Search Results - "relator"

Disaster risk, social vulnerability and economic development by Ward, Patrick S., Shively, Gerald E.

“…This paper examines the extent to which economic development decreases a country's risk of experiencing climate‐related disasters as well as the societal impacts of those events. …”
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IFPRI strategy: Gender research by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…As the global community mobilizes in support of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality and women’s rights, at least 11 of the 17 SDGs include indicators related to gender dynamics-the social relations between men and women. …”
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Synopsis, Productivity and efficiency of smallholder teff farmers in Ethiopia by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Koru, Bethlehem, Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum

“…This study employs data envelopment analysis on a recently collected large farm household survey dataset from Ethiopia to measure relative productivity and efficiency of teff farmers and to identify the factors that explain differences in relative productivity and efficiency.…”
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Asset dynamics in Northern Nigeria by Dillon, Andrew, Quiñones, Esteban J.

“…The mechanism through which asset levels differed was related to the relative prices of the assets in gender-differentiated asset portfolios. …”
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Crop-livestock interactions along agro-ecological gradients: a meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India by Erenstein, Olaf, Thorpe, W.R.

“…This changing nature of crop–livestock interactions in relation to the system’s developmental stage implies that these exchanges can both contribute but also undermine system sustainability. …”
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Technological change and price effects in agriculture: conceptual and comparative perspectives by Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude, Barrett, Christopher B., Dorosh, Paul A.

“…The distributional consequences of technological change on technology adopters resulting from changes in relative output prices are an important dimension of this evolving debate. …”
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Market institutions, transaction costs, and social capital in the Ethiopian grain market by Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude

“…The report quantifies the transaction costs related to search faced by traders in Ethiopia and analyzes the role of brokers in minimizing these transaction costs. …”
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Market institutions, transaction costs, and social capital in the Ethiopian grain market by Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude

“…The report quantifies the transaction costs related to search faced by traders in Ethiopia and analyzes the role of brokers in minimizing these transaction costs. …”
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Rural labor migration, characteristics, and employment patterns: a study based on China's agricultural census by Tuan, Francis, Somwaru, Agapi, Diao, Xinshen

“…In this framework, we related rural labor migration with demographic characteristics, types of occupation, place of work, geographic characteristics, and various economic development indicators.…”
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Toolkit for measuring effective voice and agency of women by Kosec, Katrina, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Elias, Marlène

“…Toolkit for measuring effective voice and agency of women in climate-related governance at the individual and group levels. …”
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Comparative analysis of the national biosafety regulatory systems in East Africa by Jaffe, Gregory

“…It also assesses how those systems take into account the major international legal obligations that relate to biosafety, such the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol. …”
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Local seed systems for millet crops in marginal environments of India: industry and policy perspectives by Nagarajan, Latha, Pardey, Philip G., Smale, Melinda

“…The outcome of the study would help to identify potential entry points for millet crop improvement and related seed system interventions for marginal environments of India.…”
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Agriculture and HIV/AIDS by Gillespie, Stuart

“…There is clearly tremendous scope for agricultural policy to become more HIV-responsive, both to further AIDS-related objectives and to help achieve agricultural objectives. …”
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Occupational health hazards of agriculture by Cole, Donald

“…There is clearly tremendous scope for agricultural policy to become more HIV-responsive, both to further AIDS-related objectives and to help achieve agricultural objectives. …”
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Fish and health by Roos, Nanna, Wahab, Md. Abdul, Chamnan, Chhoun, Thilsted, Shakuntala H.

“…There is clearly tremendous scope for agricultural policy to become more HIV-responsive, both to further AIDS-related objectives and to help achieve agricultural objectives. …”
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Marriage, schooling, and excess mortality in prime-age adults: Evidence from South Africa by Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…This paper tests the hypothesis that schooling affects when one marries and thus impacts the risk of AIDS-related mortality.…”
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Water quality and food safety: A review and discussion of risks by Jawahar, Puja, Ringler, Claudia

“…Given the likely estimated rapid increase in production, trade, and consumption of agricultural commodities with high water-related food safety risks, avoiding contamination and maintaining water quality and food safety are becoming growing public health issues in developing countries. …”
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How has the minimum support price policy of India affected cross-commodity price linkages? by Morales, Luis Emilio, Balié, Jean, Magrini, Emiliano

“…Concerns have been raised about whether this policy could affect market integration of related agricultural products, modify price incentives, and ultimately alter resource allocation and production between commodities. …”
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SNP in starch biosynthesis genes associated with nutritional and functional properties of rice by Kharabian-Masouleh, Ardashir, Waters, Daniel L. E., Reinke, Russell F., Ward, Rachelle, Henry, Robert J.

“…SSIIa explained much of the variation in cooking characteristics. Other genes had relatively small effects.…”
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Genomic regions associated with milling quality and grain shape identified in a set of random introgression lines of rice (Oryza sativa L.) by Zheng, T.Q., Xu, J.L., Li, Z.K., Zhai, H.Q., Wan, J.M.

“…Three components of rice milling quality, i.e. brown rice rate, milled rice rate and head rice rate and related rice grain shape traits were genetically dissected by the QTL mapping approach using a set of 231 random rice introgression lines and 160 SSR markers. …”
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