Presented by Hassan Ally Mruttu, Conrad Joseph Ndomba and Salim Werner Nandonde at the Tanzania Livestock Master Plan Technical Committee Meeting, Dar es Salaam, 23 June 2016
This document summarizes a report on trends in agricultural conservation practices from 2004 to the present. It provides data on adoption rates of nutrient management practices like nitrogen application rates, fertilizer timing, and use of variable application technologies for corn, wheat, and soybeans. Data is also presented on adoption of conservation tillage like no-till for various crops. Livestock indicators show manure management practices and populations for swine and dairy cattle by state. While much data is available, gaps exist around use of nitrogen inhibitors, grazing lands, sensitive lands, solid manure separators, and consistent long term time series. This information helps USDA improve conservation program delivery and tracking of progress toward conservation goals.
Authors: Lini Wollenberg (CCAFS, UVM) and Andreas Wilkes (Unique Forestry and Land Use)
Presented at workshop: Increasing impact: How to achieve mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in the dairy sector at large scales
30 August 2018
Wageningen University and Research
This document outlines the objectives of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and discusses integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) specifically. It finds that while ISFM achieves CSA objectives of increasing productivity, adaptation, and mitigation, its adoption rate is the lowest. This is dubbed "the unholy cross." Reasons for low adoption include labor intensity of ISFM, high fertilizer costs, and weak extension promoting organics. The document recommends increasing extension/marketing budgets, training agents, converting fertilizer subsidies to payments for ecosystem services, and investing in storage/marketing to increase ISFM adoption.
Climate impacts on livestock production in a southern Africa region: Model pr...ILRI
This document summarizes a presentation on modeling projections of climate impacts on livestock production in southern Africa from 2010 to 2050. It finds that under climate change scenarios, forage supply will be more constrained, limiting the expansion of livestock production and increasing reliance on imports. This could negatively impact food security in some countries. Refining the analysis of feed availability and trade-offs, and exploring options like feed substitutions and investments in forage technologies, are recommended next steps.
This document discusses indicators for monitoring women's access to land under the Sustainable Development Goals. It describes SDG target 5.a and the two indicators used to measure progress: 5.a.1 on the percentage of women with secure land rights, and 5.a.2 on whether countries' legal frameworks guarantee equal land rights. The methodology, data sources, and challenges for collecting data on each indicator are provided, along with an overview of the Food and Agriculture Organization's capacity building efforts to support countries in monitoring these indicators.
Extrapolation suitability for improved vegetable technologies in Babati Distr...africa-rising
Presented by Francis Muthoni, Justus Ochieng, Jean-Marc Delore, Phillipo J. Lukumay, and Inviolata Dominic at the Power on Your Plate Summit, Arusha, Tanzania, 25-28 January 2021.
Solution space for sustainable intensification in Bougouniafrica-rising
Poster prepared by Mary Ollenburger, Katrien Descheemaeker, Todd Crane and Ken Giller for the AfrIca RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Accra, 30 March–1 April 2016
This document summarizes a report on trends in agricultural conservation practices from 2004 to the present. It provides data on adoption rates of nutrient management practices like nitrogen application rates, fertilizer timing, and use of variable application technologies for corn, wheat, and soybeans. Data is also presented on adoption of conservation tillage like no-till for various crops. Livestock indicators show manure management practices and populations for swine and dairy cattle by state. While much data is available, gaps exist around use of nitrogen inhibitors, grazing lands, sensitive lands, solid manure separators, and consistent long term time series. This information helps USDA improve conservation program delivery and tracking of progress toward conservation goals.
Authors: Lini Wollenberg (CCAFS, UVM) and Andreas Wilkes (Unique Forestry and Land Use)
Presented at workshop: Increasing impact: How to achieve mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in the dairy sector at large scales
30 August 2018
Wageningen University and Research
This document outlines the objectives of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and discusses integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) specifically. It finds that while ISFM achieves CSA objectives of increasing productivity, adaptation, and mitigation, its adoption rate is the lowest. This is dubbed "the unholy cross." Reasons for low adoption include labor intensity of ISFM, high fertilizer costs, and weak extension promoting organics. The document recommends increasing extension/marketing budgets, training agents, converting fertilizer subsidies to payments for ecosystem services, and investing in storage/marketing to increase ISFM adoption.
Climate impacts on livestock production in a southern Africa region: Model pr...ILRI
This document summarizes a presentation on modeling projections of climate impacts on livestock production in southern Africa from 2010 to 2050. It finds that under climate change scenarios, forage supply will be more constrained, limiting the expansion of livestock production and increasing reliance on imports. This could negatively impact food security in some countries. Refining the analysis of feed availability and trade-offs, and exploring options like feed substitutions and investments in forage technologies, are recommended next steps.
This document discusses indicators for monitoring women's access to land under the Sustainable Development Goals. It describes SDG target 5.a and the two indicators used to measure progress: 5.a.1 on the percentage of women with secure land rights, and 5.a.2 on whether countries' legal frameworks guarantee equal land rights. The methodology, data sources, and challenges for collecting data on each indicator are provided, along with an overview of the Food and Agriculture Organization's capacity building efforts to support countries in monitoring these indicators.
Extrapolation suitability for improved vegetable technologies in Babati Distr...africa-rising
Presented by Francis Muthoni, Justus Ochieng, Jean-Marc Delore, Phillipo J. Lukumay, and Inviolata Dominic at the Power on Your Plate Summit, Arusha, Tanzania, 25-28 January 2021.
Solution space for sustainable intensification in Bougouniafrica-rising
Poster prepared by Mary Ollenburger, Katrien Descheemaeker, Todd Crane and Ken Giller for the AfrIca RISING West Africa Review and Planning Meeting, Accra, 30 March–1 April 2016
- Climate change is expected to negatively impact agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa due to increased temperatures, weather variability, and extreme events.
- Climate-smart agriculture is promoted to enhance productivity while reducing emissions and increasing carbon sequestration, but effects are context-specific.
- The study examines the role of climate-smart practices in mitigating climate change impacts on maize and rice yields and trade in three African economic communities from 2018-2025.
This document summarizes climate-smart agriculture (CSA) options for mixed crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses the importance of these systems for food security now and in the future given population growth. Several CSA practices are presented and evaluated based on their potential impacts on production, resilience, mitigation, feasibility, and adoption constraints. The analysis finds that CSA options often involve trade-offs. Additionally, broad-brush targeting of interventions is not appropriate given context-specific impacts. Improving the evidence base and addressing adoption constraints will help scale up promising CSA practices.
This document outlines the outcomes and activities of Kenya's Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development Project. The project aimed to [1] strengthen national climate change coordination, [2] enhance access to clean energy, [3] establish a national greenhouse gas inventory system, [4] improve climate change decision-making tools, and [5] build climate change capacity and resilience. It identifies gaps in Kenya's existing greenhouse gas inventory system and lists actions needed to establish an operational national inventory system, such as developing standardized data collection processes and country-specific emission factors.
The document summarizes the methodology and challenges of the National Livestock Census conducted in Uganda in 2008. It provides details on the census organization, legal basis, international assistance received, methodology used including the sample design, questionnaires, and enumeration period. The key variables collected included livestock population data by species, production system, breed, sex and age. Some of the challenges faced included discrepancies in household numbers, difficulties in obtaining accurate livestock counts, fear of taxation among respondents, logistical issues in covering large Enumeration Areas, and resistance from some local councils and politicians.
Agenda Item 1.2: THE WORLD PROGRAMME FOR THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2020FAO
The document summarizes the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020. Some key points:
- The WCA 2020 provides guidelines for national agriculture censuses between 2016-2025, emphasizing new modalities, essential census items, and use of information technology.
- It distinguishes three types of census items: essential, frame, and additional. 23 items are considered essential that all countries should collect.
- The census aims to provide data for agricultural planning, research/business decisions, monitoring the environment and food security, and gender issues in agriculture. It also underpins national statistical systems.
- The document reviews methodological approaches, items organized by theme, and methods of enumeration/technology use
Institutionalizing Crop Yield Forecasting for Early Warning in Nepal
Poster presented at the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Montpellier.
Read more: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/3rd-global-science-conference-%E2%80%9Cclimate-smart-agriculture-2015%E2%80%9D#.VRurLUesXX4
The presentation, Smallholder Dairy-Farming in Kenya, was given by Patric Brandt at the 3rd International Global Food Security conference in December 2017 in Cape town, South Africa.
This document discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Africa and policies to promote food security and mitigate climate change through agriculture. It finds that climate change will significantly reduce crop yields but economic factors can lessen the impacts. Existing climate-smart agriculture practices can help increase production and reduce hunger and emissions to some degree. However, greater investment in technologies, irrigation, and research are needed to provide full adaptation and mitigation. The same policies that promote agricultural growth, like research and irrigation investment, also support climate goals when focused on efficiency. Africa could achieve climate-smart growth through agricultural emissions reductions paired with reduced deforestation.
Presentation by Eskender Beza, João Vasco Silva, Pytrik Reidsma, Martin Herold, Lammert Kooistra, Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing and Plant Production System (PPS)
Session: ICTs/Mobile Apps for Management and Use of Agricultural Data
on 7 Nov 2013
ICT4Ag, Kiali, Rwanda
AheadRace eLearning Module # 03 - Regulation and Compliance in US AgricultureSatyavardhan Reddy
* Recognize the scope of agriculture-related regulations in the U.S.
* Locate agriculture information links, law and other resources
* Explain agricultural compliance considerations
This study examined the influence of extension methods on the adoption of agroforestry practices in Zambia. The researchers collected data through surveys of 388 smallholder farmers across four districts. Their analysis found that over 90% of farmers were aware of agroforestry but trialing and adoption rates remained low. Farm demonstration plots and farmer-to-farmer exchanges were the most effective extension approaches for increasing adoption. The researchers concluded that more consistent extension efforts, a unified training method, and partner training could help realize the benefits of agroforestry for smallholder farmers.
RBM for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Presented in January 2015, by Bruce Campbell, Phil Thornton, Ana María Loboguerrero and Pramod Aggarwal.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS).
To help reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, CGIAR must tap into Big Data. Within the programme on Climate Change for Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), researchers have already applied Big Data analytics to agricultural and weather records in Colombia, revealing how climate variation impacts rice yields. After defining its Open Data-Open Access strategy, CGIAR has launched an internal call for proposals for big data analytics platforms that will provide services to the Agri-Food system programmes and parners, and will interconnect the CGIAR data to other multi-disciplinary big data. The seminar will present the pespectives of the envisioned platforms.
This document provides a progress report on work related to global futures and strategic foresight (GFSF) at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It highlights completed work updating parameters for livestock technologies in several countries. It outlines plans to further improve the IMPACT modeling system by validating livestock parameters and testing scenarios related to breeds, feeds, vaccines and policies. Challenges include funding cuts but opportunities exist through collaborations exploring climate change and food-feed interactions.
- Climate change is expected to negatively impact agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa due to increased temperatures, weather variability, and extreme events.
- Climate-smart agriculture is promoted to enhance productivity while reducing emissions and increasing carbon sequestration, but effects are context-specific.
- The study examines the role of climate-smart practices in mitigating climate change impacts on maize and rice yields and trade in three African economic communities from 2018-2025.
This document summarizes climate-smart agriculture (CSA) options for mixed crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses the importance of these systems for food security now and in the future given population growth. Several CSA practices are presented and evaluated based on their potential impacts on production, resilience, mitigation, feasibility, and adoption constraints. The analysis finds that CSA options often involve trade-offs. Additionally, broad-brush targeting of interventions is not appropriate given context-specific impacts. Improving the evidence base and addressing adoption constraints will help scale up promising CSA practices.
This document outlines the outcomes and activities of Kenya's Low Emission and Climate Resilient Development Project. The project aimed to [1] strengthen national climate change coordination, [2] enhance access to clean energy, [3] establish a national greenhouse gas inventory system, [4] improve climate change decision-making tools, and [5] build climate change capacity and resilience. It identifies gaps in Kenya's existing greenhouse gas inventory system and lists actions needed to establish an operational national inventory system, such as developing standardized data collection processes and country-specific emission factors.
The document summarizes the methodology and challenges of the National Livestock Census conducted in Uganda in 2008. It provides details on the census organization, legal basis, international assistance received, methodology used including the sample design, questionnaires, and enumeration period. The key variables collected included livestock population data by species, production system, breed, sex and age. Some of the challenges faced included discrepancies in household numbers, difficulties in obtaining accurate livestock counts, fear of taxation among respondents, logistical issues in covering large Enumeration Areas, and resistance from some local councils and politicians.
Agenda Item 1.2: THE WORLD PROGRAMME FOR THE CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 2020FAO
The document summarizes the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020. Some key points:
- The WCA 2020 provides guidelines for national agriculture censuses between 2016-2025, emphasizing new modalities, essential census items, and use of information technology.
- It distinguishes three types of census items: essential, frame, and additional. 23 items are considered essential that all countries should collect.
- The census aims to provide data for agricultural planning, research/business decisions, monitoring the environment and food security, and gender issues in agriculture. It also underpins national statistical systems.
- The document reviews methodological approaches, items organized by theme, and methods of enumeration/technology use
Institutionalizing Crop Yield Forecasting for Early Warning in Nepal
Poster presented at the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Montpellier.
Read more: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/3rd-global-science-conference-%E2%80%9Cclimate-smart-agriculture-2015%E2%80%9D#.VRurLUesXX4
The presentation, Smallholder Dairy-Farming in Kenya, was given by Patric Brandt at the 3rd International Global Food Security conference in December 2017 in Cape town, South Africa.
This document discusses the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Africa and policies to promote food security and mitigate climate change through agriculture. It finds that climate change will significantly reduce crop yields but economic factors can lessen the impacts. Existing climate-smart agriculture practices can help increase production and reduce hunger and emissions to some degree. However, greater investment in technologies, irrigation, and research are needed to provide full adaptation and mitigation. The same policies that promote agricultural growth, like research and irrigation investment, also support climate goals when focused on efficiency. Africa could achieve climate-smart growth through agricultural emissions reductions paired with reduced deforestation.
Presentation by Eskender Beza, João Vasco Silva, Pytrik Reidsma, Martin Herold, Lammert Kooistra, Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing and Plant Production System (PPS)
Session: ICTs/Mobile Apps for Management and Use of Agricultural Data
on 7 Nov 2013
ICT4Ag, Kiali, Rwanda
AheadRace eLearning Module # 03 - Regulation and Compliance in US AgricultureSatyavardhan Reddy
* Recognize the scope of agriculture-related regulations in the U.S.
* Locate agriculture information links, law and other resources
* Explain agricultural compliance considerations
This study examined the influence of extension methods on the adoption of agroforestry practices in Zambia. The researchers collected data through surveys of 388 smallholder farmers across four districts. Their analysis found that over 90% of farmers were aware of agroforestry but trialing and adoption rates remained low. Farm demonstration plots and farmer-to-farmer exchanges were the most effective extension approaches for increasing adoption. The researchers concluded that more consistent extension efforts, a unified training method, and partner training could help realize the benefits of agroforestry for smallholder farmers.
RBM for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Presented in January 2015, by Bruce Campbell, Phil Thornton, Ana María Loboguerrero and Pramod Aggarwal.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS).
To help reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, CGIAR must tap into Big Data. Within the programme on Climate Change for Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), researchers have already applied Big Data analytics to agricultural and weather records in Colombia, revealing how climate variation impacts rice yields. After defining its Open Data-Open Access strategy, CGIAR has launched an internal call for proposals for big data analytics platforms that will provide services to the Agri-Food system programmes and parners, and will interconnect the CGIAR data to other multi-disciplinary big data. The seminar will present the pespectives of the envisioned platforms.
This document provides a progress report on work related to global futures and strategic foresight (GFSF) at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It highlights completed work updating parameters for livestock technologies in several countries. It outlines plans to further improve the IMPACT modeling system by validating livestock parameters and testing scenarios related to breeds, feeds, vaccines and policies. Challenges include funding cuts but opportunities exist through collaborations exploring climate change and food-feed interactions.
Authors:
Heather Jacobs, Francesco Tubiello, Rocío Cóndor
FAO -- Climate, Energy and Tenure Division
Asia Pacific Regional Workshop on NAMAs Vientiane, Laos
22-25 April, 2014
1. Agriculture is an important socio-economic sector
2. Agriculture is an important GHG emitter
3. Synergies between Mitigation, Adaptation and Food Security: An opportunity for agriculture NAMAs
Sustainable Agricultural Development for Food Security and Nutrition: What Ro...ILRI
The document discusses the key roles of livestock in global agriculture and food systems, and makes recommendations to support sustainable agricultural development. It finds that livestock accounts for 1/3 of global agricultural production value and is a major user of land and water resources. By 2050, meat and milk production are projected to significantly increase to meet rising global demand. The document recommends context-specific strategies to integrate livestock sustainably, strengthen policy coherence, promote gender equality, improve disease surveillance, support smallholder mixed farms and pastoralism, and address challenges in intensive systems. The overall goal is to ensure food security and nutrition through more resource efficient, resilient and socially equitable livestock practices.
Sustainable Agricultural Development for Food Security and Nutrition: What Ro...SIANI
A report by the CFS High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition. Presented by Delia Grace at the seminar "Antimicrobial resistance; linkages between humans, livestock and water in peri-urban areas" at the World Water Week, 29th August 2016.
The state of knowledge and policy efforts to improve inventory estimates and ...ILRI
presented by Claudia Arndt at the International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 2022
A presentation on knowledge and capacity gaps on livestock GHG emissions tracking and mitigation at a national level in Africa to help fulfil the national commitment under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming; highlighting the difference in challenges and needs compared to high-income countries.
Bioenergy large scale agriculture investments in africa - food security pers...Global Water Partnership
1. The document discusses large scale investments in agriculture in Africa for food and biofuel crops, and how this can impact food security. It examines the opportunities and risks of growing non-food bioenergy crops as part of land use systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
2. The FAO's Bioenergy and Food Security approach is presented as a way to design sustainable bioenergy policies that contribute to agricultural development and food and energy security. Case studies of the approach in Tanzania, Malawi, and other countries are provided.
3. Key questions addressed include how multi-functional land use systems can promote both food and energy security, and the potential benefits of non-food bioenergy crops for sectors like income
the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) summoned a symposium on “Convergence of policies and programs for sustainable and climate resilient agriculture and role of agricultural economics association in contemporary world” on December 13, 2014 as part of Joint Annual Research Forum at Hectare Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The aim of the symposium was to bring together researchers from South Asian countries to present the policy measures taken within their countries regarding climate –smart agriculture and to explore the convergence among them for the near future.
Agricultural Transformation Agenda in GTP II
Presented by Dereje Biruk (ATA) at the Ethiopia - CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) Country Collaboration and Site Integration Meeting, Addis Ababa, 11 December 2015
renforcement de la résilience des petits agriculteurs par les techniques de l...ArmandTanougong1
The document discusses strategies for promoting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) techniques to strengthen the resilience of small farmers in Niger's Tahoua region. It recommends aligning CSA efforts with Niger's existing Integrated 3N Initiative programs and institutions to leverage existing initiatives and stakeholder engagement. Specifically, it suggests establishing "climate smart villages" as demonstration sites where all stakeholders coordinate to test promising CSA practices. The goal is to systematically scale up CSA in Tahoua by building on Niger's policy framework and leveraging coordinated efforts across sectors and levels to improve productivity, adaptation and food security under climate change.
Regional livestock modeling for climate change adaptation and mitigation in S...ILRI
Presentation by Dolapo Enahoro and Karl M. Rich at the Southern Africa Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) Programme – A Scoping Workshop on Climate Change Pretoria, South Africa, 4 February 2019
Raising the visibility of livestock in African Policy DialogueILRI
Presented by Joseph Karugia, Coordinator, ReSAKSS-ECA at the Expert Writeshop to Finalize the Issues Paper: Raising The Visibility of Livestock in the CAADP Biennial Review Report, 9 December 2020
Accelerating livestock research into use: Multi-stakeholder value propositionsILRI
Presented by Fritz Schneider, GASL, at the CGIAR Livestock CRP and GASL joint side event on national partnerships for sustainable livestock systems at the 7th All-Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Accra, Ghana, 30 July 2019
This document summarizes an application of an agricultural sector model to assess advances in animal health and livestock feed technologies. It discusses:
1) Global trends in increasing livestock production and demand, and the important role livestock plays in economies and diets.
2) Science-based options like vaccines, improved feeds, and genetics that can help bridge livestock yield gaps in developing countries.
3) How an agricultural model called IMPACT can be used to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of different technology options.
4) Next steps involve further refining technology parameters for the model and exploring its implications for research priorities and policies related to animal health and feeding.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Presentation by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 28–30 November 2023.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Poster by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione presented at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 29 November 2023.
A training, certification and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors in ...ILRI
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Jef L. Leroy, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas and Delia Grace at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of the MoreMilk training, certificati...ILRI
Poster by Silvia Alonso, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Delia Grace and Jef L. Leroy presented at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Preventing the next pandemic: a 12-slide primer on emerging zoonotic diseasesILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
Preventing preventable diseases: a 12-slide primer on foodborne diseaseILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Preventing a post-antibiotic era: a 12-slide primer on antimicrobial resistanceILRI
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow, releases endorphins, and promotes changes in the brain which help enhance one's emotional well-being and mental clarity.
Food safety research in low- and middle-income countriesILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet at the first technical meeting to launch the Food Safety Working Group under the One Health Partnership framework, Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 September 2023
The Food Safety Working Group (FSWG) in Vietnam was created in 2015 at the request of the Deputy Prime Minister to address food safety issues in the country. It brings together government agencies, ministries, and development partners to facilitate joint policy dialogue and improve food safety. Over eight years of operations led by different organizations, the FSWG has contributed to various initiatives. However, it faces challenges of diminished government participation over time and dependence on active members. Going forward, it will strengthen its operations by integrating under Vietnam's One Health Partnership framework to better engage stakeholders and achieve policy impacts.
Reservoirs of pathogenic Leptospira species in UgandaILRI
Presentation by Lordrick Alinaitwe, Martin Wainaina, Salome Dürr, Clovice Kankya, Velma Kivali, James Bugeza, Martin Richter, Kristina Roesel, Annie Cook and Anne Mayer-Scholl at the University of Bern Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 29 June 2023.
Assessing meat microbiological safety and associated handling practices in bu...ILRI
Presentation by Patricia Koech, Winnie Ogutu, Linnet Ochieng, Delia Grace, George Gitao, Lily Bebora, Max Korir, Florence Mutua and Arshnee Moodley at the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Ecological factors associated with abundance and distribution of mosquito vec...ILRI
Poster by Max Korir, Joel Lutomiah and Bernard Bett presented the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Practices and drivers of antibiotic use in Kenyan smallholder dairy farmsILRI
Poster by Lydiah Kisoo, Dishon M. Muloi, Walter Oguta, Daisy Ronoh, Lynn Kirwa, James Akoko, Eric Fèvre, Arshnee Moodley and Lillian Wambua presented at Tropentag 2023, Berlin, Germany, 20–22 September 2023.
Or: Beyond linear.
Abstract: Equivariant neural networks are neural networks that incorporate symmetries. The nonlinear activation functions in these networks result in interesting nonlinear equivariant maps between simple representations, and motivate the key player of this talk: piecewise linear representation theory.
Disclaimer: No one is perfect, so please mind that there might be mistakes and typos.
dtubbenhauer@gmail.com
Corrected slides: dtubbenhauer.com/talks.html
The binding of cosmological structures by massless topological defectsSérgio Sacani
Assuming spherical symmetry and weak field, it is shown that if one solves the Poisson equation or the Einstein field
equations sourced by a topological defect, i.e. a singularity of a very specific form, the result is a localized gravitational
field capable of driving flat rotation (i.e. Keplerian circular orbits at a constant speed for all radii) of test masses on a thin
spherical shell without any underlying mass. Moreover, a large-scale structure which exploits this solution by assembling
concentrically a number of such topological defects can establish a flat stellar or galactic rotation curve, and can also deflect
light in the same manner as an equipotential (isothermal) sphere. Thus, the need for dark matter or modified gravity theory is
mitigated, at least in part.
hematic appreciation test is a psychological assessment tool used to measure an individual's appreciation and understanding of specific themes or topics. This test helps to evaluate an individual's ability to connect different ideas and concepts within a given theme, as well as their overall comprehension and interpretation skills. The results of the test can provide valuable insights into an individual's cognitive abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills
Current Ms word generated power point presentation covers major details about the micronuclei test. It's significance and assays to conduct it. It is used to detect the micronuclei formation inside the cells of nearly every multicellular organism. It's formation takes place during chromosomal sepration at metaphase.
PPT on Direct Seeded Rice presented at the three-day 'Training and Validation Workshop on Modules of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies in South Asia' workshop on April 22, 2024.
When I was asked to give a companion lecture in support of ‘The Philosophy of Science’ (https://shorturl.at/4pUXz) I decided not to walk through the detail of the many methodologies in order of use. Instead, I chose to employ a long standing, and ongoing, scientific development as an exemplar. And so, I chose the ever evolving story of Thermodynamics as a scientific investigation at its best.
Conducted over a period of >200 years, Thermodynamics R&D, and application, benefitted from the highest levels of professionalism, collaboration, and technical thoroughness. New layers of application, methodology, and practice were made possible by the progressive advance of technology. In turn, this has seen measurement and modelling accuracy continually improved at a micro and macro level.
Perhaps most importantly, Thermodynamics rapidly became a primary tool in the advance of applied science/engineering/technology, spanning micro-tech, to aerospace and cosmology. I can think of no better a story to illustrate the breadth of scientific methodologies and applications at their best.
ESA/ACT Science Coffee: Diego Blas - Gravitational wave detection with orbita...Advanced-Concepts-Team
Presentation in the Science Coffee of the Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency on the 07.06.2024.
Speaker: Diego Blas (IFAE/ICREA)
Title: Gravitational wave detection with orbital motion of Moon and artificial
Abstract:
In this talk I will describe some recent ideas to find gravitational waves from supermassive black holes or of primordial origin by studying their secular effect on the orbital motion of the Moon or satellites that are laser ranged.
Authoring a personal GPT for your research and practice: How we created the Q...Leonel Morgado
Thematic analysis in qualitative research is a time-consuming and systematic task, typically done using teams. Team members must ground their activities on common understandings of the major concepts underlying the thematic analysis, and define criteria for its development. However, conceptual misunderstandings, equivocations, and lack of adherence to criteria are challenges to the quality and speed of this process. Given the distributed and uncertain nature of this process, we wondered if the tasks in thematic analysis could be supported by readily available artificial intelligence chatbots. Our early efforts point to potential benefits: not just saving time in the coding process but better adherence to criteria and grounding, by increasing triangulation between humans and artificial intelligence. This tutorial will provide a description and demonstration of the process we followed, as two academic researchers, to develop a custom ChatGPT to assist with qualitative coding in the thematic data analysis process of immersive learning accounts in a survey of the academic literature: QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper. In the hands-on time, participants will try out QUAL-E and develop their ideas for their own qualitative coding ChatGPT. Participants that have the paid ChatGPT Plus subscription can create a draft of their assistants. The organizers will provide course materials and slide deck that participants will be able to utilize to continue development of their custom GPT. The paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus is not required to participate in this workshop, just for trying out personal GPTs during it.
Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cub...Leonel Morgado
Current descriptions of immersive learning cases are often difficult or impossible to compare. This is due to a myriad of different options on what details to include, which aspects are relevant, and on the descriptive approaches employed. Also, these aspects often combine very specific details with more general guidelines or indicate intents and rationales without clarifying their implementation. In this paper we provide a method to describe immersive learning cases that is structured to enable comparisons, yet flexible enough to allow researchers and practitioners to decide which aspects to include. This method leverages a taxonomy that classifies educational aspects at three levels (uses, practices, and strategies) and then utilizes two frameworks, the Immersive Learning Brain and the Immersion Cube, to enable a structured description and interpretation of immersive learning cases. The method is then demonstrated on a published immersive learning case on training for wind turbine maintenance using virtual reality. Applying the method results in a structured artifact, the Immersive Learning Case Sheet, that tags the case with its proximal uses, practices, and strategies, and refines the free text case description to ensure that matching details are included. This contribution is thus a case description method in support of future comparative research of immersive learning cases. We then discuss how the resulting description and interpretation can be leveraged to change immersion learning cases, by enriching them (considering low-effort changes or additions) or innovating (exploring more challenging avenues of transformation). The method holds significant promise to support better-grounded research in immersive learning.
2. Introduction
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• The livestock activities contribute 7.4% to the country’s GDP. The livestock
sector growth in terms of GDP decreased over the period from 3.1% in 2011
to 2.2% in 2015 (URT, 2015). This level of growth is much lower than the
projected 9% growth in the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of
Poverty (URT, 2010).
• Among other factors the low performance is contributed by:
a) high mortality rates
b) low growth rate
c) low reproductive rates, and
d) poor product quality.
Modest improvement of these production coefficients coupled
with value addition through processing is needed
Poor
production
performances
3. The Objective of this work
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• Describe the management and use of animal genetic
resources in Tanzania.
Inventory of the country’s AnGR (FAO’s DAD-IS
and the ILRI’s DAGRIS).
Characteristics of these resources
Use of AnGR in the different production Zones (Cn,
C&L and Hl)
• Identify the local policies for genetic resource
management
For Conserving and selecting local breeds, on one
hand, and for importing and using improved genes,
on the other hand
4. The rationale for the need to
characterize AnGR
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• More than 20% of domesticated animal breeds are
at risk of extinction (Lokhit and Ilse, 2005)
• Globally, the rate of losing an animal genetic
resources is an average of one breed per month
(FAO, 2006).
• The loss is further aggravated due to disasters
such as:
– prolonged drought,
– Emerging epidemics and sporadic diseases,
which are associated with climate change
(FAO, 2007 cited by FAO, 2015).
5. LSIPT: Tool to characterize AnGR
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Through Inventory and characterisation
of the AnGR
Reviewing of the intervention
Identifying the local policies
The methods include:
• Data collection to fill in the genetics
tools
(m4_sm2_a5_TOOL_genetic.xlsm)
• Literature review
6. Outputs from the application
of the AnGR tool of LSIPT
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Inventory, Characteristics and Parameters of
AnGR (Table 1)
Conservation Programmes (Table 2)
Local policies and intervention methods identified
and documented
Agriculture and Livestock Policy of 1997
The1997 policy contributed to the establishment NLP 2006
NLP does not give the required emphasis to animal breeding issues
(Section 3.9)
Animal Breeding Policy Vs Animal Breeding Act
7. Table 1: Summary of inventory and parameters based on Species and Breeds
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Table 2: Ex-situ in-vivo conservation, breeding and selection programmes
Species S/No Breed-type/Breed Conservation area Estimated population
Cattle 1 Mpwapwa TALIRI-Mpwapwa 450
2 Fipa TALIRI-Mpwapwa and Uyole 300
3 Ankole TALIRI-Mabuki 380
Goats 1 Pare white TALIRI-West Kilimanjaro 250
2 Sonjo TALIRI-West Kilimanjaro 200
3 Malya (Blended goats) TALIRI-Kongwa 400
4 Boers Ngerengre farm 250
Sheep 1 Red Maasai TALIRI-West Kilimanjaro 300
Chicken 1 Kuchi TALIRI-Mpwapwa 140
2 Horas TALIRI-Mpwapwa 180
3 Kishingo TALIRI-Mpwapwa 120
4 Kinyavu TALIRI-Mpwapwa 100
5 Kawaida TALIRI-Mpwapwa 100
9. Future prospects
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Genetic improvement programs can result in
cumulative increase
With adequate breeding strategies selection
achieved in nucleus herd of breeding males or
flocks are passed on to commercial herds
All these will be manageable, if the Animal
Breeding Act is put in place.
10. Challenges
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Meeting demands of communities for
improved breeds
Effective selection and breeding
programmes
Effective Coordination of Animal
Genetic Resources (AnGR) in
Tanzania
11. Strategies in the next five years
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The LMP - benchmarks for further
AnGR improvement in the country
The TALIRI, COSTECH and others
will take LMP as a tool to have
tangible research impact on AnGR
improvement
12. Recommendations and way
forward
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Initiatives and interventions for improving animal
genetics should focus on:
Enhancing establishment of animal breeding
Act
Strengthening of programmes for animal
breeding, selection and conservations rather
than existing uncoordinated programmes
Strengthening delivery and use of Animal
Breeding technologies such as AI, MOET
13. Recommendations and way
forward Cont’s
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Capacity building for experts and farmers on
animal breeding, selection and conservation
issues including recording schemes
Promoting establishment of breeding societies
and associations including private sector
Enhancing local, regional and international
networking for experience and technology
sharing