Resultados de búsqueda - Development assistance.

Scaling up climate services for farmers: Mission Possible. Learning from good practice in Africa and South Asia por Tall, Arame, Hansen, James, Jay, Alexa, Campbell, Bruce M., Kinyangi, James, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…The case studies and resulting lessons provide insights on what will be needed to build effective national systems for the production, delivery, communication and evaluation of operational climate services for smallholder farmers across the developing world. The case studies include two national-scale programmes that have been the subject of recent assessments: India’s Integrated Agrometeorological Advisory Service (AAS) Program, which provides tailored weather-based agrometeorological advisories to millions of farmers; and Mali’s Projet d’Assistance Agro-meteorologique au Monde Rural, which provided innovative seasonal agrometeorological advisory services for smallholder farmers and 16 less mature initiatives operating at a pilot scale across Africa and South Asia. …”
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Crop-livestock integration and technology choices for improving fodder availability, livestock productivity and famers’ income in West Africa por Kumar, Shalander, Pramanik, Soumitra, Umutoni, Clarisse, Rich, Karl M., Bado, Vincent, Whitbread, Anthony

“…Whole-farm scenarios developed with assistance from stakeholders and experts consultations were used to measure and illustrate possible impacts, testing different technical (livestock breeds, health intervention), and institutional innovations (markets, policies). …”
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Gender equality and social inclusion in landscape management: the case of Mugina and Rugombo districts in Burundi por Nigussie, Likimyelesh, Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Havyarimana, A., Atampugre, Gerald, Tilahun, Seifu A., Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…Our result shows women, young individuals, and indigenous communities, such as the Batwa, often encounter varied levels of restricted rights to vital resources, including land, financial assistance, and essential information. This lack of access undermines their decision-making and investment potential, contributing to heightened poverty. …”
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Evaluación de la metodología de planes de comunicación a nivel de funcionarios ICA por Peña A., Bernardo, Beltrán P., Nohora

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Native Pigs as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Option in the Philippines por Manilay, Alessandro A., Monville-Oro, Emilita, Barbon, Wilson John, Ruba, Christine Dianne, Vidallo, Rene R., Rosimo, Magnolia M., Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Gummadi, Sridhar, Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Rondón, Marco Antonio

“…The Climate-Smart Village (CSV) approach is one of the initiatives that was developed to address the impact of climate change on marginalized rural households, and one of the climate-smart agriculture (CSA) options implemented in the Philippines was raising native pigs. …”
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Proposed indicators for selecting needy participants for the Vulnerable Women's Benefit (VWB) Program in urban Bangladesh por Ahmed, Akhter, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Quabili, Wahid, Parvin, Aklima, Ghostlaw, Julie

“…However, the need for assistance is overwhelming. According to the latest poverty estimates, 24.3 percent of the country’s 163 million people were poor in 2016 (BBS 2019). …”
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Fertilizer subsidies in Malawi: From past to present por Benson, Todd, De Weerdt, Joachim, Duchoslav, Jan, Masanjala, Winford

“…However, despite its continued prominence in the country’s agricultural policy, most Malawian smallholder do not manage to grow sufficient maize to feed their households throughout the year, and every year millions depend on food assistance during the worst months of the lean season.…”
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Crop resistance and household resilience – the case of cassava and sweetpotato during super-typhoon Ompong in the Philippines por Gatto, M., Naziri, D., San Pedro, J., Béné, Christophe

“…As rural households in developing countries largely depend on agriculture, climatic shocks have the potential to undermine food security. …”
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Migration in Myanmar por Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Recommended Actions • Set up programs that facilitate access to credit to reduce the need for migrants or households to take out high-interest loans for migration. • Develop support programs for communities experiencing high out-migration to enhance individuals' awareness of the associated risks, processes, and job opportunities linked to migration. • Create centers in high in-migration areas to aid migrants by providing resources, legal assistance, sustenance, shelter, and community support. • Monitor migration and evaluate the impact of policy changes.…”
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National adaptation policy adopted in Nicaragua and resulting investments in coffee and cocoa sector por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The National Policy led the government of Nicaragua to request IFAD support in developing climate change adaptation actions within in the coffee and cocoa supply chain. …”
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Malawi Complementary Panel Survey (CPS) 2000-2002 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The questionnaire for the fourth round of the CPS was developed explicitly to allow a welfare indicator to be constructed that would be comparable to the welfare indicator developed in the poverty analysis of the 1997-98 Integrated Household Survey. …”
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Apoyo al acceso a microfinanciamiento para prácticas agronómicas resilientes y sostenibles dirigidas a agricultores en Guatemala. Caso crédito pecuario con Fundación Génesis Empres... por YAPU Solutions GmbH, Fundación Génesis Empresarial, Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture

“…The second phase focused on technical assistance to develop capacities in climate risk management and the adaptation of financial products. iii. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among university students – results from the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany por Kötzsche, Maike, Teuber, Ramona, Jordan, Irmgard, Heil, Eleonore A., Torheim, Liv Elin, Arroyo-Izaga, Marta

“…Also receiving a student loan during the pandemic and getting food assistance increased the likelihood of being food insecure. …”
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Nutrient composition of premixed and packaged complementary foods for sale in low- and middle-income countries: Lack of standards threatens infant growth por Masters, William A, Nene, Marc D, Bell, Winnie

“…Premixed flours for infant porridge are increasingly produced and sold in developing countries to complement continued breastfeeding. …”
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Gender, livestock and livelihood indicators. Version 2 por Njuki, Jemimah, Poole, Elizabeth J., Johnson, Nancy L., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Pali, Pamela N., Lokman, Z., Mburu, S.

“…With time, we expect to develop further common indicators around other areas of research in ILRI. …”
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Mechanized direct- seeding and best management practices for rice in Cambodia : how and why are they complementary? por Aravindakshan, Sreejith, Krupnik, Timothy J., Laing, Alison M., Sokornthea Pin, Rica, Flor Joy, Saito, Kazuki

“…Support from the Cambodian government in the form of low-interest financing and technical assistance could significantly advance agricultural mechanization business development, benefiting private companies, cooperatives, agri-startups and service providers (SPs). …”
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Contribución al estudio y manejo de la cuenca alta del Río Turrialba, Costa Rica por Lovón Ríos, Herbert L.

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Legala förutsättningar och ekonomiska stöd för byggande av häststall por Berntsson, Emma

Con reglas claras, en el manejo del agua de mallines, evitamos el conflicto por Garcia Martinez, Guillermo Carlos, Dellacanonica, Cristina, Binda, Sergio

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La mosca blanca Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) como plaga y vectora de virus en frijol común (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) por Cuéllar Jimenez, M.E., Morales Garzón, Francisco José

“…This situation, plus the lack of proper technical assistance, has led farmers to rely almost exclusively on the application of insecticides to combat whiteflies. …”
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