Search Results - Economic development projects

Apercu de l'interface de l'outil de gestion durable des terres (GDT). by Fradi, Fajr, Diwediga, Badabate, Le, Quang Bao, Bonaiuti, Enrico, Lala-Pritchard, Tana, Hemingway, Charlotte, Thomas, Richard

“…Under the Economics of Land degradation initiative (ELD), scientists from ICARDA are collaborating with developments to develop the GeOC tool. …”
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Cartographie du type du contexte socio-ecologique. by Fradi, Fajr, Diwediga, Badabate, Le, Quang Bao, Bonaiuti, Enrico, Lala-Pritchard, Tana, Hemingway, Charlotte, Thomas, Richard

“…Under the Economics of Land degradation initiative (ELD), scientists from ICARDA are collaborating with developments to develop the GeOC tool. …”
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Maarifa Knowledge Centres by Harvey, Blane, Ensor, Jonathan, Carlile, Liz, Garside, Ben, Patterson, Zachary, Naess, Lars Otto

“…Initiated in 2007, the Maarifa Centres (Maarifa is the Swahili word for knowledge) are a project that aims through multimedia tools, to facilitate the exchange of ideas, experiences, and knowledge among communities to enhance learning for improved socio-economic empowerment. …”
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Can computer models stimulate learning about sustainable land use? Experience with LUPAS in the humid (sub-)tropics of Asia by Paassen, A. van, Roetter, R.P., Keulen, H. van, Hoanh, Chu Thai

“…Aim was to develop a holistic land use analysis methodology for four different rice-cultivating regions. …”
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Nagaland's pig sub-sector: Current status, constraints and opportunities by Deka, Ram Pratim, Thorpe, W.R.

“…Part four deals with pig production systems and discusses ethnic and socio-economic distribution, production systems and their classification, breeding and reproductive management, management of feeding, health management, and main issues in production systems. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Third Meeting, 24-27 September 1997: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…A number of centers were asked to submit clarifications, which would be considered in preparing the TAC Chair's report to the Finance Committee at ICW97.Phil Pardey and Stan Wood of IFPRI briefed TAC on a project to develop more rigorous approaches to setting agricultural research priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). …”
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Assessment of soil salinity changes under the climate change in the Khorezm Region, Uzbekistan by Khamidov, M., Ishchanov, J., Hamidov, A., Donmez, C., Djumaboev, Kakhramon

“…Saline lands result in low agricultural productivity, affecting the well-being of farmers and the economic situation in the region. The prediction of soil salinization dynamics plays a crucial role in sustainable development of agricultural regions, in preserving the ecosystems, and in improving irrigation management practices. …”
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MIRAGRODEP Model by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…A realistic baseline is built based on United Nations Agencies demographic projections, as well as IMF economic growth assumptions. …”
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Geographic prioritization of agricultural investments by Maruyama, Eduardo, Scollard, Phoebe

“…This report focuses on how agricultural investment should be prioritized across territories within countries to maximize economic returns. With this purpose in mind, we develop a spatial and economic tool for strategic analysis and visioning to help understand where the best opportunities for investments in agriculture, with specific examples for investments in irrigation and roads in Ethiopia and Malawi. …”
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IN_SITU - An investigation of functions and future strategies for Leprosy Colony by Bratel, Johanna, Hellqvist, Stina

“…The problem is that these alternative ideas of slum rehabilitation are still rare, and the dominating methods of pre-fabricated, multi-storey projects are generally unsuccessful. On the wide-ranging level, one could say that they are unsustainable; socially (because they alter the slum dwellers’ social networks), economically (because they are not adapted to slum dwellers’ economic situation and income-generating strategies) and environmentally (because they don’t take existing structures and materials in consideration). …”
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Workshop on index based flood insurance: Testing business model in agricultural risk management by International Water Management Institute

“…Avinandan Taron of IWMI) were presented respectively on Project progress, IBFI Business Model and Economic analysis and Business model implementation in Indian Scenario. …”
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Characterization and typification of small-scale goat production systems in the highlands of southeast Peru by Palomino Guerrera, Walter, Godoy Padilla, David, Huaripaucar Huancahuari, Joseen, Sessarego Dávila, Emmanuel, Trillo Zárate, Fritz, Cruz Luis, Juancarlos

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Annual Report 1971

“…These transitions have helped sharpen our objectives and to consolidate efforts toward achieving the basic mission of CIAT: To accelerate agricultural and economic development and to increase agricultural production and productivity of the tropics so as to improve the diets and welfare of the people of the world. …”
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Report on climate change, water resources, and irrigation sustainability by Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation, Aziz, Fati, Bayissa, Yared, Dile, Yihun T., Ringler, Claudia, Schmitter, Petra S., Srinivasan, Raghavan, Tilahun, Seifu A., Worqlul, Abeyou, Xie, Hua

“…Research partnerships also guided organizations and companies to deploy solar irrigation technologies based on biophysical and socio-economic suitability. Working with farmers, water users, and extension services, the project aimed to improve on-farming water management practices and engage communities to help safeguard water resources.…”
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Where are nutritious diets most expensive? Evidence from 195 foods in 164 countries by Alemu, Robel, Block, Steven A., Headey, Derek D., Bai, Yan, Masters, William A.

“…Using a subsample of 134 countries for which economic structure data are available, we find that the cost of nutrient adequacy is highest in poorer and middle-income countries, and is highe…”
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A land accounting model for IMPACT (with early results) by Robertson, Richard D.

“…We present a mix of theoretical and heuristic approaches that bring together climate data, cost of access, and crop modeling results, to develop pixel level allocations of crops and natural lands consistent with economic simulations from the IMPACT model. …”
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An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia by Jumaboev, Kahramon, Reddy, Junna Mohan, Muhammedjanov, S., Anarbekov, Oyture, Eshmuratov, Davron

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Clean up this mess? by Cartbo, Frida

“…We also see the need of transforming already existing structures so that they become resilient for economic, societal and climatic changes. The motivation of this master’s project is to explore the concept of site and time specificity and translation, and to experiment how these concepts can be carried out on a particular site, in this case, Vilans strandängar in the city of Kristianstad. …”
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The occurrence of porcine Toxoplasma gondii infections in smallholder production systems in Uganda by Roesel, Kristina, Schares, G., Grace, Delia, Baumann, M.P.O., Fries, R., Dione, Michel M., Clausen, Peter-Henning

“…The research was carried out with the financial support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, led by the International Food Policy Research Institute, through the Safe Food, Fair Food project at ILRI as well as the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock & Fish at ILRI as part of the Smallholder Pig Value Chain Development Project.…”
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In pursuit of more fruitful food systems by Sulser, Timothy B., Wiebe, Keith D., Gustafson, David, Asseng, Senthold, Fraisse, Clyde, Guan, Kaiyu

“…We identified and tested climate adaptation and mitigation strategies in these supply chains through the development and application of a novel integrated methodology that included climate, crop, economic, and life cycle assessment (LCA) models, following protocols developed by the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) (https://agmip.org/). …”
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