The Common Bean Genome / / edited by Marcelino Pérez de la Vega, Marta Santalla, Frédéric Marsolais

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910253959003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
• ISBN: 3-319-63526-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2017.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVIII, 295 p. 52 illus., 49 illus. in color.)
• Collana: Compendium of Plant Genomes, , 2199-4781
• Disciplina: 635.652
• Soggetti: Plant breeding; Plant genetics; Agriculture; Bioinformatics; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Genetics and Genomics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Common Bean: Economic Importance and Relevance to Biological Science Research -- Botany of the Phaseolus bean crops -- Domestication and Crop History -- Cytogenetics and Comparative Analysis of Phaseolus species -- Genetic mapping and QTL analysis in common bean -- Requirement of Whole-Genome Sequencing -- Common Bean Genomes: Mining New Knowledge of a Major Societal Crop -- Organelle Genomes in Phaseolus Beans and their Use in Evolutionary Studies -- Phytic acid Biosynthesis and Transport in Phaseolus vulgaris: Exploitation of New Genomic Resources -- What is Present at Common Bean Subtelomeres?: Large Resistance Gene Clusters, Knobs and khipu Satellite DNA -- Comparison of Gene Families: Seed Storage and other Seed Proteins -- A Comparison of Phenylpropanoid Pathway Gene Families in Common Bean. Focus on P450 and C4H Genes -- Phylogenomics: the Evolution of Common Bean as Seen from the Perspective of All of its Genes -- Prospects: The Importance of Common Bean as a Model Crop.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides insights into the genetics and the latest advances in ; genomics research on the common bean, offering a timely overview of topics that are pertinent for future developments in legume genomics. The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume crop for food consumption worldwide, as well as a model for legume research, and the availability of the genome sequence has completely changed the paradigm of the ongoing research on the species. Key topics covered include the numerous genetic and genomic resources, available tools, the identified genes and quantitative trait locus (QTL) identified, and there is a particular emphasis on domestication. It is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in the genetics and genomics of the common bean and legumes in general.

Lessons learned and not yet learned from a multicountry initiative on women's economic empowerment / / by Sara Johansson de Silva, Pierella Paci, and Josefina Posadas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957286003321
• Autore: Silva Sara Johansson de
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2013]
• ISBN: 9781464800702; 1464800707
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (pages cm)
• Collana: A World Bank study Lessons learned and not yet learned from a multicountry initiative on women's economic empowerment
• Altri autori (Persone): PaciPierella <1957->; PosadasJosefina
• Disciplina: 305.42
• Soggetti: Entrepreneurs; Women -- Economic conditions; Women -- Employment; Women - Economic conditions; Women - Employment
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; ; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Background; Lessons on Impact; Tables; Table ES.1 Five Results-Based Initiatives: Objectives and Approaches; Lessons on Pilot Interventions; Note; Chapter 1 Background; Why Focusing on Women's Economic Empowerment and Why Using Pilots?; Boxes; Box 1.1 When Is an Intervention a "Pilot"?; The Nuts and Bolts of the RBI Pilots; Table 1.1 T he Result-Based Initiatives: Objectives, Approach, and Outcomes; Table 1.2 Commonalities and Differences in Design, Implementation, and Impact Evaluation; Table 1.3 Impact Evaluation Methods Table 1.4 Examples of Female Economic Empowerment Questions; Notes; Chapter 2 What We Have Learned about RBI Intervention Impacts and What We Could Have Learned, But Did Not; Table 2.1 Impacts on Economic Opportunities; Table 2.2 Impacts on Human Capital Endowments and Resources; Table 2.3 Impacts on Agency; Economic Opportunities; Box 2.1 Key Findings on the Impact of the Interventions; Human Capital Endowments and Assets; Agency; Note; Chapter 3 Lessons Learned on Pilot Design, Implementation, and Evaluation; Risks at the Design Stage; Box 3.1 Key Requirements for Successful Pilot Implementation Table 3.1 Number of Beneficiaries; Table 3.2 Project Delays; Issues Surrounding Impact Evaluation Methodology; Box 3.2 Guidelines for Designing IE Pilots; Table 3.3 Budget and Time Constraints versus Quality of Impact Evaluation; Table 3.4 Female Economic Empowerment Indicators; Table 3.5 Observations in Treatment and Control Groups; Table 3.6 Intervention and Data Collection Levels; The Importance of Monitoring; Figure; Figure 3.1 Alternative Policy Recommendations When Control Group Comparisons Find No Statistical Significant Impacts Notes; Chapter 4 Conclusions; Appendix A Country Case Study Summaries; Box A.1 The World Bank's Gender Equity Model; Appendix B Technical Concepts in Impact Evaluation Design; Appendix C Power Calculations for Mekong RBI; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: The Results-Based Initiatives (RBI), launched in 2007, were a pioneering attempt to provide comprehensive, coherent, and rigorous evidence on effective interventions to foster the economic empowerment of women. The RBI comprised five small pilots with built-in impact evaluation designed to identify what works best in promoting better outcomes for women as entrepreneurs, wage earners or farmers, under different country contexts. The program was an innovative experiment in an important policy area. While there is a clear rationale for policy interventions to help remove constraints to women's ec