Resultados de búsqueda - "marginalism"

Factors Influencing the Use of Good Quality Improved Rice Seed in Nigeria: Implication for Sustainable Rice Productivity por Awotide, B.A., Awoyemi, T.T., Diagne, A.

“…While household size, membership of organization, house ownership, income from other crop production and experience in lowland rice production positively and significantly influenced both. The result of the marginal effects also showed that an additional increase in income from other crop production increases the probability of adoption by 25.0 per cent and intensity of adoption by 39.0 per cent. …”
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FR1.1: Do Water, Energy and Food Policies in Support of Solar Irrigation Enable Gender Transformative Changes in South Asia? Evidence from Policy Analysis in Bangladesh and Nepal por Khadka, Manohara, Uprety, Labisha, Shrestha, Gitta, Mukherji, Aditi, Mitra, Archisman

“…We find that WEF policies are aware of the need to include GESI and social equity in sectoral programming, yet operational rules for implementation of these policies often fail to the challenge structural barriers that prevent women and marginalized groups from participating in and benefiting from WEF policies, including from deployment of SIP technologies. …”
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CLEANED: A tool for ex-ante assessment of environmental impacts of livestock production – A case study on dairy production in Tunisia por Hoek, Rein van der, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Musau, Emmanuel Mwema, Mukiri, Jessica, Paul, Birthe K.

“… • The partial replacement of imported concentrates by on-farm feed reduces costs and improves the gross margin.…”
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How using weather and climate information services may impact farm productivity and technical efficiency: Evidence from cowpea and sesame producers in Burkina Faso por Ouedraogo, Mathieu, Barry, Silamana, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The study showed that cowpea producers using WCIS obtained significantly higher yields (848 kg/ha on an average compared to 675 kg/ha for non-WCIS users); higher gross margin (34% higher than non-users). However, the impact of WCIS was not significant for sesame production. …”
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Sustainable intensification in eastern gangetic plains of South Asia via conservation agriculture for energy, water and food security under climate smart management system por Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Mahdi, S. Sheraz, Jan, Rukhsana, Wani, Owais W., Parthiban, M.

“…Overall, these findings showed that using CASI lowered crop production costs by up to 22% and raised gross margins by 12–32% compared with traditional methods. …”
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Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa por El Bilali, Hamid, Cardone, Gianluigi, Naino Jika, Abdel Kader, Falcis, Eleonora de, Rokka, Susanna, Diawara, Ali Badara, Nouhou, Bassirou, Ghine, Andrea

“…In fact, it is completely overlooked in some pathways documents, and rather marginal in others. Some national documents (cf. Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria) refer to the promotion of the diversity of crops and farm animals as a means of adapting to climate change, improving livelihoods and diversifying diets thus contributing to nutrition security. …”
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Effect of drought and low P on yield and nutritional content in common bean por Smith, Millicent R., Diglesan, Eric, Veneklaas, Erik Jan, Polania, Jose, Rao, Idupulapati M., Beebe, Stephen E., Merchant, Andrew

“…Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in the tropics typically occurs in rainfed systems on marginal lands where yields are low, primarily as a consequence of drought and low phosphorus (P) availability in soil. …”
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Rice subsector development and farmer efficiency in Nepal: implications for further transformation and food security por Choudhary, Dyutiman, Banskota, Kamal, Khanal, Narayan Prasad, McDonald, Andrew J., Krupnik, Timothy J., Erenstein, Olaf

“…Our study finds that while agriculture related services such as access to inputs, information, markets, irrigation, and finance have generally improved, paddy farmers are only able to achieve 76% of potential output. Small/marginal farms were relatively less efficient than medium and large farms. …”
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“Seeds for Needs” experience to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity por Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat, Hailemariam, Bogale Nigir, Fadda, Carlo

“…The registration of two varieties in the Tigray region, development of more than 6000 recombinant inbreed lines and their adoption by smallholder farmers in Tigray, Amhara, and Oromia, and a number of scientific paper publications that highlight the most important traits of these varieties—including their high grain and biomass yield in marginal environments, resistance to diseases, and adaptability to climatic conditions that change from year to year—are among the most significant outcomes of these studies…”
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The impacts of covid-19 on gender dynamics and power relations among men and women involved in cross border fish trade in Zambia and Malawi por Mudege, Netsayi N., Mwema, Catherine, Kakwasha, Keagan, Chisopo, Andrew, Manyungwa-Pasani, Chikondi, Banda, Lisungu, Kaunda, E., Marinda, Pamela

“…Some measures put in place to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lacked an understanding of the historical perspective and dynamics of women in fish trading communities further marginalizing men and women cross border fish traders. …”
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Characterization of bean seed producers, seed production and marketing in Eastern and Southern Africa por Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Kalemera, Sylvia Monica, Aseete, Paul

“…The challenge of the private sector is creating stable bean seed demand given low profit margins (FAO, 2010). Within the private sector, different categories of seed producers support the bean seed sector. …”
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Optimal sample size and composition for crop classification with Sen2-Agri’s random forest classifier por Schulthess, Urs, Rodrigues, Francelino, Taymans, Matthieu, Bellemans, Nicolas, Bontemps, Sophie, Ortíz Monasterio, Jose Iván, Gerard, Bruno G., Defourny, Pierre

“…Increasing the size of the training set improved the overall accuracy (OA). Gains became marginal once the total number of fields approximated 500 or 40 to 45 fields per crop type. …”
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Economic and agronomic optimum rates of NPS fertilizer for irrigated garlic (Allium sativum L) production in the highlands of Ethiopia por Yayeh, Shege Getu, Alemayehu, Melkamu, Haileslassie, Amare, Dessalegn, Yigsaw

“…N:P2O5:S at the rate of 140:92:17 kg ha−1 recorded the highest marginal rate of return that can be recommended to increase the yield of garlic and thus to improve the livelihoods of farmers in the study area.…”
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Kenya Discussion of 2023 Global Food Policy Report por CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies

“…There is an urgent need for renewed and broader efforts to prevent, mitigate, and recover from crises in ways that build food system resilience, protect the livelihoods of women and marginal groups, ensure their inclusion in crisis response, and address the impacts of conflict and migration. …”
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Climate Smart Aquaculture for Smallholder Fish Farmers: Integrated Fish and Small Livestock Farming por Lundeba, Mary, Mudege, Netsayi N., Siamudaala, Victor

“…Extreme heat, drought, floods and unpredictable farming seasons are harming farmers and their production systems, threatening their livelihoods. In marginalized and vulnerable populations, aquaculture is a key means for sustaining livelihoods because of its contribution to food security and nutrition, but many fish farmers in Zambia endure unfavorable climates for sustainable fish farming. …”
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Farming in transition in East Africa: Financial risk taking and agricultural intensification por Balchin, E.

“…However, despite large profit margins, this often equates to low levels of income in terms of money. …”
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Understanding farm typology for targeting agricultural development in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of Ethiopia por Eshetae, Meron Awoke, Wuletawu, Abera, Tamene, Lulseged D., Mulatu, Kalkidan, Tesfaye, Abonesh

“…Farm typologies constructed based on food and nutrition indicators show that marginal food and nutrition security is the predominant farm typology in Doyogena district but low food and nutrition security is the common one in Basona district. …”
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AICCRA validation report: Piloting and validating the Climate Security Sensitivity Scoring Tool (CSST): Evidence from the field on the climate security sensitivity of the climate s... por Sarzana, Carolina, Samake, Oumar B, Jaquet, Stéphanie

“…The workshop validated most drivers of conflict and insecurity flagged by the CSST, while pointing out that the human hazards risk indicator was overestimated since most conflict experienced are resource-related rather than linked to the threats of armed groups as well as the fact that the vulnerable groups indicator does not fully capture the complexity of marginalized groups in the region. The workshop highlighted the program's achievements, including advancements in agricultural technologies, gender empowerment through market gardening, and improved community collaboration. …”
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Gender inclusion and intersectionality in policies related to climate change, land and food issues - Colombian case por Howland, Fanny C., Buritica, Alexander, Lopera, Diaan, Blanco, Maria, Pierce, Deborah

“…An intersectional gender lens is crucial, as gender-blind policies often prioritize the needs of men and dominant social groups, neglecting the needs of women and marginalized populations. Through policy-document analysis and informant interviews, we examine how gender and intersectionality are portrayed and integrated in climate and agri-food policies, using as case studies Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia. …”
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Agency and time poverty: Linking decision-making powers and leisure time of male and female farmers of Central India por Khed, Vijayalaxmi D., Krishna, Vijesh V.

“…Land ownership by women and belonging to marginalized castes are found associated with a higher workload for female respondents. …”
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