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Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the use of the proverb “tsiwana i laiwa ndilani” by Vhavenda speaking people

International Journal of Research In Business and Social Science
The proverb, Tsiwana i laiwa ndilani”, was used in Vhavenda speaking communities to encourage children to be attentive and receptive to guidance and advice from anyone offering moral and ethical values.
N. Ramavhunga, S. Mulovhedzi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Haunted Care: Engaging Health Hauntology to Understand Health Citizenship in Evolving Welfare States

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies a hauntological framework to explore how health citizenship in the UK is shaped by the spectral presence of neoliberal policies, particularly through increased use of Public‐Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS).
Anna Horton
wiley   +1 more source

Systemic Interaction of Center and Regions in Ukraine (basics of national-civilizational security)

Economic Herald of the Donbas, 2020
The article poses and solves the problem of achieving coordinated interaction between the Center and the Regions as a single, organic and dynamic system of a sovereign independent state.
V. Stolyarov, O. Shinkaryuk, V. Stolyarova   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-economic impact of GMOs on African consumers [PDF]

, 2009
The debate surrounding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) remains an important one for consumers and consumer organisations the world over, and is characterized by strong views for, and against the technology.
Mugwagwa, Julius T., Rutivi, Cathy
core   +1 more source

The geographies of the Information Research Department: Intelligence, diplomacy and the British secret state

Area, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a historical and political geographical analysis of the UK Foreign Office's Information Research Department (IRD). Empirically it is grounded in archival study of IRD files concerning operations in Ghana and South Africa during the Cold War and specifically the 1960s and 1970s.
Ben Gowland
wiley   +1 more source

Listening to the Opus Dei Information Office in Navarra and the Basque Country: Good communication practices at the service of the governance of an institution

Church, Communication and Culture
Communication is essential for organisations. The interaction of institutions with their publics and their reputation management depend on it. ‘An organisation that does not listen, or listens badly to its stakeholders and publics, will fail in its ...
Inma Juan Pardo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Organic Certification: A Case Study of Organic Valley, Nepal

, 2018
Organic agriculture is a holistic food production management system, which results in sound agroecological health, combat climate change, enhanced biodiversity and soil biological activities. There is an increasing interest in organic production all over
S. Khanna, Lekendra Tripathee
semanticscholar   +1 more source

MONUMENTS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE IN THE SYSTEM OF STATE-CONFESSIONAL INTERACTION IN THE POST-SOVIET PERIOD (ON THE EXAMPLE OF KARACHAY-CHERKESSIA)

Science almanac of Black sea region countries, 2020
nvkratova@mail.ru This article is devoted to an important, very complex and controversial issue in the sphere of state-confessional relations - the return to religious organizations of once nationalized religious buildings and other religious property ...
N. Kratova
semanticscholar   +1 more source