Resultados de búsqueda - "marginalism"

Municipal governments and forest management in Bolivia and Nicaragua por Kaimowitz, D., Pacheco, P., Mendoza, R., Barahona, T.

“…Decentralization has opened opportunities for previously marginalized stakeholders to participate in forest policy decisions, but has not guaranteed that this will occur in every case. …”
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Timber concession reform: questioning the "sustainable logging" paradigm por Barr, C.

“…The HPH reform agenda fails to address the supply-demand imbalance that exists within Indonesia’s wood processing industries and new technologies that have made previously marginal areas and species commercially viable. It also overlooks the marked decline in the volume of logs generated by concession-holders since the 1980s, as well as a corresponding rise in large-scale forest conversion. …”
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Mapping landscapes: integrating GIS and social science methods to model human-nature relationships in southern Cameroon por Robligio, V., Mala, W.A., Diaw, C.

“…A case study from the forest margin in the Congo Basin demonstrates how data from participatory community mapping and other social science methods can be prepared for quantitative modelling. …”
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Reformasi konsesi HPH: mempertanyakan paradigma "pembalakan lestari" (sustainable logging) por Barr, C.

“…The HPH reform agenda fails to address the supply-demand imbalance that exists within Indonesia’s wood processing industries and new technologies that have made previously marginal areas and species commercially viable. It also overlooks the marked decline in the volume of logs generated by concession-holders since the 1980s, as well as a corresponding rise in large-scale forest conversion. …”
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Payments for environmental services: some nuts and bolts por Wunder, Sven

“…PES best suits intermediate and/or projected threat scenarios, often in marginal lands with moderate conservation opportunity costs. …”
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Descentralizacion de la gestion forestal en Honduras: mirando hacia el futuro por Vallejo Larios, M., Guillen Coronado, I.

“…In addition, to date forest-dependent groups have been largely marginalized with very limited rights to forest resources. …”
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Improving forest benefits for the poor: learning from community-based forest enterprises in Nepal por Pandit, B.H., Albano, A., Kumar, C.

“…NTFP collection and factory labour), and representation of the poorest and marginalized in FUG executive committees. Recommendations include replicating the good practices of the CBFEs while improving on their weaknesses such as federating and formalizing FUGs into networks, cooperatives, or private companies; adding value to variation forest products; increasing equity in distribution of benefits; promoting resource sustainability; and the capacity building of the various stakeholders.…”
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Upgrading wood-based industries: harnessing the social network of small-scale furniture producers and their institutions por Melati, Irawati, R.H., Purnomo, H.

“…In contrast to price-setting international furniture retailers, small-scale producers benefit least from the profit margin of their products. In order to increase added value and competitiveness, small-scale furniture producers have made efforts to upgrade by harnessing their social networks and institutions. …”
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Effect of a large dam on malaria risk: The Koka reservoir in Ethiopia por Lautze, Jonathan F., McCartney, Matthew P., Kirshen, P., Olana, D., Jayasinghe, G., Spielman, A.

“…Objective  To determine whether the Koka water reservoir in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia contributes to the malaria burden in its vicinity.Methods  Frequency of malaria diagnosis in fever clinics was correlated with distance of residence from the margin of the Koka reservoir. Annual as well as seasonal malaria case rates were determined in cohorts residing < 3, 3–6 and 6–9 km from the reservoir. …”
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Buyer preferences for sheep and goats in southern Nigeria: A hedonic price analysis por Jabbar, M.A.

“…After adjustments were made for age, weight, sex, time of transaction and market, WAD sheep commanded higher prices than WAD goats and Red Sokoto goats for all purposes except for butchering/catering; Red Sokoto goats commanded similar or lower prices than WAD goats depending on the purpose for purchase; and Y'ankasa sheep, principally purchased for the Eid-el-Kabir festival, commanded marginally higher prices than WAD sheeThe market share of WAD sheep is currently small and is under competition from northen sheep and goats, so increased production of WAD sheep in the south will benefit both producers and consumers in the area. …”
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Marketing of Kabuli and Desi chickpeas by smallholder farmers in Eastern Shewa Zone por Demissie, M.

“…The conceptual and empirical evidence suggests that improving smallholder farmers’ awareness for the uptake of improved Kabuli varieties for which the marginal values of varieties are considerably high relative to the price of the inputs would improve farm-gate net returns and prices received by small producers. …”
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Influence of minerals on the aetiology of geophagia in periurban dairy cattle in the derived Savannah of Nigeria por Smith, Jimmy W., Adebowale, E.A., Ogundola, F.I., Taiwo, A.A., Akpavie, S.O., Larbi, Asamoah, Jabbar, M.A.

“…Geophagia is probably caused by a marginal level of P in the serum and low levels in the forage and soil. …”
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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Makueni – Wote, Kenya (KE0202) por Onyango, Leah, Mango, Joash, Loo, L., Odiwuor, H., Mwangangi, M., Mutua, Edna N., Mutuo, T.

“…The village is in a marginal landscape and is food insecure. Frequent droughts and crop failures plague the area. …”
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River management, landuse change, and future flood risk in China's Poyang Lake region por Shankman, D., Davis, L., Leeuw, Jan de

“…The second cause for increasing lake stage was levee construction at the margins of Poyang Lake that greatly limited lake size, and therefore, reduced floodwater storage. …”
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A Catalyst toward Sustainability? Exploring Social Learning and Social Differentiation Approaches with the Agricultural Poor por Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…We explore three main questions: (1) in what contexts and in what ways are socially differentiated and marginalized groups enrolled in the learning process? …”
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Factors Affecting Farm-specific Production Efficiency in the Savanna Zones of West Africa por Okike, Iheanacho, Jabbar, M.A., Manyong, Victor M., Smith, Jimmy W., Ehui, Simeon K.

“…Further, increased resource use associated with agricultural intensification was not always accompanied by an increase in production efficiency; and while agricultural intensification based on high external input strategies yields higher marginal returns in the NGS, a similar strategy is not critical to success in the SS given current use levels and the biophysical endowments of the latter ecological zone.…”
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Water productivity of irrigated wheat and maize in the Karkheh River Basin of Iran por Qureshi, Asad Sarwar, Oweis, Theib Y., Karimi, Poolad, Porehemmat, J.

“…Due to excessive use of groundwater and fertilizer, production costs have increased resulting in low gross margins (farm incomes). The study suggests that increase in charges for surface water use removal of subsidies on electricity will discourage excessive use of water for agriculture. …”
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Attitudes and actions of participants in multi-stakeholder processes and platforms por Varma, Samyuktha, Evans, Alexandra E.V., Silva Wells, C.da, Jinapala, K.

“…They have been championed as a way to improve planning and coordination to involve marginalized groups, and to increase learning and uptake of innovations. …”
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Operationalizing inclusive innovation: Lessons from innovation platforms in livestock value chains in India and Mozambique por Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Boogaard, Birgit K., Bendapudi, R., Taye, H., Hendrickx, Saskia C.J., Klerkx, Laurens

“…Innovation platforms (IPs) represent an example of putting an inclusive innovation system approach into practice by bringing different types of stakeholders together to address issues of mutual concern and interest with a specific focus on the marginalized poor. This paper explores the formation and functioning of IPs with the aim of providing lessons on the conditions and factors that play a role in making them effective. …”
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Sensitivity and uncertainty propagation in coupled models for assessing smallholder farmer food security in the Olifants River Basins, South Africa por Magombeyi, Manuel Simba, Taigbenu, A.E.

“…While sup- plemental irrigation offers the most marginal increase in yields, its wide adoption is limited by avail- ability of water and infrastructure cost.…”
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