Results 71 to 80 of about 73,486 (281)
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The role of rainfed agriculture in the future of global food production: [PDF]
This paper examines future prospects for rainfed cereal production, and its importance in the evolving global food system. First, the paper undertakes a critical synthesis of the literature to assess three primary ways to enhance rainfed cereal yields ...
Cai, Ximing +3 more
core
High throughput phenotyping method for water use efficiency in rice under field conditions : [Abstract, P 6.04] [PDF]
, 2009 A collaborative CIAT/Cirad project aims to create new improved upland rice germplasm for drought tolerance based on population improvement through recurrent selection (RS).
Audebert, Alain +4 more
core
Water and Nutrition: Harmonizing actions for the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition and the United Nations Water Action Decade [PDF]
, 2020 Progress for both SDG 2 and SDG 6 has been unsatisfactory, with several indicators worsening over time, including an increase in the number of undernourished, overweight and obese people, as well as rapid increases in the number of people at risk of ...
United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition
core
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing global demand for biofuels has raised concern about compromising food security. This study uses two independent economy‐wide models to evaluate the impact of expanding the Brazilian sugarcane bioenergy system on economic growth, social outcomes and food security.
Angelo C. Gurgel +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Participatory modeling for managing rainfed lowland rice variety and seed systems in lower Northeast Thailand : methodology and preliminary findings [PDF]
, 2005 Rainfed lowland rice varietal and seed management involves a complex system dealing with problems such as variety adoption, biodiversity, and the supply of good-quality seed.
Bousquet, François +4 more
core
Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Farmers' management of rice varietal diversity in the mid-hills of Nepal: implications for on-farm conservation and crop improvement [PDF]
, 2009 Season-long monitoring of on-farm rice (Oryza sativa, L.) plots in Nepal explored farmers' decision-making process on the deployment of varieties to agroecosystems, application of production inputs to varieties, agronomic practices and relationship ...
B. R. Sthapit +22 more
core +1 more source
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Annals of Tropical Research, 2008 The sub-montane rainfed region of North-West India has sloping topography, poor soil structure, deep water table and suffers from uneven distribution of rainfall in space and time.
Sanjay Arora, M.S. Hadda
doaj +1 more source