Resultados de búsqueda - "pandemic"

COVID-19, nutrition, and gender: An evidence-informed approach to gender-responsive policies and programs por Kalbarczyk, Anna, Aberman, Noora-Lisa, van Asperen, Bregje S. M., Morgan, Rosemary, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Carducci, Bianca, Heidkamp, Rebecca, Osendarp, Saskia, Kumar, Neha, Lartey, Anna, Malapit, Hazel J., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Fabrizio, Cecilia

“…Our analysis and resultant evidence map illustrate how underlying inequitable norms such as gendered unprotected jobs, reduced access to economic resources, decreased decision-making power, and unequal gendered division of labor, were exacerbated by the pandemic's secondary containment efforts. Health and nutrition policies and interventions targeted to women and children fail to recognize and account for understanding and documentation of underlying gender norms, roles, and relations which may deter successful outcomes. …”
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The cost of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy: A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach por Pradesha, Angga, Amaliah, Syarifah, Noegroho, Anang, Thurlow, James

“…This development cost comes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak that recently hit the country. Like in many other countries, one of the largest costs of COVID-19 comes from the social distancing policy, which is a proven public health measure to reduce the spread of the virus by limiting people’s movements and interactions for a certain period of time. …”
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One year after COVID: The challenges and outlook of Chinese micro and small enterprises por Kong, Tao, Yang, Xiaohan, Wang, Ranran, Cheng, Zijun, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…The key findings of the first quarter 2021 survey are as follows: - After exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year, the operational status of micro-and-small enterprises has significantly improved. …”
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Immediate impacts of COVID-19 on the aquaculture value chain in Ghana por Ragasa, Catherine, Amewu, Sena, Asante, Seth

“…The global COVID-19 human pandemic reached Ghana in early 2020, affecting the sector directly and indirectly. …”
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Could Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PM-GKY) mitigate COVID-19 shocks in the agricultural sector: Evidence from Northern India por Varshney, Deepak, Kumar, Anjani, Mishra, Ashok K., Rashid, Shahidur, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…While the COVID-19 pandemic resulted about 24% decline in Indian GDP during April-June 2020 quarter, the nation’s agricultural sector, somewhat surprisingly, seems to have done remarkably well during the same period. …”
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The short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian economy 2020-2021: A SAM multiplier modeling analysis por Baulch, Bob, Botha, Rosemary, Pauw, Karl

“…As both the development of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic situation in Malawi are highly uncertain at the present time, the results reported in this paper should be regarded as interim estimates, which are subject to revision as the underlying health and economic data change.…”
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Impacts of COVID-19 on food systems and poverty in Nigeria por Andam, Kwaw S., Edeh, Hyacinth O., Oboh, Victor, Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James

“…Protecting food supplies should be a priority alongside government efforts to address the health consequences of the pandemic.…”
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Dynamics of informal cross-border trade in agricultural products between Nepal and India por Kharel, Paras, Singh, Dikshya, Bista, Roopali, Khadka, Bipin, Roy, Devesh, Pradhan, Mamata, Saroj, Sunil, Kamar, Abul, Gupta, Shalini

“…It is considered that informal economy which had been on a decline after the promulgation of Nepal’s Constitution in 2015, has started increasing after the COVID-19 pandemic, and is most likely to be affected by the increasing crises. …”
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HIV/AIDS and labor markets in Tanzania por Arndt, Channing, Wobst, Peter

“…We analyze the implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Tanzania for labor markets and human capital accumulation. …”
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Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative survey report: Colombia por Lopera, Diana Carolina, Ordoñez, Juan Camilo, Azzarri, Carlo, Davis, Kristin E., De Falcis, Eleonora

“…Limited Evidence and Knowledge to Support NPS: Awareness of the environmental costs of industrial agriculture has highlighted the need for sustainable farming practices, especially after the 2021 UN Food System Summit and the COVID-19 pandemic. NPS has significant potential, including creating 395 million jobs by 2030 (as per the 2020 World Economic Forum). …”
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Successful innovations and lessons learnt in cassava improvement and deployment by IITA in Eastern African Region por Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Dixon, A., Kanju, E., Ssemakula, G.N., Okechukwu, R.U., Whyte, J., Obiero, H., Bigirimana, S., Gashaka, G., Lukombo, S., Mkamilo, G.S., Ndyetabula, I., Tata-Hangy, W.K., Otim Okello, F., Schofield, J.

“…IITA-ESARC began extensive cassava germplasm development to counter the pandemic of African cassava mosaic disease (ACMD) in the region in 1995 through the Eastern Africa Root Crops Research Network (EARRNET). …”
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Enhanced surveillance for Rift Valley fever in livestock during El Niño rains and threat of RVF outbreak, Kenya, 2015-2016 por Oyas, H., Holmstrom, L., Kemunto, N.P., Muturi, M., Mwatondo, A., Osoro, E.M., Bitek, A., Bett, Bernard K., Githinji, J.W.K., Thumbi, Samuel M., Widdowson, M.A., Munyua, P.M., Njenga, M.K.

“…Background In mid-2015, the United States’ Pandemic Prediction and Forecasting Science and Technical Working Group of the National Science and Technology Council, Food and Agriculture Organization Emergency Prevention Systems, and Kenya Meteorological Department issued an alert predicting a high possibility of El-Niño rainfall and Rift Valley Fever (RVF) epidemic in Eastern Africa. …”
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Family Vegetable Garden Manual

“…Increment on food prices, food scarcity and hunger are some of the unwelcomed consequences of the Ebola pandemic. Families and indeed entire communities are facing now those challenges with hope and creativity. …”
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An Update on RNA Virus Discovery: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives por Debat, Humberto Julio, Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban

“…Additionally, we discuss the potential implications of RNA virus discovery on disease emergence and pandemic preparedness. Despite remarkable progress, current challenges in sample collection, data interpretation, and the characterization of newly identified viruses persist. …”
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High-Throughput Sequencing Discloses the Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) Diversity in Slovakia and Reveals New Hosts of CMV from the Papaveraceae Family por Mrkvová, Michaela, Hancinsky, Richard, Predajna, Lukas, Alaxin, Peter, Achs, Adam, Tomasechová, Jana, Soltys, Katarína, Mihálik, Daniel, Olmos, Antonio, Ruiz-García, Ana B., Glasa, Miroslav

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Differences in risk-adjusted return between conventional and sustainable funds : a study of the swedish fund market por Michaelsson, Adrian, Svensson, Edward

“…The analysis was conducted during a two-year period 2019 to 2020, whereas in 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic started, which set off the market crisis. …”

Walking the tight rope of local conservation practices por Hussen, Mahamoud Hussein

“…Because of the COVID-19 pandemic that restricted travel to the site in 2020/21, the study undertook remote data collection with the support of two field assistants utilizing Cyber-ethnography. …”
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The Phylogeography of Potato Virus X Shows the Fingerprints of Its Human Vector por Fuentes, S., Gibbs, A.J., Hajizadeh, M., Pérez, A., Adams, I.P., Fribourg, C.E., Kreuze, Jan F., Fox, A., Boonham, N., Jones, R.A.C.

“…Major clusters A-D probably resulted from expansions that occurred soon after the potato late-blight pandemic of the mid-19th century. Genetic comparisons of the PVX populations of different Peruvian Departments found similarities between those linked by local transport of seed potato tubers for summer rain-watered highland crops, and those linked to winter-irrigated crops in nearby coastal Departments. …”
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Pathways to Women’s Empowerment in the Promotion of Climate Smart Agriculture in the Philippines, Myanmar, and Cambodia por Verzosa, Fatima, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Thant, Phyu Sin, Phen, Bunthoeun, Itliong, Kirstein, Myae, Chan, Thong, Chanphirum, Urdelas, Farah Gaud A., Naung, Ye Win, Moe, May Zin, Tola, Cheam, Barbon, Wilson John, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…The study also indicated that the promotion of homestead gardens and small livestock buffered the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to the households as these activities provided them with food, enabled them to share or sell vegetables to their neighbors, and reserved food for extended lockdowns.…”
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Phylogenetics and Evolution of Potato Virus V: Another Potyvirus that Originated in the Andes por Fuentes, S., Gibbs, A.J., Adams, I.P., Hajizadeh, M., Kreuze, Jan F., Fox, A., Blouin, A.G., Jones, R.A.C.

“…Thus the independent historical coincidences supporting the datings of the PVV and PVY phylogenies are the same; PVV arose ≥2,000 years ago in the Andes and was taken to Europe during the Columbian Exchange, where it diversified around 1853 ce, soon after the European potato late blight pandemic. PVV is likely to be more widespread than currently realized and is of biosecurity relevance for world regions that have not yet recorded its presence.…”
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