Search Results - Project control

Integrating improved goat breeds with new varieties of sweet potatoes and cassava in the agro-pastoral systems of Tanzania: A gendered analysis by Saghir, P., Njuki, Jemimah, Waithanji, Elizabeth M., Kariuki, Juliet B., Sikira, A.

“…On decision-making over goats, women have limited control over decisions on sale and use of incomes generated from sale of goats. …”
Get full text

Improving elements of haricot bean value chain in Alaba Special District, Southern Ethiopia: Experiences from IPMS by Shiferaw, A., Berhe, Kahsay, Jaleta, Moti, Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…The Improving Productivity and Market Success (IPMS) of Ethiopian Farmers project adopted a “participatory market oriented commodity value chain development” approach, to address problems and potentials for haricot bean production in Alaba Special District, in Southern Ethiopia. …”
Get full text

Food safety issues and scientific advances related to animal-source foods by Makita, K., Roesel, Kristina, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Bonfoh, Bassirou, Kang'ethe, Erastus K., Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Grace, Delia

“…Since 2008, the Safe food, Fair food project funded by GIZ, and run by International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) proved that the concept of participatory risk analysis (Grace et al., 2008) is useful in improving food safety in informal markets while ensuring market access for smalholder farmers. …”
Get full text

Analysis of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on the Production of 'Clemenules' Mandarin and its Costs by Mateu, Guillermo, Torregrosa, Antonio, Chueca, Patricia

Get full text
Get full text

How social behaviour in juvenile Brown trout (Salmo trutta) are regulated by social hierarchies and exposure to the benzodiazepine oxazepam by Johansson Kvarnström, Elin

“…Here, I evaluated how social status in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta) influenced behaviour after exposure to an anxiolytic drug (the benzodiazepine, oxazepam). For this project, the fish were exposed to one of three oxazepam treatments: one low, environmentally relevant dose, one high, human therapeutic relevant dose, and one control dose without oxazepam. …”

Streetscapes: behind the scenes by Thelandersson, Marlene, Höök, Maria, Jonsson, Pia, Skottke, Emma

“…This induces territorial control from above and an ignorance of the soft, social values of the individual. …”
Get full text

Supplementary dataset to "Honeydew production by the Giant Willow Aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus, Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its effect on foraging yellowjackets (Hymenoptera: Vespid... by Martinez, Andres, Buteler, Micaela, Villacide, Jose Maria, Serra, María Noel, Masciocchi, Maite

Get full text

Priority setting in research for sustainable land use: the case of Adja Plateau, Benin by Koudokpon, V., Brouwers, J., Versteeg, M., Budelman, A.

“…The Projet Recherche Appliquée en Milieu Réel is situated on the Adja Plateau, Southwest Benin. The project is responsible for a FSR&D programme that aims at sustainable use of the so-calledTerres de barre. …”
Get full text

Securing women’s resource rights through gender-transformative approaches by Garner, Elisabeth, Hossain, Tasaffy, Alam, Khushbu, Zaman, Mehenaz

“…A gender analysis, consisting of a sociolegal analysis with qualitative and quantitative data, provided insight into opportunities for social transformation within the context of an ongoing project. The main conclusion of the gender analysis in Bangladesh was that while dual-titling alone was not enough to change social attitudes about women’s control and access to land, additional training nested in long-standing and intersectoral efforts in a geographic area fostered shifts in these attitudes. …”
Get full text

Urban Extent of Africa 2010 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Two most widely-used urban/rural mapping dataset across Africa, GRUMP (Global Rural and Urban Mapping Project; http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/collection/grump-v1) and SAGE Urban Extents (https://nelson.wisc.edu/sage/data-and-models/schneider.php), uses the underlying datasets of 2000-2002. …”
Get full text

Concluding remarks [in 2019 Annual trends and outlook report] by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Njuki, Jemimah

“…The evidence presented here shows convincingly that gender gaps in assets, livelihood strategies, and control over income impose costs on households, communities, and nations. …”
Get full text

People, Animals and their Zoonoses - The Influence of Socio-economic, Behavioural and Environmental Factors on Taenia spp by Fevre, Eric, Wardrop, Nicola, Thomas, Lian, Atkinson, Peter, Glanville, William de, Cook, Elizabeth Anne, Wamae, Claire, Gabriël, Sarah, Dorny, Pierre, Harrison, Leslie

“…This project deals with zoonotic infections amongst livestock and the farmers who keep them. …”
Get full text

Impact of digital platforms for disseminating climate information services on rice yield, farmers' income and food consumption in Mali by Diallo, Aboubacar, Suh, Neville, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott

“…This report presents the outcomes of the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) Mali project, which aimed to enhance climate resilience in rice-based farming systems through the dissemination of geo-specific climate information services (CIS) using digital platforms. …”
Get full text

How to do note: Designing GTAs in the context of women’s land and resource rights by Larson, Anne M., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Morgan, Miranda, Atmadja, Stibniati, Bailey, Arwen, Cronkleton, Peter, Elias, Marlene, Gallagher, Emily J., Garner, Elisabeth, North, Hanna, Paez Valencia, Ana Maria, Trautman, Sabrina, Choden, Tshering, Olivera, Rikke G., Beltchika, Ndaya

“…Access to and control over land and resources are vital for women’s empowerment, serving not only as critical productive assets but also as determinants of social status and political power. …”
Get full text

A&T Gujarat Implementation Research Baseline Survey 2022: Frontline Workers by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The baseline survey was conducted from March to May 2022 across three districts, namely Bharuch, Surat, and Mahesana, in 26 blocks, with 13 blocks randomly assigned to intervention and control groups and one additional urban block in Surat. …”
Get full text

Hacia el bienestar de las comunidades forestales: guía para la acción de los gobiernos locales

“…Governments in many countries are decentralising to give more control over decision making and budgets to local administrations. …”
Get full text

Production of marketable milk in the sub-humid tropics: experiences, lessons and technologies from coastal Kenya by Thorpe, W.R., Maloo, S.H., Muinga, R.W., Mullins, G.R., Mureithi, J.G., Njunie, M., Ramadhan, A.

“…Between 1988 and 1994, a research project, closely linked to extension, identified and addressed technical constraints that limit smallholder dairy Development in the region. …”
Get full text

Application of Functional Ice (FICE) to Reduce the Incidence of Spoilage Microorganisms on the Surface of Shrimp, Tilapia, and Chicken by Wú A., Bet S.

“…This research project's focus was to devise a method to reduce food waste, a straightforward and innovative way to increase both the safety and shelf life of raw animal foods. …”
Get full text

Real-time on-site detection of the three ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species associated with HLB disease: a rapid and validated method by Morán, Félix, Herrero-Cervera, Mario, Carvajal-Rojas, Sofía, Marco-Noales, Ester

Get full text
Get full text

Effects of an integrated poultry value chain, nutrition, gender and WASH intervention (SELEVER) on hygiene and child morbidity and anthropometry in Burkina Faso: A secondary outcom... by Gelli, Aulo, Collishaw, Anissa, Awonon, Josue, Becquey, Elodie, Diatta, Elodie, Diop, Loty, Ganaba, Rasmané, Headey, Derek D., Hien, Alain, Ngure, Francis, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Santacroce, Marco, Toe, Laeticia Celine, Verhoef, Hans, Alderman, Harold, Ruel, Marie T.

“…A 3-year cluster randomised controlled trial was implemented in 120 villages in 60 communes (districts) supported by the SELEVER project. …”
Get full text