Resultados de búsqueda - "river"

CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems - Gender Strategy por CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems

“…In many rural communities living along the rivers and coasts of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific, poverty is deeply entrenched and malnutrition widespread.  …”
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Economics of water resources management in Bangladesh por Shahabuddin, Quazi, Yunus, Mohammad, Islam, K. M. Nabiul

“…In Bangladesh, the dry season of October to March is characterised by falling water tables, reduction in the discharge of major rivers, drying water channels, and salinity intrusion, particularly in the southwest coastal region. …”
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The blue pearl of Asia : flooding as an urban asset : a beautiful and resilient future Phnom Penh por Englund, Gunilla, Ryttar, Sara

“…The wetlands biologically clean the contaminated water before it enters the rivers. The wetlands also possess great water storage capacity. …”

Managing the environmental impact of large dams por McCartney, Matthew P., Sally, Hilmy

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Investment opportunities for livestock in the north eastern province of Kenya:: A synthesis of existing knowledge por Rakotoarisoa, Manitra A., Massawe, Stella, Mude, Andrew, Ouma, Robert, Freeman, Ade, Bahiigwa, Godfrey, Karugia, Joseph T.

“…It is supplemented only by a limited amount of agriculture along the rivers. The province faces various developmental challenges including chronic poverty and food insecurity, low human capital and poor health standards, high vulnerability to climate change, poor infrastructure, insecurity and low crop and livestock productivity. …”
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Reviving Springs: An eight step methodology por Mukherji, Aditi

“…They also perform important ecological functions, like supporting local vegetation and wildlife and maintaininng baseflow in rivers. The methodology integrates aspects of physical and social sciences, and is just as useful for researchers as it is for field practitioners. …”
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The impact of orphanhood on food security in the high-HIV context of Blantyre, Malawi por Rivers, Jonathan, Mason, John B., Rose, Donald Diego, Eisele, Thomas P, Gillespie, Stuart, Mahy, Mary, Monasch, Roeland

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Abundancia de artrópodos fitófagos y depredadores en cultivos de cobertura mono y multiespecie por Fernandez, Gabriela Elisabet, Gamundi, Juan Carlos, Perotti, Evangelina

“…Los hábitats creados por los cultivos de cobertura proporcionan diferentes nichos para taxones específicos (Rivers et al., 2018) como aquellos que aportan al control biológico de poblaciones de plagas (Altieri et al., 2000).…”
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Impact of climate change on water resources and potential adaptations for agriculture in the Indus-Gangetic basin por Sharma, Bharat R., Condappa, D. de

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Nutritional and food security status of orphans and vulnerable children: report of a research project supported by UNICEF, IFPRI, and WFP por Rivers, Jonathan, Silvestre, Eva, Mason, John B.

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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Khulna - Morrelganj, Bangladesh por Shrestha, K., Rahman, A, Khadka, L, Acharya, Ganesh, Rayamajhi, Arati, Belayat, A, Reza, O

“…Forests have been depleted, rivers are full of silt and lacking life, farmlands have low productivity due to rising salinity, flooding and inappropriate varieties, drinking water is insufficient to meet human, crop and animal needs, and infrastructure is weak and unable to withstand the environment…”
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A watershed approach to building climate resilience in Nepal’s mountain eco-regions por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Increased temperatures are likely to change cloud cover and rainfall patterns, melt ice caps and glaciers, and reduce snowfall. This puts rivers, tributaries, catchments, and watersheds at the risk of flooding, landslides, soil erosion, drought, and intense rain during the monsoon. …”
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Planning targets for irrigation development por Desai, C. G.

“…Although India possesses 4.9 percent of the total average annual runoff in the rivers of the world, the per capita water availability from surface as, well as groundwater sources is assessed at 3,200 cubic meters Jm3) per year, compared with the availability of more than 17,500 m3 in the Soviet Union, 6,500 m3 in Japan, and 6,200 m3 in the United States. …”
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Land use strategies in Pucallpa, Perú por Fujisaka, Sam

“…Settlers included: farmers practicing slash-and-burn agriculture in upper forested areas, slash-and-burn farmers living along rivers, small-scale cattle ranchers with lands located largely along the road connecting Pucallpa to Lima, and a subset of forest slash-and-burn farmers who had established oil palm as a cash crop. …”
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Impact of orphanhood on underweight prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa por Rivers, Jonathan, Mason, John, Silvestre, Eva, Gillespie, Stuart, Mahy, Mary, Monasch, Roeland

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Terrestrial pyrogenic carbon export to fluvial ecosystems: lessons learned from the White Nile watershed of East Africa por Güereña, David T., Lehmann J, Walter T, Enders A, Neufeldt, Henry, Odiwuor, H., Biwott, H., Recha, John W.M., Shepherd K, Barrios, E., Wurster C

“…Similar PyC proportions were found in the studied headwater streams (2.7 ± 0.2%), their downstream inflow into Lake Victoria (3.7%), the other ninemajor rivers into Lake Victoria (4.9 ± 0.8%), and its outflow into the White Nile (1.1%). …”
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Institutional arrangements for the effective development of southern Africa's water resources por Thamae, Lenka

“…This region faces the added complication that most of its important rivers, lakes, and aquifers are shared by two or more countries. …”
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Diagnóstico de condiciones mínimas y validación de una guía para el desarrollo de esquema de PSE-hídrico en las microcuencas de los ríos Reventado y Parrita Chiquito-Salado, Costa... por Huerta Chombo, Germán L.

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Hydropower development impact on household livelihood and economy: a case study in Laos. [Abstract only]. por Milan, Florence M., Keophosay, Anousith, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

“…The growing regional demand for electricity in Southeast Asia has made Laos a key player in hydropower development since the 1990s. The country's rivers contribute around 35% of the Mekong's flow and have been estimated to have 18,000 MW of exploitable hydropower potential (International Rivers, 2008). …”
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Limits to indigenous participation: The Agta and the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, the Philippines por Minter, T, Ploeg, J. van der, Pedrablanca, M, Sunderland, Terry C.H., Persoon, G.A.

“…The Agta are hunter-gatherers who settle along the coasts and rivers of northeast Luzon. Being indigenous to the park, they hold one third of the seats in its management board. …”
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