Search Results - "Personalism"

Matsvinn på förskolor i Uppsala kommun by Jansson, Marie

“…Syftet med den här studien är att ta reda på vilken attityd förskolechefer, pedagoger/personal och föräldrar på förskolor i Uppsala kommun har till matsvinn. …”

Marknadsundersökning av Södra skogsägarnas medlemmar inom Vimmerby verksamhetsområde by Axelsson, Andreas

“…The price of timber is most important in a timber business and the majority of forest owners want to have a personal meeting if you can choose how you wish to be contacted by the inspector. …”

Omvårdnad för kalvar med lunginflammation by Jansson, Caroline

“…There are many preventive measurements in a long list that vary from suggestions of personal hygiene in the herd staff to real evidence that shows the importance of colostrum intake.…”

Zamorano Mission

“…La misión de Zamorano es proporcionar la más alta calidad de agricultura educación a través de práctica la formación, en la leve universidad, a América Latina juventud, con énfasis en los hábitos de la vida perdurable de la honestidad, el trabajo duro, la disciplina personal. Y la confianza en la propia capacidad profesional. …”
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Informe Anual 2015

“…Un estudiante zamorano sabe cómo producir, transformar y darle valor agregado a la materia prima; cómo administrar una empresa y dirigir personal; hacer análisis en laboratorios y aplicar las tecnologías utilizadas en el sector agro, todo esto respetando el medio ambiente. …”
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Report of the External Review of the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Report of an eight person panel commissioned by TAC in early 1990 to conduct a review of the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC) and consider how the center might most appropriately contribute by its research to the developing world's needs for vegetables. …”
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Research Evaluation in the CGIAR: Needs and Options by Alston, Juian, Pardey, Philip G.

“…Paper commissioned by the Task Force on Impact Assessment organized by the Public Awareness and Resource Mobilization Committee (PARC) and prepared by economists from the University of California at Davis, and IFPRI, and representing their personal views.The paper addresses the needs for and objectives of impact assessment (both ex ante and ex post) in the CGIAR; the range of useful approaches; the roles and existing efforts of entities within the CGIAR; future needs not now addressed, the approaches and methods that might apply, and their likely costs; and finally key principles and some options for institutionalizing impact assessment within the CGIAR. …”
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The CGIAR and Biotechnology: Can the Renewal Keep the Promise of a Research Agenda for the Rural Poor? by Altieri, Miguel A.

“…Personal views of CGIAR NGO Committee Chair Miguel Altieri on the potential of agricultural biotechnology for sustainable development and poverty reduction in the developing world, and the role and strategies that should be adopted by the CGIAR in creating and mobilizing technologies to address the needs of the rural poor. …”
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Toward a New Vision and Strategy for the CGIAR: Final Synthesis by Red Internacionale de Methodologia de Investigación de Systemes Producción, Berdegué, Julio A., Escobar, Germán

“…Berdegué and Germán Escobar of Santiago, Chile. Some 400 persons registered to participate, and there were 146 contributions. …”
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CGIAR International Center Directors Minutes, Presiding Chair: H. Albrecht by CGIAR Center Directors Committee

“…Each director may nominate center officers to accompany him/her; meetings will not be open to observers, but directors may invite persons who can contribute to the discussion on on topics of interest to the programs and business of centers. …”
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User guide to the multi-stakeholder framework for intervening in root, tuber and banana seed systems. RTB User Guide by Bentley, J.W., Mudege, Netsayi N., Andrade-Piedra, J.L.

“…It is designed to help any interested person to understand seed systems of these crops or to improve interventions (e.g., projects or programs) in them. …”
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Urbanization and child growth failure in Sub-Saharan Africa: A geographical analysis by Ru, Yating, Haile, Beliyou, Caruthers, John I.

“…This paper raises a fundamental question about Sub-Saharan Africa: has urbanization there been accompanied by improvements in personal wellbeing? It then proceeds to open an investigation focused on child health—in the form of child growth failure, including (i) stunting; (ii) wasting; and (iii) underweight—that addresses the question. …”
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Training of trainers’ guide on Improving child health and nutrition through diets, feeding and hygiene practices by Rahaman, E.H.M.S., Chanda, D., Hossain, M., Ibrahim, Farhana Hussain

“…Potato production through zero-tillage with straw mulch for household consumption and income Nutrients and cultivation method of Orange fleshed sweetpotato Homestead vegetable cultivation for household nutrition Importance of balanced diet and nutrition Types and causes of malnutrition and ways to mitigate malnutrition Appropriate cooking practice to retain nutritional value Importance of breastfeeding Complementary food for children Emergency health care and diet for sick children Safe motherhood and adolescent care Personal and environmental cleanliness, hygienic sanitation and safe drinking water…”
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Vegetable value chains during the COVID- 19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Evidence from cascading value chain surveys before and during the pandemic by Hirvonen, Kalle, Mohammed, Belay, Tamru, Seneshaw, Abate, Gashaw T., Minten, Bart

“…We combine in-person survey data collected in February 2020 (i.e., just before the pandemic was declared) with phone survey data collected in March 2021 (i.e., one year into the pandemic) and August 2021 (i.e., approximately 18 months into the pandemic) to study how vegetable value chains in Ethiopia have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Signs of recovery: Patterns of livelihoods and food security before and during COVID-19 in rural Bangladesh by Ahmed, Akhter, Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F., Roy, Shalini, Anowar, Md Sadat, Ghostlaw, Julie, Thai, Giang

“…To document the experiences of Bangladeshi households during this time, the International Food Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University conducted two rounds of socioeconomic phone surveys in rural areas of Bangladesh in June 2020 and in January 2021, and benchmarked them against data from in-person interviews carried out on the same households in 2019. …”
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Ask me why: Using vignettes to understand patterns of intrahousehold decision making in rural Senegal by Bernard, Tanguy, Doss, Cheryl, Hidrobo, Melissa, Hoel, Jessica B., Kieran, Caitlin

“…We study decision-making in dairy farming households in Senegal and investigate respondents’ perceptions of why a particular person made the decision. Using vignettes, we ask respondents how similar they are to five types of households. …”
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Information, pesticide safety behaviors, and perceived pesticide health risks in Maputo and Lusaka by Goeb, Joseph C., Smart, Jenny, Snyder, Jason E, Tschirley, David

“…To increased pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) brings new health and safety risks to smallholder farmers; Farmers in developing countries seldom use complete personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling and applying pesticides, which often leaves them highly exposed to toxic chemicals; The high potential for exposure leads to large acute illness risks from pesticide use; Researchers agree that improved and targeted extension and training efforts are needed to ensure that farmers use pesticides safely; however literature has not explored in detail the relationships between agriculture information channels and perceived pesticide health risks and safety behaviors.…”
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Equity–efficiency optimizing resource allocation: The role of time preferences in a repeated irrigation game by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, D'Exelle, Ben, Lecoutere, Els

“…In a repeated game setting, it becomes possible to reconcile efficiency with equity by rotating the person who receives the largest share, but such a strategy requires a longer run perspective. …”
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Can cash transfer programs work in resource-poor countries?: the experience of Mozambique by Low, Jan W., Garrett, James L., Ginja, Vitória

“…Key lessons applicable to other resource-poor countries designing social assistance programs are drawn, recommending adequate targeted support to truly destitute persons incapable of physical labor in urban areas where administrative costs are more manageable than in more isolated rural sites.…”
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Epidemiology and ecopathology of respiratory diseases of small ruminants in semi-arid West Africa by Traoré, A., Wilson, R.T.

“…A short literature review and the personal experiences of the authors in the Sahelian zone of Mali are used as a basis for describing the epidemiology and ecopathology of small ruminant respiratory diseases. …”
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