Resultados de búsqueda - "illustration"

Dry bean: physiology of yield potential and stress tolerance por White, Jeffrey W., Izquierdo, J.

“…Unpublished results obtained in research work in Latin America are included to illustrate physiological phenomena not considered in previous studies. …”
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Un estudio de medida para predecir el uso de la biblioteca en una institución colombiana por Monge, F

“…Twelve independent variables were used as predictors, the ones showing a higher degree of association with either dependent variables being, the type of decision involved ("genuine", habitual, or impulsive), whether library use was perceived as criterion for promotion, easiness of access to the needed information, reward orientation (practical or idealistic), and importance attached to the use of the library. The article illustrates the use of configurational analysis for prediction. …”
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Metodologia de la investigacion aplicada a la asociacion frijol- maiz por Davis, J.H.C.

“…Tables and figures illustrating exptl. results are included. (CIAT)…”
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The acceptability of dietary tools to improve maternal and child nutrition in Western Kenya por Kram, N., Melgen, S., Kedera, E., Collison, D.K., Colton, J., Blount, W., Grant, F., Girard, Amy W.

“…We developed and qualitatively assessed the acceptability of easy-to-use dietary tools consisting of a marked bowl, slotted spoon and illustrated counselling card to support appropriate dietary practices during pregnancy, exclusive breast-feeding and complementary feeding of children aged 6–24 months.We conducted qualitative research to assess community acceptability and obtain feedback on the design of the dietary tools.This research took place in urban and rural communities in Western Kenya.We conducted twelve focus group discussions with community members (mothers, husbands, mothers-in-law, community leaders) and five interviews with government nutritionists to assess acceptability and obtain recommendations on design and delivery of the tools. …”
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Moving interdisciplinary science forward: Integrating participatory modelling with mathematical modelling of zoonotic disease in Africa por 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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Empowerment through technology uptake: gender dimensions in social capital build-up por Bantilan, Cynthia, Ravula, Padmaja

“…Reference to the Umra case study illustrated in the paper presents the process of empowerment whereby the marginalized group including women gained better access to resources, information, knowledge and some opportunities for political participation. …”
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Creating learning cultures for gender mainstreaming por Amaratunga, Carol

“…This paper provides an overview of strategic approaches for impact assessment of multisectoral approaches for gender mainstreaming in agriculture. Examples and illustrations of gender audit guidelines, checklists, and program interventions have been shared and transferred from Gender and HIV/AIDS and CEDAW to the agriculture sector.…”
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Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India por Nair SK

“…The Strategic Pilot project on Adaptation to Climate Change (SPACC) is selected to illustrate the usefulness of the social learning M&E framework and add to the social learning evidence base. …”
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A diagnostic procedure for applying the social-ecological systems framework in diverse cases por Hinkel, J., Cox, M.E., Schlüter, M., Binder, Claudia R., Falk, Thomas

“…The questions relate to the actors benefiting from the SES, the collective goods involved in the generation of those benefits, and the action situations in which the collective goods are provided and appropriated. We illustrate the diagnostic procedure for four case studies in the context of irrigated agriculture in New Mexico, common property meadows in the Swiss Alps, recreational fishery in Germany, and energy regions in Austria. …”
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Spatial Variability of Selected Soil Attributes under Agricultural Land Use System in a Mountainous Watershed, Ethiopia por Addis, H.K., Klik, Andreas, Strohmeier, S.

“…This study was conducted to assess the correlation among selected soil attributes and to illustrate the spatial pattern and dependence of neighboring observations. …”
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Application of scaling frameworks to grazing exclosures in Ethiopia por Sircely, Jason A.

“…Finally, the roles of scientists and researchers and incentives for their involvement are assessed to illustrate how scientists can help effectively facilitate the scaling of exclosures and other sustainable land management practices.…”
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Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural land use options at a regional scale por Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Thornton, Philip K., Dunnett, Alex

“…The application of this approach is illustrated for prioritizing agronomic interventions that can enhance productivity and incomes, help farmers adapt to current risk, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in current and future climates for the flood- and drought-prone state of Bihar in north-eastern India. …”
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Opportunities for improved promotion of ecosystem services in agriculture under the Water-Energy-Food Nexus por Bell, A.R., Matthews, Nathaniel, Zhang, Wei

“…In this study, we focus on water quality as a vehicle to illustrate the role that the water, energy, and food (WEF) Nexus perspective may have in promoting ecosystem services in agriculture. …”
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Gender-responsive participatory research for social learning and sustainable forest management por Elias, Marlène, Jalonen, R., Fernández, M., Grosse, A.

“…We then summarize the authors empirical findings, contextually rooted across four African and Asian countries, and their importance for understanding the value, opportunities and challenges of working with participatory methods, both from the perspective of the researchers and of the research participants. The papers illustrate that traditional ecological knowledge is neither homogeneously distributed within communities nor concentrated among socially more powerful groups who, in the absence of a gender-responsive approach, are often the ones selected as research participants. …”
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Rights-based freshwater governance for the twenty-first century: beyond an exclusionary focus on domestic water uses por van Koppen, Barbara, Hellum, A., Mehta, L., Derman, B., Schreiner, B.

“…Turning to the state’s mandates and authority in allocating water resources, the chapter identifi es three forms of unfair treatment of smallscale users in current licence systems. As illustrated by the case of South Africa, the legal tool of “Priority General Authorisations” is proposed. …”
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Comparing smallholder farmers’ perception of climate change with meteorological data: A case study from southwestern Nigeria por Ayanlade, Ayansina, Radeny, Maren A.O., Morton, John F.

“…RAI and CDI results illustrate that not less than 11 out of 30 years in each study site experienced lower-than-normal rainfall. …”
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A pilot study of Leptospira in rodents in North-Eastern Kenya por Kimari, M.W.

“…This pilot study is one of the few to demonstrate the bacteria in rodent carriers in North-Eastern Kenya, which illustrates the underplayed public health importance of the disease in this part of Kenya. …”
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Revisions of the afrotropical genera of argidae and species of Pampsilota konow, 1899 (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinoidea) por Liston, A.D., Goergen, Georg E., Koch, F.

“…The nine known Afrotropical species of Pampsilota are revised, and an illustrated dichotomous identification key presented, with distribution maps for all species. …”
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Social network analysis of multi-stakeholder platforms in agricultural research for development: opportunities and constraints for innovation and scaling por Hermans, Frans, Sartas, Murat, Schagen, Boudy van, Asten, Piet J.A. van, Schut, Marc

“…The scaling of innovations is primarily between the same type of organisations across different administrative levels, but not between different types of organisations. The results illustrate the potential of Social Network Analysis and ERGMs to identify the strengths and limitations of MSPs in terms of achieving development impacts.…”
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The broader institutional context of participatory plant breeding in the changing agricultural and natural resources R&D system in Nepal por Biggs, Stephen D., Gauchan, Devendra

“…The development of broad-based institutional structures in research and development that mobilize and effectively use the wide range of research resources in Nepal and allow access to fund and scieritifk resources outside of the country. Th. paper illustrates the argument by using case-study materials from recent experiences in Nepal.…”
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