Resultados de búsqueda - "political"

Decentralization without democracy por Kosec, Katrina, Mogues, Tewodaj

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Feminist research in agriculture: moving beyond gender-transformative approaches por Cole, S.M., Rajaratnam, S., Liani, M., Joshi, D., Basnet, S., Bisht, M., Shijagurumayum, M.S., Jain, M., Kumar, P., Fischer, K., Puozaa, D.K., Reyes, A., Velasco, H.

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Globalization of food and agriculture and the poor por von Braun, Joachim, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…They examine the different interactions between the forces influencing and driving globalization—politics and governance; markets, capital investment, and labour; information and innovation; and health, social policies, and conflicts—and elements of the food chain—production, marketing, and consumption. …”
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Rice markets, agricultural growth, and policy options in Viet Nam por Goletti, Francesco, Minot, Nicholas

“…As this transition continues, Viet Nam faces the challenge of formulating and implementing a growth strategy which is both economically and politically feasible. Critical to this growth strategy is the role of agriculture and, within agriculture, the development of an efficient rice marketing system. …”
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Brazil: Shadow WTO agricultural domestic support notifications por Nassar, André Meloni, Ures, Diego

“…Domestic support has taken central stage in the last years and in light of a global economic crisis will play an even greater role in international trade politics. The paper focuses on Brazil and lays out the different domestic support policies used by the government. …”
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Gendered access and control of irrigation and its implications for meeting the MDGs in Zimbabwe AAG Conference, New York 24-28 February 2012 por Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…This study assesses the intersection of gender, politics, power dynamics and how these play out and result in differential outcomes in irrigation landscapes of Zimbabwe. …”
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From IWRM back to integrated water resources management por Giordano, Mark, Shah, Tushaar

“…The main message is that we should simply get on with pragmatic politics and solutions to the world’s many individual water challenges.…”
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Exploring China’s farmer-level water saving mechanisms: Analysis of an experiment conducted in Taocheng district, Hebei Province por Chen, S., Wang, Y., Zhu, T.

“…However, the reluctance of policymakers to exacerbate farmers’ burdens has rendered pricing mechanisms politically infeasible, while tradable water rights systems involve prohibitively high transaction costs in rural China. …”
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Putting violent armed conflict in the center of the Salween hydropower debates por Suhardiman, Diana, Rutherford, J., Bright, S. J.

“…Recognizing this conflict-prone and politically fragile condition as the main characteristics of Salween water governance is essential if we are to strive for sustainable and just development.…”
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A pandemic revealing another : Colombian indigenous women in the national COVID-19 discourse por Gallisai, Francesca

“…By drawing on feminist postcolonial theory and implementing discourse analysis to engage with policy and public discourse that include concerns for Colombian indigenous women under the pandemic, the purpose of this study is to contribute to discussions on how politics (in this case related to the pandemic) can reinforce gendered and ethnicized oppressions. …”

Sugarcane radiation use efficiency: varietal differences, temperature dependence, and implications for modeling biomass across environments por Christina, Mathias, Clark, David, Marin, Fabio Ricardo, Ribeiro, Rafael Vasconcelos, Saez, Julio Victor, Chibarabada, Tendai Polite, Vianna, Murilo dos Santos, Jones, Matthew R., Cuadra, Santiago Vianna, Cabral, Osvaldo Machado Rodrigues, Acreche, Martin Moises, Dias, Henrique Boriolo

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Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa por Jennings, Stewart, Challinor, Andrew J., Smith, Pete, Macdiarmid, Jennie I., Pope, Edward, Chapman, Sarah, Bradshaw, Catherine, Clark, Heather, Vetter, Sylvia, Fitton, Nuala, King, Richard, Mwamakamba, Sithembile, Madzivhandila, Tshilidzi, Mashingaidze, Ian, Chomba, Christian, Nawiko, Masiye, Nyhodo, Bonani, Mazibuko, Ndumiso, Yeki, Precious, Kuwali, Pamela, Kambwiri, Alfred, Kazi, Vivian, Kiama, Agatha, Songole, Abel, Coskeran, Helen, Quinn, Claire, Sallu, Susannah, Dougill, Andrew, Whitfield, Stephen, Kunin, Bill, Meebelo, Nalishebo, Jamali, Andrew, Kantande, Dhaquirs, Makundi, Prosper, Mbungu, Winfred, Kayula, Frank, Walker, Sue, Zimba, Sibongile, Galani Yamdeu, Joseph H., Kapulu, Ndashe, Valadares Galdos, Marcelo, Eze, Samuel, Tripathi, Hemant, Sait, Steven, Kepinski, Stefan, Likoya, Emmanuel, Greathead, Henry, Smith, Harriet E., Mahop, Marcelin Tonye, Harwatt, Helen, Muzammil, Maliha, Horgan, Graham, Benton, Tim

“…While these transformations are challenging to accomplish and often associated with increased greenhouse gas emissions, the alternative for a nutrition-secure future is to rely increasingly on imports, which would outsource emissions and be economically and politically challenging given the large import increases required.…”
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When values inform approaches to climate security: The case of Zambia’s Southern Province por Tarusarira, Joram, Caroli, Giulia, Medina, Leonardo, Maviza, Gracsious

“…The outcomes of climate-related security risks are also a function of how the values of those affected influence how they perceive and interpret that hazard, in addition to a function of the extent to which a society is economically, politically, and technologically prepared to cope with the damaging consequences of a particular hazard. …”
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How does a network of Colombian interethnic women foster resilience to climate change and contribute to gender equality? por Howland, Fanny Cecile, Salas, Daniela

“…In addition, the historic shift to a leftist government has led to putting women and other historically marginalized social groups at the center of politics. Governmental and non-governmental actors are involved in the implementation of PA and CC policy, which could lead to fragmentation at different levels and lack of coherence between policy discourse and policy implementation.…”
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Global land reform experiences: A review for South Africa por Davies, Rob, Kosec, Katrina, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Song, Jie

“…Flexibility and pragmatism can lead to greater learning, improving effectiveness of reforms over time. Democratic politics are important, both in creating the demand for redistribution and in contributing to its success. …”
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Are Ghana’s Public-Sector employees overpaid? Understanding the public/private wage gap and its effect on the government deficit por Younger, Stephen D., Osei-Assibey, Eric

“…To make further reductions in the wage bill, policymakers must either make the normative case that public-sector workers should be paid less than private-sector workers with similar qualifications, something that will be difficult politically, or they must adjust the required skill levels of public-sector employees downward, something that may not make administrative sense. …”
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Institutional arrangements to make public spending responsive to the poor—(where) have they worked? Review of the evidence on four major intervention types por Mogues, Tewodaj, Erman, Alvina

“…Local elite capture is a key factor dampening pro-poor spending where either exogenous circumstances such as prevailing inequality, or inadequate program design, enable capture to materialize. Politics is an important determinant of the success of these arrangements.…”
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Climate readiness in smallholder agricultural systems: lessons learned from REDD+ por Zurek, M., Streck, C., Roe, S, Haupt, F.

“…The debate around the role that agriculture should play in mitigating climate change and sequestering greenhouse gases is politically complex and technically complicated. In many countries, and particularly in developing countries with a large smallholder population, the agricultural sector faces competing priorities, such as national food security goals, poverty alleviation, addressing natural resource degradation and adapting to the already visible effects of climate change. …”
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Building Capacity in Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation: Lessons from the Field por Horton, Douglas

“…Nine lessons are drawn: (1) Project design is much more than a technical process; it is essentially one of negotiation. (2) In capacity-building projects, design activities cannot end when implementation begins. (3) A priority for capacity-building efforts is to prepare managers to deal with complexity, uncertainty and change.(4) In capacity-building efforts, don't patronize managers, but seek to collaborate as equals.(5) Organizational assessment is a complex social process, intertwined with organizational politics. (6) In designing capacity-building projects, it is essential to involve managers and staff members in assessing needs and opportunities. (7) Action-learning strategies offer great potential for capacity building. (8) In the context of strategic management and organizational learning, PM&E take on new meanings. (9) Training is most effective when it is designed to serve a purpose within an organizational change process. …”
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Changing sources of growth in Indian agriculture: Implications for regional priorities for accelerating agricultural growth por Birthal, Pratap Singh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Negi, Digvijay S., Agarwal, Shaily

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