Resultados de búsqueda - "relator"

Conceptual, methodological and institutional issues in participatory livestock production research por Morton, J., Adolph, Barbara, Ashley, S., Romney, Dannie L.

“…Methodological issues at various points of the project cycle are discussed, including: the need to tailor methods to agreed objectives, the role of “PRA toolsâ€, the specific problems relating to participatory trials with livestock, and the role of on-station trials. …”
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Managing rainwater, improving livelihoods: assessing impacts using a Rainwater–Livelihoods–Poverty Index (RLPI) por Getnet, Kindie, Kefyalew, G.

“…Assessing and empirically measuring the development impact of rainwater management innovations to inform related decisions remains conceptually and methodologically difficult. …”
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Gender, nutrition- and climate-smart food production: opportunities and trade-offs por Beuchelt, TD, Badstue, Lone B.

“…This paper addresses issues of gender and human development opportunities and trade-offs related to promoting improved technologies for agricultural development. …”
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GOBLET: an open-source geographic overlaying database and query module for spatial targeting in agricultural systems por Quirós, Carlos F., Thornton, Philip K., Herrero, Mario, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, González Estrada, E.

“…The tool serves as the core of several applications, including an ex ante impact assessment framework to help answer questions relating to improved targeting of fodder interventions in Kenya, and a communication tool for poverty related information in Africa.…”
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Assessing climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for smallholder agricultural systems in Uganda por Bagamba, F., Bashaasha, B., Claessens, Lieven, Antle, John M.

“…However, there is still scanty information necessary to ably address climate change related issues. There is a considerable knowledge gap with respect to climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation to increased climate variability and change. …”
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Wastewater-irrigated vegetables: Market handling versus irrigation water quality por Ensink, Jeroen H.J., Mahmood, Tariq, Dalsgaard, A.

“…Results: The survey found relatively low concentrations of E. coli (1.9 E. coli per gram), but relatively high concentrations of helminths (0.7 eggs per gram) on vegetables collected from agricultural fields. …”
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AFLP and SSR polymorphism in a coffea interspecific backcross progeny [(C. heterocalyx x C. canephora) x C. canephora] por Coulibaly, I, Revol, B, Noirot, M, Poncet, V, Lorieux, Mathias, Carasco-Lacombe, C, Minier, J, Dufour, M, Hamon, P.

“…The results were compared to those obtained previously on an interspecific BC 1 progeny involving a species with a medium-sized genome (Coffea liberica var dewevrei, DEW) and a species with one of the smallest genomes (Coffea pseudozanguebariae, PSE). They are discussed relative to three main points: (1) the relevance of the different marker types, (2) the genomic distribution of AFLP and SSR markers, and (3) the relation between AFLP polymorphism and genome size.…”
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Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America por Barrios, E., Trejo Tercero, M.T.

“…Case studies show that there is a consistent rational basis to the use of local indicators of soil quality and their relation to improved soil management. The participatory process used is shown to have considerable potential in facilitating farmer consensus about which soil-related constraints should be tackled first. …”
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Chinese Food Security and Climate Change: Agriculture Futures por Ye L, Tang H, Wu, Wenliang, Yang P, Nelson, Gerald C., Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Palazzo, Amanda

“…The obtained results show a relatively optimistic outlook on yield, production and trade toward 2050. …”
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Tick ecological studies at Did Tuyura ranch on Boran cattle in Ethiopia por Gebre, S.

“…The four major tick species recorded in decreasing order of abundance were Rhiphicephalus pulchellus (82.39%); Amblyomma variegatum (7.4%); Boophilus decoloratus (4.7%) and Amblyomma gemma (2.46%). The relative abundance of adult and standard size ticks of these species, their predilection feeding sites, sex ratio and seasonal fluctuations in numbers are discussed in relation to control measures. …”
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“We’re in this together”: Changing intra-household decision making for more cooperative smallholder farming por Institute of Development Policy and Management, Lecoutere, Els, Jassogne, Laurence T.P.

“…We find experimental evidence that participatory decision making is positively related to investments in the common household farm. …”
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The challenges of rainfed agricultural practices in Mali-redefining research agenda - A short communication por Zemadim, Birhanu

“…However rural communities at large are unable to cope with the impacts of climate change and other shocks related to agricultural input supplies and market access. …”
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Assessment of hygiene practices of pork retail outlets in Kampala district, Uganda por Kungu, Joseph M., Dione, Michel M., Roesel, Kristina, Ejobi, F., Ocaido, M., Grace, Delia

“…Using a structured questionnaire, practices associated with hygiene related to infrastructure, workers, and equipment were assessed. …”
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Postflooding disaster crop diversity recovery: a case study of cowpea in Mozambique por Ferguson, Morag E., Jones, R.B., Bramel-Cox, P.J., Domínguez, C., Torre do Vale, C., Han, J.

“…It appears that diversity was regained primarily through social networking in the form of loans or gifts of seed from friends and relatives. The results of the study are discussed in relation to seed relief approaches.…”
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Determinants of smallholders farmers participation in banana markets in central Africa: the role of transaction costs por Ouma, Emily A., Jagwe, J., Obare, G.A., Abele, S.

“…The results showed that transaction cost related factors such as geographical location of households, market information sources, and travel time to the nearest urban centre influence market participation. …”
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A triple-hurdle model of small-ruminant production and marketing in the highlands of Ethiopia: Implications for commercial transformation por Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Shiferaw, K., Tegegne, Azage, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…Our results show that, among other things, younger household heads, maleheaded households, and households with relatively higher labour supply are more likely to engage in small-ruminant production. …”
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Efficiency of food production under old and new technology: the case of farmers within and outside the Extension Package Program in Ethiopia por Alene, A., Hassan, R.M.

“…Within-group farmer efficiencies are analyzed relative to respective technologies to examine performance variation under traditional and improved technology. …”
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AMMI analysis of rainfed lowland rice (Oryza sativa) trials in Nigeria por Abamu, F.J., Alluri, K.

“…The paper discusses these in relation to the occurrence of Fe toxicity at the test sites and varietal tolerance to the stress.…”
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Isolation, characterisation and identification of a potyvirus from Dioscorea alata L. (water yam) in Nigeria por Odu, B.O., Hughes, J.D., Shoyinka, S.A., Dongo, L.N.

“…The virus was identified as an isolate of Dioscorea alata virus (DAV; syn. yam virus 1) due to its biological characteristics and its serological reaction with antiserum raised against DAV. The virus is not related to yam mosaic virus, but distantly related to blackeye cowpea mosaic virus and cowpea aphid‐borne mosaic virus.…”
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Wild Plant Genetic Resources in North America: An Overview por Greene, Stephanie L., Khoury, Colin K., Williams, Karen A.

“…This chapter provides an overview of the agriculturally relevant wild plant resources of North America, with focus on wild relatives of globally important major crops, as well as the wild cousins of regionally and locally important domesticates. …”
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