Search Results - "NGO"

Whispers in the forest by Lund, John

“…The organization in question is Vi-agroforestry, a Swedish based NGO that works around the lake Victoria basin and the focus will be on their office in Rwanda. …”
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Webinar Summary Report: Targeting Tools 2.0: Targeting and out-scaling interventions in agricultural systems by Mutua, John Y.

“…Scientists from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT guided participants through the tool’s capabilities and how to leverage the features to assess gaps and opportunities for improving and expanding the choice of intervention options while designing programmes for sustainable agricultural intensification at a range of scales. 32 participants from drawn from academia, NGO and research institutions participated in the discussions following the presentations.…”
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The Inception Workshop Report. Transforming the Rules of the Game: Gendered Liveability in Peri-urban Dhaka by International Potato Center, Bangladesh Agricultural University

“…Thirty-three people (50% women) participated in this workshop, including government officers, local and international NGO representatives, university staff and private sector employees from the garment industry. …”
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WLE/IWMI business models research at the sanitation-agriculture interface used in pan-Indian training program which will target over 5,000 officials in the next two years by CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems

“…In 2021 and 2022, in collaboration with sector ministries across India, these will be used to train 2,860 government officials, 500 NGO professionals, 60 entrepreneurs, 1,200 sanitation workers, 320 treatment plant operators, and 240 graduates and postgraduates working in the WASH sector.…”
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Ghana, Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Security, 1997 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Topics in the community survey include market prices, street foods, quality of services, and NGO activity.…”
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APPI/SPREAD Collective Action for Nutrition Social Audit Programme Odisha, India: Final evaluation report by Gordon, Jessica, Tranchant, Jean-Pierre, Casu, Laura, Mitchell, Becky, Nisbett, Nicholas

“…This report summarises the background, design and methods, and key findings from an independent evaluation of the Collective Action for Nutrition (CAN) Social Audit programme designed and implemented by the Odisha-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Society for Promoting Education and Rural Development (SPREAD) and supported by Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI). …”
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The 1998 floods in Bangladesh: disaster impacts, household coping strategies, and responses by del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C., Roy, Dilip K.

“…The study finds that flood-exposed households were, in general, able to avoid severe declines in food consumption and nutritional status through a combination of private-sector borrowing... and targeted government and NGO transfers.…”
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The 1998 floods in Bangladesh: disaster impacts, household coping strategies, and responses by del Ninno, Carlo, Dorosh, Paul A., Smith, Lisa C., Roy, Dilip K.

“…The study finds that flood-exposed households were, in general, able to avoid severe declines in food consumption and nutritional status through a combination of private-sector borrowing... and targeted government and NGO transfers.…”
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Placement and outreach of group-based credit organizations: the cases of ASA, BRAC, and PROSHIKA in Bangladesh by Sharma, Manohar, Zeller, Manfred

“…However, it appears that NGO services are located more in poor pockets of relatively well-developed areas than in remoter, less-developed regions. …”
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Atelier sur la gestion de la faune sur les concessions de l'exploitation forestiere d' Afrique centrale by Tutin, C., Nasi, Robert

“…This reflects a change in the private sectors concern for consumer attitudes and the risk of brand name black-listing, and the NGO sectors increasing willingness to engage the private sector even if it risks their being accused of green washing logging companies. …”
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Depleting tropical forest at a landscape scale: finding solutions for Bangladesh by Sunderland, Terry C.H., Kibria, M.G., Rahman, S.A., Imtiaj, A.

“…An extensive literature review and interviews with government officials, professionals and NGO workers have been used to collect relevant information on the agents of deforestation in the country. …”
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Sustainable Agriculture Land Management Practices for Climate Change Mitigation: A training guide for smallholder farmers by Recha, John W.M., Kapukha, Martha, Wekesa, Amos, Shames, Seth, Heiner, Krista

“…The manual was created specifically for use in the Western Kenya Smallholder Agricultural Carbon project, managed by the Swedish NGO Vi Agroforestry, which is the test case for the first Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) methodology for generating carbon credits by building organic matter in agricultural soils. …”
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Effectiveness of nongovernment organizations in developing local irrigation organizations: a case study from Sri Lanka by Athukorala, K., Athukorale, K., Merrey, Douglas J.

“…This paper reports on a detailed sociological study carried out as the NGO (or change agent) was completing three-year projects in two sites, Nagadeepa and Pimburettewa. …”
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What shapes food value chains? Lessons from aquaculture in Asia by Jespersen, K.S., Kelling, I., Ponte, S., Kruijssen, Froukje

“…We observe that negative publicity, driven by NGO and media campaigns, has led to increased use of third-party certification and the adoption of public and private standards. …”
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Micronutrient-rich beans enhancing diets and livelihoods in rural Uganda by Nyagaya, Martha

“…One partner, with whom it has worked with since 2009, is the Community Enterprises Development Organization (CEDO), an NGO based in south-western Uganda. It disseminates technologies to thousands of bean farmers, using demonstration gardens, and provides practical training in cookery. …”
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Effects of policies on yam production and consumption in Nigeria by Adesiyan, O.F., Adesiyan, A.T., Bamire, A., Ousmane, C., Asiedu, Robert

“…Several efforts have been made through research, government programs and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) interventions to improve yam production in Nigeria. …”
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Collecting villagers perspectives in the Mekong Delta by Ly Duc Tai, Pham Quynh Trang

“…The project called “River food systems from villagers’ perspectives in the Mekong Delta”, implemented by WARECOD, a Vietnamese NGO and its partners, ran between 2015 and 2016. …”
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Women entrepreneurship in Serbia : a qualitative study of the perceived enabling factors for the female entrepreneurship by Zlatkov Cvetković, Marina

“…Policy makers, representatives of banks, experts, and NGO’s must work together in order to encourage and support female entrepreneurship in Serbia. …”

Report of the Tenth Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee by CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…It made suggestions to the IAEG for interaction with various bodies, and met representatives of the Private Sector Committee and the NGO Committee.The Committee welcomed the concept of a more strategic TAC, but considered that TAC needed to remain involved in resource allocation. …”
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Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Research Committee by CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee

“…An update on FAO-IARC germplasm agreements raised the issue of an NGO's recent allegation that CIP had acted improperly with respect to a transfer of accessions between Peru and Japan, and the Committee found that CIP's actions were in violation of neither international law nor the Center's agreement with FAO. …”
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