Resultados de búsqueda - "learning"

The Russia-Ukraine conflict and global food security por Glauber, Joseph W., Laborde Debucquet, David

“…Together, they provide an overview of how the crisis has progressed, how the international community and individual countries responded with efforts to ensure food security, and what we are learning about the best ways to ensure food security in the aftermath of a major shock to global food systems.…”
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Gender considerations in innovation platforms in the livestock sector in Mali por Gning, S.B., Dione, Michel M., Sene, M.T.D., Sow, Ahmadou, Fall, Abdou

“…Innovation platforms (IPs) are spaces for coordination, mutual learning, and consultation among different actors in a value chain to diagnose and solve common problems. …”
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The role of health in education and human capital: Why an integrated approach to school health could make a difference in the futures of schoolchildren in low-income countries por Cohee, Lauren M., Halliday, Katherine E., Gelli, Aulo, Mwenyango, Irene, Lavadenz, Fernando

“…Healthy students learn better, yet most current investments in schoolchildren focus on education and learning while largely neglecting the health of the learner. …”
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Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Extensive research has shown that coordination among resource users is necessary to distribute rights and responsibilities for both appropriation and provision of common pool resources, such as for water withdrawals and maintenance of irrigation systems (Anderies and Janssen 2013). And we are learning about the mechanisms through which women’s groups contribute to empowerment, whether through collective enterprises (such as through self-help groups in India), access to finance, acquiring social services, or improving women’s bargaining power in their households (Brody et al. 2017). …”
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Ceres2030: Sustainable solutions to end hunger summary report por Laborde Debucquet, David, Murphy, Sophia, Parent, Marie, Porciello, Jaron, Smaller, Carin

“…The project team, employing a complex and rigorous economic model and cutting-edge machine-learning tools, made a partnership with Nature Research that focused on answers to two linked questions: First, what does the published evidence tell us about agricultural interventions that work, in particular to double the incomes of small-scale producers and to improve environmental outcomes for agriculture? …”
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Breaking down silos: On post-harvest loss interventions in Tanzania por Vandercasteelen, Joachim, Christiaensen, Luc

“…The research explores potential explanations and provides some policy recommendations for future learning and decision-making on how to address PHL issues in developing countries.…”
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Formulation and implementation of climate‑smart agriculture projects integrated, participatory, and village‑based approaches: Training manual and orientation guide por Akponikpè, Pierre B.I., Kpadonou, G. Esaïe, Zakari, Sissou, Adjogboto, André, Orou Barre Fousseni, Imorou, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…As part of the series of capacity building of stakeholders at national and local levels on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in five West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, and Togo), field visits were organized to illustrate classroom theoretical learning with practical examples on the ground in each country. …”
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Capacities strengthening on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): Good practices and illustrative examples during field visits in Ghana por Akponikpè, Pierre B.I., Zakari, Sissou, Gibrilla, Ahmed, Kpadonou, G. Esaïe, Adjogboto, André, Orou Barre Fousseni, Imorou, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…As part of the series of capacity building of stakeholders at national and local levels on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in five West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, and Togo), field visits were organized to illustrate classroom theoretical learning with practical examples on the ground in each country. …”
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Navigating ICTs for extension and advisory services por Saravanan, Raj, Sulaiman, V. Rasheed, Davis, Kristin E., Suchiradipta, Bhattacharjee

“…Some of these applications, such as tele-centres, web-portals, call centres, mobile apps, community radio, digital videos, audio and video conferencing, and e-learning platforms, have the potential to provide a wide range of services (information, awareness, promotional, advisory, knowledge, technology transfer, training, education, and much more) to farmers and other agricultural innovation system (AIS) actors in a timely, comprehensive, cost-effective, and interactive manner. …”
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How does credit affect yields? Lessons from potato and rice farmers in Uganda por Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…We argue that this fungibility is not necessarily problematic, as we find important indirect effects, where credit affects yields through improved agricultural knowledge transfer, market access, and social network learning effects. Our findings call for a more comprehensive approach to credit provision and a longer run perspective.…”
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Strategies for restructuring the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria: Process, opportunities, and lessons por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Oyedipe, E. O., Ajakaiye, Olusanya, Ajoni, K.

“…Based on a two-year consultative and interactive process of internal discussion, external learning, and analysis of various restructuring options, this paper proposes specific interventions for promoting results-based approaches to priority setting, resource mobilization and allocation, effective implementation of research programs, enhanced and timely delivery of results, mon-itoring and evaluation, impact assessment, and improved networking among domestic and international partners. …”
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The way forward por Bouis, Howarth E., Saltzman, Amy, Low, J. W., Ball, Anna-Marie, Covic, Namukolo

“…While there remains more to be learned, the biofortification intervention should now be scaled up. …”
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Unraveling the role of innovation platforms in supporting coevolution of innovation: Contributions and tensions in a smallholder dairy-development program por Kilelu, Catherine W., Klerkx, Laurens, Leeuwis, Cees

“…Innovation platforms require adaptive management that is supported by monitoring for continuous learning.…”
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Relative preferences for soil conservation incentives among smallholder farmers: Evidence from Malawi por Marenya, Paswel, Smith, Vincent H., Nkonya, Ephraim M.

“…Prior to implementing the choice experiments, the farmers participated in a workshop utilizing small group‐based dynamic learning games that demonstrated how index‐based crop insurance contracts function. …”
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Scaling up impact on nutrition: What will it take? por Gillespie, Stuart, Menon, Purnima, Kennedy, Andrew

“…Nine elements emerged as central: 1) having a clear vision or goal for impact; 2) intervention characteristics; 3) an enabling organizational context for scaling up; 4) establishing drivers such as catalysts, champions, systemwide ownership, and incentives; 5) choosing contextually relevant strategies and pathways for scaling up, 6) building operational and strategic capacities; 7) ensuring adequacy, stability, and flexibility of financing; 8) ensuring adequate governance structures and systems; and 9) embedding mechanisms for monitoring, learning, and accountability. Translating current political commitment to large-scale impact on nutrition will require robust attention to these elements.…”
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Blue and green virtual water flows por Siebert, Stefan, Döll, Petra

“…Drawing on interviews with local environmental managers and survey data from rainwater harvesters and greywater users, this paper analyses the social and technical learning generated during the implementation of the regulations and the main impediments and barriers that need to be overcome to control health risks and promote social acceptance of these alternative water sources.…”
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Fish-based products in diverse aquatic systems: Innovating with product development to tackle malnutrition and improve livelihoods por Bonis-Profumo, Gianna, Hunnam, Kimberly, Wate, Jillian Tutuo, Batalofo, Margaret, Duarte, Agustinha, Ou, Phichong, Rizaldo, Quennie, Khan, A K M Firoz, Ratha, Baishnaba, Shenoy, Neetha, Mudege, Netsayi, Gichohi, Wanjiku, Eriksson, Hampus

“…It is based on an e-learning event that brought country teams together to document approaches, lessons and research priorities. …”
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The development of maize seed markets in Sub-Saharan Africa por Rusike, Joseph

“…The study provides evidence that seed industry development is an evolutionary learning-by-doing process of fitting together a set of interactive and mutually supporting institutions in a path dependent way that hold down transaction and production costs and infuse trading confidence in seed transactions. …”
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Narratives of Chinese economic reforms: How does China cross the river? por Zhang, Xiaobo, Fan, Shenggen, de Haan, Arjan

“…To fill in the knowledge gap, and to inform a process of learning from China's development successes, this book features a series of case studies on the policy process of different initiatives, including rural industrialization, dual-track price reform, migration policy, village elections and fiscal reform. …”
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Millions Fed: Proven successes in agricultural development por Spielman, David J., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever. …”
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