Resultados de búsqueda - "modernity"

Food supply chains: Business resilience, innovation, and adaptation por Reardon, Thomas, Vos, Rob

“…. - Impacts differed by the degree of integration and modernization of food supply chains. - “Transitioning” supply chains were the most vulnerable - these chains are long but still poorly integrated, face infrastructure limitations, and are dominated by SMEs that depend heavily on hired labor. - Traditional supply chains also suffered, but less so being generally short and relying on family labor. - Modern, integrated supply chains were better positioned to adapt and innovate. …”
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Post-harvest losses in rural-urban value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia por Minten, Bart, Tamru, Seneshaw, Reardon, Thomas

“…We further find that the emerging modern retail sector in Ethiopia is characterized by half the level of PHL than are observed in the traditional retail sector. …”
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Teff Value Chain in Ethiopia: Producer/Household Survey por International Food Policy Research Institute, Ethiopian Development Research Institute

“…The data collected in this survey helps to understand how the teff value chains are transforming in terms of quality and demand of teff, adoption of modern inputs in teff farming, farmers' access to inputs and services, their income and wealth among many other things.…”
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Climate Resilience in Asia’s Mega Deltas: A Spatial Approach to Adaptation Planning por Nelson, Katherine

“…The research identifies vulnerability hotspots and recommends a comprehensive strategy that includes investing in capacity building, modernizing irrigation infrastructure, and promoting climate-resilient agricultural practices like crop diversification to boost farmer incomes and overall resilience.…”
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Living with the trees of life: Towards the transformation of tropical agriculture por Leakey, R.

“…Presenting the real-life experiences of remote rural villages, it tells the story of how the trees that traditionally sustained the lives of hunter-gathers can now be brought into modern agriculture. In so doing, these highly nutritious crops can offer hope for resolving the big issues of poverty, malnutrition, hunger and environmental degradation.…”
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Leveraging agrigenomics" for crop improvement" por Gedil, Melaku A, Rabbi, Ismail Y.

“…Modern biotechnologies have dramatically reshaped the crop improvement research during the past decade. …”
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Zinc deficiency: issues for public health, assessment and prevention por Rivera, Juan A., Brown, Kenneth H., Hotz, Christine, Ruel, Marie T.

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Offtakes sensitivity in irrigation canal operation por Renault, D., Hemakumara, H.M.

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Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia por Abay, Kibrom A., Jensen, Nathaniel D.

“…We find that households living close to markets are more likely to engage in market‐oriented livestock production and use modern livestock inputs. We also find that households exposed to more unpredictable weather are less likely to engage in livestock production for markets, rather they are more likely to engage in livestock production for precautionary savings and insurance. …”
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Feeding efficiency gains can increase the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of the Tanzanian dairy sector por Hawkins, J.A., Yesuf, G., Zijlstra, M., Schoneveld, George C., Rufino, Mariana C.

“…Baseline GHG emissions intensities ranged between 19.8 and 27.8 and 5.8–5.9 kg CO2eq kg−1 fat and protein corrected milk for the Traditional (local cattle) and Modern (improved cattle) sectors. Land use change contributed 45.8–65.8% of the total carbon footprint of dairy. …”
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Understanding the perceptions of secondary school youth toward agricultural careers in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Nigeria por Mulei, W., Larinde, B., Adefioye, A., Bobo, P., Woomer, P.L.

“…Youth are critical participants in the modernization of African agriculture but often their perception of farming is negative. …”
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Genome-wide analysis reveals the extent of EAV-HP integration in domestic chicken por Wragg, David, Mason, Andrew S., Yu, Le, Kuo, Richard, Lawal, Raman A., Desta, Takele Taye, Mwacharo, Joram M., Cho, Chang-Yeon, Kemp, Stephen J., Burt, David W., Hanotte, Olivier H.

“…EAV-HP is an ancient retrovirus pre-dating Gallus speciation, which continues to circulate in modern chicken populations, and led to the emergence of avian leukosis virus subgroup J causing significant economic losses to the poultry industry. …”
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The IITA agripreneur movement: a dynamic approach to youth empowerment across Africa por Sanginga, N., Adenmosun, A., Obaniyi, J., Mulinganya, N., Woomer, P.

“…These efforts led to the training of 25,616 youth in modern agriculture and agribusiness, resulting in 1,661 modernized farms and 2,592 business start-ups. …”
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Developing a women’s empowerment in energy index: Conceptual framework and empirical evidence por Alvi, Muzna, Vemireddy, Vidya, Ringler, Claudia, Tank, Nikita

“…Equal access to clean energy is key to meeting SDG 5 (gender equality) and SDG 7 (ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy services for all). However, energy access is not distributed equally, with more than 80% of energy poverty—the lack of access to sustainable, modern energy services and products—concentrated in rural FROM RESEARCH TO IMPACT, October 2023 37 areas, where it affects agriculture, food security and nutrition, and reduces livelihood opportunities and well-being. …”
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Intensification of rice farming: The role of mechanization and irrigation por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Mano, Yukichi

“…In sum, the use of tractors, irrigation investment, and modern milling, combined with improved rice marketing, play critical roles that complement rice cultivation training in achieving the rice Green Revolution in SSA.…”
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Leading the way: Foreign direct investment and dairy value chain upgrading in Uganda por Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Minten, Bart, Swinnen, Johan

“…Furthermore, we also provide an econometric analysis that focuses on the integration of value chain actors into modern value chains more broadly defined. We find that dairy value chains are transforming rapidly, but innovations are more pronounced in areas that received the bulk of FDI. …”
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Post-harvest losses in rural-urban value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia por Minten, Bart, Tamru, Seneshaw, Reardon, Thomas

“…We find that the emerging modern retail sector in Ethiopia is characterized on average by half the level of PHL than is observed in the traditional retail sector. …”
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The impact of urban growth on agricultural and rural non-farm growth in Kenya por Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P., Johnson, Timothy, Samboko, Paul Chimuka, You, Liangzhi

“…Urban growth also has a large effect on education, followed by commercialization and then on the use of modern varieties. These in turn have a strong impact on agricultural and rural non-farm income. …”
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Mapping energy use portfolios and household outcomes in Pakistan: Insights from farm and household surveys in Rahim Yar Khan por Sufian, Farha, Alvi, Muzna, Raja, Sehrish

“…The energy portfolio in rural RYK is diverse, with households relying on a combination of traditional and modern sources of energy. This analysis aims to explore how on- and off-farm energy choices impact key aspects of household well-being, including women’s dietary diversity, agency in energy choices, and workload. …”
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