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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do firms engage in earnings management to improve credit ratings?: Evidence from KRX bond issuers [PDF]

, 2016
In this paper, we examine the relationship between credit ratings, credit ratings changes and earnings management. Since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, many listed firms collapsed, leading investors to suffer losses.
Lim, Hyoung-Joo, Mali, Dafydd
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Banana and plantain (Musa) genomics: Missing opportunity? [PDF]

, 2015
Poster presented at 2009 Annual Research Meeting of the Generation Challenge Programme.
Roux, N.
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Intergenerational Family Relationships and Old‐Age Volunteering: The Perspectives of Older Chinese Immigrants in Greater Sydney, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Embedded in the framework of intergenerational solidarity, this paper explores the interactions between older immigrants' participation in volunteering activities and intergenerational family relationships in the Chinese community in Sydney, Australia. The study investigates the effects of volunteering on the lives of older Chinese immigrants.
Bingqin Li, Yiran Li, Alan Morris, Youqing Fan, Xin Gu, Ilan Katz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Croissance pré-sevrage des agneaux et productivité en milieu traditionnel soudano-sahélien au Mali

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1995
Les performances pondérales moyennes des agneaux de La zone soudano-sahélienne du Mali sont confrontées à celles observées dans d'autres troupeaux ovins africains. Bien qu'expression de leurs potentiels génétiques, ces performances sont aussi dépendantes
T. Niaré
doaj   +1 more source

Mali: how bad can it get? [PDF]

, 2012
From dusk till late evening, you can find small groups of young people sitting on street corners, in front of houses, or in courtyards across West Africa. There will inevitably be a little radio, playing music and broadcasting news.
Lecocq, Baz, Mann, Gregory
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Tuberculose cutanée à Bamako, Mali

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
INTRODUCTION: La tuberculose est la mycobactériose la plus fréquente en Afrique subsaharienne. La localisation cutane est rare et sous diagnostiquée cause de son polymorphisme clinique et la faiblesse du plateau technique. Le but de cette étude était de
Adama Dicko, Ousmane Faye, Youssouf Fofana, Moussa Soumoutera, Siritio Berthé, Saidou Touré, Bekaye Traoré, Binta Guindo, Koureissi Tall, Alimata Keita, Lassine Kéita, Karim Coulibaly, Somita Keita   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Formalization Facilitate Environmental Improvements in the Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining Sector?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the link between formalization and environmental performance in the artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) sector, focusing on the case of sub‐Saharan Africa. The impression often conveyed by experts is that a commitment to formalizing ASM—that is, moves made to bring the sector's operations into the legal domain, where ...
Gavin Hilson, Abigail Hilson, Ekow Bartels   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of non-conformities in the drafting of bulletins for urine cytobacteriological examinations at Sikasso Hospital (Mali)

Drug Target Insights
Background: Non-compliance in the drafting of examination bulletins makes it difficult to perform them and interpret the results. With the aim of continuously improving laboratory services and guaranteeing the quality of urine cytobacteriological ...
Luka DIARRA, Moussa Mariko, Salif Traore, Safi Bazi Dicko, Aboudou Dolo, Moussa Coulibaly, Daouda Sidibé, Moumouni Daou, Hachimi Poma, Madou Traoré, Ibrahim Guindo   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source