Search Results - Human development (economics)

Synergies between social protection and agriculture by Dadione, Silvio, Rossi, Natalia Winder, Soares, Fabio Veras

Subjects: “…human capital…”
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Investing in rural households through community promoters: The Haku Wiñay/noa jayatai programme in Peru by Salcedo du Bois, Rodrigo, Arca Zimmermann, Alexandra, Davis, Kristin E., Gilbert, Rachel, Gammelgaard, Johanna, Ngwenya, Hlami

“…This study seeks to provide further knowledge about how programme developed human capital, complementing existing literature on the programme impacts. …”
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Innovative sanitation approaches to address multiple development challenges by Andersson, K., Otoo, Miriam, Nolasco, M.

“…Integrated approaches are needed to address these issues and curb the resulting adverse impacts on public health and the environment, and associated societal economic losses. The UN 2030 SDG Agenda provides an important framework towards more sustainable sanitation development, in terms of both safe sanitation access and wastewater management. …”
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Production and marketing of cassava flour for human consumption in Colombia : summary of final report: Pilot project phase (June 1989-December 1991) by Ostertag Gálvez, Carlos F., Wheatley, Christopher C.

“…This report corresponds to Phase 2 (pilot project) of an Integrated Cassava Project whose general objective is the creation of a rural agroindustry that produces cassava flour for human consumption. In Phase 1 (Research), the main objective was to determine the technical and economical conditions required for the development of a rural cassava flour agroindustry. …”
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Fragmentation in semi-arid and arid landscapes: consequences for human and natural systems by Galvin, K.A., Reid, Robin S., Behnke, R.H., Hobbs, N.T.

“…Yet fragmentation across these rangelands has significantly impaired the ability of both people and animals to compensate for temporal heterogeneity in vegetation and water by exploiting its spatial heterogeneity, resulting in limited resource availability. The case is developed that while fragmentation arises from different natural, social and economic conditions worldwide it creates similar outcomes for human and natural systems. …”
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Parallels and discrepancies between non-native species introductions and human migration by Ahmed, Danish A., Sousa, Ronaldo, Bortolus, Alejandro, Aldemir, Ceray, Angeli, Nicole F., Błonska, Dagmara, Briski, Elizabeta, Britton, J. Robert, Cano-Barbacil, Carlos, Clark-Ginsberg, Aaron, Culic, Irina, Cuthbert, Ross N., Dick, Jaimie, Dimarco, Romina Daniela, Haubrock, Phillip J.

“…Biological invasions and human migrations have increased globally due to socio-economic drivers and environmental factors that have enhanced cultural, economic, and geographic connectivity. …”
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Biodiversity conservation in human-modified landscapes of Mesoamerica : past, present and future by Chazdon, Robin L, Holl, Karen D, Milder, Jeffrey, Finegan, Bryan, Martinez Salinas, Alejandra, Imbach, Pablo A., Canet Desanti, Lindsay, Ramos, Zayra

“…Mesoamerica provides a unique context for biodiversity conservation in managed landscapes because of its geography, history of human intervention, and present conservation and development initiatives. …”
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Agricultural R&D in Africa: Investment, human capacity and policy constraints by Stads, Gert-Jan, Beintema, Nienke M.

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Human and societal transformations are critical for food system responses to the climate crisis by Challinor, Andrew Juan, Hellin, Jon, Meadu, Vanessa, Spillane, Charles, McKeown, Peter C., Whitfield, Stephen, Taylor, Steve, Grey, Carmody T., Veeger, Marieke, Rutting, Lucas

“…Transformation of food systems is, hence, essential to deal with the ongoing climate crisis and to fulfil wider sustainability and development challenges from local to global scales. …”
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The role of human capital in smallholder production: A variable coefficient approach by Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie

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Perspectives of the human wildlife conflict situation from the standpoint of environmental justice by Marecha, Nyashadzashe

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Effects of urbanization on avian diversity and human-nature interactions in tropical environments by Awoyemi, A.G.

“…This review found that research efforts are driven by economic wealth (GDP) and the importance of conservation in African urban ecology. …”
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Human and porcine Taenia solium infections in Mozambique: Identifying research priorities by Afonso, S.M.S., Vaz, Y., Neves, L., Pondja, A., Dias, G., Willingham, Arve Lee, Vilhena, M., Duarte, P.C., Jost, Christine, Noormahomed, E.V.

“…Future research efforts should be directed at better understanding the epidemiology of the disease in Mozambique, particularly risk factors for its occurrence and spread in human and swine populations, documenting the socio-economic impact of the disease, identifying critical control points and evaluating the feasibility and epidemiological impact of control measures and development of local level diagnostic tools for use in humans and swine.…”
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Negotiating marginality: towards an understanding of diverse development pathways of ethnic minorities in Vietnam by Hiwasaki, L., Minh, Thai Thi

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Investing in Natural Capital for a Sustainable Future in the Greater Meking Subregion by Asian Development Bank

“…Indeed, in the context of the subregion’s vulnerability to climate change, natural disasters, and human-induced shocks, investments in natural capital present some of the most economically viable and socially inclusive adaptation and resilience strategies. …”
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Factors affecting the use of dairy technologies in coastal Kenya and assessment of their impacts by Nicholson, C., Thornton, Philip K., Staal, Steven J., Thorpe, W.R., Muinga, R.W., Mwamachi, D.M., Mohamed, L., Elbasha, E.

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Effect of information about mandarin internal maturity on consumer hedonic and sensory expectations: a cross-cultural study in Spain and Mexico by Tarancón, Paula, Pintor-Jardines, Aurora, Escalona-Buendía, Héctor B., Besada, Cristina

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Human footprint defining conservation strategies in Patagonian landscapes: Where we are and where we want to go? by Rosas, Yamina Micaela, Peri, Pablo Luis, Pidgeon, Anna Michle, Politi, Natalia, Pedrana, Julieta, Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo, Martinez Pastur, Guillermo José

“…Understanding human influence on ecosystems and their services is crucial to achieve sustainable development and ensure the conservation of biodiversity. …”
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Resource management by west African farmers and the economics of shifting cultivation by Dvorak, K.A.

“…The model provides the economic complement to the cultural and biophysical mechanisms regulating allocation of human and natural resources in shifting and bushfallow agriculture . …”
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Prosperity prospects in contested forest areas: evidence from community forestry development in Guatemala and Nicaragua by Stoian, D., Rodas, A., Arguello, J.

“…We selected six community forest enterprises (CFEs) along a business development gradient and assessed their context, economic viability, and livelihood benefits among randomly selected CFE members (n=180). …”
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