Search Results - Education and state.

Kenya: Recent developments in public agricultural research by Flaherty, Kathleen, Murithi, Festus M., Mulinge, Wellington, Njuguna, Esther

“…Agricultural R&D spending increased modestly during the 1980s, when several government and higher education agencies involved in agricultural research were established. …”
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Diet related chronic diseases and the processing, labelling and marketing of food by Shrimpton, Roger, Hawkes, Corinna

“…Eating habits and dietary intakes are changing rapidly in the urban areas of the developing world, including in the countries of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS). Substantial increases in the intakes of fats, refined sugars and salt are leading to imbalanced nutrition and overnutrition. …”
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Do agriculture interventions increase aspirations? An examination from the lens of caste and gender by Alvi, Muzna, Ward, Patrick S., Spielman, David J., Makhija, Simrin

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Adoption of food safety practices in milk production: Implications for dairy farmers in India by Kumar, Anjani, Wright, Iain A., Singh, D.K.

“…These states capture the geographical and institutional diversity of milk production and marketing in the country. …”
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Marsvinet som patient : omvårdnad och förberedande beteendeträning by Häggmark, Sofie, Palm, Sofia

Reducing childhood stunting in India: Insights from four subnational success cases by Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Tran, Lan Mai, Kaur, Supreet, Bhatia, Neena, Sarwal, Rakesh, de Wagt, Arjan, Chaudhery, Deepika Nayar, Menon, Purnima

“…Global success case analyses have identified factors supporting reductions in stunting across countries; less is known about successes at the subnational levels. We studied four states in India, assessing contributors to reductions in stunting between 2006 and 2016. …”
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Bird Flu consultation. The research community's response to Avian Influenza, with special reference to the needs of developing countries by International Livestock Research Institute

“…The South East Asia representative talked about Laos, East Tumor. She states that Laos is one of the first countries to suffer the Bird Flu outbreak, which was in 2004. …”
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PROGRESA and its impacts on the human capital and welfare of households in rural Mexico: a synthesis of the results of an evaluation by IFPRI by Skoufias, Emmanuel

“…The evaluation is based on data collected from seven states that were among the first states to receive PROGRESA, including Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Puebla, Querétero, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz. …”
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Groundwater over-exploitation and efficiency in crop production: application of data envelopment analysis by Kuppannan, Palanisami, Ranganathan, C.R., Umetsu, C.

“…Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been used to quantify the level of technical efficiency in different groundwater extraction regions of Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu state, India. The average technical efficiency had varied from 95.55 percent in more exploited (critical) regions to 82.93 percent in less exploited (safe) regions. …”
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Input use and profitability of arable crops production in Nigeria by Awotide, D.O., Ikudaisi, O.J., Ajala, S., Kaltungo, J.H.

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Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems by Jat, Mangi Lal, Sidhu, Harminder S., Kalvaniya, Kailash C., Rana, Dharamvir Singh

“…Finally, the participants stated that the partnerships they had with the different experts represented by the different institutions was paramount to the subsequent programs and activities, that would follow the CA practices.…”
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Effects of urbanization on avian diversity and human-nature interactions in tropical environments by Awoyemi, A.G.

“…Furthermore, the study also found that respondents living in Lagos, and those with lower levels of income and education, showed greater dissociation from nature. …”
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Proteströrelser i lantbrukskooperativa företag by Karlson, Johan

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Improving peri-urban home gardens in Hyderabad, India by Andersson, Karolin, Henriksson, Katarina

“…The results were analyzed and interpreted after which a field visit to rural areas in the state of Jharkhand was done for comparison of rural and peri-urban home gardens. …”

Återintroduktion av schimpanser till det vilda by Hultqvist, Caroline

Synopsis: Assessing agricultural extension agent digital readiness in Rwanda by Davis, Kristin E., Rosenbach, Gracie, Spielman, David J., Makhija, Simrin, Mwangi, Lucy

“…The CAES calls for ICT-supported extension services, stating that “ICT can revolutionize agriculture in Rwanda” (MINAGRI 2020: 34). …”
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Building climate-resilient food systems in East and Southeast Asia: Vulnerabilities, responses and financing by Zhou, Yunyi, Chen, Ziqi, Chen, Kevin Z.

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Willingness of West African consumers to buy food produced using black soldier fly larvae and frass by Traore, O., Zaato, P.A., Baidoo, J.K., Feleke, S., Manyong, V., Abdoulaye, T., Djouaka, R., Schreinemachers, P., Ba, M.N.

“…This study employed the stated preference approach as food products produced using BSF larvae and frass are not currently available on the market. …”
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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on rural women and men in Uganda by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, United States Agency for International Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, Bryan, Elizabeth, Mawia, Harriet, Ringler, Claudia

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Plan Estratégico 2013-2020 by CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica

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