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Toward sustainable food system: the role of livestock farming in Matiyani village in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
This study explored the role of livestock farming in Matiyani village toward achieving a sustainable food system, in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa. Africa has made advancements in addressing agriculture and rural development.
Mukona T. Kone, Andani E. Budeli, Rerani Ramaano   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic Risk and High Burden of Depression and Suicide in the Maya‐Mestizo Population of Yucatán, México

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Major depression and suicide are critical public health concerns, particularly in underrepresented populations with unique genetic and sociocultural contexts. The Maya‐mestizo population presents the highest suicide rates in the country but remains understudied in psychiatric genetics. This study evaluated the association between three genetic
Marta Menjivar, Erandi Bravo, Margarita Rivera‐Balancan, Barbara Itzel Pena Espinoza   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inclusive Pedagogies: the development and delivery of Australian Indigenous curricula in higher education [PDF]

, 2008
The construction of Indigenous knowledge within a western framework has been important in translating Indigenous issues and knowledge to mainstream Australia via educational systems.
El Zoghbi, Mona B, University of Gloucestershire   +1 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Observations of red-giant variable stars by Aboriginal Australians

, 2017
Aboriginal Australians carefully observe the properties and positions of stars, including both overt and subtle changes in their brightness, for subsistence and social application. These observations are encoded in oral tradition.
Allen R. H., Anonymous, Aristotle 350 BCE, Bailey J., Bailey J., Bates D., Battiste M., Berndt R. M., Berndt R. M., Bhathal R., Cairns H. C., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clunies Ross M., Frew D. J., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Harmanec P., Haynes R. D., Herschel J. F. W., Hoffleit D., Howitt A., Isles J., Jetsu L., Johnson D. D., Johnson D. D., Leaman T. M., Maegraith B., McNight D., Meyer H. A. E., Mountford C. P., North G., Parker K. L., Prober S. M., Taplin G., Tindale N. B., Tindale N. B., Tindale N. B., White I. M., Wilk S. R., Wilk S. R.   +48 more
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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phytochemical characterisation and antifungal activities of five botanicals used by subsistence farmers to manage plant diseases

Scientific Reports
Fungal phytopathogens cause many plant diseases resulting in severe crop losses. The phytochemical profiles, antioxidant and antifungal potentials of Aloe ferox, Allium cepa, Capsicum annuum, Tagetes minuta and Tulbaghia violacea extracted using acetone ...
James Lwambi Mwinga, Wilfred Otang-Mbeng, Bongani Petros Kubheka, Trust Mukudzei Pfukwa, Olaniyi Amos Fawole, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From shifting agriculture to sustainable rubber agroforestry systems (jungle rubber) in Indonesia: a history of innovations processes. [PDF]

The aim of this chapter is to describe changes in the Indonesian jungle rubber system from the angle of the production of innovation by farmers themselves (indigenous knowledge) and the process of integration of external technical innovations in an ...
Eric Penot
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Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source