Search Results - Self-realization

Economic analysis of smallholder agricultural production under conditions of risk: case of Vihiga and Kilifi district in Kenya. by Kuyiah, J.W.

“…Results indicate that the presence of yield and price risks, coupled with the desire for food self-sufficiency lead to sub-optimal resource allocation at farm level. …”
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Inventory of Policy, Strategic, and Legislative Instruments for the Transformation of the Livestock Sector in Ethiopia by Michael, Melaku, Kassie, Girma, Haile, Aynalem

“…Most importantly the legal and institutional frameworks need to establish a self-sustaining, holistic, and expanding livestock market structure.…”
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Musikarrangemang som hållbarhetsstrategi i Lindängen by Sommardal, Anna

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Att iscensätta naturupplevelser by Nordström, My, Hård, Karolin

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Bioenergy and agriculture: Promises and challenges: Potential of carbon payments for bioenergy by Knudsen, Odin

“…Through the Kyoto Protocol, the world community moved toward realizing the potential of agriculture for mitigating climate change, but not enough to gain the full benefits. …”
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Payments for Environmental Services: Past Performance and Pending Potentials by Wunder, Sven, Börner, J., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Feder, S., Pagiola, S.

“…The original vision of PES as being direct, flexible, and potentially effective remains valid, but PES design and implementation have to be upgraded in their economic functioning to better realize this potential. Adverse self-selection, inadequate administrative targeting, and ill-enforced conditionality constitute three key obstacles that may considerably hamper PES success. …”
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Sustainable intensification and household dietary diversity in maize-based farming systems of Zambia and Zimbabwe by Ngoma, Hambulo, Simutowe, Esau, Manyanga, Mark, Thierfelder, Christian L.

“…Using survey data from 1124 households, we apply an instrumental variable approach that allows to control for the fact that farmers self-select themselves into adopting sustainable intensification practices, making adoption endogenous. …”
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Community based livestock breeding programmes: Essentials and examples by Mueller, J.P., Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Haile, Aynalem, Philipsson, J., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Besbes, Badi, Valle-Zárate, A., Tibbo, Markos, Mirkena, T., Duguma, G., Sölkner, Johann, Wurzinger, Maria

“…The analysis also reveals a high dependence of these programmes on organizational, technical and financial support. Completely self-sustained CBBPs seem to be difficult to realize. …”
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Community-based livestock breeding programmes : essentials and examples by Mueller, Joaquin Pablo, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Haile, Aynalem, Philipsson, J., Mwai, O., Besbes, B., Valle Zárate, A., Tibbo, M., Mirkena, T., Duguma, G., Sölkner, J., Wurzinger, M.

“…The analysis also reveals a high dependence of these programmes on organizational, technical and financial support. Completely self-sustained CBBPs seem to be difficult to realize. …”
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Land plot size, machine use and agricultural intensification in China by Liu, Yanyan, Zhou, Yuan

“…Since 2010, China has changed from a net exporter to a net importer of grains. Currently, China’s self-sufficiency ratio of wheat, rice and corn is about 95%. …”
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Towards transforming cassava breeding: Harnessing inbred-parent-based hybrid breeding strategies by Zhang, Xiaofei, Holley, Randall, Egesi, Chiedozie Ngozi, Gemenet, Dorcus Chepkesis, Moreta, Danilo, Gimode, Winnie

“…In conclusion, we emphasize four crucial action areas to focus on for the initial phase to realize this transformation, i.e., understanding inbreeding depression, developing inbred or doubled haploid parents, purging genetic load, and identifying or creating heterotic pools. …”
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Training manual on spatial analysis of plant diversity and distribution by Scheldeman, Xavier, Zonneveld, M. van

“…Exercise data: 2.1 Importing observation data 5.2 Diversity - Phenotypic data 2.2 Importing climate data 5.3 Diversity - Molecular marker data 3.1 Basic elements 5.4 Conservation strategies 3.2 Export to Google Earth 6.1 Realized niche 4.1 Quality control – Administrative units 6.2_potential_distribution.zip 4.2 Quality control – Atypical points 6.3 Climate change 5.1 Species diversity 6.4 Gap analysis The manual can be used for self-learning as well as for training events like seminars or short courses on the fundamentals of spatial analysis.…”
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Taking stock of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS): An analysis of global NBS submissions to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019 by Zhou, W., Martius, C.

“…Nature-based solutions have seen increasing emphasis as a means of realizing transformative change for climate change mitigation and adaptation, environmental conservation, and sustainable development. …”
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Irrigation and agricultural transformation in Ethiopia by Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework, Abate, Gashaw T., Yimam, Seid

“…The study used a representative data from the four main agriculturally important regions of the country and employed an endogenous switching regression approach that addresses potential biases from placement of irrigation schemes and the self-selection of farmers to adopt irrigation on their plots. …”
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Gender equality and social inclusion in community-led multiple use water services in Nepal by van Koppen, Barbara, Raut, Manita, Rajouria, Alok, Khadka, Manohara, Pradhan, P., GC, Raj K., Colavito, L., O’Hara, C., Rautanen, S.-L., Nepal, P. R., Shrestha, P. K.

“…In line with decentralized federalism, inclusive community-led MUS planning processes build on vulnerable households’ self supply, commonly for multiple uses, and follow their priorities for local incremental infrastructure improvements. …”
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African Agricultural Transformation: perspectives from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture by Woomer, P.L., Lewis, S., Mulei, W., Adenmosum, A., Dashiell, K., Sanginga, N.

“…It pursues food and nutritional self-sufficiency, reduces reliance upon costly food imports, and advances Africa within global trade. …”
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Capacity assessment to support food systems transformation towards sustainable healthy diets in Bangladesh: Exploring the capabilities of the SHiFT strategic partners by Namugumya, Brenda S., Abedin, Jainal, Herens, Marion

“…Both Strategic Partners, the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) and the Bangladesh National Nutrition Council (BNNC), have long histories and well-established structures for collaboration and coordination with diverse stakeholders to realize the nutrition-focused (BNNC) and the food-related (FPMU) ambitions of the Government of Bangladesh. …”
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Biofortified Mustard, Socio-Technical Innovation Bundling Approach: Empowering Women and Nurturing Resilience by Jain, Anusha, Joshi, Garima, Chadha, Deepali, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Gartaula, Hom N., Puskur, Ranjitha

“…Despite initial skepticism among the farmers, positive outcomes sparked broader interest, emphasizing the role of information dissemination. Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) emerged as pivotal in empowering women and fostering community engagement as did research institutions that worked towards agricultural innovation and the advocacy of best practices. …”
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Problems and prospects of farmers training centers: the case of Ada’a Woreda, East Shewa, Oromia Region by Teshome, F.M.

“…The method of data collection employed includes interview schedule, self-administered questionnaire, focus group discussions and personal observation. …”
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Utveckling genom det förflutna by Envik, Oscar

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