Search Results - Language and languages

Central America and Caribbean food security portal by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IFPRI’s Spanish-language web portal that focuses on food and nutrition security in Central America. …”
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Selected highlights of 2001: A few IPGRI projects selected as worthy of special note by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

“…Selected highlights of 2001 is a multi-language publication detailing some of IPGRI's key projects and achievements in 2001. …”
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Weed science at CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropica) and weed problems in Latin America by Doll, Jerry D.

“…The countries share a common heritage of language, culture, religion, and education. Each is unique in its present developmental stage and future plans (6).…”
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Gender empowerment through a new path of resilience in private sector and academia. by Worou, N., Govoeyi, B.

“…AICCRA women empowerment’s programs reflect this philosophy by addressing multiple dimensions of women’s lives simultaneously: access to multi-channel advisories (voice, video, in-person) with local-language, low-literacy formats and off-peak delivery windows, leverage on self-help groups as formal extension nodes to farm demo plots; access to vocational trainings to expand knowledge. …”
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State of knowledge: River health in the Salween- Chinese by Johnston, Robyn M., McCartney, Matthew P., Liu, Shaoyu, Ketelsen, Tarek, Taylor, Luke, Vinh, Mai Ky, Mehm, Ko Ko Gyi, Aung, Theiant, Ma Ma Gyi, Khin

“…This report is in Chinese language.…”
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小宗作物种子系统 by Zhang, Zongwen

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Delivering Context-Specific Agro-Advisories and Climate-Smart Practices to Last-Mile Beneficiaries for Effective Climate Risk Management in Senegal by Akinseye, Folorunso Mathew, Kebe, Amy, Faye, Aliou, Emanuel, Jacob, Worou, Nadine, Kumar, Shalander, Whitbread, Anthony, Wane, Abdrahmane

“…Interventions carried out in collaboration with ANACIM, ILRI, ISRA-CERAAS, ANCAR and the private sector (Jokalante) have enabled the deployment of digital platforms such as AgData Hub and iSAT, which provide access to local weather forecasts and agro-climatic advice in national languages. More than 5,000 producers receive weekly voice messages via WhatsApp and SMS, while community radio stations reach more than 80,000 listeners. …”
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Impressed with ChatGPT's agricultural knowledge? CGIAR's open access effort (probably)* enabled it by Koo, Jawoo, Devare, Medha, King, Brian

“…2023 will be remembered as the year when the communication barrier between human and machine intelligence was breached, as online chatbots such as ChatGPT went public able to respond intelligibly to questions and even perform language-based tasks. It is possible that in the near future we could see these large-scale machine learning models having an impact in agri-food systems, for example by providing individually tailored advice to smallholder farmers.…”
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Radio spot on sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas): Capsule radio sur la patate douce (Ipomoea batatas) by Sana, Halizata, Borelli, Teresa

“…Part of a larger information campaign on neglected and underutilized species (NUS), this radio spot uses simple, colloquial language and daily life settings to promote NUS that were once common on farms and in the diets of people living in Burkina Faso and Niger. …”
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Improving dietary status through strengthening gender nutrition-sensitive interventions by Ketema, Dessalegn, Abeshu, Yadesa, Nchanji, Eileen

“…In Ethiopia, the initiative has taken the step of creating a Gender-Sensitive Nutrition Training Manual in English and local languages to provide strong capacity for trainers and improve local nutrition and gender-responsive food systems. …”
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Heatwave adaptation for women farmers: Building resilience in the field by Macwan, N., Maheriya, B., Kori, Pooja, Verma, Benu, Puskur, Ranjitha

“…These IEC materials are available in English, Hindi, and Odiya languages.…”
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SukhaRakshak AI - anticipatory drought intelligence for India by Amarnath, Giriraj, Kapoor, Sanya, Bhatpuria, Dhyey, Padhee, Suman Kumar, Rao, K. V., Sudhishri, S., Sikka, Alok

“…By integrating AI, satellite data, forecasts, and contingency plans, it delivers hyper-local, predictive advisories in 22 Indian languages, enabling a shift from drought relief to resilience-driven, proactive management.…”
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Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Albertine Rift – Hoima, Uganda by Onyango, Leah, Mango, Joash, Bukenya, C., Kurui, Zena, Wamubeyi, B., Birungi, P., Barongo V

“…Farmers also get information through the many radio stations in the area that air many programs in local languages.…”
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An online checklist of banana cultivars by Crichton, R., Vezina, A., Bergh, Inge van den

“…Banana cultivars have been given a multitude of names which is a reflection of both their morphological diversity and of the socio-linguistic diversity of the people naming them in numerous local languages around the world. The many names for banana cultivars, including synonyms and homonyms, in combination with further difficulties in cultivar description and classification means that we cannot accurately quantify such important details as how many cultivars there are and where they are distributed. …”
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Sustainable approach for cassava processing in Africa by Sanni, Lateef O., Abass, A., Dixon, A., Tarawali, G., Westby, Andrew

“…The future of cassava processing rests on effective implementation of those cassava initiatives and development of commercial “windows” for cassava processors through networking, partnership, advocacy, documentation, dissemination in different languages, mentorship, and enhanced marketing linkages of cassava produce with high levels of added-value products.…”
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Förloppslandskap : ett sätt att betrakta landskap by Nilsson, Hanne

“…The meaning of landscape can be understood as scenery, as in the English-speaking world, or as an area, as in the Germanic languages. In the beginning of the 1990’s Torsten Hägerstrand introduced the concept of the procedural landscape, which emphasizes the dynamic processes of the landscape instead of viewing the landscape as a static and unchanging object. …”

Traditional wisdom meets artificial intelligence by Haggith, M., Colfer, C.J.P.

“…The model used Prolog programming language. In building the model, an exploration was made of how opportunities for giving and receiving favours might form an alternative to conventional methods of modelling choices between actions, such as economic optimization.…”
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Piloting the Pioneer Positive Deviance (P-PD) approach for producer-led scaling in the pastoralist context of Dassenech Woreda, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia by Worku, Tigist, Habermann, Birgit, Getahun, Elizabeth, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Achandi, Esther L

“…Constraints include limited extension services, frequent staff turnover, language barriers among extension agents (who often do not speak the local language), flood-related displacement, feed shortages, damaged infrastructure, limited youth engagement, and dependency on external aid. …”
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Musa conservation & documentation: Proceedings of a workshop, 11-14 December 1989, Leuven, Belgium by International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain

“…This workshop, organized jointly by INIBAP and IBPGR, aimed to lay the foundation for international coordination in the conservation of banana and plantain germplasm and for the use of an international 'language' in the collection and exchange of relevant data. …”
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Att dela perspektiv på marken : om kommunikation mellan naturreservatshandläggare och berörda markägare by Lidén, Johanna

“…The result of the study shows the administrators lack a language to describe their experience of the communication with the landowners.…”