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The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
wiley   +1 more source

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, 2014
While snails pose a threat to many vegetables, Gideon Osuji from Nigeria sees mainly advantages in them. 'Innovative farmers of West Africa are eager to make snail farming a commercial venture and a staple source of protein. Snails can be of high..
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Feasibility studies on the commercial breeding and growing land snail in Malaysia/ Mohd Irwani Hafiz Sahid [PDF]

, 2002
Land snail Achantina fulica as a food source at present is under utilized in Malaysia. This report investigates the feasibility of establishing an economically viable snail farming and industry in Malaysia. The focus of this feasibility study is directed
Hafiz Sahid, Mohd Irwani
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Community Health Workers' Multiple Understandings of Schistosomiasis Transmission Pathways: Exploring Contextual Factors in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and Uganda

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Schistosomiasis remains a public health concern in sub‐Saharan Africa, affecting over 250 million people. In endemic settings, schistosomiasis transmission is not always understood exclusively in biomedical terms. Community health workers (CHWs) contribute to schistosomiasis control through mass drug administration and health ...
Dianne Verhoeven, Lisa Sophie Reigl, Alice Sereti Sinkeet, Mary Maghanga, Alexise Djouquou Gnahore, Bi Tra Jamal Sehi, Suzanne Lobohon Lavry, Andrea Buhl, Marie Frese, Jennifer Burrill, Eveline Hürlimann, Peter Steinmann, Nora Monnier, Ashley Preston, Janet Masaku, Matthias Richter, Mary Amuyunzu Nyamongo, Alain Toh, Stella Neema, Isabelle L. Lange, Andrea S. Winkler, on behalf of the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Searching for the beasts in the archive as methodological praxis

Geographical Research, Volume 64, Issue 3, August 2026.
This article offers searching for the beasts in the archive as a methodological tool available to researchers invested in both anticolonialism and antianthropocentrism. By focusing on three basic units of reference—categories, histories, and borders—the article shows how searching for the beasts unsettles some taken‐for‐granted assumptions that ...
Senel Wanniarachchi
wiley   +1 more source

ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES IN SNAIL FARMING NEEDED BY RETIRED UNIVERSITY LECTURERS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN SOUTHEAST NIGERIA

This study explored the entrepreneurial competencies needed by retired university lecturers for sustainable living through snail farming in Southeast Nigeria.
Obasi, A.A, Ndem, J.U
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Prevalence and geographical distribution of amphistomes of African wild ruminants: A scoping review

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
This review summarizes published records on the prevalence, species diversity, geographical distribution, mixed infections, co-infections with other trematodes and intermediate hosts (IHs) of amphistomes (rumen flukes) of wild ruminants in Africa ...
Madeline Siyazisiwe Sibula, Ignore Nyagura, Mokgadi Pulane Malatji, Samson Mukaratirwa   +3 more
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Enquête sur la consommation, la répartition et l'élevage des escargots géants au Togo [PDF]

Tropicultura, 2002
Investigations on Consumption, Distribution and Breeding of Giants Snails in Togo. A subcontracting convention has been signed between the "Programme National Petit Elevage" and the "Institut National Zootechnique et Vétérinaire " which permitted us to ...
Kuevi-Akue, K., Ekoué, SK.
doaj  

Neglected seed dispersers and research compartmentalisation: how much do we know about what we don't know?

New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 3, Page 967-974, August 2026.
Geographic distribution of seed dispersal studies by disperser guild. Summary Seed dispersal is critical for long‐term ecosystem resilience. However, excessive compartmentalisation of research into particular disperser guilds (e.g. birds) hampers our understanding of their relative contributions to overall seed dispersal, risking erroneous conclusions ...
Sara Beatriz Mendes, Esther Sebastián‐González, Alistair G. Auffret, Irene Castañeda, Andy J. Green, Casper H. A. van Leeuwen, Christophe Baltzinger, Ádám Lovas‐Kiss, Isabel Donoso, Ricardo Soares, Ruben Heleno   +10 more
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Lost Gatherers in the 21st Century: Probability of Area, Spatial Behavior, Risk Factors and Vulnerability

Transactions in GIS, Volume 30, Issue 5, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Gathering activities have evolved from survival‐driven practices to predominantly recreational and cultural pursuits, weakening the connection with nature and potentially reducing navigational skills, which may help explain why gathering accounts for 8% of the search operations in Catalonia (Spain). A key focus of this study was the comparison
Albert Martínez, Angel Blanch, Carles Comas   +2 more
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