Resultados de búsqueda - "learning"

School meals are evolving: Has the evidence kept up? por Alderman, Harold, Bundy, Donald, Gelli, Aulo

“…But in each domain, program objectives have evolved: schooling is recognized to be more about learning than grades obtained; nutrition goals include healthy diets that reduce risks of non-communicable diseases and are more environmentally responsible; social protection programs aim to respond to acute crises and address chronic poverty. …”
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Mapping global cropping system: Challenges, opportunities and future perspectives por You, Liangzhi, Sun, Zhanli

“…Collective mechanisms and efforts with the support of open-access data hosting platforms, standard protocols, and consistent financial support are necessary to produce high-quality datasets for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. Moreover, machine learning and data fusion approaches can also be further explored in future mapping exercises.…”
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COVID-19-induced disruptions of school feeding services exacerbate food insecurity in Nigeria por Abay, Kibrom A., Amare, Mulubrhan, Tiberti, Luca, Andam, Kwaw S., Wang, Michael

“…In addition to the direct effects on learning, these closures affect household food security by interrupting school feeding services.…”
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Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa, Somalia: Qualitative evidence around resilience in the context of flood shocks por Magan, Mohamed, Hassan, Hashi, Leight, Jessica, Hirvonen, Kalle, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Rakshit, Deboleena

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Traditional and indigenous fruits and vegetables for food system transformation por Kennedy, Gina, Kanter, Rebecca, Chotiboriboon, Sinee, Covic, Namukolo, Delormier, Treena, Longvah, Thingnganing, Maundu, Patrick, Omidvar, Nasrin, Vish, Prakash, Kuhnlein, Harriet

“…Known and preserved by indigenous communities, these hidden food treasures can foster collaborative research and learning. This perspective from the Task Force on Traditional and Indigenous Food Systems and Nutrition of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) highlights 5 key actions that can be taken by individuals, communities, and nations to reshape dialogue about traditional and indigenous fruits and vegetables to benefit people and planetary ecosystems.…”
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Measuring coffee yields: A comparison of one-time harvest and allometric methods por Hoffmann, Vivian, Kagezi, Godfrey, Rwakazooba, Ezra, Zane, Giulia

“…Further, farmers participating in training programs may put more effort into measuring their yield because they are interested in learning whether the new practices are effective, which could systematically bias their self-reports, compared to those of farmer not offered training. …”
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Strengthening Capacities for Evidence-based Policy Planning and Implementation in Africa: IFPRI’s Support to CAADP in 2017–2018 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…As part of IFPRI’s support to CAADP, the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) was established in 2006 to provide policy-relevant analysis, data, and tools necessary to support the formulation and implementation of evidence-based agricultural-sector policies and strategies, as well as to facilitate CAADP policy dialogue, peer review, benchmarking, and mutual learning processes. ReSAKSS is facilitated by IFPRI in partnership with Africa-based CGIAR centers, the African Union Commission (AUC), the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), and leading regional economic communities (RECs)…”
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Socio-economic assessment and genetically engineered crops in Africa: Building knowledge for development? por Dowd-Uribe, Brian, Blundo-Canto, Genowefa, Glover, Dominic, Louafi, Sélim, Shilomboleni, Helena, Rock, Joeva Sean, Kikulwe, Enoch, Fischer, Klara, Joly, Pierre-Benoît

“…We find that the evaluation sciences literature offers alternative assessment approaches that can enable evaluators to better assess impacts, and inform learning and decision-making. We recommend the use of methods that enable evaluations to look beyond the agronomic and productive effects of individual traits to understand wider socio-economic effects.…”
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Impact assessment: IFPRI 2020 conference on building resilience on food and nutrition security por Paarlberg, Robert L.

“…Most of these impacts took the form of accelerated learning and increased coordination across organizations, for project development and program advancement. …”
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Information networks among women and men and the demand for an agricultural technology in India por Magnan, Nicholas, Spielman, David J., Gulati, Kajal, Lybbert, Travis J.

“…Although there is ample evidence of differences in how and where men and women acquire information, most research on learning and household decisionmaking only considers access to information for a single, typically male, household head. …”
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Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application por Yu, Bingxin, Guo, Zhe

“…The classification is useful in identifying commonalities beyond a country’s borders and hence encourages cross learning and joint efforts in scaling up policies.…”
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The political economy of food price policy in Senegal por Resnick, Danielle

“…Senegal remains vulnerable to future food price crises, learning from these policy mistakes should be a key priority for government.…”
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Workshop on best practice methods for assessing the impact of policy-oriented research: Summary and recommendations for the CGIAR por Place, Frank, Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…Methods and practice for the impact evaluation of policy-oriented research (POR) lag behind many other research sectors, such as agricultural technology research, making it difficult to prioritize investments in POR and retarding institutional learning about how to make POR more effective. To address these issues within the context of the CGIAR, a workshop on “Best Practice Methods for Assessing the Impact of Policy-Oriented Research” was cosponsored by the International Food Policy Research Institute, the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), and the Standing Panel for Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR’s Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC), and held at IFPRI headquarters in Washington, DC, November 11–12, 2014. …”
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Building capacities for evidence and outcome-based food policy planning and implementation: The example of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme por Badiane, Ousmane, Odjo, Sunday P., Ulimwengu, John M.

“…Finally, the paper discusses CAADP's review and dialogue mechanisms and knowledge support systems that have been put in place to facilitate benchmarking, mutual learning, and capacity strengthening that will improve agricultural policy, program design, and implementation.…”
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Bioeconomy pathways: Experience from Africa, Asia, and Latin America por Glatzel, Katrin, Virchow, Detlef, Nakitto, Aisha Musaazi S., Niyonsenga, Seraphin, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Srivastava, Nandita, Kashandula, Progress, Ecuru, Julius, Osano, Philip

“…In addition, this chapter shows how Brazil and Thailand have embraced a bioeconomy transition to support learning not just across borders, but across regions.…”
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The life cycle of malnutrition: IFPRI 1999-2000 Annual Report Essay por Gillespie, Stuart, Flores, Rafael

“…Data on the nutritional status of school-age children are increasingly being collected, as evidence mounts linking malnutrition or hunger with poor school attendance, performance, and learning. The economic livelihood of populations depends on the health and nutritional well-being of adults. …”
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Methods of consensus building for community based fisheries management in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta por Sultana, Parvin, Thompson, Paul

“…The method recognizes diversity in livelihoods and works through a structured learning and planning process that focuses on common interests. …”
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Making social protection gender-transformative to reduce normative constraints por Hidrobo, Melissa, Alderman, Harold, Gilligan, Daniel O., Leight, Jessica, Tambet, Heleene, Mulford, Michael, Cole, Steven, Adeyeye, Olajumoke

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Artificial intelligence research: A review on dominant themes, methods, frameworks and future research directions por Ofosu-ampong, Kingsley

“…Furthermore, the review found that contemporary AI, which continually drives the boundaries of computational capabilities to tackle increasingly intricate decision-making challenges, distinguishes itself from earlier iterations in two primary aspects that significantly affect organisational learning in dealing with AI's potential: autonomy and learnability. …”
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Establishment of Community Living Lab for scaling of MFS innovations por Haque, Abdul, Miajy, Abdullah, Debnath, Manik, Ahmed, Sharif, Bhandari, Humnath

“…Objectives of the Learning Center: -To make available the agricultural information about field crops, vegetables, and livestock (cattle, goat, poultry & duck, etc.) in the MFS villages. …”
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