Search Results - "marginalism"

Policy options for stabilising the forest frontier: a global perspective by Wunder, Sven

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CGIAR's Governance and Organization: Is There a Need for Change? by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…The paper describes possible directions for structural change, exploring three alternatives: more centralization, decentralization, or marginal changes. The Committee proposes an external study, and provides draft terms of reference for the consideration of the Group.Agenda document, CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, May 1994.…”
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Sustainability transitions in West African agriculture and food systems by El Bilali, Hamid, Cardone, Gianluigi, Rokka, Susanna, Falcis, Eleonora de, Naino Jika, Abdel Kader, Diawara, Ali Badara, Nouhou, Bassirou, Ghione, Andrea

“…Food security and nutrition are still marginal topics in the research field. Sustainability transitions are argued to have positive environmental and socio-economic impacts. …”
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Assessing and advancing gender equality in agrifood value chains: A toolkit for firms and voluntary sustainability systems by Elias, Marlene, Morgan, Miranda, Nguyen-perperidis, Emily Minhduc, Ronchi, Loraine, Shijagurumay, Meghajit, Soto, Fernanda, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca

“…Identify the different groups of actors involved in the upstream (producer, processor, trader) nodes of agrifood value chains - with emphasis on hidden or marginalized groups - and the specific roles, contributions, and benefits of these groups in/from the value chain; 2. …”
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An Intersectional Approach to Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) by Tavenner, Katie, Crane, Todd A., Bullock, Renee, Galiè, Alessandra, Campos, Hugo, Katothya, Gerald

“…This chapter explores how AR4D can deepen its understanding of intersectionality and the potential integration of this concept in a meaningful way that supports addressing multiple layers of inequalities and marginalization in agricultural research methods and practice.…”
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Assessing the integration of gender equality and social inclusion in landscape management related policies in Ghana: a review by Oyawole, F. P., Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Atampugre, Gerald, Tilahun, Seifu A., Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…Bridging these GESI gaps will not only enhance the wellbeing of marginalized groups, but also foster more sustainable management of Ghana's landscapes.…”
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Sustainable agricultural intensification in forest frontier areas by Maertens, Miet, Zeller, Manfred, Birner, Regina

“…The Lore Lindu region in Indonesia—as in many forest frontier areas in Southeast Asia—has experienced rapid deforestation due to agricultural expansion in the uplands, at the forest margins. This has resulted in aggravated problems of erosion and water availability, threatening agricultural productivity growth. …”
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Determinants of the profitability and producers’ preferences for quality cassava planting material in Cameroon by Dontsop-Nguezet, P., Mbanda, A.C.S., Ononino, J.C., Fotso Kaute, A., Tubene, S.L., Bamba, Z., Ntawuruhunga, P.

“…Considering the effect of profitability on the match between supply and demand, it is observed that the margin rate has a non-linear relationship with the match. …”
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Organic and inorganic fertilizer for vegetable production under tropical conditions by Alimi, T., Ajewole, O.C., Olubode-Awosola, O.O., Idowu, E.O.

“…Yet they obtained higher vegetable yield (9169 kg?ha-1) and a marginal rate of return of 229%. However, either a marginal 2.6% decrease in each of yield or price of vegetable or a 32.4% increase in price of commercial organic fertilizer will make commercial organic fertilizer technology not superior to inorganic fertilizer. …”
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Strategic approaches to targeting technology generation: assessing the coincidence of poverty and drought-prone crop production by Hyman, Glenn G., Fujisaka, Sam, Jones, Peter G., Wood, S., Vicente, M. Carmen de, Dixon, John A.

“…Current and future crop improvement efforts will focus more on marginal environments, especially those prone to drought. …”
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Livestock, ethics, quality of life and development in Latin America by Li Pun, H.H., León Velarde, C.U., Mares, V.M.

“…Latin America is well endowed with natural resources, yet poverty is wide-spread, wealth is distributed unequally and natural resoruces in marginal areas are deteriorating. The region can be broken down into several sub-regions according to geographic and ethnic characteristics, relative level of human Development and/or political organization. …”
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Women’s empowerment through seed improvement and seed governance: Evidence from participatory barley breeding in pre-war Syria by Galiè, Alessandra, Jiggins, Janice, Struik, Paul C., Grando, S., Ceccarelli, S.

“…Rural women’s empowerment is seen as a means to reduce social marginalization and to hasten progress towards hunger eradication and gender equitable institutions. …”
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Productive and Financial Analysis and cost evaluation of the technological practices promoted by PROMEGAN in the Dominican Republic: Three case studies by Lopez Monserrate, Enrique A

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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Fifth Meeting, 21-26 September 1998: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…TAC agreed that CIFOR should improve priority-setting, and expand social science research to support work on devolution of management, smallholder forestry, and reforestation of marginal lands; and that ICRAF should update its strategic plan. …”
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Intercomparison of crop establishment methods for improving yield and profitability in the rice-wheat system of Eastern India by Singh, Madhulika, Kumar, Pankaj, Kumar, Virender, Solanki, I.S., McDonald, Andrew J., Kumar, Ajay, Poonia, S.P., Kumar, Vipin, Ajay, Anurag, Kumar, Anurag, Singh, Deepak K., Balwinder-Singh, Singh, Sudhanshu, Malik, Ram K.

“…At the system level, MTR or DSR followed by ZTW had both superior crop yields and consistently higher gross margins (US $133 to 382 ha-1) than other practices. …”
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Report on learning in the Lower Kafue Multistakeholder Platform in Zambia: addressing gender, social inclusion and power dynamics by Ng’ambi, F., Mapedza, Everisto D., Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Siangulube, F. S., Kasoma-Pele, Winnie

“…By ensuring that all stakeholders, especially marginalized groups like women and rural communities, are included in decision-making, the MSP can promote more equitable and sustainable outcomes. …”
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Gastrointestinal nematodes and mineral deficiencies in yearling cattle in Santiago del Estero, northern Argentina by Suarez, Victor Humberto, Martinez, Gabriela Marcela, Olmos, Leandro Hipolito, Rossanigo, Carlos Esteban

“…A negative effect of GINs on LWG was observed, as well as low to marginal levels of Se, Cu, and Mg.…”
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Respuesta de algunos cultivos tradicionales de García Rovira (Santander) a la fertilización orgánica y biológica. by Luna Geller, L.A.

“…En arveja, la fertilizaciòn mineral no mostrò resultados diferentes a lso obtenidos con la inoculaciòn con Rhizobium, aunque presentò la mayor rentabilidad marginal…”
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Evaluación de tierras con fines de recuperación de tierras degradadas en la cuenca alta del río San Pedro, Panamá by Pimentel Cerrud, Edison

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Efecto de tres sistemas de labranza y métodos de control de maleza sobre cenosis, plagas y enfermedades en el cultivo de maiz (Zea mays L.) by Valdivia Ruiz, Mauricio J., López Carcache , Jorge

“…Este tratamiento presentó la mejor tasa de retomo marginal.…”
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