Resultados de búsqueda - "thought"

Farm-nonfarm growth linkages in Zambia por Hazell, Peter B. R., Hojjati, Behjat

“…This paper uses farm survey data from Eastern Province, Zambia to show that regional income multipliers arising from agricultural growth may be stronger than previously thought for Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the growth multipliers are driven primarily by household consumption demands, and they arise largely within the agricultural sector itself because of strong marginal budget shares for nontradable foods. …”
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Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview por Sunderlin, William D., Angelsen, A., Belcher, B., Burgess, P., Nasi, Robert, Santoso, L., Wunder, Sven

“…This article summarizes and evaluates the state-of-the-art knowledge in these domains of thought and identifies priorities for future research.…”
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Purity and prejudice: deluding ourselves about biodiversity conservation por Sheil, Douglas, Meijaard, E.

“…Tropical conservationists can benefit from understanding human thought processes. We are often less rational than we might believe. …”
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Participatory plant breeding programs por Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…A PPBs program in Iran led to the remarkable 'rediscovery' of a drought-tolerant wheat variety once thought to be long gone.…”
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Second External Programme and Management Review of IBPGR, 1986 por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR Secretariat

“…The report was considered at TAC 35.While finding much to praise in the accomplishments of the IBPGR, the review panel was strongly of the opinion that scientific quality of staff needed to be improved. It thought this would be difficult while operating under the rules and regulations of the FAO. …”
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Sensory studies of an energy dense drink for elderly people por Langborger, Rebecka

“…The majority of the elderly could consume the product daily (61%) and thought that the new energy dense drink was needed on the market (68%). …”

Agrobiodiversity Index Report 2019: risk and resilience por Bioversity International

“…The focus of this report is agrobiodiversity, risk and resilience. Eight thought pieces, authored by experts from around the world in diverse fields from nutrition and agricultural sustainability to seed systems and genetic resources, stimulate thinking on aspects of agrobiodiversity and risk and/or resilience.…”
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Experience capitalization: We learn the most from the challenges we face por Macuiane, Messias A.

“…To be frank, I did not know what “experience capitalization” was all about, and I thought it was necessary to get a clearer idea if I was to make the best of these meetings.…”
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Marketing Thailand's potatoes: Present patterns and future prospects. por Scott, G. J.

“…Additional findings such as high retail marketing margins are likely to be thought provoking for other Southeast Asian countries as well. …”
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Chapter 4: Hidden hunger: Approaches to tackling micronutrient deficiencies [Nourishing Millions] por Hodge, Judith

“…AROUND THE WORLD, more than 2 billion people are thought to be affected by an often invisible form of malnutrition: micronutrient malnutrition, commonly known as hidden hunger.1 Vitamin and mineral deficiencies—at least in mild to moderate forms—may not be as observable as wasting or obesity, but their effects are far-reaching. …”
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The Globalization of Science: The Place of Agricultural Research por Bonte-Friedheim, Christian H., Sheridan, Kathleen

“…This book presents 25 thought-provoking papers contributed by leaders of the CGIAR on their vision of global agricultural research and some of the major issues, priorities, and structures required for the future. …”
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GHI: A decade of promoting action against hunger and malnutrition por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Moreover, the annual GHI reports have been providing thought-provoking information on hunger and undernutrition that call all stakeholders to continued action against these complex challenges. …”
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Estimating crop-specific production technologies in Chinese agriculture: a generalized maximum entropy approach por Zhang, Xiaobo, Fan, Shenggen

“…The estimated multi-output production technology and input allocations imply that China may have greater grain production potentials than previously thought.…”
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Commentary on Growth Strategy por Krueger, Anne O.

“…In part, however, it is because there is so much that deserves attention and stimulates further thought.…”
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Estimating crop-specific production technologies in Chinese agriculture: a generalized maximum entropy approach por Zhang, Xiaobo, Fan, Shenggen

“…The estimated multi-output production technology and input allocations imply that China may have greater grain production potentials than previously thought.…”
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Are female headed households time poor? por Handa, Sudhanshu

“…It is often argued, however, that this measure overstates the welfare of FHHs because it ignores the consumption of leisure, and FHHs are thought to sacrifice leisure in order to raise consumption of good and services. …”
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The food crisis of 2008: Impact assessment of IFPRI's communications strategy por Hovland, Ingeborg

“…All in all the campaign, which arose in response to the policy window that opened up in early and mid-2008, was considered particularly effective, and IFPRI earned the position as one of the “thought leaders” during the crisis.…”
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Forests, illegality, and livelihoods: the Case of Cameroon por Cerutti, P.O., Tacconi, L.

“…We show that the illegal log harvest in Cameroon is smaller than previously thought and that in recent years small-scale operators, forced to operate illegally by an illicit ministerial decision, contributed a significant share of the illegal harvest. …”
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Standardization of molecular genetic techniques for the characterization of germplasm collections: The case of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) por Lowe, A.J., Hanotte, Olivier H., Guarino, Luigi

“…We propose a table containing a collation of all the descriptors thought necessary to describe the conditions and assessment procedures necessary for reproducible RAPD profiling of plant material. …”
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First report of Aecidium cantense (potato deforming rust) on Solanum macrocarpon (African eggplant) in Benin. por Beed, Fenton D., Houessou, J.H., Kelly, P., Ezin, V.

“…The morphological analysis of the isolates confirmed the rust fungus to be A. cantense (GPC accession no. W10327). This is thought to be the first report of A. cantense (potato deforming rust) on African eggplant in Benin.…”
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