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Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract Index insurance lowers agricultural risk but covers only covariate risks. Since farmers do not have complete insurance, they may develop mistrust of insurance when experiencing crop losses and not receiving payouts. Although recent innovations in remote sensing enable the provision of more complete insurance including coverage for ...
Berber Kramer +2 more
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Katie Edwards, Assistant Professor of Psychology, COLA travels to South Africa and Kenya [PDF]
, 2016 Prof. Edwards travelled to Africa to learn more about the innovative sexual violence prevention work happening across the African continent and to discuss similarities and differences in violence prevention in South Africa and the U ...
Edwards, Katie M, Ph.D.
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Diets, Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Nutritional Status in Tanzania: Scoping Review
Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.This scoping review summarizes evidence on diets, fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake, and nutritional status in Tanzania to identify information gaps and to help with the design and targeting of potential interventions to improve F&V intake. While the majority of existing literature on diets and F&V intake was heterogeneous, evidence suggests that among ...
Dorcas A. Amunga +4 more
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Water Alternatives, 2017 In this article we contribute to the discussion of infrastructural change in Africa, and explore how a new theoretical perspective may offer a different, more comprehensive and historically informed understanding of the trend towards large water ...
Pär Blomkvist, David Nilsson
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Valuation and sustainable management of crop and livestock biodiversity: a review of applied economics literature [PDF]
, 2010 This paper is part of the follow-up to the workshop “Managing Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Development” organized by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) for the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) and
Drucker, Adam G. +2 more
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Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.This perspective article synthesizes findings from scoping reviews examining diet and F&V intake, and interventions to increase F&V consumption among population groups in five countries: Benin, Fiji, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. ABSTRACT Poor dietary quality, particularly inadequate fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake, remains a significant ...
Manisha Tharaney +16 more
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Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.Abstract Distance from health facilities is an important predictor of treatment seeking and health outcomes. We aimed to describe the relationship between distance from care with admission characteristics and treatment outcomes among children admitted to malnutrition treatment.
Suvi T. Kangas +10 more
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.Arboviral diseases spread by Culicoides biting midges have been introduced into Europe by unknown means. A possible route is the carriage of midges with cut flowers shipped to flower markets. We sampled Culicoides in and around a cut flower farm in Kenya; midges were caught in the vicinity and a greenhouse, but not where flowers are processed.
Jessica Eleanor Stokes +3 more
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Research Journal of Education, Teaching and Curriculum StudiesThis study sought to investigate the intellectual wellness programmes on service delivery in faith-based hospitals in the Nairobi metropolitan area. In the modern competitive business environment, organisations and their management have realised that ...
Beatrice Wairimu Karanja +2 more
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