Mary

“…These outcomes underscore the initiative’s alignment with local development priorities and its ability to balance productivity gains with environmental sustainability and socio-economic inclusion.…”
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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.…”
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A typological characterization of cocoa farmers in the Amazon region of Colombia based on biophysical and cultural variables por Melo Zipacon, William Felipe, Taborda Lozada, Darlley Stiven, Blanco-Gutiérrez, Irené

“…This study offers valuable insights that will help balance agricultural productivity with environmental sustainability, and contribute to an inclusive, resilient rural development.…”
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Dissemination of climate-smart and sustainable agriculture innovations through AICCRA partnerships for resilient livelihoods among small-scale farmers in Kenya's ASAL regions por Nduah Alex, Ogutu, Elizabeth, Gichunge, Karen, Nzuki, Esther

“…Operating across diverse agro-ecological zones, these partners promote technologies that enhance productivity, resilience, and environmental sustainability among smallholder farmers in Kenya. …”
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Rewarding the social benefits of small-scale farming por Abate, Gashaw T., Baye, Kaleab, Bernard, Tanguy, Chamberlin, Jordan, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Moussadek, Rachid, Senghor, Lamine

“…Small-scale farmers are often encouraged to adopt innovations that generate significant social benefits, including improved nutrition, food safety, and environmental sustainability, yet market mechanisms frequently fail to reward these contributions. …”
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Reconciling biodiversity conservation and food security: scientific challenges for a new agriculture por Brussaard, Lijbert, Caron, P., Campbell, Bruce M., Lipper, Leslie, Mainka, S, Rabbinge, Rudy, Babin, D., Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet

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The Sri Lanka environmental flow calculator: a science-based tool to support sustainable national water management por Eriyagama, Nishadi, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Jinapala, K.

“…As Sri Lankan water resources are being increasingly exploited, particularly for hydropower and irrigation, ecologists, water practitioners and policymakers alike are realizing the importance of protecting these resources and setting environmental sustainability thresholds. Environmental Flows (EF) - the concept that helps define such thresholds – has now become an integral part of environmental impact assessments of river basin development projects. …”
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Is small-scale agriculture really the main driver of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon? Moving beyond the prevailing narrative por Ravikumar, A., Sears, R., Cronkleton, P., Menton, M., Pérez Ojeda del Arco, M.

“…Different processes have distinct implications for environmental sustainability and require targeted policy responses. …”
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Identification of appropriate indicators for assessing sustainability of small-holder milk production systems in Tanzania por Munyaneza, Celestin, Kurwijila, Lusato R., Mdoe, Ntengua S.Y., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Twine, Edgar E.

“…Improving the economic, social and environmental sustainability of milk production in Tanzania requires relevant indicators to monitor its progress. …”
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Governing urban wetlands for green growth in the Western Region Megapolis of Sri Lanka por Flower, Ben, Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Miranda, Ramona

“…Green growth promotes economic development alongside environmental sustainability, and is gaining traction as a model to achieve sustainable urban development globally (Hammer et al. 2011). …”
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The colour of maize: Visions of green growth and farmers perceptions in northern Laos por Kallio, M.H., Hogarth, N.J., Moeliono, M., Brockhaus, Maria, Cole, R., Bong, I.W., Wong, Grace Y.

“…Based on farmers’ perceptions, we study: (1) farmers’ reasons for adopting and abandoning maize, and; (2) implications of commercial maize expansion on local livelihood security and inclusiveness (food supply, income, risk coping, and ability to join maize growing), and environmental sustainability (productivity, and soil and forest quality) over time (2013 and 2016). …”
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Potential distribution of crop wild relatives under climate change in Sri Lanka: implications for conservation of agricultural biodiversity por Ratnayake, Sujith, Kariyawasam, Champika, Kumar, Lalit, Hunter, Danny, Liyanage, Athula

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