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Assessing Users’ Satisfaction with Cassava Processing Centre Via Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) Adopted Villages Scheme in Isale Awe, Kwara State, Nigeria [PDF]
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development StudiesThe study assessed users’ satisfaction with cassava processing centre via Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) Adopted Villages Scheme in Isale Awe, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Patrick Kayode Orimafo +3 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki +6 more
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Bones, Bodies, and Blogs: Outreach and Engagement in Bioarchaeology
Internet Archaeology, 2015 Surprisingly few bioarchaeology blogs currently exist, but their numbers belie their reach. In this article, we survey the ecology of the bioarchaeology blogosphere and address the impact of blogging in bioarchaeology, specifically addressing its utility
Katy Meyers Emery, Kristina Killgrove
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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A poverty outreach index and its application to microfinance [PDF]
The Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke poverty index is modified to a poverty outreach measure that incorporates both depth of outreach and scale. In an application to microfinance institutions, the use of this type of poverty outreach measure rejects the ...
Julia Paxton
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné +3 more
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Rediscovering ‘disciplemaking’ and the role of faith-sharing
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 According to the Gospel of Matthew, disciplemaking seems to be the signature mark of faithful disciples of Jesus the Christ (cf. Mt 28:18–20). Van Aarde refers to this, with reference to Von Harnack and Lohmeyer as the manifesto of the church, being on ...
Malan Nel, W.J. Schoeman
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Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari +5 more
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Nordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning, 2015 Helpful relations. A quality study about the alliance between users with serious mental health problems and health care professionals in two outreach teams.
Turid Møller Olsø +2 more
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Outreach and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions [PDF]
This paper uses stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to examine whether there is a trade-off between outreach to the poor and efficiency of microfinance institutions (MFIs).
Meesters, Aljar +2 more
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