Search Results - Information society

Laporan survey kawasan desa di hulu DAS Malinau, kecamatan Malinau (19 Pebruari s/d 4 Maret 1999) by Laway, P.S.S.T., Bil, Y.

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Climate information workshops in Mali by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Climate Information for Food Security by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Robert Zougmoré, who is the West Africa Regional Program Leader for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), discusses the climate-related challenges farmers in West Africa face, and how forecasts and other types of information can improve decision making. Interview and production: Francesco Fiondella, International Research Institute for Climate and Society…”
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Simulating rural environmentally and socio-economically constrained multi-activity and multi-decision societies in a low-data context: A challenge through empirical agent-based mod... by Saqalli, M., Gerard, Bruno G., Bielders, Charles L., Defourny, Pierre

“…Development issues in developing countries belong to complex situations where society and environment are intricate. However, such sites lack the necessary amount of reliable, checkable data and information, while these very constraining factors determine the populations' evolutions, such as villagers living in Sahelian environments. …”
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A heterogeneous population model for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia transmission and control in pastoral communities of East Africa by Mariner, Jeffrey C., McDermott, John J., Heesterbeek, J.A.P., Thomson, G., Roeder, P.L., Martin, S.W.

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Beca para participar y presentar un trabajo cientifíco en el 53rd annual congress of the society for medicinal plant research (Gesellschaft fur Arznecplanzenforschung - GA)

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Putting Climate Information into Farmers' Hands by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Impact on livelihoods: the Paal Revival Project, Alwar, Rajasthan, India. Poverty-Focused Smallholder Water Management: an IWMI research project supported by DFID. Final report doc... by Pangare, V., Choudhary, R.S.

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Poor farmers and animal health information: what information do they need, where do they get it, whom do they trust? by Grace, Delia, Der, D., Randolph, Thomas F.

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Exploded logit: more information from ranked data by Grace, Delia, Randolph, Thomas F.

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Institutional context of soil information in Burkina Faso by Kalčić, Špela

“…The questions concerned integration of soils into agricultural planning and implementation, perceived constraints of improving access to fertilizers and other soil management options, the level of technical knowledge in key training institutes for extension personnel and incorporation of farmer soil management strategies into curriculums of national training institutes. Specific information on civil society sector, policy and strategy documents on soil fertility management, access to fertilizers and the agribusiness private sector was complemented through an additional Internet and professional literature survey.…”
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Management of Scientific Information for Agricultural Research in Mauritius by Ng Kee Kwong, Rosemay, Ballantyne, Peter G.

“…This case study discusses the approaches used by the agricultural research system of Mauritius to obtain and manage scientific information. Information access is reviewed in relation to the demand for information by the research system, the sources of information that it has access to, and the mechanisms used to actually obtain and manage the information. …”
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Harnessing livestock water and pasture monitoring and early warning systems for anticipatory action to strengthen resilience of pastoral communities in Ethiopia: A qualitative mult... by Sintayehu, Alemayehu, Tegegne, Getachew, Dejene, Sintayehu Workeneh, Tesfaye, Lidya, Numery, Abdulhamid, Girvetz, Evan

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Climate-adaptation effort cuts hunger in African villages by Gilbert N

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Addition of climate variables to ZMD's gridded climate datasets by International Research Institute for Climate and Society

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Information communication technologies and poverty reduction in rural ethiopia by Tirkaso, Wondmagegn Tafesse

“…A number of findings revealed that access to information communication technologies has a positive impact on the living conditions of rural societies if it used in appropriate way. …”
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Submission of Information on Existing Indicators for Measuring Progress Towards the Target in 2/CMA.5 Paragraph9(b)and Gaps by Africa Centre for Sustainable and Inclusive Development, Aquatic Life Institute, Brighter Green, CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Global Crop Diversity Trust, Global Youth Coalition, Humane Society International, International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences, International Livestock Research Institute, Mercy For Animals, Plant Based Treaty, ProVeg International, Real Food Systems Youth Network, World Animal Protection, World Wide Fund for Nature

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Working with activity theory: Context, technology, and information behavior by Allen, David, Karanasios, Stan, Slavova, Mira

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Informing CSA implementation at national, regional, and continental scales by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…CCAFS Scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the International Center for Tropical Agriculture(CIAT), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are developing two “Practical Guides” (PGs) on Climate-­‐ Smart Agriculture (CSA), partnering with African governments and Universities, the New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), UN Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and civil society organisations. The first PG has already been cited by the Kenyan CSA Country Program, which has informed Kenya’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). …”
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Climate Information Services Research Initiative: Final Report by Blumenstock, Ali

“…Timely, accurate, and useful farmer-focused weather and climate information services (CIS) can lessen these vulnerabilities by informing decisions of smallholder farmers to manage those climate risks. …”
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