Resultados de búsqueda - "pressure"

NEW ACTORS POUR ONTO STAGE por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In many ACP States, the pressure of tourism is leading to hotel development and the establishment, or expansion, of 'nature reserves' for photo safaris and hunting. …”
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ACP bananas: Brussels clutches blanket quota por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The ACP-EU agreements on bananas have been under threat from the World Trade Organisation, following pressure from the United States, and producers represented by three major multinational corporations and four Latin American countries (see Spore...…”
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Land husbandry: an environmental challenge por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…This is a result of increasing population pressure, unstable economies both at national and international level, and changing climate....…”
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Biodiversity: our common heritage por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…As a result of pressure from human activity and economic necessity many plant and animal species are disappearing, thereby depleting the world's genetic resource. …”
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Building Africa´s Confidence and Scientific Capacity to Manage Modern Biotechnology por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…They are under increasing pressure to pron…”
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Forest futures: Linking global paths to local conditions por Kemp-Benedict, Eric, Jong, W. de, Pacheco, P.

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Management of natural tropical forests in the past and present and projections for the future por Sist, P., Pacheco, P., Nasi, Robert, Blaser, J.

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Role of corporate responsibility: Insights from three forest-industry multinationals investing in China por Toppinen, A., Zhang, Y, Hansen, E, Korhonen-Kurki, Kaisa, Li, N.

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Effects of ectomycorrhizal and vesculararbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on drought tolerance of four leguminous woody seedlings por Osonubi, O., Mulongoy, K., Awotoye, O.O., Atayese, M.O., Okali, D.U.U.

“…These latter plants avoided drought by maintaining higher xylem pressure potentials and leaf relative water content (RWC). …”
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ISNAR Medium Term Plan 2003-2005 por International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…In many developing countries, agricultural research organizations are under growing financial pressure. This is due not only to the financial stress that prevails throughout the public sector, but also to the belief of many politicians that research outputs can often be requested and delivered from different sources, as in many other sectors of the economy, such as health and financial services. …”
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Role of soil perception and soil variability by smallholder farmers in the low adoption rates of extension packages in Central America por Delgado, Luciana, Stoorvogel, Jetse J.

“…Food systems are under pressure to produce more food of higher quality while reducing the pressure on natural resources. …”
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A conceptual framework for assessing agriculture-nutrition linkages por Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…Second, international agricultural research is being put under increased pressure to demonstrate poverty reduction; improving nutrition reduces poverty. …”
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Effects of configuration and headspace wind profile on the performances of flux chambers in gas emission measurement: a laboratory study por Ding, J., Wang C, Lu Q, Yan Z, Shi Z

“…Wind speed and positive pressure generated by the mixing fan in the headspace had no significant impact on the measurement performance of the chamber. …”
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A study of the M235T variant of the angiotensinogen gene and hypertension in a sample population of Calabar and Uyo, Nigeria por Kooffreh, M.E., Anumudu, C.I., Akpan, E., Ikpeme, E., Kumar, P. Lava

“…By multiple regression, Hypertension was observed to be associated with age and was a predictor for systolic blood pressure in both patient r2 = 0.359; p < 0.05 and control groups r2 = 0.26. …”
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Better soils for healthier lives? An econometric assessment of the link between soil nutrients and malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa por Berkhout, Ezra D., Malan, M., Kram, T.

“…For instance, a simultaneous increase in soil densities of copper, manganese and zinc by one standard deviation reduces child mortality by 4–6 per mille points, but only when malaria pressure is modest. The effects of soil nutrients on health dissipate when malaria pressure increases. …”
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Vänner med förmåner por Barkerud, Rickard

“…This is due to oxytocin-mediated effects such as lowering of blood pressure, cortisol and heart rate, as well as establishment of emotional bonds and facilitation of e.g. physical and social interactions.…”
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Rangelands Atlas Local Voices: Pastoralism in Southern Tunisia por Jamel, Mahdhoui

“…Pastoral production systems in Tunisia are under pressure: pastoralist Mahdhuoi Jamel talks about some of the challenges that he faces and how a local rangeland management cooperative assists. …”
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Agriculture and the environment: Two often opposing forces which must work together por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Because of this the age-old shifting methods of farming are under pressure to give way to continuous and intensive cultivation, and the environment is suffering more and more as a consequence. …”
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Multipurpose trees in livestock-production systems por Kategile, J.A.

“…Africa's demand for food and Development means added pressure on natural resources that are already threatened. …”
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Short or long term gains? por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…encourages sustainable harvesting of indigenous fruit trees, explains ways of adding value to the fruit, and how domestication of indigenous fruit trees can take the pressure off natural forests.…”
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