Resultados de búsqueda - Small groups.

Quantifying the economic impacts of a policy shift towards legalizing informal milk trade in Kenya por Salasya, B., Karl, R., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Kaitibie, S., Omore, Amos O., Freeman, H.A., Staal, Steven J.

“…Model results indicate sharp declines in consumer prices for milk as a result of a decline in small-scale trader transactions costs, with consequent small increases in grain production and farm income that are concentrated among rural and poorer groups.…”
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Institutional options available to ensure that index-based flood insurance (IBFI) is socially inclusive in Bihar, India por Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., de Silva, Sanjiv, Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali

“…As a result, such schemes failed to reach the small and marginal farmers, and other vulnerable groups, despite them being the most in need of risk transfer mechanisms (Singh and Singh 2013). …”
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Life beyond pastoralism: livelihood diversification opportunities for pastoralists in Turkana District, Kenya por Watson, D.J., Binsbergen, J. van

“…Then it examines impact of gender and wealth and outlines some potential livelihood diversification options for Turkana District which includes poultry and egg production; trading of small-stock by women's groups; fresh milk, dried milk and dried meat sales; forage trees; collection and sale of wild fruits; aloe production; gum arabic production; charcoal production; ecotourism; gold mining; and casual and waged labour. …”
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Exploring community institutions as instruments for strengthening tree-based livelihoods in Nyando por Misiko, Michael T.

“…This work purposively sampled registered groups with sound organisation, and not the numerous small informal entities in Nyando. …”
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The rice soils of cambodia. II. Statistical discrimination of soil properties by the cambodian agronomic soil classification system (casc) por Oberthür, T., Dobermann, A., White, P.

“…The predictive accuracy when allocating new samples on the basis of quantitative survey data to soil groups of the CASC was 50% to 100%, except for soil groups Kein Svay (0%) and Kampong Siem (20%). …”
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Verifying validity of the household dietary diversity score: An application of rasch modeling por Vellema, Wytse, Desiere, Sam, D'Haese, Marijke

“…For each subgroup, the food groups meeting the criteria and their difficulty ranking were different. …”
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Taxing meat por Mosca, Joseph

“…The actors (stakeholders) identified through various small stories as supporting the master narrative in media include farmer associations, and centre-right political groups, while on the other hand, counter narratives seen to be centre-left political groups, and environmental activists. …”
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Kvinnliga skogsmaskinförare i Sverige – rekrytering och nuläge por Karlsson, Linda Maria

“…The sector is in a shortfall situation since the traditional recruitment groups are getting significantly smaller, groups such as young boys from the countryside. …”

Simple rules for catalyzing collective action in natural resource management contexts por Colfer, C.J.P.

“…This booklet is designed to help people interested in working with small groups (usually communities or groups within communities) to reach their goals. …”
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Workshop report: Playing out transformative adaptation in Usambara, Tanzania por Twyman, Jennifer, Eitzinger, Anton, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Läderach, Peter R.D., Koningstein, Manon

“…Most of the small groups were divided by gender, typically with two men’s groups and two women’s groups. …”
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En ungdomspark planeras por Jaanivald, Maela

“…The interviews were all carried out in groups, mostly in larger groups inside where the result differed a lot depending on the settings for the interview. …”
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Participatory soil and water management por Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…Informal groups in Mauritania for water and soil conservation were set up and farmers and technicians were given hands-on training in building small dams, dikes, stone contour ridges, semi-circular bunds, terraces and runoff strips.…”
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Many paths to one goal: Identifying integrated rice root phenotypes for diverse drought environments por Fonta, Jenna E., Vejchasarn, Phanchita, Henry, Amelia, Lynch, Jonathan P., Brown, Kathleen M.

“…One favorable integrated phenotype exhibited many, deep nodal roots with larger root cross-sectional area and more aerenchyma, while the other favorable phenotype exhibited many, deep nodal roots with small root cross-sectional area and small metaxylem vessels. …”
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Collective action for smallholder market access: evidence and implications for Africa por Markelova, H., Mwangi, E.

“…It is widely acknowledged that the involvement of small farmers into markets can contribute to higher productivity and income growth, which in turn can enhance food security, poverty reduction efforts, and overall economic growth. …”
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Stories of change: Transforming lives through agricultural and rural development por Pye-Smith, Charlie

“…Some focus on activities that are directly helping to improve the productivity and incomes of small-scale farmers and fishers, while others describe the support CTA has provided to academic institutions and researchers. …”
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Påverkas hästens hudtemperatur av magnettäcken? por Elsing, Gustaf

“…The study did not reveal any significant differences in local and general skin temperatures between the two study groups. Thus, this study of a small number of horses could not support the idea that static magnets have any effect on cutaneous blood flow.…”

Development of a Mesoamerican intra-genepool genetic map for QTL detection in a drought tolerant x susceptible common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cross por Blair, Matthew W., Galeano, Carlos, Tovar, Eduardo, Muñoz Torres, Mónica Cecilia, Velasco, Alejandro, Beebe, Stephen E., Rao, Idupulapati M.

“…The Mesoamerican genepool is the most widely grown subdivision of common beans that include small red, small cream and black seeded varieties. …”
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Structure of genetic diversity among common bean landraces of middle American origin based on correspondence analysis of RAPD por Beebe, Stephen E., Skroch, Paul W., Tohme, Joseph M., Duque E., Myriam Cristina, Pedraza García, Fabio, Nienhuis, James

“…However, tropical small-seeded Race M was composed of two groups: one largely Mexican that included most small-seeded black beans of upright plant habit; and one Central American with landraces of various seed colors. …”
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Regional priorities for strengthening climate services for farmers in Africa and South Asia por Sivakumar, Mannava V.K., Collins, C, Jay, A., Hansen, James

“…Following up on a commitment made at the workshop, USAID and CCAFS partnered to develop a small grants program and sponsor a set of guided planning workshops to enable the working groups that emerged from the Saly workshop to further develop their visions, and obtain resources to begin to implement them. …”
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Opportunities for and constraints to women’s empowerment in Tanzania’s cashew value chain por Aku, Aika, Mpenda, Zena, Mpunde, Venance, Bryan, Elizabeth, Mather, David L.

“…This study assesses the effectiveness of an intervention that provided equipment and training to women’s cashew processing groups (WCPGs) in Mtwara and Lindi regions, implemented by the Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO). …”
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