Search Results - Cultural Alignment

Redefining education for a changing climate: How TTU is shaping climate-smart leaders to make it more dynamic by Nzuki, Esther Ndumi, Gichunge Kathure, Karen, Anne Kambura, Ogutu, Elizabeth, Nderi, Alex Nduah

“…Programs emphasize experiential learning, blending theory with hands-on application in areas such as banana tissue culture and sustainable rangeland management. These initiatives foster innovation, job readiness, and direct farmer benefits, while aligning with national development goals. …”
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Towards Inclusive, Contextual, and Balanced Agricultural Advisories: Refining GPT-5 Agricultural Advisories for Kenya with Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback by Nganga, Kevin Gitau, Grossi, Amanda, Wanjau, Agnes Njambi

“…The paper demonstrates how RLHF and participatory design can align generative AI with smallholder farmers’ needs, producing advice that is scientifically sound, equitable, and culturally grounded. …”
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Why choose the rabbit to work in reproductive technology? by Marco-Jiménez, Francisco, Viudes-De-Castro, María P., Vicente, José S.

“…Moreover, their body size is perfectly aligned with the 3Rs principles: Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement. …”
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Knowledge and Data Sharing - Annual Technical Report 2024 by Tobon, Hector, Gamboa, Cristian, Morales, Tatiana, Tanaka, Kenji

“…Central to these efforts was the continued development and optimization of the MARLO tool, which now plays a critical role in fostering a culture of monitoring, evaluation (M&E), and results-oriented project management. …”
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Gender and socially inclusive WASH in Nepal: moving beyond “technical fixes” by Khadka, Manohara, Joshi, Deepa, Uprety, Labisha, Shrestha, Gitta

“…How do these two strategic shifts in policy align in the case of WASH projects in rural Nepal? …”
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A novel spotted fever group Rickettsia infecting Amblyomma parvitarsum (Acari: Ixodidae) in highlands of Argentina and Chile by Ogrzewalska, María, Nieri-Bastos, Fernanda A., Marcili, Arlei, Nava, Santiago, González-Acuña, Daniel, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian, Ruiz-Arrondo, Ignacio, Venzal, José Manuel, Mangold, Atilio Jose, Labruna, Marcelo B.

“…Rickettsiae were successfully isolated in Vero cell culture from two ticks, one from Argentina and one from Chile. …”
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Moving beyond the illusion of participation in the governance of Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of Congo) by Koy, J.K., Monga Ngonga, A.M., Wardell, D.A.

“…Furthermore, although Biosphere Reserves in DRC are recognized as part of the national network of protected areas since 2002, their management is still not aligned to either the Seville Strategy or the statutory framework of the world network of Biosphere Reserves. …”
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Integrated Agriculture–Aquaculture systems in Morocco: Current status and opportunities by Naji, Mohamed

“…Conventional aquaculture can exacerbate water usage conflicts, while IAA aligns well with public policies on water resource management.…”
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Soil health strategies for sorghum systems in Kenya: A training of trainers field manual by Kinyua, Michael, Mulei, Welissa, Kihara, Job, Mandlenkosi, Nkomo

“…The Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) Initiative offers a new model and research culture, seizing these opportunities to deliver agronomic gain at scale by facilitating efficiencies through globalized networking and aligning research and development (R&D) priorities with demands from scaling partners through context-specific Use Cases. …”
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Why the Great Food Transformation may not happen – A deep-dive into our food systems’ political economy, controversies and politics of evidence by Béné, Christophe

“…Those include the concentration of economic and market power in the hands of the Big Food transnational corporations but also other actors’ ideology, policy incoherence, national interests or culturally-embedded aspirations, which together create irreconcilable trade-offs and tensions between divergent individual and societal objectives and prevent the system from aligning toward a more sustainable trajectory. …”
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Climate change impacts on crop breeding: Targeting interacting biotic and abiotic stresses for wheat improvement by Robles-Zazueta, Carlos A., Crespo-Herrera, Leonardo A., Piñera Chavez, Francisco J., Rivera Amado, A. Carolina, Aradottir, Gudbjorg I.

“…Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as a staple crop is closely interwoven into the development of modern society. Its influence on culture and economic development is global. Recent instability in wheat markets has demonstrated its importance in guaranteeing food security across national borders. …”
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Population genetic analysis and sub-structuring of Theileria annulata in Sudan by Salih, D.A., Ali. A.M., Njahira, M., Taha, K.M., Mohammed, M.S., Mwacharo, Joram M., Mbole-Kariuki, N., El Hussein, A.M., Bishop, Richard P., Skilton, R.

“…A live schizont attenuated vaccination based on tissue culture technology has been developed to control the disease. …”
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Envisioning nature-positive futures for Europe: inspiring transformative change at the biodiversity nexus by Lazurko, Anita, de Pater, Mara, Kim, HyeJin, Hebinck, Aniek, Biesbroek, Robbert, Declerck, Fabrice, Krupnik, Seweryn, Okruszko, Tomasz, Pereira, Laura M., Proka, Antonia, Sakellari, Eirini, Harrison, Paula A.

“…We demonstrate how explicit consideration of the biodiversity nexus in visioning processes can reveal opportunities to align biodiversity goals with broader sectoral priorities, thereby helping sustain ambitious biodiversity outcomes amid diverse and competing agendas.…”
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Public school catering's role in the transition towards a sustainable food system by Stolt, Linnea

“…Complicating factors are that the priorities of catering organisations and schools are often not well aligned, and resources are lacking to work on collaborations to improve this. …”
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Irrigated vegetable production interventions in humanitarian emergencies: Mali country deep dive by Singh, Radhika, Minh, Thai Thi, Schmitter, Petra S.

“…This includes adopting a systems approach that considers the socioeconomic and environmental context of the intended intervention and sharing findings among humanitarian actors to foster a learning culture. Finally, improving data and knowledge management is advised for impactful IVP interventions. …”
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First report of Xanthomonas euvesicatoria causing bacterial spot disease in pepper in Northwestern Nigeria by Jibrin, M.O., Timilsina, S., Potnis, N., Minsavage, G.V., Shenge, K.C., Akpa, A.D., Alegbejo, M., Beed, Fenton D., Vallad, G.E., Jones, J.B.

“…The housekeeping gene sequences were aligned along with other Xanthomonas sequences imported from the NCBI database using muscle tool from MEGA software, 5.2.2. …”
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Prioritizing Colombian plant genetic resources for investment in research using indicators about the geographic origin, vulnerability status, economic benefits, and food security i... by Cerón Souza, Ivania, Delgadillo Duran, Diego A., Polo Murcia, Sonia M., Sarmiento Naizaque, Zaida X., Reyes Herrera, Paula H.

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Access to crop digital information and the sharing of benefits derived from its use: background and perspectives by Wettberg, Eric von, Khoury, Colin K.

“…Through the 2004 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (ITPGRFA), which is aligned with the CBD, and the CBD’s own 2010 Nagoya Protocol, mechanisms for access and benefit sharing (ABS) of seeds and other reproductive propagules have been more carefully formalized. …”
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Detection of Tilapia Lake Virus in Egyptian fish farms experiencing high mortalities in 2015 by Nicholson, P., Fathi, M.A., Fischer, A., Mohan, C., Schieck, Elise G., Mishra, N., Heinimann, A., Frey, J., Wieland, Barbara, Jores, Joerg

“…Currently, tilapia are the second most important group of farmed fish worldwide, wherein Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the foremost cultured species (FAO 2005). In 2014, the global tilapia production was valued at 4.5 million tons and is expected to surge to 7.3 million tons by 2030 (FAO 2014). …”
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated editing of DMR6 orthologue in banana (Musa spp.) confers enhanced resistance to bacterial disease by Tripathi, J., Ntui, V.O., Shah, T., Tripathi, L.

“…The gene sequences downloaded from http://banana-genome-hub.southgreen.fr were aligned, and two gRNAs, 114 bp apart, were designed from the conserved region in exon4 (Figure 1c). …”
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