Resultados de búsqueda - "systematics"

International Productivity Patterns: Accounting for Input Quality, Infrastructure, and Research por Craig, Barbara J., Pardey, Philip G., Roseboom, Johannes

“…We extend previous work by dealing with multiple sources of systematic measurement error in conventional agricultural inputs. …”
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Urbanization and its impact on Ghana’s rural transformation por Diao, Xinshen, Magalhaes, Eduardo, Silver, Jed

“…First, are patterns of rural employment in Ghana changing with urbanization and are those changes related in any systematic way with proximity to urban centers of different sizes? …”
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Economies of size in national agricultural research systems por Fuglie, Keith O., Rada, Nicholas

“…The approach is to empirically estimate how past investments in NARSs affected agricultural productivity in SSA counties, and to examine whether there are systematic differences in the rates of return to agricultural research and development (R&D) among small, midsize, and large countries. …”
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Improving the measurement of food security por Headey, Derek D., Ecker, Olivier

“…We then benchmark existing indicators and measurement systems against those criteria as a means of systematically identifying their relative strengths and weaknesses. …”
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From afterthought to forefront: Transforming agricultural resilience through co-designed socio-technical innovations por Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Ketema, Dessalegn Molla, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh

“…While bundling of innovations is recognized as critical to enhancing agri-food resilience, there is limited systematic evidence on their effectiveness in different contexts. …”
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HIV/AIDs and food and nutrition security: from evidence to action por Gillespie, Stuart, Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…With the most detailed evidence base yet assembled, this review systematically maps our growing knowledge of the interactions between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security, pointing to where and how future policy needs to change to remain relevant and effective.…”
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Research in the Bulungan model forest: the management of a large, multistakeholder forest por Stapleton, P., Sheil, Douglas, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Kartawinata, K., Levang, P., Machfudh

“…CIFOR's research in the Bulungan Model Forest in Bulungan, East Kalimanatan took the form of a systematic investigation into ways of achieving forest sustainability in a large forest landscape with diverse, rapidly changing and often conflicting land-use demands. …”
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Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India por Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Bhardwaj, R.M., Scott, C., Jella, Kiran, Marshall, F.

“…More than 1 million hectares of urban land in India could be irrigated for crops if wastewater was made safe for use. Lack of systematic data collection by municipalities makes it difficult to accurately assess the wastewater generation or estimate the total amount of urban area under wastewater irrigation, so the potential of urban and peri-urban farming could be even greater. …”
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Landscape-scale variability of soil health indicators: Effects of cultivation on soil organic carbon in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania por Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Lyamchai, Charles, Sayula, George, Msoka, Elizabeth

“…During the Phase I of the CCAFS project we conducted a systematic land and soil health assessment in Lushoto District in November 2012. …”
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Economic implications of citrus greening disease management strategies por Zapata, Samuel D, Peguero, Felipe, Sétamou, Mamoudou, Alabi, Olufemi J

“…We propose a stochastic evaluation framework to systematically analyze the long-term economic performance of a broad range of management strategies. …”
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The cost of transparency por Linder, Eric

“…The evidence suggests no systematic negative impact on affected firms’ stock returns surrounding the analysed events.…”
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Breeding in Africa for Africa por International Potato Center

“…By July 2016, e orts at CIP-Headquarters in Peru to systematically exploit heterosis were well advanced with testing of hybrid progenies underway following a full cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection (RRS). …”
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Towards an improved taxonomy of xanthomonas por Vauterin, L., Swings, J., Kersters, K., Gillis, M., Mew, T.W., Schroth, M.N., Palleroni, N.J., Hildebrand, D.C., Stead, D.E., Civerolo, E.L., Hayward, A.C., Maraite, H., Stall, R.E., Vidaver, A.K., Bradbury, J.F.

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Impact Assessment in the CGIAR por CGIAR Task Force on Impact Assessment

“…This document was prepared following two meetings of the Task Force, as an input to a workshop it organized on the eve of MTM95.The report provides a summary overview of the need for Systemwide impact assessment, and then comments on five topics: what the IARCs were currently doing; what impacts should be assessed and at what levels; how impact assessment was linked to public awareness and resource mobilization; what systematic process should be developed; and what type of mechanism would best served the needs of the CGIAR for impact assessment. …”
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A Multi-Country Agricultural Productivity Program (MAPP) for Africa : Draft Issues Paper por Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, World Bank

“…One of the pillars of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) framework is the systematic application of agricultural S&T to enhance African agricultural productivity and competitiveness. …”
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Analysis of Paris Agreement pledges informs UNFCCC negotiations por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…To highlight the presence of agriculture in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ahead of the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris in December 2015, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and several partners systematically reviewed the 160 INDCs submitted by the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). …”
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Comparative study of three cases where the link methodology was implemented: Rural women on the road to prosperity por Hurtado Bermudez, Jhon Jairo, Melo, Jenny, Gutiérrez Arenas, Ernesto

“…This publication is the result of a participatory systematization process led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), on the implementation of the LINK Methodology by Heifer International on three study cases within the Rural Women on the Road to Prosperity project. …”
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Statistical Brief on the National Agricultural Research System of Rwanda por International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…This information has been collected and presented in a systematic way in order to inform and thereby improve research policy formulation with regard to the Rwandan NARS. …”
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Statistical Brief on the National Agricultural Research System of Botswana por International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…This information has been collected and presented in a systematic way in order to inform and thereby improve research policy formulation with regard to the NARS of Botswana. …”
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Climate-smart agriculture implementation evidence in Ghana: Supporting scaling strategies for enhanced resilience in Ghana por Mponela, Powell, Dziwornu, Michael Gameli, Agyarko-Fosu, Fred, Inusah, Sandra, Odonkor, Ezekiel Narh, Sackey, Tracy Adjeley, Mamah, Samiratu Abdulai, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey

“…Climate shocks undermine crop and livestock yields, raise production risks and costs, lower incomes, and exacerbate hunger and poverty levels for smallholder farmers. In response systematic adaptation and mitigation strategies have been mainstreamed across Ghana’s agricultural sector in the form of Climate-smart agricultural practices…”
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