Search Results - "community development"

Making community based environmental impact assessment work: Case study of a Dairy Goat and Root Crop Project in Tanzania by Kilemo, D.K., Kerario, I., Parkins, J.R., Nindi, S.J.

“…Community Based Environmental Assessment (CBEA) is an approach used to collate information in order to identify and analyze the environmental impacts of planned, on-going and completed community development activities. This study was conducted with four villages in the Kongwa and Mvomero Districts of Tanzania where dairy goats and root crops were introduced as project interventions. …”
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Immediate impacts of COVID-19 measures on bean production, distribution, and food security in eastern Africa by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu, Karanja, David

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Participatory community wealth ranking in banana-producing regions of Uganda and Tanzania by Marimo, Pricilla, Shelton, Clare, Caron, Cynthia M., Madalla, Noel, Mpiriirwe, Innocent, Crichton, Rhiannon, Ndagire, Lilian, Manyong, Victor, Mbongo, Daud Batson, Okurut, Asher Wilson

“…Importantly, our findings highlight the persistent intergenerational cycle of poverty, indicating the need to re-evaluate social protection schemes, poverty reduction initiatives and community development programmes that have been and continue to be implemented in these communities for decades.…”
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Research brief: Analysis of policy responses to seed, fertilizer, food and fuel shocks in three African Regional Economic Communities by Lokosang, L.B., Kirui, L.K., Maru, J., Karugia, Joseph T., Bahta, Sirak T., Enahoro, Dolapo K.

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Elites’ response to women’s action committees and local services in Nigeria by Kyle, Jordan, Adida, Claire, Arriola, Leonardo, Fisher, Rachel, Kosec, Katrina, Mo, Cecilia Hyungjung

“…The study utilized a three-arm randomized control trial (RCT) carried out in Ogun, Osun, and Oyo states of southwest Nigeria in 2023 to analyze elite responsiveness to hypothetical petitions presented by both women and men on key community development issues. Our first intervention (treatment group 1 (T1)), the women’s training intervention, provided intensive instruction in leadership, organizing, and advocacy. …”
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Case studies of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in forest products companies - and customer’s perspectives by Raditya, Danang Ari

“…The following CSR processes were identified in the selected forest products companies: community development and communication, corporate governance and law compliance, code of ethics and business conduct, environmental management, health and safety programs, human resources process, human rights, supply chain management, products and services quality, arts and culture programs, independent CSR organization, anti corruption policy, and CSR report. …”

Community forest enterprises (CFEs) as Social Enterprises: Empirical evidence from Cameroon by Piabuo, S.M., Hoogstra-Klein, M., Ingram, V., Foundjem-Tita, D.

“…Operating as SEs would permit CFEs to be financially and environmentally sustainable and thus they could easily contribute to community development. However, moving CFEs from “non-profits with income generation” to SEs requires (i) a change in mindset, (ii) evaluation and building of community capacity for CFE development, (iii) proper research on tensions and paradoxes with actionable solutions, and (iv) sectorial coordination for CFE development, support, and creation of CFE incubation centers.…”
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Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda by Owach, Charles, Bahiigwa, Godfrey, Elepu, Gabriel

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Improving the effectiveness of collective action: sharing experiences from community forestry in Nepal by Acharya, Krishna P., Gentle, Popular

“…The findings note significant variation in funds allocated for social and community development activities, which are necessary to address the issues of poverty and social equity in Nepal. …”
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Empowering youth & transforming communities through job creation & nutritious beans in Kenya by Ong'or, Dennis, Inyanji, Eileen, Rubyogo, Jean Claude, Waswa, Boaz, Mabeya, Justin, Mwiti, Emily, Maritim, Mary, Karanja, David

“…The results underscore the importance of leveraging partnerships, innovation, and technology to scale and sustain youth empowerment and community development efforts in Kenya.…”
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Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Strengthening Synergies for the Sustainable Management of Africa’s Forests by African, Union

“…While the GGWI Strategy and SFMF share strong commitments to ecosystem restoration, community development, and resilience-building, their full potential can only be realised through integrated planning, harmonised implementation, and aligned investment approaches. …”
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Safe re-use practices in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana by Keraita, Bernard N., Abaidoo, Robert C., Beernaerts, Ines, Koo-Oshima, Sasha, Amoah, Philip, Drechsel, Pay, Konradsen, Flemming

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The Tribe - Platform of participatory local development and management of communal rangeland resources by Nefzaoui A, Elmourid M, Louhaichi, Mounir

“…Promotion of local/community development is the most recent approach to face the challenges of rangeland development. …”
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La participación con enfoque de género dentro de los procesos de toma de decisión en el manejo de las Areas Silvestres Protegidas y su relación con los beneficios que genera a las... by González Pino, Juana M.

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Living, perceiving and participating in Uganda by Bergström, Erika, Thorén Lindgren, Axel

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Differences in crop selection, resource constraints, and crop use values among female- and male-headed smallholder households in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda by Reynolds, Travis W., Tobin, Daniel, Otieno, Gloria, McCracken, Aidan, Guo, Junru

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A Financial Analysis of Homestead Native Chicken Raising: A Climate-Smart Agriculture Option Adopted in the Province of Koh Kong, Cambodia by Manilay, Alessandro A., Phen, Bunthoeun, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Thy, Or, Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Monville-Oro, Emilita, Barbon, Wilson John

“…In 2018, the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) and the Cambodian Center for Study and Development for Agriculture (CEDAC) under the Asian Development Bank’s Cambodia Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Project (BCC) implemented the Community Development Funds Project in the Koh Kong and Mondul Kiri provinces which included the capacity building activity on improving native chicken production for smallholder farmers specifically, broiler production, and hatchery. …”
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Dissemination workshop report on livestock movement routes and resources maps in the southern Oromia and Somali regions, Ethiopia by Berhanu, Dagim

“…In the second session of the workshop, four separate breakout sessions were held and participants discussed and presented on the significance of the mapping activity and the role expected from each participant in using the mapping outputs for the pastoral community development agendas. In the third session, a question and answer session was held to clear up any misunderstanding about the mapping process and outputs and a panel discussion was held to discuss the way forward. …”
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Child diet and household characteristics relate differently to child development at the beginning and the end of the second “1000 days” in rural Nepal by Miller, Laurie C., Neupane, Sumanta, Joshi, Neena, Lohani, Mahendra, Thorne-Lyman, Andrew

“…Child developmental performance was assessed (Ages & Stages Questionnaire [ASQ]) at ages 2 and 5 years in a cohort of Nepali children (n = 207) whose families participated in a nutrition/livestock management+community development intervention trial. Relationships between child developmental performance and mother’s education, family wealth, child diet (animal source food [ASF] consumption, dietary diversity score [DDS]), school attendance, and intervention group were examined by adjusted linear regressions. …”
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Maternal depression is associated with less dietary diversity among rural Nepali children by Miller, Laurie C., Neupane, Sumanta, Sparling, Thalia M., Shrestha, Merina, Joshi, Neena, Lohani, Mahendra, Thorne-Lyman, Andrew

“…In a cross-sectional study embedded at endline of a longitudinal community development intervention, mothers of 629 children (age 23–66 months) in rural Nepal responded to household and children's diet questionnaires and were screened for depression. …”
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