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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

Response to scientific and technical information provided by an NGO on Xylella fastidiosa

EFSA Journal, 2015
Following the publication of the Scientific Opinion by EFSA's PLH Panel which assessed the risk to plant health posed by Xylella fastidiosa in the EU territory and evaluated risk reduction options, EFSA received a request for an urgent response to ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
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A Vision to 2020: Emerging challenges and opportunities for the Engineering and Construction Sector

Techne, 2011
The World Economic Forum is an independent non-governmental organisation (NGO), committed to improving the state of the world. There are approximately 1500 member companies, including 50 from the architecture and construction sector.
Arun Eapen
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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

Data to support small area health impact modelling of air pollution in the United Kingdom

Data in Brief, 2020
The data presented in this article were used to estimate the impacts of air pollution policies on population health and health inequalities within a spatial microsimulation model, MicroEnv [1].
Andrew Ibbetson, Phil Symonds, Emma Hutchinson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Five-country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa: Zambia Country Report [PDF]

, 2007
The study documents and analyses civic service and volunteering in Zambia and also identifies formal and informal civic service programmes in ...
Arthur Kalilia, Ndangwa Nyoo, Theresa Wilson   +2 more
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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

Incarnation theology versus the sacralisation of authority

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
This article juxtaposed the theological theme of incarnation with quasi-religious invasions of public power structures and institutions in southern Africa, which has been described by the term sacralisation of authority.
Retief Muller
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Lags in the provision of obstetric services to indigenous women and their implications for universal access to health care in Mexico

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020
Through quantitative and qualitative methods, in this article the authors describe the perspectives of indigenous women who received antenatal and childbirth medical care within a care model that incorporates a non-governmental organisation (NGO ...
Clara Juárez-Ramírez, Gustavo Nigenda, Alma L. Sauceda-Valenzuela, Aremis Villalobos   +3 more
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Questionable Accountability: MSF and Sphere in 2003. [PDF]

, 2004
This article examines the relationship between Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Sphere Project. Prior to revisiting the concerns MSF had with the project, it looks at factors that give rise to differences between NGOs and cites some reasons for why
Bouchet-Saulnier, Brabant, Braughman, Buchanan-Smith, Darcy, Fox, Griekspoor, Grien, Mompoint, Perrin, Ridley, Salama, Slim, Stoddard, Terry, Terry   +15 more
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