Search Results - "systematics"

Sustainability of wood supply: risk analysis for a pulp mill in Guangxi, China by Varmola, M., Kanninen, M., Ning, L., Daping, X.

“…In order to achieve the desired economic, environmental, and social outcomes, national macro-economic planning, a consistent policy and management framework, and a systematic, focused and institutionalised approach to CR are therefore expected from the government and the private sector, respectively…”
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Forests and society - responding to global drivers of change by Mery, G., Katila, P., Galloway, G., Alfaro, R.I., Kanninen, M., Lobovikov, M., Varjo, J.

“…In order to achieve the desired economic, environmental, and social outcomes, national macro-economic planning, a consistent policy and management framework, and a systematic, focused and institutionalised approach to CR are therefore expected from the government and the private sector, respectively…”
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Improving the production and utilization of cowpea as food and fodder by Singh, B.B., Ajeigbe, Hakeem A., Tarawali, Shirley A., Fernández Rivera, S., Abubakar, M.

“…Therefore, IITA in collaboration with ILRI has initiated a systematic programme to develop medium-maturing, semi-erect, dual-purpose varieties with higher grain and fodder yields and with enhanced fodder quality. …”
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Breeding strategy to improve Ethiopian Boran cattle for meat and milk production by Haile, Aynalem, Workneh, A., Tegegne, Azage, Kebede, N., Dessie, Tadelle

“…Selection as an improvement tool has been given less emphasis and as such there have been no systematic and organized selection schemes for cattle genetic improvement in Ethiopia. …”
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Current scenario of livestock development and potential interventions for livelihood improvement: Case of Jharkhand, India by Sirohi, S., Chauhan, A.K.

“…Hence, the animals depend on common property resources which are not systematically managed and the quality of feed and fodder from common lands is also inferior. …”
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Evaluation of rain water management practices for sediment load reduction in the (semi) humid Blue Nile basin by Steenhuis, Tammo S., Enkamil, M., Asmare, D., Tilahun, S., Yitaferu, B., Worqlul, Abeyou W., Zemadim, Birhanu, MacAlister, C., Baker, T., Langan, Simon J.

“…In this paper, we will examine the temporal distribution of sediment generation within small watersheds and systematically compare this with the observed sediment concentration at various watershed scales using the Parameter Efficient Distributed (PED) model. …”
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Towards decision support-based integrated management planning of papyrus wetlands: a case study from Uganda by Zsuffa, I., Dam, A.A. van, Kaggwa, R.C., Namaalwa, S., Mahieu, M., Cools, J., Johnston, Robyn M.

“…It was concluded that this systematic approach and the stakeholder dialogue about the management options were beneficial to the management process, although the approach would benefit from more and better data about the wetland system and from model-derived predictions.…”
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Long-term monitoring (1960-2008) of the river-sediment transport in the Red River Watershed (Vietnam): temporal variability and dam-reservoir impact by Dang, T.H., Coynel, A., Orange, Didier, Blanc, G., Etcheber, H., Le, L.A.

“…In contrast, applying the same rating curve to the 1990-2008 data resulted in systematic and substantial (up to 109%) overestimation. …”
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Low soil fertility tolerance in landraces and improved common beans genotypes by Singh, Shree P., Terán Santofimio, Henry, Muñoz Perea, Carlos Germán, Osorno Gonzalez, JM, Takegami, JC, Thung, Michael D.

“…Our objective was to identify LF tolerant landraces and improved common bean genotypes. We systematically screened 5000 to 5500 landraces and improved genotypes for LF tolerance at Popayán and Quilichao, Colombia, between 1978 and 1998. …”
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The known and the unknowns: A multipathogen survey to identify diseases in cattle herds in Tanzania by Alonso, Silvia, Toye, Philip G., Jores, Joerg, Wakhungu, Judi W., Msalya, G., Grace, Delia, Unger, Fred

“…capacity and infrastructure of government services for disease identification and control are often limited. In the absence of systematic surveillance systems for animal diseases, the information on pathogens affecting livestock has been filled by targeted surveys conducted in certain locations and for specific conditions. …”
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The challenges of inclusive cross-scale collective action in watersheds by Swallow, B.M., Johnson, Nancy L., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Knox McCulloch, A

“…To be pro-poor, watershed-management institutions must be genuinely inclusive, deliberately recognizing the interests, perspectives and knowledge of groups that may be systematically excluded from other political and social processes. …”
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Analysis of trends in extreme flood events and mitigation strategies in South East Asia by Amarnath, Giriraj, Pavelic, Paul, Smakhtin, Vladimir U.

“…Several studies have highlighted the increasing importance of developing spatio-temporal flood hazard databases to understand flood dynamics more systematically at a range of spatial scales within South East Asia (SEA). …”
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CMIP5 Simulations of low-level tropospheric temperature and moisture over the tropical Americas by Carvalho, Leila M. V., Jones, C., Posadas, A., Quiróz, R., Bookhagen, B., Liebmann, B.

“…Global warming has been linked to systematic changes in North and South America's climates and may severely impact the North American monsoon system (NAMS) and South American monsoon system (SAMS). …”
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Esterase isozyme fingerprinting of the cassava germplasm collection held at CIAT by Ocampo Nahar, César H., Hershey, Clair H., Iglesias, C.A., Iwanaga, Masaru

“…The presence of duplicates in a germplasm collection has serious implications for germplasm conservation, as well as for use in breeding programs. A systematic procedure for duplicate identification in the collection, through the combined use of morphological and esterase isozyme descriptor, has been developed and a progressive elimination of duplicates will be carried out. …”
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ILRI's partnership strategy and management system by International Livestock Research Institute

“…An initial short study revealed that, whilst considerable progress had been made, the management of partnerships needed to move from a rather ad hoc approach to one that was more proactive and systematic. The Management decided to pursue the development of a more coherent partnership strategy and management system which aims at institutionalization and operationalization of effective partnership management in the organizational structures, systems and processes. …”
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Integrating Indigenous Knowledge with Scientific Seasonal Forecasts for Climate Risk Management in Lushoto District in Tanzania by Mahoo, H.F., Mbungu W, Yonah I, Radeny, Maren A.O., Kimeli, Philip, Kinyangi, James

“…To improve accuracy, systematic documentation of IK and establishment of a framework for integrating IK and TMA weather forecasting is needed. …”
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Towards the atlas of human African trypanosomiasis by Cecchi, G., Paone, M., Franco, J.R., Fèvre, Eric M., Diarra, A., Ruíz, J.A.

“…The significant differences between our preliminary outputs and earlier maps of HAT transmission areas demonstrate the strong need for this systematic approach to mapping sleeping sickness and point to the inaccuracy of any calculation of population at risk based on previous maps of HAT transmission areas. …”
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Characterization of some Goat Populations in Ethiopia by means of Blood Protein Polymorphism by Simachew, Addis

“…To use these national goat resources in sustainable and rational development programs, a systematic, reliable and comprehensive breed characterization is essential. …”
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Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda by Roesel, Kristina, Dione, Michel M., Fries, R., Baumann, M.P.O., Nöckler, K., Schares, G., Grace, Delia, Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…Pigs are not a traditional livestock species to Uganda and little is known about the occurrence of parasitic diseases that reduce growth performance and may have implications for public health. An initial systematic literature review conducted by Ocaido et al. …”
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Cassava micro-regions in part of eastern Paraguay : An explanation of their form and comparative study of cassava production within some of them by Carter, Simon E.

“…Cassava-specific microregions in part of eastern Paraguay, a climatically homogeneous area, were defined on the basis of secondary data and systematic random sampling of agricultural settlements. …”
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