Resultados de búsqueda - "illustration"

A procedure for allocating heterogenous units to treatment groups por Nokoe, S., Zewdie, S.

“…This paper suggests the use of a multivariate procedure to achieve an effective allocation of treatments. The method is illustrated with data on 24 animals from 2 breeds of crossbred dairy cows for allocation to 6 treatment groups (2 diet types and 3 levels of draught work). …”
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Cryopreservation of plant germplasm using the encapsulation-dehydration technique: Review and case study on sugarcane por Gonzalez-Arnao, Maria Teresa, Engelmann, Florent

“…The optimization of the successive steps of the encapsulation-dehydration protocol is illustrated for sugarcane apices.…”
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Effects of deforestation and riparian buffers on lotic communities in Southeastern Costa Rica: implications for biodiversity conservation in tropical streams por Lorion, Christopher M.

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Photovoltaic installations and land allocation under uncertainty : a real option approach por Gazheli, Ardjan

“…The real option approach is useful for the evaluation of decisions regarding PV installations since it takes into account the uncertainty regarding the agricultural commodities prices and the irreversibility of the decision taken by the agricultural firm. The results illustrate how uncertainty and irreversibility are important factors and determine the decision of the agricultural firm to switch. …”

Third System Review of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: The International Research Partnership for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture por CGIAR System Review Secretariat

“…Its report offers 29 recommendations pertaining to CGIAR research strategies and priorities, partnerships, governance, and systemwide and center funding.Five annexes provide an overview of CGIAR committees; a brief analysis of committee effectiveness; statistical notes illustrating the increasing cost and expanding requirements of CGIAR meetings; tables showing funding sources, funding gaps, and World Bank funding in recent years; and brief biographies of the members of the System Review Panel, sub panels, and the Review Secretariat. …”
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Integrating fish, roots, tubers and bananas in food systems: Opportunities and constraints. por Atkins, M., Byrd, K.A., Pincus, L., Naziri, D., Thilsted, Shakuntala H., Yossa, Rodrigue

“…The research is mostly based on peer-reviewed publications, though it is complemented with illustrative accounts from academic professionals, farmers and consumers.…”
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Interaction of Conditional Incentives for Ecosystem Conservation with Tenure Security: Multiple Roles for Tenure Interventions por Monterroso, I., Sills, E.O.

“…Cases in Peru and Indonesia illustrate how tenure interventions can both enable implementation of conditional incentives and become part of those incentives.…”
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Linking agriculture to nutrition: The evolution of policy por Fan, Shenggen, Yosef, Sivan, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…The purpose of this paper is to summarize the evolution of global and national policies linking agriculture to nutrition in 2010–2020, and provides insights on the recent policy trajectory in China to illustrate how individual countries are addressing agriculture and nutrition.The authors utilize a noncomprehensive review of gray and peer-review literature, as well as a case study approach.Select countries have made initial strides in linking agriculture and nutrition through policy, though progress is not widespread and uneven.Researchers can begin closing the existing knowledge gaps on agriculture and nutrition. …”
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Adaptation and stability analysis of sweet potato varieties for low-input systems in Uganda por Abidin, P.E., Van Eeuwijk, F.A., Stam, P., Struik, P.C., Malosetti, M., Mwanga, R.O.M., Odongo, B., Hermann, M., Carey, E.E.

“…With respect to all three aspects of yield behaviour, farmer varieties performed on average better than the official varieties. The results illustrate the potential that farmer varieties can have in the improvement of sweet potato in Uganda and other regions where high diversity of sweet potato landraces exists.…”
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New Social Accounting Matrix for Jordan: A 2015 Nexus project Social Accounting Matrix por Raouf, Mariam, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Elsabbagh, Dalia, Wiebelt, Manfred

“…This new Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Jordan is a snapshot representation of the Jordanian economy in which productive activities, factors of production, and economic transactions between the main agents, including households, government, and the rest of the world, are illustrated in a circular flow. It has been constructed using IFPRI's Nexus format, which uses common data standards, procedures, and classification systems for constructing and updating national SAMs. …”
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Gender dimensions of agricultural innovation awareness and adoption por Haglund, Eric, Bernier, Quinn, Bryan, Elizabeth, Kovarik, Chiara, Kristjanson, Patricia, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quiros, Carlos, Ringler, Claudia, Rufino, Mariana, Silvestri, Sylvia, Twyman, Jennifer

“…This paper discusses some of the conceptual issues involved in more fully accounting for gender when considering agricultural innovation adoption and presents a brief empirical analysis to illustrate the challenges of applying these insights to analytical methods.…”
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The economics of land degradation: Toward an integrated global assessment por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Gerber, Nicolas, Baumgartner, Philipp, von Braun, Joachim, De Pinto, Alessandro, Graw, Valerie, Kato, Edward, Kloos, Julia, Walter, Teresa

“…The applicability of the framework is illustrated with case studies and prepares the ground for a global assessment on the costs of land degradation.…”
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The role of public-private partnerships in promoting smallholder access to livestock markets in developing countries: Methodology and case studies por Rich, Karl M., Narrod, Clare A.

“…A case of both a successful and a failed PPP in livestock markets illustrates the utility of this model.…”
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A forage training guide for trainers: Grass 2 Cash @Scale Project por Kagendo, Sophia, Jeptoo, Mercy, Valeton, Alexander, Odhiambo, Ruth A., Muthomi, Fredrick K., Misoi, Solomon K., Mugo, Peggy K., Sibiko, Kenneth W., Hansen, Andreas, Ohmstedt, Uwe, Mwendia, Solomon W., Notenbaert, An M.O., Peters, Michael

“…Information is presented in a multimedia format, with pictorial illustrations and links to informative Shamba Shapeup YouTube videos. …”
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Enabling change in forest tenure: Policy and law for gender equality: Training handbook por Jhaveri, Nayna J.

“…The content of the handbook and its handouts are illustrative and can be tailored to different training requirements. …”
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Bridging policy and practice for inclusive climate adaptation in the Philippines: Insights from Quezon and Batangas por Gartaula, Hom Nath, Hellin, Jon, Eschavez, Chona, Raviz, Jeny, Bacud, Susan, Laborte, Alice, Rosimo, Magnolia, Datoon, Rodmyr, Gonsalves, Julian

“…The Philippine agricultural sector illustrates how climate change exacerbates vulnerability and inequality. …”
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IMPACT: Generic household-level databases and diagnostics tools for integrated crop-livestock systems analysis por Herrero, Mario, González Estrada, E., Thornton, Philip K., Quirós, Carlos F., Waithaka, M.M., Ruíz, R., Hoogenboom, Gerrit

“…Analysis tools, links to models and uses of such databases are briefly described and illustrated with case studies from Kenya, Ghana and Sri Lanka. …”
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Robbing Yadullah's water to irrigate Saeid's garden: hydrology and water rights in a village of Central Iran por Molle, Francois, Mamanpoush, A.R., Miranzadeh, M.

“…This report provides a case study from the province of Esfahan, in central Iran, describing the struggle of a village to secure the water resources without which local agriculture, and altogether life in the village, would be impossible. It illustrates the endless ingenuity of farmers in their quest for water, how land and water rights have developed, how various legal repertoires may conflict with one another, and how the intervention of the state transformed the wider hydrological cycle of the valley and affected the delicate equilibrium between population and resources that had prevailed until then. …”
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Potential negative consequences of geoengineering on crop production: A study of Indian groundnut por Yang, Huiyi, Dobbie, Steven, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Feng, Kuishuang, Challinor, Andrew J., Chen, Bing, Gao, Yao, Lee, Lindsay, Yin, Yan, Sun, Laixiang, Watson, James, Köhler, Ann-Kristin, Fan, Tingting, Ghosh, Sat

“…Using an ensemble of crop-climate model simulations, we illustrate that groundnut yields in India undergo a statistically significant decrease of up to 20% as a result of solar dimming geoengineering relative to RCP4.5. …”
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A new species group and two new species of freyine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillini) por Rubio, Gonzalo Daniel, Nadal, María Florencia, Baigorria, Julián Emanuel Martín, Oklander, Luciana Inés, Edwards, G.B.

“…Wedoquella apnnea sp. nov. and W. karadya sp. nov., two new species of the jumping spider subtribe Freyina are described and illustrated from specimens recently collected in Misiones and Chaco provinces, Northeastern Argentina. …”
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