Resultados de búsqueda - "illustration"

Election of farmers in the adoption of soil management technologies in cotton production system and crop rotation in the warm Alto Magdalena valley por Martínez R., Antonio M., Gómez, Julián D.

“…A Logit model was formulated for determining the probability of adopting the technologies. This study illustrates that conventional tillage technologies, which contribute to a lower incidence of weeds, and the availability of machinery most likely explain increased adoption; in addition, the land is an important factor in explaining adoption, with an increased use of sustainable technologies when the farmer is the owner.…”
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Evolutionspsykologi i Ekonomikumparken och Observatorieparken : ett evolutionärt perspektiv som grund för landskapsanalys por Karlsson, Jesper, Matzén, Emil

A joint stocktaking of CGIAR work on forest and landscape restoration por Gitz, V., Place, Frank, Koziell, E., Pingault, N., Noordwijk, Meine van, Meybeck, A., Minang, Peter A.

“…To address this issue, three CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) – Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA); Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) – decided to bring together their expertise in a joint stocktaking of CGIAR work on restoration. This publication illustrates with concrete examples the powerful contribution of forest and landscape restoration to the achievement of most, if not all the 17 sustainable development goals. …”
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Impact tracking: a practitioner-developed approach to scaling agricultural innovation in Ethiopia por Child, K., Desta, G., Douthwaite, Boru, Haileslassie, Amare, Rooyen, Andre F. van, Tamene, Lulseged D., Uhlenbrook, Stefan

“…The paper presents a practitioner-developed approach to scaling AR4D innovations called Impact Tracking (IT). We illustrate IT in practice by presenting three case studies from Ethiopia in which IT proved crucial to achieving impact. …”
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Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Space Together Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture and Climate Information Services in Zambia - Concept Note por Mutenje, Munyaradzi, Pele, Winnie, Ngowenani, Nohayi, Jacobs-Mata, Inga, Minh, Thai Thi, Dahl, Hauke, Mapedza, Everisto D., Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Ngwira, Amos R., Mudege, Netsayi N., Kakwasha, Keagan, Mudzungaire, Lizzy, Gbegbelegbe, Sika

“…Together, members in the CSA-CIS MSD Space enable the sustainable and inclusive scaling of CSA-CIS innovation bundles in key CSA value chain to benefit particularly lower part of the pyramid. Figure 1 illustrates the CSA-CIS MSD Space, presenting objectives, operational mechanism and thematic focus of collaboration with the intended new and existing groups of MSPs.…”
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Gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya's informal dairy sector: enhancing gender-equity in urban markets por Galiè, Alessandra, Njiru, Nelly, Heckert, Jessica, Myers, Emily, Alonso, Silvia

“…The findings show that milk trading is more lucrative for older men than for women and younger men among the respondents. This article illustrates the differences between these women’s and men’s experiences as milk traders and explores the reasons behind these differences. …”
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Foodborne zoonoses control in low- and middle-income countries: Identifying aspects of interventions relevant to traditional markets which act as hurdles when mitigating disease tr... por Leahy, Eithne, Mutua, Florence K., Grace, Delia, Lambertini, E., Thomas, Lian F.

“…Traditional markets represent highly important nodes that can be targeted for risk mitigation; in this series of case studies, we discuss food safety interventions relevant to this nexus. We illustrate that to improve food safety within traditional markets it is essential to consider some of the motivations and incentives of the stakeholders involved and the cultural, social, and economic context in which interventions are undertaken, highlighting barriers, enablers future interventions should aim to avoid, embrace. …”
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Global dispersal and adaptive evolution of domestic cattle: A genomic perspective por Xiaoting Xia, Kaixing Qu, Yan Wang, Sinding, M.H.S., Fuwen Wang, Quratulain Hanif, Ahmed, Z., Lenstra, J.A., Han Jianlin, Chuzhao Lei, Ningbo Chen

“…Here, we review the origin and spread of domestic cattle and illustrate the environmental adaptations of local cattle breeds/populations.…”
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Foresight Monitoring Tool Brief por Poulos, Allison, Almanzar, Manuel Ricardo, Wolday, Tsega, Gotor, Elisabetta, Tobon, Hector

“…This Brief provides an overview of the 2023 developments which include (1) enhancements to planning along the theory of change; (2) a mechanism to measure value for money; and (3) providing intelligence on scientists' research to understand what they are working on, with whom and where. The brief is illustrated with visuals from the Foresight Monitoring Tool Power BI Dashboard. …”
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A new approach to monitoring farmer prices: Method and an application to Malawi por Baulch, Bob, Kok, Seng Kiong, Jolex, Aubrey

“…An application to Malawi illustrates the feasibility of this approach in a setting where internet connectivity is limited but mobile phone coverage is reasonable. …”
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China - Tariff rate quotas for certain agricultural products: Against the grain: Can the WTO open Chinese markets? A contaminated experiment por Glauber, Joseph W., Lester, Simon

“…The U.S. complaint about Chinese tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on certain grain products helps illustrate several key issues in U.S. - China trade relations and the effectiveness of WTO disputes. …”
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Crop productivity and potential por Berhane, Guush, Minten, Bart, Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Koru, Bethlehem

“…Further rapid gains in yields seem less likely, though, given the high levels of input use already achieved. They illustrate some of the challenges in crop production, linked to the research and extension system, the limited access to irrigation, and the seed sector.…”
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Tracing down real socio-economic trends from household data with erratic sampling frames: The case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo por Marivoet, Wim, De Herdt, Tom

“…Although the proposed technique did not restore full comparability of survey data in all respects, it has been able to eliminate an essential part of the spuriousness as illustrated by assessing trends in asset ownership under both the biased and stabilized sampling frames.…”
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Maintaining resilience in the ASALs of Kenya: A perspective on stocking rates in extensive livestock systems por Msangi, Siwa, Signorelli, Sara

“…In this analysis, we make use of household level data to illustrate some very basic characteristics of pastoral livestock keepers, so that we can represent their behavior and adjustment to environmental shocks. …”
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The central position of agriculture within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development por Omilola, Babatunde, Robele, Sophia

“…This paper provides a helpful framing to understand both why and how policy attention and investments should be channeled through agriculture and agrifood systems as key vehicles for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It illustrates the ways in which agriculture, particularly within the context of food value chains, is uniquely positioned to holistically address the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development because of its existing reach and future potential. …”
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Improving resilience to nutritional shocks por Alderman, Harold, Walker, Susan P.

“…Consistent with other literature, we find that the subsidy is a recursive determinant of seed demand, but in 2010, its recipients had more land, more assets, and lower poverty rates. Findings illustrate the social costs of the programme as currently designed and highlight the need to build alternative supply channels if poorer maize growers are to grow hybrid seed.…”
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Smallholder Demand for Maize Hybrids in Zambia: How Far do Seed Subsidies Reach? por Smale, Melinda, Birol, Ekin, Asare-Marfo, Dorene

“…Consistent with other literature, we find that the subsidy is a recursive determinant of seed demand, but in 2010, its recipients had more land, more assets, and lower poverty rates. Findings illustrate the social costs of the programme as currently designed and highlight the need to build alternative supply channels if poorer maize growers are to grow hybrid seed.…”
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Ethiopia’s value chains on the move: The case of teff por Minten, Bart, Tamru, Seneshaw, Engida, Ermias, Kuma, Tadesse

“…Third, we see an increasing willingness-to-pay for convenience in urban areas, as illustrated by the emergence of one-stop retail shops as well as by a sizable food service industry. …”
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Protected areas reduced poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand por Andam, Kwaw S., Ferraro, Paul J., Sims, Katharine R. E., Healy, Andrew, Holland, Margaret B.

“…The debate persists because previous studies do not directly measure socioeconomic outcomes and do not use appropriate comparison groups to account for potential confounders. We illustrate an approach using comprehensive national datasets and quasi-experimental matching methods. …”
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Research questions, methods and approach por Garrett, James, Bassett, Lucy, Levinson, F. James, Natalicchio, Marcela

“…Drawing on the key issues illustrated by the framework (internal and external contexts, linking mechanisms, and dynamics) developed in Chapter 3, we have developed four primary sets of questions, following a rough chronology, to guide the empirical studies: • How do initiatives to work multisectorally get started? …”
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