Resultados de búsqueda - "nongovernmental organization"

Biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asian timber concessions: a critical evaluation of policy mechanisms and guidelines por Dennis, R.A., Meijaard, E., Nasi, Robert, Gustafsson, L.

“…We recommend specific roles for governments, the forestry industry, and nongovernmental organizations in further promoting the implementation of SFM practices for biodiversity conservation.…”
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Workshop on implementation strategies for piloting flood index insurance for agricultural development in Bangladesh por International Water Management Institute

“…Effective end-to-end solutions is being developed in collaboration with a range of organizations and experts from central and state government bodies, private insurance firms, community-based organizations (CBOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The workshop is jointly organized by IWMI and IWM.…”
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Booming markets for Moroccan argan oil appear to benefit some rural households while threatening the endemic argan forest por Lybbert, Travis J., Aboudrare, Abdellah, Chaloud, Deborah, Magnan, Nicholas, Nash, Maliha

“…High-value argan markets have sparked a bonanza of argan activity. Nongovernmental organizations, international and domestic development agencies, and argan oil cooperatives aggressively promote the win–win aim of simultaneously benefiting local people and the health of the argan forest. …”
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From farm to table: Women at the agriculture-nutrition nexus por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Kyle, Jordan, Kosec, Katrina, Ragasa, Catherine, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Kumar, Neha, Sawhey, Tinni, Gonzalez, Teresa, Madero, Ana, Mittrick, Caitlin, Myers, Emily, Rapada, Amica, Adida, Claire, L., Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung, Matanock, Aila M., Arriola, Leonardo, Adeyanju, Dolapo, Fisher, Rachel

“…Improving Women’s Livelihoods and Gender Equality through Women’s and Men’s Leadership and Advocacy Trainings in Rural Nigeria Role of Policy in Agriculture-Nutrition-Empowerment Nexus At a session of the Civil Society Organizations and Nongovernmental Organizations Forum during the 69th Commission on the Status of Women, researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) shared evidence and policy insights on women’s role in the agriculture-nutrition pathways in fragile settings. …”
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Scaling Workshop Report: Bundled solutions with seed systems, index insurance and climate information to manage agricultural risks (BICSA) por International Water Management Institute, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…This workshop was organised with the vision of strengthening the initiative of bundling agricultural insurance and seek to establish strong cooperation among different stakeholders that include the government, private sector, nongovernmental organizations and academic institutions. Key policy makers, implementers, private sector entities (seed companies and the insurance industry) and development partners involved in bundling solutions were among the participants.…”
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Are farmers’ climate change adaptation strategies understated? Evidence from two communities in northern Ethiopian highlands por Adamseged, Muluken Elias, Kebede, S.W.

“…In this regard, the different levels of government and nongovernmental organizations should provide more adaptation measures on agricultural extension services, access to loans, roads, transport, market, knowledge and creation of wage employment and business opportunities in the vicinity of rural communities and its surrounding towns.…”
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Understanding drivers and barriers for adoption of climate- smart agriculture through a gender lens: Evidence from India por Barooah, Prapti

“…The results can be used by governments, nongovernmental organizations, and other critical stakeholders interested in ensuring equity in adoption of CSA practices, thereby enhancing resilience among farming households in low- and middle-income countries.…”
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Earthquake lessons from China: Coping and rebuilding strategies por Chen, Kevin Z., Zhang, Qiang, Hsu, Claire

“…Killing almost 90,000 people and creating economic losses of 845 billion yuan (US$132 billion), the earthquake also elicited a vigorous response from various government agencies, private businesses, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The ways these actors’ responses to the earthquake proved effective in distributing appropriate aid to those in need and the areas where the actors’ earthquake response needs to be improved are discussed and analyzed in Earthquake Lessons from China: Coping and Rebuilding Strategies. …”
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The gender implications of large-scale land deals por Behrman, Julia A., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Land-related investments promoted in the name of “rural development” will miss their mark unless the many actors involved—including national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the research community, and investors—recognize and address the needs of women as well as men.…”
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How to make agricultural extension demand-driven?: The case of India’s agricultural extension policy por Birner, Regina, Anderson, Jock R.

“…This essay discusses various options for providing and financing agricultural advisory services, which involve the public and private sectors as well as a third sector comprising nongovernmental organizations and farmer-based organizations. …”
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Estimating household income to monitor and evaluate public investment programs in Sub-Saharan Africa por Benin, Samuel, Randriamamonjy, Josee

“…Monitoring rural household income is important for governments, donors, nongovernmental organizations, researchers, and others involved with development strategies, because increasing rural household income is a primary objective for achieving many development goals, including reducing poverty, hunger, and food and nutrition insecurity. …”
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Forests and trees for social adaptation to climate variability and change por Pramova, E., Locatelli, Bruno, Djoudi, H., Somorin, O.A.

“…Recognizing this role of ecosystems, several international and nongovernmental organizations have promoted an ecosystem‐based approach to adaptation. …”
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Evaluación de la adaptación de variedades de yuca con resistencia a Phytophthora spp., mediante investigación participativa en comunidades indígenas de Mitú (Vaupés, Colombia) por Llano Rodríguez, Germán Alberto, Álvarez, E., Loke, J, Madriñán, R., Restrepo, JA, Mora, JR

“…Results were diffused, with local participation, through meetings with departmental institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and communities and through two field days and two illustrated handbooks.…”
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Scaling up delivery of biofortified staple food crops globally: Paths to nourishing millions por Foley, Jennifer, Michaux, Kristina D., Mudyahoto, Bho, Kyazike, Laira, Cherian, Binu, Kalejaiye, Olatundun Adeoti, Ifeoma, Okonkwo, Ilona, Paul, Reinberg, Chelsea, Mavindidze, Donald, Boy, Erick

“…Due to this, and the lack of formal seed systems and markets, HarvestPlus established a network of partnerships with community-based nongovernmental organizations and vine multipliers to popularize and scale-up delivery of OSP. …”
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Evaluating the Mexico city policy: How US foreign policy affects fertility outcomes and child health in Ghana por Jones, Kelly M.

“…The Mexico City policy, known derisively as the global gag rule, restricts activities of foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive such assistance. …”
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La extensión rural para la actividad ganadera en Colombia: legislación, desarrollos, brechas y oportunidades por Hurtado, Angie, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…However, the documentation on the application of extension services in developing countries reveals the difficulties caused by multiple factors, including market failures, little participation of the private sector and the ineffectiveness of States with little capacity to reach the target population, among others (Cohen and Lemma, 2011). Nongovernmental organizations or the communities themselves are interesting alternative providers of these services, but they can also fail (Birner and Anderson, 2007). …”
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Customary tenure and innovative measures of safeguarding land rights in Africa: The community land initiative (iniciativa de terras comunitárias) in Mozambique por Ghebru, Hosaena H., Pitoro, Raul, Woldeyohannes, Sileshi

“…The survey revealed that land conflict is the main reason to initiate a CLD process, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are major players in initiating and helping the CLD process. …”
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Methodology [of the PEDAL project] por Resnick, Danielle

“…Across both dimensions, the diagnostic examines three sets of actors: the public sector (including government ministries, agencies, executives, legislators, and bureaucrats), the private sector (such as food producers, processors, and retailers) and civil society (including consumers, research institutes, universities, journalists, and nongovernmental organizations). The remainder of this brief examines these components in more detail and highlights how they can be assessed by researchers and practitioners.…”
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A Guide for participatory mapping of ecosystem services in multiuse agricultural landscapes: How to conduct a rapid spatial assessment of ecosystem services por Braslow, Juliet, Cordingley, Justine E., Snyder, Katherine A.

“…This guide presents a step-by-step approach in using a participatory mapping method with community members to rapidly identify and map ecosystem services and changes in their supply across multiuse agricultural landscapes. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies and researchers can use this approach to learn from communities about how they use and access natural resources. …”
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Development and commercialization of the green muscle biopesticide por Douthwaite, Boru, Langewald, J., Harris, J.

“…A second factor is the early forging of partnerships between donors, several research institutes, national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), private sector companies, and farmers that has ensured that sufficient expertise was available when needed. …”
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