Review of Nationally Determined Contributions (NCD) of Kenya from the perspective of food systems

Tek Sapkota (2023, [Documento de trabajo])

Agriculture is one of the fundamental pillars of the 2022–2027 Bottom-up Economic Transformation Plan of the Government of Kenya for tackling complex domestic and global challenges. Kenya's food system is crucial for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Kenya has prioritized aspects of agriculture, food, and land use as critical sectors for reducing emissions towards achieving Vision 2030's transformation to a low-carbon, climate-resilient development pathway. Kenya's updated NDC, as well as supporting mitigation and adaptation technical analysis reports and other policy documents, has identified an ambitious set of agroecological transformative measures to promote climate-smart agriculture, regenerative approaches, and nature-positive solutions. Kenya is committed to implementing and updating its National Climate Change Action Plans (NCCAPs) to present and achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets and resilience outcomes that it has identified.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOOD SYSTEMS LAND USE CHANGE AGRICULTURE POLICIES DATA ANALYSIS FOOD WASTES

Estudio de remoción en biofiltros no convencionales

Edson Baltazar Estrada Arriaga (2017, [Documento de trabajo])

La metodología utilizada para este estudio fue la implementación del método espectrofotométrico UV para la cuantificación de fármacos. Se presenta la forma del montaje del sistema de biofiltración y pruebas abióticas, así como su evaluación.

Remoción de contaminantes Filtros biológicos Compuestos orgánicos emergentes INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Métodos para calcular capacidades de embalse

LESLIE SKERTCHLY MOLINA (1989, [Artículo])

En México, el cálculo de la capacidad de embalse es un problema al que no se ha dado la debida importancia. Tradicionalmente, se han empleado dos métodos: el de la curva masa y el de modelos de simulación; usando, en ambos casos, los registros de escurrimientos disponibles. En este artículo se describen, comentan y ejemplifican algunos otros métodos de aplicación sencilla y efectiva, que permiten el empleo tanto de los registros históricos de escurrimientos como los generados en forma sintética, ampliando la longitud de los originales. Se presenta una evaluación de los métodos descritos y se hacen comparaciones entre ellos, relativas a su eficiencia y a la información que producen. Por último, se desarrollan otras técnicas basadas en las descritas, que permiten no sólo calcular la capacidad de embalse, sino que proveen más información útil para el diseño de sistemas

de aprovechamientos hidráulicos.

Capacidad de embalse Aprovechamiento hidráulico Modelos estocásticos INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Condiciones de vida, satisfacción y expectativas de futuro en los jóvenes de México, España y Ecuador: Un estudio comparativo

Eduardo Hernandez Laura Nadhielii Alfaro-Beracoechea (2023, [Artículo])

"En este artículo se da cuenta de un análisis comparativo de la percepción de condiciones de vida y expectativas de futuro de jóvenes internautas de México, Ecuador y España. Se efectuó un trabajo observacional, retrospectivo con alcance descriptivo y correlacional, aplicando un cuestionario en línea elaborado por la Red Iberoamericana de Investigación sobre Juventudes (2020). Participaron 937 jóvenes de 17 a 29 años de edad (x = 22.38 D.T. = 3.05). Se encontraron diferencias significativas entre los países en clima emocional y expectativas, mas no en otros indicadores de condiciones actuales. La obtención de la muestra se limitó a jóvenes internautas de tres países (Ecuador, España y México). Se sugiere invertir en estudios futuros que tengan alcances y diseños orientados a la ampliación de la muestra a jóvenes de otros estratos sociales, así como de otros países de Iberoamérica. Se hace un aporte significativo en la identificación de las relaciones entre variables que explican la percepción de las expectativas de futuro de los jóvenes. Los resultados confirman la manera en que las variables contextuales y de dominios cercanos (personales y comunitarios) dan a conocer la percepción del bienestar por los jóvenes".

Condiciones sociales -- Juventud -- México Adolescencia -- Aspectos sociales -- España Juventud -- Empleo -- Condiciones económicas HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA

Sustainable maize intensification through site-specific nutrient management advice: Experimental evidence from Nigeria

Miet Maertens Oyakhilomen Oyinbo Tahirou Abdoulaye Jordan Chamberlin (2023, [Artículo])

There is growing evidence on the impacts of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) from Asia. The evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where SSNM developments are more recent and where conditions concerning soil fertility and fertilizer use differ importantly from those in Asia, is extremely scarce. We evaluate a SSNM advisory tool that allows extension agents to generate fertilizer recommendations tailored to the specific situation of an individual farmer’s field, using a three-year randomized controlled trial with 792 smallholder farmers in the maize belt of northern Nigeria. Two treatment arms were implemented: T1 and T2 both provide SSNM information on nutrient use and management, but T2 provides additional information on maize price distributions and the associated variability of expected returns to fertilizer use. We estimate average and heterogenous intent-to-treat effects on agronomic, economic and environmental plot-level outcomes. We find that T1 and T2 lead to substantial increases (up to 116%) in the adoption of good fertilizer management practices and T2 leads to incremental increases (up to 18%) in nutrient application rates, yields and revenues. Both treatments improve low levels of nutrient use efficiency and reduce high levels of greenhouse gas emission intensity, after two years of treatment. Our findings underscore the possibility of a more gradual and sustainable intensification of smallholder agriculture in SSA, as compared with the Asian Green Revolution, through increased fertilizer use accompanied by improved fertilizer management.

Randomized Controlled Trial CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION GREEN REVOLUTION FERTILIZERS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Una articulación fundamental: la emancipación

Nicolás Amoroso Boelcke (2023, [Capítulo de libro])

El concepto, la circunstancia de la enseñanza que aquí abordaremos, tiene el propósito de restituir ciertas situaciones que corresponden al propio ejercicio de la instrucción y a aquellas otras que hablan del acontecer, por ello el trabajo. Tiene las variables tanto de la experiencia real como de las otras sobre las que se han escrito, una de ellas, al final, plantea una situación paradójica que se refiere a la del maestro ignorante que, básicamente, tiene como propósito mostrar que el conocimiento es algo que está en el alumno y que el docente debe limitarse a tratar de que aflore y se exprese de la mejor manera posible. Nos habla de la independencia y de las características que puede tener una educación rigurosa y rígida, en contraposición con una más flexible. Lo mismo sucede con el pensamiento desde nuestra América, de la educación dependiente a una educación libertaria.

The concept, the circumstance of the teaching that we will address here has the purpose of restoring certain situations that correspond to the exercise itself as those others that speak of the happening for it the work. It has the variables of real experience as of the others about which they have been written, one of them, in the end, poses a paradoxical situation that refers to that of the ignorant teacher that, basically, has the purpose of showing that knowledge is something that is in the student and that the teacher must limit himself to trying to bring it out and express itself in the best possible way. It tells us about independence and the characteristics that a rigorous and rigid education can have with a more flexible one and the same happens with the thought from our America, from dependent education to a libertarian education.

Emancipación, docencia, alumnos, investigación, juego. Emancipation, teaching, students, research, play. Interaction analysis in education. Microteaching. Teacher-student relationships. Transformative learning. Educational innovations. Análisis de interacción en la educación. Relaciones maestro-estudiante. Aprendizaje transformador. Cambio educativo. LB1034 HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA PEDAGOGÍA TEORÍA Y MÉTODOS EDUCATIVOS

Competencia socioemocional y toma de decisiones en el rendimiento académico de estudiantes universitarios

MAYRA DELGADO VILLALOBOS (2023, [Tesis de doctorado])

Las emociones sociales forman parte de la complejidad interna de una sociedad donde

confluyen niveles de estructura social: las interacciones entre sus individuos, los patrones

de relación entre ellos y sus principios de organización. Las emociones sociales subyacen

a esta complejidad e incluyen mecanismos de autorregulación que permiten a los

individuos desarrollar habilidades socioemocionales para evaluar cuándo y con quién

cooperar o competir, regular las respuestas emocionales y el comportamiento en

situaciones sociales, mantener relaciones de largo plazo, favorecer la prosocialidad y la

cohesión grupal. Estas habilidades son fundamentales en nuestros entornos culturales

dinámicos. Por ello, la OECD las considera habilidades del siglo XXI.

Desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar con énfasis en la cognición social, en la

presente investigación se revisó la importancia y la función de las emociones sociales, y

con base en los diferentes niveles de complejidad social se propone una distinción entre

habilidades y competencias socioemocionales. También se revisaron diversos enfoques

teóricos sobre estas competencias, así como la metodología para su evaluación en la

educación universitaria. Asimismo, se realizó un estudio exploratorio con un diseño

transversal y la muestra se conformó por 104 estudiantes universitarios. El modelo teórico

propuesto se probó mediante ecuaciones estructurales, encontrándose diferencias

significativas entre el compromiso académico y el rendimiento académico, la resiliencia

y el razonamiento.

Social emotions are part of the internal complexity of a society where levels of social

structure converge: the interactions between its individuals, the relationships patterns

between them and their organizational principles. Social emotions underlie this

complexity and include self-regulation mechanisms that allow individuals to develop

socioemotional skills to assess when and with whom to cooperate or compete, regulate

emotional responses and behavior in social situations, maintain long-term relationships,

promote prosociality and group cohesion. These skills are essential in our dynamic

cultural environments. For this reason, the OECD considers them 21st century skills.

From an interdisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on social cognition, this

research reviewed the importance and function of social emotions, and based on the

different levels of social complexity, a distinction between socio-emotional skills and

competencies is proposed. Various theoretical approaches to these competencies were

also reviewed, as well as the methodology for their evaluation in university education.

Likewise, an exploratory study was carried out with a cross-sectional design and the

sample consisted of 104 university students. The proposed theoretical model was tested

using structural equations, finding significant differences between academic commitment

and academic performance, resilience and reasoning.

HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA PEDAGOGÍA cognición social, desarrollo socioemocional, competencias socioemocionales, evaluación socioemocional y aprendizaje socioemocional. social cognition, social-emotional development, social-emotional competencies, social-emotional assessment and social-emotional learning

Review of Nationally Determined Contributions (NCD) of China from the perspective of food systems

Tek Sapkota (2023, [Documento de trabajo])

China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) and one of the countries most affected by climate change. China's food systems are a major contributor to climate change: in 2018, China's food systems emitted 1.09 billion tons of carbondioxide equivalent (CO2eq) GHGs, accounting for 8.2% of total national GHG emissions and 2% of global emissions. According to the Third National Communication (TNC) Report, in 2010, GHG emissions from energy, industrial processes, agriculture, and waste accounted for 78.6%, 12.3%, 7.9%, and 1.2% of total emissions, respectively, (excluding emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). Total GHG emissions from the waste sector in 2010 were 132 Mt CO2 eq, with municipal solid waste landfills accounting for 56 Mt. The average temperature in China has risen by 1.1°C over the last century (1908–2007), while nationally averaged precipitation amounts have increased significantly over the last 50 years. The sea level and sea surface temperature have risen by 90 mm and 0.9°C respectively in the last 30 years. A regional climate model predicted an annual mean temperature increase of 1.3–2.1°C by 2020 (2.3–3.3°C by 2050), while another model predicted a 1–1.6°C temperature increase and a 3.3–3.7 percent increase in precipitation between 2011 and 2020, depending on the emissions scenario. By 2030, sea level rise along coastal areas could be 0.01–0.16 meters, increasing the likelihood of flooding and intensified storm surges and causing the degradation of wetlands, mangroves, and coral reefs. Addressing climate change is a common human cause, and China places a high value on combating climate change. Climate change has been incorporated into national economic and social development plans, with equal emphasis on mitigation and adaptation to climate change, including an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2021. The following overarching targets are included in China's updated NDC: • Peaking carbon dioxide emissions “before 2030” and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. • Lowering carbon intensity by “over 65%” by 2030 from the 2005 level. • Increasing forest stock volume by around 6 billion cubic meters in 2030 from the 2005 level. The targets have come from several commitments made at various events, while China has explained very well the process adopted to produce its third national communication report. An examination of China's NDC reveals that it has failed to establish quantifiable and measurable targets in the agricultural sectors. According to the analysis of the breakdown of food systems and their inclusion in the NDC, the majority of food system activities are poorly mentioned. China's interventions or ambitions in this sector have received very little attention. The adaptation component is mentioned in the NDC, but is not found to be sector-specific or comprehensive. A few studies have rated the Chinese NDC as insufficient, one of the reasons being its failure to list the breakdown of each sector's clear pathway to achieving its goals. China's NDC lacks quantified data on food system sub-sectors. Climate Action Trackers' "Insufficient" rating indicates that China's domestic target for 2030 requires significant improvements to be consistent with the Paris Agreement's target of 1.5°C temperature limit. Some efforts are being made: for example, scientists from the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IEDA-CAAS) have developed methods for calculating GHG emissions from livestock and poultry farmers that have been published as an industrial standard by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, PRC (Prof Hongmin Dong, personal communication) but this still needs to be consolidated and linked to China’s NDC. The updated Nationally Determined Contributions fall short of quantifiable targets in agriculture and food systems as a whole, necessitating clear pathways. China's NDC is found to be heavily focused on a few sectors, including energy, transportation, and urban-rural development. The agricultural sectors' and food systems' targets are vague, and China's agrifood system has a large carbon footprint. As a result, China should focus on managing the food system (production, processing, transportation, and food waste management) to reduce carbon emissions. Furthermore, China should take additional measures to make its climate actions more comprehensive, quantifiable, and measurable, such as setting ambitious and clear targets for the agriculture sector, including activity-specific GHG-reduction pathways; prioritizing food waste and loss reduction and management; promoting sustainable livestock production and low carbon diets; reducing chemical pollution; minimizing the use of fossil fuel in the agri-system and focusing on developing green jobs, technological advancement and promoting climate-smart agriculture; promoting indigenous practices and locally led adaptation; restoring degraded agricultural soils and enhancing cooperation and private partnership. China should also prepare detailed NDC implementation plans including actions and the GHG reduction from conditional targets.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CLIMATE CHANGE FOOD SYSTEMS LAND USE CHANGE AGRICULTURE POLICIES DATA ANALYSIS FOOD WASTES

Agricultural emissions reduction potential by improving technical efficiency in crop production

Arun Khatri-Chhetri Tek Sapkota sofina maharjan Paresh Shirsath (2023, [Artículo])

CONTEXT: Global and national agricultural development policies normally tend to focus more on enhancing farm productivity through technological changes than on better use of existing technologies. The role of improving technical efficiency in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from crop production is the least explored area in the agricultural sector. But improving technical efficiency is necessary in the context of the limited availability of existing natural resources (particularly land and water) and the need for GHG emission reduction from the agriculture sector. Technical efficiency gains in the production process are linked with the amount of input used nd the cost of production that determines both economic and environmental gains from the better use of existing technologies. OBJECTIVE: To assess a relationship between technical efficiency and GHG emissions and test the hypothesis that improving technical efficiency reduces GHG emissions from crop production. METHODS: This study used input-output data collected from 10,689 rice farms and 5220 wheat farms across India to estimate technical efficiency, global warming potential, and emission intensity (GHG emissions per unit of crop production) under the existing crop production practices. The GHG emissions from rice and wheat production were estimated using the CCAFS Mitigation Options Tool (CCAFS-MOT) and the technical efficiency of production was estimated through a stochastic production frontier analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that improving technical efficiency in crop production can reduce emission intensity but not necessarily total emissions. Moreover, our analysis does not support smallholders tend to be technically less efficient and the emissions per unit of food produced by smallholders can be relatively high. Alarge proportion of smallholders have high technical efficiency, less total GHG emissions, and low emissions intensity. This study indicates the levels of technical efficiency and GHG emission are largely influenced by farming typology, i.e. choice and use of existing technologies and management practices in crop cultivation. SIGNIFICANCE: This study will help to promote existing improved technologies targeting GHG emissions reduction from the agriculture production systems.

Technical Efficiency Interventions CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MITIGATION PRODUCTIVITY CROP PRODUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Design and finite element analysis of a 3D-printed packaging insert

Diseño y análisis de elemento finito de un inserto paraempaque manufacturado por impresión 3D

Ismael Alejandro Muñoz Salazar ISAIAS EMMANUEL GARDUÑO OLVERA MAYRA DEL ANGEL MONROY (2023, [Artículo])

Packaging inserts play a crucial role in protecting products during transportation. However, their design and production processes often rely on conventional methods limiting equipment capabilities. Moreover, the empirical nature of their design can result in a lack of reliability in the final product. To address these challenges, this study aimed to validate the design of a packaging insert using the finite element method and subsequently create it using 3D printing. The chosen material is a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filament commonly used in fused deposition filament printers for 3D printing. This process demonstrates the feasibility of using 3D printing to create cushioning inserts for packaging and employing finite element analysis to simulate the insert behavior. The main findings of this research highlight the potential benefits of numerical simulation, revealing the areas where the insert is primarily impacted by weight. Furthermore, the forces load and displacement simulation results confirm that the TPU elastic limit (3.9x106 MPa) is sufficient to handle the weight this insert intends to hold. These tools determine the viability of the proposed design for its intended application. Therefore, this study verifies that 3D printing is a reliable option for producing packaging inserts, offering significant advantages over traditional methods. These advantages include increased design flexibility and the ability to create custom inserts on demand.

Los insertos de empaque juegan un papel crucial en la protección de los productos durante el transporte. Sin embargo, sus procesos de diseño y producción a menudo se basan en métodos convencionales que limitan las capacidades del equipo. Además, la naturaleza empírica de su diseño puede resultar en una falta de confiabilidad en el producto final. Para abordar estos desafíos, este estudio tuvo como objetivo validar el diseño de un inserto de empaque utilizando el método de elementos finitos y posteriormente crearlo mediante impresión 3D. El material elegido es un filamento de poliuretano termoplástico (TPU) comúnmente utilizado en impresoras de filamento de deposición fundida para impresión 3D. Este proceso demuestra la viabilidad de utilizar la impresión 3D para crear insertos acolchados para empaques y emplear el análisis de elementos finitos para simular el comportamiento del inserto. Los principales hallazgos de esta investigación destacan los beneficios potenciales de la simulación numérica, revelando las áreas donde el inserto se ve afectado principalmente por el peso. Además, los resultados de la simulación de carga y desplazamiento de fuerzas confirman que el límite elástico de TPU (3.9x106 MPa) es suficiente para manejar el peso que este inserto pretende soportar. Estas herramientas determinan la viabilidad del diseño propuesto para su aplicación prevista. Por lo tanto, este estudio verifica que la impresión 3D es una opción confiable para producir insertos de empaque, que ofrece ventajas significativas sobre los métodos tradicionales. Estas ventajas incluyen una mayor flexibilidad de diseño y la capacidad de crear insertos personalizados bajo demanda.

Tipo de documento: cases studies.

I. Muñoz gratefully acknowledges support from Posgrado de CIATEQ. I. E. Garduño acknowledges support from the Investigadores por México - CONAHCYT program through project No. 674.

Ismael Muñoz: Conceptualization; methodology; validation; writing; revision; project administration; software; investigation; display; draft writing; reviewing and editing. Isaías E. Garduño: Conceptualization; methodology; validation; writing; revision; software; reviewing and editing. Mayra del Ángel Monroy: Conceptualization; supervision; methodology; validation; writing; revision; project management; formal analysis, draft writing: writing reviewing and editing.

Packaging insert Finite element analysis 3D printing Inserto para empaque Análisis por elemento finito Impresión 3D INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS OTRAS ESPECIALIDADES TECNOLÓGICAS OTRAS OTRAS