Search Results - "society"

A conceptual framework for improving food safety in developing countries incorporating risk assessment by Grace, Delia, Omore, Amos O., Randolph, Thomas F., Mohammed, H.O.

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Application of multi-commodity partial equilibrium model to quantify the welfare benefits of research by Nedumaran, Swamikannu, Bantilan, Cynthia, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Singh, Piara

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Effects of nine cassava-based cropping systems on superficial soil structural degradation in the andean hillsides of Colombia by Thierfelder, Christian L., Amézquita Collazos, Edgar, Stahr, Karl

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Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges by Zeitoun, M., Lankford, B.A., Krueger, T., Forsyth, T., Carter, R., Hoekstra, A.Y., Taylor, R., Varis, O., Cleaver, F., Boelens, R., Swatuk, L., Tickner, D., Scott, Christopher A., Mirumachi, N., Matthews, Nathaniel

“…This article reviews and contrasts two approaches that water security researchers employ to advance understanding of the complexity of water-society policy challenges. A prevailing reductionist approach seeks to represent uncertainty through calculable risk, links national GDP tightly to hydro-climatological causes, and underplays diversity and politics in society. …”
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Diversity of edible plants in food systems of Bugis, Mandar, Minang and Acehnese cocoa farmers in Indonesia by Pawera, L., Tumova, B., Termote, Céline, Polesny, Z., Hunter, D.

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Healthy Diets: Practices, misconceptions, and expert recommendations by Zerfu, Taddese Alemu

“…The program, conducted in collaboration with the Mathewois Woldu Cancer Society - an organization dedicated to cancer awareness and prevention - explored the significance of nutrition in cancer prevention and overall health. …”
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Offentliga rum och utsuddade identitetsbegrepp by Jonsson, Pia

“…It investigates how the information society and its virtual world are affecting the idea and use of public space in the city. …”
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Spin-off technologies from 2nd generation biofuel: Potential to transform fodder quality of crop residues by Blümmel, Michael, Sharma, G.V.M., Ravindranath, K., Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar, Jones, Christopher S.

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Brachiariagrasses by Miles, John W., Valle, Cacilda Borges do, Rao, Idupulapati M., Euclides, Valéria Pacheco Batista

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Bärare av lokal utveckling : civilsamhällets roll på landsbygden by Sjöman, Elin

The contradictions of river regulation by Finlayson, C. Max, McCartney, Matthew P.

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IFPRI research and training activities in Eastern Africa by Bolwig, Simon

“…The teams are drawn from government ministries, research or academic institutions, and civil society organizations.…”
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Opportunities from the genetic diversity of the ILRI genebank forage germplasm collection by Sartie, Alieu, Negawo, Alemayehu T., Habte, Ermias, Muktar, Meki S., Teshome, Abel, Hanson, Jean, Akinmade, Habib Olumide, Lee, Ki-Won, Jones, Christopher S.

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Post-harvest physiological deterioration of cassava by Beeching, J.R., Reilly, K, Gómez Vásquez, R, Li, H, Han, Y, Rodríguez, M.X., Buschmann, H, Taylor, Nigel J., Fauquet, Claude M., Tohme, Joseph M.

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Trygghetens dilemma by Svärd, Julia

“…The dream of a safe society can only be approached if we let the features that creates safety run through the founding that form our society without any limitations. …”
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Vi vill helt enkelt träffas och ha kul : civilsamhällets integrationsarbete för unga i Lindesberg by Wikström, Rebecka

A case study of the social construction of a Green discourse by Marciano, Ana Carolina

“…It makes use of Social Constructionism theory, Symbolic Interactionism and Foucault’s perspective on discourse and power to understand the dynamic of a corporation’s environmental discourse and society. The analysis of the empirical data has shown that society plays an important role on the construction of business’s environmental discourses, which make both society and companies responsible for improving business practices regarding the environment. …”
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People pollinating partnerships: harnessing collaborations between botanic gardens and agricultural research organizations on crop diversity by Krishnan, Sarada, Greene, Stephanie L., Khoury, Colin K., Kuehny, Jeff, Miller, Allison J., Moreau, Tara, Novy, Ari

“…An unprecedented three-year collaboration between the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, the American Public Gardens Association, and the World Food Prize Foundation brought together experts from botanic gardens and the agricultural research community, culminating in a Symposium in April 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. …”
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Food security and the role of agricultural research by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Reeves, T., Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

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Effect of frequency of ovine ruminal sampling on microbial activity and substrate fermentation by Nagadi, S., Herrero, Mario, Jessop, N.S.

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