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Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu, Amin Mugera, John Mburu, Rose Nyikal, Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Resources and Governance of Non-Governmental Organizations in Uganda [PDF]

Using original survey data, we document the activities, resources, and governance structure of NGOs operating in Uganda. The NGO sector is funded primarily by international non-governmental organizations and bilateral donors. We find large differences in
Abigail Barr, Marcel Fafchamps, Trudy Owens   +2 more
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Suriyelilerin Uyum Sürecinde Türk STK’larının Rolü

Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2017
Türkiye hızlı ve artan mülteci akınıyla, iç problemleri ve bu talihsiz savaşa dahli eşliğinde mücadele etmektedir. Problemin çetrefilliği hükümeti mültecilerin ihtiyaçlarına cevap verebilecek sosyal proje ve stratejiler geliştirmede zor bir duruma ...
EMRİN Çebi
doaj   +1 more source

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

Difficult Everyday Life of Pandemic Voluntary Service (Research Report)

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Sociologica, 2022
In 2020, as part of the municipal “mikroDOTACJE”, we conducted a study of the #SzczecinPomaga campaign on how local government and non-governmental institutions dealt with helping the inhabitants of this city during the lockdown forced by the first wave ...
Kalina Kukiełko, Krzysztof Tomanek
doaj   +1 more source

Is International Funding Crowding out Charitable Contributions in African NGOs [PDF]

, 2004
The article reports on determinants for funding oflocal NGOs in uganda. I revelas that NGOs that receive grant funding from international donors are less likely to obtain resources locally, whether in cash or in ...
Abigail Barr, Marcel Fafchamps
core  

Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani, Yolanda Hernández‐Albújar, Nerea Larrinaga‐Bidegain   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Party, State, Civil Society and Covid-19 in China

Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2021
In China, the story of Covid-19 and the relationship between government and civil society is not a sharp break from the past. China has long guided and controlled the development of civil society organizations, and that has not changed in the Covid era ...
Sidel Mark, Hu Ming
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Financial Literacy in Improving the Level of Financial Knowledge, Financial Skills and Responsibilities Among Non-Government Organisations Financial Managers in Kwazulu-Natal [PDF]

Revista de Studii Financiare
The lack of empirical evidence on key drivers of financial illiteracy among financial managers within non-governmental organisations (NGOs) sector can be the trigger of the current rate of NGOs collapsing in South Africa.
Jean Damascene Mvunaband
doaj   +1 more source