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Self‐help and Volunteerism in Tanzania in the 1960s: Voluntary Labour, Nation Building and Constructing Modernity

open access: yesDevelopment and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development. Against that backdrop, this article examines the experience of volunteerism, and specifically self‐help voluntary labour in Tanzania in the early colonial period, to explore the place of volunteerism in the construction of the post‐colonial ...
Michael Jennings
wiley   +1 more source

Informe de mision en entomologia algodonera en el Paraguay (28 noviembre-4diciembre del 2005) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Esta misión, inscrita en el marco del Convenio tripartito MAG/CADELPA/CIRAD se desarrolló del lunes 28 de noviembre al domingo 4 de diciembre de 2005.
Silvie, Pierre
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Can You See Us Now? Negotiating Indigenous Citizenship at a Road Blockade in Argentinean Chaco

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This paper explores the spatial dimension of Indigenous citizenship by examining how it is experienced, negotiated and enacted during a road blockade in the Argentinean Chaco. Stressing the political dimension of infrastructure, the paper highlights the blockade as a critical site and moment for observing the framing and reframing of ...
Alberto Preci
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping of resistance to corn borers in a MAGIC population of maize

open access: yesBMC Plant Biology, 2019
Background Corn borers constitute an important pest of maize around the world; in particular Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, named Mediterranean corn borer (MCB), causes important losses in Southern Europe.
José Cruz Jiménez-Galindo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The livestock sector in Colombia: Toward a program to facilitate large-scale adoption of mitigation and adaptation practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Livestock raising is an important sector of the Colombian economy, which will face serious challenges in the next decade, including adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
Le Coq, Jean-François   +4 more
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Beyond Universities: Structural Stratification in Canadian Tertiary Education

open access: yesCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Empirical analyses and theorizing of structural stratification in tertiary education have focused almost exclusively on universities. In doing so, such work ignores large swaths of the organizational field, including counterparts in the understudied community college, private career college, and theological sectors.
Roger Pizarro Milian, David Zarifa
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and Characterization of Relict Olive Varieties (Olea europaea L.) in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula

open access: yesHorticulturae
Olives (Olea europaea L.) are an important crop in the Mediterranean Basin, but it is not well-known that they have also been grown in other areas, such as Galicia in northwestern Spain.
Pilar Gago   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The forgotten, ancient olive trees of the Spanish northwest: A first molecular and botanical analysis

open access: yesSpanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2019
No country has a larger area under olive (Olea europaea subs. europaea var. europaea) cultivation than Spain. In the Spanish northwest, however, this crop has largely been forgotten, even though olive oil was once an important product of the area. Sadly,
Pilar Gago   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cancer genetic testing uptake in the primary care setting: Patient perspectives on barriers and facilitators throughout the testing process

open access: yesJournal of Genetic Counseling, Volume 35, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Genetic testing for gene variants associated with hereditary cancers can help with cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment. However, testing has not been well integrated into primary care settings where its preventative impact can be realized.
Tesla N. Theoryn   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catalysts for Change: Three Case Studies of Quality Education Worldwide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Public education is the cornerstone of democracy and is absolutely fundamental to a democratic, civil and prosperous society. Beyond the boundaries of the United States, other countries are working to provide quality education to their children through ...

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