Search Results - Project control

Avances en el conocimiento y recomendaciones para el manejo integrado de la enfermedad Huanglongbing (HLB) en los cultivos de cítricos en Colombia by Kondo, Takumasa, Murcia Riaño, Nubia, Pérez Artiles, Lumey, Martínez, Mauricio Fernando, Ríos Rojas, Liliana, Parra Fuentes, Madeleyne, Guarín, Juan Humberto, Carabalí Muñoz, Arturo, Orduz Rodríguez, Javier Orlando, Castillo Urquiza, Gloria Patricia, Barreto Rojas, Juliene Andrea, Gómez Correa, Juan Camilo, Montes Rodríguez, José Mauricio, Yacomelo Hernández, Marlon José, Brochero Bustamante, Carlos Esteban, Burbano Díaz, Ronal Arturo, López Galé, Yeison, Campos Patiño, Yenifer, Ramos Portilla, Andrea Amalia, Camelo Martínez, Catalina, Díaz Niño, María Fernanda

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Cassava seeds standard launched in Rwanda by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

“…IITA Rwanda in partnership with the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resource Development Board (RAB) and Rwanda Standard Board (RSB) launched the Cassava Seeds Standards under an IITA project; Cassava Brown Streak Disease Control Project. …”
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Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger by Béné, Christophe, Riba, Alexandre, Wilson, David

“…Using a quasi-experimental approach and an ex-post treatment versus control framework we found significant effects of the project on beneficiaries' capacities to engage in (positive) responses and on their abilities to recover from shocks. …”
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Vitamin A intakes remain higher among intervention participants 3 years after a biofortification intervention in Mozambique by de Brauw, Alan, Moursi, Mourad, Munhaua, Bernardino

“…The Reaching End Users (REU) project introduced orange sweet potatoes (OSP) to farmers in northern Mozambique between 2006 and 2009, and the associated cluster randomised control trial found increased vitamin A intake among targeted children and women of child-bearing age and reduced prevalence of inadequate vitamin A intake. …”
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Assessing smallholder farmers’ motivation to adopt agroforestry using a multi-group structural equation modeling approach by Buyinza, J., Nuberg, I.K., Muthuri, Catherine W., Denton, M.D.

“…We used the theory of planned behaviour framework to assess the adoption behaviour of these farmer categories resulting from project interventions. About 40% of the variation in farmer motivation to integrate trees in their coffee plantations was explained by the significant variables of ‘attitude’ and ‘perceived behavioural control’ among farmers actively participating in the T4FS project from phase 1. …”
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Plant defences for enhanced integrated pest management in tomato by Tortorici, Simona, Biondi, Antonio, Pérez-Hedo, Mertixell, Larbat, Romain, Zappala, Lucia

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The quality of sugarcane registered to women: Evidence from an intervention in Uganda by Ambler, Kate, Jones, Kelly M., O'Sullivan, Michael

“…Take-up of the intervention was high; 72% of households that were offered the opportunity chose to participate. The project was implemented as a randomized control trial to allow for the study of the impacts on house-holds. …”
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Gender-sensitive value chain intervention improved profit efficiency among orange-fleshed sweetpotato producers in Rwanda by Bocher, T., Low, Jan W., Sindi, K., Rajendran, S.

“…This study used data collected from five districts in rural Rwanda under supper food project between August and September 2014. The study applied a stochastic profit frontier model to data collected from 846 households growing sweetpotato, among which 327 were value chain participants; 312 were “spillover” households that received planting material from participant households, and the remainder control households with no project links. …”
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Africa RISING Tanzania- Simulating Adoption Study by World Agroforestry Centre, University of Dodoma

“…; iii) physical barriers for erosion control (ripping and tied-ridging) and enhancing range, lands and livestock productivity.It has been known for long time that the success of any project depends, in part, on whether farmers adopt the offered technologies and, if they do, whether those farmers adopt the technologies in an ideal combination, and for the prescribed length of time needed to produce designed results. …”
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Ecological, social and economic impacts of trypanotolerance: collaborative research in Central and West Africa by Reid, Robin S., Curry, J.J., Swallow, B.M., Mukhebi, A.W., Perry, Brian D., Ellis, J.E.

“…ILRAD, ILCA and Winrock International are launching a project with regional and national partners to evaluate the impacts of trypanosomiasis control at the continental, national and local levels. …”
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Improved aquaculture management practices and its impact on small-scale rural aquaculture farmers in Bangladesh by Haque, A.B.M., Khan, Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Mokarrom, Hossain, Hossain, Md. Emdad, Nahiduzzaman, Md, Islam, Md Sayemul

“…The adoption quotient of project farmers exceeded that of control farmers. …”
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Socio-economic Impact of Community Based Fish Culture on Seasonal Floodplain Beel - A Comparative Study by Hossain, M.I., Siwar, C., Mokhtar, M.B., Dey, M.M., Jaafar, A.H.

“…Average fish consumption increased by 20.49% in project site. In addition, future stocking and saving fund for fishermen society were established and sharing of benefit from fish culture was more evenly distributed between landowners and landless fishermen in project site than control beel.…”
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Attitudes to feed fermentation for aflatoxin management in maize in Kenya: Investigating aflatoxin reduction by yeast-fermentation by Hayo, Everlyne

“…The project will give better understanding of the farmers’ opinions and situation. …”
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Attitudes to feed fermentation for aflatoxin management in maize in Kenya: Investigating aflatoxin reduction by yeast-fermentation by Hayo, E.

“…The project will give better understanding of the farmers’ opinions and situation. …”
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Manual on framework for river health assessment in Thailand by Shinde, Victor R., Mukand S., Babel, Suttharom, Prangpisut

“…These include the Pollution Control Department of Thailand, and Thai Water Partnership; and Oleg Shipin, Sangam Shrestha, Pinida Leelapanang Kamphaengthong, and Panpilai Sukhonthasindhu who were all part of the project. …”
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Promoting equitable access to quality seeds: The impact of social and behaviour change interventions among smallholder rice farmers in Butaleja, Uganda by Bomuhangi, Allan, Yila, Jummai

“…Awareness of improved rice varieties reached 95% among treated farmers, compared with the 80% observed in the control group. Ninety-one (91%) percent of the farmers in the treatment group adopted at least one improved variety compared to 42% at baseline and 73% in the control group. …”
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Water saving and economic impacts of land leveling: the case study of cotton production in Tajikistan by Abdullaev, Iskandar, Ul-Hassan, Mehmood, Jumaboev, Kahramon

“…This in mind the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and its regional partner on IWRM FV (IWRM FV project - Integrated Water Resources Management in Ferghana Valley project is funded by Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and conducted jointly with IWMI and Scientific Information Center of Interstate Coordination Water Commission (SIC ICWC) in the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia) project SIC ICWC have conducted 3 year study of impacts of the Laser leveled land leveling on water use, productivity and crop yields in northern Tajikistan. …”
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CIAT research on improving livelihoods of smallholder coffee producers in Nicaragua by Blundo Canto, Genowefa M., Pérez, L., Zuluaga Gonzalez, V., Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…Based on data collected in 2014 to help design and to assign treatment and control groups for a new CRS project (Resilience to Rust), which include information on BRIDGES participants, our findings show that participation in the BRIDGES project has increased months of adequate food provision (MAHFP) for project beneficiaries by 0.3 months, by increasing economic access to food via increased production. …”
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Agronomic Survey to Estimate Actual Yield Obtained by Farmers in Their Own Practices and Relation with Management Strategies (CIAT) by International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Selian Agricultural Research Institute

“…Project website: http://africa-rising.net…”
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Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation by West, T.A.P., Wunder, Sven, Sills, E.O., Börner, J., Rifai, S.W., Neidermeier, A.N., Kontoleon, A.

“…We examined the effects of 26 such project sites in six countries on three continents using synthetic control methods for causal inference. …”
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