Resultados de búsqueda - Economic development projects

From neglect to limelight: Issues, methods and approaches in enhancing sustainable conservation and use of Andean grains in Bolivia and Peru por Rojas, Wilfredo, Valdivia, Roberto, Padulosi, Stefano, Pinto, Milton, Soto, José Luis, Alcócer, Elsa, Guzmán, Lorena, Estrada Zúniga, Rigoberto, Apaza Mamani, Vidal, Bravo, Rosario

“…To that end, an important role in demonstrating the value of NUS and the development of best practices, methodologies and tools for their use enhancement is being played by the ‘IFAD-NUS Project’, the first UN-supported global effort dedicated solely to the use enhancement of NUS, including quinoa, cañihua and amaranth, tackled through international participatory, multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary efforts. …”
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Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Framework Program por Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Kenya, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

“…The agriculture sector has been identified as one of the key sectors to contribute to the projected annual national economic growth. About 98% of Kenya’s agricultural systems are rain-fed and susceptible to climate change and variability which would jeopardize attainment of the projected sector contribution to the national economic growth. …”
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Youth in extension and advisory services: Rwanda por Franzel, S., Kinyua, H., Rucibigango, M., Davis, Kristin E., Makh, S.

“…According to the World Bank, even if countries had suitable conditions for growth and economic transformation, the job market in developing countries could not absorb the growing number of young people projected to become eligible for jobs. …”
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Market mechanisms and efficiency in urban dairy products markets in Ghana and Tanzania por Omore, Amos O., Staal, Steven J., Wanyoike, Francis N., Osafo, E.L.K., Kurwijila, Lusato R., Barton, David N., Mdoe, N.S.Y., Nurah, G.K., Aning, G.

“…The project team hopes that the technologies and strategies developed in this study will inform development in other similar production and market systems.…”
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Aflatoxins, major contributions to harvest loss - what do we know and not know? por Lindahl, Johanna F., Grace, Delia

“…In one of these, a risk mapping exercise was undertaken to create a basis for finding high and low risk areas, and participatory rural appraisals were carried out in different villages, in order to comprehend the knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers. The next step is to develop a framework for assessing the risks of aflatoxins and the economic costs, with special focus on the dairy production chain. …”
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The compromises of rewilding por Rouet-Leduc, Julia

“…The stated aim of this Rewilding Lapland is to develop a naturebased economy where entrepreneurship and economical activities are combined with nature conservation. …”
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Multi-stakeholder collaboration in wind power planning por Bwimba, Emmy

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Cost-benefit analysis for on-farm management options of improved forages in western Kenya por Karimi, Peggy, Ugbede, Joseph, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…The study—which was conducted as part of a broader research project aimed at integrating improved forage grasses into mixed crop-livestock systems in Kenya and Ethiopia— analysed economic benefits of two Panicum varieties (Mombasa and Tanzania) and three Brachiaria varieties (Cayman, Mulato II and Xaraes) in four counties of western Kenya, namely Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia and Siaya between October 2020 and May 2021. …”
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Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster por Dickey-Collas, M, Engelhard, GH, Rindorf, A, Raab, K, Smout, S, Aarts, Geert, Deurs, M. van, Brunel, T., Hoff, A, Lauerburg, RAM, Garthe, S, Andersen, KH, Scott, F, Kooten, T van, Beare, Douglas J., Peck, MA

“…In terms of trophic energy transfer, stability, and resilience of the ecosystem, FF should be considered as both a sized-based pool of biomass and as species components of the system by managers and modellers. Policy developers should not consider the knowledge base robust enough to embark on major projects of ecosystem engineering. …”
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Möten, mat och odling : gestaltningsförslag av mötesplatser utifrån brukarnas visioner por Östlund, Andreas

Voluntarism as an investment in human, social and financial capital: Evidence from a farmer-to-farmer extension program in Kenya por Kiptot, Evelyne, Franzel, Steven

“…A decline in public sector extension services in developing countries has led to an increasing emphasis on alternative extension approaches that are participatory, demand-driven, client-oriented, and farmer centered. …”
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CGIAR Eleventh Meeting, International Centers Week, Washington, D.C., July 29-30, 1976: Informal Summary of Proceedings por CGIAR Secretariat

“…The meeting followed three days of plenary sessions where centers presented their programs. The European Economic Community attended as a member for the first time. …”
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Uganda Training of Trainers on Enhancing Forecasting Capacities and Crop Capability Prediction Tools and Models por Garanganga, Bradwell, Nyakutambwa, Trymore, Barungi, Julian, Ssebwana, Achilley, Ndigire, Regina, Recha, John W.M.

“…To address this, the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC)/United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in collaboration with its regional partners, commissioned a study to develop a set of simple and rigorous scientific tools that can be used to make evidence-based decisions in agriculture planning and policy. …”
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Stanna till : ett gestaltningsförslag för Bergas stadsdelsnod med fokus på en ökad trygghet och säkerhet por Rafea, Jana

Complexity of improvement por Jogefalk, Anna, Kallifatides, Cassandra W.

“…There has been a neglect of ecological sustainability in the planning of the park which affects both the social and economic dimensions of sustainability and therefore the park cannot be considered to uphold requirements for sustainable development.…”
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Impacts of Urochloa hybrid forage seed adoption in the global tropics 2001-2023 por Burkart, Stefan, Jauregui, Rosa, Notenbaert, An, Atieno, Mary, Peters, Michael

“…The findings show that between 2001 and 2023, over 1.57 million farmers have adopted these hybrids, covering more than 1.8 million hectares and benefiting nearly 11.7 million people. By 2032, the economic value of this adoption is projected to reach at least US$ 11.4 billion. …”
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Beans: a crop to invest in por Schiek, Benjamin E., Bonilla Cedrez, Camila, Prager, Steven D.

“…Investment in the development of common bean varieties and value chains has the potential to offer substantial food security and economic benefits to these populations.…”
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Evolution of Landscape-Segmented Nutrient Management (LSNM) Decision Support Tool (DST): A case of Ethiopia por Desta, G.

“…ICRISAT’s landscape targeted nutrient management approach leads to an optimal nutrient use efficiency that does not lead to environmental (leaching) and economic costs. Since 2014, building on the EthioSIS national initiative, ICRISAT Ethiopia in partnership with NARS (National Agricultural Research Systems) has developed landscape segmented fertilizer decision system support from several projects including Africa RISING, GiZ-ISFM, CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) WLE (Water, Land and Ecosystems), IFDC-Soil Consortium, CGIAR EiA (Excellence in Agronomy) initiative, and AGRA(Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa). …”
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A Yin-Yang approach to education policy regarding health and the environment: early-careerists’ image of the future and priority programmes por Watts, P., Custer, B., Zhuang-Fang Yi, Ontiri, E., Pajaro, M.

“…Since the inception of sustainable development (SD), there has been a somewhat ignored contradiction between paradigms that are ecosystem-based and paradigms that are human-based or purely economic. …”
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Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region por Lebel L, Hoanh, Chu Thai, Krittasudthacheewa, C., Daniel, R.

“…The book brings together multi-country empirical case studies, each of which included significant engagement with boundary partners, to analyse the impacts of, and ways to adapt to, climate risks and unsustainable growth in a highly interdependent region. Rapid economic growth coupled with current and projected climate risks are challenging livelihoods and ecosystems in the Mekong Region. …”
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