Resultados de búsqueda - "systematics"

Livestock water productivity: implications for sub-Saharan Africa por Peden, Donald G., Tadesse, G., Haileslassie, Amare

“…Drawing on these programs, this paper describes a framework to systematically identify key livestock–water interactions and suggests strategies for improving livestock and water management especially in the mixed crop–livestock production systems of sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Assessment of health problems of sheep and goats based on ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection at Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia por Bekele, Tizeta, Szonyi, Barbara, Haile, A.F., Fries, R., Baumann, M.P.O., Grace, Delia

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study using systematic random sampling was conducted on 384 sheep and 384 goats from January to July 2014. …”
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Misreporting month of birth: Diagnosis and implications for research on nutrition and early childhood in developing countries por Larsen, Anna Folke, Headey, Derek D., Masters, William A.

“…We further show how misreporting MOB causes attenuation bias when MOB is used for identification of shock exposure as well as systematic bias in the impact on HAZ of events that occur early or late in each calendar year.…”
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Household dairy production and child growth: Evidence from Bangladesh por Choudhury, Samira, Headey, Derek D.

“…In addition to external validity concerns, an obvious internal validity concern is that dairy producers may systematically differ from non-dairy households, particularly in terms of latent wealth or nutritional knowledge. …”
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The changing structure of Africa’s economies por Diao, Xinshen, Harttgen, Kenneth, McMillan, Margaret S.

“…This has been accompanied by a systematic increase in the productivity of the labor force, as it has moved from low productivity agriculture to higher productivity services and manufacturing. …”
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A multi-vocal review: Characterization of food safety trainings across LMICs and influence on intervention efficacy por Pal, H., Bettridge, J., Mutua, Florence, Grace, Delia

“…MATERIALS & METHODS : A systematic approach was taken to search relevant academic and grey literature including NGO reports. …”
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How could agricultural land systems contribute to raise food production under global change? por Wu, Wen-Bin, Yu, Qiang-Yi, Verburg, Peter H., You, Liangzhi, Yang, Peng, Tang, Hua-Jun

“…This review paper, from a land system perspective, systematically proposed and analyzed three interactive strategies that could possibly raise future food production under global change. …”
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A comparative analysis of agricultural research and extension reforms in China and India por Babu, Suresh Chandra, Huang, Jikun, Venkatesh, P., Zhang, Yumei

“…The paper aims to discuss these issues.– This paper systematically compares the systems and reforms of AR & E in China and India in order to draw out lessons applicable to developing countries. …”
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Why do rural youth migrate? Evidence from Colombia and Guatemala por Díaz Baca, Manuel Francisco, Moreno Lerma, Leonardo, Burkart, Stefan, Triana-Ángel, Natalia

“…Young people in search of economic and educational opportunities, financial, and social stability, have been migrating to larger urban centers, thus crafting important shifts in rural labor, generational transfer, and domestic economies. Through a systematic literature review of scientific literature, and documents from public institutions and international organizations, published between 2012 and 2022, this article addresses rural–urban migration of youth in Colombia and Guatemala’s cattle sector, particularly identifying (i) driving factors, (ii) their impacts on cattle farming, and (iii) public policies implemented to counteract prejudicial effects. …”
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How do food safety technical working groups within a One Health framework work? Experiences from Vietnam and Ethiopia por Lam, Steven, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Bekele, Meseret, Amenu, Kebede, Alonso, Silvia, Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…The aim of this study is to systematically document the development process of established groups in Vietnam and Ethiopia. …”
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Prioritization, resource allocation and utilization of decision support tools in animal health: Results of qualitative interviews with experts por Amenu, Kebede, Daborn, C., Huntington, B., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Rushton, J., Grace, Delia

“…A semi-structured question guide was formulated based on the information generated in the online questionnaire and a systematic content analysis of animal and human health manuals for disease prioritization and resource allocation. …”
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Framing behaviour change for sustainable agriculture: themes, approaches, and future directions por Ofosu-Ampong, K., Abera, W., Muller, A., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Boateng, R., Acheampong, B.

“…To address this concern, this study conducted a systematic literature review of behaviour change in sustainable agriculture between 2015 and 2024. …”
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All eggs in one basket: A reflection on Malawi’s dependence on agricultural growth strategy por Droppelmann, Klaus, Makuwira, Jonathan, Kumwenda, Ian

“…In this paper we analyze the macroeconomic policy situation and document patterns and trends in Malawi‘s rural-urban transformation in a systematic manner. To that end, we focus on a number of dimensions of this transformation, including urban population growth, migration patterns, employment trends, and a spatial analysis of agglomerations and connectivity to major urban centers. …”
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Attrition in longitudinal household survey data: some tests for three developing country samples por Alderman, Harold, Kohler, Hans-Peter, Maluccio, John A., Watkins, Susan Cotts, Behrman, Jere R.

“…These results, which are very similar to results for developed economies, suggest that for these outcome variables—despite suggestions of systematic attrition from univariate comparisons between attritors and nonattritors, multivariate estimates of behavioral relations of interest may not be biased due to attrition.…”
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Attrition in longitudinal household survey data: some tests for three developing country samples por Alderman, Harold, Kohler, Hans-Peter, Maluccio, John A., Watkins, Susan Cotts, Behrman, Jere R.

“…These results, which are very similar to results for developed economies, suggest that for these outcome variables—despite suggestions of systematic attrition from univariate comparisons between attritors and nonattritors, multivariate estimates of behavioral relations of interest may not be biased due to attrition.…”
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Health care demand in rural Mozambique: evidence from the 1996/97 household survey por Lindelow, Magnus

“…Given years of colonial neglect and systematic destruction of health facilities during the civil war, recent government policy has focused on expanding the rural health network. …”
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Health care demand in rural Mozambique: evidence from the 1996/97 household survey por Lindelow, Magnus

“…Given years of colonial neglect and systematic destruction of health facilities during the civil war, recent government policy has focused on expanding the rural health network. …”
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The use of household expenditure surveys for the assessment of food insecurity por Smith, Lisa C.

“…The main weakness of household expenditure surveys for the purposes of measuring food insecurity are that they are currently not undertaken on a regular basis in all developing countries, data collection and computational costs in terms of time, financial resources, and technical skill required are quite high, data are not collected on the access to food of individuals within households and, while reasonably reliable estimates of food insecurity can be obtained, estimates can be biased due to various systematic, non-sampling errors.-- Author's Abstract…”
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Watershed development projects in India: an evaluation por Kerr, John M.

“…While much has been written about watershed development, there have been few efforts to systematically evaluate it. By doing so, John Kerr and his colleagues Ganesh Pangare and Vasudha Lokur Pangare contribute immensely to our understanding of the promise and challenges of watershed development... …”
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Institutional finance for agricultural development: an analytical survey of critical issues por Desai, Bhupat M., Mellor, John W.

“…Such an intensive, systematic, and analytic review of a large literature would be incomplete, if not senseless, if the insights generated along the way were not used to reach clear policy recommendations. …”
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