1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910446317103321

Titolo

Prioritizing agricultural research for development : experiences and lessons / / edited by David A. Raitzer and George W. Norton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2009

ISBN

1-282-26152-5

9786612261527

1-84593-567-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RaitzerDavid A

NortonGeorge W

Disciplina

630.72

Soggetti

Agriculture - Research - International cooperation

Agriculture - Economic aspects - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; 1 Introduction to Prioritizing Agricultural Research for Development; PART I: BACKGROUND TOOLS; 2 Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) and Research Priority Assessment; PART II: INSTITUTE-LEVEL APPROACHES; 3 Research Priority Assessment at the International Potato Center (CIP); 4 The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture's (IITA) Experience in Priority Assessment of Agricultural Research

5 Priority Assessment at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR): Confronting the Challenges of a Policy-oriented Natural Resources Management Research Portfolio6 Research Evaluation and Priority Assessment at the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT): Continuing Cycles of Learning to Improve Impacts; 7 Using Multiple Objectives in Participatory Assessment of International Livestock Research: Lessons Learned; 8 Priority Assessment for Rice Research in sub-Saharan Africa

9 Highlights of the Evolution of Priority Assessment and Targeting at the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT)PART III: SYSTEM AND REGIONAL APPROACHES; 10 The International



Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas' (ICARDA) Experience in Agricultural Research Priority Assessment; 11 Strategic Priorities for Agricultural Development in Eastern and Central Africa: a Review of the Institutional Context and Methodological Approach for Undertaking a Quantitative, Subregional Assess

12 Methods and Approach to Identify the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) System Priorities for ResearchPART IV: SYNTHESIS AND WAYS FORWARD; 13 Synthesis and Options for Enhanced Priority Assessment for Agricultural and Natural Resources Research; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Priority assessment for commodity improvement programmes has received methodological attention. Focusing on priority setting practices utilised in different international agricultural research institutes, this book discusses real world experiences and innovations with priority assessment methods.

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00266663

Autore

BONNEY, Richard

Titolo

Jihad : From Qu'ran to Bin Laden / Richard Bonney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndmills, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

ISBN

14-03-93372-3

Descrizione fisica

xxvi, 594 p. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

297.1977

Soggetti

Islam e politica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910150448103321

Titolo

3rd International Multidisciplinary Microscopy and Microanalysis Congress (InterM) : Proceedings, Oludeniz, Turkey, 19-23 October 2015 / / edited by Ahmet Yavuz Oral, Zehra Banu Bahsi Oral

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-46601-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 255 p. 147 illus., 92 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Proceedings in Physics, , 0930-8989 ; ; 186

Disciplina

621.36

Soggetti

Spectrum analysis

Microscopy

Materials science

Biophysics

Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Spectroscopy/Spectrometry

Biological Microscopy

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Structural Analysis of Long Single-Stranded RNA Molecules with Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging -- Recombinant Fluorescent Ligand of Potassium Kv1.1 and Kv1.3 Channels: Design, Properties and Applications -- Single-Particle FRET Microscopy of Immobilized Nucleosomes: Technique Development -- Post Embryonic Changes in the Eye of an Economic Mango Plant Pest Amritodus Atkinsoni Leth. (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) -- Elemental Analysis of Various Feathers of Indian Rose Ringed Parakeet Psittacula Krameri -- Interaction of Innate Immunity Cells with Composite Calcium Phosphate Coatings on Magnesium Alloy -- PNIPA Microgel and Alcian Blue Dye Aqueous Solution İnteraction (Microscopic İnvestigation) -- Biofungicides in Nursery Production -- Cells shrinkage and Phosphatidylserine Externalization in Post Mortem Muscle by Fluorescence Microscopy.



Sommario/riassunto

The 3rd International Multidisciplinary Microscopy Congress (InterM2015), held from 19 to 23 October 2015, focused on the latest developments concerning applications of microscopy in the biological, physical and chemical sciences at all dimensional scales, advances in instrumentation, techniques in and educational materials on microscopy. These proceedings gather 17 peer-reviewed technical papers submitted by leading academic and research institutions from nine countries and representing some of the most cutting-edge research available.