Search Results - "systematics"

Carbon farming in India: are the existing projects inclusive, additional, and permanent? by Adeeth AG Cariappa, Krishna, Vijesh V.

“…We found that carbon farmers were predominantly large-holders and from non-marginalized castes, showing patterns of systematic exclusion. Only 4% of participants were women. …”
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Micronutrient malnutrition, obesity, and chronic disease in countries undergoing the nutrition transition: potential links and program/policy implications by Eckhardt, Cara L.

“…This paper is not the result of a systematic literature review, but rather discusses relevant literature to bring attention to links between under- and over-nutrition that have not been widely considered. …”
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Weather extremes shock maize production: Current approaches and future research directions in Africa by Shaolong Du, Wei Xiong

“…African agriculture is particularly vulnerable due to its harsh environments and limited adaptation capacity. This systematic review analyzes 96 articles from Web of Science, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, focusing on biophysical studies related to maize in Africa and worldwide. …”
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High night temperature effects on wheat and rice: Current status and way forward by Impa, Somayanda M., Raju, Bheemanahalli, Hein, Nathan T., Sandhu, Jaspreet, Prasad, P.V. Vara, Walia, Harkamal, Jagadish, Krishna S.V.

“…This review aims to (i) systematically compare the grain yield responses of rice and wheat exposed to HNT stress across scales, and (ii) understand the physiological and biochemical responses that affect grain yield and quality. …”
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Doing what with whom? Stakeholder analysis in a large transdisciplinary research project in South-East Asia by Spangenberg, Joachim H., Heong, K.L., Klotzbücher, Anika, Klotzbücher, Thimo, Nguyen, Quynh Anh, Tekken, Vera, Truong, Dao Thanh, Türke, Manfred, Settele, Josef

“…Due to its transdisciplinary character and the sheer size, a systematic stakeholder involvement was inevitable. Starting with stakeholder identification by snowballing from a limited number of contacts, we derived a multi-level stakeholder analysis and tried to involve those identified as relevant. …”
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ERA long-term experiment data and analytics (EiA2030/ERA_ltes R-code github) by Steward, Peter Richard, Muller, Lolita, Rosenstock, Todd Stuart, Joshi, Namita, Youngberg, Brayden

“…The accompanying R Markdown vignette facilitates systematic mapping, geospatial visualization, and climate impact analyses using robust statistical methods. …”
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Market information and R&D investment under ambiguity: A framed artefactual experiment with plant breeding professionals by Trachtman, Carly, Kramer, Berber, do Nascimento Miguel, Jérémy

“…Investments in R&D are often made under ambiguity about the potential impacts of various projects. High-quality, systematic market research could help reduce that ambiguity, including in investments in agricultural research-for-development, such as plant breeding. …”
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A review of the performance of fish seed systems in Africa by Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Ochenje, Ibrahim, Muthini, Davis

“…This study seeks to synthesize the available evidence on fish seed systems using a systematic literature review. The review combines a multistakeholder framework and seed system components approach to characterize and analyze the performance of the fish seed systems in Africa. …”
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Workshop Report Promoting Risk management solutions in fragile settings of Northern Nigeria by Ajeigbe, Hakeem A., Banerjee, Rupsha R., Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…The report is structured to address these questions systematically, providing a comprehensive overview of the identified risks, their implications, and potential management strategies. …”
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A critical review of quantifying water-energy-food nexus interactions by Li, W., Ward, P. J., van Wesenbeeck, L.

“…This study presents the first systematic review that critically evaluates the past progress of WEF nexus research from the evidence-based lens of resource interactions, in terms of quantifying the types and the number of interactions studied. …”
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Technologies for sustainable forest management: challenges for the 21st century. Commonwealth Forestry Congress, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, May 1997 by Sayer, Jeffrey A., Vanclay, J.K., Byron, R.N.

“…However, progress may be facilitated with a systematic approach to forest management embracing the usual planning cycle: formulation of objectives, preparation of a st rategy, planning, implementing, monitoring, and reappraisal. …”
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Heavy metal contamination in urban agriculture: Evidence from Nairobi by Murphy, Mike, Wachira, Githenya, Onyango, Cecilia, Hoffmann, Vivian

“…Our findings demonstrate the importance of systematic surveillance of foods in LMICs for heavy metals and the need to identify and mitigate sources of contamination.…”
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It's raining babies? Flood exposures and fertility in Bangladesh by Thiede, Brian C., Chen, Joyce J., Mueller, Valerie, Hultquist, Carolynne, Salim, Zarmeen

“…However, findings otherwise provide little systematic evidence that marriage and child mortality mediate the links between flood exposures and fertility.…”
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A review on knowledge and information extraction from PDF documents and storage approaches by Atagong, S.D., Tonnang, H.E.Z., Senagi, K., Wamalwa, M., Agboka, K.M., Odindi, J.

“…This study presents a comprehensive review of existing literature on information extraction from PDF documents, conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology. …”
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Food Demand Meta-Elasticities (FDME) Database by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…All three datasets are based on the results of a comprehensive global systematic literature review and meta-analysis of income and price elasticities compiling over 13,000 elasticity estimates from 215 peer-reviewed studies published between 1974 and 2022. …”
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Mapping expected returns to fertilizer investments across Sub-Saharan Africa by Gebrekidan, Bisrat Gebrekidan, Chamberlin, Jordan

“…Comparisons across recommended and profit-maximizing nutrient rates show systematic divergence between agronomic and economic optima. …”
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From project portfolios to institutional strategy: mainstreaming climate resilience in agricultural research at CGIAR by Choptiany, J., Tremper, O., Jafflin, Z., Myers, S., Hernandez, R., Ledermann, S.

“…Agricultural research institutions face mounting pressure to demonstrate climate impact, yet lack systematic approaches to assess and strategically reorient their portfolios. …”
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Combining multicriteria decision making and geographic information system for assessing forest sustainability by Mendoza, G.A., Prabhu, Ravi, Purnomo, H.

“…The integrated GIS-MCDM approach is participative, transparent, systematic, and objective. Mixed data (i.e, qualitative and quantitative) can be accomodated. …”
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Curua-Una: 50 anos de Pesquisa by Pokorny, B., Vasconselos, L.

“…After studying this work, it will be easily to imagine the immense value of the described experiments, if they would have been systematically continued. Thus, we hope that this CD-ROM may contribute to continuous scientific research in Curuá-Una.…”
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Analysis of local perspectives on sustainable forest management: an Indonesian case study by Purnomo, H., Mendoza, G.A., Prabhu, Ravi

“…This paper examines local perspectives on sustainability, and evaluates their similarities and differences. A systematic procedure based on criteria of proximity, pre-existing rights, dependency, knowledge of forest management, forestry spirit, daily activity, and legal rights was used to identify a small group of relevant stakeholders representing different groups, institutions, and organizations. …”
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