Resultados de búsqueda - "marginalism"

Impacts of a digital credit-insurance bundle for landless farmers: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial in Odisha, India por Pattnaik, Subhransu, Kramer, Berber, Ward, Patrick S., Yingchen Xu, Tharakeswar, G.

“…In conclusion, digital technologies can contribute substantially to agricultural risk management, resilience, and well-being among marginalized landless farmers.…”
Enlace del recurso

The impact of interventions delivered through farmer producer organizations on agricultural and empowerment outcomes in India por Ray, Soumyajit, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…In India, farmer producer organizations (FPOs) promote collective action among small and marginalized farmers, especially women. By facilitating resource pooling and coordination of production activities, improving market access, and providing training and extension, FPOs can contribute to higher agricultural incomes for smallholder farmers. …”
Enlace del recurso

The Impact of Kitchen Gardening on the Social and Economic State of Rural Women: Bihar Sustainable Livelihood Development (BSLD) Project supported by Heifer International por Shukla, Karunesh, Kumar, Amit

“…Launched in 2020 by Heifer International, the project aims to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for small and marginal holder farmers over the next five years. Kitchen gardening enables smallholder women farmers to take control of household food production, ensuring access to fresh and healthy food and contributing to improved food security. …”
Enlace del recurso

Whose voice really matters? Exploring the intra-household decision-making process in farm households of rural Bihar, India por Geetha, Rosalin

“…Moreover, households belonging to marginalized castes and communities exhibited higher levels of women’s agency. …”
Enlace del recurso

Enabling environment for Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming System for gender transformative change in mid-hills of Nepal: What to consider? por Koirala, Sanju, Buchy, Marlène, Khadka, Manohara, Shakya, Shristi, Neupane, Nihari

“…Considering this, the study aims to assess factors that support and/or constrain the SI-MFS in Nepal to bring about transformative changes in the lives of women, the elderly and marginalized farmers. Using a gendertransformative approach (GTA) as a framework, we are trying to understand how GTA matches with the goals set by SI-MFS initiatives. …”
Enlace del recurso

Farm-managers or unpaid laborers? Women farmers in male-headed households of Central India por Krishna, Vijesh V., Khed, Vijayalaxmi D., Gartaula, Hom Nath, Badstue, Lone

“…This empirical study draws farmhousehold survey data from eastern Madhya Pradesh, India, where the rate of male outmigration from agriculture has been marginal. The objective is to assess the relationship between the involvement of women in labor provision and decision-making in wheat production. …”
Enlace del recurso

Community voices on climate, peace and security: Guatemala por Medina, Leonardo, Madurga Lopez, Ignacio M., Penel, Charlotte, Higuera-Florez, Julian, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter R.D., Hellin, Jon, Sieber, Stefan, Bonatti, Michelle

“…This includes issues such as a lack of political legitimacy, exclusive control over natural resources, the presence of illicit sources of income, criminal violence, a large informal economy, insecure land and resource rights, and widespread inequality and marginalization. In addition to these preexisting drivers of instability, the effects of climate change are compounding the situation and exacerbating trends in irregular migration. …”
Enlace del recurso

Validation of maize fertilizer recommendations in Northern Ghana: Towards variety and cropping system-specificity por Ofori, Patrick, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Masoud, Jalaludeen, Frimpong, Isaac, Asamoah, Gilbert, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Dugan, Emmanuel, Agbesi, Keteku, Mponela, Powell

“…In Ghana, productivity gains from agricultural expansion have reached critical limits as farming expands to marginal lands. The transition from extensification to intensification of the farming system lacks the support of evidence-based knowledge system. …”
Enlace del recurso

Can water, energy, and food policies in support of solar irrigation enable gender transformative changes? Evidence from policy analysis in Bangladesh and Nepal por Khadka, Manohara, Uprety, Labisha, Shrestha, Gitta, Shakya, Shristi, Mitra, Archisman, Mukherji, Aditi

“…Such barriers hinder women and marginalized groups from participating in and benefiting from WEF policies, including the deployment of SIP technologies. …”
Enlace del recurso

Cocoa irrigation in southern Nigeria: A Technical Report of the IITA irrigated cocoa farm por Oke, Adebayo, Hauser, Stefan, Schmitter, Petra S., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Moreover, certain major cocoa-producing areas are becoming marginal due to rising temperatures and reduced rainfall. …”
Enlace del recurso

Does access to improved grain storage technology increase farmers' welfare? Experimental evidence from maize farming in Ethiopia por Negede, Betelhem M., De Groote, Hugo, Minten, Bart, Voors, Maarten

“…Despite considerable price seasonality—maize prices in the lean season are 36% higher than after harvesting—we find no evidence that hermetic bags improve welfare, except that access to these bags allowed for a marginally longer storage period of maize intended for sale by 2 weeks. …”
Enlace del recurso

Characterizing farm households in Khotang, Eastern Nepal, through a quantitative farming systems typology por Zepeda, Adair, Cheesman, Stephanie, Neupane, Nilhari, Shrestha, Nirman, Shrestha, Ram Narayan, Amjath-Babu, T. S., Karki, Saral, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Krupnik, Timothy J., López Ridaura, Santiago

“…Without proper design, the farming system has been characterised by high levels of degradation, expansion to marginal fragile landscapes, outmigration and high cost of production. …”
Enlace del recurso

An analytical framework for understanding the political economy of crop diversification: A case study focused on Bangladesh por Nandi, Ravi, Krupnik, Timothy J., Kabir, Wais

“…Social scientists highlighted the exclusion of women from technology-based agriculture, resulting in their marginalization (Jacoby, 1972; Singh et al., 2022; Swaminathan, 2006). …”
Enlace del recurso

Integrated Application of Organic and Blended Mineral Fertilizers Improves Potato Productivity and Income for Smallholder Farmers in Acidic Soils por Girma, T., Biazin, B., Beyene, S., Lemaga, B.

“…Applications of sole blended or integrated FYM and mineral fertilizers resulted in the highest net benefit with acceptable marginal rate of return. Integrated use of FYM and mineral fertilizers is crucial for improved and sustained smallholder potato production in acidic soils. …”
Enlace del recurso

Equipping young minds: KIPPRA-CIP empowers youth in policy-making por Kirui, Leonard, Maru, Joyce, Saikah, Sheewa

“…It would be remiss for policymakers not to tap into the potential of the youth to achieve national development and address societal challenges such as food and nutrition insecurity, income poverty, inequality, economic marginalization, and political challenges. It is in this regard that the International Potato Center and Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis have partnered and organized an in-depth and comprehensive training program on the public policy-making process, policy briefs, blogs, and negotiation skills, that target the youth. …”
Enlace del recurso

Genotype × Environment Interactions for a Diverse Set of Sweetpotato Clones Evaluated across Varying Ecogeographic Conditions in Peru por Grüneberg, W.J., Manrique, K., Zhang, D., Hermann, M.

“…We concluded that it is possible to breed for high yield and wide adaptability in sweetpotato in Peru, and it can be ensured that low-yielding or marginal environments are not neglected in breeding efforts.…”
Enlace del recurso

Spatial spillover and COVID-19 spread in the U.S. por Ulimwengu, John M., Kibonge, Aziza

“…By keeping vulnerability factors constant but varying the number of reported infected cases every 2 weeks, we found that marginal effects of vulnerability vary significantly across counties. …”
Enlace del recurso

Maize price seasonality in Ethiopia: Does access to improved grain storage technology matter for farmers’ welfare? por Negede, Betelhem M., Voors, Maarten, De Groote, Hugo, Minten, Bart

“…However, we find no evidence that hermetic bags improve welfare, except that these bags allowed for a marginally longer storage period of maize intended for sale. …”
Enlace del recurso

Beyond the pandemic: Transforming food systems after COVID-19 por Swinnen, Johan, McDermott, John, Yosef, Sivan, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Vos, Rob

“…. - COVID-19 caused widespread loss of livelihoods and incomes and reduced access to services, safety nets, and education, threatening the food security, health, and nutritional status of poor and marginalized people around the world. - Food system transformation must be pursued to regain this lost ground and achieve the SDGs by 2030. - Yet the pandemic and associated responses exposed weaknesses and inequalities within food systems, including among different world regions, rural and urban communities, rich and poor populations, and disadvantaged groups such as women. - Some food systems and sectors were more resilient than others, depending on their structure, governance, and roles of the public and private sector. - 2020 offered lessons, innovations, and opportunities that can help make food systems more resilient to future shocks and more inclusive, efficient, sustainable, and healthy.…”
Enlace del recurso

A review of the Ghana Planting for Food and Jobs program: 2017-2020: Implementation, impact, and further analysis por Pauw, Karl

“…Consequently, most of the published information on the marginal contribution of PFJ to national crop output is based on simulations, which make strong assumptions about seeding rates, fertilizer use by crop, and input use efficiency on beneficiary farms. …”
Enlace del recurso