Resultados de búsqueda - Economic development projects

What is the irrigation potential for Africa? A combined biophysical and socioeconomic approach por You, Liangzhi, Ringler, Claudia, Nelson, Gerald C., Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Robertson, Richard D., Wood, Stanley, Guo, Zhe, Zhu, Tingju, Sun, Yan

“…This paper analyzes large, dam-based and small-scale irrigation investment needs in Africa based on agronomic, hydrologic, and economic factors. This type of analysis can guide country- and local-level assessment of irrigation potential, which will be important to agricultural and economic development in Africa.…”
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Uganda’s National Adaptation Programme of Action: Implementation, Challenges and Emerging Lessons por Nyasimi, Mary, Radeny, Maren A.O., Mungai, Catherine, Kamini, Corneliaus

“…With the majority of Ugandans depending on agriculture and agricultural related activities for their livelihoods, this decline is threatening their survival as well as Uganda’s future economic development. The changing climate is further compounding the problem of declining agricultural production, prompting the Government of Uganda (GoU) to take measures to address its the impacts. …”
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Ghana gender strategy: Building equitable climate-resilient African bean and insect sectors por Acheampong, Patricia, Yeboah, Stephen, Fening Kennedy, Okwae, Asibuo, James, Lutomia, Cosmas, Ouya, Frederick, Ketema, Dessalegn, Nchanji, Eileen

“…Ghana’s Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy 2008 stated that gender inequality in the agricultural sector undermined the achievement of sustainable agriculture development because programmes and projects are not systematically formulated around the different needs of women and men. …”
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Effects of community-based intervention of non-government organization on gender equity in agriculture and food systems in selected areas of Kishoreganj district por Lecoutere, Els, Puskur, Ranjitha, Singaraju, Niyati, Mishra, Avni, Akhter, Sadika, Khatun, Fatema, Rahman, Aminur, Kamruzzaman, Mohammed, Chowdhury, Promit Barua

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Sustainable urban landscape por Kumar, Rekha

“…The thesis will introduce public realm design process of three urban development projects which are in the same regional context. …”
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Research guide for gender-disaggregated analysis of climate change impacts and adaptation por Bryan, Elizabeth, Kovarik, Chiara, Passarelli, Simone, Sproule, Katie

“…This toolkit provides a compilation of tools developed for and used in the research project titled “Enhancing Women’s Assets to Manage Risk under Climate Change: Potential for Group-Based Approaches,” (2011-2014) which was supported by the Federal Min-istry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, and was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Insti-tutions, and Markets (PIM). …”
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Scaling up innovations in smallholder agriculture: Lessons from the Canadian international food security research fund por Shilomboleni, Helena, Owaygen, Marwan, Plaen, Renaud de, Manchur, Wendy, Husak, Laura

“…This poor performance can be attributed to dominant, linear approaches associated with spreading innovations which entail technology research and development and subsequent transfer to farmers. Such approaches tend to overlook complexity elements and non-linear processes in smallholder agriculture, including multiple stress factors such as climate variability and economic risks that make the uptake of new agricultural innovations more unpredictable. …”
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Climate Smart Governance Dashboard: technical guide por Alahacoon, Niranga, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…The platform comprises eight main subpages, including Country Overview, Climate Outlook, Project Tracker, Geo Intelligence Tools, Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Indicators, Adaption Catalog, and Investment Portfolio Planning. …”
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Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia por Kusters, K., Belcher, B.

“…And yet, despite more than a decade of research and targeted development projects, systematic understanding of the economic behaviour of NTFPs, and other role and potential in conservation and development, remains weak. …”
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Mitigating the effects of hydrologic variability in Ethiopia: an assessment of investments in agricultural and transportation infrastructure, energy and hydroclimatic forecasting por Block, Paul J.

“…The model indicates that large-scale development typically produces b-c ratios from 1.6- 2.1 under historical climate regimes for the projects specified. …”
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The importance of Ethiopian soils in irrigation and overall watershed management [Abstract only] por Schmitter, Petra S., Haileslassie, Amare, Nakawuka, Prossie, Gebregziabher, Gebrehaweria, Tesema, M., Tegegne, D., Abdela, M., Yilak, Debebe L., Tilahun, S., Ayana, M., Langan, Simon J.

“…The International Water Management Institute focusses through various research for development projects on improving irrigation water management, increasing groundwater recharge and assessing the environmental impact of irrigation for various soils throughout the Amhara, Oromia and SNNPR region. …”
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Willingness to invest in wind energy : a Swedish farmers’ perspective por Zdravkovic, Nada

“…Large portions of territory in Sweden are owned by farmers and they are potentially representing investors or partakers in wind energy projects. Community investments and farmers invest in wind energy turbines has become a trend in Europe and is perceived as means of developing rural areas, by bringing about economical and societal benefits. …”

Scaling knowledge and innovations for food and nutrition security— Tackling dilemmas and blind spots por Koerner, Jana, Lubberink, Rob, Lammers, Ellen, Winter, Daniëlle de

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Report of the Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop por Atengdem, Paschal

“…The key Expected results of each of the 5 interconnected projects are highlighted below. V1: Targeting & Scaling up: based on socio-economic and bio-physical assessments, it will develop a web-based `decision-support tool’ to identify appropriate sites to introduce successful Agricultural Water Management interventions. …”
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National workshop report on actor perspectives on behavioural drivers, agency and behaviour change in agroecological transformation por Alary, Veronique, Frija, Aymen, Lestrelin, Guillaume, Braiki, Houssem, Idoudi, Zied, Mannai, Amal, M'hamed, Hatem Cheikh

“…The emergence of the Groupements de Développement Agricole (GDAs), cooperative-like organizations heavily dependent on the agricultural administration, also marked this period; 2. The development of the Sociétés Mutuelles de Services Agricoles (SMSAs): The creation of SMSAs allowed small and medium farmers to participate in business activities, marking a shift towards economic valorization through market-oriented projects. …”
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Implications of the 'new rangeland paradigm' for natural resource management por Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.

“…In the Sahel, opportunistic resource management operates with communal access rights and land tenure systems that include particular access rights and land tenure systems that include particular access rights to key pastoral resources. The pastoral Development approaches attached to the concept of opportunistic resource management privilage institutional Development and economic policies, and minimise technological Developments that had little success in the livestock agriculture Development projects of the 1970's. …”
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Analysis for biotechnology innovations using Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) por Linacre, Nicholas A., Gaskell, Joanne, Rosegrant, Mark W., Falck-Zepeda, José B., Quemada, Hector, Halsey, Mark, Birner, Regina

“…We propose that this method would be a useful tool for the international agricultural research centers of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), streamlining business processes, strengthening accountability, sharpening the research agenda it supports, fostering broader partnerships, and increasing the relevance and impact of CGIAR research in achieving international development goals. Currently international law requires only Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) of specific biotechnology projects. …”
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Inventory of approaches and practices comprising climate-smart agriculture technologies in Southern Africa por Mitti, Joyce, Ngwira, Amos, Magagula, Futhi, Recha, John W.M.

“…The inventory of CSA approaches, practices, and technologies was compiled as an output of the CSA Writeshop that CCARDESA convened in October 2022 under the auspices of the AICCRA and GCCA+ projects with the primary objective of developing the CSA Handbook as well as a training manual for use in SADC region. …”
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China: Will they buy or sell? por Ehui, Simeon K., Hertel, Thomas W., Rae, A., Nin-Pratt, Alejandro

“…The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) projects that China will be a major net importer of poultry meat by 2005. …”
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Dairy farming in Uganda: production efficiency and soil management strategies under different production systems por Baltenweck, Isabelle, Mubiru, S., Nanyeenya, W., Njoroge, L., Halberg, N., Romney, Dannie L., Staal, Steven J.

“…To inform the design of development projects, it is particularly important to understand farmers' motivation to intensify so that projects are successful and sustainable. …”
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