Resultados de búsqueda - Wundt~

Productivity and welfare impacts of sustainable intensification in rice-wheat crop rotations: Evidence from the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains por Paudel, Gokul, Chamberlin, Jordan, Nguyen, Trung Thanh

“…However, little is known about how SI technology bundles influence system productivity, profitability and household welfare in the coupled rice-wheat crop rotations of the Indo-Gangetic Plains in South Asia. …”
Enlace del recurso

Strengthening nutrition, health, and food security in Nigeria: policy and programming alignment for innovation scaling por Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Gurmu, M., Twine, E.

“…The report concludes that CGIAR’s Scaling for Impact (S4I) program is well positioned to bridge the gap between policy intent and practical implementation by supporting evidence-based decision-making, strengthening institutional capacity, improving data systems, and co-designing bundled innovations with government, donors, and private sector partners to achieve sustainable, large-scale impact across Nigeria’s agrifood systems.…”
Enlace del recurso

Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems por Mokhema, Seipati, Euler, Michael, Begum, Khadija, Cole, Steven, Huyer, Sophia, Mayanja, Sarah, Mwakanyamale, Devis, Paez-Valencia, Ana Maria, Puskur, Ranjitha

“…While the program makes explicit reference to women, youth, and marginalized groups as key targets for bundled innovations, there is a need for a more nuanced and inclusive focus to explain how these groups will benefit from the proposed innovations. …”
Enlace del recurso

What is a REDD+ pilot?: a preliminary typology based on early actions in Indonesia por Madeira, E.M., Sills, E., Brockhaus, Maria, Verchot, Louis V., Kanninen, M.

“…New models and strategies should be developed to reduce these transaction costs, for example, by aggregating or bundling smallholder initiatives. Further research is needed both to assess outcomes of different pilot types and to update this typology to reflect the rapidly expanding number of REDD+ pilots and the rapidly evolving institutional and regulatory framework for REDD+ in Indonesia.…”
Enlace del recurso

Slaughterhouse zoonoses: Are workers reservoirs of zoonotic disease? por Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Gibbons, C.L., Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Kariuki, S., Fèvre, Eric M.

“…This study was conducted in the Lake Victoria Crescent region of western Kenya. Five hundred slaughterhouse workers from this region were asked a comprehensive questionnaire regarding risk factors for zoonotic disease, faecal samples were collected for examination and culture and a nasal swab was cultured for S. aureus. …”
Enlace del recurso

Trypanosomosis: A priority disease in tsetse-challenged areas of Burkina Faso por Soudre, A., Ouédraogo-Koné, S., Wurzinger, Maria, Muller, S., Hanotte, Olivier H., Ouédraogo, A.G., Sölkner, Johann

“…A survey has been carried out in 29 villages of Burkina Faso in three regions (north, southwest, and west regions). One hundred and thirty-four cattle breeders were interviewed individually with a questionnaire. …”
Enlace del recurso

Genetic variation in packed red cell volume and frequency of parasitaemia in East African Zebu cattle exposed to drug-resistant trypanosomes por Rowlands, G.J., Mulatu, W., Nagda, S.M., Dolan, R.B., D'Ieteren, G.D.M.

“…Nine hundred and thirty-six East African Zebu village calves in an area of high trypanosomiasis risk in south-western Ethiopia were monitored monthly with their dams from birth to 3 years of age. …”
Enlace del recurso

Mortality percentages related to heartwater and the economic impact of heartwater disease on large-scale commercial farms in Zimbabwe por Meltzer, M.I., Perry, Brian D., Donachie, P.L.

“…A postal questionnaire asking for data concerning heartwater deaths was sent to all large-scale commercial farmers in Zimbabwe's lowveld, where heartwater is endemic. One hundred and fifty returns (24 percent return rate) provided usable data, with 85 farms (57 percent of sample) reporting heartwater deaths in 1990/91. …”
Enlace del recurso

Relationship between the prevalence of ectoparasites and associated risk factors in free-range pigs in Kenya por Kagira, J.M., Kanyari, P.N., Maingi, N., Githigia, S.M., Ng'ang'a, C., Gachohi, John M.

“…A cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of ectoparasites and possible risk factors in free-range pigs from 135 farms of Busia District, Kenya.Three hundred and six pigs were examined for presence of external parasites using standard parasitological methods. …”
Enlace del recurso

Risk factors associated with occurrence of nematodes in free range pigs in Busia District, Kenya por Kagira, J.M., Kanyari, P.N., Githigia, S.M., Maingi, N., Ng'ang'a, J.C., Gachohi, John M.

“…This study investigated the epidemiology of nematodes in free range pigs in Busia District, Kenya. Three hundred and six pigs from 135 farms were sampled for faeces that were analysed for nematode eggs per gram (EPG) of faeces using the McMaster technique. …”
Enlace del recurso

The role of Earth Observation (EO) technologies in supporting implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands por MacKay, H., Finlayson, C. Max, Fernández Prieto, D., Davidson, N., Pritchard, D., Rebelo, Lisa-Maria

“…Over one hundred wetland specialists and Earth Observation experts from around the world gathered at the European Space Agency's 'GlobWetland Symposium: Looking at wetlands from space' in Frascati, Italy, from 19 to 20 October, 2006. …”
Enlace del recurso

DArT for high-throughput genotyping of cassava (Manihot esculenta) and its wild relatives por Xia, L, Peng, K, Yang, S, Wenzl, Peter, Vicente, M. Carmen de, Fregene, Martin A., Kilian, Andrzej

“…DArT uses microarrays to detect DNA polymorphism at several hundred genomic loci in a single assay without relying on DNA sequence information. …”
Enlace del recurso

Evidence of improper usage of veterinary drugs in cattle in Maasailand, Kenya por Irungu, P., Bett, Bernard K., Mbogoh, S.G., Nyamwaro, Sospeter S., Murilla, G.A., Randolph, Thomas F.

“…The extent of farm-level extra-label drug use in Kenya is not well documented in spite of its important implications on food safety, human health and international trade. One hundred and thirteen farmers in Kajiado and Narok districts were interviewed between October 2005 and February 2006 using a pre-tested questionnaire. …”
Enlace del recurso

Genetic enhancement of sorghum and millet residues fed to ruminants: An ex ante assessment of returns to research por Kristjanson, Patricia M., Zerbini, E., Rao, K.P.C., Kiresur, V., Hofs, P.

“…An economic surplus model that links the results of the GIS analysis with the output from the feed model is used to value the potential benefits versus the costs of the research. One hundred and four Districts of India were identified (using GIS) as the recommendation domain (RD) or zone targeted for likely adoption of improved dual-purpose genotypes. …”
Enlace del recurso

East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis por Waithaka, Michael, Nelson, Gerald C., Thomas, Timothy S., Kyotalimye, Miriam

“…Without attention to adaptation, the poor will suffer.Through the use of hundreds of scenario maps, models, figures, and detailed analysis, the editors and contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050. …”
Enlace del recurso

Genetic analysis of gain yield of IITA and CIMMYT earlymaturing maize inbreds under Strigainfested and lowsoil nitrogen environments por Ifie, B.E., Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Gracen, V.E., Danquah, E.Y.

“…Studies were conducted to determine if selection for Striga resistance and/or drought tolerance in early-maturing maize populations improved low-N tolerance in hybrids derived from selected inbreds from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) under Striga-infested, low-N and optimum environments in Nigeria. One hundred and fifty hybrids developed from crosses involving 30 lines using North Carolina Design II plus six checks were evaluated at two locations each under low-N, artificial Striga infestation, and optimum environments for 2 yr. …”
Enlace del recurso

Perception of farmers on seed production constraints of Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae) por Datinon, B., Glitho, I.A., Tamo, Manuele, Amevoin, K.

“…Most producers were illiterate. Only 20 to 40% went to school. About 90% of producers indicated that J. curcas is damaged by pests. …”
Enlace del recurso

Phosphorus response efficiency in cowpea genotypes por Olaleye, O., Fagbola, O., Abaidoo, Robert C., Ikeorah, N.

“…A screen house experiment was conducted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Nigeria. Three hundred cowpea genotypes obtained from the germplasm collection Unit of IITA were screened for number of root whorls and total number of roots using a completely randomized design with 12 replicates. …”
Enlace del recurso

Efficient regeneration system for rapid multiplication of clean planting material of Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman por Tripathi, J.N., Matheka, J., Merga, I., Gebre, E., Tripathi, L.

“…This study reports the development of a robust regeneration technique to propagate large numbers of plantlets using corm discs containing intercalary meristematic tissues. Hundreds of shoot buds were induced from corm discs of enset cultivar ‘Bedadeti’ cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 1.5 mg L−1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 0.216 mg L−1 zeatin, and 2 g L−1 activated charcoal. …”
Enlace del recurso

Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) with effects on resistance to flower bud thrips (megalurothrips sjostedti) identified in recombinant inbred lines of cowpea (Vigna... por Omo-Ikerodah, E.E., Fawole, I., Fatokun, C.A.

“…A set of 92 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was generated from a cross between susceptible and resistant lines. One hundred and thirty nine markers [134 Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) and 5 cowpea derived microsatellites] were used to construct a linkage map using this set of RILs. …”
Enlace del recurso