Resultados de búsqueda - "learning"

Exploring gendered perspectives of pastoralist communities on zoonotic risks through community conversations on human-animal interaction in cross-border areas of Ethiopia and Kenya por Lemma, Mamusha, Mumin, Farah I., Assefa, A., Fascendini, M., Mor, Siobhan M.

“…Conclusions: CCs have shown potential to effectively foster meaningful engagement among pastoralist communities, enabling collaborative analysis, shared learning, and coordinated action between communities and service providers. …”
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The state of agricultural extension services in Sri Lanka, 2024-2025 por van Asselt, Joanna, Weerasinghe, Krishani, Hemachandra, Delini, Jayaweera, Anuradha, Munasinghe, Dilusha, Headey, Derek D.

“…. • Dedicated actions are needed to expand extension services across a wider range of crops—particularly beyond rice and the traditional plantation sector—as well as across sub-sectors • Given the high trust and engagement within farmer associations, these organizations should be leveraged as key partners for training delivery, group learning, and scaling up new practices. • More research is needed on the effectiveness of different extension modalities, including digital…”
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Agronomic levers to increase maize and soybean productivity across the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa por Chiduwa, Mazvita, Nyagumbo, Isaiah, Omondi, John Okoth, Mkuhlani, Siyabusa, Masikati, Patricia, Malunga, Innocent, Mwila, Mulundu, Simwaka, Pacsu, Mapaure, Mateus, Banda, Andson, Hougni, Deo-Gratias Judrita Mawugnon, Ndour, Adama, Fantaye, Kindie Tesfaye, Snapp, Sieglinde, Silva, João Vasco

“…A total of 485 maize and 509 soybean field observations were analyzed, supplemented with secondary climate and soil data, and water-limited yields simulated with the DSSAT crop model. A machine learning approach combining random forest and Shapley values was used to explain yield variability and identify yield constraints. …”
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An AI-driven River Salinity Forecast and Advisory System for Climate Resilient Agriculture in Coastal Bangladesh por Matheswaran, Karthikeyan, Behera, Abhijit, Sena, Dipaka Ranjan, Jampani, Mahesh, Hasib, Md Raqubul, Mondal, Manoranjan K.

“…The approach offers a scalable model for integrating machine learning into water resource management in other data-scarce deltaic settings.…”
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Use of digital tools to strengthen technical support processes in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras por Ovando, Rausel, Jiménez, Benancio, May Tzun, Vladimir Nikolai, Martinez Perez, Gabriel, Odjo, Sylvanus, Van Loon, Jelle, García Santiago, Jorge Octavio, Espinosa Diaz, Anabell Guadalupe

“…This document presents the results and lessons learned from the implementation of the Scaling for Impact science program, which aims to integrate and assess in situ digital technology packages to accelerate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices through comprehensive technical assistance supported by digital tools and digitized agricultural machinery services. …”
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Hatchery field technicians in Tanzania change behavior after “social extension” mentorship program with Women in Business (WiB) mentors por Campbell, Zoë A., Jumba, Humphrey

“…The objective was to develop learning objectives, curriculum, and format for the mentorship program with the goal of building the capacity for field technicians to deliver effective, gender-responsive extension services and qualitatively document lessons learned. …”
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Drought and flooding prediction in inland valleys and determinants of farmers mitigation measures across the Sudano-Guinean and Guinean zones por Akodekou, A.D., Dossou-Yovo, E.R.

“…This study analyzed the occurrence, drivers, and adaptation responses to drought and flood hazards across 68 inland valleys in Benin using a mixed-methods approach integrating 30-year climate data (1991–2021), geospatial analysis, machine learning, and socio-economic surveys of 1,124 farmers. …”
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Belajar dari Bungo: mengelola sumberdaya alam di era desentralisasi por Adnan, H., Tadjudin, D., Yuliani, L., Komarudin, Heru, Lopulalan, D., Siagian, Y., Munggoro, D.

“…The book provides many insightful and valuable experiences and lessons. Learning from Bungo consists of 26 chapters, a foreword by Zulfikar Ahmad, the Head of Bungo District and closing remarks by Erna Rosdiana, the Directorate General of Land Rehabilitation and Social Forestry, Ministry of Forestry. …”
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Market-oriented beekeeping development to improve smallholder income: Results of development experiences in Atsbi-Womberta District, northern Ethiopia por Woldewahid, G., Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk, Tegegne, Azage, Berhe, Kahsay, Weldemariam, D.

“…Major interventions include introduction, testing and promotion of learning platforms on improved use of hive equipment, improved apiary and colony management, bee forages, harvesting and postharvest handling practices, and facilitation of access to market information and linkages. …”
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Fruit commodity development in Goma District through farmer-based improved fruit seedling supply system: Experiences from IPMS por Baredo, Y., Berhe, Kahsay, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…The objective of this case study is to share best practices and lessons learned from farmer-based improved fruit seedlings supply system that could contribute to enhance fruit production in Goma Pilot Learning Woreda (PLW). …”
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Resource flows and nutrient balances for crop and animal production in smallholder farming systems in Eastern Uganda por Esilaba, Anthony O., Nyende, P, Nalukenge, G, Byalebeka, J.B., Delve, Robert J., Ssali, H.

“…Resource flows and farm nutrient balance studies were carried out in eastern Uganda to ascertain the movement of organic resources and nutrients in and out of the farm system during a participatory learning and action research (PLAR) process. The resource flows were transformed into nutrient flows and partial nutrient balances were calculated using the Resource Kit computer package. …”
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Adopting improved box hive in Atsbi Wemberta District of eastern zone, Tigray region: determinants and financial benefits por Abebe, W., Puskur, Ranjitha, Karippai, R.S.

“…Developing the skills of beekeepers and extension agents on bee management and utilization of beeswax through intensive training, enhancing bee forage production and utilization, integrating beekeeping with water harvesting, modifying the improved box hive to include only one super to reduce initial cost, linking honey producers to stable and reliable markets and following a participatory value chain based approach, promoting private entrepreneurs to provide additional services for value addition, promoting farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing, and encouraging farmer groups to enhance bargaining power and create a learning environment are some initiatives that could go a long way in the sustainable development of this important economic subsector.…”
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Commercialization of Ethiopian agriculture: Extension service from input supplier to knowledge broker and facilitator por Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk, Tegegne, Azage

“…Furthermore, it is recommended that the Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) colleges be involved in the learning process and continuously include lessons learned in their curricula.…”
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Mobile applications for weather and climate information: their use and potential for smallholder farmers por Caine, A, Dorward, P., Clarkson, G., Evans, N, Canales, C., Stern, D., Stern, R.

“…The study identified areas of considerable potential which include: the use of increasingly available mobile data connections to ensure locally relevant content is available to farmers in timely fashion (including both historical climate information and forecasts); development of participatory decision making tools to enable farmers to interpret information for their own contexts and consider implications and management options; use of visual applications and participatory video on mobile devices to enhance learning and advisory services for farmers; the potential for increased feedback between farmers and service providers as well as increased knowledge sharing between farmers provided by the use of social media.…”
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Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: missing links in the innovation systems por Lemma, T., Tegegne, Azage, Puskur, Ranjitha, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…The later provides a practical option to stimulating process-driven collective experiential learning for achievement of better impact through continuous incremental improvement/innovation, and facilitates scaling up and-out of successful experiences to achieve wider socio-economic impact and inform policymaking.…”
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Natural resource integrity: A resilient community on the degraded slopes of Mount Elgon takes on mending its broken landscape por Otiende, V.A., Bourne, M., Tanui, J., Mowo, J.

“…Community members, through farmer learning cycles, were linked to trained facilitators. …”
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Mid-term evaluation of CATIE's program on ecologically-based participatory implementation of IPM and agroforestry in Nicaragua and Central America (CATI-MIP/AF) Phase III por Braun, Ann R., Covault, Mariela, Mercado, Julio, Peters, Dal

“…CATIE-MIP/AF is a well-conceived and well-managed program that has capitalized on lessons learned in previous phases and from other programs. …”
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Brucellosis in ruminants in two counties of Yunnan, China and the use of an integrated approach for effective control por Unger, Fred, Yang Shibao, Li Wengui, Yang Xiangdong, Yang Guorong

“…Awareness and perception on zoonoses (including brucellosis) of all interviewed groups was in general low. The use of a “learning by doing” EcoHealth approach led to improve team member's capacity on Ecohealth and its practical realisation in a field study, e.g. by building up collaboration between those institutions but also stakeholders. …”
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New data-driven estimation of terrestrial CO2 fluxes in Asia using a standardized database of eddy covariance measurements, remote sensing data, and support vector regression por Ichii, Kazuhito, Ueyama, Masahito, Masayuki Kondo, Saigusa, Nobuko, Kim, Joon, Alberto, Ma. Carmelita R., Ardö, Jonas, Euskirchen, Eugenie S., Minseok Kang, Hirano, Takashi, Joiner, Joanna, Kobayashi, Hideki, Belelli Marchesini, Luca, Merbold, Lutz, Miyata, Akira, Saitoh, Taku M., Takagi, Kentaro, Varlagin, Andrej, Bret-Harte, Marion Syndonia, Kenzo Kitamura, Kosugi, Yoshiko, Ayumi Kotani, Kumar, K., Li, Shenggong, Machimura, Takashi, Yojiro Matsuura, Yasuko Mizoguchi, Takeshi Ohta, Mukherjee, Sandipan, Yuji Yanagi, Yasuda, Yukio, Yiping, Zhang, Fenghua Zhao

“…Data-driven estimation was conducted by using a machine learning algorithm: support vector regression (SVR), with remote sensing data for 2000 to 2015 period. …”
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A roadmap for evidence-based insurance development for Nigeria’s farmers por Hansen, James, Hellin, Jonathan, Rose, Goslinga, Araba, Debisi

“…Three immediate priorities are identified: (a) creating a regulatory environment that makes it attractive for insurance companies to enter the market; (b) developing a public-private partnership that incentivizes and supports companies to develop innovative products and services for the agriculture sector; and (c) progressively expand implementation through well-designed pilots, evaluation and learning processes. The organizations that have been involved or consulted in the process leading to this report offer relevant expertise.…”
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