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English Language Education in Rural Contexts: Examining Students’ Perceptions and Motivation Through a Contextually Grounded Extracurricular Program

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted this case study in Türkiye to examine how a contextually grounded extracurricular program shaped rural students’ perceptions of English and their motivation to learn and use the language. Recognizing motivation as an equity‐related concern in rural contexts, where students may have limited opportunities to perceive the local ...
Emrullah Yasin Çiftçi, Turgay Han, Melih Demirkesen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EXAMINATION OF SUPPORT TO COCOA FARMERS IN KAILAHUN DISTRICT

International Journal of Social Sciences and Management Review
Cocoa farming plays a significant role in the livelihood of rural communities in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone, contributing to economic development and poverty alleviation. This study examines the types and effectiveness of support extended to cocoa farmers in Kailahun District by various parties involved in the cocoa value chain. The research looks
JOE DIAWO, PROFESSOR ADOLPHUS JOHNSON, TAMBA SESIE, MICHAEL JUSU   +3 more
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The Geoeconomic Turn on Stage: National Identity and the Interpretation of the EU's Trade Sustainability Diplomacy in Indonesia and Vietnam

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In the context of the European Union's (EU's) geoeconomic shift, the governance of Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) has become a central yet contested pillar of its external trade policy. Accusations of green colonialism highlight the stakes around how partner countries interpret the EU's normative agenda.
Camille Nessel, Zhihang Wu
wiley   +1 more source

‘Civilizing’ Smallholders Through Oil Palm: The Politics of Subsumption Across Southern Mexico's Commodity Frontiers

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While most frontier studies associate commodity expansions with dispossession, I argue that such expansions can also function as ‘civilizational’ projects aimed at overcoming traditional farming and creating new rural subjects better suited to the needs of capitalist development. Using a Gramscian approach to study subsumption, I analyse three
Antonio Castellanos‐Navarrete
wiley   +1 more source

The extent to which the domestic conditions of cocoa farmers in Bougainville impede livelihoods. [PDF]

One Health, 2020
Walton M, Hall J, Van Ogtrop F, Guest D, Black K, Beardsley J, Totavun C, Hill-Cawthorne G.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf, Christianah Oyenpemi, Christine Bosch, Oyakhilomen Oyinbo, Emmanuel A. Codjoe, Stéphanie Eileen Domptail   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The market for cocoa powder [PDF]

The paper analyses the forces that shape demand and supply processes in the market for cocoa powder. A brief statistical summary is given of the main trends in international demand and production, and the spatial shifts in cocoa processing.
Henk. L.M. Kox
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Local Solutions to Structural Issues: The Fetishization of Custom in Rural Development Interventions in Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the paradox of seeking local solutions in rural development when conflicts result from structural transformations of the agrarian economy driven by national political choices. Since the 1990s, participatory approaches inspired by neo‐institutionalist theories of local governance have encouraged development actors to view ...
Toni‐Giovanni Pegurri
wiley   +1 more source

Scaling Social Impact at Tony's Chocolonely: How Interactional Dynamics Shape Social Innovation Processes and Drive Institutional Change

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Social enterprises are frontrunners in social innovation, yet our understanding of how they can scale their social impact beyond local, contained contexts remains nascent. To transform the institutional environment that gives rise to social problems, social enterprises must mobilize actors with divergent interests, values, and beliefs to ...
Janina Klein, Christine Moser, Elco van Burg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cocoa farmers’ perception regarding the effectiveness of cocoa extension services in the Bia West District, Ghana.

The study analysed cocoa farmers’ perception on the effectiveness of agricultural extension services in the Bia West District. Data for the study was collected from 400 cocoa farmers through a multistage sampling technique. Data was analysed using both
Asiamah, Maxwell Toah, Somed, Kassim, Appiah, Anthony, Ankuyi, Fred, John-Eudes Andivi Bakang, Tham-Agyekum, Enoch Kwame, Bakang, John-Eudes Andivi, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Anthony Appiah, Kassim Somed, Fred Ankuyi, Appiah, Patrick, Maxwell Toah Asiamah, Patrick Appiah   +13 more
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