Resultados de búsqueda - "pressure"

Global food projections to 2020: implications for investment por Rosegrant, Mark W., Agcaoili-Sombilla, Mercedita C., Perez, Nicostrato D.

“…It concludes that if governments and the international community maintain current levels of commitment to agricultural growth through cost-effective investment in agricultural research, extension, irrigation and water development, human capital, and rural infrastructure, the world as a whole will not experience overwhelming pressure but food security in many developing countries, particularly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, will improve little. …”
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Determinants of change in household-level consumption and poverty in Uganda, 1992/93-1999/00 por Benin, Samuel, Mugarura, Samuel

“…Results from econometric analyses suggest that adopting policies and strategies that reduce the pressure on agricultural land, creates employment opportunities, and improves access to farmland will be key interventions for raising real per capita consumption and reducing poverty across the country. …”
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Agricultural change and rural poverty: variations on a theme by Dharm Narain por Mellor, John W., Desai, Gunvant M.

“…The conclusion of this debate is of importance not only because food is vital but because population growth is placing greater pressure on existing food supplies and because limited land area is shifting the means of expanding food production towards yield-increasing technology.…”
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The role of smallholder generation from agriculture in sub-saharan Africa por Delgado, Christopher L.

“…Much research has been conducted over the past three decades on how and why African smallholders diversity their income from sources outside of farming. Although pressure on the land has been less of an issue in West and Central Africa than in the highlands of East Africa and parts of Southern Africa, experiences throughout the region suggest that incorporating rural Africans into a sustained process of income growth is a much more complex issue than land reform alone.…”
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Water for agriculture: Maintaining food security under growing scarcity por Rosegrant, Mark W., Ringler, Claudia, Zhu, Tingju

“…Rapidly increasing nonagricultural demands for water, changing food preferences, global climate change, and new demands for biofuel production place increasing pressure on scarce water resources. Challenges of growing water scarcity for agriculture are heightened by the increasing costs of developing new water, soil degradation, groundwater depletion, increasing water pollution, the degradation of water-related ecosystems, and wasteful use of already developed water supplies. …”
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Regulating and litigating in the public interest: Regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: Trends and policy drivers por Hawkes, Corinna

“…The pressure to regulate the marketing of high-energy, nutrient-poor foods to young people has been mounting in light of concern about rising worldwide levels of overweight and obesity. …”
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Feed pellet production with locally availably products por Rudiger, Udo, Idoudi, Zied, Dhehibi, Boubaker, Tebourbi, Ons, Shiri, Zahra, Souissi, Asma

“…The use of such pellets also alleviates pressure on rangelands or grasslands. This innovation consists of a small scale compressor ‘pelletizer’ and formulas to create qualitatively sufficient feed pellets with locally available inputs. …”
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Short-distance seed and pollen dispersal in both hunted and intact forests in the lower canopy African rainforest tree, Coula edulis Baill. (Coulaceae) por Kamdem, G., Sonke, B., Sergeant, S., Deblauwe, V., Hardy, O.J.

“…Mammal-dispersed tropical trees can face regeneration problems due to increasing hunting pressure. We studied the case of Coula edulis Baill. …”
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Digital solutions for Africa’s water management por Velpuri, Naga Manohar, Seid, Abdulkarim, Leh, Mansoor, Mekonnen, Kirubel, Haile, Alemseged Tamiru, Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel, Owusu, Afua, Akpoti, Komlavi, Storr, Samuel, Greatrix, Emma, Wamba, Elizabeth

“…Africa’s water resources are under increasing pressure due to rising demand, climate variability, and declining quality. …”
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A methodology to analyze divergent case studies of non-timber forest products and their development potential por Ruíz Pérez, M., Byron, R.N.

“…Crucial issues determining outcomes of NTFP development include the nature of government involvement, distribution of property rights, the ability of local people to claim and enforce such rights, market transparency, and pressure on the resource. This paper concludes with suggestions for further testing and development of the methodology.…”
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Radio and mobile voices cultivate climate-smart farming changes in Ethiopia por Seifu, Haimanot

“…As climate change intensifies, Ethiopia's vital livestock sector, a cornerstone of livelihoods for millions, faces escalating pressure. Persistent challenges, including limited access to quality feed, inadequate animal health, and marketing services compound this. …”
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Anticipating food crises in the Sahel: A methodology for integrating climate and conflict risks into food crises early warning systems in the Sahel por Sarzana, Carolina, Ouedraogo, Yacouba, Minoarivelo, Henintsoa Onivola, Hounnou, Emmanuel Fèmi, Craparo, Alessandro, Sib, Ollo, Doehnert, Federico, Ndiaye, Marie, Samake, Alioubadara, Samb, Cheikh, Akakpo, Koffi

“…To enhance anticipatory capacity within the CH analytical process and strengthen humanitarian assistance, CGIAR and WFP have jointly developed the Conflict–Climate Pressure Index (CCPI), a forward-looking decision-support tool that improves the early detection of aggravating factors driving IPC Phase 3+ food crises.…”
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Teak furniture and business responsibility: a global value chain dynamics approach por Purnomo, H.

“…It distributes value added along the chain, but it produces imbalance of income distribution and pressure on teak plantation sustainability. This paper integrates value chain analysis and system dynamic approach to observe and system dynamic approach to observe baseline trends and glimpse future scenarios of teak forest and incomes to various actors participating in the teak business. …”
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Agrarian change, cattle ranching and deforestation: Assessing their linkages in Southern Para por Pacheco, P.

“…The latter phase originated with the arrival of new investors in medium-scale cattle ranching, and with expanding pressure from smallholders and landless people looking for land. …”
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Causes and consequences of shifting cultivation and its alternative in the hill tracts of eastern Bangladesh por Rahman, S.A., Rahman, M.F., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…The results of the study show that traditional land practices, exacerbated by poverty and associated with a lack of technical knowledge is the main cause for the continuation of unsustainable shifting cultivation. Population pressure, inadequate land for cultivation, low education levels, policy planning and implementation without local participation are all factors that influence farmers’ decision to continue shifting cultivation. …”
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Experience gained in the research-to-development continuum: livestock research for sustainable livelihoods in the East African mountains por Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…The problems posed by population growth, land pressure, food scarcity, and degradation of a fragile environment with finite natural resources are aggravated by insecurity, civil war and cross-border refugee camps. …”
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Policies in support of pastoralism and biodiversity in the heterogeneous drylands of East Africa por Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Davies, J., Leeuw, Jan de, Said, Mohammed Yahya, Herrero, Mario, Manzano, P., Waithaka, M.M., Aboud, A.A.O., Omondi, S.

“…Factors such as aridity, access to markets and population pressure influence the constraints and the opportunities for both pastoral and non-pastoral communities. …”
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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Segou – Cinzana, Mali (MA0109) por Goudou D, Traoré Gue, J.N., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Segda, Zénabou, Diakite, L., Kebe Z, Diarra, Camaram Aichatou, Zougmoré, Robert B., Moussa, Abdoulaye S.

“…Some of the natural resources, however, are in a state of progressive degradation due to increase in human population; indiscriminate felling of trees; clearing of forests and deforestation; lack of rainfall; drought; and animal pressure.…”
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Crop-livestock competition in the West African derived savanna: Application of a multi-objective programming model por Okoruwa, V., Jabbar, M.A., Akinwumi, J.A.

“…Results indicate that if increased population pressure and cropping intensity severely limit access to grazing land, farm and herd sizes will become smaller, then the degree of integration between crop and livestock will increase significantly.…”
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Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian highlands por Pender, J.L., Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Benin, Samuel, Ehui, Simeon K.

“…It investigates the impacts of policy factors such as land tenure policies, the presence of various programs and investments in infrastructure, as well as impacts of population pressure and control of omitted variable bias caused by unobservable fixed factors.…”
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