Search Results - "hurdling"

Initial market assessment for resilient nature-based water solutions in Wadi Seer, Jordan by Dabbas, L., Belhaj Fraj, Makram, Fragaszy, Stephen, Samarasekara, Vidhisha

“…The key challenges faced by the agricultural finance sector in Jordan include limited access to formal financing, high interest rates, and administrative hurdles. Informal sources dominate, leaving small farmers with few options. …”
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Are consumers willing to trade off sensory quality for health benefits? Experimental evidence from low glycemic index rice by Custodio, Marie Claire, Ynion, Jhoanne, Buenafe, Reuben James, Sreenivasulu, Nese, Demont, Matty, De Steur, Hans

“…To understand this tradeoff, we conduct experimental auctions with 400 urban consumers in the Philippines to elicit sensory evaluation and willingness to pay (WTP) for low-GI rice and analyze the role of information and other factors through a double hurdle model. Compared with premium white rice as the benchmark, low-GI rice fetches lower sensory scores and is discounted by US¢13/kg. …”
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Recalibrating Food Production in the Developing World: Global Warming Will Change More Than Just the Climate by Thornton, Philip K.

“…Climate change introduces a significant hurdle in this struggle. - Securing and maintaining necessary levels of calories, protein and nutrients for populations around the world will be an exceptional challenge. - Recalibrating agriculture in the face of climate change is more than planting crops that can tolerate warmer weather. …”
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Determinants of smallholder farmers’ participation in sesame production: Evidence from Diga, Ethiopia by Kefyalew, G.

“…Using structured questionnaires, the data was collected from a random sample of 120 smallholder farmers and analysed by using a double hurdle approach. After all, this study highlighted that access to credit, farm landholding size, family labour, household assets (oxen, donkey), access to family food for the whole year and proximity to extension service centres significantly influence smallholders’ decision probability of participating in sesame production. …”
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Food security and climate change: on the potential to adapt global crop production by active selection to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide by Ziska, Lewis H., Bunce, James A., Shimono, Hiroyuki, Gealy, David R., Baker, Jeffrey T., Newton, Paul C.D., Reynolds, Matthew P., Jagadish, Krishna S.V., Zhu, Chunwu, Howden, Mark, Wilson, Lloyd T.

“…In this review, we challenge that viewpoint through an assessment of existing studies on CO2 and intraspecific variability to illustrate the potential biological basis for differential plant response among crop lines and demonstrate that while technical hurdles remain, active selection and breeding for CO2 responsiveness among cereal varieties may provide one of the simplest and direct strategies for increasing global yields and maintaining food security with anthropogenic change.…”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to African Swine Fever within smallholder pig production in northern Uganda by Chenais, E., Boqvist, Sofia, Sternberg Lewerin, Susanna, Emanuelson, Ulf, Ouma, Emily A., Dione, Michel M., Aliro, T., Crafoord, F., Masembe, C., Stahl, K.

“…Pig keeping has a large potential, commercially and as a tool for poverty reduction, but African swine fever (ASF) is a major hurdle for development of the sector. The objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices related to ASF in the smallholder pig production value chain in northern Uganda. …”
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Moving interdisciplinary science forward: Integrating participatory modelling with mathematical modelling of zoonotic disease in Africa by Grant, C., Lo Iacono, G., Dzingirai, V., Bett, Bernard K., Winnebah, T.R.A., Atkinson, P.M.

“…This scoping review describes examples of best practice in the use of participatory methods, illustrating their potential to overcome disciplinary hurdles and promote multidisciplinary collaboration, with the aim of making models and their predictions more useful for decision-making and policy formulation.…”
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Understanding market participation choices and decisions of maize and cowpea farmers in northern Nigeria by Mignouna, Djana B., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Akinola, Adebayo A., Kamara, A., Oluoch, M.

“…Relevant data was collected from 600 households in both states and results from the Double-Hurdle model indicated that price and non-price constraints played significant roles in determining decisions on participation in the markets for both maize and cowpea. …”
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Árbediehtu eller innovation : ett urfolksperspektiv på Norrbottens livsmedelsstrategi by Eriksson, Robin

Strategies for Pathogen Biocontrol Using Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Metabolites: A Focus on Meat Ecosystems and Industrial Environments by Castellano, Patricia Haydee, Pérez Ibarreche, Mariana, Blanco Massani, Mariana Raquel, Fontana, Cecilia Alejandra, Vignolo, Graciela Margarita

“…The application of bacteriocins as part of hurdle technology using non-thermal technologies was explored for the preservation of RTE meat products. …”
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Chapter 11 - Bioactive peptides in reformulated food by Ambrosi, Vanina, Añón, María Cristina, Chamorro, Verónica Celeste, Godoy, Maria Fernanda, Nieto, Gema, Pazos, Adriana Alejandra, Pighin, Darío Gabriel, Rey Rodriguez, Javier Francisco, Scilingo, Adriana, Tironi, Valeria

“…Regulatory criteria exist, but the path to commercializing bioactive peptides faces hurdles, including limited human trials and scalability concerns. …”
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Demand for agricultural credit by rural smallholder farmers: A case of climate smart agriculture villages in Nyando Basin, Kenya by Musembi, Elly Kyalo

“…Data analysis employed descriptive and quantitative methods using double hurdle model. The findings show that loan repayment period, number of groups household members are into and collateral influence positively the household decision to borrow with the intensity of participation being positively and significantly influenced by loan repayment period and household wealth endowment. …”
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Connecting the dots to transform food systems in South Asia: TAFSSA’s engagement strategy by Sarswat, Esha, Menon, Purnima, Khan, Nur-A-Mahajabin, Krupnik, Timothy J.

“…The Green Revolution positioned South Asia to produce one-quarter of the world's consumed food, but the region’s agrifood systems today face formidable poverty reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation, environmental health and biodiversity challenges. Significant hurdles remain to securing an adequate and affordable supply of diverse foods necessary for sustainable healthy diets (SHDs). …”
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Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi by Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul, Smale, M., Jamora, Nelissa, Azevedo, V.C.R.

“…Different econometric techniques were used, including a double hurdle model to understand market participation and quantity of groundnuts sold. …”
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Effect of uptake of improved seed potato and donor-funded training on smallholder farmers’ market participation by Kangogo, E., Otieno, David Jakinda, Okello, J.J., Mwenye, O., Kapalasa, E.

“…Using secondary data from 393 potato farmers in Malawi, the study applied a triple-hurdle model to examine the extent to which such interventions and other socio-economic and institutional factors influence market participation. …”
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Rice productivity in Myanmar: Assessment of the 2021 monsoon and outlook for 2022 by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Despite the substantial hurdles in production and marketing due to the political crisis and international market developments, the results of the Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey show the overall resilience of rice production during the monsoon of 2021. …”
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Agriculture and youth in Nigeria: Aspirations, challenges, constraints, and resilience by ElDidi, Hagar, Bidoli, Thomas, Ringler, Claudia

“…Yet, youth face higher and specific hurdles related to lack of capital, experience and a strong social capital and networks that would facilitate coping with climatic and other shocks and improving their livelihoods. …”
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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural crop traders – September 2021 survey by Myanmar Agriculture Support Activity

“…Looking ahead If these hurdles persist into the monsoon marketing season, they will present challenges to farmers as they try to sell their harvests. …”
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A stony track towards innovation in remote highland regions: Agricultural intensification in the apricot sector of Northern Pakistan by Köster, Mareike, Alam, Iftikhar, Rana, Jai, Wiehle, Martin, Buerkert, Andreas

“…These may comprise limited market incentives for enhanced production, narrow pathways of knowledge transmission, and infrastructural hurdles. To quantify effects of innovation and sustainable intensification in enhancing smallholders’ livelihoods in the Karakoram Mountains of Northern Pakistan, the present study was conducted with 86 small-holder farmers. …”
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Successful organizational learning in the management of agricultural research and innovation: The Mexican produce foundations by Ekboir, Javier, Dutrénit, Gabriela, Martínez V., Griselda, Vargas, Arturo Torres, Vera-Cruz, Alexandre O.

“…In recent years, many of these institutions have struggled to adapt to the new environment but they could not overcome the hurdles posed by organizational rigidities, strict public regulations, deteriorating human capital, shrinking budgets and a model of science that hampered their integration into dynamic innovation processes. …”
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