Resultados de búsqueda - "poverty reduction"

How the equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources can contribute to fairness and innovation por Tutwiler, M.A.

“…SDG 1 – No poverty – expands the vision of poverty reduction to go beyond economic resources and include also the na- tural resources on which the poor depend. …”
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Forecasting cocoa yields for 2050 por Kozicka, M., Tacconi, F., Horna, D., Gotor, Elisabetta

“…Cocoa is a food-industrial crop that could play a more important role in poverty reduction for small producers in developing countries worldwide. …”
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Dryland Cereals and Legumes Agri-Food Systems: Full Proposal 2017-2022 por CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals and Legumes

“…The overarching logic of the Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) CRP is that improved capacities of agrifood systems of key cereal and legume crops will enable coherent production, market and policy innovations that deliver resilience, inclusion, poverty reduction, nutritional security and economic growth. …”
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Veterinary epidemiology at ILRAD and ILRI, 1987–2018 por Perry, Brian D., Bett, Bernard K., Fèvre, Eric M., Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F.

“…Topics include scientific impacts; economic impact assessment; developmental impacts; capacity development; partnerships; impacts on human resources capacity in veterinary epidemiology; impacts on national animal health departments and services; impacts on animal health constraints in developing countries; impacts on ILRI's research and strategy; the introduction of veterinary epidemiology and economics at ILRAD; field studies in Kenya; tick-borne disease dynamics in eastern and southern Africa; heartwater studies in Zimbabwe; economic impact assessments of tick-borne diseases; tick and tick-borne disease distribution modelling; modelling the infection dynamics of vector-borne diseases; economic impact of trypanosomiasis; the epidemiology of resistance to trypanocides; the development of a modelling technique for evaluating control options; sustainable trypanosomiasis control in Uganda and in the Ghibe Valley of Ethiopia; spatial modelling of tsetse distributions; preventing and containing trypanocide resistance in the cotton zone of West Africa; rabies research; the economic impacts of rinderpest control; applying economic impact assessment tools to foot and mouth disease (FMD) control, the southern Africa FMD economic impact study; economic impacts of FMD in Peru, Colombia and India; economic impacts of FMD control in endemic settings in low- and middle-income countries; the global FMD research alliance (GFRA); Rift Valley fever; economic impact assessment of control options and calculation of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs); RVF risk maps for eastern Africa; land-use change and RVF infection and disease dynamics; epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites; priorities in animal health research for poverty reduction; the Wellcome Trust Epidemiology Initiatives; the broader economic impact contributions; the responses to highly pathogenic avian influenza; the International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE) experience, the role of epidemiology in ILRAD and ILRI and the impacts of ILRAD and ILRI's epidemiology; capacity development in veterinary epidemiology and impact assessment; impacts on national animal health departments and services; impacts on animal health constraints in developing countries and impacts on ILRI's research and strategy.…”
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Agricultural credit’s role in overcoming barriers to sustainable intensification of bovine livestock production in Colombia por Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Hurtado, Angie, Enciso, Karen, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…The positive effects of agricultural credit in the modernization of developing economies are well documented and range from increased productivity and reduced vulnerability to seasonality and significant multidimensional poverty reduction. However, credit placement in the Colombian agricultural sector is still low and only 5% of agricultural credits have investment motivations. …”
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In pursuit of a better world: crop improvement and the CGIAR por Kholová, Jana, Urban, Milan Oldřich, Cock, James H., Arcos, Jairo, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Aytekin, Destan, Azevedo, Vania, Barnes, Andrew P., Ceccarelli, Salvatore, Chavarriaga, Paul, Cobb, Joshua N., Connor, David, Cooper, Mark, Debouck, Daniel G., Ellis, Noel, Fungo, Robert, Grando, Stefania, Hammer, Graeme L., Hoffer, Julia, Jara, Carlos, Messina, Charlie, Mosquera, Gloria, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Ng, Enghwa, Prager, Steven, Sankaran, Sindhuja, Selvaraj, Michael Gomez, Tardieu, François, Thornton, Philip K., Valdés, Sylvia, Etten, Jacob van, Wenzl, Peter, Xu, Yunbi, Craufurd, Peter Q.

“…We compiled the opinions from more than thirty experts in the private and public sector on key strategies, methodologies and activities that could the help CGIAR meet the challenges of providing farmers with improved varieties while simultaneously meeting the goals of: (i) nutrition, health, and food security; (ii) poverty reduction, livelihoods, and jobs; (iii) gender equality, youth and inclusion; (iv) climate adaptation and mitigation and (v) environmental health and biodiversity. …”
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Priority interventions for transformational change in the Sahel por Abberton, Michael T., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Ademonla, Djalal A, Asiedu, R., Ayantunde, A.A., Bayala, Jules, Cofie, Olufunke O., Kane Potaka, Joanna, Zwart, Sander J., Tabo, Ramadjita, Tenkouano, A., Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain T., Togola, A., Whitbread, Anthony M., Worou, Omonlola N., Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…Meanwhile, the importance of improved agro-industrialization and trade for income generation and poverty reduction underscores the critical role of enhanced interaction with a vibrant private sector. …”
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Cassava Annual Report 2020 por Becerra-Lopez Lavalle, Luis Augusto, Newby, Jonathan Craig, Zhang, Xiaofei, Bohorquez-Chaux, Adriana, Malik, Imran, Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose, Delaquis, Erik, Slavchevska, Vanya, Tran, Thierry, Chavarriaga, Paul, Escobar Pérez, Roosevelt Humberto

“…The newly formed Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) recognizes the vital contribution that cassava makes to poverty reduction, and this is reflected in the objectives and outcomes of the Cassava Sub-Lever’s recently developed strategy. …”
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Climate-Smart Agriculture Training Guide por Belay, Berhanu, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Amha, Yosef, Tesfaye, Abonesh, Workneh, Sintayehu, Terefe, Tadesse, Nigussie, Abebe, Sinshaw, Yitea, Yigrem, Sintayehu, Kebede, Gizachew, Admas, Habtamu, Nega, Alemu, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Solomon, Dawit

“…Climate change endangers the country's agriculture development, natural resources, biodiversity conservation, and government poverty-reduction efforts. Climate change-related impacts such as food insecurity, malnutrition, poverty, biodiversity loss, and loss of livelihood are deeply intertwined and continue to be the country's primary development challenges. …”
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Baseline Survey and Needs Assessment of Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana por Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Tepa-Yoto, Ghislain, Mkomwa, Saidi, Yeboah, Stephen, Kyere, Reginald, Obeng, Faustina, Adabah, Richard, Waldmann, Kaja, Mwika, Perseverance, Kariuki, Philip Wanjohi, Bourarach, El Hassane, Kienzle, Josef

“…Sustainable agricultural mechanization holds great potential for addressing food security, poverty reduction and rural development challenges. This report compiles smallholder farmers’ needs, knowledge, and willingness to adopt and pay for sustainable agricultural mechanization (SAM) technologies and services in Ghana. …”
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Innovahubs: In-depth local actor and stakeholder analysis. Stakeholders’ assessment of the dynamic relationships and recommendations for sustainable scaling from within the Innovah... por Diaz Espinosa, Anabell, Valencia, Eva, Woltering, Lennart, García Santiago, Jorge O., Martínez, Oscar, Leal Gonzalez, Abel J., Borrayo, Andrea, Loon, Jelle van

“…In addition, within the Innovahubs, one of the activities to be carried out is the scaling up of innovations (technologies or practices) that can better respond to the AgriLAC Initiative's impact areas of: a) Nutrition, Health and Food Security; b) Poverty Reduction, Livelihoods and Employment; c) Gender Equality, Youth and Social Inclusion; d) Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; e) Environmental Health and Biodiversity. …”
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Baseline Survey and Needs Assessment of Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Ghana por Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Dalaa, Mustapha A., Tepa-Yoto, Ghislain, Mkomwa, Saidi, Yeboah, Stephen, Kyere, Reginald, Obeng, Faustina, Adabah, Richard, Waldmann, Kaja, Mwika, Chiwimbo Perseverance, Kariuki, Philip Wanjohi, Bourarach, El Hassane, Kienzle, Josef

“…Sustainable agricultural mechanization holds great potential for addressing food security, poverty reduction and rural development challenges. This report compiles smallholder farmers’ needs, knowledge, and willingness to adopt and pay for sustainable agricultural mechanization (SAM) technologies and services in Ghana. …”
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Nutrition-sensitive agriculture diversification and dietary diversity: Panel data evidence from Tajikistan por Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Lambrecht, Isabel B., Akramov, Kamiljon T., Ergasheva, Tanzila

“…Nutrition-sensitive agricultural diversification continues to receive interest among developing country stakeholders as a viable option for achieving dual goals of poverty reduction and food/nutrition security improvements. …”
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Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in PNG por Kosec, Katrina, Schmidt, Emily, Carrillo, Lucia, Fang, Peixun, Ivekolia, Mark, Ovah, Raywin

“…Maximizing efficiency throughout the entire agri-food value chain is critical to fostering greater economic growth and poverty reduction within the country. Growing a globally competitive agriculture sector also demands investments and capacity strengthening in mid-stream value chain operations such as product aggregation, transport logistics, packaging and processing, and handling. …”
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Literature review on linkages between child nutrition and economic growth por Haile, Beliyou, Azzarri, Carlo, Ahn, Hee Eun

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Understanding the effects of agricultural R&D investments on poverty and undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa: A causal mediation approach por Benfica, Rui, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro

“…This analysis explores the relationship between agricultural R&D investments and rural poverty reduction, and the prevalence of undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …”
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Drivers and consequences of tenure insecurity and mechanisms for enhancing tenure security: A synthesis of CGIAR research on tenure security (2013-2020) por McLain, Rebecca

“…Studies found that tenure insecurity has a variety of negative consequences for natural resource management, agricultural productivity, and poverty reduction, but the sources of tenure insecurity differ for men and women, and for individual, household, and collective lands. …”
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Agriculture and the rural economy in Pakistan: Issues, outlooks, and policy priorities por Spielman, David J., Malik, Sohail Jehangir, Dorosh, Paul A., Ahmad, Nuzhat

“…Can it contribute to poverty reduction? Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan: Issues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities seeks to answer these questions by examining the performance of both agriculture and the rural economy. …”
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Reviewing DRC’s poverty estimates, 2005-2012: Unprecedented GDP growth without trickle down por Marivoet, Wim, De Herdt, Tom, Ulimwengu, John M.

“…The first decade of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) post-conflict reconstruction period (2004-2013) was marked by an unprecedented economic growth in per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of 3-4% per year, but was this ‘peace dividend’ translated into widespread poverty reduction within the Congolese population? This working paper answers this question by focusing on the percentage of people in poverty (or poverty headcounts) using micro-level data. …”
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Climate change, agriculture, and adaptation options for Peru por Gianella, Cecilia, Chavez-Tafur, Jorge, Thomas, Timothy S.

“…It provides employment for 26 percent of the population (World Bank 2014) and is an important potential engine for poverty reduction in Peru. Because climate change has a large potential impact on the agriculture sector, the analysis done in this paper using climate models, crop models, and a bioeconomic model provides important information to those concerned with planning and investing for the future. …”
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