Resultados de búsqueda - "learning"

Impact assessment of input and output market development interventions of the IPMS Project: The case of Alaba and Dale Woredas, SNNPR, Ethiopia por Getachew, Y.

“…Of these projects, Improving Productivity and Market Success of Ethiopian farmers’ is the one being implement by ILRI at 10 pilot learning Woredas in the country. Though it is implemented for about five years its impact has not been evaluated so far. …”
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EcoHealth manual por Unahalekhaka, A., Pichpol, D., Meeyam, T., Chotinun, S., Robert, G.L., Robert, C.S.

“…The EcoHealth approach involves interdisciplinary efforts: experts from various academic fields working as a team, learning to speak each other’s language, with the strengths of each discipline actively supporting each other. …”
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Reflection on innovation processes in a smallholder goat development project in Mozambique por Boogaard, Birgit K., Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Hendrickx, Saskia C.J., Cosijn, M.

“…Hence, innovation processes require flexible management and should allow for joint experimentation and learning among project partners, stakeholders and decision makers; it also requires flexibility in project design and donor funding so that not only ‘obvious’ interventions are catered for, but also unforeseen developments.…”
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Ecosystem approaches to the better management of brucellosis and toxoplasmosis in Yunnan Province, China por Wengui Li, Unger, Fred, Xiangdong Yang, Shibiao Yang, Gilbert, Jeffrey, Jing Fang, Guorong Yang

“…Awareness and zoonoses knowledge of potential risk groups was in general low. The use of a “learning by doing” EcoHealth approach in this study has improved team members capacity on Ecohealth and its practical realization in a field study. …”
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Improving water and land productivity of marginal farms in Central Asia: lessons from the "bright spots". por Abdullaev, Iskandar, Noble, A.D., Ul-Hassan, Mehmood, Platonov, Alexander

“…This may take the form of creating linkages between farmers, researchers and markets through the formation of learning alliances. In addition, the development of enabling policies that address issues related to inequitable access to land and resources that would enable farmers to invest in rehabilitation is required. …”
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Exploring relationships between conservation and poverty reduction in wetland ecosystems: lessons from 10 integrated wetland conservation and poverty reduction initiatives por Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali, de Silva, Sanjiv, Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie

“…The results from our studies suggest an ongoing evolution of such integrated interventions, which also implies cycles of learning from past mistakes. Overall, our results highlight the significant variation between wetlands in types and quantities of services they provide and emphasize the need to view many ecological issues as social challenges for equitable solutions to both wetlands and people. …”
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Scenario planning for community development in Vietnam: a new tool for integrated health approaches? por Nguyen, V., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Phuc Pham Duc, Weise, M.

“…This involved choosing boundary partners, negotiating priorities, drawing out participant learning through self-assessment of our process (a prerequisite for changing mental models and thus achieving outcomes), and understanding how conveyed messages may reinforce the status quo. …”
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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 policy action research was built around five components: facilitating community visioning and planning; participatory policy analysis; linking bottom-up processes to higher level policy processes through policy dialogue and policy learning events, and supporting policy action at different levels. …”
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Biofortification of durum wheat with zinc and iron por Cakmak, Ismail, Pfeiffer, Wolfgang H., McClafferty, Bonnie F.

“…Iron (Fe) deficiency alone affects >47% of all preschool aged children globally, often leading to impaired physical growth, mental development, and learning capacity. Zinc (Zn) deficiency, like iron, is thought to affect billions of people, hampering growth and development, and destroying immune systems. …”
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On farm testing of integrated nutrient management strategies in Eastern Uganda por Esilaba, Anthony O., Byalebeka, J.B., Delve, Robert J., Okalebo, JR, Ssenyange, D, Mbalule, M, Ssali, H.

“…This paper reports on a Participatory Learning and Action Research (PLAR) process that was initiated in three villages in eastern Uganda in September 1999 to enable small-scale farmers to reverse nutrient depletion of their soils profitably by increasing their capacity to develop, adapt and use integrated natural resource management strategies. …”
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The SmartAg Partner: July-September 2014 por Atakos, Vivian, Radeny, Maren A.O., Mungai, C, Kinyangi, James

“…Find out what options are available for the private sector. Learning events create opportunities to share knowledge and experiences, in the final section of the newsletter read more about how CCAFS is working with ILRI and other partners to improve food security of local communities through improved livestock. …”
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Animal genetics training resources: Capacity building for sustainable use of animal genetic resources in developing countries por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The purpose of module five is to highlight the roles and objectives of higher education, and to discuss aspects of teaching and learning. It provides examples of teaching and examination methods, as well as discussions on research supervision, science communication, evaluation of courses and curricula, and how to promote educational Development. …”
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Using a role-playing game to inform the development of land-use models for the study of a complex socio-ecological system por Washington-Ottombre, C., Pijanowski, B.C., Campbell, D.J., Olson, J., Maitima, J., Musili, A., Kibaki, T., Kaburu, H., Hayombe, P., Owango, E., Irigia, B., Gichere, S., Mwangi, A.

“…We show how geographic information systems (GIS), qualitative decision-matrix analyses, a simple rule-based model using multi-criteria evaluations (MCE), and a machine learning-based land-transformation model (LTM) can be used harmoniously to study complex socio-ecological systems. …”
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Who is publishing on what subject in Ethiopian Society of Animal Production? Trends in the direction of research on animal production in Ethiopia por Tegegne, Azage

“…Scientists from Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR), Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), higher learning institutions (HLIs) and International Livestock Centre for Africa/International Livestock Research Institute (ILCA/ILRI) were major contributors with 277 papers. …”
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Agricultural research for nutrition outcomes – rethinking the agenda por McDermott, John J., Johnson, Nancy L., Kadiyala, S., Kennedy, G., Wyatt, Amanda

“…Current efforts to improve nutrition outcomes at scale are severely hampered by data and evidence gaps that prevent better decisions and faster learning.…”
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Toward a more resilient agriculture por Bennett, B., Carpenter, Stephen R., Gordon LJ, Ramankutty N, Balvanera, Patricia, Campbell, Bruce M., Cramer, W., Foley, Jon, Folke, C., Karlberg, L., Liu J, Lotze-Campen, Hermann, Mueller ND, Peterson GD, Polasky S, Rockström, Johan, Scholes, Robert J., Spierenburg, M.

“…Finding such approaches will require that we encourage experimentation, innovation, and learning, even if they sometimes reduce short-term production efficiency in some parts of the world.…”
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Application of scaling frameworks to grazing exclosures in Ethiopia por Sircely, Jason A.

“…The past, current, and potential roles of the state (district, regional, and federal government), civil society (local and international organisations), and farming communities are analysed to explore the contributions of various stakeholders to effective scaling. Knowledge gaps and learning opportunities in exclosure management and policy solutions are identified to draw attention to possible ‘blind-spots' and ‘win-win' solutions that may affect the widespread success of exclosures in Ethiopia and elsewhere. …”
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April – June 2016 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…From the Lushoto CSVs in Tanzania, CCAFS Working Paper 173 compiles lessons from the Farms of the Future approach on enhancing farmers adaptive capacity through learning journeys.…”
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Which options fit best? Operationalizing the socio-ecological niche concept por Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Ronner, E., Ollenburger, M.H., Franke, A.C., Klapwijk, C.J., Falconnier, Gatien N., Wichern, Jannike

“…In this paper, we illustrate how farming systems analysis, following the DEED cycle of Describe, Explain, Explore and Design, and embedding co-learning amongst researchers, farmers and other stakeholders, helps to operationalize the socio-ecological niche concept. …”
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Measuring Progress Towards the WBCSD Statement of Ambition on Climate-Smart Agriculture: Improving Businesses’ Ability to Trace, Measure and Monitor CSA por Vermeulen, Sonja J., Frid-Nielsen, Snorre

“…This early snapshot of progress can hopefully stimulate shared learning and renewed investment, ahead of future collective reporting by WBCSD.…”
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