Search Results - "marginalism"

Determinants of chemical fertilizer use in Nepal: Insights based on price responsiveness and income effects by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad, Kaphle, Basu Dev, Shivakoti, Sabnam, Kumar, Anjani

“…Using three rounds of the Nepal Living Standards Survey as well as secondary data, we examine the determinants of inorganic fertilizer (urea and DAP) use, as well as the marginal income returns from fertilizer use at the farm-household level. …”
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Factors influencing the productivity and efficiency of wheat farmers in Punjab, Pakistan by Battese, George E., Nazli, Hina, Smale, Melinda

“…The purpose of this paper is to understand how the productivity and efficiency of small-scale and marginal wheat farmers can be improved so that their households may benefit from zinc-fortified varieties.The authors estimate a stochastic frontier production function model with data from a survey of wheat farmers conducted in Punjab, Pakistan in 2011.The productivities of the newer varieties of wheat were significantly greater than the older varieties, as expected. …”
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The impact of conditional cash transfer programs on indigenous households in Latin America: Evidence from PROGRESA in Mexico by Quiñones, Esteban J., Roy, Shalini

“…Conditional cash transfers(CCTs) are widely used antipoverty measuresin Latin America, and manysuch programs include indigenous beneficiaries.However, concerns have been raised that the indigenous poor,who have historically been marginalized,may not benefit from CCTsas much as the nonindigenouspopulation, owing to cultural as well as geographic factors. …”
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Filling the legal void? Experimental evidence from a community-based legal aid program for gender-equal land rights in Tanzania by Mueller, Valerie, Billings, Lucy, Mogues, Tewodaj, Peterman, Amber, Wineman, Ayala

“…Community-based legal aid programs have been promoted as one way to expand access to justice for marginalized populations, through provision of free legal aid and education. …”
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Measuring and tracking the access dimension of food security: Available indicators and recommendations for future investments by Ruel, Marie T., Ballard, Terri J., Deitchler, Megan

“…Supply side determinants varied by outcome: incentives for FLW were marginally positively associated (p<0.1) with immunization; FLW living outside their service areas was negatively associated with FS to HH (p<0.1); FLW education (p<0.05), use of pregnancy registers (p<0.05) and incentives (p<0.05) were positively associated with PCI. …”
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Can farmer collectives empower women and improve their welfare? Mixed methods evidence from India by Ray, Soumyajit, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Bhanjdeo, Arundhita, Heckert, Jessica

“…FPO based interventions that aim to empower women or other marginalized groups likely require sustained investments over multiple years and will need to go beyond improving FPO functioning and increasing women’s participation to transforming social norms.…”
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Impact of storage conditions on the shelf life of afatoxin biocontrol products containing atoxigenic isolates of Aspergillus favus as active ingredient applied in various countries... by Ortega-Beltran, A., Samuel Aikore, M.O.S., Kaptoge, L., Agbetiameh, D., Moral, J, Bandyopadhyay, R.

“…Evaluations of the spore production ability of atoxigenic A. favus isolates in Afa safe products over 4 years, under various storage conditions, revealed a significant linear decrease in sporulation with storage months (P<0.001; R2=0.203), with no significant differences observed between treatments. However, this marginal decline (P=0.398) is unlikely to be sufficient to prevent the effectiveness in limiting aflatoxin. …”
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Economic impact of canavalia brasiliensis hay supplementation in beef cattle farming in the Colombian Caribbean. by Junca Paredes, John Jairo, Mojica Rodríguez, José Edwin, Castro Rincón, Edwin, Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Burkart, Stefan

“…Improving cattle systems stands as a pivotal measure to increase the income and livelihoods of Colombia’s most marginalized rural communities and to enhance environmental sustainability. …”
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Affordable nutrient solutions for improved food security as evidenced by crop trials by van der Velde, Marijn, See, Linda, You, Liangzhi, Balkovič, Juraj, Fritz, Steffen, Khabarov, Nikolay, Obersteiner, Michael, Wood, Stanley

“…In this paper we investigate yield gaps for corn under two scenarios: a micro-dosing scenario with marginal increases in nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) of 10 kg ha−1 and a larger yet still conservative scenario with proposed N and P applications of 80 and 20 kg ha−1 respectively. …”
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External shocks and policy alternatives in small open economies: The case of El Salvador by Morley, Samuel, Piñeiro, Valeria, Robinson, Sherman

“…Both strategies require a marginal increase in the share of output devoted to investment. …”
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CGIAR water systems integration roadmap 2024–2030: science to transform water systems – creating impact from genes to basins by International Water Management Institute, CGIAR System Organization

“…Poor communities continue to bear the largest burden of water insecurity, and the voices of women, young people and marginalized groups have few channels through which they can express their lived realities. …”
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The application of social cost-benefit analysis to the evaluation of PROGRESA: final report by Coady, David

“…In August 1997 the Mexican government introduced a key component of its overall development and poverty alleviation strategy, the PROGRESA program, in the most marginal rural areas of the country. The expansion of the program across localities took place in phases. …”
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2008 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger by von Grebmer, Klaus, Fritschel, Heidi, Nestorova, Bella, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Yohannes, Yisehac

“…The GHI is similarly high in Sub-Saharan Africa, where progress has been marginal since 1990. The GHI level in the world as a whole remains serious. …”
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Economic assessment of animal disease burden in Senegalese small ruminants by Meyer, Anne, Ndiaye, Bakary, Larkins, Andrew, Chaters, G., Gilbert, W., Huntington, Benjamin, Ilboudo, Guy S., Dione, Michel M., Jemberu, Wudu T., Diouf, M.N., Fall, A.G., Fall, M., Lo, M., Rushton, Jonathan

“…A dynamic population model was used to calculate the gross margin of the sector under both the current health constraints and an ideal health state, where animals are not exposed to causes of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Hyperspectral reflectance-derived relationship matrices for genomic prediction of grain yield in wheat by Krause, Margaret R., González-Pérez, Lorena, Crossa, José, Pérez-Rodríguez, Paulino, Montesinos-López, Osval, Singh, Ravi P., Dreisigacker, Susanne, Poland, Jesse, Rutkoski, Jessica, Sorrells, Mark, Gore, Michael A., Mondal, Suchismita

“…Multi-kernel models combining marker/pedigree information with hyperspectral reflectance phentoypes had the highest prediction accuracies; however, improvements in accuracy over marker- and pedigree-based models were marginal when correcting for days to heading. Our results demonstrate the potential of using hyperspectral imaging to predict grain yield within a multi-environment context and also support further studies on the integration of hyperspectral reflectance phenotyping into breeding programs.…”
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Selection of nectar plants for use in ecological engineering to promote biological control of rice pests by the predatory bug, Cyrtorhinus lividipennis, (Heteroptera: Miridae) by Zhu, Pingyang, Lu, Zhongxian, Heong, Kong Luen, Chen, Guihua, Zheng, Xusong, Xu, Hongxing, Yang, Yajun, Nicol, Helen I., Gurr, Geoff M.

“…Findings indicate that S. indicumis well suited for use as an ecological engineering plant in the margins of rice crops. Sesame indicum can be a valuable crop as well as providing benefits to C. lividipennis whilst denying benefit to key pests.…”
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G3: Water governance and community based management by Mukherji, Aditi

“…They must also limit potential conflict between water users, as they endeavor to use water efficiently, without seriously compromising equity issues, such as those related to access to water by marginalized members of the community and women. The main objective of this research project is to understand the different modes and outcomes of water governance in selected polder sites and understand the role that communities play in such governance, conflict resolution and productive use of land and water resources. …”
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Effectiveness of strict vs. multiple use protected areas in reducing tropical forest fires: a global analysis using matching methods by Nelson, Andrew, Chomitz, Kenneth M.

“…A key analytic problem is the likely placement of PAs on marginal lands with low pressure for deforestation, biasing comparisons between protected and unprotected areas. …”
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Gender Inequality: Critical Consciousness Scale by Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative

“…Critical consciousness is defined as the capacity of oppressed or marginalized people to critically analyze their social and political conditions, endorsement of societal equality, and action to change perceived inequities (Freire, 1973). …”
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Insights on social equity and climate adaptation from low-income rural Filipinos by Petesch, Patti, Fisher, Eleanor, Echavez, Chona, Hellin, Jon, Montejo, Michael Lou, Rockwell, Perry Henry, Salcedo, Sonica, Ebenstål Almeida, Olivia

“…Participatory action learning approaches work to maximize the opportunities and minimize the risks because they are locally led and—with facilitation support and other resources of external partners—grounded in the knowledge and experiences of what works according to poor and marginalized women and men on the frontlines of climate change.…”
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