Search Results - "phenomenon"

Recent drought prevalence in the Limpopo River Basin: insights from the digital twin platform by Ghosh, Surajit, Vigneswaran, Kayathri, Dickens, Chris, Retief, H., Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel

“…The year 2023, marked by the El Niño phenomenon, exacerbated dry conditions, resulting in prolonged water shortages and reduced agricultural output. …”
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Contract Farming in Developing Countries: The promise and its perils by Narayanan, Sudha

“…Contract farming is an institutional arrangement between farmers and businesses to produce and transact agricultural commodities at predetermined prices and conditions, and it has recently received a heightened amount of attention despite being a relatively old phenomenon. A new wave of agricultural industrialization and the emergence of large-scale food retailing in developing countries may be precipitating the unprecedented shift in favor of contract farming. …”
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Is a negative US agricultural trade balance a cause for concern? by Glauber, Joseph W.

“…The rising agricultural trade deficit is a relatively recent phenomenon, but it should not be a cause for alarm. …”
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Agricultural distortions and international migration by Britos, Braulio, Hernandez, Manuel A., Trupkin, Danilo

“…International migration is a recurrent phenomenon that has grown rapidly over the past two decades. …”
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The underlying causes of forest decline by Contreras Hermosilla, A.

“…There are no simple solutions to this complex phenomenon.…”
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A systematic review of local vulnerability to climate change: in search of transparency, coherence and comparability by Delaney, A., Chesterman, Sabrina, Crane, Todd A., Tamás, Peter A., Ericksen, Polly J.

“…Because vulnerability is a conceptual construct rather than a directly observable phenomenon, most vulnerability assessments measure a set of “vulnerability indicators”. …”
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The prospect of animated videos in agriculture and health: a case study in Benin by Bello-Bravo, Julia, Dannou, E.A., Agunbiade, T.A., Tamo, Manuele, Pittendrigh, Barry Robert

“…Cell-phone ready educational videos, translated into local languages, are a recent phenomenon in developing nations. One of the reasons for the emergence of this approach is due to the scarcity of other forms of educational materials with appropriate content for low literate learners. …”
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Change in gender relations: managerial and transformative approaches of gender mainstreaming in agriculture by Tegbaru, A., Fitzsimons, J., Gurung, B., Odame, H.H.

“…Drawing from the managerial and efficiency path, and planning tools used in implementing a project in Northern Nigeria, Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Borno State or PROSAB, and by exploring largely unintended/unforeseen consequences of project actions, the paper argues that change in gender relations should be viewed not as outcome of technology transfer following a simple input-output model conceptualised largely in linear terms, but rather as a complex social phenomenon based on people’s interests, motivations, relationships, and innovative actions that are embedded in their historical and cultural situations. …”
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Identificación de progenies y progenitores por el análisis del número cromosómico en Saccharum by Barreto, A, Simón, J.P.

“…This produces a marked aneuploid in the Saccharun genus. In My 53205, the phenomenon of chromosome mosaic was also observed for a single bud similar to the case of clone 28 NG 201, reported under the S. edule species. …”
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The meaning-making of Bondens egen Marknad, a farmers market organization by Hammerand, April

“…Using qualitative interviews and Symbolic Interactionist theory as a guide, we search for the answers to these questions by looking at the communicative phenomenon of meaning-making. We explore different interpretations of the Bondens egen Marknad: what does local food and direct contact mean to the producers, how did the original concept of the farmers market influence the creation of the shared message, how do the farmers describe consumers and producers in relation to their motives and goals, and the perceived significance of trust-building, interdependence, and building a closer relationship between consumers and producers at the Bondens egen Marknad.…”
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Advertising Space : illustrating the spatial impact of urban outdoor advertising by Oelreich von, Carl

“…Advertising is a phenomenon that shapes the image of many urban spaces today and has done so for the past two hundred years at least. …”

Meaning making in service of power at the climate change negotiations : a critical discourse analysis of the speeches held by Xi Jinping and Barack Obama at the opening ceremony of... by Söderlund, Christoffer

“…Both speeches portray climate change as a phenomenon with long lasting consequences for human society and the main threats are perceived to be decreasing economic growth and potential instability of the nation-state. …”

Environmental Impacts of Productivity-Enhancing Crop Research: A Critical Review by CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment, Maredia, Mywish K., Pingali, Prabhu L.

“…Adding to this difficulty of attributing the causes of environmental impacts to research, the authors describe a common tendency of literature to conflate the green revolution with the larger phenomenon of agricultural intensification.…”
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(In)formell tillfällig användning by Wirf, Simon, Arvidsson, Johanna

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“Grönmattning” på konsumentmarknader by Chidiac, Nicole, Olsson, Malin

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Resource book: Earth observation and climate data analysis for agricultural drought monitoring in South Asia by Qamer, Faisal M., Krupnik, Timothy J., Pandey, Pradyumna R., Ahmad, Bashir

“…Considering the adverse impacts of drought on agricultural production and food security, it is critical that we prepare line agencies to understand the drought phenomenon better and monitor them regularly. This training programme is a timely and important endeavour and the resource book will serve as a ready reference for training participants. …”
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Subsistence agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe; how to break the vicious circle?: studies on the agricultural and food sector in Central and Eastern Europe by Abele, S., Frohberg, K.

“…In a globalised, market-driven world, it remains at the same time a myth and a marginal phenomenon. CONTENTS: Subsistence Agriculture in Development: Its Role in Processes of Structural Change; Franz Heidhues, Michael Brüntrup. …”
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Drivers of transgression: What pushes people to enter protected areas by Ponta, N., Cornioley, T., Waeber, Patrick O., Dray, A., Vliet, N. van, Quiceno Mesa, M.P., Garcia, C.A.

“…Despite the increasing enforcement of strict protection rules, non-compliance is a phenomenon experienced in protected areas around the world. …”
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Skewness in the literature on infectious livestock diseases in an emerging economy - the case of Vietnam by Rajala, E., Hu Suk Lee, Nguyen Hoai Nam, Chu Thi Thanh Huong, Hoang Minh Son, Wieland, Barbara, Magnusson, Ulf

“…We think that this limitation in scientific reports on infectious diseases that only affect livestock productivity is a common phenomenon in low and lower middle income countries. …”
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Human-nature interactions in the Afrotropics: experiential and cognitive connections among urban residents in southern Nigeria by Awoyemi, A.G., Ibanez-Rueda, N., Guardiola, J., Ibanez-Alamo, J.D.

“…Many people are losing direct contact with nature, a phenomenon termed as the extinction of experience. Urban dwellers are particularly affected by this process that influences public health and habitat conservation. …”
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