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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

The Open‐Source Paradox: Africa's Digital Sovereignty and the Structural Limits of Artificial Intelligence Autonomy

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Open‐source artificial intelligence is widely promoted as a democratising pathway to digital sovereignty for African states, offering access to frontier architectures without prohibitive capital investment. This paper investigates whether open‐source AI represents a credible route to autonomy or generates a new form of structural dependency ...
Ololade A. Shonubi
wiley   +1 more source

Three decades of community health workers in primary healthcare delivery in Rwanda: evolution, impact and policy lessons

BMJ Global Health
Background Community health workers (CHWs) have been instrumental in the delivery of primary healthcare (PHC) services in Rwanda since 1995, with their responsibilities expanding from basic health promotion to integrated community case management.
Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Felix Sayinzoga, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Pierre Gashema, Patrick Gad IRADUKUNDA, Albert Tuyishime, Jean de Dieu HARELIMANA, Jeanne Umuhire, Emery Hezagira, Isaac Mbwirabumva, Aline Uwimana, Fernand Rwamwejo, Santus Musafiri   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mpox Outbreak in the East Africa Region: Current Status, Containment Measures, Challenges, and Future Direction

Public Health Challenges
In 2024, the World Health Organization declared Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The epicenter of this outbreak was the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is a member of the East African Community (EAC).
Reuben Sindayiheba, Noel Gahamanyi, Jerome Ndayisenga, Edouard Ntagwabira, Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, Emmanuel Kabalisa, Gashegu Misbah, Isabelle Mukagatare, Leon Mutesa, Claude Mambo Muvunyi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hong Kong's non‐local undergraduate recruitment: Policies, institutional practices and student perspectives

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao, Wei Yan Xiong, Hei‐hang Hayes Tang, Xiao Han   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nurses’ knowledge in the early detection and management of acute kidney injury in selected referral hospitals in Rwanda

Rwanda Medical Journal, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a global health issue, and its prevalence is higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The knowledge of nurses in the early detection and management of AKI has rarely been explored in the current ...
V. Dushimiyimana, J. Bahumura, O. Adejumo, P. Moreland, G. Chironda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

RACE AGAINST TIME: THE EXPORT OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES TO RWANDA

, 2008
DR MATTHEW RIMMER* This article considers the significance of the first export of essential medicines under the WTO General Council Decision 2003. In July 2007, Rwanda became the first country to provide a notification under the WTO General Council ...
Medicines To Rwanda, Rimmer, Matthew
core   +1 more source

‘It is not a topic that should be assessed by a test’: Understanding teachers' assessment literacy in the teaching of ‘difficult histories’ such as the Holocaust

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores how history teachers in secondary education in England (a) see their role as assessors and (b) how they make decisions about assessing a difficult history: learning about the Holocaust. Assessment literacy (AL) is recognised as a potentially valuable aspect of good teaching and central to supporting students' learning ...
Mary Richardson, Rebecca Hale, Tom Haward, Kwaku Adjepong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source