Resultados de búsqueda - "quality of life"

Analysis of relative profitability of key Ugandan agricultural enterprises by agricultural production zone por Kraybill, David, Kidoido, Michael

“…Specifically, PMA is aimed at increasing income and quality of life, improving household food security, providing gainful employment, and providing sustainable use and management of resources. …”
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Mismatches in the coffee value chain: from basic needs to hedonistic lifestyles—experiences from Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Switzerland. por Thom, B., Sigrist, M., Spath, L., Banyanga, D., Stettler, M., Schneider, G., Pfister, S., Kintche, K., Jacobi, J.

“…Farmers strive for a dignified quality of life, plantation owners and cooperative/company managers for better economic conditions, rural workers for better working conditions, roasters for a great drinking experience, and consumers for pleasure and a hedonistic lifestyle. …”
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Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: insights from Africa and Asia por Mwangi, Esther, Markelova, Helen, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia examines how these two types of institutions, separately and together, influence quality of life and how they can be strengthened to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor. …”
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Harnessing technologies for sustainable development in Africa. Fifth annual Peter Doherty Distinguished Lecture por Amoako, K.Y.

“…It requires structural changes that lead to enduring widespread improvements in the quality of life of a society. Sustainable development requires a systematic, carefully co-ordinated, and interconnected series of policies and strategies that will improve people's lives in a progressive, irreversible and palpable manner”. …”
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IWRM and Food Security Project in Kafue Basin: process documentation por Chisaka, J.

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Reconocimiento de macromicetos asociados al cultivo de Guadua angustifolia en Caldas, Colombia por Restrepo F, G.M., Vélez A, P.E., Botero A, P.A., Pulido V, C.

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A bridge of sustainable urban greening por Huang, Zhao

“…They improve our quality of life in ways that are sometimes understood, often underestimated. …”
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The roles of local grocery store for the rural community por Lai, Kit Wa

“…Accessibility to different services like food, education, health and culture, etc. within a community is important to the quality of life of the inhabitants. However, there is a decreasing number of services in rural communities at different part of the world, including Sweden, because of the economic unsustainability. …”
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The comparative performance of land sharing, land sparing type interventions on place-based human well-being por Carmenta, Rachel, Steward, Angela, Albuquerque, Adrielly, Carneiro, Renan, Vira, Bhaskar, Estrada-Carmona, Natalia

“…Environment-facing interventions impact the distribution, use of and access of natural resources and have important implications for all dimensions (material, relational, quality of life) of human well-being (HWB). Yet conventional impact metrics routinely surpass the non-material impacts which may be particularly salient in rural contexts where small-scale farmers depend directly on the land and biodiversity. …”
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The role of livestock in poverty alleviation: An analysis of Colombia por Holmann, Federico J., Rivas Ríos, Libardo, Urbina, N., Giraldo, L., Guzmán, S., Martínez, M., Rivera, B., Medina, A., Ramírez, G.

“…Results from this study show that cattle are perceived by small-holder farmers as a contribution to the improvement in the quality of life. The challenge is to develop novel mechanisms to provide smallholders with livestock, either through credit loans or thru the Fondos Ganaderos of Colombia, whose objective is to help small farmers who have production capacity but lack the resources to buy cattle.…”
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Integrating nutrition and physical activity promotion: A scoping review por Casu, Laura, Gillespie, Stuart, Nisbett, Nicholas

“…Findings: This review has identified actions that hold potential for tackling not only obesity, but healthy diets, sedentary behaviour and quality of life more generally, as well as actions that explicitly tackle multiple forms of malnutrition. …”
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact por Zeller, Manfred, Meyer, Richard L.

“…The research led to the concept of the critical triangle of microfinance" -- the need for any MFI to manage simultaneously the problems of outreach (reaching the poor both in terms of numbers and depth of poverty), financial sustainability (meeting operating and financial costs over the long term), and impact (having discernible effect upon clients' quality of life). This book elaborates on these objectives and shows that the most successful MFIs expand all sides of that triangle. …”
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Crossing the river while feeling the rocks: Incremental land reform and its impact on rural welfare in China por Bruce, John W., Li, Zongmin

“…In the years following the property reforms, the quality of life in rural China improved dramatically: per capita rural income more than doubled from 1978 to 1984. …”
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Working wetlands: a new approach to balancing agricultural development with environmental protection por International Water Management Institute

“…It is a step forward in securing and improving people?s quality of life while, at the same time, safeguarding the ecological benefits derived from wetland ecosystems.…”
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Exempel på exteriör avel hos hund – brakycefali och merle por Holmström, Sara

Evaluation of the Sunlabob Battery Lantern from the perspective of users in rural Lao PDR por Bergsten, Tomas

“…Access to electricity is fundamental in modern everyday life and throughout the developing world; NGOs and development agencies are, in different ways, providing electricity to remote areas in order to increase quality of life. Electric light can eliminate the need to use polluting kerosene lamps and allow villagers to conduct income generating activities and children to study during the dark hours after sunset. …”
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Inspiring urbanity por Jansa, Nika

“…This master project aims to contribute to a discussion about how to approach the design of urban areas and whether it can contribute to livelier in-between areas and public places, and thus improve the quality of life in the city. No final answer or solution can be given here, the goal of this work is only to unfold how some of the qualities and cognitions of place-making could connect people and places, the natural and the built fabric, as well as the functional and the aesthetic. …”
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Den geriatriska hunden och katten por Bratlie, Hanna

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Gender dimensions of agriculture, poverty, nutrition and food security in Nigeria por Ajani, Olubunmi Idowu Yetunde

“…For example, important differences exist between women and men in their quality of life; in the amount, kind and recognition of work they do; in health and literacy levels; and in their economic, political and social standing. …”
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Dietary diversity, eating habits, dietary patterns, food choice, and associated factors among adolescent girls: A convergent parallel mixed-method study in the Mion District of Gha... por Al-Hassan, Raihana, Ayimbire, Mavis A., Atosona, Ambrose, Garti, Humphrey, Wemakor, Anthony, Brouwer, Inge D., Azupogo, Fusta

“…Understanding adolescents’ diet and eating behaviours is crucial for informing public health strategies and policies, allowing interventions to be tailored effectively to enhance dietary patterns and improve overall health and quality of life. This study examined dietary patterns, dietary diversity, eating habits, food choice and the factors influencing these among adolescent girls in the Mion District, Ghana. …”
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