Resultados de búsqueda - "learning"

Agricultural extension and advisory services in Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Kenya por Agwu, Ekwe Agwu, Suvedi, Murari, Chanza, Charity, Davis, Kristin E., Oywaya-Nkurumwa, Anges, Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo

“…Their primary functions have been to facilitate learning and extend new knowledge and technologies in non-formal educational settings to improve agricultural productivity and increase farmers’ incomes. …”
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Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey por Leight, Jessica, Hirvonen, Kalle, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Rakshit, Deboleena

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How much are multisectoral programs worth? A new method with an application to school meals por Alderman, Harold, Aurino, Elisabetta, Baffour, Priscilla Twumasi, Gelli, Aulo, Turkson, Festus, Wong, Brad

“…We address this question utilizing a new methodology that quantifies productivity gains from learning as well as an approach for assessing social protection benefits. …”
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Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries por Hidrobo, Melissa, Kumar, Neha, Palermo, Tia, Peterman, Amber, Roy, Shalini

“…Yet, past research and learning indicates that small adaptations to make program design and implementation more gender-sensitive may result in overall and equality-related gains. …”
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Malawi: Pigeonpea Above and Below Ground Biomass Inputs por Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Agriculture Extension Services, Michigan State University

“…Project abstract: The Malawi project has local theme 'Agro-ecological intensification in Malawi through action research with smallholder farmers' with a lot of emphasis on co-learning with farmers and other stakeholders.The purpose of the Africa RISING Malawi component is to enhance farmer knowledge and support sustainable intensification (SI) pathways for productivity gains in maize-legume diversified systems, that also integrates livestock-related enterprises such as improved fodder for intensified dairy production. …”
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Malawi-International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT): Integration of Beans por Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Agriculture Extension Services, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…Project abstract: The Malawi project has local theme 'Agro-ecological intensification in Malawi through action research with smallholder farmers' with a lot of emphasis on co-learning with farmers and other stakeholders.The purpose of the Africa RISING Malawi component is to enhance farmer knowledge and support sustainable intensification (SI) pathways for productivity gains in maize-legume diversified systems, that also integrates livestock-related enterprises such as improved fodder for intensified dairy production. …”
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Malawi: Increase Dairy Production Through Improved Fodder por World Agroforestry Centre, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources

“…Project abstract: The Malawi project has local theme 'Agro-ecological intensification in Malawi through action research with smallholder farmers' with a lot of emphasis on co-learning with farmers and other stakeholders.The purpose of the Africa RISING Malawi component is to enhance farmer knowledge and support sustainable intensification (SI) pathways for productivity gains in maize-legume diversified systems, that also integrates livestock-related enterprises such as improved fodder for intensified dairy production. …”
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Malawi: Grain Legumes Productivity in Different Crop Arrangments por Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Agriculture Extension Services, Michigan State University

“…Project title: Malawi: Grain Legumes Productivity in Different Crop Arrangements Project abstract: The Malawi project has local theme 'Agro-ecological intensification in Malawi through action research with smallholder farmers' with a lot of emphasis on co-learning with farmers and other stakeholders.The purpose of the Africa RISING Malawi component is to enhance farmer knowledge and support sustainable intensification (SI) pathways for productivity gains in maize-legume diversified systems, that also integrates livestock-related enterprises such as improved fodder for intensified dairy production. …”
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Malawi: Yield Cuts Survey por Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Agriculture Extension Services, Michigan State University

“…Project abstract: The Malawi project has local theme 'Agro-ecological intensification in Malawi through action research with smallholder farmers' with a lot of emphasis on co-learning with farmers and other stakeholders.The purpose of the Africa RISING Malawi component is to enhance farmer knowledge and support sustainable intensification (SI) pathways for productivity gains in maize-legume diversified systems, that also integrates livestock-related enterprises such as improved fodder for intensified dairy production. …”
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Africa RISING - Malawi Productivity of Maize after Legumes por Michigan State University

“…Project title: Africa RISING - Malawi Productivity of Maize after Legumes Project abstract: The Malawi project has local theme 'Agro-ecological intensification in Malawi through action research with smallholder farmers' with a lot of emphasis on co-learning with farmers and other stakeholders.The purpose of the Africa RISING Malawi component is to enhance farmer knowledge and support sustainable intensification (SI) pathways for productivity gains in maize-legume diversified systems, that also integrates livestock-related enterprises such as improved fodder for intensified dairy production. …”
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The impact of a farmer business school program on incomes of smallholder farmers: Insights from central Malawi por Chilemba, Joanna, Ragasa, Catherine

“…The FBS approach, which has been implemented nationally by the Government of Malawi since 2011, consists of one year of group training and learning sessions for smallholder farmers focusing on improving market access and establishing profitable agribusiness ventures. …”
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A technical review of modern cassava technology adoption in Nigeria (1985-2013): Trends, challenges, and opportunities por Oparinde, Adewale, Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Manyong, Victor M., Birol, Ekin, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Kulakow, Peter, Ilona, Paul

“…Also, the use of only descriptive statistics and dichotomous choice models is most common while issues of sequencing, simultaneity, endogenity, and social learning effects in adoption decisions are under-evaluated. …”
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Cluster-based aquaculture growth por Zhang, Xiaobo, Chen, Qingqing, Fang, Peixun

“…Better access to market, easy learning from others, and labor pooling are the three most noted features of positive externalities in clusters (Marshall 1920). …”
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Development of balanced nutrient management innovations in South Asia: Lessons from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka por Kishore, Avinash, Alvi, Muzna, Krupnik, Timothy J., International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, International Rice Research Institute

“…This policy brief summarizes seven key lessons learned from the discussions in the workshop.…”
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Demand for a simple weather insurance product in India: Theory and evidence por Hill, Ruth Vargas, Robles, Miguel, Ceballos, Francisco

“…The evidence suggests that increased incentives to learn or learning by using are more effective at increasing both understanding and demand. …”
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Too fast or too slow: The speed and persistence of adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa por Ngoma, Hambulo, Marenya, Paswel P., Tufa, Adane H., Alene, Arega D., Md Abdul Matin, Thierfelder, Christian, Chikoye, David

“…The findings point to the need for implementing multi-year CA promotional programs with medium-term time horizons that should prioritize enhanced training through community-embedded demonstrations and learning sites, and digital extension for extended reach.…”
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Rice-fish coculture: Enhancing resource management and food security por Samaddar, Ayan, Kacha, Dani, Kaviraj, Anilava, Freed, Sarah Johanna, Panemangalore, Arun Padiyar, Saha, Subrata

“…Then, we analyzed the data by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to identify the stresses and recommend guidelines to improve farmers' management and decision-making for sustainable rice-fish coculture. …”
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Data augmentation enhances plant-genomic-enabled predictions por Montesinos-Lopez, Osval A., Solis-Camacho, Mario Alberto, Crespo Herrera, Leonardo A., Saint Pierre, Carolina, Huerta Prado, Gloria Isabel, Ramos-Pulido, Sofia, Al-Nowibet, Khalid, Fritsche-Neto, Roberto, Gerard, Guillermo S., Montesinos-Lopez, Abelardo, Crossa, José

“…Deep neural networks with data augmentation (DA) generate synthetic data from the original training set to increase the training set and to improve the prediction performance of any statistical or machine learning algorithm. There is much empirical evidence of their success in many computer vision applications. …”
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Reflections on scaling impact: roadmap and insight on boosting Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles across Kenya por Nyamolo, Victor, Lutomia, Cosmas, Buono, Nicoletta, Ketema, Dessalegn, Gartaula, Hom, Waswa, Boaz S., Puskur, Ranjitha, Nchanji, Eileen

“…STIBs are operationalized through physical and virtual learning labs through multistakeholder engagement. …”
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Making market information services work better for the poor in Uganda por Ferris, Shaun, Engoru, Patrick, Kaganzi, Elly

“…This is considered an important point of analysis as virtually all extension plans in Uganda currently use farmer groups as key element of their learning and intervention strategies. Survey results found that all farmers interviewed were able to access market information through radio and mobile phones. …”
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