Results 1 to 10 of about 372,476 (316)

Leadership in Small Societies [PDF]

Multi-agent simulation was used to study several styles of leadership in small societies. Populations of 50 and100 agents inhabited a bounded landscape containing a fixed number of food sources.
Stephen Younger
core  

Mapping groundwater potential zones for sustainable development using multi-criteria decision making and geospatial analysis in the Borkena River Basin Ethiopia

Discover Sustainability
This study identifies groundwater potential zones (GWPZs) in the Borkena watershed, Ethiopia, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP).
Asnake Enawgaw Amognehegn, Asmare Belay Nigussie, Wondye Admasu Molla   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Restricted Opportunities, Personal Choices, Ineffective Policies: What Explains Food Insecurity in Oregon? [PDF]

This study examines the extent to which household demographics, local economic and social conditions, and federal food security programs explain the likelihood of household food insecurity in Oregon.
Bernell, Stephanie L., Edwards, Mark Evan, Weber, Bruce A.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Global Governance Initiative Annual Report 2005 [PDF]

, 2005
This is an annual report of the ...

core  

Agricultural ergonomics and safety in the Zero Hunger era: a bibliometric analysis of global trends and research gaps

Discover Sustainability
Agricultural ergonomics and safety are critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) yet remain underexplored especially in low- and middle-income countries where manual farming dominates. This study conducted a bibliometric analysis
Ziporah Ndirangu, Egri Zoltan
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing food insecurity strategies across twelve countries from different income levels: a sustainability and food systems perspective

Discover Sustainability
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) by 2030 remains a persistent global challenge, especially under current overlapping crises such as climate change, economic instability, and geopolitical conflicts. This study critically analyzes the
Farah Slim, Zeinab Ibrahim, Imad Toufeili, Amira Haddarah, Abderahman Rejeb   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex Differences in Obesity Rates in Poor Countries: Evidence from South Africa [PDF]

Globally, men and women face markedly different risks of obesity. In all but of handful of (primarily Western European) countries, obesity is more prevalent among women than men.
Alicia Menendez, Anne Case
core  

Nicaragua: Without structural changes there´ll be no sustainable reduction of rural poverty [PDF]

This is a contribution of the ENVIO-NITLAPAN. The author is member of the scientific council of the RCASAE, and he is a senior researcher of the CAU NITLAPAN.Poverty Reduction Strategies, Agriculture and Development, Food Security and Poverty, E24, E23 ...
Perez, Francisco Jose
core   +1 more source

Millions fed: Proven successes in agricultural development [PDF]

Learning from successes in agricultural development is now more urgent than ever. Progress in feeding the world’s billions has slowed, while the challenge of meeting future food needs remains enormous and is subject to new uncertainties in the global ...
Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Spielman, David J.
core  

Almost flat bundles and homological invariance of infinite K-area

, 2018
We extend the notion of an almost flat bundle over a closed Riemannian manifold to bundles over simplicial complexes, and prove that up to a constant factor, this notion is invariant under pullback via maps which induce isomorphisms on fundamental groups.
Hunger, Benedikt
core