Resultados de búsqueda - "poverty reduction"

Delivering Bundled Gender Sensitive Livestock Climate Information Services por CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate, International Livestock Research Institute

“…Because livestock production is essential for poverty reduction, nutrition security and sustainable livelihoods, and because it is highly vulnerable to climate risks, WP2 developed and scaled integrated climate-related service interventions to enhance climate risk management. …”
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Poverty and yield effects of CGIAR maize varieties in smallholder farming systems of Zambia por Ngoma, Hambulo, Setimela, Peter, Silva, João Vasco, Krishna, Vijesh

“…Thus, while improved varieties can increase crop productivity effectively, they are not substitutes for broad-based poverty reduction strategies.…”
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Evolution of consumption and livelihood impacts from cash and food transfer programs: Eight-year post-program experimental evidence from Bangladesh por Ahmed, Akhter, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Hidrobo, Melissa, Hoddinott, John F., Rakshit, Deboleena, Roy, Shalini

“…These insights will help inform the future design of transfer programs that aim to support sustainable poverty reduction and gender-equitable livelihoods, including to guide modifications tailored to the local context.…”
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Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models por Angelsen, A., Kaimowitz, D.

“…The role of macroeconomic factors such as population growth, poverty reduction, national income, economic growth and foreign debt is also ambiguous. …”
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Making dry forests work for the poor in Africa - building on success por Center for International Forestry Research

“…Eradicating poverty is arguably the greatest global challenge facing the world today and is a necessary precondition for sustainable development. To reach the poverty-reduction goals, bold action is required. In this Livelihood Brief we highlight some success stories, showing how sustainable management of forest resources has led to positive livelihood impacts. …”
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Towards wellbeing: monitoring poverty in Kutai Barat, Indonesia por Gonner, C., Cahyat, A., Haug, M., Limberg, G.

“…The report analyses poverty causes and gives practical recommendations to help the local government improve its development planning and poverty reduction.…”
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Towards wellbeing: monitoring poverty in Malinau, Indonesia por Moeliono, M., Limberg, G., Gonner, C., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Iwan, R.

“…The report analyses poverty causes and gives practical recommendations to help local government improve its development planning and poverty reduction.…”
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Menuju kesejahteraan: pemantauan kemiskinan di Malinau, Indonesia por Moeliono, M., Limberg, G., Gonner, C., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Iwan, R.

“…The report analyses poverty causes and gives practical recommendations to help local government improve its development planning and poverty reduction.…”
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Supermarkets and agricultural labor demand in Kenya: A gendered perspective por Rao, E.J.O., Qaim, M.

“…Rural employment generation can be an important vehicle for poverty reduction.…”
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Treadle pump irrigation and poverty in Ghana por Adeoti, Adetola, Barry, Boubacar, Namara, Regassa E., Kamara, Abdul B., Titiati, Atsu

“…This study examines the strategies used for dissemination of the TP and the dynamics of its adoption and impacts, with a special focus on poverty reduction. The results of the study reveal that time and labor savings for irrigation, increased size of irrigated areas and lack of fuel requirements are the attractive features of the TP for those who adopt it. …”
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The impact and control of diseases and other damages constraining leather value chains por Perry, Brian D.

“…Other topics of discussion include economic impact of a disease, estimation of avoidable losses, intervention funding, and leather industry & poverty reduction. The paper also illustrates with diagrams The economic impact of a disease - first and second steps; the inadequacy of total loss estimations in priority setting; the major problem - driven by the other value chain; the multiple obligations of the poor livestock producer, a standard leather value chain; and the conflicts in economic allegiances…”
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Livestock - a pathway out of poverty. ILRI's strategy to 2010 por International Livestock Research Institute

“…And the five themes are - supporting policy-making and priority-setting for livestock research and development: current and future roles of livestock in poverty reduction; enabling access to innovation: adapting and delivering technology information; improving market access: opportunities and threats from globalisation and the livestock revolution; securing assets: better livelihoods through the application of biotechnology; and sustaining lands and livelihoods: improved human and environmental health.…”
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Enriching impact assessment at CIMMYT por La Rovere, R., Dixon, John A., Hellin, Jonathan

“…Limited attention was directed at measuring impacts in terms of livelihood security or poverty reduction. In 2005, therefore, CIMMYT's Impacts Targeting and Assessment Unit (ITAU) began to develop and promote more wide-ranging types of IA. …”
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The Institutional Learning and Change Initiative: an introduction por CGIAR Institutional Learning and Change Initiative

“…The goal is to enhance the contribution of agricultural research to sustainable poverty reduction. The ILAC Initiative draws on the expanding body of knowledge encompassing complex adaptive systems, innovation processes, organizational learning and program evaluation, and promotes the examination of research paradigms, institutional norms, management practices and professional behaviours. …”
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Analysis of spatial determinants of poverty in rural Uganda. por Muhumuza, T.

“…Results indicate that different spatial factors affect certain regions differently, thereby warranting regional specific policy interventions if poverty reduction if to be realized. The results indicate that various spatial characteristics of where communities live play a key role in determining whether those communities will attain a given level of welfare.…”
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Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) for resilient agriculture, food security and inclusive business growth in East Africa por Solomon, Dawit, Mungai, Catherine, Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…Climate variability and change poses significant threats to sustained economic growth and agricultural development, poverty reduction, food security and political stability globally. …”
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Annual report 2017: CGIAR Research Program on Wheat por CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

“…Long-term bilateral projects delivered improved income outcomes relating to SLO 2.1 (exit poverty) and several ex ante studies show the poverty reduction potential of interventions under WHEAT FP3 and FP4 – see section 1.1 and Table 1-A, Table A-2 and Annex 1. …”
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Report of the Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group to the CGIAR Mid Term Meeting 1999 por CGIAR Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group

“…Impact of agricultural research on poverty reduction managed by Peter Hazell and Lawrence Haddad of IFPRI.2. …”
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Setting priorities for public spending for agricultural and rural development in Africa por Fan, Shenggen, Mogues, Tewodaj, Benin, Samuel

“…Public spending is one of the most direct and effective instruments that governments can use to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction, yet public agricultural spending in Africa has historically been very low compared with that in other developing regions. …”
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Agricultural technology adoption and household welfare: measurement and evidence por Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal, Alene, A., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Feleke, S., Manyong, Victor M.

“…We empirically show that such measurement errors lead to welfare estimates that are biased towards zero and substantially understate the poverty reduction effects of adoption. While the empirical evidence suggests attenuation bias, our theoretical exposition and simulations demonstrate that upward bias and sign reversal effects are also possible. …”
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