Search Results - Language and languages

Communicating waste sorting with newly-arrived immigrants by Hija Uhlås, Asya

“…During exploration of the message and its channels of communication, the themes of culture, knowledge and language reacted as noises in the communication of the waste sorting to the said receivers. …”
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Rural telephony: Using BGAN to talk by Swanson, Gregg

“…Using a VoIP conference call feature on a portable satellite connection, remote communities can express their opinions in their own language, and organizations can reduce travel costs…”
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Agricultural uses of occult precipitation 2 by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The book has been written in layman's language and contains many figures and photos to illustrate the concepts.…”
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Människans inverkan på hundar – och hur det kan påverka arbetet inom djursjukvården by Jonsson, Madelene

“…The aim of this study was to describe how body language of humans affects the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) and how it can be implanted in the stressed situation that occur at an animal hospital. …”

Vad katten säger du? : kommunikation mellan katt och människa by Johansson, Carita

Local content in local voices by Grimshaw, David J., Ara, Rocio

“…Farmers can now get relevant information in a language they can understand.…”
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Millions reached by a radio campaign on climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Philippines by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…A set of 156 expert interviews and 165 scripts in local languages were prepared and distributed to 153 rural broadcasters. …”
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Learning to share knowledge for global agricultural progress by Staiger Rivas, Simone, Galiè, Alessandra, Hack, Bernhard, Jorge, M.A.B., Meadu, Vanessa, Tateossian, F., Salokhe, G., White, N.

“…Web 2.0 tools combined with face-to-face methods offer new opportunities for better knowledge sharing across disciplines, languages and borders. This article comprises an overview and case studies – the personal accounts of six participants and one facilitator of a 2008 Workshop on Knowledge Sharing, sponsored by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. …”
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Midline Household Survey Results: Bagerhat, Bangladesh by Hossain, Emdad, Rashid, Harun Or, Aggarwal, Roopali, Nagpal, Mansi, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun

“…The household questionnaire was translated into the local language, Bangla, and the field enumerators were trained for a week in July 2019. …”
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On food security stocks, peace clauses, and permanent solutions after Bali by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…This paper discusses potential solutions to the current impasse related to food security stocks, including a concrete proposal by the author on language to be included in the Agreement on Agriculture that may help comply with the mandate of the Bali Ministerial to find a solution in the next four years. …”
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The workshop on Gender and Plant Health: Sharing insights from case studies by International Potato Center

“…Gender and Plant Health has often been seen as a very unusual combination, since two disciplines have a different epistemological orientation, use different languages, and have limited experience in working together. …”
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The workshop on gender and plant health: The power of interdisciplinary research by Plant Health Initiative

“…Gender and Plant Health has often been seen as a very unusual combination, since two disciplines have a different epistemological orientation, use different languages, and have limited experience in working together. …”
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The relationship of preterm and small for gestational age with child cognition during school-age years by Nguyen, Phuong Thi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Tran, Lan Mai, Khuong, Long Quynh, Nguyen, Son Van, Young, Melissa F., DiGirolamo, Ann, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…Children born SGA also had poorer academic achievement with lower language (5.3) and mathematic (2.5) scores. Adjustments for maternal factors and home environment attenuated the associations, but the differences in VCI, PRI, FSIQ, and language at 10–11 y remained significant. …”
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New water management fellowships for women by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Fellowships for the MSc course Irrigation and Water Management at Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands will be awarded to female professionals in water management. The English-language course consists of 11 months course work, 3...…”
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You read French? by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Access to French-language books is now much easier, thanks to the new Afrilivres Website set up by African publishers. …”
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Tricking locusts into staying at home by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Scientists at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Kenya have decoded the locust's chemical language, and they can now stop them swarming. Kept in their home territories, the locusts become more vulnerable to attack...…”
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Spreading the words of Spore by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Mehari Abay of Mekele, Ethiopia writes: 'I have been translating at least the first article of Spore into the local language Tigrigna and sending it to the local radio broadcasting service, sharing the idea with others'. …”
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Thanks, Tshepo! by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Álvaro Soares de Melo, formerly responsible for Spore s Portuguese-language sister publication Esporo, has some words of thanks for Ms Tshepo Khumbane of South Africa and her Viewpoint 'Subsistence lives' in Spore 91/Esporo 41. …”
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Second round dataset: Impacts of Improved Bean Technology on Smallholder Productivity and Food Security in Burundi by Katungi, Enid Mbabazi, Nduwarugira, Eric, Ntukamazina, Jean Nepomuscene, Niragira Sanctus, Mutua, Mercy Muli, Kalemera, Sylvia Monica, Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli, Rubyogo, Jean Claude

“…Two rounds were necessary to avoid respondent fatigue Methodology:Researchers at ISABU collected the data after receiving training in the questions and use of tablets in both English and French languages. Prior to the actual survey, the questionnaires were translated from English into French, uploaded onto tablets and pretested on few selected farmers.…”
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to ILRI July 2011 by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Speeches by ILRI Director General Carlos Seré and Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Federal Republic of Germany on her visit to the ILRI Nairobi campus on 12 July 2011. Language: German and English…”
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