Resultados de búsqueda - "industrial"
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Beyond the numbers: How urban households in Central America responded to the recent global crises
Publicado 2011“…The impact of the financial and economic crisis was reflected in declining exports, particularly for the maquila industry, reduced tourist inflows, a decrease in remittances from abroad, and a decline in flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the region. …”
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Impact of global change on large river basins: Example of the Yellow River basin
Publicado 2011“…During the last 50 years agricultural water use has increased by more than 250 percent, while water demand from industry and domestic use has grown even more steeply. …”
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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change: Global carbon markets: Are there opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa?
Publicado 2008“…Carbon trading includes allowance-based agreements that impose national caps on emissions and allow participating countries to engage in emission trading as well as project-based transactions (for example, through the CDM or Clean Development Mechanism). The CDM allows industrialized countries with greenhouse gas reduction commitments to invest in emission-reducing projects in developing countries as an alternative to generally more costly emission reductions in their own countries. …”
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Trends and drivers of agricultural productivity in Nigeria
Publicado 2009“…The important benefits of the agricultural sector to Nigeria’s economy include: the provision of food, contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP), provision of employment, provision of raw materials for agro-allied industries, and generation of foreign earnings labor(until the early 1970s; agricultural exports were the main source of foreign exchange earnings). …”
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AI-powered detection and quantification of Post-harvest Physiological Deterioration (PPD) in cassava using YOLO foundation models and K-means clustering
Publicado 2024“…Post-harvest physiological deterioration (PPD) poses a significant challenge to the cassava industry, leading to substantial economic losses. This study aims to address this issue by developing a comprehensive framework in collaboration with cassava breeders. …”
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Situation analysis on South African animal medicines, animal health and animal residues in foodstuffs
Publicado 2011“…The South African food safety and animal food control systems are developed and enforced by three government departments: Department of Health (DOH), Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Animal health relies heavily on veterinary drugs for controlling pests and diseases. …”
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Prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection in slaughtered sheep from Northwest Tunisia and its risk factors: Association with gastrointestinal helminths infection and anaemia
Publicado 2024“…Fasciola hepatica infection is frequent in sheep from Sejnane representing hence an important constraint for the development of the sheep industry in this region. Therefore, it is necessary to establish and implement a specific control programme to reduce fasciolosis infection risks including animal owners’ education.…”
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Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa
Publicado 2024“…The development of and use of water resources for agriculture, mining and industry and urban and peri-urban communities has affected the quality, flows and habitat of rivers. …”
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Bacillus velezensis YN2111 reveals the potential role of amine oxidase in Fusarium wilt response in Cavendish bananas
Publicado 2025“…Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB)—a soil-borne disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) especially tropical race 4 (TR4)—poses a significant threat to the banana industry. Biological control is a primary strategy for preventing and controlling FWB. …”
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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus transmission among smallholder pig farms in Western Uganda
Publicado 2025“…Our results highlight the necessity of promoting enhanced on-farm biosecurity practices in smallholder pig farms, given the challenges posed by productivity-limiting diseases such as PRRS, in Uganda’s rapidly growing piggery industry.…”
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Enhancing digital literacy of potato farmers in the utilization of the Viazi Soko and agriBORA platforms for market linkages in Kenya
Publicado 2025“…This digital literacy training focused on utilization of the Viazi Soko and agriBORA digital platforms to facilitate access to farm output and input markets through aggregation, collective ordering, and contract farming targeting the potato processing industry. A field day was also organized for farmers to visit a potato demonstration farm in Mauche, Njoro subcounty, Nakuru County to learn about the good agronomic practices of potatoes including the benefits of using apical cuttings as a source of clean (disease-free) seed. …”
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Private Sector Dialogue on Enhancing the Commercialization and Scaling of Climate-Smart and Modern Agricultural Technologies and Innovations to the Last Mile
Publicado 2025“…ACAT brought together over 700 participants from over 35 countries, including the Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, the former President of the Republic of Nigeria, representatives of six African governments including two ministers from Malawi and Ghana, and five ministers from Rwanda, farmers, 160 youths, heads of international, continental and country level agencies, researchers, private sector players including financial institutions and industry experts to discuss next generation agricultural technology solutions for Africa's farmers. …”
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Support the implementation of 2025 International Forum of Low-Emission Agrifood Systems such as organizing a low carbon food system workshop at WAFI in China and conducting consult...
Publicado 2025“…Against this backdrop, in 2025, we have invited top experts, government officials, representatives of international organizations, and industry leaders in the fields of global agriculture, climate change, biotechnology, digital technology, and economic policy. …”
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Growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing ram lambs fed sweet sorghum bagasse-based complete rations varying in roughage-to-concentrate ratios
Publicado 2013“…Different roughage-to-concentrate ratios of sweet sorghum bagasse (SSB) (a by-product of the biofuel industry)-based complete diets were assessed. Twenty four growing Nellore × Deccani ram lambs aged about 3 months (average body wt., 10.62±0.25 kg) were randomly allotted to four complete rations (CR) varying in roughage-toconcentrate ratios viz. 60:40 (CR-I), 50:50 (CR-II), 40:60 (CR-III) and 30:70(CR-IV) for a period of 180 days. …”
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Dairy intensification in developing countries: Effects of market quality on farm-level feeding and breeding practices
Publicado 2013“…We took as our study countries, India with its well-developed smallholder dairy sector, and Ethiopia where the smallholder dairy industry has remained relatively undeveloped despite decades of development effort. …”
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Towards an inventory of methane emissions from manure management that is responsive to changes on Canadian farms
Publicado 2013“…To address this, we re-analyzed four farm management surveys from the past decade and quantified the significant change in manure management which can be linked to the annual agricultural survey to create a continuous time series. In the dairy industry of one province, for example, the percentage of manure stored as liquid increased by 300% between 1991 and 2006, which greatly affects the methane emission estimates. …”
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Food safety policy in 9 African countries
Publicado 2014“…Findings and interpretations In most countries either no regulatory measures/infrastructure are in place to assure food safety in informal markets, or the regulations are derived from industrialized countries and are anti-poor and unworkable. …”
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Weather-index based crop insurance as a social adaptation to climate change and variability in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Developing a participatory approach
Publicado 2017“…The proposed concept sought to link various agricultural stakeholders such weather technical persons, farmers, agricultural extension officer, input dealers and other aggregators, and financial institutions as well as the insurance industry and focused on a participatory farmer led approach. …”
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Strategies to improve and sustain food production capacity in the savanna: the role of leguminous fodder crops in maintaining soil fertility and health
Publicado 2007“…On the other hand, the adoption of fallow systems to rejuvenate the soils is becoming even impossible as a result of high population pressures, urbanization and industrialization. Alternative strategies for improving on and sustaining food production are therefore required. …”
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