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Modelo multi-criterio para la toma de decisiones en el uso de agua de lluvia: El caso de los pobladores de Angostillo, Paso de Ovejas, Veracruz, México.
Provedor de dados: 32
Autores: Benítez Hernández, Javier Antonio.
El presente trabajo se llevó acabo en la localidad de Angostillo, Veracruz, México, donde las fuentes de abastecimiento de agua son de dudosa calidad y con insuficiencias que restringen el desarrollo rural. El objetivo es evaluar el agua de lluvia como fuente de abastecimiento convencional desde un enfoque sistémico estudiando aspectos sociales, técnicos, económicos, ambientales y normativos; la precipitación se concentra en los meses de julio-agosto (700-100 mm) la cual puede ser aprovechada para subsanar la escasez de los 8 meses restantes de periodo seco. El resultado fue un modelo multi-criterio que evidencia las ventajas y oportunidades de la lluvia en términos de calidad, cantidad, la legalidad, la infraestructura necesaria, la vulnerabilidad, la...
Palavras-chave: Captación de agua de lluvia; Multi-criterio; Toma  de decisiones; Rainwater harvesting; Multi-criteria; Decision making; Agroecosistemas Tropicales; Maestría.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10521/1988

A systemic framework for context-based decision making in natural resource management: reflections on an integrative assessment of water and livelihood security outcomes following policy reform in South Africa
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Pollard, Sharon; The Association for Water and Rural Development; sharon@award.org.za; Biggs, Harry; SANParks; Harry.Biggs@sanparks.org; Du Toit, Derick R; The Association for Water and Rural Development; derick@award.org.za.
We aimed to contribute to the field of natural resource management (NRM) by introducing an alternative systemic context-based framework for planning, research, and decision making, which we expressed practically in the development of a decision-making &amp;#8220;tool&amp;#8221; or method. This holistic framework was developed in the process of studying a specific catchment area, i.e., the Sand River Catchment, but we have proposed that it can be generalized to studying the complexities of other catchment areas. Using the lens of systemic resilience to think about dynamic and complex environments differently, we have reflected on the development of a systemic framework for understanding water and livelihood security under transformation in postapartheid...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Complexity; Decision making; Dynamic; Governance; IWRM; Livelihood security; Resilience; SES; Social-ecological systems; Transdisciplinarity; Transformation.
Ano: 2014

From Invisibility to Transparency: Identifying the Implications
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Turner, Nancy J; University of Victoria; nturner@uvic.ca; Gregory, Robin; Decision Research &amp; Value Scope Research, Inc.; rgregory@interchange.ubc.ca; Brooks, Cheryl; Indigenuity Consulting Group; cheryl@indigenuity.ca; Failing, Lee; Compass Resource Management; lfailing@compassrm.com; Satterfield, Terre; University of British Columbia; satterfd@interchange.ubc.ca.
This paper explores the need for a broader and more inclusive approach to decisions about land and resources, one that recognizes the legitimacy of cultural values and traditional knowledge in environmental decision making and policy. Invisible losses are those not widely recognized or accounted for in decisions about resource planning and decision making in resource- and land-use negotiations precisely because they involve considerations that tend to be ignored by managers and scientists or because they are often indirect or cumulative, resulting from a complex, often cumulative series of events, decisions, choices, or policies. First Nations communities in western North America have experienced many such losses that, together, have resulted in a decline...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight
Palavras-chave: First Nations; Decision making; Resource use; Negotiations; Cultural values.
Ano: 2008

The Rauischholzhausen Agenda for Road Ecology
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Roedenbeck, Inga A.; University of Giessen; inga.roedenbeck@agrar.uni-giessen.de; Fahrig, Lenore; Carleton University; lenore_fahrig@carleton.ca; Findlay, C. Scott; University of Ottawa; sfindlay@science.uottawa.ca; Houlahan, Jeff E; University of New Brunswick at Saint John; jeffhoul@unbsj.ca; Jaeger, Jochen A. G.; Concordia University; jochen.jaeger@env.ethz.ch; Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie; UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle; stephanie.kramer@ufz.de; van der Grift, Edgar A; ALTERRA Wageningen; edgar.vandergrift@wur.nl.
Despite the documented negative effects of roads on wildlife, ecological research on road effects has had comparatively little influence on road planning decisions. We argue that road research would have a larger impact if researchers carefully considered the relevance of the research questions addressed and the inferential strength of the studies undertaken. At a workshop at the German castle of Rauischholzhausen we identified five particularly relevant questions, which we suggest provide the framework for a research agenda for road ecology: (1) Under what circumstances do roads affect population persistence? (2) What is the relative importance of road effects vs. other effects on population persistence? (3) Under what circumstances can road effects be...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight
Palavras-chave: Road ecology; Research agenda; Experimental design; Hierarchy of study designs; Methodological standard; Before-after-control-impact design; Before-after design; Control-impact design; Inferential strength; Weight of evidence; Uncertainty; Landscape scale; Extrapolation; Population persistence; Road networks; Road effects; Mitigation; Decision making.
Ano: 2007

The role of Amazonian anthropogenic soils in shifting cultivation: learning from farmers&amp;#8217; rationales
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Almekinders, Conny J. M.; Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group, Wageningen University; conny.almekinders@wur.nl; Stomph, Tjeerd-Jan; Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University; tjeerdjan.stomph@wur.nl; Struik, Paul C.; Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University; paul.struik@wur.nl.
We evaluated farmers&amp;#8217; rationales to understand their decision making in relation to the use of fertile anthropogenic soils, i.e., Amazonian dark earths (ADE), and for dealing with changes in shifting cultivation in Central Amazonia. We analyzed qualitative information from 196 interviews with farmers in 21 riverine villages along the Madeira River. In order to decide about crop management options to attain their livelihood objectives, farmers rely on an integrated and dynamic understanding of their biophysical and social environment. Farmers associate fallow development with higher crop yields and lower weed pressure, but ADE is always associated with high yields and high weeding requirements. Amazonian dark earths are also seen as an opportunity...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Amazonia; Amazonian dark earths; Decision making; Intensification; Slash and burn; Swidden cultivation; Terra preta.
Ano: 2016

Using Matching Methods to Link Social and Physical Analyses for Sustainability Planning
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Kemp-Benedict, Eric J; Stockholm Environment Institute; erickb@sei-us.org; Bharwani, Sukaina; Stockholm Environment Institute; sukaina.bharwani@sei.se; Fischer, Michael D.; Centre for Social Anthropology &amp; Computing (CSAC), University of Kent, UK; M.D.Fischer@kent.ac.uk.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Integrated analysis; Matching methods; Natural resources; Planning; Sustainability science.
Ano: 2010

A Cognition-based View of Decision Processes in Complex Social&amp;#8211;Ecological Systems
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Beratan, Kathi K.; Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University; Kathi_Beratan@ncsu.edu.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis
Palavras-chave: Cognition; Complex social&amp;#8211; Ecological systems; Cultural change; Decision making; Discourse; Natural resource management; Schemas.
Ano: 2007

Managing for climate change on federal lands of the western United States: perceived usefulness of climate science, effectiveness of adaptation strategies, and barriers to implementation
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Kemp, Kerry B; Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho; kkemp@uidaho.edu; Blades, Jarod J; College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Science, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; jarod.blades@uwrf.edu; Klos, P. Zion; Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho; zion@uidaho.edu; Hall, Troy E.; Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University; Troy.Hall@oregonstate.edu; Force, Jo Ellen; Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho; joellen@uidaho.edu; Morgan, Penelope; Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho; pmorgan@uidaho.edu; Tinkham, Wade T.; Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University; wade.tinkham@colostate.edu.
Recent mandates in the United States require federal agencies to incorporate climate change science into land management planning efforts.  These mandates target possible adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, the degree to which climate change is actively being considered in agency planning and management decisions is largely unknown. We explored the usefulness of climate change science for federal resource managers, focusing on the efficacy of potential adaptation strategies and barriers limiting the use of climate change science in adaptation efforts.  Our study was conducted in the northern Rocky Mountains region of the western United States, where we interacted with 77 U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management personnel through...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptation; Bureau of Land Management; Climate change; Decision making; Forest Service; Land management; Public lands.
Ano: 2015

The Problem of Scale in Indigenous Knowledge: a Perspective from Northern Australia
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Wohling, Marc; Charles Darwin University; mwohling@brahminyhouse.com.au.
Over the last decade, indigenous knowledge has been widely touted by researchers and natural resource managers as a valuable contributor to natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. In Australia, the concept of indigenous knowledge has gained such rapid currency that it has tended toward an essentialized and universal truth rather than remaining a diverse range of highly localized and contested knowledge.   In this paper, I undertake a critical analysis of some of the current issues around the interpretation and application of indigenous knowledge  and its relationship with natural resource management in northern Australia. Through a focus on how indigenous knowledge operates at a range of scales, I argue that indigenous knowledge is not...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Ecological scale; Ecology; Ethnoecology; Indigenous knowledge; Natural resource management; Northern Australia.
Ano: 2009

Meeting institutional criteria for social resilience: a nested risk system model
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Blair, Berill; University of Alaska Fairbanks; bsblair@alaska.edu; Lovecraft, Amy L.; University of Alaska Fairbanks; allovecraft@alaska.edu; Kofinas, Gary P.; University of Alaska Fairbanks; gpkofinas@alaska.edu.
Communities of Alaska&amp;#8217;s North Slope face increased stresses from cumulative effects of industrial development, resource use, and changing cryospheric and socioeconomic conditions. Given these multiple pressures, what avenues exist for citizens and decision makers to exchange knowledge about impacts of oil resource extraction in Alaska, and how do the successes and failures of knowledge exchange affect the resilience of the local social ecological system? We focused our research on the risk management process of Alaska North Slope oil resources, drawing on literature that has grown out of the risk society thesis and concepts of resilience science. We surveyed state and federal initiatives designed to increase local and indigenous stakeholder...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptive capacity; Decision making; Inclusion; Indigenous knowledge; Resilience; Risk society; Social-ecological systems.
Ano: 2014

The Influence of Forums and Multilevel Governance on the Climate Adaptation Practices of Australian Organizations
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Bates, Lorraine E.; CSIRO Social and Economic Sciences Program; lbates@iinet.net.au; Green, Melissa; CSIRO Social and Economic Sciences Program; melissa.green@csiro.au; Leonard, Rosemary; CSIRO Social and Economic Sciences Program; rosemary.leonard@csiro.au; Walker, Iain; CSIRO Social and Economic Sciences Program; Iain.A.Walker@csiro.au.
To date, there are few regulations and policies relating to climate change in Australia. Uncertainty about the timing, structure, and potential impact of proposed legislation such as a national carbon abatement scheme, is leading to planning delays across the country. To assist with these policy uncertainties, organizations can embed themselves in multilevel governance frameworks that inform, structure, and facilitate strategic development, planning, and action. As part of these networks, organizational representatives also engage in formal and informal forums, a type of interorganizational relationship, which can include industry task forces, policy development committees, interagency groups, and specific climate change committees. Forums constitute an...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Climate adaptation; Climate change; Decision making; Forums; Multilevel governance; Networks; Organization.
Ano: 2013

Research to Integrate Productivity Enhancement, Environmental Protection, and Human Development
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Sayer, Jeffrey A; WWF (World Wildlife Fund); jsayer@wwfint.org; Campbell, Bruce; Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); b.campbell@cgiar.org.
To meet the challenges of poverty and environmental sustainability, a different kind of research will be needed. This research will need to embrace the complexity of these systems by redirecting the objectives of research toward enhancing adaptive capacity, by incorporating more participatory approaches, by embracing key principles such as multi-scale analysis and intervention, and by the use of a variety of tools (e.g., systems analysis, information management tools, and impact assessment tools). Integration will be the key concept in the new approach; integration across scales, components, stakeholders, and disciplines. Integrated approaches, as described in this Special Feature, will require changes in the culture and organization of research.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptive capacity; Decision making; Impact assessment; Integration; Scale; Social learning; Systems modeling.
Ano: 2002

Perceptions of Australian marine protected area managers regarding the role, importance, and achievability of adaptation for managing the risks of climate change
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Cvitanovic, Christopher; Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO; Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University; christopher.cvitanovic@csiro.au; Marshall, Nadine A.; Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO, based at James Cook University; nadine.marshall@csiro.au; Wilson, Shaun K.; Marine Science Program, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Australia; Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia; Shaun.Wilson@DPaW.wa.gov.au; Dobbs, Kirstin; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia; kirstin.dobbs@gbrmpa.gov.au; Hobday, Alistair J.; Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO, Tasmania; alistair.hobday@csiro.au.
The rapid development of adaptation as a mainstream strategy for managing the risks of climate change has led to the emergence of a broad range of adaptation policies and management strategies globally. However, the success of such policies or management interventions depends on the effective integration of new scientific research into the decision-making process. Ineffective communication between scientists and environmental decision makers represents one of the key barriers limiting the integration of science into the decision-making process in many areas of natural resource management. This can be overcome by understanding the perceptions of end users, so as to identify knowledge gaps and develop improved and targeted strategies for communication and...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Decision making; Knowledge exchange; Knowledge transfer; Science impact; Science integration; Trust.
Ano: 2014

The Practice of Transboundary Decision Making on the Incomati River: Elucidating Underlying Factors and their Implications for Institutional Design
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Slinger, Jill H.; Delft University of Technology; j.h.slinger@tudelft.nl; Hilders, Marianne; DHV B.V. (Adviesgroep Water, Natuur en Ruimte); Marianne.Hilders@DHV.nl; Juizo, Dinis; Eduardo Mondlane  University; juizo@hotmail.com.
The Incomati River Basin is shared by Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland. In August 2002, the groundbreaking &amp;#8220;Tripartite Interim Agreement on Water Sharing of the Maputo and Incomati Rivers&amp;#8221;  (the IncoMaputo agreement) was signed. Following reports that the use, availability, and adequacy of information posed problems for future decision making on this transboundary river, the Delft University of Technology initiated a 6-month study in 2003 in which 25 southern African researchers and officials were interviewed. The Joint Incomati Basin Study (Phase I from 1992&amp;#8211;1995, and Phase II from 2000&amp;#8211;2001) formed a central component in the investigation, because it was viewed by the parties involved as a successful...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Causal analysis; Decision making; Governance; Information use; Institutions; International water policy; Mozambique; Networks; River-basin management; South Africa; Southern Africa; Swaziland.
Ano: 2010

The Role of Adaptive Management as an Operational Approach for Resource Management Agencies
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Johnson, Barry L; USGS, Upper Midwest Enviromental Sciences Center; barry_johnson@usgs.gov.
In making resource management decisions, agencies use a variety of approaches that involve different levels of political concern, historical precedence, data analyses, and evaluation. Traditional decision-making approaches have often failed to achieve objectives for complex problems in large systems, such as the Everglades or the Colorado River. I contend that adaptive management is the best approach available to agencies for addressing this type of complex problem, although its success has been limited thus far. Traditional decision-making approaches have been fairly successful at addressing relatively straightforward problems in small, replicated systems, such as management of trout in small streams or pulp production in forests. However, this success...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Decision making; Ecological resilience; Ecosystem management; Flexibility; Replicated systems; Resource management agencies; Stakeholders.
Ano: 1999

Introduction to the Special Feature: Adaptive Management - Scientifically Sound, Socially Challenged?
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Johnson, Barry L; USGS, Upper Midwest Enviromental Sciences Center; barry_johnson@usgs.gov.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Decision making; Ecosystem management; Experimentation; Flexibility; Implementation; Management agencies; Resources; Risk; Social aspects; Special feature; Stakeholders.
Ano: 1999

Uncertainty as Information: Narrowing the Science-policy Gap
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Bradshaw, G. A.; National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and  USDA Forest S; bradshaw@nceas.ucsb.edu; Borchers, Jeffrey G; Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University; borcherj@ucs.orst.edu.
Conflict and indecision are hallmarks of environmental policy formulation. Some argue that the requisite information and certainty fall short of scientific standards for decision making; others argue that science is not the issue and that indecisiveness reflects a lack of political willpower. One of the most difficult aspects of translating science into policy is scientific uncertainty. Whereas scientists are familiar with uncertainty and complexity, the public and policy makers often seek certainty and deterministic solutions. We assert that environmental policy is most effective if scientific uncertainty is incorporated into a rigorous decision-theoretic framework as knowledge, not ignorance. The policies that best utilize scientific findings are defined...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Decision making; Environmental policy; Global climate change; Monitoring; Risk; Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000

Climate Change and Western Public Lands: a Survey of U.S. Federal Land Managers on the Status of Adaptation Efforts
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Archie, Kelli M; Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR); Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES); and Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado, Boulder ; kelli.archie@colorado.edu; Dilling, Lisa; Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR); Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES); and Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado, Boulder ; lisa.dilling@colorado.edu; Milford, Jana B; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder; jana.milford@colorado.edu; Pampel, Fred  C; Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder; fred.pampel@colorado.edu.
Climate change and its associated consequences pose an increasing risk to public lands in the western United States. High-level mandates currently require federal agencies to begin planning  for adaptation, but the extent to which these mandates have resulted in policies being implemented that affect on the ground practices is unclear. To examine the status of adaptation efforts, we conducted an original survey and semistructured interviews with land managers from the four major federal land management agencies in the U.S. states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The survey was designed to examine current planning for adaptation on public lands and how it differs from prior planning, the major challenges facing land managers in this region, the major...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptation; Climate change; Decision making; Federal agencies; Public lands.
Ano: 2012

Communicating Ecological Indicators to Decision Makers and the Public
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Schiller, Andrew; Clark University; aschille@black.clarku.edu; Hunsaker, Carolyn T; Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service; carolyn.hunsaker/psw_fresno@fs.fed.us; Kane, Michael A; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; mkane1@utk.edu; Wolfe, Amy K; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; ami@ornl.gov; Dale, Virginia H; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; vhd@ornl.gov; Suter, Glenn W; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NCEA; suter.glenn@epamail.epa.gov; Russell, Clifford S; Vanderbilt University; cliff.russell@vanderbilt.edu; Pion, Georgine; Vanderbilt University;; Jensen, Molly H; ;; Konar, Victoria C; ;.
Ecological assessments and monitoring programs often rely on indicators to evaluate environmental conditions. Such indicators are frequently developed by scientists, expressed in technical language, and target aspects of the environment that scientists consider useful. Yet setting environmental policy priorities and making environmental decisions requires both effective communication of environmental information to decision makers and consideration of what members of the public value about ecosystems. However, the complexity of ecological issues, and the ways in which they are often communicated, make it difficult for these parties to fully engage such a dialogue. This paper describes our efforts to develop a process for translating the indicators of...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Common language; Communication; Decision making; Ecological indicators; Ecological monitoring; Environmental assessments; Environmental values; Public input.
Ano: 2001

Let us no longer be oblivious: paths to weathering the next storm.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: ARBOUR, N.; LOPES, M. A.; PALAZZO, A.; SHUKLA-JONES, A.; TULLY, C.; TRUDEL, J-L.
Abstract: Policymakers and stakeholders across academia, industry, and governments internationally are scrambling to address systemic impacts, using every tool to inform decisions made now for the future; among them, the use of strategic foresight ? imagining what could be alongside what should be.
Tipo: Separatas
Palavras-chave: Strategic foresight; Decision making; Innovation adoption.
Ano: 2020
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/1138632

Resultados técnico-financeiros de um cultivo (plantio convencional) de algodão em solo arenoso de Correntina-BA.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: VELOSO, R. F.; FERNANDES, F. B.
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Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Bahia; Brasil.; Análise Econômica; Algodão; Desenvolvimento Rural; Solo Arenoso; Sistema de Produção; Tomada de Decisão.; Decision making; Farming systems; Cotton; Economic analysis; Rural development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/568334

Priorização de municípios para ações de conservação do solo e da água: componentes socioeconômico e ambiental
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: FIDALGO, E. C. C.; MARTINS, A. L. da S.; SCHULER, A. E.; PRADO, R. B.; MONTEIRO, J. M. G.; OLIVEIRA, A. P. de; PEDREIRA, B. da C. C. G.; DART, R. de O.
O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de identificar e mapear municípios em uma escala de priorização com base em indicadores socioeconômicos e ambientais relacionados à gestão do solo e da água no meio rural. O trabalho visa produzir informações técnicas a fim de subsidiar a seleção de municípios para implementar ações de conservação do solo e da água. Para tal, optou-se por buscar um conjunto mínimo de indicadores capaz de evidenciar a distribuição espacial de fatores condicionantes de natureza socioeconômica e ambiental e refletir situações relevantes do território a serem consideradas na priorização de municípios brasileiros. Após levantamento de indicadores usados em programas de conservação do solo e da água desenvolvidos no Brasil e...
Tipo: Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Estabelecimentos agropecuários; Balanço hídrico quantitativo; Apoio à tomada de decisão; Recurso Hídrico; Gestão; Microbacia; Agricultura Familiar; Indicador Econômico; Indicador Social; Renda; Family farms; Income; Water balance; Decision making.
Ano: 2020
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/1127559

Sistemas de informação: um instrumento de apoio a decisão e ao planejamento do desenvolvimento rural.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: CHAIB FILHO, H.
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Tipo: Artigo de divulgação na mídia (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Agricultural development.; Cerrado; Desenvolvimento Agrícola; Planejamento; Sistema de Informação; Tomada de Decisão.; Decision making; Information systems; Planning.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/564836

Utilizacao das analises de filier em Silvania, GO: o caso do arroz.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: SANTOS, N. A. dos; LOTHORÉ, A.
No que concerne a introducao da pequena agricultura no mercado, dois pontos devem ser observados: a necessidade de um quadro de referencia teorica apropriado para auxiliar as instituicoes preocupadas com o planejamento de desenvolvimento local (municipal ou regional); a necessidade de um instrumental metodologico, adaptado ao contexto da pequena agricultura, que permite apoiar sua integracao a economia de mercado, visando a acelerar seu processo de desenvolvimento. Este estudo considera a problematica em que esta inserido um projeto de Pesquisa/Desenvolvimento, e utiliza as analises de filier para auxiliar decisoes de agricultores em grupos e responsaveis pelo processo de desenvolvimento. Os objetivos foram: conhecer os circuitos comerciais do arroz, a...
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Silvania; Goias; Brasil: Small farms; Brasil; Decisão; Production; Projeto; Projeto Silvania.; Agricultura; Arroz; Cerrado; Comercialização; Desenvolvimento Rural; Oryza Sativa; Pequeno Produtor; Produção; Produtor; Tomada de Decisão.; Agriculture; Brazil; Decision making; Commercialization; Rural development.; Rice.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/553070

A importancia do controle financeiro em um sistema de informacoes gerenciais numa fazenda familiar.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: VELOSO, R. F.; FERNANDES, F. B.; BARIONI, L. G.
bitstream/CPAC-2009/24394/1/p2003_39.pdf
Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: DRURAL100; Produtror rural; Informacao gerencial; Administration; Management.; Administração Rural; Análise Econômica; Desenvolvimento Rural; Fazenda; Tomada de Decisão.; Farmers; Farms; Economic analysis; Decision making; Rural development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/567672

Governança e responsabilização institucional.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: MANOS, M. G. L.; SIQUEIRA, E. R. de; TAVARES, S. C. C. de H.; JESUS, I. R. D. de.
Neste capítulo, são analisadas as contribuições, em curso na Embrapa, no sentido de alcançar os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) da Agenda 2030 da ONU, no que se refere à meta 16.7 - Governança e responsabilização institucional: garantir a tomada de decisão responsiva, inclusiva, participativa e representativa em todos os níveis. A responsabilização institucional pode ser também entendida como accountability, conceito complexo que engloba seus vários sentidos, principalmente as noções de responsabilização, responsividade e prestação de contas (Cruz, 2015). Todavia, a presente análise está pautada no conceito de accountability ligado ao modelo teórico da administração pública denominado "Novo Serviço Público" - aquele que, segundo Rocha (2010,...
Tipo: Capítulo em livro técnico (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Estratégias de governança; Responsabilidade institucional; Accountability; Impacto Social; Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Tomada de Decisão; Instituição Pública; Social impact; Sustainable development; Decision making; Public sector; Governance.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/1103080

Sistemas de producao animal em pastejo: um enfoque de negocio.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: MARTHA JUNIOR, G. B.; BARIONI, L. G.; CEZAR, I. M.; VILELA, L.
bitstream/CPAC-2009/24724/1/doc_63.pdf
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Gerenciamento; Gerencia; Management.; Análise Econômica; Desenvolvimento Rural; Manejo; Pastejo; Pecuária; Planejamento; Produção Animal; Tomada de Decisão.; Agribusiness; Animal production; Grazing; Decision making; Economic analysis; Planning; Rural development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/567759

Modelagem e simulação na agropecuária.
Provedor de dados: 14
Autores: MUNIZ, L. C.; VIU, M. A. de O.; MAGNABOSCO, C. de U.; LOPES, D. T.
bitstream/item/75792/1/art-001.pdf
Tipo: Artigo de divulgação na mídia (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Agricultura; Pecuária; Tomada de Decisão.; Agriculture; Livestock; Econometric models; Decision making.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/569752

Exploring the usefulness of scenario archetypes in science-policy processes: experience across IPBES assessments
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Sitas, Nadia; Harmáčková, Zuzana V.; Anticamara, Jonathan A.; Arneth, Almut; Badola, Ruchi; Biggs, Reinette; Blanchard, Ryan; Brotons, Lluis; Cantele, Matthew; Coetzer, Kaera; Dasgupta, Rajarshi; Den Belder, Eefje; Ghosh, Sonali; Guisan, Antoine; Gundimeda, Haripriya; Hamann, Meike; Harrison, Paula A.; Hashimoto, Shizuka; Hauck, Jennifer; Klatt, Brian J.; Kok, Kasper; Krug, Rainer M.; Niamir, Aidin; O'Farrell, Patrick J.; Okayasu, Sana; Palomo, Ignacio; Pereira, Laura M.; Riordan, Philip; Santos-martín, Fernando; Selomane, Odirilwe; Shin, Yunne-jai; Valle, Mireia.
Scenario analyses have been used in multiple science-policy assessments to better understand complex plausible futures. Scenario archetype approaches are based on the fact that many future scenarios have similar underlying storylines, assumptions, and trends in drivers of change, which allows for grouping of scenarios into typologies, or archetypes, facilitating comparisons between a large range of studies. The use of scenario archetypes in environmental assessments foregrounds important policy questions and can be used to codesign interventions tackling future sustainability issues. Recently, scenario archetypes were used in four regional assessments and one ongoing global assessment within the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Assessment; Biodiversity; Decision making; Ecosystem services; Futures; Nature; Regional; Scenarios.
Ano: 2019
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00516/62748/67140.pdf

Electronic Resources for Searching Health Scientific Information: Database Publication Type
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Manterola,Carlos; Otzen,Tamara; Calo,Lilian.
Despite the large amount of information available on the Internet, getting valid scientific information and evidence may not be a simple task. The aim of this study was to identify the different databases, search engines and libraries available to retrieve published scientific information in health sciences Database publication type. A search on Altavista, Google and Yahoo, Ixquick and Copérnico metasearch engines and in the database "Documents in Information Science" (DoIS) was performed. The search strategy used the terms "database management systems", "medical informatics", "search engine" and "decision making". A summary document of the information collected was created. Addresses found were grouped into: databases, search engines and libraries. The...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Database; Publication Type; Medical Informatics; Search engine; Decision making; Evidence-Based Medicine.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022014000400057

Default and Inference Options: Use in Recurrent and Ordinary Risk Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   James D.
How "default options" should be used in health risk assessment divides the risk analysis profession. Some argue that these should be "hard": set by policy, generally biased to be "health protective" and requiring a substantial body of evidence to replace by decision-specific alternatives. Others argue that they should be science-based, identified by consensus of the professional community, replaced by whatever decision-specific information may be available to the analyst. This paper shows that both positions have validity, and that both are incomplete. Each kind of construct has a useful role to play, but in different kinds of decisions. Because the two are different, we suggest giving them different names, "default option" being assigned to the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Risk; Regulation; Decision making; Default options; EPA; FDA; Science; Policy; Public participation; Risk analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10712

Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Method Selection And Application To Three Contrasting Agricultural Case Studies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   A.E.; Sheath,   Gavin W.; Smeaton,   D.
Agribusiness, farm business and agricultural-environmental decisions which varied in their characteristics were used to evaluate multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) in an agricultural context. This paper discusses differences between the case studies, strengths and weaknesses of the methods used, and the success of the MCDM process based on participants’ expectations and experiences. While MCDM can help identify the best decision, the main benefits identified in using MCDM included better understanding of their own and other’s perspectives, a means to explain the decision and a structured way to work through the decision process. Key problem areas identified included time limitations, understanding and ownership.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multiple criteria decision making; Agriculture; Decision making; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98510

Economics and politics of water resources development: Uda Walawe Irrigation Project, Sri Lanka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molle,   Francois; Renwick,   Mary E.
The Uda Walawe Irrigation and Resettlement Project (UWIRP) located in the Southern dry zone of Sri Lanka was initiated in the early 1950s. The original plan for the UWIRP was a highly ambitious social, economic and physical engineering project aimed at creating a modern, profitable agriculture sector. This report examines the history of water resources development and investment decisions for the UWIRP over a period of 50 years and uncovers underlying processes that shaped the evolution of the project and highlights the limitation of viewing development as a mere set of technical and social engineering endeavors.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Water resources development; Irrigation programs; History; River basins; Rehabilitation; Costs; Crop production; Domestic water; Water use; Reservoirs; Fisheries; Decision making; Cost benefit analysis; Cost recovery; Water requirements; Water demand; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44525

Gender in lift irrigation schemes in East Gujarat, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saini,   Harmeet; van Koppen,   Barbara.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Participatory management; Women in development; Woman's status; Gender; Irrigated farming; Irrigation programs; Water lifting; Communal irrigation systems; Cooperatives; Legal aspects; Decision making; Villages; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92767

Meta-analysis to assess impact of watershed program and people’s participation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joshi,   P.K.; Jha,   Awadhesh K.; Wani,   S.P.; Joshi,   Laxmi; Shiyani,   R.L.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Watershed management; Social participation; Decision making; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92825

Taming the Dragon: The WTO After the Accession of China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.; Hobbs,   Anna L.
The accession of China to the WTO may take place in the near future. While much attention has been given to the effect this will have on international trade and the Chinese economy, less attention has been given to the effect on the WTO. China is a large, developing, transition economy that is likely to alter the WTO in a number of ways. The paper examines three aspects of China’'s accession and their implications for the WTO: (1) will China play by the rules?; (2) market socialism in the WTO'’s market-based system; and (3) the organisation'’s decision-making process.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Accession; China; Decision making; Unequal treaties; WTO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23853

The impact of government policies on land use in Northern Vietnam: an institutional approach for understanding farmer decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clement,   Floriane; Amezaga,   Jaime M.; Orange,   Didier; Toan,   Tran Duc.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Land use; Public policy; Reforestation; Farmers; Decision making; Land management; Shifting cultivation; Villages; Vietnam; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52968

Gender and irrigation in India: the Women's Irrigation Group of Jambar, South Gujarat
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Nagar,   Rashmi K.; Vasavada,   Shilpa.
Documents a "best practice" - a successful gender-balanced irrigation intervention in which women were given control over an irrigation technology. The study evaluates the approach taken by the implementing NGO, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, in terms of its replicability in other areas where women share in farm activities and decision making.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Women in development; Gender; Female labor; Agricultural credit; Decision making; Irrigation programs; Rain-fed farming; Institution building; Pumping; India; South Gujarat; Bharuck; Jambar; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53073

Analysis of Farm Development in Dutch Agriculture and Horticulture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bremmer,   Johan; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Olson,   Kent D.; Baltussen,   Willy H.M.; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.
This paper analysis the effects of farmer characteristics, farm structure and farm performance on farm renewal and farm growth. The data set used in this research consists  of panel data from the Dutch Farm Accountancy Data Network of farms specialized in plant production extended with a data from survey among those farms. Probit models were used to determine the likelihood of the changes. Results show that the degree of mechanization increases the probability of farm growth and farm renewal. Family labour  input and solvency have a negative impact on farm growth. Farm size is positively correlated with farm renewal. No indications of the influence of the life cycle have been  found.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Diversification; Farm growth; Farm structure; Innovation; Panel data; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7025

A hedonic approach to estimating the supply of variety attributes of a subsistence crop
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edmeades,   Svetlana.
The paper extends the household hedonic model, as a non-market valuation tool, by estimating a supply function for variety attributes of a subsistence crop in a developing country. The model is applied to bananas in Uganda, making use of disaggregated data on variety-specific farm-gate banana bunch prices and attributes. The hedonic analysis is applied at the farm-gate, the first link in the market chain, while accounting for the semi-subsistence nature of banana producing households. Within the framework of the agricultural household, where consumption and production decisions are non-separable, prices reflect the implicit marginal valuation of both consumption and production attributes jointly. The paper is motivated by the need to quantify the value of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Small farms; Households models; Agricultural sector; Crops; Economic aspects; Crop diversification; Variety attributes; Decision making; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55424

Using Biomedical Technologies to Inform Economic Modeling: Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Analysis of Environmental Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roe,   Brian E.; Haab,   Timothy C.
Advances in biomedical technology have irrevocably jarred open the black box of human decision making, offering social scientists the potential to validate, reject, refine and redefine the individual models of resource allocation that form the foundation of modern economics.  In this paper we (1) provide a comprehensive overview of the biomedical methods that may be harnessed by economists and other social scientists to better understand the economic decision making process; (2) review research that utilizes these biomedical methods to illuminate fundamental aspects of the decision making process; and (3) summarize evidence from this literature concerning the basic tenants of neoclassical utility that are often invoked for positive welfare analysis of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Neuroeconomics; Neuroscience; Brain imaging; Genetics; Welfare economics; Utility theory; Biology; Decision making; Preferences; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D01; D03; D6; D87.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49151

Capturing Uncertainties in Evaluation of Biofuels Feedstocks: A Multi-Criteria Approach for the US
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ziolkowska,   Jadwiga; Simon,   Leo K.; Zilberman,   David.
Current research evaluating biofuels policies focuses primarily on market-economic criteria. While it is widely acknowledged that both the economic and environmental, and social aspects of biofuels policy must all be balanced with each other in the process of developing a viable biofuels policy, little progress has been made to date on evaluating these uncertain non-market relationships. In this paper, we develop a fuzzy theory holistic approach evaluating the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation biofuels feedstocks in meeting multiple economic, environmental and social criteria of the biofuels policies and capturing the uncertainties of evaluation processes. We use a multi-criteria approach PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Uncertainties; Multi-criteria decision support; PROMETHE; Fuzzy set theory; Decision making; Policy evaluation; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115980

Adaptive, participatory and integrated assessment (APIA) of the impacts of irrigation on fisheries: Evaluation of the approach in Sri Lanka.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nguyen-Khoa,   Sophie; Smith,   Laurence; Lorenzen,   Kai.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Fisheries; Irrigation effects; Assessment; Decision making; Case studies; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92016

An assessment of small-scale users’ inclusion in large-scale water user associations of South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Faysse,   Nicolas.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Farmers’ associations; Water users’ associations; Water resource management; Irrigation management; Catchment areas; Legislation; Legal aspects; Water allocation; Farmer participation; Decision making; Case studies; South Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52969

A Heuristic Optimization Model for Vegetable Production and Marketing Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dillon,   Carl R.; Vassalos,   Michael.
Poster presentation at 2012 AAEA
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mathematical programming; Decision making; Vegetables; Heuristics; Farm Management; Production Economics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123854

USE OF CATCHMENT SPECIFIC SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION IN MANAGING NATURAL RESOURCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahmed,   Mehnaz; Jacobs,   Brent; Tracey,   Jacqueline.
Catchment specific economic and social information assists catchment management authorities in natural resource planning and decision making. It gives a context to the natural resource management (NRM) planning and decision making by providing an understanding of the economic and social characteristics in a region and tracks economic and social changes overtime. It also enables analysis of factors that influence a community’s competence in undertaking NRM activities. Catchment specific economic and social data is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics but there are gaps in the availability of this data that may hinder NRM planning and decision making. The aim of this paper is two fold: firstly, it provides a snapshot of the economic and social...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic; Social; Data availability; Natural resource management; Catchment management authorities; Decision making; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47614

Participatory Prospective Analysis: Exploring and Anticipating Challenges with Stakeholders
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bourgeois,   Robin; Jesus,   Franck.
Part I The Participatory Prospective Analysis (PPA) Method The philosophy of the PPA method  Methodological components  Presentation of the method  Definition of the system's limits  Identification of variables  Selection and definition of key variables  Mutual influence analysis  Interpretation of influence/dependence links  Definition of the states of variables  Building scenarios  Using scenarios  Implementing the PPA  Equipment and resources  Organizing group work  The question of experts and expertise  Part II The PPA Method at Work: The Case of Secondary Crop Research and Development Prospects in Asia and the Pacific Context  Organization of the PPA  System identification  Creation of a working group and workshop organization  Process and results...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Analytical methods; Tools; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32731

A ÓTICA DA ECONOMIA DOS CUSTOS DA TRANSAÇÃO NO PROCESSO DE TOMADA DE DECISÃO EM CADEIAS PRODUTIVAS AGROINDUSTRIAIS: UMA PROPOSTA DE ESTRUTURA ANALÍTICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dutra,   Alberto Silva; Rathmann,   Regis.
Teve-se como objetivo neste artigo abordar elementos teóricos já estudados sobre o processo de decisão, bem como da Economia dos Custos de Transação e da Análise Sistêmica, de forma a propor uma estrutura analítica sistêmica, multinível e interdisciplinar, que possa ser usada para o estudo da tomada de decisão de investimentos em cadeias produtivas agronegociais. Da consolidação do referencial teórico, por meio de estrutura analítica, aplicada a um estudo de caso, no caso a cadeia produtiva do biodiesel, pode-se perceber que na medida em que a commodity soja vai avançando nos elos da cadeia, vai se tornando um produto de maior valor agregado, cujos ativos envolvidos para seu processamento e distribuição possuem alta especificidade, o que por sua vez vai...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tomada de decisão; Estrutura analítica; Cadeia produtiva; Decision making; Analytical structure; Productive chain; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112746

Ecosystems for water and food security. [Background paper]
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Agroecosystems; Agriculture; Food security; Food production; Water scarcity; Water management; Water productivity; Wetlands; Water use; Decision making; Environmental flows; Developing countries; Hunger; Poverty; Fisheries; Climate change; Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Rangelands; Livestock; Rainfed farming; Policy; Landscape; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124386

Assessment of performance and impact of irrigation and water resources  systems in Taiwan and Sri Lanka: Final report
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sakthivadivel,   Ramasamy; Aloysius,   Noel; Matsuno,   Yutaka.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation systems; Water scarcity; Water allocation; Water supply; Water quality; Water distribution; Decision making; Water management; Regression analysis; Performance evaluation; Sustainability; Irrigated farming; Agricultural development; Farm size; Irrigation management; Farmers' associations; Rain; Paddy cultivation; Crop yield; Costs; Productivity; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92774

Who are Controlling Community Forestry User Groups in Nepal? Scrutiny of Elite Theory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yadav,   Bhagwan Dutta; Bigsby,   Hugh R.; MacDonald,   Ian.
Nepal has established community forestry institutions to manage natural resources at the local community level under the assumption that there will be better management than under Government agencies. However, community forestry has not been entirely successful as it has not addressed the needs of poor and marginalised groups. The main goal of this study is to examine how Nepalese social structure guides the structure of the Executive Committee (EC) of Community Forestry User Groups and in particular, whether the EC is dominated by elite groups that could in turn hinder the needs of poor and marginalised groups. This paper uses data from the middle hill district of Baglung, Nepal. Statistical analysis indicates that decision-making is dominated by the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social structure; Leadership; Caste; Community forestry; Decision making; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Political Economy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96666

Reconciling Actors' Preferences in Agricultural Policy - Towards a New Management of Public Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jesus,   Franck; Bourgeois,   Robin.
To attain sustainable development in the 21st century, the world's population still has to overcome many challenges; hunger, poverty, environmental degradation and depletion. Policy design in such a context is and will remain a complex task. On one hand, policy makers often lack information on stakeholders' strategies and constraints as well as on potential options for improvement. On the other hand, stakeholders do not always adhere to policies for lack of understanding of the pursued goals. It is not unusual to observe that often, real policy effects are not those initially expected. Furthermore, existing decision-making mechanisms for public intervention are increasingly questioned due to pressure for market liberalization, decentralization processes...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Analytical methods; Tools; Decision making; Agricultural policies; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32737

Gender and irrigation in India: the Women's Irrigation Group of Jambar, South Gujarat.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara; Nagar,   Rashmi K.; Vasavada,   Shilpa.
Documents a "best practice" - a successful gender-balanced irrigation intervention in which women were given control over an irrigation technology. The study evaluates the approach taken by the implementing NGO, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, in terms of its replicability in other areas where women share in farm activities and decision making.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Women in development; Gender; Female labor; Agricultural credit; Decision making; Irrigation programs; Rain-fed farming; Institution building; Pumping; India; South Gujarat; Bharuck; Jambar; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Public Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51045

A gender performance indicator for irrigation:  Concepts, tools and applications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Koppen,   Barbara.
Although gender issues are today a priority on the agendas of irrigation policy makers, interventionists, farm leaders and researchers, there is still a considerable gap between positive intentions and concrete action. An important but hitherto ignored reason for this is the lack of adequate generic concepts and tools that are policy-relevant and can accommodate the vast variation in irrigation contexts worldwide. The Gender Performance Indicator for Irrigation (GPII) aims to fill this gap. In any particular scheme, this tool diagnoses the gendered organization of farming and gender-based inclusion or exclusion in irrigation institutions. It informs irrigation agencies what they themselves can do for effective change-if necessary. The tool also identifies...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Gender; Women; Irrigation management; Water management; Policy; Decision making; Performance evaluation; Indicators; Irrigated farming; Farming systems; Case studies; Water users' associations; Leadership; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44562

Agricultural Decision Analysis: The Causal Challenge
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parton,   Kevin A.
The paper sets out the agenda for reviewing models of decision making in the context of farmers’ use of seasonal climate forecasting. Such forecasts have been framed in terms of shifts in cumulative distribution functions of yields or gross margins. Typically they have been applied to choices about crop variety, crop type, time of planting or level of fertiliser application. Fundamental questions are: how do farmers conceptualise and make use of the information contained in seasonal climate forecasts? Do our models of decision making represent well the way in which these decisions are made?
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Farmers; Seasonal climate forecasts; Conceptualisation; Review.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48150

Developing decision-making tools for improving pasture quality on deer farms in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stevens,   David R.; Woodward,   Simon J.R.; Westbrooke,   Victoria F.C.
This paper describes the development of a learning package to support improved pasture quality on New Zealand deer farms. The first step has been to determine the specific requirements of deer farmers that will enable them to improve pasture quality decisions on-farm. Decision support software that interprets and demonstrates the impacts of pasture quality and animal physiology on the performance of young growing deer has also been developed. Key themes identified to aid pasture management decision-making included identifying the right pasture quality, management systems to maintain pasture quality and maximising the potential of livestock. This paper reports on the type of knowledge that deer farmers require in the learning package.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Deer; Growth rate; Learning packages; Pasture quality; Software; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123143

Old model, new problem: when should you update a model and what happens when you do?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Griffith,   Garry R.; Malcolm,   Bill; Mounter,   Stuart W.; Slattery,   Henry.
This paper is a summary of some of the considerations involved in applying an existing model to a new problem, in particular in deciding whether to update or not, and some of the issues involved in interpreting the output from the new application. Thus where you start from does influence where you end up. Both change in total surplus and to a lesser extent the distribution of this change in total surplus across sectors, depends on the price and quantity data which is used to define the initial equilibrium, even if elasticity values are the same. So careful consideration should be given to whether an existing model should be updated because updating a model does matter. The final point to restate is that consumers of pig meat end up being the winners from...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: New model; Old model; Decision making; Change in total surplus; Updating a model; New technologies; Pork; Industry structure; Industry size; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114420

Identification Of Important Criteria In Farm Systems Decisions Around Lake Taupo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   A.E.; Smeaton,   D.; Ledgard,   S.F.
Nitrogen leaching from agriculture contributes to contamination of Lake Taupo. Multiple criteria decision making was used to compare fourteen pre-defined farming systems which reduced, or maintained nitrogen losses. Case study participants included three to four each of Maori Incorporation representatives, owner-operators, Environment Waikato employees, and researchers. The total group identified criteria that were important in choosing between the systems. Profit and nitrogen outputs were provided for the systems. Individuals weighted criteria and subjectively scored each system’s performance against the remaining criteria. Systems were ranked using this information. Variation within and between groups was considerable. Key criteria included: profit; farm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm systems; Decision making; Agriculture; Environment; Nitrogen leaching; Multiple criteria decision making; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98504

Irrigation decision-making processes and conditions: a case study of Sri Lanka's Kirindi Oya Irrigation Settlement Project
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nijman,   Charles.
Detailed study of decision-making processes and managerial conditions of the Kirindi Oya Irrigation and Settlement Project in Sri Lanka, adopting a management perspective in the analysis of the performance of this major irrigation system in Sri Lanka. This paper is a companion document to "Irrigation management processes and conditions" by the same author.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Decision making; Farmer-agency interactions; Accountability; Case studies; Sustainability; River basin development; Water allocation; Water requirements; Project appraisal; Indicators; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114040

Multi-Criteria Analysis to Prioritize Energy Sources for Ambience in Poultry Production
Provedor de dados: 89
Autores: Collatto,DC; Mansilha,RB; Chiwiacowsky,LD; Lacerda,DP.
ABSTRACT This paper intends to outline a model of multi-criteria analysis to pinpoint the most suitable energy source for heating aviaries in poultry broiler production from the point of view of the farmer and under environmental logic. Therefore, the identification of criteria was enabled through an exploratory study in three poultry broiler production units located in the mountain region of Rio Grande do Sul. In order to identify the energy source, the Analytic Hierarchy Process was applied. The criteria determined and validated in the research contemplated the cost of energy source, leadtime, investment in equipment, energy efficiency, quality of life and environmental impacts. The result of applying the method revealed firewood as the most appropriate...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Poultry raising; Heating; Energy sources; Decision making; Analytic hierarchy process.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2017000300363

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING OF Brevipalpus phoenicis IN CITRUS
Provedor de dados: 94
Autores: MALDONADO JR,WALTER; BARBOSA,JOSÉ CARLOS; COSTA,MARÍLIA GREGOLIN; GONÇALVES,PAULO CÉSAR TIBURCIO; SANTOS,TIAGO ROBERTO DOS.
ABSTRACT  Among the pests of citrus, one of the most important is the red and black flat mite Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes), which transmits the Citrus leprosis virus C (CiLV-C).When a rational pest control plan is adopted, it is important to determine the correct timing for carrying out the control plan. Making this decision demands constant follow-up of the culture through periodic sampling where knowledge about the spatial distribution of the pest is a fundamental part to improve sampling and control decisions. The objective of this work was to study the spatial distribution pattern and build a sequential sampling plan for the pest. The data used were gathered from two blocks of Valencia sweet orange on a farm in São Paulo State, Brazil, by 40...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Red and black flat mite; Negative binomial; Poisson distribution; Decision making; Integrated pest management.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452016000400401

ปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการตัดสินใจเข้าร่วมโครงการผลิตมะม่วงตามแนวทางการเกษตรดีที่เหมาะสมของเกษตรกรในพื้นที่อำเภอปากช่อง จังหวัดนครราชสีมา
Provedor de dados: 106
Autores: Jirawan Lertkunnaluk; Panya Mankeb; Thamrong Mekhora.
This study aimed at exploring factors influencing farmer’s decision making in Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) of mango production project in Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Interview schedule was applied with 260 farmers. The descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were used for data analysis. The results showed that most respondents were female, 46.19 years of age, and were graduated above elementary educational level. The average household members were 4.32 persons. The experience in growing mango was 10.88 years on average, the average mango farm area was 39.93 rai with the average production of 1,233 k.g./rai/year. The average incomes from mango production were 102,580 baht/rai/year with the average cost of 82,904...
Tipo: PhysicalObject
Palavras-chave: Mango production; Good agricultural practice; Decision making; มะม่วง; เกษตรดีที่เหมาะสม; การผลิต; การตัดสินใจ; เกษตรกร; จ.นครราชสีมา อ.ปากช่อง.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5386

Environment simulator for studying automatic crop farming
Provedor de dados: 111
Autores: Oksanen, Timo; Hakojärvi, M.; Maksimow, T.; Aspiala, A.; Hautala, M.; Visala, A.; Ahokas, J.
Agricultural machines capable of utilizing variable rate application technology are tackling spatial variability in agricultural fields.  Agricultural field robots are the next step in technology, robots which are capable of utilizing sensor and actuating technologies without human contact and operate only areas of interest.  However, agricultural field robots are still under research.  Robots are just one part of the next generation of crop farming having more advanced tools to do the work which currently requires humans.  The next generation of crop farming, in the vision of the authors, is based on automation, which incorporates stationary and moving sensors systems, robots, model based decision making, automated operation planning which adapts to...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Robots; Crop growth models; Soil water models; Precision agriculture; Environment simulation; Decision making; Operation planning.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/2604

Sequential sampling plan for fruit fly species of the Genus Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) in guava orchards
Provedor de dados: 42
Autores: NICÁCIO,JOSÉ; OLIVEIRA,ISAIAS DE; UCHOA,MANOEL A.; FACCENDA,ODIVAL; ABOT,ALFREDO R.; FERNANDES,MARCOS G.; GARCIA,FLÁVIO R.M.
Abstract This study aimed to elaborate a sequential sampling plan for Anastrepha species in commercial orchards of guava Psidium guajava Novo Milênio cultivar. Samplings were carried out in three orchards in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul. Fruit flies were sampled for 23 weeks. Data were subjected to the sequential probability ratio test. We adopted the mean of 0.3 Anastrepha individuals for the safety level and 0.7 for the control level and the observed frequency was adjusted to the negative binomial expected frequency (Bn) for the equation of the line. The condition of adopting a control method recommended by S1 = 6.5554 + 0.5362n was observed in the upper line. In turn, the lower line, which does not require the use of a control method, is defined by...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Fruit farming; Decision making; Population monitoring; Integrated pest management.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652018000703607

Forecasting the Electricity Consumption in a Higher Education Institution
Provedor de dados: 52
Autores: Pepplow,Luiz Amilton; Betini,Roberto C.; Pereira,Thulio C. G.
Abstract The objective of this paper is to present a mathematical representation by Regression Analysis that enables the projection of electricity consumption according to the built area and population in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and to define an Indicator that contemplates the most significant variable in consumption. of electric power. The Null Hypothesis -H0 is that in a HEI the most appropriate indicator is the Kilo Watt Hour per square meter (kWh / m2) as proposed by the Ministry of Planning and Management - MP. The research universe is 2,368 HEI, identified in a report from the Ministry of Education (2015). As Sample and case study, data from the thirteen Campi of the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) are used. As a...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Indicators of electricity consumption; Regression analysis; Decision making.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132019000200203

Decision support system for the diagnosis of schizophrenia disorders
Provedor de dados: 56
Autores: Razzouk,D.; Mari,J.J.; Shirakawa,I.; Wainer,J.; Sigulem,D.
Clinical decision support systems are useful tools for assisting physicians to diagnose complex illnesses. Schizophrenia is a complex, heterogeneous and incapacitating mental disorder that should be detected as early as possible to avoid a most serious outcome. These artificial intelligence systems might be useful in the early detection of schizophrenia disorder. The objective of the present study was to describe the development of such a clinical decision support system for the diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SADDESQ). The development of this system is described in four stages: knowledge acquisition, knowledge organization, the development of a computer-assisted model, and the evaluation of the system's performance. The knowledge was...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Clinical decision support systems; Artificial intelligence; Decision making; Expert systems; Schizophrenia; Medical informatics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000100014

An agent-based simulation combined with group decision-making technique for improving the performance of an emergency department
Provedor de dados: 56
Autores: Yousefi,M.; Ferreira,R.P.M.
This study presents an agent-based simulation modeling in an emergency department. In a traditional approach, a supervisor (or a manager) allocates the resources (receptionist, nurses, doctors, etc.) to different sections based on personal experience or by using decision-support tools. In this study, each staff agent took part in the process of allocating resources based on their observation in their respective sections, which gave the system the advantage of utilizing all the available human resources during the workday by being allocated to a different section. In this simulation, unlike previous studies, all staff agents took part in the decision-making process to re-allocate the resources in the emergency department. The simulation modeled the behavior...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Agent-based simulation; Patient flow; Decision making; Emergency department; Health industry.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2017000500701