Resultados de búsqueda - Financial security.

Is there an enabling environment for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in East Africa?: Stakeholder perspectives from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda por Hodge, Judith, Herforth, Anna, Gillespie, Stuart, Beyero, Mesfin, Wagah, Margaret, Semakula, Richard

“…There is growing recognition that “nutrition-sensitive” development is necessary to ensure nutrition security and reduce malnutrition. While agriculture has the potential to be a strong driver of malnutrition reduction and serves as the main source of livelihood for approximately two-thirds of East Africa’s population, its potential to reduce malnutrition is currently not being realized.Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa is a research study based in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda that seeks to understand the enabling environment necessary for optimizing the contribution of the food and agriculture sector to nutrition outcomes. …”
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Patterns of agricultural production among male and female holders: Evidence from agricultural sample surveys in Ethiopia por Kasa, Leulsegged, Abate, Gashaw T., Warner, James, Kieran, Caitlin

“…Gender inequities present a major barrier to increased agricultural production and food security in Ethiopia. However, a lack of nationally representative sex-disaggregated data and analysis hinder the development and implementation of evidence-based policies. …”
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Beyond emissions reduction: A framework for integrating climate-change mitigation and sustainable development goals por Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture, International Potato Center

“…Practical components consider geopolitical, financial, gender, and social inclusion factors to support integrated actions that meet both climate and development objectives. …”
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Bandwidth Depletion por Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) Initiative

“…Other variables that you may want to collect alongside the bandwidth depletion measure include education level, time use, household income, and food security. This data study includes following files. 1. …”
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Impact of covid-19 on smallholder aquaculture farmers and their response strategies: empirical evidence from Bangladesh por Alam, G. M. Monirul, Sarker, Md Nazirul Islam, Kamal, Md Abdus Samad, Khatun, Most Nilufa, Bhandari, Humnath

“…The sector requires short-term financial assistance to assist fish actors with production and marketing challenges.…”
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Climate profiles and policy frameworks in agriculture and energy sectors in Benin and Burkina Faso por Ekpé, Sévérin, Sougué, Madou, Hackman, O Kwame, Gandji, Kisito, Ouedraogo, Ramata, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Salack, Seyni, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…Both countries are already experiencing rising temperatures, variable rainfall, and more frequent extreme weather events, which threaten food security and energy infrastructure development and efficiency. …”
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Water, soil and resilience: a roadmap for enhancing agricultural outcomes in Egypt’s saline environments por Lahham, N., Amer, K., Abd El-Dayem, M. S., Abdel-Azim, R., Gaafar, I., El-Shirbeny, M., Mohamed, E.-S. S., Yassin, D., Khalifa, M., Brouziyne, Youssef, Al-Zu’bi, Maha, Tawfik, Mohamed

“…Water, Soil and Resilience presents an integrated, water-centered approach to strengthening agricultural resilience and food security in the face of climate change, land degradation, and growing water scarcity. …”
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Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects por Shames, Seth, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Buck, Louise E., Kristjanson, Patricia M., Masiga, Moses, Biryahwaho, B.

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Draught animal power for land-use intensification in the Ethiopian highlands por Astatke, A., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…Livestock are also an economic asset, providing financial security to smallholder farmers. The human population of Ethiopia is 57 million and is growing at the rate of 3.4 percent annually (World Bank, 1993). …”
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Improving water and land productivity of marginal farms in Central Asia: lessons from the "bright spots". por Abdullaev, Iskandar, Noble, A.D., Ul-Hassan, Mehmood, Platonov, Alexander

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Constraints and opportunities of Pachyrhizus spp. introduction in the current farming systems in Central and Southern Benin. por Djenontin, N.I., Adegbola, Patrice Ygue, Thiele, Graham, Koudande, O.D.

“…Main production constraints are soil deterioration, insufficient labor availability, lack of financial means and finally climatic risk. The ex ante analysis of the Pachyrhizus ahipa's introduction reveals the potential of this crop to fulfill many current constraints quoted up.…”
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Agricultural public spending in Nigeria por Mogues, Tewodaj, Morris, Michael L., Freinkman, Lev, Adubi, Abimbola, Ehui, Simeon, Nwoko, Chinedum, Taiwo, Olufemi, Nege, Caroline, Okonji, Patrick, Chete, Louis

“…The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) best practice standard for budget execution is no more than 3 percent discrepancy between budgeted and actual expenditures. …”
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Lineamientos para la creación de capacidades en agricultura urbana y periurbana: estudio de caso Turrialba, Costa Rica por Ocampo González, Claudia M.

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The CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Cohort 2 Pitch Day Report por Wichenje, Anthony, Nyauncho, Esther, Musau, Caroline, Peterson, Nathania

“…However, these businesses did not participate in the competition for grant prizes, as they had already received financial support from the initiative to advance their growth plans.…”
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Reviewing initiatives to promote sustainable supply chains: The case of forest-risk commodities por Wardell, D.A., Piketty, M-G., Lescuyer, G., Pacheco, P.

“…They also create social challenges including threats to local food security, tenure rights and the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and local communities. …”
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Staying afloat in the milk business: Borrowing and selling on credit among informal milk vendors in Nairobi por Myers, Emily, Heckert, Jessica, Galiè, Alessandra, Njiru, Nelly, Alonso, Silvia

“…Studies on credit schemes for small-scale entrepreneurs have documented their potential to alleviate poverty and improve food security, nutrition, and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Status review of challenge, constraints and needs of men, women, and youth enterprises in the bean value chain in selected countries por Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh

“…Common bean is the most grown legume in sub-Saharan Africa and contributes to income and food security of smallholder farmers. The common bean value chain offers business opportunities to various actors, particularly women because of their high involvement in production and marketing. …”
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Business Model for Community Based Sheep Breeding in Ethiopia por Bereket, Yemariam, Solomon, Rahel, Asnake, Woinshet, Getachew, Tesfaye, Haile, Aynalem, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Kassie, Girma

“…This abundance of animals contributes significantly to the country's economy and food security. Livestock farming is critical to meeting the population's dietary demands and provides work for many Ethiopians, particularly in rural areas. …”
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Translation of policy for reducing undernutrition from national to sub-national levels in Rwanda por Iruhiriye, Elyse, Olney, Deanna K., Frongillo, Edward A., Niyongira, Emmanuel, Nanama, Simeon, Rwibasira, Eugene, Mbonyi, Paul, Blake, Christine E.

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Quantifying cost of disease in livestock: a new metric for the Global Burden of Animal Diseases por Gilbert, W., Marsh, T.L., Chaters, G., Jemberu, Wudu T., Bruce, M., Steeneveld, W., Afonso, J.S., Huntington, B., Rushton, J.

“…Findings: The AHLE presents the direct financial costs of disease at farm-level for all causes by estimating losses and expenditure in a given farming system. …”
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