Search Results - "systematics"

The seed industry in Pakistan: Regulations, politics and entrepreneurship by Rana, Muhammad Ahsan

“…This paper critically examines the legislative and institutional framework that governs seed provision in Pakistan, underscoring the need for policy reform in key areas of variety release procedures, intellectual property rights and quality control. The paper also systematically documents the current state of seed provision for various major and minor crops. …”
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True costs of food production in Kenya and Vietnam by Davis, Kristin E., Benfica, Rui

“…True cost accounting (TCA) is a method that adds up both direct and external costs to find the «true cost» of food production (Figure 1). TCA systematically measures and values external costs to facilitate sustainable choices by decisionmakers.…”
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Robust data needed for island food systems research by Brewer, Tom, Roscher, Matthew, Eriksson, Hampus

“…The aim is to determine whether systematic analysis of various databases is warranted to identify the usefulness of each for various applications, such as analysis of commodities aggregated to the global region or specific national-level policy decisions. …”
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Envisioning possible futures for fish production in Indonesia by WorldFish

“…This report summarizes the results of a systematic effort to explore possible futures for aquaculture and fisheries in Indonesia. …”
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Gender Transformative-Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles (GT-STIBs): A tool in the CGIAR Gender Transformative Research Methodologies (GTRM) toolkit by Nchanji, Eileen, Ketema, Dessalegn, Lutomia, Cosmas

“…The Gender-Transformative Socio-Technical Innovation Bundling (GT-STIBs) tool helps researchers, extension actors, private sector partners, local and international partners co-design and test innovation packages that deliberately and systematically combine technological, technical, social, and institutional components to shift harmful gender norms and expand women’s and youth’s agency in agrifood systems. …”
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Gender aspects of smallholder private groundwater irrigation in Ghana and Zambia by van Koppen, Barbara, Hope, Lesley, Colenbrander, W.

“…The findings suggest that there are largely untapped synergies between gender-equality and irrigation-policy goals. Systematic gender differentiation in surveys is recommended.…”
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Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. phaseoli in tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius) by Salgado, MO, Schwartz, Howard F., Brick, Mark A., Pastor Corrales, Marcial A.

“…Resistant sources included both cultivars and wild accessions. We propose that a systematic screening of diverse germ plasm sources such as tepary beans be conducted to complement Fusarium wilt and multiple disease resistance information currently available for common beans.…”
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Review of literature on chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka by Noble, A.D., Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Manthrithilake, Herath, Arasalingam, Sutharsiny

“…The review specifically captures the potential role that agriculture and water resources may play as causal factors in the development of the disease, and calls for a systematic approach and stresses the need for an integrated multi-disciplinary research effort to address the problem.…”
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A guide to the identification and importance of custodian farmers by Byrnes, A., Sthapit, B.R.

“…This guide aims to help practitioners to identify and document such farmers in a systematic manner for better understanding and to enable targeted support towards custodian farmers?"…”
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A call to action to reshape evidence synthesis and use for nutrition policy by Lawrence, Mark, Naude, Celeste, Armstrong, Rebecca, Bero, Lisa, Covic, Namukolo, Durao, Solange, Ghersi, Davina, Macdonald, Geraldine, MacLehose, Harriet, Margetts, Barrie, Tovey, David, Volmink, Jimmy, Young, Taryn

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A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings by Ngwili, Nicholas, Johnson, N., Wahome, R., Githigia, S., Roesel, Kristina, Thomas, Lian F.

“…Methodology The study used a mixed method approach combining systematic literature review (SLR) and key informant interviews (KII). …”
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Impacts of a decadal drainage disturbance on surface–atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide in a permafrost ecosystem by Kittler, Fanny, Burjack, Ina, Corradi, Chiara A.R., Heimann, Martin, Kolle, Olaf, Merbold, Lutz, Zimov, Nikita, Zimov, Sergey, Göckede, Mathias

“…For this comparison we found the sink strength for CO2 in recent years (2013–2015) to be systematically reduced within the drained area, with a minor increase in photosynthetic uptake due to a higher abundance of shrubs outweighed by a more pronounced increase in respiration due to warmer near-surface soil layers. …”
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Predicting carbon dioxide and energy fluxes across global FLUXNET sites with regression algorithms by Tramontana, Gianluca, Jung, Martin, Schwalm, Christopher R., Ichii, Kazuhito, Camps-Valls, Gustau, Ráduly, Botond, Reichstein, Markus, Arain, M. Altaf, Cescatti, Alessandro, Kiely, Gerard, Merbold, Lutz, Serrano-Ortiz, Penelope, Sickert, Sven, Wolf, Sebastian, Papale, Dario

“…While a number of strategies for empirical models with eddy-covariance flux data have been applied, a systematic intercomparison of these methods has been missing so far. …”
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Analysis of postdischarge interventions for children treated for moderate or severe wasting, growth faltering or failure, or edema by Bliznashka, Lilia, Rattigan, Susan B., Sudfeld, Christopher R., Isanaka, Sheila

“…Conclusions and Relevance: In this systematic review of postdischarge interventions to reduce relapse and improve other postdischarge outcomes among children treated for acute malnutrition, evidence was limited. …”
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Gender Strategy: Strengthening Adaptive Capacity of Extensive Livestock Systems for Food and Nutrition Security and Low-emissions Development in Eastern and Southern Africa Project by Gondwe, Therese, Huyer, Sophia, Radeny, Maren A.O., Sibanda, Simbarashe, Odhong, Charles, Solomon, Dawit

“…The project Is committed to being gender-responsive and attaining social inclusion in all interventions. To ensure a systematic approach to embedding this commitment into the project activities effectively track progress, an overarching cross-programme Gender Equality Strategy has been developed. …”
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Pathogenic variation in, sources of, and breeding for resistance to Phaeoisariopsis griseola causing angular leaf spot in common bean by Pastor Corrales, Marcial A., Jara, Carlos E., Singh, Shree P.

“…The populations should then be systematically evaluated and selected against the broadest range of the most virulent PG isolates of diverse evolutionary origins.…”
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Prioridades sociales y arreglos institucionales para la gestión local del Corredor Biológico Volcánica Central-Talamanca, Costa Rica by Ramírez Chávez, Jacqueline R.

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Realizing resilience for decision-making by Grafton, R. Quentin, Doyen, Luc, Béné, Christophe, Borgomeo, Edoardo, Brooks, Kate, Chu, Long, Cumming, Graeme S., Dixon, John, Dovers, Stephen, Garrick, Dustin, Helfgott, Ariella E.S., Jiang, Qiang, Katic, Pamela, Kompas, Tom, Little, Lorne Richard, Matthews, Nathaniel, Ringler, Claudia, Squires, Dale, Steinshamn, Stein Ivar, Villasante, Sebastián, Wheeler, Sarah, Williams, John, Wyrwoll, Paul R.

“…We integrate the three Rs into a heuristic for resilience management that we apply in multiple management contexts to offer practical, systematic guidance about how to realize resilience.…”
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Zoonoses by Grace, Delia, Alonso, Silvia, Bett, Bernard K., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Hu Suk Lee, Liljander, Anne M., Mariner, Jeffrey C., Mutua, Florence K., Hung Nguyen-Viet, Patel, Ekta, Randolph, Thomas F., Roesel, Kristina, Thomas, Lian F., Toye, Philip G., Unger, Fred, Wieland, Barbara

“…This book chapter focuses on zoonoses that are not transmitted primarily through food. Establishing systematic data collection is the first step to manage zoonoses. …”
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Do needs motivate the exchange of data in transboundary waters? Insights from Africa’s shared basins by Mukuyu, Patience, Lautze, Jonathan F., Rieu-Clarke, A., Saruchera, D., McCartney, Matthew P.

“…Needs for data exchange in shared waters, nonetheless, have not been systematically assessed. This paper evaluates data exchange needs in a set of transboundary basins and compares such needs with evidenced levels of data exchange. …”
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