Search Results - "The Elders"

Impacts of climate change take a toll on Andean potato farmers: participative mapping for the evaluation of potato diversity in the Andes by Shaw, Alison, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

“…Even commercial farmers have plots devoted to traditional multispecies varieties in order to ensure food security and survival. Elders and women asked for their knowledge; elders know of varieties that have been lost and women are very knowledgeable of the varieties and diversity. …”
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Sowing the seeds of tomorrow, one school garden at a time by Borelli, Teresa, Tognoli, Flora

“…The module fosters intergenerational knowledge exchange, whereby children are encouraged to interview grandparents and elders within their communities to learn the lore and traditions associated with these NUS. …”
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How self-help groups are empowering women amid out-migration: the groups are providing rural women with skills training leading to improved incomes as well as a greater say in loca... by Taneja, Garima, Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta, Dikshit, Manya

“…Young women are left with the children and the elders to look after the home and the farm.…”
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Understanding Human-wildlife conflict and its impact on agroecology transition in Zimbabwe by Trust, Bio Hub, Chimonyo, Vimbayi G.P., Sibanda, Telma, Matangi, Dorcas

“…The elders' dialogues, a central part of BIOHUB’s engagement, illustrate the community’s reliance on traditional spiritual practices to coexist with wildlife, drawing on rituals, ancestral guidance, and community-wide customs to maintain balance within their ecosystem. …”
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Urban women: balancing work and childcare by Engle, Patrice L.

“…Innovative strategies could include support for parental childcare cooperatives, social insurance to enable mothers or fathers to stay home after the birth of a child, childcare linked to schools, and even the involvement of elders in childcare...." -- from Text…”
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An evaluation of multi-stakeholder platforms for scaling land restoration practices in Kilolo and Lushoto districts, Tanzania by Mwihomeke, Micfanaka, Mwongera, Caroline

“…In Lushoto district, the platform activities to support land restoration focused on erosion control engaging village ambassadors to disseminate knowledge on creation of water canals, afforestation, dissemination of tree seedlings to farmers and the drafting of a bylaw to protect the natural resources used as indicators in indigenous forecasting by elders. The platform in Kilolo focused on bee keeping to incentive protection of natural resources, protection of riparian zones and water bodies, terracing, dissemination of seasonal forecasts and agro-advisories, and set up farmer field schools on conservation agriculture and good agricultural practices.…”
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Dry land pastoral water and land management in Northern Kenya by Helldorf, Hedvig, Lemuna, Jackson

“…The management is coherent with the social structure of the community where elders, owners of cattle and young warriors are responsible for location and decision making regarding the resources. …”

Expansion of Oil Palm Plantations in Indonesia’s Frontier: Problems of Externalities and the Future of Local and Indigenous Communities by Andrianto, A., Komarudin, Heru, Pacheco, P.

“…Land acquisition and plantation development have resulted in externalities to indigenous landowners in the form of time and money lost in a series of meetings and consultations involving clan members and traditional elders. Other externalities include the reduced welfare of people due to loss of livelihoods, and impacts on food security.…”
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Rural demography, public services, and land rights in Africa: A village-level analysis in Burkina Faso by McMillan, Margaret S., Masters, William A., Kazianga, Harounan

“…This paper uses historical census data from Burkina Faso to characterize local demographic pressures associated with internal migration into river valleys after onchocerciasis eradication, combined with a new survey of village elders to document change over time and differences across villages in local public goods provision, market institutions, and land use rights. …”
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Socially inclusive adaptation to support equitable resilience in Baringo county, Kenya by Bullock, Renee, Majiwa, Hamilton, Ndiwa, Nicholas, DuttaGupta, Tanaya

“…Gender forums and dialogues were spaces in which community members, including elders and leaders of customary institutions, discussed and proposed actions to expand women’s decision making. …”
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Conclusion: old lesson and new directions in food policy by Ahmed, Raisuddin, Haggblade, Steven

“…Vivid memories of these famines linger in the minds of the elders who have steered economic policies in postwar periods and peacetime. …”
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Using participatory processes in Senegal, Guatemala and Kenya to develop gender-sensitive climate information services by Vyas, Shalika, Giraldo Mendez, Diana

“…Climate information needs to come from sources that farmers trust—like the local radio, community elders, or fellow farmers— not only meteorological agencies. …”
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Situation of the inclusion of women and young people in agricultural and rural areas in Côte d'Ivoire: Study Report by Yeo, P., Arouna, A., Mobio, A., Kra, G., Mujawamariya, G.

“…They are traditionally sidelined by their social elders in the management of day to-day affairs and resources, which reinforces their precariousness.…”
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Strengthening conflict sensitivity in Kenya’s county climate change fund: Wajir County by Medina, Leonardo, Schapendonk, Frans, Jaskolski, Martina, Osumba, Joab, Jebiwott, Alice, Mutuku, Munini, Takaindisa, Joyce, Giti, Daniel

“…Moreover, local peacebuilders and elders play active roles in preventing disputes around contested sites, demonstrating how adaptation can be anchored in customary governance. …”
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Adaptation of institutional arrangements to management of Northern Rangelands of Kenya by Kanyuuru, C.K., Mburu, J., Njoka, J.

“…Three study sites namely Kinna, Makurian and Westgate, representing three types of institutional arrangements (elders only, group ranch committee and community conservancy board), were investigated. …”
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Shamba Showdown: Ukama Ustawi- Progress Report #6b by Shapiro, Jay, Odera, Denis, Kigo, Samm, Muhoro, Nathan, Girvetz, Evan, Ghosh, Aniruddha

“…These AI experts are then embodied in a relatable elder wise grandparent avatar. Mzee.ai will be a standalone Android App that youth can consult whenever they have a specific question that they would normally ask a parent or community elder. …”
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Determinants of adoption of agricultural innovations and profitability of cereals and legumes in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria by Ayanwale, A.B., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Kamara, A., Adekunle, A., Fatunbi, O., Ayedun, B., Akinola, Adebayo A.

“…Results show that the respondent's age range vary between 40 and 55 years implying that they are relatively young elders with large family size of between 12 and 14 possibly providing family labour for farm work. …”
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Can institutions be designed? : analysing the challenges to implementation of IWRM in Kyrgyzstan from post-institutional perspective by Turmamatova, Zhypargul

“…Thus interactions in water management today are equally influenced by the new WUA policies, such as payment of water fees, as well as the long-standing institutions of kinship and respecting of elders and authorities. Because the prevailing understanding of WUA as a government structure contradicts the new notion of ‘participation’, people seem to tend towards familiar ways of organization. …”

Including past and ongoing dynamics in ex ante project research by Burg, Margreet van der

“…Additional local sources are community elders or local newspapers. Significant themes to focus on are project dependent and can be extracted from historical and development literature. …”
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SP innovation ‘pires’ (pathways) in Mozambique: A historical and gendered perspective by Forsythe, Lora, Chipenembe, Maria Judite, Madroba, Gonzaga Luis, Lamboll, Richard, Mulwa, Chalmers K.

“…The study involved qualitative, codesigned and participatory research that involved an interdisciplinary team from Mozambique, Kenya and the UK working with community elders, and male and female farmers. Findings from the study reveal layers of historic ‘encounters’ with external actors anchored around sweetpotato, from colonial powers to the private companies, international donors, agricultural extension and crop breeding institutions. …”
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