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A New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition: Food Systems Summit Brief prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit February 10, 2021
Dobermann, Achim; Bruulsema, Tom; Cakmak, Ismail; Gerard, Bruno; Majumdar, Kaushik; McLaughlin, Michael; Reidsma, Pytrik; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Wollenberg, Lini; Zhang, Fusuo; Zhang, Xin (2021-02-10)The coming 10-20 years will be most critical for making the transition to a global food system in which all stakeholders look at food and nutrients in a holistic manner, including their hidden environmental, health and ... -
Addressing Food Crises in Violent Conflicts: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April, 2021
Kemmerling, Birgit; Schetter, Conrad; Wirkus, Lars (2021-04)Food insecurity and hunger continue to threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. Many of today's food crises are linked to violent conflicts in various ways. The number of people affected by conflict- driven ... -
African agricultural mechanization: Myths, realities and an emerging research agenda
Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina (2019-12)African farm systems remain the least mechanized of all continents. There were substantial state-led efforts to promote agricultural mechanization during the 1960s and 1970s, but these efforts failed, which led to a ... -
The Agricultural mechanization in Africa: micro-level analysis of state drivers and effects
Kirui, Oliver Kiptoo (2019-04)This paper examines the state, drivers and, consequently, the impacts of agricultural mechanization in eleven countries in Africa. Using representative multistage stratified household survey data and robust analytical ... -
Annual Report 2015: Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation - PARI
von Braun, Joachim (2016-04)PARI Annual Report 2015 The Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI) brings together partners from Africa, India and Germany to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth and food and nutrition ... -
Assessing Barriers in Adaptation of Water Management Innovations under Rotational Canal Water Distribution System
Sajid, Imran; Tischbein, Bernhard; Borgemeister, Christian; Flörke, Martina (2022-06-23)This study assessed problems associated with irrigation water provisions and the potential barriers to the adaptation of the interventions (soil moisture sensors, on-farm water storage facilities and the drip method) under ... -
Assessment of Climate Models Performance and Associated Uncertainties in Rainfall Projection from CORDEX over the Eastern Nile Basin, Ethiopia
Yimer, Sadame; Bouanani, Abderrazak; Kumar, Navneet; Tischbein, Bernhard; Borgemeister, Christian (2022-06-27)The adverse impact of climate change on different regionally important sectors such as agriculture and hydropower is a serious concern and is currently at the epicentre of global interest. Despite the extensive efforts to ... -
Beyond adoption: welfare effects of farmer innovation behavior in Ghana
Tambo, Justice A.; Wünscher, Tobias (2016-05)With numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmer innovation can play an essential role in rural livelihoods. Yet a rigorous assessment of the ... -
Bioeconomic Entrepreneurship and Key Factors of Development: Lessons from Argentina
Dürr, Jochen; Sili, Marcelo (2022-02-21)For Argentina, a country with large biomass availability, scientific-technological capacities and a strong agro-industrial sector, bioeconomy comes with an opportunity for sustainable local and national development. As ... -
Bioökonomie in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Eine Studie zur Neuausrichtung der NRW Bioökonomiestrategie ; Abschlussbericht
Stark, Sascha; Rhyner, Jakob; Börner, Jan; Kopaleyshvili, Alexandra; Middelhauve, Stella (2021-09-28)Um die Eckpunkte einer neuen Bioökonomiestrategie NRW zielgruppengerecht zu formulieren, sollten im Rahmen dieser Studie lokale Potenziale und bioökonomische Initiativen auf Kreisebene identifiziert werden. Für einen ... -
Boost Nature Positive Production: A paper on Action Track 3
Hodson, Elizabeth; Niggli, Urs; Kitajima, Kaoru; Lal, Rattan; Sadoff, Claudia (2021-04-02)Transforming food systems involves five action tracks: i) access to safe and nutritious food, ii) sustainable consumption, iii) nature-positive production, iv) equitable livelihood, and v) resilience to shocks and stress. ... -
Burkina Faso - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development: A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security
Sylla, Mouhamadou Bamba; Dimobe, Kangbéni; Sanfo, Safietou (2021-01)In this working paper, the biophysical factors and socio-economic conditions that led to Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULC) and land degradation in Burkina Faso are reviewed. It is found that the country is densely ... -
Calidad de aire y sostenibilidad: Revisión de la contaminación atmosférica por PM2.5 en ciudades de América Latina y Europa
Maldonado García, Eliana; Aguirre Rincón, Pablo (2024-02-12)En este artículo abordo la centralidad de los cuidados, entendiéndolos como un derecho, no sólo para la comunidad sino para la naturaleza, desde el marco conceptual de la ecología política feminista latinoamericana. Propongo ... -
Carbon farming in Africa: Opportunities and challenges for engaging smallholder farmers
Schilling, Friederike; Baumüller, Heike; Ecuru, Julius; von Braun, Joachim (2023-03)The IPCC stresses the importance of achieving net-zero CO2 emissions worldwide by 2050 and natural climate solutions, particularly carbon farming, can play a significant role in this goal. However, current markets do not ... -
Climate Change and Food Systems: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit, May 2021
Mirzabaev, Alisher; Olsson, Lennart; Bezner Kerr, Rachel; Pradhan, Prajal; Rivera Ferre, Marta Guadalupe; Lotze-Campen, Hermann (2021-05-01)Climate change affects the functioning of all the components of food systems, often in ways that exacerbate existing predicaments and inequalities between regions of the world and groups in society. At the same time, food ... -
Comunidades y naturaleza como sujetos políticos de derecho a los cuidados
Mediavilla, María Eugenia (2023)En este artículo abordo la centralidad de los cuidados, entendiéndolos como un derecho, no sólo para la comunidad sino para la naturaleza, desde el marco conceptual de la ecología política feminista latinoamericana. Propongo ... -
Crop Diversity, its Conservation and Use for Better Food Systems. The Crop Trust Perspective: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit April 2021
Schmitz, Stefan; Barrios, Rodrigo; Dempewolf, Hannes; Guarino, Luigi; Lusti, Charlotte; Muir, Janet (2021-04)The genetic diversity contained in crops and their wild relatives is the foundation of to-morrow's agriculture, allowing farmers and professional breeders to develop the new crop varieties that agriculture needs to adapt ... -
Delivering climate change outcomes with agroecology in low- and middle-income countries: evidence and actions needed: Food Systems Summit Brief Prepared by Research Partners of the Scientific Group for the Food Systems Summit, May 17, 2021
Snapp, Sieglinde; Kebede, Yodit; Wollenberg, Eva; Dittmer, Kyle M.; Brickman, Sarah; Egler, Cecelia; Shelton, Sadie (2021-05-17)Food systems need to meet food security, nutrition and environmental goals, especially in a world with growing demand and a changing climate. There is now broad consensus on the need to transform current food systems towards ... -
Diarrhoea, malnutrition, and dehydration associated with school water, sanitation, and hygiene in Metro Manila, Philippines: A cross-sectional study
Sangalang, Stephanie; Prado, Nelissa; Lemence, Allen Lemuel; Cayetano, Mylene; Lu, Jinky Leilanie; Valencia, John Cedrick; Kistemann, Thomas; Borgemeister, Christian (2022-09-10)Introduction Diarrhoea, malnutrition, and dehydration threaten the lives of millions of children globally due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH). Our study aimed to identify environmental and behavioural ... -
Edible weeds and food and nutrition security in the face of the herbicide revolution: A case study from Zambia
Daum, Thomas; Vehre, Alysha; Schweizerhof, Carolin; Schunko, Christoph (2021-01)Herbicides are on the rise across the developing world. Herbicides may come with several advantages, for example, they may help to improve yields, thereby contributing to food and nutrition security. However, they may ...