Resultados de búsqueda - "marginalism"

Linkages between poverty and land management in rural Uganda: evidence from the Uganda National Household Survey, 1999/00 por Pender, John L., Ssewanyana, Sarah, Kato, Edward, Nkonya, Ephraim M.

“…However, we found low marginal returns to investments in organic or inorganic fertilizer and other land management practices, suggesting that it will be difficult to get farmers to make such investments in the present environment. …”
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When Water Does not Flow: Elite Capture of Freshwater Canals in Bangladesh por Sarker, Mou Rani, Joshi, Deepa, Mannan, Fouzia, Rahman, M Mokhlesur

“…The leaseholders utilize social and political connection to monopolized canal systems, thereby exacerbating water scarcity. Small-scale and marginal farmers, fishers, and women are the primary victims of this canal appropriation. …”
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Insights for enhancing gender equity and social inclusion through sustainable intensification of mixed farming systems of Malawi por Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Snyder, Katherine A., Chiduwa, Mazvita, Liben, Feyera

“…Gender-responsive agricultural innovations play a crucial role in empowering women, youth, and marginalized groups, enhancing benefits from sustainable intensification. …”
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Empowerment through technology: Gender dimensions of social capital build-up in Maharashtra, India por Padmaja, Ravula, Bantilan, Cynthia

“…Finally, it is suggested that further insights into the role of social networks and power relations in the village may be examined in greater detail by establishing the village network architecture, especially marginalized groups.…”
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Improving the effectiveness of collective action: sharing experiences from community forestry in Nepal por Acharya, Krishna P., Gentle, Popular

“…A collaborative and inclusive approach that includes women and marginalized groups as committee executives and members of local government bodies is necessary to build the enabling environment.…”
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Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Bioenergy and agricultural research for development por Ortiz, Rodomiro, Crouch, Jonathon H., Iwanaga, Masa, Sayre, Ken, Warburton, Marilyn L., Arous, José Luis, Dixon, John, Bohn, Martin, Reddy, Belum V. S., Ramesh, S., Wani, Suhas P.

“…Agricultural research can mitigate these trade-offs by enhancing the biomass traits of dual-purpose food crops, developing new biomass crops for marginal lands where there is less competition with food crops, and developing sustainable livestock management systems that are less dependent on biomass residuals for feeds. …”
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Community watershed management in semi-arid India: The state of collective action and its effects on natural resources and rural livelihoods por Shiferaw, Bekele A., Kebede, Tewodros A., Ratna Reddy, V.

“…This may be attributable to longer gestation periods for realizing indirect effects from collective natural resource investments and the lack of institutional mechanisms to ensure equitable distribution of such gains across the community, including the landless and marginal farmers.…”
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Reaching middle-income status in Ghana by 2015: Public expenditures and agricultural growth por Benin, Samuel, Mogues, Tewodaj, Cudjoe, Godsway, Randriamamonjy, Josee

“…Formal education was negatively associated with agricultural productivity. The estimated marginal effects and returns differ across the four agro-ecological zones. …”
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Agriculture and climate change: The importance of property rights in climate change mitigation por Markelova, Helen, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Millions of hectares of forest and pastoral land in Asia and Latin America are similarly listed as state land, although used by communities, especially those of indigenous people or other marginalized ethnic groups. Often the same area may be under co-existing informal tenure systems, most of which are not recognized by formal land laws, but are instead accepted and enforced by the communities. …”
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Decentralization and public service delivery in Nigeria por Okojie, Christiana

“…However, access to rural services, has only had marginal impacts in the agricultural sector. Rural households, therefore, continue to face poor access to agricultural and social services. …”
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Integrated agroecological rice fish farming in Andhra Pradesh, India: A case study por Samaddar, Ayan, Panemangalore, Arun Padiyar, Maliappan, Sudharsan, Borah, Gulshan, Sikka, Alok, Kumar, Gopal

“…However, for development and extension agencies to facilitate the adoption and benefits of this model among small and marginal farmers, careful consideration of this system is imperative. …”
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Compliance with food safety measures and their economic impact on smallholder dairy farmers: Evidence from the Indo-Gangetic plains of India por Katoch, Sonali, Kumar, Anjani, Kolady, Deepthi E., Sharma, Kriti

“…The majority of the farmers were operating on marginal and small plots. A Food Safety Index (FSI) derived from 71 distinct practices was used as a quantitative measure of adoption of compliance with FSM. …”
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Yield advantage and economic performance of rice–maize, rice–soybean, and maize–soybean intercropping in rainfed areas of western Indonesia with a wet climate por Erythrina, Erythrina, Susilawati, Susilawati, Slameto, Slameto, Resiani, Ni Made Delly, Arianti, Forita Dyah, Jumakir, Jumakir, Fahri, Anis, Bhermana, Andy, Jannah, Asmanur, Sembiring, Hasil

“…Rice equivalent yield, maize equivalent yield, and the gross margin under IPs were significantly higher per cycle than under MPs; IPs provided a substantially lower cost of production and of paid workers. …”
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Rice-fallow management in eastern India: Challenges and opportunities for enhancing system productivity and profitability por Mohapatra, Bidhan K.

“…With a rainfed rice-based mono-cropping system, resource-poor and small and marginal farmers of eastern India are forced to dwell in the vicious circle of poverty. …”
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Whither rice health in the lowlands of Asia: Shifts in production situations, injury profiles, and yields por Savary, Serge, Willocquet, Laetitia, Castilla, Nancy, Nelson, Andy, Shankar Singh, Uma, Kumar, Jatinder, Teng, Paul S.

“…Yield gain between the two periods was marginal but yield losses to IPs remained unchanged. …”
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Characterization of statistical features for plant microRNA prediction por Thakur, Vivek, Wanchana, Samart, Xu, Mercedes, Bruskiewich, Richard, Quick, William Paul, Mosig, Axel, Zhu, Xinguang

“…While the length of conserved positions (nucleus) in mature miRNAs were relatively longer in plants, the difference in distribution of minimum free energy, between real and background hairpins, was marginal. However, the choice of source (species) of background sequences was found to affect both the minimum free energy and miRNA hairpin stability. …”
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Mapping energy use portfolios and household welfare in India: Insights from farm and household surveys in Bihar and Jharkhand por Sufian, Farha, Alvi, Muzna, Beniwal, Ezaboo

“…Access to clean and reliable energy is essential for improving food security, enhancing economic opportunities, and empowering marginalized communities, particularly women. However, India’s energy landscape is diverse, with rural areas heavily reliant on traditional energy sources like firewood and kerosene, while urban regions increasingly adopt modern energy technologies. …”
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Agri-Food System Governance in Bangladesh’s Coastal Regions: Why the Socio-Ecological Systems Approach Needs to Be Politicized por Joshi, Deepa, Schulze, Paul, Amin, Md Nurul, Gallant, Bryce, Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., Rahman, Mokhlesur, Garrett, James, Sarker, Mou Rani

“…This has resulted in unequal confl icts and contestations around critical resources, which impact most marginalized groups, also because policy incoherence encourages collusion between local elites and local decision-makers for resource appropriation and control. …”
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Adapting and combining foresight and ex ante impact pathway evaluation for place‐based research planning with stakeholders por Blundo-Canto, Genowefa, Ferré, Marie, Tibaduiza‐Castaneda, Leidy, Andrieu, Nadine, Fréguin‐Gresh, Sandrine, Rodriguez‐Borray, Gonzalo, Santacruz‐Castro, Adriana, Mercandalli, Sara

“…They extend the analysis of how different actors can shape the future, identifying effects that might otherwise be overlooked or marginalized during the planning and evaluation of the intervention, while also helping to identify the conditions necessary for desired impacts. …”
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Navigating climate change, disasters and displacement in Pakistan: a case study of Rahim Yar Khan por Khalid, Sidra, Hafeez, Mohsin, Junaid, Novaira, Aeman, Hafsa

“…Climate change has intensified natural hazards, such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, which strain limited resources, disrupt livelihoods, and displace millions—compounded further by rapid population growth, urbanization, and pressure on food, land, and water systems (FLWS). Marginalized groups, including women, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities, are especially vulnerable amidst weak disaster management, inefficient governance, and inadequate infrastructure. …”
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