Resultados de búsqueda - Women's studies.

Not raised ‘to make big decisions’: Young people’s agency and livelihoods in rural Pakistan por Petesch, Patti, Badstue, Lone B., Rahut, Dil Bahadur, Ali, Akhter

“…We find high rural employment levels among young men in recent years, and a decline in rural young women's employment from already low levels. The young study participants mainly observe limited capacity to make important decisions. …”
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Addressing gendered maize seed and trait preferences in Kenya por Medina, Mariana Garcia, Almekinders, Conny, Donovan, Jason A.

“…Understanding farmers’ preferences for varieties and specific traits has been at the core of SS research as it is recognized that adoption of new varieties is usually slow because varieties often do not meet farmers’ needs and preferences. Previous studies have provided valuable insights demonstrating that, in certain contexts, there are clear distinctions for trait preferences among men and women. …”
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Adoption of cattle and pig artificial insemination (AI) by livestock keepers in Northwest Vietnam, through an AI service providers co-operative por Marshall, Karen, Nguyen, Thinh, Lo, Thanh, Thanh, Huyen Le Thi

“…In response, Chan-Henh has been developing a model for promotion of AI, working with women and men AI service providers as well as smallholder cattle keepers. …”
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A positive deviance approach to understand gender relations and practices that support transformative adaptation: Insights from Kenya dairy households por Bullock, Renee, DuttaGupta, Tanaya, Miriti, Philip

“…We advocate for increased efforts to utilize positive deviance in future climate adaptation studies to inform practical and locally led strategies.…”
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Gender strategy on weather and climate Information services in East Africa por Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Kagabo, Desire, Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Byandaga, Livingstone, Lutomia, Cosmas

“…However, climate change impacts are not uniform, disproportionately affecting women, youth, and people living with disabilities (PLWDs) due to structural inequalities and limited access to weather and climate information services (WCIS). …”
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Resilient cities urban nutrition profile: Peru por Margolies, Amy, Vilca, Jessica Huamán, Pather, Kamara, Olney, Deanna K.

“…-Overweight and obesity in women have been highly prevalent for more than a decade, with no signs of improvement; they affected 66 percent of urban and 61 percent of rural women in 2023). …”
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Socio-economic impact of forage development on farm households livelihood in Mieso District, West Hararghe Zone, Oromia National Regional State por Ahmed, I.

“…Descriptive analyses of t-test and test results shows the existence of significant mean and proportion difference between users and non-users in terms of education, active labor force, land size, fattening experience, livestock ownership, information accesses, participation in demonstration days and accesses to credit which shows the descriptive results improved forage have positive impacts on outcome of the studies income, women work time, children study time, health and education expense at 1% significant level, while nutrition status at 5% significant level. …”
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POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research - Issue 45 por Avula, Rasmi

“…In this 45th issue of the POSHAN Abstract Digest, we bring you a collection of articles on child, adolescent, and maternal malnutrition. It features studies on micronutrient deficiencies and on anemia among adolescents, inequities in undernutrition among children, and inequities in overweight and obesity among women. …”
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Gender and Plant Health Webinar Series: Lessons learned and the way forward por Gender and Plant Health Research Network

“…Persistent barriers related to access to technology, extension services, resources, and decision-making power limit women farmers’ ability to benefit from these innovations. …”
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Jämställd gestaltning : analys och design för Sibbarps aktivitetsyta por Brodin, Karin

Youth orientation in AR4D: Possible dimensions por Thorsen, Dorte, Glover, Dominic, Cabral, Lidia

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A technical review of modern cassava technology adoption in Nigeria (1985-2013): Trends, challenges, and opportunities por Oparinde, Adewale, Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Manyong, Victor M., Birol, Ekin, Asare-Marfo, Dorene, Kulakow, Peter, Ilona, Paul

“…The literature can be improved to better inform policy by considering issues such as attribution constraint due to varietal identification challenges and sample selection bias that can limit interpretation of findings. Very few studies disaggregated adoption by men and women, thus the literature can provide more policy relevance by giving adequate attention to gender considerations. …”
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Conservation and sustainable use of tropical fruit species diversity: Bioversity's efforts in Asia, the Pacific and Oceania por Bhag Mal, Rao, R., Sthapit, B.R., Sajise, P.

“…They also play a very signifi cant role for the wellbeing of the people through enhancing household income, employment generation particularly for women, and environmental protection. At the same time, their genetic diversity and even the species diversity is threatened due to various human interventions and concerted efforts are required to take corrective measures. …”
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Poverty and micro credit por Wetterstrand, Hanna

“…With this point of departure, this master's thesis and Minor Field Study aim to measure the impact of micro credit on indigenous women in a village in the poorest region of Guatemala. …”
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IRRI: Stress tolerant for Africa and South Asia (Phase 2) por Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

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Insects as feed: Gendered knowledge attitudes and practices among poultry and Pond Fish farmers in Kenya por Waithanji, E., Affognon, Hippolyte D., King’ori, S., Diiro, G., Nakimbugwe, D., Fiaboe, K.K.

“…This qualitative study on knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) among poultry and pond fish farmers from Kisii, Nakuru and Kirinyaga counties in Kenya was conducted to establish insect for feed interventions likely to reduce the cost of feeds in these enterprises and benefit women and men equitably. …”
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Livestock genomics for developing countries - African examples in practice por Marshall, Karen, Gibson, John P., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Mwacharo, Joram M., Haile, Aynalem, Getachew, Tesfaye, Mrode, Raphael A., Kemp, Stephen J.

“…Lessons learnt from the various case studies are highlighted, and the concluding section of the paper gives recommendations for African livestock systems to increasingly capitalize on genomic technologies.…”
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Biomass production and management practices in mixed crop-livestock systems in the west African Sahel: Opportunities and constraints por Ouédraogo, I., Ayantunde, Augustine A.

“…An elaborated literature survey of peer reviewed papers mostly, was conducted. The studies were based on the Sahel scale research, more specifically research that had been published on the West African Sahel, including studies published between 1990s and 2016. …”
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Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects por Shames, Seth, Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Buck, Louise E., Kristjanson, Patricia M., Masiga, Moses, Biryahwaho, B.

“…This paper synthesizes the insights of six African agricultural carbon project case studies and identifies institutional innovations among these projects that are contributing to long-term project success while maximizing benefits and minimizing risk for participating farmers. …”
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Effects of prenatal nutritional supplements on gestational weight gain in low- and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis of individual participant data por Liu, Enju, Wang, Dongqing, Darling, Anne M., Perumal, Nandita, Wang, Molin, Ahmed, Tahmeed, Christian, Parul, Dewey, Kathryn G., Kac, Gilberto, Kennedy, Stephen, Subramoney, Vishak, Briggs, Brittany, Fawzi, Wafaie W., Huybregts, Lieven, Members of the GWG Pooling Project Consortium

“…Methods: A 2-stage meta-analysis of individual participant data was conducted to examine the effects of MMSs (45,507 women from 14 trials) and small-quantity LNSs (6237 women from 4 trials) on GWG compared with iron and folic acid supplements only. …”
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