Resultados de búsqueda - "social scientist"

Gender mainstreaming in sweet potato breeding in Uganda por Ssali, Reuben T., Mayanja, Sarah, Nakitto, Mariam, Mwende, Janet, Tinyiro, Samuel Edgar, Bayiyana, Irene, Okello, Julius, Forsythe, Lora, Magala, Damalie, Yada, Benard, Mwanga, Robert O., Polar, Vivian

“…Method: To address this gap, breeders, food scientists, and social scientists (including gender specialists) systematically mainstreamed gender into the breeding program. …”
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A gendered assessment of crop traits to improve breeding product design and uptake: the case of potato in Kenya por Mutiso, J.M., Mayanja, S., Nyaga, J., Sinelle, S., Renou, C., Onyango, C., Hareau, G., Polar, Vivian, Ashby, Jacqueline A., Okello, J.J.

“…We use mixed methods including a review by social scientists, key informant interviews and a multistakeholder workshop to gather insights from female and male farmers, breeders, and other stakeholders. …”
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Viewpoint: Agri-nutrition research: Revisiting the contribution of maize and wheat to human nutrition and health por Poole, Nigel, Donovan, Jason, Erenstein, Olaf

“…Cereal and food scientists should also collaborate with social scientists to better understand the impacts on diets of the political economy of the food industry, and the diverse factors which influence local and global dietary transitions, consumer behavioural choices, dietary change, and the assessment and acceptance of novel and nutritious cereal-based products.…”
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Agroforestry policy issues and research directions in the US and less develop countries, insight and challenges from recent experience. ( special issue on agroforestry science, pol... por Buck, L.

“…It is argued that social scientists might influence agroforestry policy most favourably at this critical juncture, as perceptions of inter-dependence increase among different stakeholders in the policy system, by employing interventionist, actor-orientated perspectives and participatory methods to facilitate policy innovation and evaluation. …”
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Transdisciplinary approaches to target product profile (product concept) design: NARES-IRRI partnerships in Africa por Mangwana, Kennedy, Dixit, Shalabh, Menge, Daniel, Panchbhai, Ajay

“…These transdisciplinary teams, comprising agronomists, breeders, economists, social scientists and market experts, collaborated to integrate scientific knowledge with practical insights from farmers, consumers, millers, and policymakers. …”
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El Nino visto por las ciencias sociales: propuestas de investigacion, climatic and hydrological effects of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events at regional and local scales por Katz, E., Goloubinoff, M., Lammel, A.

“…From their experiences in the study of the relationship between societies and their climatic environment (Gloubinoff, Katz & Lammela, 1997), the authors propose that social scientists be included in future research projects dealing with this theme. …”
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Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries por Drechsel, Pay, Scott, Christopher A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Redwood, M., Bahri, Akissa

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Laos long-term study on zoonotic parasitic diseases in livestock: Approaches and initial challenges using a cross-sectorial approach por Putthana, V., Promburom, P., Unger, Fred, Chittavong, M., Suthammavong, F., Phonekhampheng, O.

“…Following an across discipline research team consisting of vets, public health and social scientists has been established. Moreover, a research framework has been jointly developed by team members that include quantitative (e.g. serological sampling) and also qualitative methods such as PRA and PE. …”
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Reviewing research priorities in weed ecology, evolution and management: a horizon scan por Neve, P., Barney, J.N., Buckley, Y., Cousens, R.D., Graham, S., Jordan, N.R., Lawton-Rauh, Amy L, Liebman, M., Mesgaran, M.B., Schut, Marc, Shaw, J., Storkey, J., Baraibar, B., Baucom, R.S., Chalak, M., Childs, D.Z., Christensen, S., Eizenberg, H., Fernández Quintanilla, C., French, K., Harsch, M., Heijting, S., Harrison, L., Loddo, D., Macel, M., Maczey, N., Merotto Jr, A., Mortensen, D., Necajev, J., Peltzer, D.A., Recasens, J., Renton, M., Riemens, M., Sonderskov, M., Williams, M.

“…To address this knowledge and practice gap, in June 2014, 35 weed and invasion ecologists, weed scientists, evolutionary biologists and social scientists convened a workshop to explore current and future perspectives and approaches in weed ecology and management. …”
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'They think we are delaying their outputs' - The challenges of interdisciplinary research: understanding power dynamics between social and biophysical scientists in international c... por Cullen, Beth, Snyder, Katherine A., Rubin, Deborah, Tufan, Hale Ann

“…Our findings suggest that these intersecting power dimensions, which include disciplinary, gendered, institutional and global hierarchies, constrain the contributions that individual researchers can make – particularly social scientists – thereby hindering disciplinary integration. …”
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A case of transdisciplinarity and collaborative decision making: the co-construction of Gendered Food Product Profiles por Forsythe, L., Olaosebikan, O., Teeken, B., Newilah, G.N., Mayanja, S., Nanyonjo, A.R., Iragaba, P., Okoye, B., Marimo, P., Akankwasa, K., Adinsi, L., Kendine, C., Sounkoura, A., Tinyiro, S.E., Bouniol, A., Dufour, D.L., Akissoé, N.H., Madu, T.

“…Key lessons are that the transdisciplinary structure and the key role of social scientists helped avoid reductionism, supported co‐learning, and the creation of GFPPs that represented the diverse interests of food system actors, particularly women, in situ. …”
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L’irrigation avec des eaux usees et la sante: evaluer et attenuer les risques dans les pays a faible revenu. In French [Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating r... por Drechsel, Pay, Scott, Christopher A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Redwood, M., Bahri, Akissa

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Ecosystem approach to health (Ecohealth): Theory and practices in environmental health research in Vietnam por Hung Nguyen-Viet, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh

“…Ecosystem approaches to health, or Ecohealth, is an emerging field of transdisciplinary research that brings together public health, environmental health people, veterinarians, ecologists, social scientists, policy makers, local authorities and experts from other fields and community members to explore how ecosystem changes can have adverse impacts on human health and implement practical solutions to address these health challenges. …”
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Sweetpotato crop improvement in sub-Saharan Africa and future challenges por Kapinga, R., Zhang, D., Lemaga, B., Andrade, M.I., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Laurie, S., Ndoho, P., Kanju, E.

“…ICM specialists, postharvest technologists, social scientists, consumers and farmers. To day several varieties have been released officially by the national programmes and of recent orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties have been given emphasis in almost all the countries in ASARECA and SADC regions. …”
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Metodología estadística para la caracterización de fincas de cuyes (Cavia porcellus) por Zaldívar A, M, Menacho C, C

“…Para el análisis de usó el paquete Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS)/PC. Los resultados de la aplicación muestran que las nueve variables relevantes, consideradas inicialmente en el presente caso, pueden ser reemplazadas por cuatro componentes principales que explican el 65 prociento de la variación total respecto de las originales. …”
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Post-harvest use of banana in Uganda and Tanzania: Product characteristics and cultivar preferences of male and female farmers por Marimo, Pricilla, Karamura, D., Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Shimwela, M.M., Bergh, Inge van den, Batte, M., Massawe, C., Okurut, A.W., Mbongo, D.B., Crichton, R.

“…There is a need for social scientists to collect data on trait prioritisation and for food scientists to do biochemical analyses to ensure information collected is well defined, comprehensive, quantifiable and measurable to effectively guide breeding and other agricultural research and development.…”
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Farmers’ perceptions of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production constraints, preferred traits and farming systems and their implications on bean breeding: a case study from So... por Mutari, Bruce, Sibiya, Julia, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Simango, Kennedy, Gasura, Edmore

“…Data from household interviews and FGDs was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Scientists computer package. Results The most important constraints to navy bean production were drought stress (Females—86%, Males—73%), heat stress (Females—58%, Males—55%), power outages (Females—46%, Males—54%), poor soil fertility (Females—32%; Males—33%) and susceptibility to pod shattering (Females—32%, Males—43%). …”
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Comment on Ostrom and Cox paper: "Moving beyond panaceas: a multitiered diagnostic approach for social-ecological analysis" - looking beyond the right institutional fit por Clement, Floriane

“…They highlight three major reasons why panaceas have persisted in the history of natural resource management: one is the disciplinary divide between social and natural scientists; the second is the limited set of methods used by social scientists; lastly, scientists have often narrowly focused on a single scale and level of analysis. …”
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The workshop on Gender and Plant Health: Sharing insights from case studies por International Potato Center

“…Over the past two years, CGIAR Plant Health Initiative has made a progress to bring natural and social scientists together to find common language and research agenda. …”
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The workshop on gender and plant health: The power of interdisciplinary research por Plant Health Initiative

“…Over the past two years, CGIAR Plant Health Initiative has made a progress to bring biophysical and social scientists together to find common language and research agenda. …”
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