Resultados de búsqueda - "innovation"

Environment suitability mapping of livestock: A case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats por Atassi, Layal, Haile, Aynalem, Solomon, Dawit, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Biradar, Chandrashekhar M., Mwacharo, Joram M.

“…Furthermore, ecological suitability mapping can allow practitioners to evaluate potential geographic ranges for newly-developed, experimental, and improved livestock breeds to design sustainable and innovative agro-ecological solutions.…”
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Flexible forecast presentation overcomes longstanding obstacles to using probabilistic seasonal forecasts por Hansen, James, Dinku, Tufa, Robertson, Andrew, Cousin, Remi, Trzaska, Sylwia, Mason, Simon

“…We describe an innovative forecast presentation that aims to overcome obstacles to using seasonal climate forecasts for decision making, trace factors that influenced how seasonal forecast conventions have evolved, and describe a workshop process for training and supporting farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to use probabilistic seasonal forecasts. …”
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Validating Climate Smart Agriculture and One Health Technologies for Improved Climate Resilience and Productivity Throught Piloting por Yeboah, Stephen, Adomako, Joseph, Wadie, Blankson Amoabeng, Frimpong-Annin, Kofi, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Martey, Francisca, Clottey, Victor, Damba, Osman Tahidu, Haleegoah, Joyce, Badu-Brempong, Mavis, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Obeng, Faustina, Nii-Koi, Gordon, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain, Agboton, Cyriaque, Tamo, Manuele

“…Twenty-one field days were organized to introduce beneficiaries and other stakeholders in the project intervention communities to the various technologies the project demonstrated (i.e climate-smart seeds, One health innovations, and good agronomic practices). A total of One thousand one hundred and thirteen (1113) people were reached out to and directly participated in the field days. …”
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Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Forsa graduation program por Gilligan, Daniel O., Kurdi, Sikandra, Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul, Yassa, Basma

“…The newly designed Forsa program is based on the graduation approach, but with innovations drawing from theories of behavioral economics as well as creating a network of active youth volunteers for economic empowerment to reduce costs compared to the standard BRAC-inspired model. …”
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Equality and Empowerment by Gender and Intersecting Social Differentiation in Agri-food Systems: Setting the Stage por Lecoutere, Els, Kosec, Katrina, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Elias, M., Bryan, Elizabeth, Puskur, R.

“…They are: a. fostering an enabling environment for equality and empowerment in agri-food systems b. making complementary agricultural resources, technologies, and services more gender responsive c. measuring women’s empowerment in agriculture: innovations and evidence d. beyond crops: toward gender equality in forestry, fisheries, aquaculture and livestock development e. addressing gender inequalities and strengthening women’s agency for climate-resilient and sustainable food systems f. closing gender gaps in productivity to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment…”
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Status and opportunities for improvement in greenhouse gas emission inventories for the cattle production in Latin America and the Caribbean region: A perspective por Ruden, Alejandro, Torres, Felipe, Berndt, Alexandre, Gómez, Carlos, Salazar, Francisco, Casallas, Ivon, Montenegro, Johnny, Ku-Vera, Juan Carlos, Manrique, María Lourdes, García Ascolani, Mariana, Alfaro, Marta, Cornejo, Paulo, Oyhantçabal, Walter, Misselbrook, Tom H., Arango, Jacobo

“…However, improving the GHG inventories of LAC countries, specifically for cattle emissions, is feasible in the medium term, as long as multilateral actions are considered, coherently linked under a comparable and verifiable methodology and including a commitment by countries to invest public funds in relevant research and innovations.…”
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Profitability analysis of a silvo-pastoral system in Colombia: Economic and environmental benefits por Sandoval, Danny, Florez, Fernando, Enciso, Karen, Sotelo, Mauricio E., Burkart, Stefan

“…Consequently, technological innovations within this sector must be focused on achieving sustainable production in both economic and environmental terms. …”
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Productive efficiency of beef cattle production in Botswana: a latent class stochastic meta-frontier analysis por Bahta, Sirak, Temoso, Omphile, Ng'ombe, John N., Rich, Karl M., Baker, Derek, Kaitibie, Simeon, Malope, Patrick

“…This paper contributes to the existing literature by presenting an innovative approach to modeling productive efficiency in beef cattle production. …”
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Shinier cows, more and better milk, income increase: First results of co-designing silage technology with a women farmer group in Tunisia por Rudiger, Udo

“…The agroecology Initiative in Tunisia has co-design technical innovations with farmers within an Agroecological Living Landscape (ALL). …”
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Farmer Field School Approach as a Driver to the Uptake of Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies por Mandaza, McLarence, Magagula, Futhi, Mitti, Joyce

“…Upscaling these CSA practices at the farmer level goes beyond adaptation and mitigation to climate change effects and demands innovative extension approaches to drive the adoption of these practices.…”
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Climate change, transformative adaptation options, multiscale polycentric governance, and rural welfare in Oum Er-Rbia River Basin, Morocco: an empirical evaluation with policy imp... por Saleth, R. M., Ait El Mekki, A., Amarasinghe, Upali A., Amarnath, Giriraj, Brouziyne, Youssef

“…Consistent with this objective, this study has made an attempt to develop and empirically apply an innovative methodology that builds on the earlier analytical and empirical woks of Saleth, et al., (2007), Saleth and Dinar (2009), and Saleth, Dinar, and Frisbee (2011). …”
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Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries por Davis, Kristin E., Babu, Suresh Chandra, Ragasa, Catherine

“…Extension and advisory services play an important role in such transformation and can assist farmers with advice and information, brokering and facilitating innovations and relationships, and dealing with risks and disasters. …”
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Tanzania agricultural policy profile por Rweyemamu, M. R., Mruma, T., Nkanyani, S.

“…Future efforts are anticipated to emphasise the need for sustainable practices, technological innovations, and inclusive policies to address challenges and promote long-term growth. …”
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Accelerating the end of hunger and malnutrition: A global event: Synopsis por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…They explored opportunities for scaling up successful actions and innovations that can disrupt business-as-usual to build momentum and accelerate progress. …”
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Impacts of a digital credit-insurance bundle for landless farmers: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial in Odisha, India por Kramer, Berber, Pattnaik, Subhransu, Ward, Patrick S., Xu, Yingchen

“…We implemented a randomized evaluation of the impacts of KhetScore, an innovative credit scoring methodology that uses digital technologies and in particular remote sensing to unlock credit and insurance for smallholders including landless farmers in Odisha, a state in eastern India. …”
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Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children por Miller, Laurie C., Neupane, Sumanta, Sparling, Thalia M., Shrestha, Merina, Joshi, Neena, Lohani, Mahendra, Thorne-Lyman, Andrew

“…Understanding the relationship of depression to child outcomes—and the role of other potentially compensatory household factors—could help address some of the earliest, modifiable influences in a child's life and contribute to innovative approaches to improve child well-being.…”
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Revising public agricultural support to mitigate climate change por Searchinger, Timothy D., Malins, Chris, Dumas, Patrice, Baldock, David, Glauber, Joseph W., Jayne, Thomas S., Huang, Jikun, Marenya, Paswell

“…Governments should also prioritize coordinated projects across multiple producers to explore critically needed innovations in farm management, and should support those projects with research and technical assistance.…”
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Returns to public agricultural and rural investments in China por Fan, Shenggen, Cho, Emily EunYoung, Rue, Christopher

“…In addressing these emerging challenges, continued support for agricultural R&D and innovations can play a key role.The paper highlights research findings on key investment areas that will be increasingly important for China’s agri-food system, and provides guidance in the context of emerging trends impacting food security and nutrition.…”
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Measuring women’s disempowerment in agriculture in Pakistan por Ahmad, Nuzhat, Khan, Huma

“…Data used for the study werecollected in three rounds of the Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey from 2012–2014 by International Food Policy Research Institute/ Innovative Development Strategies for its Pakistan Strategy Support Program. …”
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Circular bioeconomy practices and their associations with household food security in four RUNRES African city regions por Sekabira, H., Feleke, S., Manyong, V., Spath, L., Krutli, P., Simbeko, G., Vanlauwe, B., Six, J.

“…Associations regarding using organic waste as compost are generally positive but insignificant, while those with sorting waste are significantly and consistently negative. Thus, CBE innovations aiming to enhance household food security could prioritize organic waste valorization into livestock feed consider socio economic aspects such as access to land, access to market, education level, using mobile phone, income and city regions where interventions took place. …”
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