Agroecology can promote climate change adaptation outcomes without compromising yield in smallholder systems

Sieglinde Snapp Yodit Kebede Eva Wollenberg (2023, [Artículo])

A critical question is whether agroecology can promote climate change mitigation and adaptation outcomes without compromising food security. We assessed the outcomes of smallholder agricultural systems and practices in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) against 35 mitigation, adaptation, and yield indicators by reviewing 50 articles with 77 cases of agroecological treatments relative to a baseline of conventional practices. Crop yields were higher for 63% of cases reporting yields. Crop diversity, income diversity, net income, reduced income variability, nutrient regulation, and reduced pest infestation, indicators of adaptative capacity, were associated with 70% or more of cases. Limited information on climate change mitigation, such as greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration impacts, was available. Overall, the evidence indicates that use of organic nutrient sources, diversifying systems with legumes and integrated pest management lead to climate change adaptation in multiple contexts. Landscape mosaics, biological control (e.g., enhancement of beneficial organisms) and field sanitation measures do not yet have sufficient evidence based on this review. Widespread adoption of agroecological practices and system transformations shows promise to contribute to climate change services and food security in LMICs. Gaps in adaptation and mitigation strategies and areas for policy and research interventions are finally discussed.

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CLIMATE CHANGE CROPS FOOD SUPPLY GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES FARMING SYSTEMS AGROECOLOGY FOOD SECURITY LESS FAVOURED AREAS SMALLHOLDERS YIELDS NUTRIENTS BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL CARBON SEQUESTRATION LEGUMES

Planting rice at monsoon onset could mitigate the impact of temperature stress on rice–wheat systems of Bihar, India

Carlo Montes Anton Urfels Eunjin Han Balwinder-Singh (2023, [Artículo])

Rainy Season TIMESAT APSIM Agricultural Production Systems Simulator Climate Adaptation CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA RICE WHEAT MONSOONS WET SEASON CROP MODELLING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

Wheat rust early warning systems in Ethiopia: implementation of remote sensing technologies to combat crop disease

Gerald Blasch (2020, [Objeto de congreso])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA RUSTS MONITORING DISEASE SURVEILLANCE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS REMOTE SENSING

Control biológico de plantas acuáticas exóticas invasoras

MARICELA MARTINEZ JIMENEZ (2014, [Capítulo de libro])

Las plantas acuáticas exóticas invasoras son la principal causa de grandes pérdidas de agua en todos los cuerpos de agua de México y del mundo. Los métodos de control que se han utilizado hasta hoy, además de no haber resuelto el problema, han contribuido al deterioro ambiental. El presente escrito describe el impacto económico y social de estas especies y plantea una metodología que puede asegurar un control eficaz y sustentable.

Especies invasoras Control de malezas Control biológico México BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA

Does access to improved grain storage technology increase farmers' welfare? Experimental evidence from maize farming in Ethiopia

Hugo De Groote Bart Minten (2024, [Artículo])

Seasonal price variability for cereals is two to three times higher in Africa than on the international reference market. Seasonality is even more pronounced when access to appropriate storage and opportunities for price arbitrage are limited. As smallholder farmers typically sell their production after harvest, when prices are low, this leads to lower incomes as well as higher food insecurity during the lean season, when prices are high. One solution to reduce seasonal stress is the use of improved storage technologies. Using data from a randomised controlled trial, in a major maize-growing region of Western Ethiopia, we study the impact of hermetic bags, a technology that protects stored grain against insect pests, so that the grain can be stored longer. Despite considerable price seasonality—maize prices in the lean season are 36% higher than after harvesting—we find no evidence that hermetic bags improve welfare, except that access to these bags allowed for a marginally longer storage period of maize intended for sale by 2 weeks. But this did not translate into measurable welfare gains as we found no changes in any of our welfare outcome indicators. This ‘near-null’ effect is due to the fact that maize storage losses in our study region are relatively lower than previous studies suggested—around 10% of the quantity stored—likely because of the widespread use of an alternative to protect maize during storage, for example a cheap but highly toxic fumigant. These findings are important for policies that seek to promote improved storage technologies in these settings.

Hermetic Storage Randomised Controlled Trial CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA STORAGE PILOT FARMS SEASONALITY WELFARE MAIZE

Forest proximity positively affects natural enemy mediated control of fall armyworm in Southern Africa

Frédéric Baudron Terence Sunderland (2022, [Artículo])

Insectivorous Birds Bat Predation Maize Cultivation CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA FALL ARMYWORMS BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL INSECTIVOROUS ANIMALS MAIZE PREDATOR PREY RELATIONS

Manual para la cría masiva de Cyrtobagous salviniae utilizado en el control biológico de Salvinia molesta

MARICELA MARTINEZ JIMENEZ (2005, [Libro])

Este manual describe el proceso de cuarentena y cría masiva de Cyrtobagous Salviniae, para su uso en el control biológico integral de Salvinia molesta, considerado, después del lirio acuático, una de las principales malezas acuáticas del mundo.

Maleza acuática Contaminación del agua Control de malezas Control biológico BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA

Efficacy of pre- and post-emergence herbicide combinations on weed control in no-till mechanically transplanted rice

PRATEEK MADHAB BHATTACHARYA Apurba Chowdhury Tapamay Dhar Md. Saiful Islam Alison Laing Mahesh Gathala (2022, [Artículo])

Mechanized Transplanted Rice Weed Biomass Weed Density Weed Control Efficiency CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA HERBICIDES WEED CONTROL RICE ZERO TILLAGE MECHANIZATION

Normalización y certificación en el sector hídrico de México

MARCO ANTONIO TOLEDO GUTIERREZ Armando Mendiola Mayra Pérez de la Cruz (2010, [Documento de trabajo])

El informe hace referencia a los documentos desarrollados y las reuniones de trabajo en diversas regiones del país, las cuales tuvieron como objetivo comprender la importancia, marco normativo y avances en el proceso de normalización y certificación de productos y servicios con base en normas NMX.

Control de calidad Certificación Informes de proyectos HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA

Estudio experimental con modelos físicos para generación de criterios de peligro por inundación y para caracterización de efectos del arrastre de sólidos sobre estructuras de cruce en ríos de zonas urbanas

JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ OROZCO MANUEL MARTINEZ MORALES Cecia Millán-Barrera (2015, [Documento de trabajo])

El objetivo de este estudio es generar nomogramas de vulnerabilidad por inundaciones, aplicado a peatones, para la construcción de mapas de peligro integrales que consideren tirante máximo, velocidad máxima, estabilidad al vuelco y estabilidad al deslizamiento. De igual manera, se evalúan los efectos del flujo en el peatón en un módulo de una calle a escala real (1:1) variando los parámetros.

Ríos Control de inundaciones Simulación Zonas urbanas INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA