User manual: How to use Agvisely to generate climate service advisories for livestock in Bangladesh

T.S Amjath-Babu Timothy Joseph Krupnik (2023, [Libro])

The Agvisely digital service for livestock integrates location-specific meteorological forecasts generated by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) with species specific biological thresholds for weather variables (Temperature, rainfall, and temperature-humidity index (THI). When a biological threshold is to be breached in next five days' forecast, the system automatically generates location-specific management advice for livestock farmers. Advisories are based on a decision tree developed by the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) and CIMMYT. Agvisely is a smart phone app and web-based service developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) CIMMYT with the support of USAID, securing the Food Systems of Asian Mega- Deltas (AMD) for Climate and Livelihood Resilience and the Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA) initiatives in collaboration with Bangladesh Dept. of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CLIMATE SERVICES LIVESTOCK DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

Mapping crop and livestock value chain actors in Mbire and Murehwa districts in Zimbabwe

Hambulo Ngoma Moti Jaleta Frédéric Baudron (2023, [Documento de trabajo])

We conducted a preliminary value chain actors mapping for major crops grown and livestock kept by smallholder farmers in Mbire and Murehwa districts of Zimbabwe. Accordingly, in this report we mapped value chain actors for 11 crops and livestock commodities: namely, sorghum, cotton, sesame, maize, groundnut, sweet-potato, vegetables (tomato and onion), cattle, goats, poultry, and honey/beekeeping. Except sesame from Mbire, most of the crop and livestock commodities are channeled to the main markets in Harare and Marondera for Murehwa. Sesame is smuggled to Mozambique and the market is mainly dependent on middlemen. The Grain Market Board (GMB) is the major actor in sorghum and maize marketing in both districts. Groundnut is sold to both rural and urban consumers after processing it to peanut butter locally within the production zones. Goats and cattle are mostly supplied to the Harare market by middlemen collecting these livestock from village markets and moving door-to-door to buy enough quantity to transport to Harare. Honey production and marketing is still at its initial stage through the support of HELP from Germany and the Zimbabwe Apiculture Trust projects. Long dry season is a challenge in honey production. The Pfumvudza program supported by the Presidential free input scheme helped in introducing and scaling conservation agriculture practices in Zimbabwe. Though there is strong integration of crop-livestock systems at both districts, the level of manure use is gradually decreasing because farmers receive chemical fertilizer support from the Pfumvudza program and applying manure to crop fields is labor-intensive. The input supply system is more competitive in Murehwa district where there are quite several input suppliers in town. The possible interventions that favor agroecological transitions are: (1) honey processing plants and supply of beehives to potential areas, (2) encouraging manure use in crop production, possibly linking it to the basins preparation requirement to be eligible for the presidential input subsidy scheme, (3) support the organic vegetable production initiatives and explore market segments in Harare paying premium prices for certified organic products, (4) Expedite payment systems in sorghum and maize marketing with GMB, and (5) sesame production with agroecologically friendly agronomy and improve markets.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA VALUE CHAINS CROPS LIVESTOCK SMALLHOLDERS SUPPLY CHAINS

Alternative cropping and feeding options to enhance sustainability of mixed crop-livestock farms in Bangladesh

Timothy Joseph Krupnik Jeroen Groot (2024, [Artículo])

We investigated alternative cropping and feeding options for large (>10 cows), medium (5–10 cows) and small (≤4 cows) mixed crop – livestock farm types, to enhance economic and environmental performance in Jhenaidha and Meherpur districts – locations with increasing dairy production – in south western Bangladesh. Following focus group discussions with farmers on constraints and opportunities, we collected baseline data from one representative farm from each farm size class per district (six in total) to parameterize the whole-farm model FarmDESIGN. The six modelled farms were subjected to Pareto-based multi-objective (differential evolution algorithm) optimization to generate alternative dairy farm and fodder configurations. The objectives were to maximize farm profit, soil organic matter balance, and feed self-reliance, in addition to minimizing feed costs and soil nitrogen losses as indicators of sustainability. The cropped areas of the six baseline farms ranged from 0.6 to 4.0 ha and milk production per cow was between 1,640 and 3,560 kg year−1. Feed self-reliance was low (17%–57%) and soil N losses were high (74–342 kg ha−1 year−1). Subsequent trade-off analysis showed that increasing profit and soil organic matter balance was associated with higher risks of N losses. However, we found opportunities to improve economic and environmental performance simultaneously. Feed self-reliance could be increased by intensifying cropping and substituting fallow periods with appropriate fodder crops. For the farm type with the largest opportunity space and room to manoeuvre, we identified four strategies. Three strategies could be economically and environmentally benign, showing different opportunities for farm development with locally available resources.

Ruminant Feed Pareto-Based Optimization Farm Bioeconomic Model CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA RUMINANT FEEDING BIOECONOMIC MODELS MIXED CROPPING FARMS LIVESTOCK

Agricultural value chains in Sudan: an annotated bibliography

Hugo De Groote Paswel Marenya (2023, [Libro])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS CASH CROPS FOOD CROPS LIVESTOCK SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS GENDER SOCIAL INCLUSION POSTHARVEST LOSSES BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Corrección de defectos óseos en el área de Ingeniería tisular

Correction of bone defects by tissue Engineering

ROSA ALICIA SAUCEDO ACUÑA MONICA GALICIA GARCIA JUDITH VIRGINIA RIOS ARANA SIMON YOBANNY REYES LOPEZ (2012, [Artículo])

Hoy en día, los defectos óseos representan uno de los casos de mayor impacto en la salud debido a la frecuencia con que éstos ocurren a causa de traumatismos, fracturas, enfermedades congénitas o degenerativas. En la actualidad, los implantes de tejido óseo de gran volumen se encuentran severamente restringidos a causa de las limitaciones de difusión en la interacción con el ambiente del huésped para los nutrientes, intercambio gaseoso y eliminación de desechos. Es por ello que la corrección de los defectos óseos ha cobrado gran importancia en el área de Ingeniería tisular buscando mejorar las estrategias clínicas para su tratamiento. El propósito de esta revisión es proporcionar un panorama general del desarrollo de andamios para la regeneración de tejido óseo, mostrando los avances logrados en los ensayos in vitro e in vivo en la última década

Currently, bone defects cases represent a major impact on health due to how often they occur because of trauma, fractures, congenital or degenerative diseases. Now, bone implants to large volume are severely restricted because of the diffusion limitations in the interaction

with the environment of the host for nutrients, gas exchange and waste disposal. That is why the correction of bone defects has become very important in the field of tissue engineering looking to improve clinical strategies for treatment. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the development of scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration, showing the progress made in the in vitro and in vivo in recent decades.

MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD Ingeniería tisular regeneración ósea Andamio Tissue engineering Bone regeneration Scaffolds

Vermifiltración para tratamiento de aguas residuales industriales y municipales

Lina Cardoso MERCEDES ESPERANZA RAMIREZ CAMPEROS Marco Antonio Garzón-Zúñiga (2011, [Documento de trabajo])

En la ciudad de Cuernavaca existen más de 38 barrancas con un promedio de 8 a 15 km de longitud. En todo el municipio, que comprenden además de la capital del estado, poblados como Ahuatepec, Ocotepec, Santa María, Tetela del Monte o Chipitlán, el número asciende a 80 barrancas. Las barrancas son usadas como drenajes por las comunidades asentadas en las laderas y en las cercanías de los márgenes de las mismas y se utilizan como tiraderos de desechos al aire libre. Se propone el uso de una tecnología de innovación como es la vermifiltración para el tratamiento del agua residual de casas habitación y pequeñas unidades habitacionales que descargan a barrancas y apantles donde no se pueden construir drenajes municipales convencionales. Además, esta tecnología también puede ser utilizada para pequeños efluentes industriales (Q<1 L s-1) lo cual servirá para reducir la toxicidad de sus descargas.

Tratamiento de aguas residuales Efluentes industriales Efluentes domésticos Vermifiltración Informes de proyectos Morelos INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Diversidad y precariedad laboral: el trabajo doméstico de mujeres indígenas en municipios de Chihuahua, México

Juan Jaime Loera Gonzalez (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

El presente artículo tiene como objeto presentar descriptivamente expresiones etnográficas de la diversidad de estrategias laborales de mujeres indígenas (fundamentalmente Rarámuri) en ámbitos semi-rurales en los municipios de Delicias, Rosales y Meoqui en el Estado de Chihuahua. Específicamente, el artículo aborda el papel que juega el trabajo doméstico realizado por mujeres indígenas como opción y estrategia laboral en contextos de precariedad y desigualdad social y económica.

Trabajo doméstico Pueblos indígenas Desigualdad CIENCIAS SOCIALES; HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA CIENCIAS SOCIALES HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA

Análisis espectral de consumo doméstico de agua potable

Felipe Arreguin ALVARO ALBERTO ALDAMA RODRIGUEZ Velitchko Tzatchkov VICTOR HUGO ALCOCER YAMANAKA HECTOR ALEXIS ESPINOSA GAYOSSO (2009, [Artículo])

Una de las variables con mayor incertidumbre en su comportamiento dentro del análisis hidráulico de las redes de agua potable es el consumo de agua proveniente de los usuarios. Recientemente, se ha demostrado que el consumo en el ámbito domiciliario tiene un carácter estocástico y se han desarrollado diferentes metodologías que intentan representar esta variable. Sin embargo, no es posible definir con exactitud dos situaciones: 1) el grado de información que se pierde al muestrear la señal con cierto intervalo de registro y la posible presencia de enmascaramiento (aliasing); y 2) la frontera (rango) en el tiempo, en el cual pueden aplicarse estos procesos de agregación y desagregación temporal. El proceso basado en el análisis de Fourier se puede aplicar como herramienta de desagregación temporal y obtener el intervalo de registro óptimo de medición en campo. A partir de la metodología, se obtuvo que el rango de aplicación del esquema está entre los 240 y 1 segundos. En otras palabras, es posible medir con intervalo de registro hasta 240 segundos y recuperar información con intervalo de registro de un segundo. El método se validó con mediciones en campo de consumo doméstico realizadas en una ciudad mexicana.

Análisis espectral Consumo doméstico de agua Modelos estocásticos INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Estimación de parámetros del consumo instantáneo de agua potable de lecturas acumuladas

Instantaneous water demand parameter estimation from accululated readings

VICTOR HUGO ALCOCER YAMANAKA Velitchko Tzatchkov (2009, [Artículo])

El consumo de agua potable a nivel doméstico tiene carácter estocástico, caracterizado por la intensidad, duración y frecuencia de los pulsos de demanda; cada una de ellas representada estadística mente. Estos parámetros se pueden obtener por medio de medición directa de la demanda instantánea, pero esta forma necesita mediciones con registro de cada segundo, por lo que genera una enorme cantidad de datos por manejar. En este artículo se presenta un nuevo método para estimar los parámetros para la generación de las series de consumo, con base en mediciones con intervalos mayores a un segundo. El método propuesto considera principios del proceso de Neyman-Scott (N-S) en la desagregación temporal del volumen acumulado.

Abastecimiento de agua Consumo doméstico de agua Modelos matemáticos INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers: the challenges of crop residue retention and weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems of southern Africa

Christian Thierfelder Blessing Mhlanga Hambulo Ngoma Paswel Marenya Md Abdul Matin Adane Tufa (2024, [Artículo])

Production and utilization of crop residues as mulch and effective weed management are two central elements in the successful implementation of Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems in southern Africa. Yet, the challenges of crop residue availability for mulch or the difficulties in managing weed proliferation in CA systems are bigger than a micro-level focus on weeds and crop residues themselves. The bottlenecks are symptoms of broader systemic complications that cannot be resolved without appreciating the interactions between the current scientific understanding of CA and its application in smallholder systems, private incentives, social norms, institutions, and government policy. In this paper, we elucidate a series of areas that represent some unquestioned answers about chemical weed control and unanswered questions about how to maintain groundcover demanding more research along the natural and social sciences continuum. In some communities, traditional rules that allow free-range grazing of livestock after harvesting present a barrier in surface crop residue management. On the other hand, many of the communities either burn, remove, or incorporate the residues into the soil thus hindering the near-permanent soil cover required in CA systems. The lack of soil cover also means that weed management through soil mulch is unachievable. Herbicides are often a successful stopgap solution to weed control, but they are costly, and most farmers do not use them as recommended, which reduces efficacy. Besides, the use of herbicides can cause environmental hazards and may affect human health. Here, we suggest further assessment of the manipulation of crop competition, the use of vigorously growing cover crops, exploration of allelopathy, and use of microorganisms in managing weeds and reducing seed production to deplete the soil weed seed bank. We also suggest in situ production of plant biomass, use of unpalatable species for mulch generation and change of grazing by-laws towards a holistic management of pastures to reduce the competition for crop residues. However, these depend on the socio-economic status dynamics at farmer and community level.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA INTEGRATED CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS CROP RESIDUES ZERO TILLAGE SOCIAL NORMS SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION WEED CONTROL