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Target Oriented Scaling Pathways for CLCA Initiatives for Bolivia and Mexico
No full textThis report “Target oriented scaling pathways for CLCA initiatives for Bolivia and Mexico” is an output under Component 2: Development of a delivery system/participatory farmer-led extension system to accelerate adoption. The overall goal of the IFAD-funded CLCA Project is to sustainably increase production and enhance the climate resilience of small farmers’ communities and their crop-livestock production systems in drylands. Local challenges, such as the quinoa boom in Bolivia and soil erosion in Oaxaca, have displaced the livestock sector which has broken the balance between the livestock and agricultural production systems, resulting in unsustainable production systems. The innovations being piloted in this project, or CLCA practices, have to sustainably intensify the crop-livestock system as a whole, not just crops, or livestock but their combination. At the same time other multiple objectives of productivity, soil health and income need to be addressed. The following CLCA practices were selected that address multiple objectives and have potential to be used at large scale in Mexico were 1) Living barriers, 2) Controlled grazing of stubble and forage mixtures, 3) Relay cropping with fodders species, and in Bolivia 1) Improved fallow; 2) improved pastures; 3) windbreaks. We applied the USAID Agricultural Scalability Assessment Tool (ASAT) decision tree diagram to determine the appropriate scaling pathways for each one of the selected practices per country (). The scaling pathways identified were (i) Public sector, with donor support and/or capacity building; and (ii) Public-Private sector, with public or donor support. In year 4, it is suggested that the project team, partners, and stakeholders co-develop and test the business cases with the highest potential for scaling the impact of the selected practices
La evaluación multiescalar de sustentabilidad. Retos y avances metodológicos
No full text[email protected] Seccion II. Temas estrategicos en las evaluaciones de sustentabilidad [chapitre] 7 livre de 200 p. + CD ROM interactifInternational audienceCe chapitre constitue une révision bibliographique sur la question des échelles dans l'évaluation de la durabilité des systèmes agricoles innovants. La révision bibliographique se concentre sur l'utilisation de modèles pour l'évaluation multi-échelle, ses points forts et faibles. Elle présente aussi un modèle pour l'évaluation multi-échelles qui, basé sur la programmation linaire, prend en compte l'interaction entre différents niveaux d'échelle dans l'analyse de scénarios
From organic rice production to organic rice-based farming systems
No full textInternational audienceRice production is often one component of complex farming systems involving several production activities to satisfy multiple objectives. Targeting innovation for organic rice production and understanding the main challenges and opportunities for conversion to organic farming requires understanding of the diversity and dynamics of farming systems. In this communication I attempt to highlight, and illustrate with an example in the Indo Gangetic Plains in South Asia, the importance of considering a whole farm approach for the development of organic rice production. Data from a farm household survey is analyzed to define clusters of similar farming systems and point out some of the main obstacles and entry points for their conversion to organic farming. Three broad farming systems types are identified in the IGP with different land, livestock and labor resources, different cropping patterns and different levels of market integration. Farm types are spatially distributed highlighting the importance of agro-climatic and socio-economic drivers in the diversity of farming systems
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Biophysical and Socioeconomic status mapping for targeted agricultural technology implementation in Nepal
No full textSeries of thematic maps on biophysical and socioeconomic status of Nepal to guide targeting of agricultural technologie
Biophysical and Socioeconomic status mapping for targeted agricultural technology implementation in Malawi
No full textSeries of thematic maps on biophysical and socioeconomic status of Malawi to guide targeting of agricultural technologie
Opportunities and obstacles for durum wheat intercropping systems in Mediterranean France
No full textESA : European Society for Agronomy subsession 2.3.3 : Assessment, design, coordination and implementation of public polices for productive and multi functional cropping systemsNational audienc
Biophysical and Socioeconomic status mapping for targeted agricultural technology implementation in Laos
No full textSeries of thematic maps on biophysical and socioeconomic status of Laos to guide targeting of agricultural technologie
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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