Resultados de búsqueda - "innovation"

Development aid and access to water and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa por Salami, A., Stampini, M., Kamara, A., Sullivan, C., Namara, Regassa E.

“…In this context, the paper utilised an innovative standardized measurement framework known as-the Watsan Index of Development Effectiveness (WIDE) - which compares drivers of progress with results achieved, and ranks African countries by the level of outcome obtained per unit of available input. …”
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From world cafes to road shows: using a mix of knowledge sharing approaches to improve wastewater use in urban agriculture por Amoah, Philip, Drechsel, Pay, Schuetz, Tonya, Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana, Manning-Thomas, Nadia

“…This paper documents the application of several innovative knowledge sharing approaches and some of the lessons learnt in a project addressing food safety concerns deriving from wastewater irrigated vegetables in Ghana. …”
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Simulating the hydrology and mouth conditions of small, temporarily closed/open estuaries por Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…This paper describes an innovative approach for linking hydrologic data to mouth state in ungauged estuaries. …”
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Facilitating participatory processes for policy change in natural resource management : Lessons from the highlands of southwestern Uganda por Sanginga, Pascal C., Kamugisha, R.N., Martin, A, Kahuru, A, Stroud, Ann

“…The paper suggests a five “INs” approach: strengthening local institutions; providing information; linking byelaws to NRM innovations; finding and promoting incentives, and building network of influence. …”
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On-farm assessment of legume fallows and other soil fertility management options used by smallholder farmers in Southern Malawi por Akinnifesi, F.K., Sileshi, Gudeta W., Franzel, Steven, Ajayi, Oluyede C., Harawa, R., Makumba, W, Chakeredza, Sebastian, Mngomba, S, Wolf, J.J. de, Chianu, Jonas N.

“…This study evaluated the performance of tree legumes and other soil fertility management innovations used by farmers. The objectives of the study were to: examine the extent that farm attributes, typology of farmers and field management practices have affected the adaptation and use of agroforestry technologies for soil fertility management and compare the agronomic performance and farmer assessment of agroforestry and other soil fertility management options, across a wide range of farmer types and field conditions, with a view to establishing the contribution of management variables to variations in yield estimation. …”
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Dietary contribution of wild edible plants to women's diets in the buffer zone around the Lama forest, Benin - an underutilized potential por Boedecker, J., Termote, Céline, Assogbadjo, A.E., Damme, Patrick van, Lachat, Carl

“…Before widely promoting WEP consumption in order to exploit their dietary potential, additional investigations are needed into their nutrient composition, cultural and market value, their sustainable harvest levels and possible integration into innovative farming systems.…”
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The Tribe - Platform of participatory local development and management of communal rangeland resources por Nefzaoui A, Elmourid M, Louhaichi, Mounir

“…In this context, the collaborative research program conducted by ICARDA and IFAD in Southern Tunisia has led to the development of tools and methods adapted to the development of collective desert rangeland ecosystems based on the empowerment of local rural poor communities and using innovative participatory approaches. The pilot action conducted showed that participatory natural resources management in such areas can be instrumental in institutionalizing participatory approaches. …”
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International Conference Enhanced Genepool Utilization - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 16-20 June 2014. Book of Ab... por Dias, S., Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, Maxted, Nigel, Kell, S., Thörn, E., Smith, L., Preston, J., Hutchinson, S.

“…This international conference showcases innovative and potential novel characterization techniques and conservation strategies to identify and safeguard crop wild relative (CWR) and landrace (LR) genetic diversity to increase potential options for crop improvement as a means of underpinning food security in the face of climate change. …”
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The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, July - September 2015 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…We bring you two articles summarizing research findings on: indigenous knowledge for seasonal weather and climate forecasting across East Africa, engendering climate-smart agricultural innovations in East Africa and private sector actions to enable climate-smart agriculture in small-scale farming in East Africa. …”
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An informal network of grafting experts to help the communities to conserve and utilize wild-aromatic pickle mango (Mangifera indica) diversity in the Central Western Ghats, India por Vasudeva, R., Reddy, B.M.C., Sthapit, B.R., Ramanatha Rao, V.

“…Network of grafting experts is a locally innovated system wherein a group of experts form an association and offer themselves to work in the farmersRSQUO field to graft rare and valuable WPM varieties. …”
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System characteristics and management practices for small ruminant production in “Climate Smart Villages” of Kenya por Ojango, Julie M.K., Audho, James O., Oyieng, Edwin P., Recha, John W.M., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Kinyangi, James, Muigai, Anne W.T.

“…A community breeding programme optimally using available resources and incorporating gender integrated innovative technologies could be implemented for the CSV, alongside strong capacity development on animal husbandry, health and marketing of products.…”
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Exploring options for lowland rice intensification under rainfed and irrigated ecologies in East and Southern Africa: the potential application of Integrated Soil Fertility Managem... por Nhamo, N., Kyalo, Gerald, Dinheiro, V.

“…We propose a step-by-step innovative approach to improving rice productivity by incorporating the components of ISFM at different stages. …”
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Improving plantain (Musa spp. AAB) yields on smallholder farms in West and Central Africa por Norgrove, L., Hauser, S.

“…We collated actual yields in the region, reviewed regional plantain research published from 1976 to 2013, then estimated what yields would be attainable on smallholder farms if the proven, best-fit innovations were adopted. Mean actual yields reported ranged from 2.9 to 8.9 Mg ha?…”
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Climate change and crop diversity: farmers’ perceptions and adaptation on the Bolivian Altiplano por Meldrum, G., Mijatović, Dunja, Rojas, W., Flores, J., Pinto, M., Mamani, G., Condori, E., Hilaquita, D., Gruberg, H., Padulosi, S.

“…Strengthening resilience will require a combination of actions, including maintaining and expanding crop portfolios and restoring soil and ecosystem health, using both traditional and innovative approaches.…”
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Bioinformatics resources for application of molecular breeding in orphan root crops por Gedil, Melaku A

“…The rapid growth of sequencing and genotyping technology and the parallel growth of bioinformatics and online biological resources can successfully be harnessed for innovative breeding approach to accelerate the process of variety development. …”
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Facing climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of climate-smart agriculture opportunities to manage climate-related risks por Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Torquebiau, Emmanuel F., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…Although some of them were already existing, the past decades have seen the development and promotion of climate-smart agriculture innovations such as the use of high yielding drought tolerant crop varieties, climate information services, agricultural insurance, agroforestry, water harvesting techniques, integrated soil fertility management practices, etc. …”
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Growing City and Rapid Land Use Transition: Assessing Multiple Hazards and Risks in the Pokhara Valley, Nepal por Rimal, B., Baral, H., Stork, N.E., Paudyal, K., Rijal, S.

“…The results provide substantial information for establishing innovative action plans for disaster risk management in the valley. …”
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Shea butter: A pro-poor, pro-female route to increased income por Hammond, James, Wijk, Mark T. van, Pagella, Tim, Carpena, Pietro, Skirrow, Tom, Dauncey, Victoria

“…Here we present a quantitative study of 223 households, half of whom were exposed to improved value-chain opportunities for sale of shea butter. An innovative survey tool called RHoMIS (Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey) allowed rapid evaluation of the project impacts on multiple household welfare metrics: income, food security and gender. …”
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Using biotechnology-led approaches to uplift cereal and food legume yields in dryland environments por Dwivedi, S.L., Siddique, K.H.M., Farooq, M., Thornton, Philip K., Ortíz, R.

“…This synthesis of technological innovations and insights in seed-based technology offers crop genetic enhancers further opportunities to increase crop productivity in dryland environments.…”
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Convening CGIAR Researchers to Build a Community of Practice on Weather-related Agricultural Insurance por Kramer, Berber

“…First, together with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), we held a matchmaking session linking researchers and insurance practitioners around key challenges in providing microinsurance. …”
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