Resultados de búsqueda - "marginalism"

Low cost potato warehouse facility for Karnataka: a success story por Ali, S., Kumar, B.B., Kalleshwara Swamy, C.M., Kadian, M.S., Ramakrishna, B.V., Singh, B.P.

“…Seed imported from North India (Punjab) is very expensive and incur about 50% of total production cost and small and marginal farmers cannot afford to procure quality seed every year as no certified seed is being produced locally. …”
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Root crops for food security in subSaharan Africa por Hahn, S.K.

“…Root crops are capable of efficient production of low cost calories under marginal soil conditions. They are very tolerant of stresses and play important roles in the diversified farming systems in the region. …”
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Ethnobotany and agrobiodiversity: valuation of plants in the homegardens of Southwestern Uganda por Whitney, Cory W., Bahati, J., Gebauer, J.

“…These systems are an important part of food security for rural marginalized poor around the world, particularly in the humid tropics. …”
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Using flock simulations for modern goat market systems in Central Mozambique por Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Sisito, Givious, Quembo, Carlos, Sixpence, Claudio

“…In marginal and high-risk farming areas like Marara District in Central Mozambique, goats are a quick investment pathway for smallholder farmers and can enhance the benefits from agriculture. …”
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Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. por Heller, J.

“…It has become of interest to various development agencies because it adapts well to semiarid marginal sites, its oil can be processed for use as a diesel fuel and it can be used for erosion control.This monograph has chapters covering the following aspects of J. curcas: names of the species and taxonomy; botanical description; origin and centre of diversity; properties (toxicology); uses (whole plant and food/fodder, medicine, plant protectant and molluscicide, technical uses, diesel fuel and other uses); genetic resources (existing genetic variation, conservation); breeding (objectives, method and selection based on provenance trials); production areas; ecology; agronomy (growth and development, propagation methods and pests and diseases); limitations of the crop; prospects; and research needs.There are appendices listing (I) research contacts, centres of crop research, breeding and plant genetic resources of physic nut and (II) publications of Proyecto Biomasa, DINOT/UNI, Nicaragua. …”
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Niger, Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass. por Getinet, A., Sharma, S.M., Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research

“…It is also grown in India in marginal areas where it contributes a small but important part of oilseed production (3%). …”
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Food and agriculture systems foresight study: Implications for gender, poverty, and nutrition por Lentz, Erin C.

“…Yet, the history of development has demonstrated the difficulties of equitable implementation of and access to new technological innovations, particularly for women and marginalized populations. I argue that mainstreaming GPN into foresight research can inform both policy-led and innovation-led pathways that support an improved agri-food system. …”
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Prolific Pongamia: Potential to restore equilibrium between people and planet por Leksono, B., Rahman, S.A., Samsudin, Y.B., Shin, S., Kwon, J., Baral, H.

“…It grows to a height of 15–20 m and can grow in a range of environmental conditions including marginal lands. Its seeds can generate up to 40% crude oil by weight. …”
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Is climate-driven migration a threat to security? por Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia, Schapendonk, Frans, Savelli, Adam

“…Given that flooding drove 10 million people globally from their homes in 2019, and 51% of all disaster-induced displacements between 2008 and 2018 were flood-induced, this threat is far from marginal (IDMC, 2019; IDMC, 2020).…”
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Women's Land Rights in Ethiopia: Socio-legal review por Monterroso, I., Ojong, E., Paez Valencia, Ana Maria

“…Despite these advancements in gender-responsive policy, Ethiopian land tenure practices continue to be characterized by the marginalization and invisibilization of women.…”
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Collective farming in Nepal por International Water Management Institute

“…Between 2015 and 2019, a set of farmer collectives were piloted in DSI4MTF and served as a model for a novel approach to addressing the challenges of small and fragmented holdings in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, unequal landlord-tenant relations, and severe irrigation access constraints faced by marginal and tenant farmers. The collectives approach entailed the formation of small groups of 4-10 farmers who cultivate a contiguous piece of land and collaborate in various ways in land preparation, production, and marketing. …”
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Ecosystem services to promote Conservation Agriculture practices in Morocco: Challenges and opportunities por Dahan, Rachid, Moussadek, Rachid

“…In Morocco, the low-input cropping systems dominated by cereal monoculture and intensive tillage have a marked negative impact on pressure from diseases, weeds and pests resulting in decreased profit margins. This form of agriculture is considered to act as a major driver of biodiversity loss and to speed up the loss of soil by increasing the mineralization of organic matter and erosion rates. …”
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Disruptive Seeds and transformation pathways for Guatemala's food system por Rutting, Lucas, Veeger, Marieke

“…Seeds, in this regard, refer to “initiatives (social, technological, economic, or social–ecological ways of thinking or doing) that exist, at least in prototype form, and that represent a diversity of worldviews, values, and regions, but are not currently dominant in the world” (Bennett et al. 2016:442) and “real-world agents of current social-ecological transformation that are currently marginal, but have the potential to grow in impact” (Raudsepp-Hearne et al. 2019:606). …”
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A capacity-building toolkit for integrated rice–fish system por Africa Rice Center, Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa, International Water Management Institute

“…However, due to socioeconomic, environmental, technological, and institutional constraints, the integrated rice-fish system remains marginal in Mali, as in most African countries. A first draft of the integrated rice–fish toolkit was produced by AfricaRice and WorldFish team to strengthen the capacity of and facilitate adoption by the stakeholders. …”
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Smart-Valleys toolkit: An e-learning tool for the sustainable use of inland valleys for agricultural development and biodiversity and ecosystem services preservation por Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Futakuchi, Kiochi

“…However, due to socioeconomic, environmental, technological, and institutional constraints, the integrated rice-fish system remains marginal in Mali, as in most African countries. A first draft of the integrated rice–fish toolkit was produced by AfricaRice and WorldFish team to strengthen the capacity of and facilitate adoption by the stakeholders. …”
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Can a cash crop be a women’s crop?: Examining gender norms, relations and equity around lentil commercialization in Ethiopia por Nomunume Baada, Jemima, Najjar, Dina, Seifu, Mahelet Hailemariam

“…The findings reveal that despite naming lentils a women’s crop, women remain marginalized from the sale and use of lentil. The study also found that lentil commercialization is often accompanied by labour commercialization, which has exclusionary effects on farmers of low socioeconomic status and unmarried women. …”
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Endowments, expectations, and the value of food safety certification: experimental evidence from fish markets in Nigeria por Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Bulte, Erwin, Lagerkvist, Carl Johan, Nhuong Tran

“…While expectations seem to affect bidding behavior for subjects “trading up” to obtain the certified food product (a marginally significant effect), it does not affect bids for subjects “trading down” to give up this novel food item. …”
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A call for a wider perspective on sustainable forestry: Introduction to the Special Issue on The Social Impacts of Logging por Minter, T., Naito, D., Sunderland, T.C.H.

“…As these forests, particularly in the tropics, tend to be inhabited by the world's most marginalized communities, the social impacts of logging require more attention within policy, practice and research. …”
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The Pig Genetic-Resource Value Chain in Rwanda por Marshall, Karen, Hirwa, C.

“…Furthermore, poor market infrastructure and an underdeveloped marketing system limit smallholder farmers' access to inputs and pig markets, resulting in reliance on middlemen and low profit margins. While there is potential for increased productivity and market development, interventions targeting feeds, herd health, genetics, and market linkages are needed to incentivize farmers and improve the overall performance of the pig value chain (Hirwa et al., 2022).…”
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Populist politics in Africa por Resnick, Danielle

“…This reaffirms that populism can allow for greater representation of the poor and marginalized in the electoral process, but that populists’ celebration of popular will and supposedly unmediated ties to the people become convenient justifications for bypassing established institutions and undermining the rule of law.…”
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