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French Ports in Northern Africa [PDF]

Royal United Services Institution. Journal, 1899
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openaire   +2 more sources

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
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Challenges and Opportunities for Women’s Land Rights in Post- Conflict Northern Uganda [PDF]

Since the late 1980s to 2006, the northern region of Uganda underwent an armed conflict between the government of Uganda and the rebel group led by Joseph Kony. The conflict displaced virtually the entire population in the region, and by 1990 people were
Fredrick Immanuel Kindi
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geraniaceae

Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2013
Pelargonium pachypodium (sect. Otidia), a new species from Northern Cape, South Africa.
J. P. Roux
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Reproductive preferences and contraceptive use: a comparison of monogamous and polygamous couples in northern Malawi [PDF]

, 2012
Summary There is now widespread agreement on the importance of men's role in reproductive decision-making. Several studies have argued that fertility preferences and their translation into behaviour differ between polygamous and monogamous unions ...
Dube, Albert, Baschieri, A, Baschieri, Angela, Floyd, Sian, French, N, Cleland, John, Molesworth, A, French, Neil, Msona, Aulie, Molesworth, Anna, Glynn, JR, Glynn, Judith, Msona, A, Dube, A, Cleland, J, Floyd, S   +15 more
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The health impact of Saharan dust exposure

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2019
Air pollution is a high priority global health concern. The health damaging effects of ambient particulate matter (PM), a component of air pollution, are extensively documented, with 1.4% of deaths worldwide resulting from exposure to PM.
Michail Kotsyfakis, Sotirios G. Zarogiannis, Evridiki Patelarou   +2 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Northern Iowa Today, v84n1, Winter 2000

, 2000
Inside this issue:-- Performance-- Contents-- Success is spelled W-O-M-E-N\u27-S Athletics-- UNI expertise will boost livability quotient-- Solving the Puzzle of Breast Cancer-- What will tomorrow bring?-- Millennium Lecture Series: An Event for the ...
University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association
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