Search Results - "relator"

Common Beans Observatory: Monitoring open access data for the bean sector. Version Beta by Andrade, Robert Santiago, García, Carolina, García, Jeffrey, Hoyos, Nicolas, Katungi, Enid, Mwanzia, Leroy, Nyakundi, Fridah Nyabate, Rivera Vasco, Tatiana Carolina, Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Urioste, Sergio

“…The Common beans observatory is an initiative led by Bioversity International and the Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), with support from the Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), to establish an information system that provides indicators related to the global bean production context. It includes data related to the bean context in each country, production system information, trade and competitiveness information, bean consumption data, inventory of technologies related to the crop, recent news, and will present data on seed systems, varieties and socioeconomics collected by PABRA in a dynamic and interactive way for the benefit of key players in the bean sector.…”
Get full text

Institutions, impact synergies and food security: a methodology with results from the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka by Saleth, Rathinasamy Maria, Dinar, A., Neubert, S., Kamaiah, B., Manoharan, S., Abayawardana, Sarath, Ariyaratne, Badugodahewa Ranjith, Silva, S. de

“…The success of development programs depends on the role of underlying institutions and the impact synergies from closely related programs. Existing literature has limitations in accounting for these critical factors. …”
Get full text

Mapping drought patterns and impacts: a global perspective by Eriyagama, Nishadi, Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Gamage, M.S.D.Nilantha

“…The study examines the global pattern and impacts of droughts through mapping several drought-related characteristics - either at a country level or at regular grid scales. …”
Get full text

Abiotic stress QTL in lettuce cropwild hybrids: comparing greenhouse and field experiments by Hartman, Y., Hooftman, D.A.P., Uwimana, Brigitte, Schranz, M.E., Wiel, C.C.M. van de, Smulders, M.J.M., Visser, Richard G.F., Michelmore, R.W., Tienderen, P.H. van

“…Salinas and its wild relative L. serriola to drought, low nutrients, salt stress, and aboveground competition. …”
Get full text

Genotype by environment interactions of claw health in Swedish dairy cattle in tie stalls and loose-housing by Johansson, Hanna

“…There was an increase in disease prevalence with increasing lactation number for the hygiene-related claw diseases in both breeds. For both breeds there was a higher prevalence of hygiene-related claw diseases in loose-housing, while there only was a tendency towards the same for feed-related claw diseases. …”

Field manual for the rapid estimation of cowpea leaf stomatal conductance by Iseki, K., Olaleye, O.

“…Relative to the actual (measured) gs, GsI proved to be more stable than other indicators of stomatal conductance—such as the temperature difference between leaf and air—irrespective of solar radiation, air temperature, and relative humidity conditions. …”
Get full text

Governance, Accountability and Performance in Agricultural Research and Innovation by Gijsbers, Govert

“…In recent years, much work on governance and related issues has been carried out in a variety of disciplines by researchers and practitioners in universities and research organizations. …”
Get full text

Socially inclusive and equitable approaches for resilient livestock systems by Bullock, Renee, DuttaGupta, Tanaya, Triana-Angel, Natalia

“…Unequal power relations are reproduced and reinforced through adaptation processes. …”
Get full text

Genetic resources for plantation forestry by Boyle, T.J.B., Cossalter, C., Grifin, A.R.

“…Relatively few tropical species have been used extensively in plantations. …”
Get full text

Role of plant defense in the utilization of native browse in southern Ethiopia by Woodward, A., Coppock, D. Layne

“…Animal preference was negatively related to chemical and physical defense factors, positively related to N content, and unrelated to fibre and digestibility with results depending on animal species and season. …”
Get full text

Gender norms and the marketing of seeds and ware potatoes in Malawi. by Mudege, Netsayi N., Kapalasa, E., Chevo, T., Nyekanyeka, T., Demo, P.

“…Data on seed marketing and purchase, ware potato marketing, affordability, marketing decisions, and clients, as well as social norms and values that influence market participation by men and women were collected and analyzed using the Real Markets Approach focusing on social relations within markets. Results demonstrate that agricultural market interventions that do not address underlying social structures - such as those related to gender relations and access to key resources - will benefit one group of people over another; in this case men over women.…”
Get full text

Field research on transportation costs, farm-gate, and farmer market prices in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica by Hoekstra, S.J.

Get full text

Some physiological aspects of yield in cassava by Cock, James H.

“…The importance of DM production and factors affecting it, such as LAI and leaf inclination, are discussed. The relative importance of DM production and its distribution, particularly in relation to spacing, are reviewed. …”
Get full text

Exploring the role of genetic diversity and relatedness in tree seedling growth and mortality: A multi‐species study in a Bornean rain forest by Tito de Morais, C., Kettle, Christopher J., Philipson, C.D., Maycock, C.R., Burslem, David F.R.P., Khoo, E., Ghazoul, J.

“…We hypothesized that more genetically diverse and less related co‐occurring seedlings would display higher survival and growth rates. …”
Get full text

CARIS Pilot Project: Progress Report as of 1 January 1974 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Thevenin, A.

“…Progress report by the project coordinator on the completion of the first three phases of the CARIS Pilot Project (relating to methodology and preparatory operations, data collection, and data processing), and the fourth phase (relating to evaluation) then underway. …”
Get full text

The Governance of Agrobiodiversity by Visser, Bert, Brush, Stephen B., Aistara, Guntra A., Andersen, Regine, Jäger, Matthias, Nemogá, Gabriel, Padmanabhan, Martina, Sherwood, Stephen G.

“…Seeds, as carriers of major agrobiodiversity components, are not mere material objects that exist outside of social relations: they are also sociobiological artifacts embedded in these relations. …”
Get full text

Characterization of distinct strains of an aphid-transmitted ilarvirus (Fam. Bromoviridae) infecting different hosts from South America by Silvestre, R., Fuentes, S., Risco, R., Berrocal, A., Adams, I., Fox, A., Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose, Kreuze, Jan F.

“…The non-recombinant yacon isolates were closely related to a recently described isolate from Solanum muricatum (pepino dulce), and all isolates were related to Fragaria chiloensis latent virus (FCiLV) reported in strawberry from Chile, and probably should be considered the same species. …”
Get full text

Integrating Climate Basics, Climate Information Service, Climate Risk Management and Climate Smart Agriculture into the undergraduate agriculture Curriculum in Ethiopian Higher Edu... by Dejene, Sintayehu W., Terefe, Tadesse, Belay, Berhanu, Amha, Yosef, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…Ten climate related course descriptions were content analyzed to analyze gaps related to the concepts of CIS, CRM and CSA. …”
Get full text

Breeding objectives for Central Highland goats using participatory and bio-economic modelling approaches by Tesema, Z., Deribe, B., Shenkute, A., Gobeze, M., Kefale, A., Gizaw, Solomon

“…Additionally, the economic values and relative economic value of the breeding objective traits were derived. …”
Get full text

Climate, peace, and security in fishery management: A participatory appraisal of Kenya’s Lake Victoria fishery. by Medina Santa Cruz, Leonardo, Belli, Anna, Villa, Victor, Madurga Lopez, Ignacio M., Kenduiywo, Benson, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter R.D., Hellin, John, Sieber, Stefan, Bonatti, Michelle

“…Building upon qualitative participatory appraisal methods, this research aims to develop an understanding of climate-related security risks that better relates to people´s everyday experience of the compounding risks brought about by climate variability and human insecurity in a fishery context. …”
Get full text